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fl?rr Erzberger
Denies Letter
_i
About Poland
gays Quoted Statement as to
Germany's Secret Policy
of Aggression Is Not by
Him and Is a Forgery
Frank H. Simonds Replies
He Submitted the Document
to an Acid Test and Still
Believes It Is Genuine
By William C Dreher
Special Cable to The Tribune .
BERLIN, Feb. 15.?Herr Erzberger
gays the letter quoted by Frank H.
Simonds in The New York Tribune of
Sunday, January 18. is not by him and
Is a complote forgery.
The foregoing aispntch was read to
Mr. Simonds, who thereupon addressed
the following statement to The Trib- j
une:
"The Erzberger letter came into my !
possession from sources and under cir?
cumstance? which leave not the small- ,
est doubt in mv mind as to its authen
ticity. I ?m not at liberty to reveal |
my sources, for reasons which must be
obvious, but before publishing it I sub- !
mitted it to an acid test.
"It is worth noting that references to !
the letter but not the text itself ?
were published in Paris last summer.
I did not see these at the time, but
subsequently a copy of a newspaper
published in Pari- in English was i
called to my attention, and this con- I
tamed very sneci?k references to the I
Erzberger leter and some of its sensa- i
tional statements.
"I can quite understand whv Herr j
Erzberger should now charge that the
litter was a forgery, but this charge ?
does not in the least impair my belief j
in its authenticity, which rests upon
the knowledge of the entire reliability
,of my sources, the inherent Erzbergian I
character of the document itself and I
the very general European knowledge I
and publication of the fact of the let- I
t? and its general tenor.
"Naturally, neither of the last two ,
circumstances would have led me. te
publish it without verification, but af- ;
t?r verification they are intercstinc de-1'
tails."
The letter to which the above cable
and Mr. Simonds's statement refer was
quoted by Mr. Simonds in an article
discussing Germanv's future attitude
tivard the world. It was attributed to
Matthiiis Erzberger. who signed the ]
armistice fcr Germany.
Ine paragraph in the letter which
Mr. Simonds considered most illumi?
nating as reflecting the urcrushed
rpirit of militarism in Germany fol?
lows:
"If we (Germans) succeed in hinder?
ing the building up of a strong Poland
then the future is quite clear for us.
Then the Anglo-Saxons cannot close the
road to Russia to us. We will under?
take the restoration of Russia and in
possession of such support we will be
ready within ten or fifteen years to
bring ?-'ranee, without any difficult ',
into our power. The march toward
Paris will be easier then than in 1914.
The last step but one toward the world
dominion will be reached. The con- ?
tinent is ours."
Another paragraph considered sjg- j
nifioant was:
"We need Lithuania and Ukrainia
ss German outposts. As France in the
west so i'oiatid in the east ?s the cor- |
nerstone of Anglo-Saxon continental ,
power. Pi land guarded, the way to
Russia is closed. If we succeed in
keeping Poland down it will moan
enormous gains for us. In the first
place, Franco's position on the C yjx- ;
tinent i?. in the long run. untenable; :
second, the way to Russia is then open.
That is, even for a blind man, Ger |
many's future. Nothing must disturb
us in the great problem before us. |
Po and i- the sole but a very povver.'ul ?
obstacle."
This letter, according to Mr. Simonds's !
article, was written by Erzberger six ',
months after he signed the armistice I
and was seat by Erzberger to many
prominent Germans.
Beer Bill Introduced
In Jersey Legislature
TRENTON, X. J.. Feb. 17.?Enact?
ment by the New Jersey Legislature
of an act to permit the manufacture,
sale and transportation of? beer was ,
6eemirig;y assured to-night when Sen
ato* Pilgrim, Republican, of Essex
County, introduced a bid which would !
authorize beverages containing 2.75 per
cent alcohol by weight, or about 3.1 j
per cent by voiume. Indications were
that the Republican majority in both !
houses will pass this' measure instead i
of the Democrats' 4 per cent beer bill, I
favored by Governor Edwards.
Unless held up by a pub ie hearing, j
the Pi grim bill will likely be voted on I
111 the Senate next Monday night. Sen?
ator Haines, Republican, announced he i
J"ould withdraw his bill, which pro?
dded for a referendum to decide
whether l> per cent beer would be per
mitted in the state.
