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Banker Fights Renoniiiiation Of Williams \Tade H. Cooper Declares j He Can Find Grounds for Charges in Trial Report Controller Opposes (irant Bitter Struggle Predicted When Committee Sends Findings to the Senate New Yorl.- Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.?Haled be? fore Controller of the Currency John Skelton Williams, charged with some banking: offence, Wade H. Cooper, pres? ident of a Washington savings bank, was denied by the Controller per? mission to see the stenographic tran? script of the proceedings. This developed to-day during the hearing of the Senate Banking and Currency Committee on the nomina? tion of Williams for another five-year term as Comptroller. Mr. Cooper protested that he could substantiate his charge against Mr. Williams of having used the office of Controller to oppress Cooper person? ally if he could obtain the stenographic copy of that testimony. Thereupon the committee ordered the Controller to p?ve Mr. Cooper access to this record, go that he might make excerpts and present these portions to the com? mittee. This was in executive session of the committee, and at this point the com? mittee adjourned and the door3 were opened. When the newspaper men en? tered the roonr the quarrel over this opening up of the record was still in hot progress, despite the adjournment Williams Objects to Copies "Rut you arc not to be permitted to retain a copy of that hearing," Mr. Williams shouted at the bank presi? dent. Ignoring both Cooper and Williams, Acting Chairman Hitchcock told Mr. Cooper calmly that he war. to have ac? cess to the record, and could copy such parts as he desired for presentation to the committee, after which the record must be returned intact to the Controller's office. Mr. Williams again shouted out that Mr. Cooper must not be permitted to make any copy of the record in Cooper's own case which Cooper could retain. The banker did not conclude his testimony against Mr. Williams to? day, so the committee adjourned un? til Saturday to give him a chance to prepare the case. Some of the Democratic Senators went after Mr. Cooper vigorously, it T'as said afterward, while the Repub? lican members of the committee made comments which forecast long filibus? tering speeches when the nomination gets into thr Senate. Weeks "Would Abolish Office Senator Weeks, of Massachusetts, author of the bill pending before the Senate Banking und Currency Commit? tee to abolish the office of Controller o! the Treasury, testifying earlier in the day, declared that the chief pur? pose of. his proposal was to eliminate needless duplication of work by the Controller's office and the Federal Re? sene Board. "The bill to abolish the Controller's office,'' Senator Weeks said, "really has nothing to >lo %vith the present con? sideration of Controller Williams's re appointment It is a bill that I have :rtended for some time to introduce. The reasons for it are, at least very largely, that the work of the Control? ler's office is duplicated by the Federal Reserve Board, that in framing the Federal Reserve act various power? -2rD Our course has been straight and we've stuck straight to our course. The war brought not the slightest deviation from our all-wool standard. We ask no apology for our clothes for men and boys. The man or boy who seeks the best gets it. Ample stocks. Generous variety. "Quality" without any qualification. . Hats, shoes and furnish? es on a par with our clothing. "'Pedestrian"shoes. The ?ast that's first for comfort, ine shoe that 85% of men ^n? and should wear. Orthopedic surgeons say fto. '**eietert4 Trademark, Rogeb? Pbet Company ttU&*? Broadway * 13th St "Four at 34th St. ft.? j Convenient ""gdway Comer?" Fifth Ave. ?Warren ?t 4lit St Colonel Hayivard WAS Kissed?He Admits it COLONEL "BILL" HAY WARD WAS kissed by Gen? eral Le Bouc in full view of it French army division and the colonel's own ebony heroes. Any hopes that the cabled account of this ceremony was exaggerated were dissipated yesterday. The colonel admitted it. It, was at Ensisheim, he said. The French troops were saying farewell to their comrades of many a hard-fought, battle. General Le Bouc paraded his division, deco? rated the New York State flag with the Croix de Guerre and then bore down, arms extended upon the colonel. Ile planted a resounding smack on each of Hayward's blush? ing cheeks, "I didn't glance toward my men," said Haywavd, "but from their ranks I caught the half audible exclamation : "'Man! Oh, man!'" were given to local reservo boards which are a direct duplication of the Controller's duties. When he made re? cent provision for taking the state banks into the Federal Reserve system we provided that the examination