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! ALL MERCHANDISE ADVERTISED IN THE TRIBUNE IS GUARANTEED Vor. LXXIX No. 26,739 1 Copyright, lO'O, IVew York Tribune Inr.] First to Last? the Truth: News- Editorials' Advertisement SATURDAY, JANUARY :n. L92(T W E A THER Fair nnd colder to-da\ with strong ribrth? est t?s north wind : to-morrow fair. Full Keport on h??i,ru.' *i? ?i; ??i ?i; TWO (FATS v In (.r^?i^r New \,>?-k nml I THRRK ?1 SIS - ?'-:.?;...? .li-,........ I I.l.?^l._ Sweet Rallies Clan Against ; Ousted Five Veteran Politicians Who Oppo-*.'-- ^-s Father VLill r'ight Roosevelt Yio\e for Socialists Barnes Men Form \ "Whisper Squad' Solomon and Claessens Attacked yon Personal Records in Legislature Ftafl Correspondence ALBANY. Jan. 30.?Speaker Thadden*- C Sweet arrive?! herethi? : afternoon to lead the fight to repair ? the ranks of his shattered following and to try to put down the insurg? ency against continuation of the trial of the five suspended Social lists which cropped up during his: absence at Saranac Lake during the i last three days. Lined up with the Sweet camp in the counter offensive against Colonel ! Theodore Roosevelt, who, with Majority Leader Simon L. Adler, started the movement to reseat the five ousted Socialists are the vet? erans of ti e "old guard" who made : several losing tights against his ! father. Barnes Men Lead The "Old Guard" These "old guard" veterans, under ; the leadership of lieutenants of Wil? liam Barnes, who siijce he was de? posed as state chairman has made several attempts to get hack into power, have formed themselves into a ''whisper squad." Their line of attack consists in buzzing into the ears of the Repub? licans and Democrats who have i ? flecked to the Roosevelt standard.. Some of these whispers are prom ises. Some are threats. Some are special pi? adings. Conspicuous among the "whisper squad" is a Westchestei County man j whose chief line argument run*: "Stick by the Speaker. Harnes and the other regulars are behind him "Bowevelt ? backed by Hughes and Mills and thai crowd, "?'tie Speaker and Barne? are bound to win out, and if' you don't st . - you'll lose. And if i you vote to discharge the Judiciary Committee, Anderson and the other ' ??';?'- 'can ? along later and ask you to vote * scharge the committee from cons leration of their bills." VVhil '! ? B irnes himself is re? maining in background, one of hi. ' .'"*. Alexander Otis, has: appeared *h? scene and is prepar immai ? of the trial for news-' paper u ? ?? aries have been de? nounced ccurate and misleading by m? of the Judiciary Com? mit! . repudiated all con Mr. Otis. Oti.? was t : ,? : riend of Speakei ? . er Sweet's an i val tt'lephoi ? w ; res to Re 1 1 eaders all over the Itate ha? kept hot with appeal.-. ? ? ' : A - sen blj men : to return 1 -v. ???-*' camp. Fervsnt Pleat Sent To Tarrmany Lenders I j * ...-;? pleas are being made I to 1 ? ? leadei to get t" . nto line. between the old ( i'oo ?? ? ell faction are i '????? those here \\ ho be ? .1 udiciary Committee ' anything n em bling a reporting back that the So? a hould bi i eseatcd. I i - to-daj. after a contii th? examination of directo?i of education of of Social Science, at ta? ?'- ,' the record of the ? the Assembly -?jurin-' the v a ? ? offei id in* ??'. ' , .: , wil h nal ioflal de fens? ? . f these measures the , . ... : ?as . iave voted so .: . ;-. , v. .? h the rema ei mai mously in favoi. ''?"?' low: - ; ke available for the -'-''"?*? '? -- : certain moneys ap N'ational Guard by .... of 1917." This ?-. ??? 1918 The only ??'. ? ,n to this were those ? delegation, including ?r - and Waldmai hree of " L ? ? ' -r ? ;i i ? I? ?.f-<i by "An acl to . * nal law in n ial ion - ? ...? teachers." Thi . ; ... f i om ? he ? " p ibli? Bchoola of . ? enemic Claessens, the re si of the then ?-. ?oi !.*? ' he Assembly t this I* v.aH adopted - SoeialUti Aiiaintt Military Training '?An ..< to amend ; .i. i elat :'..'. to pi? y h - r - . <? .,! ai moriei .:.-. rch 191 9. 'I hi? .-.. * h m tary train '?' ch .????? Clae* ?en? and ? ? again it il appropriation act for '?'.' ': ?? government pre tfoM then offered in ? ? ?'.* ?. '-'? ' the only vot**? r'*</i?t?*red in 'i''.''l*.' ; i;, ,,. t) ,, ,. ,,; .?, g0C?al?*'t '.'?l - ? ? relnl ? v fco the mill *ry tra ning of boy?, v/ah proaented in th? eptir? riodaliiit .' !*tioi on record in oppoiltion. ? foilow? d ih? "work or I gl '? " "'?-.'/ '? i the requUitioning ' ??