Citizens Plan to Finance
Moving Village of 1,000
OSBORN. Ohio, Feb. 17.?Plans for
organization of a citizens' stock com?
pany to finance the moving of this
ullage to a site one and a half miles
to the southeast were discussed at a
public meeting held in the Gouncil
chamber to-night, but no definite ac?
tion was taken. The village, which
J1?? a population of 1,000, is forced
to vacate its present location to make
*'?y for the Miami Valley flood pro?
tection project.
To relocate the village on the pro?
posed site, now farm land, will require
mu expenditure of about $100,000, it is
taid.
Mayor Harry E. Frahm. members of
"J" village Gcuncil and business men
tf the community are confident the
"location plan will materialize.
??-?
Bondy Arlhon Sale To-day
Reappraisal Shows Prima Donna
Left 822 L174
Th? ggjp 0f 8rt objects collected by
w? late Emil C. Bondy will begin
"?Is afternoon at the Plaza Art Rooms.
Among the pieces are Flemish tapes
,r,?8. suites of gothic furniture, Ori?
ental and European porcelains. With
f?eae will be sold household furnish
|nK* collected by W. S. Cox and addi
l j? from other private owners ln
?lodlng Queen Anne and Georgian fur?
niture, water colors, early American
?M Engiiah china, and a collection of !
oiamonds set in platinum.
, The contenta of the former town
2?a?e of the lato Mary Maxwell, 44
wast Fifty-fifth Street, will be sold
Di auction on the premises this after?
noon by C. B. Clarke of the Old Gal
jV'es. In addition to a coillecti >n of
Pointings and prints and a library of
"Odern works, there also are two col
jectiong of coins and examples of me
???lie art, minerals and jewelry. The
noosehoid furniture, silver, glass and
{K>reelain also will be disposed of ut
Wt aale.
Denies "Unkissed Bride"
Got Divorce at His Cost
Believed Their Chicago Trip
Was to Engage New Music
Teacher, Declares Hoyt
Arthur S. Hoyt, seventy-two years
old, took the witness stand beOrre Jus
ice Platt in Supreme Court at White
Plains yesterday and denied the alle*
{ration of his "unkissed bride," Estelle
Carroll Hoyt, that ho had paid the
expenses of her Illinois divorce from
F. J. McMahon. He swore that he
supposed her never to have been wed
when he married her.
Hoyt ia seeking annulment of the
marriage on the ground that Mrs.
Hoyt's divorce from McMahon was in?
valid under the New York statutes.
Mrs. Hoyt, who is thirty-seven years
old, is a teacher of French In Hamil?
ton College, at Lexington, Ky. She
was private secretary to Mr. Hoyt in
his New York office. He testified that
he sent her to Europe to study muBic
and that he accompanied her to Chi?
cago. This latter trip, ho said, he be?
lieved was for the purpose of engaging
a new music teacher, not to arrange
tor her divorce.
"We have both been disillusioned.
You advised me to take the matter to
Cod and I have done so," Hoyt arid his
wife wrote to him from Highland Falls
after they separated in 1913.
B.R.T. Men Accept
Working Schedule
Clamor for Strike, Quit
Meeting, Then Return to
Approve Co.9 s Terms
The threatening, though repeatedly
denied, strike of B. R. T. employees
seemed momentarily nearer to reality
last night, when about 2 000 membors of
the Amalframated Association of Street
and Electric Railway Employees met in
Pa m Garden, Greer.e and Wilson Ave?
nues, Brooklyn, refused to accept the
offer as to working scedule offered by
General Manager Menden and clamored
'Strike! Strike! Strike!"
Mr. Menden's offer was to put into
effect on February*24 70 per cent of the
new working schedules, and to initiate
the remaining 30 per cent on March 6.
The men rejected the proposal almost
unanimously.
It took the combined areruments of
Patrick J. Shea, vice-president of the
Amalgamated; Hugh Frayne and Louis
Fridiger to keep the meeting from vot?
ing a strike then and there.
Then, when the meeting had ended
and the men who had been clamoring
for a strike were pouring out of the
hal!, after announcing that they would
give the company until next Tuesday
to install the new schedule, they expe?
rienced, for some unknown reason a
sudden change of heart.