of these banks should bo by the Federal Reserve Roard, so we have in effect a system under which part of the banks ere examined by one authority and part, by another. "There are many other public rea? sons for making this change, and there are some personal reasons at this time, because, in my judgment. Controller Williams has been directly effective in preventing state banks from coming into the Federal Reserve system. They would not have come in, in my opinion, if it had not been for the recent pro? vision in the law which provides for their examination by the Federal Re? serve board?. "The main reason, though not the only reason, why I oppose the con? firmation of the Controller is because I consider him temperamentally unfit for that place." O'Ryan Clears Way for Return Of Heroic 27th Continued from page t pen of the commander in chief, the letter forms a notable addition to the division's permanent records, which, as a whole, form something of which every New Yorker should be proud. Montfort le Rotrou, where the C7th Division has been in camp for some time, is about seventy-five miles east of Brest, the port of debarkation. Senate Committee Asks Baker Report on Brest WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. -The Senate Military Committee to-elay asked Sec? retary Baker for a report on conditions at the camp of embarkation at Brest, France. This camp recently was severely crit? icised in the Senate, and complaints as to conditions were referred to the committee for inquiry. State Department to Uphold Dry Proelamation Final Decision Must Be by Su? preme Court, Officials at Washington Say WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.?The State Department is not concerned by re? ports that its certification of the pro? hibition amendment to the Constitu? tion was illegal, even if, as it is al? leged, the adoption by some state leg? islatures of the amendment was ir? regular and not binding, where the people have been made a part of the legislature through the operation of initiative and referendum laws. The State Department, is was as? serted, possesses no judicial powers, not even the right of review, and has no alternative but to proclaim an amendment to the Constitution when its passage has been certified by the requisite number of states. If there is a question as to the ef? fectiveness of the State Department's proclamation of the prohibition amend? ment, it was asserted, it will have to be decided by the Supreme Court of the United States, which alone has the power to pass upon it. 324 U. S. Casualties in Russian Front; 136 Dead TV etc York Tribune IV anhing ton Bureau WASHINGTON. Feb. 12.?American casualties in Russia, up to February 9, totalled 324 deaths, wounded and missing, according to a cuble received to-day by the War Department. Ten of these were officers. The lis t of casualties is divided as follows: Killed in action, "? officers, 60 men; died of wounds, 1 officer, 14 men; died of disease, 54 men; died of accident 5 men; severely wounded in action. 2 officers, 67 men; slightly wounded in action, degree undertermined, 2 ? officers, [>'i men; missing in action, 31 men. The War Department announced these casualties are being publisheel individually in the regular casualty lists. Schools, Exchange and Business Houses Close; Many Exercises Held Schools of the city were closed in ; honor of the Great Kmancipator yes terday. So was the Stock Exchange, most of the banks anel many business houses. A large number of formal celebrations were- he-Id throughout the city. Exercises under the auspices of the Lincoln Legion for World Democracy were held in front of the Lincoln statue in Union Square-. An original poem was read by Mrs. Laura B. Brisk, pres? ident of the legion, and the; statue- was decorated with flowers and the national ensign. Patriotic service's also were held in Lord &. Taylor's store. Hundred? of employes gathered to listen to an ac . count of the brave deeds of American i troops in France! by Captain Robert B. Sylvester, who jutet returned. At the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, l>xii!gton Avenue and Sixty-sixth Street, the Rev. P. Coogan, chaplain of the police department, celebrated solemn high requiem mass for de? ceased members of the force. About COO uniformed police Attended under tin command of Inspectors Henry and O Britn, Colonel William Hayward of the old "15th " and Sergeant Johnson wearing the war cross he won for valor in fighting "bush Germans." | Hay ward Lauds Old 1,5th Heroes On His Return Continued from page 1 the country. In n like manner casual ties were replaced, so that the unit now comprises about 1,200 New Yorkers and 1,800 from other parts. Hayward Proud of Men "I'm proud of my men from the