*<??'' uS .... ablo bodj?id pernonM ? ' ?iC.ii-n and fifty. n?,t -?i ?r.d une/ul bunine??, ;? oi profession, Hero ' vntinued >m page four Mrs. William B. Leeds Greek Prince Weds Mrs. Leeds To-day American Widow, Worth $14,000,000, Won by Brother of Const ant i ne Word was received in New York by cable from Paris yesterday that 'Airs. William B. Leeds, who inherited a for? tune estimated at $11.000,000 on the death of her husband in Paris in June, 390S, will be married to-day in Geneva to Prince Christopher of Greece, younger brother of former King Con? stantino of Greece. The civil ceremony will bo performed to-day and the rc' ligious one will take place at Vevay to-morrow. King Constantino, who is at the Carlton Hotel, St. Moritz, will be unable to be present at the w? ' ling, but will sen?! as his representative the Duke of Sparta, the former Crown Prince. The engagement of the couple has repeatedly been reported and as often denied in the last two years. Th?> marriage of Mrs. Leeds and the prince will make her a cousin by mar? riage of King George of England and of Queen Victoria of Spain and ah aunt by marriage of Kin^ Alexander of Greece, who was selected as King upon the abdication of ins father, in June, lf'17. Prince Christopher ;s a son of the late King George of Greece, who was assassinated, and is a brother of Prince George, who married Princess Marie Bonaparte; Prince Nicholas, who married the Grand Duchess Helene of Russia; Prince Andr?', whose wife was Princess Ai ico of Battenburg, and of Princess Marie of Greece, who was married to Grand Duke George Mi cha?ovitch, of Russia. Mrs. Leeds is a (laughter of the late William C. Stewart, of Cleveland. She was Mrs. Nancy Stewart Worthington when she was married to Mr. Leeds. Mrs. Leeds since her husband's death ha" >pent most ,of her time abroad. She has a house in Paris, and her Lon? don home is Spencer Houso, in St. James's Place. She has one son, Will? iam Bateman Leeds, who is a student at Eton, Shiptvrecked Men Adrift Five Days I . S. Tanker Mielero Sinks in Storm Off Florida', Crew Rescued WILMINGTON, N. C, -Ian. 30. Ac? cording to radio messages picked up here to-night, the crew of the tank steamer Mielero, which sank at sea Monday, were rescued by the steamer Sucrasa, a -sister ship. The men were picked up this afternoon after having been afloat hi small boats for live days. '! ? . Miele) . boui d from Matanzas to Philadelphia, with 1,600,000 gallons ?.:' molasses, broke m two and sank in heavy weather off the Florida coast on January -?'?. according to radio advices received hero yesterday. Another lifeboat, with the chief of '.<?<???. third officer, fqur engineers and twelve men of the crew, was picked up about 150 mile- southeasl of Tybee Eigl ? at the entra?e of I'm- Savannah River, by the steamship Ocettee, which . ' ? . news of the disaster yesterday by radio. The i ewB reached th?- office of the l.'nited States Naval Communication Service, at 44 Whitehall Street, from Miami, Fla., th" message from the ()> it? having been relayed to that sta? tion by th.- destroyer Clemson. In his report Captain McNelly of the Ozette said that th?- heavy s?-as kicked up by a stiff northeaster were mod? erating, and it is believed the missing 'if. boat of the Mielero may be picked i;,. The Mielero, ?if 5,853 ton? gross, was built in Quincv, Mass., in 1917. > Ten Women Are Injured In Bobsled Contest On** May Lose Sight of Eye an tli*' Result of Accident at Huntington, I.. I. Ten women were injured in the bob? sled conl si at Huntington, !.. I., yes? terday when the ?led <>n which ihey 'were riding struck a rut and over? turned. The sled carried twenty w? m half of whom suffered injuries. 'I he mosl ei iously injured is Mrs. (,'harh ! Romano, who ma . lose 1 h?' night of one ol her eyes. Miss May Halv?y was baldly cut about the face and body and may have internal in? juries. Othera hurt,--'were Miss Ethel Harri?, Mr?. William Bowker, Mrs. George Butt, Miss Elizabeth Fox, Miss, Lola Archer, Miss Sylvia Jacobson, Mina Ethel Miller and Mrs. Mamie Phillip?. Cabinet Heads Lai Too Much; Always at Lunch, Rucker Says WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. Cabinet ?officer*' eat too much, Representative Rucker, Democrat, of MiHSOtiri, said in ? ?peech in tl ? Hou?e to-duy oppo?ing an appropriation of $10,000 foi repair and upkeep o? automobile? for official u?e by State Department official?. "The?e officer? >?n<l then chief clerk? are always al lunch." ?aid Mr. Rucker, "Yoij call ?t M a. m. and they an* at lunch; you r?:t'nn ?t. :i p, m. and they ?ir* ?till at luoch. 'D.'-y eat too much.'' Influenza Cases Jump to 5,532; 826 Increase All Boroughs of City Report Continued Spread of Mal? ady for 24 Hours Ending at 10 o'clock Yesterday Pneumonia Also Gains Deaths From Both Causes Total262, Advance of2f>; Great Demand for Nurses In the twenty-four-hour period end j ing at Id o'clock yesterday 5,532 new cases of influenza had been reported to the Health Department, an increase of 82G over the twenty-four hours preceding. In the same period 262 persons died of influenza and pneu? monia, an increase of twenty-six over the day preceding. In addition to the new influenza cases. 