They lingered outside the building,
arpuing and squabbling among them?
selves. Some one suggested that they
return to the hall and reopen the
meeting'. This met with approvel and
they resumed their seats.
Some one rose and moved that Mr.
Menden's offer be accepted. Another
seconded it, and the men who fifteen
minutes before had been shouting
"Strike!" carried it unanimously. They
will now await the outlined change in
working schedules unless they have
another sudden change of heart.
Republican Club Urges
Drastic Law for Aliens
The National Republican Club last
night adopted unanimously resolutions
presorted by W: liam Williams, former
Commissioner of Immigration, calling
for amendment of the immigration
law s.
The resolution calls for an affective
administration of the existing immi?
gration laws at every point where
aliens may enter the country and for
continuation of that branch of the
immigration service having to do with
deportation of undesirable aliens.
All aliens, under Mr. Wiliiams's res?
olution, will be required to register
?and report to some government au?
thority once a year. Appropriate
mensures for the gradual" Americaniza?
tion of all aliens in this country are
also urged.
The rcFolutions also call for the re?
peal of laws in certain Western and
Southern states that permit aliens to
vote after filing a declaration of inten?
tion to become citizens and demand a
stringent regulation of the foreign
prosa.
Ex-Czar Not Summoned ;
$1,000,000 Writ Denied
Because summons had not been
served on Nicholas II, ex-Czar of Rus?
sia, Justice Callaghan in the Brooklyn
Supreme Court yesterdav dismissed
the application of the Marine Trans?
port Service Corporation to restrain
Coudert Broch?is and the National City
Bank from disposing of a $1,000,000
fund belonging to the Russian govern?
ment and asking that a receiver be
named to distribute the money among
the creditors.
Several years ago the Marine Trans?
port Service Corporation secured a
judgment by default for $117,540.41
against the then Czar personally. It
subsequently was discovered that there
was in the possession of the National
Cit * Bank about $1,000,000 received
in settlement of the Russian govern?
ment's claims against the Tennessee
Copper Company and National Surety
Company.
The action dismissed yesterday was
begun January 8, 1919, and on March
14 of that year Justice Benedict held
that Nicholas Romanoff, being a party
defendant, would have to be served
with summons. Yesterday Bernard
Naumburg contended that personal
service on the former ruler was im?
possible, it not being known definitely
whether he is dead or alive. Justice
Callaghan granted him permission to
carry the suit to the Appellate Di?
vision.
Rockefeller^ill Filed
The will of Mrs. Almira G. Rocke?
feller, wife of William Rockefeller,
was filed In the Surrogate's Court yes?
terday. The testrativ died on January
17, at Jekyl Island, Ga. She left no
real estate. Her personal property
was valued at "more than ?10,000."
Mrs. Rockefeller said in her will:
"I appoint my beloved husbnnd ex?
ecutor of this, my last will, and I ?rive,
devise and bequeath to him all my
property and estate." The document
was executed September 22, 1888.
There was no codicil. The late Henry
IT. Rogers and Charles Pratt were the
witnesses. Mrs. Rockefeller's next of
kin besides her husband are Percy A.
Rockefeller, a son, and Mrs. Emma
Rockefeller McAlpin and Mrs. G?ral?
dine R. Dodge, daughters.
? -.. . m
Texas University Alumni
Will Dine Here March 2
The University of Texas Association
of New York will celebrate Texas In?
dependence Day with a dinner ,o*n
March 2. Tho membership havin* been
scattered by the war, the secretary ol
the association, Mrs. Wayman Adams,
163 West Eighty-seventh Street, ask,s
that friends and former students of
the University of Texas communicate
I with hat.
Root May Not Go
To Convention as
One of "Big Four"
Health Said To Be Draw?
back; Question Likely
To Be Decided at Din?
ner to Hays To-night
Elihu Root, former Secretary of
State, slated to head the New York
"Big Four" delegates-at-large to the
Republican National Convention, may
not atterid, it was said yesterday. Mr.
Root is not in his usual health.
For the present, there is no change
in the "Big Four" slate, and Mr. Root,
Colonel William Boyce Thompson and
Senators Wadsworth and Calder are
on it. In case Mr. Root should not
go, Miss Mary Garrett Hay, Colonel
Herbert Parsons or former Governor
Odell may be chosen, but Miss Hay
may be eliminated because of her
opposition to Senator Wadsworth.