ground up," were Colonel JIayward's first words to the newspapermen. Then he told their story. It wag l'kc some olel saga of the Norsemen, full of deeds of wondrous valor, of laughter in the face of death, of fearful carnage wreakeel among the fop, of the childlike pride of a race close to nature in the homage their Allies pa i el them and, now and then, an incident replete with the I bubbling darkey humen- that is the I same whether it finds its outlet on the | cottonlields of Dixie or the battlefields j of France. "We were the lost children of the American army," saiel Colonel Hay? ward, explaining that not once had j the 369th fought under a United States | general. The regiment was first brigaded with the French on the Aisne, the Frenen ! general in command having also under ! him several thousand Moroccan ne I groes. He placed them on tho opposite siele of the river, fearing they would ' quarrel over religious differences I However, it was useless to try to pre? vent fraternization between the French I ard American black men. "Craps" Aided Finances There were no religious disputes. ' Nor is it of record that Colonel Hay I ward's soleliers .made any attempt to i convert their Mahometan brothers. But they diel initiate' their turbaned ' comraeles into tho mysteries of shoot i ing "craps" and they, like all begin 1 ners, experienced considerable hard i luck. "1 don't know what the boys would have lion" except for this," remarked the colonel, "for many of them had received no pay for several months." From April till the armistice was signed the 369th was fighting most of the time. It holds the record among American regiments for length of time spent continuously under fire ! ?191 days. "Never was there a whimper from one of them," the. colonel resumed. "They were always ready to go wher i ever there was a job to be done, re? gardless of the danger. And they , fought like tigers." The Germans shared the colonel's | opinion of his troops. "Blutlustige < Schwartzman" was their nickname for ; an American negro soldier. "Blooel thirsty black man" is the translation. Sergeant Tells His Story Sergeant Henry Johnson, of Albany, diel more perhaps than any one man in I the regiment to earn that sobriquet the frightened Boche applied to the ne ' groes. Colonel Hayward sent an orderly for ? Johnson that he might himself for the I first time tell the story of his exploit j that, has already been told many times by others. A much-abashed black man confront? ed the reporters when the sergeant had respondeel to his colonel's summons, "Tell these gentle-men about your fight with the raiding party," said the colonel. "Yessuh," replied Johnson, but he : hesitated and stammered a little'. "Co on. Henry." "Yessuh, but 'taint so much to te>ll , abaht." "Sergeant Johnson is modest," inter I rupted the; colonel, "but he's one of the ? finest soleliers in the American army. I There's none finer." "There wasn't nothin' so fine abaht what Ah did," tho sergeant protested. "Jes' fought fo' mah life. A rabbit | v/oubl o* done 'at. Predicted "Tall Serappin'" "Well, anyway, me an' Needham Roberts was on patrol duty on May 15," he resumed. "'Round midnight the Bahgcnt brought two green men to relieve us. 'Good Lohd,' Ah says, , 'sho'ly yo'ro not goin' ter put those fcllus hi-afi. There's German snipers , be'n shotin' 'rounel eiisaway to-night, and we''ll all be- kilb'el 'less yo? have | men on the j<?l> what knows their rifles.' Hi; satel et was mah 'imagina? tion, but anyway he toeik those gre-eTi men 'way and left mo an' Needham at de post. "Pretty soon there: was mo' iirin, an' when Sahgont Roy Thompson come ! along Ah toi' him. "'Whut'sii mattah, men?' he asked me. 'You' scared ?" '"No, Ah ain't ncaree!,' Ah ?nys. 'Ah came ovah heah to elo mah bit anel Ah'U do it. But Ah was Jos' lettin' yo' know there's li'ble to be some tall serappin' 'round this heah post to night.'- Ile laughed an' went on, but Ah begirt to pit ready. "They's a box of hand grenad?s there and fu'st thing Ah takes 'em outen the box and lays 'em all in a row whored they be right handy. There was abane thirty grenades, Ah gues Hears Foe Cut Wires "Somewhere's 'round two 'clock Ah hears the Germans snippin' ouah wires out in front and calls fo' Needham Roberts. When ho. came Ah toi' him pretty near all the Germans in the world was creepin' ovah ouah way an' h?'d bettnh pass the word 'long to the lootenant. Roberts had jes' started off when the snippin' and clippin' of the wires sounds closer arid Ah lots a hand grenade fly. They's a yell from a lot of sho' surprised Dutchmen an' therr they staht firin'. Ah hollered to Needham to come back. "Right offen the reel he got shot t'rough the arm an' hip an' Ah saw the bos' thing he could do would he to lay