85J new cases of pneumonia were reported, compared with the 649 cases reported Thursday. Figures for the chart, day ended at. 10 o'clock yesterday morning, as given out by the Health Department, follow: Influenza. Pneumonia. Horoiijfh. Cases. Deaths. Cases. Deaths Manhattan .... 2,809 5ti 5:i8 67 I Uronx . 629 15 tin 1" ' Brooklyn . [,548 ;'.?'. 218 55 , Queens . 320 h l'8 8 I Richmond . Kdi 1 77 1 i Totals .5,532 119 851 L13 1 Preceding twen 1 ty-Cour hours' totals . 4,706 100 649 Kit; I Increuses . 82l> 19 202 ? G r a n ?1 totals ! since Jan. !.. 3,001 545 6,031 1.696 ? Corresponding ?lay 1918 epi? demic . 4,293 183 391 210 Calls for 147 Nurses Health Commissioner Copeland said last night that there had been calls for 147 nurses, but that the Health Depart? ment had been able to supply only fifty-two. He said also that there had been fifty new applications for posi? tions as practical nurse.* and that eleven graduate, nurses had been ac? cepted. He denied the report that ac? cepted applicants were being paiil while training. Dr. Copeland made public a letter from Archbishop Patrick J. Hayes to ?ill the Catholic hospital? in Manhat? tan, the Bronx and Richmond urging them to aid the Health Department in its light against the epidemic, and an? nounced that he would lake over the private hospital at Lexington Avenue and Fifty-eighth Street, owned by Mrs. Louis G. Kaufman, wife of the presi? dent of the Chatham and Phoenix Bank, which he would operate to take care of children who are in homes where they are exposed to, influenza. Commissioner Copeland said this hospital has a capacity of 100 patients, and that last year Mrs. Kaufman opened the hospital for a similar pur post- and paid all of the expenses of its operation during the influenza epi , demie. He said that the Board of Health is following up the absences of school children, which have been numerous lately, on the theory that the children may be suffering from influenza, but ligures brought back by inspectors show, he said, that there are few case-; among the children, and that their ab ; sence is explained bv t'ne fear of their parents that they may be infected with the disease. Skeptical of Serums Shown a cable from Paris yester I day which stated that a physician there 1 had found a serum to cure influenza ; and so-called sleeping sickness, which : this physician declares to be the same. Commissioner Copeland said that while he agreed with the latter statement and had himself expressed the same opinion often, he viewed with sus? picion at this time serums which have for their purpose the prevention of both diseases. "Whenever the germ responsible for any disease is known and can be iso? lated," he said, "it is possible to pre? pare a vaccine that will protect against the disease and to prepare a serum ' that will be useful in its treatment. Unfortunately there is a great differ 1 ence of opinion among scientific men as to the positive factor of influenza. 1 With two or three notable exceptions ] the American investigators in the East ! are agreed that the causative factor of , influenza has not yet been determined. ?'Any vaccine for the prevention of the disease or any serum intended for : its cure must be purely experimental, j Therefore, at the present moment I 1 view with suspicion and doubt all state I ments regarding the virtues of any : such biological products." Discussing the number of patients in city hospitals, Commissioner Cope ! land said that there were 1,404 such patients in Manhattan and 318 in the Bronx. He pointed out that while there are 38,000 hospital beds in greater I New York, only 2,000 or less are being used for influenza cases. Hi- said also that the Health Department has asked the various hospitals to postpone all surgical cases which are not urgent, ? so that influenza cases can be imme? diately handle?!. Discussing the work that the Nurses' Emergency Council has been doing in co? operation with the Red Cross, the 1 Charity Organization Society, the ! Henry Street Nursing Service and Babies' Welfare Organization, Commis: sioner Copeland said that his depart i ment is greatly aided by them and that ' most of this work has been made possi? ble Juy the individual labors of Miss Continued on jxtge six Millerand Defies Opposition ; Wins Vote of Confidence in Chamber is Passed by 51 Oto 70, All Balloting PARIS. Jan. 30. The Cabinet of Premier Millerand was given a vote of confidence in the Chamber of Deputies to-day at a session attended by vir? tually all the members. The vote was 510 in favor of the Ministry to 70 against, it, and with no abstentions fiom voting. The Premier threw down the gantlet to the opposition in replying to inter? pellations on the general policy of the Cabinet, in which Deputies Demagallon and Gerald had resumed personal at? tack- upon Jules Steig, the Minister of the Interior, and Jean Ogier, Minister of Liberated Regions. "If the Chamber," said the Premier, "has thought for a moment that I would deprive myself of the services of any of the men