There is no longer much doubt about
the determination of the state organi?
zation to rally to the support of Sena?
tor Wadsworth.
It is expected that definite informa?
tion about Mr. Root's intentions con?
cerning Chicago will be learned to?
night when Colonel Thompson gives
a dinner for Will H. Hays, chairman
of tho Republican National Committee,
at the Waldorf-Astoria, to be attended
by Republicans from all over the state.
The Republican State Committee will
meet to-morrow afternoon and at 8:30
the delegates will convene in Carnegie
Hall to listen to Mr. Root. It is be?
lieved that he will present the issues
of the campaign. The convention will
elect the four delegates-at-largo. State
Chairman Glynn will call the conven
l tion to order and make a brief address.
j Bishop Charles S. Burch will deliver
I the opening prayer.
The convention will be the largest
I in the history of the state, it was said
i yesterday. The delegates will number
I 1,101. There are scats on the main
floor of the hall for only 1,011. The
delegates from the Bronx, Westchester
and Rockland counties "will be seated
on the speakers' platform. The spec?
tators will be accommodated in the
boxes and galleries.
I -?
Mills Blames Democrats
For Anti-"Red" Hysteria
Declares Curtailing Free Speech
Is "as Stupid as It
Is Wrong"
Deploring the present campaign
against radicals as hysteria, Ogden L.
Mills, in an address before the Re
; publican County Committee, at Bryant
j Hall, Fort -second Street and Fourth
' Avenue, last night, held the Democratic
Administration responsible for it and
accused it of both leniency toward
dangerous propaganda on one side and
; an attempt to destroy fundamental
< American liberties on the other.
I "There is no occasion for serious
alarm," said Mr. Mills, speaking of the
"Red" menace. "The danger can and
will be averted by a firm and consist?
ent attitude on the part of the govern?
ment and by the Administration of a
vigorous and impartial justice under
that orderly process which guarantees
to each individual the protection of
the fundamental law.
"The Administration has trifled with
the issue. It has wavered between the
j extravagant leniency of Fred Howe and
j the arbitrary use of power by Secretary
1 Wilson and A. Mitchell Palmer. It has
i wavered between open dereliction of
j duty and hysterical activity. Their
i hysteria has been contagious, and to
1 day, following the leadership of tho
| government, patriotic but misguided
! men and women are trying to save
! America by destroying one of the fun
: damental cornerstones of American
liberty?the right to free spech?a
? policy which is as stupid as it is
j wrong."
Roosevelt Introduces
Minimum Wage Bill
! Measure Supported by A. F. of
L. and Women Now Be?
fore Legislature
F'rom a Staff Correspondent
ALBANY, Feb. 17.?Assemblyman
j Theodore Roosevelt introduced to-day
| the minimum wage bill, backed by ihe
women's joint legislative conference
i and the State Federation of Labor.
It provides for ?the appointment by
the Governor of a minimum wage com?
mission to determine the minimum
( wage of women in industry. The
? minimum rate will be set by a wage
' board appointed by the commission to
investigate conditions and to decide
the lowest amount on which a woman
working in any particular industry and
locality can iive in health and effi
; ciency. The wage board will be made
; up of nine persons, three representing
the employers, three representing the
employees and three representing the
, public. After determining what is a
\ living wage in any community and in
; dustry the board will recommend its
j decision to the minimum wage comrais
? sion, which will set the rate, after well
! advertised public hearings.
! Assemblyman Roosevelt has received
I many letters and telegrams of appre
' ciation from working women because
? of his interest in the passage of the
j bill.
"As important a problem as we have
confronting us in this country," said
Colonel Roosevelt in discussing his bill,
"is the adjustment of the relationship
of employer a*d employee. To my mind
an important principle bearing directly
on this adjustment is set forth by this
bill in its wage board."
Sultan of Egypt Celebrates
CAIRO, Feb. 17.-- The Sultan of
Egypt is distributing 12,000 pounds
among the poor of Cairo and Alex?
andria in celebration of the birth of
an heir to the Sultanate.
I Prince Ahmed Fuad was chosen by
tho British to succeed his late brother,
I Hessein Kemal, as Sultan in October,
I 1917.