down in the trench and hand no- up them grenades. "'Keep yo' nerve,' Ah toi' him, 'an' give me them grenades jes' as fasl as yo' can pass 'em up, 'cause All's goin' tor need 'em in a pouahful hurry.' Well, ho kep' handin' 'em to me and Alt kep' t'rowin' 'em and the Dutch? men kep' squealin', hut jes' I he same they kep' comin' on, too! When the grenades was all gone Ah star-ted in with mah rifle. That was all right till Ah shoved an American cahtridge clip in it? it was a French gun ? an' it jammed, so's it wasn't no mo' use thataway. Rifle and Knife Next "There was nothin' to do but jump into them Germans an' club 'em. Ali guess Ah cracked fo' or live of their haids with the butt of mah gun when it busted. Therr Ali took out mah little ol' French bolo knife and sailed into 'em, rippin' away jus' as hard as Ah could. "One of 'cm hollered. 'Rush him! Rush him!' Jes' then Ah thought Ah'd do a little rushin' mahself, so Ah picked out an officer, a lootenant, Ah guess he was, and made for him, swingin' mah bolo. Ah got hirn and Ah pot some mo'. They knocked me 'round consid'able and whanged me ovah the haid. but Ah always managed to Kit on mah feet ag'in. That fight lasted abaht half an hour an' Ah was wounded in a couple of places when they got help out to me. That's abaht all. There wasn't so much to it." Netted Thirty-six Germans There was this much to it: That when dawn broke they found Henry Johnson had killed four Germans and wounded thirty-two so severely they were unable to follow their fleeing comrades when the relief force came up. And there was this to it. in addi? tion: That shortly afterward Sergeant Henry Johnson, Company C, 369th In? fantry, was decorated with the Croix de Guerre with a palm and a star. with the whole French force in that section of the front lined up to see him honored. Colonel Hayward's account made it plain that the entire career of the old 15th overseas was a series of exploits of which that of Johnson, though, of course, an outstanding instance, was typical. One hundred and seventy-one men and officers of the regiment won dec? orations for valor or markedly meri- i torious service of some kind, and the regiment was decorated as a whole i before ?t sailed for home. Three Months Without Relief "We held one trench," said Colonel Hayward. "for ninety days without being relieved and every night that trench was raided." It was in the Champagne last Sep? tember that the regiment covered it? self with undying glory. There was a stretch of the Hindenburg line, Col? onel Hayward explained, that had been fought over, back and forth, many times, without any permanent gain by one side or the other. "See." the poilus told the New York men, "200,000 of our troops and of the boche are buried here. It is no use." The 369th was thrown in to do what all others had failed to accomplish. They did it. The stretch of Hin: was taken, and the foe never got it again. The regiment's casualties in this fight? ing wer? about 1,000. The French command paid it a fitting tribute to the 369th by permitting it to be the first Allied tinit to reach the Rhino on the march of occupation. "The German inhabitants were ter? rified at first when they saw us," said Colonel Haytward. "They had heard so many fearful talcs from their own soldiers of the 'blutlustige schwartz man.' But they soon became friendly and some of my boys speak German fluently from association with the civil? ians of the occupied territory." Colonel Hayward discharged the du ties of mayor of one of the German towns during his regiment's occupa? tion. Proud of Record Colonel Hayward voiced especial pride in the fact that only six of his \ men were up orr charges of drunken ness during their fifteen months in ? France and that there had been but nineteen cases of veneral disease re ported among them. The colonel still limp3 from the broken leg he suffered and has not completely recovered from the gassing he received. He said he expected to resume the practice of law when he is muster;1'! out. Some one asked him if there was any possibility of his being a candi? date for the Republican nomination for Governor in 19"0. A smile was the only answer. He admitted he is mightily inter? ested in the prospect of leading his men in the victory celebration parade and expresses the hope it will take place before the replacements in his regiment have been dispersed to their homes throughout the country. Pickering Wins Honors Lieutenant Colonel Pickering, who was in command of the 2d Battalion of the 369th on the Regina, has the Croix de Guerre with a palm and silver star and the Distinguished Service Cru.