whom I have chosen it has been badly mistaken and docs not know me. The Chamber must de? cide immediately whether or not the government has its confidence, in order that we may get to work." Pioneer Loses BIO Flat Worth | $5 Square Foot Eviction ot Harm Hilde brandl, Lou** Resident of Broad Street IHuildmi-;. Sacrifice to Progress 1 The curb market is only a blur of I red caps and black to the feeble eyes of the old man who sits all day at the window behind the old-fashioned Not? tingham lace curtains at l'>2 Broad : Street. Harm Hildebrandt is ninety-two years old, and lone- bus ceased to take any inter?s! in the turmoil of the great financial world that seethes at his feet. The position that is worth thousands of dollars to a broker is for him only a parlor window but a window where he has sat for fifty years and watched the evening star* come out over Brooklyn. There was a time when he could see them ?'?? ; fleeted in the waters of the Last River; now, of course, the little four-story brick building is surrounded by sky? scrapers, which cut off anv view but that of curb and sky. Yesterday Mr. Hildebrandt's ?laugh tec, with tines running down her : wrinkled cheeks, had to tell this ?hi ?nan to look for the last time at the moon between the skyscraper. On j Monday a gang of wreckers will enter i the house. Business, which by some mischance had spared the little build ? ing all these years, now has claimed it for her own, and the Hildebrandts ' must move. i Event Dreaded for Years I "We hate to leave the neighborhood, i it's so ?juiet at night..'' explained the '. daughter, Mrs. Henry Sigloch. shutting a careful door lest the old man hear her story. "Father never gets oui any :mo?'e. All he does is just sit and look out. I am afraid it will kill him to move him. I have been dreading this for years, but I always hoped we con!'! lay him away before wc broke his ni a -i by m?)', i ng. "The worst of it is we cannot find any tenement to live in. The Sistcs of Trinity Church are coming for father , to take him to a hospital they have. I haven't dared tell him that yet. But 'we have been hunting for weeks, ever since the new oy.ner first warned us we must move, and we cannot lind a ' flat. You know, we're kind of hard to suit, maybe. We've? been used always to living in a nice neighborhood. It's quiet down here at night, and there are ' not many neighbors." For all these residential advantages (to say nothing of the financial possi? bilities of the location I the Hildebrandts have been paying the astonishing sum of $10 a month. They have six large rooms , and a glass covered court that makes j an excellent clothes yard. Rising Values Passed Them By Harm Hildebrandt rented the flat fifty years ago from Mayor G?nther, who was a political friend. When the property passed into the hands of the Stevens estate Mr. Hildebrandt was retained as janitor, an?l so the rent never was raised. Property around them went into the ninth degree in value, but nobody paid any attention : to No. 62. A few doors away from No. 62 is an otiice building ?here floor space '? rents for $? a square foot, The Hilde 1 brandts were paying for 3,000 square : feet, or what would command a rental of $lf>,000. Instead they paid Sin. All this attracted th?' attention of L. L. Winkelmar., a broker, at 44 Broad Street, ami recently through the agency of Lawrence. Blake & Jewell, he became the owner of the $10 flat. He already has refused a profit of $35,000 on his investment. When altered, the property will be worth about $100,000. "Oi course, 1 shall not put an old man out into the street." he said last night. "1 should not want any one to treat mj father that way. "We purpose to use the original walls of the building. They were built in the old times when things were put up to stay. The contractor tells me the walls ai'?' 18 inches thick, instead of the *? inches we lind in modern building*. We shall rebuild the in? terior and use most of the building ior our own business. Whatever por | tion I rent will bo at the rate of $5 a square foot." _? 1,000 Planks for a Platform In a week 1,000 planks have been submit? ted in The Tribune's Republican Platform ' v Contest. They have been tabulated by issues, thus giving an indication of what the average voter considers the paramount problems. i The t.ibulation, some of the planks sub? mitted and the prize letter will be found in the Editorial Section of tomorrow's Sunday Tribune i-m-______ Ban on Imports British Plan to Boost Exchange _ ?o Embargo on Entry of Ameri? can Luxuries Expected as the First Step to Sta? bilize the Falling Rates Had No Hope for Credits Secretary (?lass's Letter No Surprise to London Bank? ers and Treasury Officials By frank Getty New York Tribune European Bureau (Copyright, 1920. New Vork Tribune. Inc.