Magistrate Norris
Criticizes Sessions
Court for Reversals
Woman Jurist Insists Police
Work Is Hampered and
Her Bench Restricted by
the Overturned Decisions
Magistrate Jean Norris, the only
woman magistrate in New York City,
yesterday criticized the Court of Gen?
eral Sessions for its continual reversal
of convictions by the Women's Court
of girls found guilty there of im?
morality. She took exception in par?
ticular to the hampering effect, as she
sees it. that these reversals have upon
the police.
"If the testimony of the police is
used this way in the Court of Gen?
eral Sessions," she said, "we may as
well shut up court and declare the
town wide 'open."
Magistrate Norris's statement came
after the reversal of her own decision
by Judge Wadhams in the case of
Grace Clayton, convicted of vagrancy
in the Women's Court. She said that
she took no exception to Judge Wad
hams's reversal, but added:
"Since Judge Wadhams in General
Sessions on February 6 reversed the
decision against Grace Clayton the
cases in the Women's Court have fall
| en off enormously because the hands
| of the police are now bound and the
work of detectives of undoubted hon?
esty, men who have families them?
selves, is being unravelled.
"I take no exception to Judge Wad
ham's ruling. All I aim to do is to
' be a fair and honest judge, and one
can learn much from the decisions of
the higher courts. But what makes
one exasperated is the continual flow of
destructive criticism aimed at the
Women's Court.
"Never has there been any construc?
tive criticism. If the courts of higher
appeal or anybody would give us ad?
vice that builds up instead of destroys,
we would get along much better."
Navy Club Entertains !
Wounded Men at Dinner
Gift of $10,000 by J. P. Morgan
Announced; Clergymen to
Appeal for Support
Wounded soldiers from the Fox Hills
Military Hospital at Staten Island were
entertained at dinner last night at the
Navy Club, 13-15 Forty-first Street.
One hundred and twenty-five men were
brought to the city in the afternoon
by the War Camp Community Service
and witnessed the performance at the
Capitol Theater.
i Mrs. William H. Hamilton, one of
' the executive officers of the Navy Club,
? said last night that with the closing of
? all other war activities the Navy Club
is the only home for service men in
this city. A large number of dinners
? for wounded soldiers and sailors on
I furlough will be given at the club
| rooms in the near future.
J. P. Morgan gave $10.000 to the j
Navy Club fund, it was announced yes
? terday at a luncheon at the club rooms.
The luncheon was attended by business
men who aro supporting the $700,000
endowment fund to make the club a
permanent institution for the benefit
i of sailors and marines.
Clergymen of the city will set aside
Sunday, February 29, as a special day
on which to urge the necessity of the
Navy Club upon their congregations,
according to a statement by the Rev.
George William Carter. Amqng the
speakers at the luncheon were the Rev.
j Joseph P. Dineen, secretary to Arch
? bishop Hayes; Rabbi Samuel Schul
man, Jason Rogers, publisher of "The
Globe"; Edward C. Delarield, William
H. Humilton and Frederick L. Eldridge.
Women Ask O'Brian to"
Run Against Wadswortb
Buffalo Lawyer Refuses to Com?
mit Himself on the Con?
test for Senator
BUFFALO, Feb. 17.?A delegation
representing women's organizations
caled on John Lord O'Brian, former
Special Assistant Attorney General, to?
day and urged him to run for the Re?
publican nomination for United States
! Senator against James W. Wadsworth.
I Mr. O'Briarv refused to commit himself.
The women also called on Conrad
i E. Wettlaufer, chairman of the Repub
I lican county committee. Chairman
Wettlaufer told them he was for the
renomination of Senator Wadsworth.
The delegation included Mrs. Frank
A. Vanderlip, of New York, state chair
j man of the League of Women Voters;
Miss Elizabeth Collier, of Brooklyn,
chairman of a local branch of the same
organization, and Miss Adella Porter,
representing the Anti-Saloon League.
^ ?-.
Hold-Up Men Visit Two
East Side Cigar Stores
Clerks of two United Cigar Stoies
within a few blocks of each other in
the lower East Side were held up and
robbed late last night by two men.
At 11:30 o'clock the men entered the
store at Third Avenue and Nineteenth
Street and held up Edward J. 0*Neil, the
clerk; Henry Rustin, a West Point ca?
det, who gave his address as Governor's
Island, and Eugene Wollesky, a deaf
man. Rustin started to put up a fight,
j but one o the men pressed a revolver
j against his chest and told him to keep
quiet.