-;;. He won the latter for advancing alone beyond the enemy line in tho Cham? pagne for observations. Tho palm on liis Croix de Guerre was awarded him for remaining in nn observation post after all those with him had been killed. "It was tho safest thing for me to do," he said deprecatingly. "I would surely have been killed had I tried to escape." He received the silver star for lead? ing a particularly daring attack. Captain John H. Clark, formerly a lawyer of Flushing, Long Island, wears the cross of the Legion of Honor. He took command of his company when Captain F. W. Cobb, of White Plain?, was killed in the Champagne fighting. Captain Clark was decorated for con? spicuous gallantry. He was private secretary to Colonel Hayward when the colonel was Public Service Commis? sioner. Captain Clark's father is a public school principal in Flushing. School Teacher's Fine Record Lieutenant. Colonel Pickering was proudest of all of Lieutenant. Robb, a replacement officer in the 369th, who is now in a base hospital in Prance, igno? rant of the fact that he has been awarded the Legion of Honor and the Congressional Medal of Honor. He could not recall Robb's first name, but said he was a Kansas school teacher before he became a soldier. He was wounded five times in three days, but refused to leave the line until ho was carried back to a dressing station. Leon J. Cadore, for three years prior to his enlistment one of the pitchers for the Brooklyn National : League team, now Lieutenant Cadore, ; of Company G, 369th Infantry, was ! also on the Regina. He was an en? listed man when he went overseas. I He said he had been twice knocked down by shell explosions and that once ? a hand grenade was thrown into his ' trench, falling directly at his feet, but failing to explode. On neither of these occasions did he suffer injury. (adore was met by his father and , by Wilbert Robinson, Brooklyn man? ager. He said he hoped to be mus .' tered out in time to rejoin the team 1 for spring training. The 369th men will be at Camp Up? ton until they are mustered out. A concert in honor of Colonel Will? iam Hayward and 171 medal-winning soldiers of his regiment will be given next Saturday night at Carnegie Hall by the Clef Club Singing Orchestra of Bonbon Buddies. Lieutenant James Europe and his ragtime soldier band : will be guests of hoiior. On the hon ; orary committee of w/conift for this concert are Newton D. Baker, William ; Howard Taft, Governor A. E. Smith, Mary Garden and Enrico Caruso. Parade of 15th As Whole Proposed After the arrival yesterday of al ? most tho entire "Fia-htinc Fifteenth" regiment, now the 369th Infantry, res S McGibbon & Co. ? E? 3 West 37th St. Handy to Fifth Ave. S I ?] After Inventory Opportunities PL ? ] CURTAINS?ONE AND TWO PAIR LOTS ^W r g Real Lace, Marquisette, Muslin, Etamine and b?P? Pp. Novelty Curtains, full length and sash sizes. UP ? 1 WORTH DOUBLE. $2.00 to $50.00 pair. ?*U Pj REMNANTS.?Several thousand remnants Curtain DP pj materials, in Lace, Muslin, Marquisette and Novelty Usl lj Laces, \l/<? yards to 3Vfe yards. P? H Less Than Half Price?10c. to $2.00 for the remnant. S ? J REMNANTS.?Imported Prints, in large variety, at 5 ?j about half price, 1 yard to 4Va yards. Pg ? |J 25c. to $10.00 for the remnant. C? r*3 A WORTHWHILE OPPORTUNITY. S Five Transports Are Due From France To-day rPHK following transports, bringing troops from France, are due to reach port to-day : S e attle?F ro m B ve st, 1, 5 G1 men, consisting of Medical De- ? tachment, 1st. Battalion Head? quarters, Companies A, B and C of 163d Infantry, 116th Supply Train, Companies A, B and C, 11 (Ith Infantry; Battery C, 50th Heavy Artillery, ami Casual Company 235. Should dock at ! Hoboken about 5 p. m. Santa Theresa ? From Boi" e.leaux. 1,-157 men: Bordeaux Convalescent Detachments 1 to 7, inclusive.', and 11 to 14, inclu? sive'; 17, 18 and 65; Casual Com? pany 31. Should dock at Hobo ken about 8 :'-'-0 a. m. Peerless?-From Bordeaux. 157 men, Casual Company 24. Should dock at Hoboken about 8 a. m. Eiickman?From Bordeaux, 41 men, detachment from Casual Company 30. Woonsocket?From Bordeaux, 21 men of Casual Company 17. ?dents of the negro colonies in Harlem and San Juan Hill proceeded to make definite their plan.; fur \ve\coming the returning soldiers. The Hayward unit of the War Camp Community Service will give a reception and concert to the regiment Sunday night next at its old armory. James W. Gerard, former >ador to Germany, and Charle.s VV. Anderson, furnier Collector of In? ternal Revenue for the Second New York district, are on the programme to I speak. Among the Lincoln's Birthday crowds j in the negro districts yesterday were many soldiers of the old Fifteenth who returned Sunday. Forty wounded men of the regiment were entertained j by tin- Utopia Neighborhood (dub in Harlem. Windows throughout the dis? trict were' decorated with