} LONDON, Jan. 30.?England's first step to rectify the shattered exchange rate on the pound sterling in New York is expected to be an embargo against tin* importation of American luxuries, with virtually everything on the barred list, possibly, except food i.ml actual necessities. Announcement of the embargo may be expected soon. \"?> one can resent such a move on the part of England, and it is doubtful if Americans who desire to see normal international industrial relations- re? sumed will ?|o so. The measure con? ceivably may be one oi a series de? signed to restore a more favorable re? lation between the pound and dollar. Knew I'. S. Would Deny Credits All England has read the letter of Secretary of the Treasury Glass, in which he says that the United States cannot be expected to make further loans to Europe. While Great Britain is pondering the possible result of the American Sec? retary's announcement, an outstanding feature of th* situation has come to attention which, it seems, ought to be cmphasizetl in view of the scare stories prevalent to-day, and it is this a sec? tion of the British community knew t'n i cris is wa * com i tin*. Persons in the United States must not be carried away with the idea that the reported resentment here again it America is deep-rooted or has a fundamental basis, it is stirred up by the gaseous press, and a calm wind arising from saner reasoning will soon dispel it. Secretary Glass'? letter, as has been said, occasioned no surprise among London financiers or Treasury officials here. They had expected ves, antici? pated it. Whatever may be written from this side of the "amazement and indignation" caused by the American Treasury Secretary's frank statement merely reflects the yapping of a section o{ the British press always ready to seize upon anything to arouse public opinion and produce sensational reading. Chamberlain Foresaw ?t Austen Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, will make no statement on the letter, but he knew that this ex? pression of view was coming. Treasury officials also were silent, but they ex? pected nothing different. City finan? ciers knew as well as Secretary Glass himself that America "could not, if it wished, assume the luir.lens of the world or undertake to finance Europe'*! re? quirements." Just what prompted the initial out? cry begun in "The Daily Express" Wednesday, remains a mystery, but it w ' either inspired by those who realize England's position and want to impress upon the public the need for the four measures outlined by Secretary '?lass disarmament, re? sumption of industrial life, adequate taxation and domestic loans but dare not do so openly owing to the difficult political situation here; or it was merely the sycophant press making copy for its,-If.' Mr. Chamberlain and Sir Auckland Gcddes discussed the situation with Premier Lloyd George and Andrew Hon..' Law, leader of the House of Commons, yesterday. Mr. Chamber? lain's reticence to call an international financial conference when first de? manded was believed due to his ability to foresee America's refusal to take part. Many leading hankers who have been invited to meet Mr. Chamberlain early next week to discus.* methods of recti? fying the sagging exchange ri.tes on pound sterling in New York admitted to-day that they could see little pos? sibility of relief in th?- proposed inter? national conference, except possibly closer unity of action among the Allies. Heal Remedy Lies With England There is no need for Americans to feel undue sympathy for England in the situation. Persons here who know what they are talking about do not blame America for the attitude she has taken. They see a need a serious and increasing need for rectification of the exchange rate, but they realize that the real remedy lies with England alone. They will soon take steps, in? ternal as well as external, to put the house in order. As for that section of the com? munity whose opinion is reflected by such papers as "The Daily Express." "The Evening Globe," "John Bull," etc., sympathy f?>r its embarrassment woul?! be wasted, for in the same columns in which t'n?* writers complain bitterly of the rise of the American dollar appear articles openly rejoicing in the fall of other European currency in comparison with the pound? particularly Scandina? vian exchange, in which case the ex? change quotations to-day showed a con? tinued rise in Great Britain's favor. Loan to Europe To Be Fifty Millions House Republicans Agree to Reduce Credit Asked For to Smaller Figure WASHINGTON, Tan. 30.?Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee in conference late to-day informally agreed to favor legislation authorizing the Treasury to extend ad? ditional credits of $50,000,000 to cer? tain European countries for food re? lief. The specific countries to benefit by the food credits will be decided upon at a later meeting of the majority mem? bers of the committee. Poland, Arme? nia and Austria were included in the original proposal of Secretary Class Continued on page three _ Democrats Desert Treaty Parley as Lodge Rejects ? Taft Plan for Article X j Taft Substitute for Article X Which Lodge Refuses to Accept WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-?The reservation to Article X of the league of nations ror.cna ch was drawn by former President Taft, | ai'd the Republican refusal to accept which caused Democratic Senators '?? to quit the compromise conference to-day, follows: "The United States declines to assume any legal <n* binding obliga? tion t?) preserve the territorial integrity or political independence of j any other country under the provisions of Article X, or to eDvploy the i military or naval forces of the United States under any article of the j treaty for any purpose; but the Congress, which under the Constitution . has the sole power in the premises, will consider and decide whal moral : obligation, if any, under the circumstances of any particular case, when it arises, should move the United States in the interest of world peace am! justice, to take action therein, and will provide accordingly." ! Farmers Near Revolt Against Price Gougcrs ? May Quit Lands or Curtail Production Because of High Profits of Middle j men, Questionnaires Show WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. Indications of a widespread spirit of unrest and dissatisfaction among the farmers* of the country, so threatening as likely to disturb the existing economic struc ture, is considered by government of? ficials to be revealed in more than 40,000 replies to a questionnaire re? cently sent out by the Postoilice De parl menl. The replies as thus far digested wer?' summarized in a report prepared by George L. Wood, superintendent of the Postoilice Department's division of : rural mails, and read to the Senate Postoffice Committee to-dav by James i 1. Blakslee, Fourth Assistant Postmas 1 ter General. The views of the 10,000 . or more farmers were obtained by the broadcasting of 200,000 copies of a questionnaire throughout the agricul : tural states asking for suggestions whereby the Postoffice Depart nient I might aid in cutting down the cost of ! living. Three Chief Complaints Answers to the questionnaires have ; been coming* in sine., the middle of De 1 cember at the rate of a thousand ti day. and, as summarized by officials, show the major complaints of the ! farmers, in numerical order, to be: Inability to obtain labor to work ; the farms, as hired help and the j farmers' children have been lured to ; the city by higher wages and easier ! living. High profits taken by middlemen . for the . mere handling- of food I products; and, Lack of proper agencies of con? tact between the farmer a:;.I th? ultimate consumer. Many of the replies, said one officia! who had looked 'over them, probably : as many as 50 per cent, indicate tl the writers contemplate either leaving i th?>ir farms or curtailing acreage ii I? .cultivation because of one or more of | the three major grievances, and be? cause of the growing feeling against ' non-producing city dwellers. i omrhenting to-night on the replies, I Assistant. Postmaster General Blaks !. ..? saiii : ] "Such a condition at a time when the predominant cry is for production and 'still more production cannot but con j stitute a grave menace." Complaint was made in a majority of the replies, the report sa d, of the ] high prices paid by consumers as com I pareil with the low return to the farm? er, indicating an entirely dispropor I tionate profit for the middleman. Many farmers, the report said, drew compari ? sous between "the hours of labor re? quired of the farmer and his compen? sation with those of the urbanit?, of which the farmer bitterly complains, setting forth the soft and luxurious Ii*. ing of the latter as cjmpar t a th the hard and bare living of the farm.;' who is no longer willing to toil and produce for the striker, the profiteer i and the short hours, high wage man Situation Declared Serious A member of the committee remarki d that the replie- seemed to be "mostly ? from a bunch of Bolsheviki," wh ch prompted Mr. Blakslee to ,*.iy tl his opinion the situation was extreme ? ly serious. "The high cost of wearing apparel, I of staples not produced on the farm, o." farm implements and fertilizers, all of which seem to have filled the far? mer's mind with discouragement and i resentment, is certain to result in the i curtailment of food production,'' the re? port said. Mr. Blakslee said the report and all other data bearing on the matter had been submitted to Postmaster General Burleson. Extension of the rural par? cel post service to make it easier for the farmer to sell his products direct to the city consumer, was advoca.'