The deaf man was unaware of what
was happening until a revolver was
ressed against him and one of the
old-up men shouted in his ear to put
up his hands. The two men made their
escape with $40.
Fifteen minutes later they appeared
at a store in Twenty-third Street, near
Lexington Avenue, where they heid up
George Munroe, the clerk, who was clos?
ing the store, and his brother John, who
was waiting to accompany him home,
The hold-up men made oft* with $45.
n
FOUNDED 1856
"INTER overcoats still arc in
season.
Ample showing of comfortable
weights, dependable fabrics,
skilfully tailored and justly
priced.
For those who are inclined to
an early selection of Spring
clothes?we have prepared an
advanced display of summery things.
Men's and boys' clothes?from head to
foot?a fitting range of sises.
Brokaw brothers
1457-1463 BROADWAY
AT FORTY-SECOND STPEET
8,500,000 to Oppose
LeadersjUpofDenikine
Council at Ekaterinodar Voices
Desire for More Democratic
Form of Government
N0V0R0SSISK, Caucasia, Feb. 7
(Delayed) (By The Associated Press).
?A special council representing the
Don, Kuban and Terek sections, with a
population of 8,500,000, agreed at a
meeting at Eketcrinodor to-day to op-,
pose the Bolsheviki under the leader?
ship of General Denikine. The desire
for a more democratic governmqnt was
expressed, however. A minority of the
council favored fighting only in Cos?
sack territory.
The council, which has been holding
daily meetings since January 18, com?
prises fifty representatives of the Don,
Kuban and Terek districts, the Cos?
sacks having 140 members for their 3,
500,000 population. The council de?
sires to make laws until a constituent
assembly is possible.
The ministers appointed will be held
responsible to the council, except tho
Ministers of War, Railways and Sup?
plies, who will be responsible to Gen?
eral Denikine, the council being willing
to grant Denikine the power of veto.
The newspapers are untrammeled in
the territory Denikine ?3 holding, and
apparently are generally demanding a
more democratic government.
Rear Admiral Newton A. McCully
representing the United States witr
the anti-Bolshevik forces in south
Russia, informed General Denikine
the anti "Red" leader, on February (
at his headquarters, that the Unite<
States had not adhered to the decisiot
of the Supreme Council at Paris rec
ognizing the independence of th<
Georgian and Azerbaijan republics.
General Denikine expressed his ap
preciation of the attitude of the Unitei
States toward the measure, which h
said would be disastrous to the anti
Bolshevik forces, although apparent!;
it had been framed with the idea tha
it would stiffen the resistance to th
"Reds."
I -?
Head of Ship Company
Held on Libel Charg<
Philip Manson, president of the Pacifi
and Eastern Steamship Company, was ai
rested yesterday at his office at 29
Broadway by Deputy Sheriffs Murph
and Einstein on an order signed by Jui
tice Kelby, in Brooklyn, in a $1,000,0(
libel suit brought by the Morse Di
Dock and Repair Company. Mr. Mai
son provided a $5,000 bond and W?
released.
The Star Company, publisher of "Tl
New York American," is a co-defen<
ant with Manson, the Hearst pap<
being sued for $2,000,000. The Mor;
Dry Dock and Repair Company
basing its suits on a letter written 1
Manson to Senator Duncan U. Fletch
at Washington and punished in "Tl
American," in which Manson charg'
the plaintiff with receiving di.shone
profits from the United States gover
ment for overhauling steamships.
Says Harkness
Was Delirious
When He Died
Continued from pa** 1
V
refused to make any statement yester
day, but her attorneys. Nicoll, Anable,j
Fuller & Suljivan, declared they were ,
prepared for the suit. They stated that
if the alleged "mutual contract will,"
which Mrs. Cowan says she possesses to ;
establish her claim to the estate, is
really a will, it is nullified by the last*
will. If it is a contract, entered into I
several years before her divorce from
him, they say they will have precedents
to show it is not-feenable.
It was stated that Mrs. Cowan filed
a claim for the entire estate with Mrs.