banners reading "Welcome, victorious Fif? teenth." Arrangements have not heen com? peted for the- proposed parade of the regiment. A movement is saiel to be on foot to demobilize the1 men imme cliately, but those in charge of the w'elcoming arrangements hope to give the regiment a chance to show itself as a whole before it is disbanded. The band of the new l?th Re'iriment of tlie New York State- Guard will serenade the returned soldiers in the 7th Regimen! Armory. The date of this event has not. yet heen elctor mined. Plans are be'ing made: for a dance Saturday night and for a ban? quet for colored officers at a later date. 287J?32 UTS~. Troops Sent Home So Far; M i I! ion De m o b ilized WASHINGTON-, Feb. 12.?From the signing of the armistice to February 8 ?J.--~i .'?'?'?'<2 American troops in France and Great Britain had embarked for the United States, while up to February 10 67,454 officers and 1,069,116 men had been demobilized in this country. Total arrivals of overseas troops up to Feb? ruary 7 were 215,749. These figures were made public to elay by Secretary Baker, together with others relating to the number of sick and wounded now in France and the' number returned home. Men in France indue; treated for disease' on February 1 numbered 62,561, and those suffering from wounds were 24,484. The- aggre? gate of 87,045 was 4,688 less than in the preceding week and 106,403 less than the number in hospitals overseas on November I 1. Since the eliding of hostilities 53,042 sick and wounded have arrived in this country, bringng the total since the be? ginning of ti,,. war to 63,160. On Febru? ary 1 the occupied beds in hospitals in the United State's numbered 00.777, while there were 47,048 vacant beds available for returning cases. American Flier, U. S. Citizen, Sees Native Land for First Time Major .lohn W. Huffer, one of the casual eifficers aboard the Stockholm, is an American citizen, speaks English with a perfect American accent, fought ior the 1'ni'eel States throughout the war. and yet never laid e-yes on Amer? ican soil until yesterday. lie was born and educated in Paris, ; where his father, likewise an Ameri ? can citizen, is a banker. When the . war began in 1914 he joined the Amer? ican Red Cross Ambulance Service. This was not exciting enough, how? ever, so lie enlisted in the foreign legi ... When t'ne Cnited States on iiered the war he was transferred to the American Aviation Corps. He ?s officially credited with bringing down four foe 'planes and has been awarded the Medal Militaire and Croix de Cueri" with six palms. He has rela? tives in .New York. In all, 4,121 troops returned yester? day on the Stockhohn and Regina, mon of those besides the two battal? ions of the 369th Infantry being casual mies comprising men from many states. Best War Novels Yet to Come. Says John Galsworthy British Novelist Here Asserts Battle Experience Will Dull Imagination of Most of the Young Writers "The best books on the war are yet to come. The soldiers themselves, re? turning from the trenches, have yet to give us of their best, but it may be many years before their best is ready. It rrrust set in the crucible of their imagination until the first shock and dross of the war is lost." This is the hope and the foreboding concerning the world of literature with which John Galsworthy has come to the United States for his second visit. His immediate purpose is to participate 111 the celebrations of the 100th anni , versary of the birth of James Russell Lowell. After that he hopes to have! about for a bit of a vacation. Mr. Galsworthy does not alk easily of himself or his work. One might ac j cuse him of "typical English reticence." But he has an easy courtesy which as? sists and at the same time counteracts the reticence. His careful, reserved sentences have more the sound of tho scholar than of the creator of those stormy, passionate people who lili the Galsworthy novels. "Aside from its value to the young men who have been through the actual experiences of the trenches, and have yet to give us their bes' impressions. the war has nor, been a great source of imaginative writing." he said yester? day. He was seen in the lobby of the Chatham Hotel. "For the young writers themselves it must have had a retarding influence, so far as their work in other channels is concerned," he added. "It has been a sort of final sensation, and I don't think it can have been good for imaginative writers to get their final sensations so young. I think the war will be found to have dulled ex? pectation and appetite, to have a blunt? ing effect, to have taken the edge off. Everything will be a little flat. "War engenders a sort of fatalism. People come out of it feeling that they have proved themselves?most people go through