-.i by Mr. Blakslee. as one step toward correcting the condition indicated. Figures made public to-day by the Department of Commerce showed that foodstuffs imports in December ; amounted to nearly double the value brought in during December, 1918. while exports or' foodstuff^ were $30, I 000,000 below the total for the same month a year ago. Foodstuffs imported in December were valued at $84,941,027, compared with $43,136,449 in December, 1918, while exports were $172,600,261, against $203,983,316 in December a vear a?;o. Imports of foodstuffs in ?919 amounted to $1,100,979,028, com? pared with $743,022.806 in 191**, and exports for 1919 totalled $2,641,190, 953, against $1,953,255,312 for the previous year. Cavell Accuser Sentenced PARIS. Jan. 30. Georges Gaston Quien, who was sentenced last Septem? ber to die for the betrayal of Edith Cavell to the Germans, and who-?' case was appealed by his counsel, was sen? tenced to-day to twenty years' impris? onment for intelligence with the enemy. The chare-., of his accusation i of Miss Cavell was given up at his sec ! on?! trial. 81,000,000 in Art Treasures Lost in Fire __ __ Statues and Paintings by Leading \meriean Artists Consumed in Bla/e I hat Wrecks 57th St. Structure More than $1,000,000 worth of statues, paintings and art treasures by the fore? most living American artists were burned yesterday afternoon in a fire which destroyed the Fifty eighth Street Annex of the American Federation of Fine Arts Building, 215 W.-st Fifty seventh Street. Of the total damage, which is said to exceed S 1,50(1,000, only that done to the building is covered by insurance, and the U?ss of the art works which it contained will bo borne for t'ne most part by tin? artists by whom they were executed ami to whom they belonged. Three firemen and an electrician at work in the basemen! were slightly in? jure?! m the fire, winch swept through the three galleries of the annex ami threatened t'ne main building, where 300 students of me Art Students' '? League were at work. The students and two models who were posing for I hem filed out of the building in per I'ect order as soon as they were in? formed of the lire by one of th?' in? structors. Though there was no panic tha mod els, who v. ere posing in the nude, did ?not stop I,, put on their clothes but wrapped themselves in rugs, overcoats or whatever they first laid their hand.-i on and * hi, - left t !;?? bui ding. The annex, which was mad?? up or three large glass-roofed galleries, ex? tending from the mam building on l-'.t ? ;. seventh Street through to Fi ftj eighth Street, had been rented by th?' Arclutectu ral League of New Vor?-; for it thirty-fifth annual exhibition, sched? uled to open February 1. Paintinj . ?*: * n , mural decoraI ions, ; va ses a ...1 bal i. i, ( ol I? cted from all pari of the United States .?r.d < anada, had been brought to the galleries arel ai ranged for the open . i ... Painters and decorators were still at work when, at 9:55 o'clock, Lusse!! F. White notice?! a flash in the electric ?panel board in the cintrai gallery. Flames spread rapidly to the bui decorations of the room. Mr. Wl te not , d tit".-, in : he main build ng md turned in an alarm. Electrician Fights Bla/.e Meanwh le, \\ illiam Seyfried, an i lee tr cian, of 560 Se\ eut h Avenue, Ii? ..ok lyn, running up from the basement, where he was completing the w r ng for the exhibit, tried desperately *o extin? guish the blaze with his hands. By the time that Engine Company 23 in charge of Captain 1 h mas Murphy, reached the bui dii ? from (ire house, which is just acros Fift ?:? ? \ :.-?: Sti 6et from the Ann '. the flames had swej ?.'?*. rough the cen? : a gall? ry, und bur -i out in the Va : . bill gallery on the Fifty-eighth >tr ' side. A second and third alarm were at once turned in and were ? poi to by other fire companies and Eire 1 h of John Kenlon, who took I ? . Patrick J. Reardon, of Engine Com? pany 23, .lames B. Lawler, of Engine 1 . ... .y 35, and Harry -\'< *s, of Hook and Ladder Company J. were injured -light:',' by falling bricks and glass, when the Fifty-eighth Street wail ? :' the Vanderbilt gallery fell. Reardon .?.ii?! L?wler were attended by Dr. Harry Archer, of the Fire Department, and returned to duty. Ness, whose !n tries '.v.-re somewhat more severe, was tak? it to the Lnil ! States Health Hospital in Chief Kenlon's automo? bile. l n ;30 o'clocl. the ft re had been ? - . but not iint? ! ;* - ad destroyed the Vanderbilt or N ii Gallery, the '"entrai Gallery, and all the works of art, repres? il i * years of effort by such representative sculptors and painters as Edwin Blashfield, John S. Sargent. Isidore Konti and Troy Kinney. Nothing that was in these two gal? leries reniait.