Harkness and John W. MacMiller, ex-1
ecutors, three months ago on the basis
of this so-called "mutual contract will,"
which was said to have been executed
in 1909, but never made public. In ad?
dition, it was said that the State Comp?
troller's office showy that the gross
value of the estate is a little more than
$10,000,000, and that when taxes and
other debts against it are met it will
show a net varue of between $7,000,000 I
and $8,000,000.
First Connecticut Book
Sold Here for $1,775 j
G. D. Smith, a dealer, paid $1,775 yes?
terday afternoon for the first book
printed in Connecticut, "The Necessity
of Judgment and Righteousness in a
Land, A Sermon," at the sale of the
rare American books from the private
library of Francis W. Fabyan, held at
the galleries of the American Art As?
sociation.
The total reached for the Fabyan
sale was $21,92r>. A sale of inscribed
first editions and autographs of fa?
mous American and English authors
from the collections of Francis W.
Fabyan and P. K. Foley brought a
total of $5,471.
Mr. Smith also purchased Increase
Mather's "Several Reasons Proving
that Inoculating or Transplanting the
.Small Pox is a Lawful Practice," for
$1,050. He also bought "The Christian
Cynic" and several other books by
Cotton Mather. An inscribed copy of
the first edition of Robert Louis Ste?
venson's "Travels With a Donkey in
the Cevennes" was purchased by W.
M. Hall for $870.
Flushing Citizens Who
Saved Bank Are Honored
Citizens of Flushing who came to
the rescue of the Flushing National
Bank when it was on the verge1 of clos?
ing its doors, and by sacrifice and hard
work without remuneration revived the
institution so that it is now doing a
business of more than $1,000,000 a year
were guests of honor at a dinner given
by citizens of Flushing last night in
St. Michael's Parish Hall.
In 1913 the bank was told by the
Comptroller of Currency that it must
close its doors. At that time its ac
counts were less than $100,000, and
$50,000 of its $150,000 capital had been ,
lost. There was a reorganization with
a capital stock of $100,000, and since
that time officers and directors have
served without pay.
During the dinner Clarence W.
Lowes, president of the institution, re?
ceived a gold watch as a tribute to his
work in reestablishing the bank.
Job E. Hedges, one of the speakers,
was introduced as "the man who
brought us the snow storm." He said
that he was willing to take credit for
"{he snow if Mayor Hylan will bring
on the rain." During his speech the
electric lights went out, due to a fire
in Long Island City. Mr. Hedges
finished his address in the dark. Frank
A. Vanderlip also spoke.
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Archbold Estate Saves
Big Sum in Tax Decision
.Travis Loses Fight to Place a
Higher Value on Oil
Stock
The estate of John D. Archbold
president of the Standard Oil Com?
pany who died in 1916, will save many
thousands of dollars under a decision
rendered yesterday by Justice Finch
in the Supreme Court.
The justice denied the application
of State Comptroller Travis for an I
order vacating a stipulation entered |
into between his attorney and counsel
for the Archbold estate to place a ;
value of $275 a share on 66,478 shares i
of Magnolia Petroleum Company stock
held by the estate. This valuation for j
transfer tax purposes was agreed upon
to expedite the settlement of the j
Archbold estate. Since then Cpmptrol
er Travis has learned that too ?w a
valuation was placed on the Magnolia
stock, as some of it was sold as high ;
as $475 a share.
Justice Fir.ch decided that in view j
of the fact that Comptroller Travis did i
not appeal to the court within sixty j
days the stipulation fixing the $275 I
value would have to stand.
Another point covered by Justice j
Finch concerns $108,185 the estate paid j
to the Federal government as income ?
tax covering stock dividends received i
during the years 1913, 1914 and 1915.
Since then the United States Supreme I
Court has decided that stock dividends |
received during those years were not |
subject to the payment of an income j
tax. The money received; was, there- ,
fore, returned to the Archbold estate. :
Comptroller Travis contended this be
came a part of the estate and as such j
was taxable under the New York State i
transfer tax law. In this he was up?
held by Justice Finch and the refund
will be taxed.
Pershing a Duke for Night !
Receives Coronet From King
Rex at Mardi Gras Ball
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 17.?The 1920
carnival season came to an end to?
night in the Rex ball, the concluding
feature of the Mardi Gras celebration.
General John J. Pershing, created a .