life feeling that the mo t ment foi- proving themselves is still before them. "I am afraid they will not be so eager and curious about those little things which are the stuff of the imaginative I writer's bread. I may be wrong. I hope so." For the "war novel" with its young soldier hero and its war bride heroine Mr. Galsworthy had only a courteous, puzzled smile. "I didn't know it was recognized as a type," he said. "I never read any of them." International Governing Board Asked by Farmers I WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 ?A pro I gramme embodying inclusion in the league of nations of a special body to deal with international agricultural : questions was adopted to-day at the closing session of the semi-annual con? ference of the National Board of Farm Organizations. Questions which this body would con ' sider would include uniform crop re? porting, equality of pay and other con ! ditions for the farmer as compared with workers in other occupations, col ' lectivo bargaining through organiza ' tions, preservation of natural re? sources and the right of nations to withhold from export essential agri? cultural supplies where the amount held by a country is limited. Tax on Soft Drinks Is Asked bv Travis ALBANY, Feb .12.?While declaring that he did not oppose the adoption of an individual income tax, Controller Lugc-ne M. Travis to-day fold the Joint Legislative Committee on Taxation that he believed it would be impracticable for the state to adopt such a tax at this time. As a substitute for the excise tax, I the Controller suggested a tax on non-intoxicating liquors, which he pre 1 dieted would produce at least $6,000,000 annually. Other recommendations for meeting ; the expected deficit in the state's reve ' nues included amendments to the cor i poration, inheritance, investment, bank | ing, stock transfer and motor car tax i laws, which, with some other slight ! additions, he believed would produce sufficient revenue without resorting . further to any new sources of revenue. 500 Jobs a Week for Troops Five hundred jobs a week for dis? charged soldiers are being found by ' the American Soldiers and Sailors' Protective Association, 1140 Broadway. Lieutenant Harry E, Prettyman, the di? rector, reported yesterday that the association is receiving enough help ! to double its efficiency every week. ; He said that for the seven days ended i yesterday b'M jobs had been found. The 1 applicants numbered 930. "We are not only providing jobs, but the discharged soldiers who are found destitute are provided with food and 1 clothing," said Lieutenant Prettyman. , "The clothing is being furnished by the National League for Woman's Service, 21 West Forty-sixth Street." ?; ; ? >_;-,- i? jr ijy r; y jv >n; KV KV rr?T KV JJtKV KV aiWttr"T*T 7TS7TVjmjlVjrVjrV KVKV.KV 7TV JiTKV:KV * ?a More of Those Luxurious ?MSfflfiTS 5.59 The first lot went in one clay's selling and we are fortunate in receiving another shipment. Crepe de Chines, Heavy Satin Stripe Silks. Miiln Moor. 35?I St. Lt^ Herald Square, Broadway, Sith to 35th. St m We Sell Dependable & Merchandise at Prices & Lower Than Any Other Store, but for Cash Only Store opens 9:00 A. M. and closes 5:30 P. M. . 3 Wise Men I One Read about our Sixty I First Anniversary I ' Sales and grasped this p Cigar Special 400 Boxes of the fa? mous Jose Lovera Rothschilds Finos Ci? gars. Made in Tampa from fin? est Cuban tobacco leaf. $3.49 Box of 50. Elsewhere $4.50 Box o? 50. LA SUPERIOR ROTHSCHILDS from the famous Mi-Hogar fac? tory, hand made from fin? est Havana tobacco. $3.96 Box of 50. Elsewhere $4.75 for 50. ?F$C3fi8?Fifth Floor, 35th St. 3 The Second ? B took selec advantage of our large Ij3 :tion of m Chinese and Persian Rugs Reduced 25% Such colorings and designs are worth corning far to see, | and the original prices amounted to $105,542. They are now $79,132. Tags show plainly the amount o? re? duction. I Indo'Chinese Rugs 'M Radically Reduced ?1 ?Ep Chinese effects, made ex \U pressly for us in India, i !?? Size Price IV ere II 6x 9 ft. $63.00 $84.00 I 1 8x10 91.00 122.00 9x12 123.00 164.00 I 10x14 163.00 218.00 12x15 218.00 294.00 | I i$??2F&?Fourth Floor, Centre. ?J I The Third & Knew of our February !|]i Furniture Sale, offering igj? many economies in suites for ?gi| bedroom, dining room or g<j drawing room. ? Also manv single pieces. m f$&&&?Sixth Floor. The Lid's Lifted 1 And there's a spirit of I Spring Carnival in the dash | ful models of Felt Hats at $3/24 H We mean fur felt, and ;| there's a big difference be '$ tween wool felt and fur felt ?difference in appearance and wear. Hats of tins ^ quality sell elsewhere for iji one-third more. Spring shades are varied, including Olive. Gray, Brown and Myrtle. ?Main Floor, 85th St.