-. By a queer twist fate, the only part of the exhibition which was saved, that in the South Gallery, ii the least valuable and the easiest to replace. It. consist- of photographs find models of buildings, designed by members of the Architec? tural I.? ague. Horses Led to Safety The smoke from the fire threaten'ec to till the Central Park Riding Academy on Seventh Avenue, and 150 frightened horses were led from their stalls by employees and volunteers from the crowd, ar.'l taken to other -'allies in the neighborhood. While the blaze was at its height the oc? cupants of The Osborn, the apart ment house on tin* corner of Fifty seventh Street and* Seventh Avenue, adjoining the Fine Arts Building, were required to leave their apartments. Officials of the Architectural League Continued mi page seven ?.ioon MORNING: Need Ofllce 11 .**?-1 jj "* The country's futur?? B?to itlv? ? ? ,i l Tho Tribune Call l he ?,<mxI Mnriiliiic <?ir| Beekman 3000 ml e've her >*ou advertisement f.,r to-mor? row'? Issue Atlvt. I Minority to Seek Open Debate on February 10; ""Mild l\eser>atioiiist*-.*' Now Control Situation Six Republican \ otes Are Neefleti Lodge Also Refuses to \eeepl Vn\ iVlodifica tion of ^lonroe Clause N, w ? ?i-fc ; buna it i Ii .-... ... B .tau WASHINGTON, Jan *30. ? - partisan co ' n ? ompronvit reservations to the league of nations covenant of the peace treaty came tc. an abrupt conclusion to-day when the Democratic Senators, unable tc obtain a compromise on the I.odgc reservation on Article X, walked out of the meeting room. Unless there is some unforeseen chain.',*' of heart on the pari of the Republicans in the Senat?', making furl her compromise negotiations possible, the Democrats will attempt on Februai*y Id to bring the peace treaty up on the floor it? a final ef? fort to bring aboul ratification. Sen ator Walsh of Montana, one of the Democratic members of the unoi ficial bipartisan conference in tin* absence ? ? F Senator Hitchcock, the net ing minority leader, who . ! , art? ? for his home to-night, will give notice in the Senat?' to morrow of the intention to call th? treaty up February 10. Conferees Viso Apar! On Monroe Doctrine Although the split to-day came di? rectly over the reservation to Ar tide X, which relates to the obliga? tion of the United States in preserv? ing* the territorial integrity and po litical independence of other ria tions, it was made clear later tKal i there was little hope of agreement on the reservation relating to Monroe 1 ><;??; rine. Ai lh" session to-day Senato Hitchcock for the Democrats offered as a r?. ->?'". ati? n i" .\ '" icle x Lhe < proposed recen! ly by foi m? r i ' ?I."it Taft. Senator Lodge said h could ii"' agree to it and had no counter proposal modifying tin Re? publican reservation to offer. Thi meeting broke up a few minut? i later. Senatoi I odge latei ? - tued i ';t'e ment show inji changi |,ad I een made or ;ugg< ted dui the compi omi -?? conferences, wha1 alt?rai ion of th? Lodge r? r val ions had been ;?;? reed I i. The U i adn i ,. did not know her tl could muster if! enl nuni:..' r -..,?. i :. ? ' . : .. . | ? .. enate i rshi] ?"? ? ? throup ? a inotioi In th? ; 'in- Democrats, ? ? ortj even' m e m h e i count < t ( ! 1 a ?-. t a ry of the Tl i i.;' ? ' pi . - - ? treat Senator 5 Reed, of M Gore, ? Ok I *ho m a; S h ?el ? '.'. .-:*??!, .?:' ''?! ?? fo ? ty of oi I ublicai s, and ' r the can do r not hem to d? -, ,. : ,. n the da; b? fore Februai y 10. "Mild" Senators S?"?*ni ; To Control Situation "n .i reserval ioi ts" re ii : coi.t rol of the tuation, am lered doubtful if the Democrats can eounl on all of the i ine of the "m.i'i" .. to t" agree o abandon their party allegiance and voto with the Democrats even on a parliamentary question. ' The nine original "mt^d reservation - isl ' incl ded Senators McNary, of Oregon; * t. of Rhode '- and; Kel logg, of Minnesota; McCumber, of North Dakota; Nelson, of Min ota; St? --. Dako ! ta; K' yes, of New Hami Ha e, ?? ' Maine, and Fdge, .;' Ne??. Jersey. Senator McN . ht pre diet td th? re ?vou'd igh votes to bring the treaty up. Senator Col recently has declared siK'h a plan. Senator Kellogg made his pi ?ition Clear, b . clined to lei any other "mild reserva t .oil st " speak for h n Senator Hale ? :s now decla red t? rest of the Repu in * he i eser\ ations, ii ? - the others will line up when et? - ide . * cerl ain ut the D dently will have ar?. extremely close -have to got a majoritj Getting tl . . ? floor will be oi . part th? job tho 1 >< moer . hav? ahead of 1 hem. Many of them feel, and by -.m. ? Republicana, thai once tl ? treat> is up for consideration it will | be a bold Senator who votes against changes in the wording but not the substance of reservations. Republicans Count 38 Vote? That Will Remain Solid Republicans, however, have been confident That they could m .- ? tl eight votes u> defeat the treaty ' ci ange was mad? vations. 1: they hoi I this number of v. tea the treaty wi ! i kil ed, but the Democrats are counting th ? R ; publican* who vote for word cl ingci in reservations will not . ratification when tnat point is reached. I. Whatever the tactics emi whether the treaty is util] before th'? I