''Duke o Victory" by Rex, the carniva
king, was further honored at the ball
-night, where he was the guest of '
honor.
Rule by Civil Law
Only Protection for
Nation, Says Root
Preservation of Libert ?es Can
Be Accomplished Only by
Working in Season and
Out, He Tells Lawyers
Elihu Root, speaking at the semi?
centennial celebration last night of
the Association of the Bar of the City
of New York, said that the preserva?
tion of civil liberties cannot be accom?
plished without constant effort in sea?
son and out of season.
"At the close of the Civil War." said
Mr. Root, "a man could plant his feet.
upon the ground of the Constitution
and if he could hold himself there he
was safe. The Constitution was sacred.
"To-day all of the old postulates are
denied. New theories of government
assert themselves, with varied opinions
as to the methods by which they may
guide the old opinions.
"Not only the missionaries from Rus?
sia and the parlor Bolsheviks, but
other people through the country think
that it is all wrong that we have too
much law.
"Never for an instant are they read?
ing their histories to see that the rule
of law in civil society is ail that holds
back the unbridled hordes of barba?
rism.
"Only by the leadership of opinion
that the bar can give can the com?
munity be led to defend the law upon
which depends the rights of all man?
kind.
"The preservation of our civil liber?
ties cannot be accomplished without
constant effort in Beason and out of
season. It demands that we bring to
the minds of our clients, to our
friends, to the community, the under?
lying principle of our system of gov?
ernment and our. system of rendering
justice.
"The great and pressing need of our
country is for the maintenance of our
institutions."
Others who spoke were Julien T.
Davies and Presiding Justice John
Proctor Clarke, of the Appellate Di?
vision, First Department. John G.
Milburn presided.
Harding May Run '?Double"
Can't Withhold Senate Candi
dacv Pend fnsi Presidential Choice
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 17.?United
States Senator Warren G. Harding, if
he contemplates being a candidate for
reelection in case he docs not receive
the Presidential nomination at the Chi?
cago convention, will have to become a
candidate both for Senator and the
Presidential nomination at the samo
time.
Governor Cox to-day vetoed the Hop
ley bill, which would have permitted
him to withhold his Senatorial can?
didacy until after the Chicago conven?
tion.
Something big is going to happen
in our Church next Sunday
yy
It was a hard headed business man speaking.
He was tired?as all of us are?of having
the Church constantly asking for money.
He'was ashamed?as all of us ought to be
7?that the church should have to ask.
He was telling of what the Stewardship
Plan would do for his Church.
"Most of the leading business
men I've talked to are for it
heart, soul and pocketbook" he
said. "We have often wondered
why the Church didn't get on a
plain business basis of raising
funds. With the Stewardship
Plan there will be no more beg?
ging; no more deficits.M
Something will happen next
Sunday in every church?in your church?if
every member recognizes that God is the
owner of his life and earning power; and that
he, himself, is simply a Steward.
February is set apart by the Evangelical
Stewardshin Calandax
February
Christian Stewardtbip
Period;
February 22, Stewardship Acknowl?
edgment Sunday:
February 29th. Life Work Kaliat
rnentSunday
March
Pre-Kaatar Period for the deepening
of the Spiritual Life, Evangelism and
the EuUsUaent ofXlfe Recruit*
April
April 4. Saatcr Sunday. National
Jotn-the Church Sunday
Churches, in cooperation with the Interchurch
World Movement, as Stewardship Month.
Sunday, February 29th will be National Life
Service Enlistment Sunday. On that day the
call will go forth to tens of thousands of young
people to enlist for sp?cial Christian Service.
Next Sunday, February 22nd, has been
chosen as Nation-wide Steward?
ship Acknowledgment Sunday.
The goal of all the churches is
ten-million Christian Stewards
regularly enrolled in theholyhabit
of giving of themselves and of
their resources. The money test
is primary to a one hundred per
cent Christianity. The consecra?
tion of the first fruits of your in?
come is your first part in the task
of world rebuilding.
Will you be one next Sunday to formally
acknowledge God's ownership of your life,
your labor and your possessions?
Will you dedicate some definite propartloQ
of your income in His cause?
Por fall information mod help* for Pamtaarm, Satmtmy Sobool Sotpmr
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Stewardship Department
^INTERCHURCH World .Movement
qfdiorth ^America
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