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LWilson Selects
C R. Crane for
Envoy to China
Chicago Millionairc, Once
Recalled on Way for In
discreet Remarks, To Be
Reappointed as Minister
Caused Diplomatic Stir
Appointee Halted at Xoast
by Taft When Knox Said
He "Talked Too Much"
' WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (By The As
sociated Press).?Charles R. Crane, of
Chicago. business man, millionaire and
world traveler, who was appointed
Mirister to China by President Taft
ig 1909 and recalled while on the way
to Peking for "talking too much," has
been selected by President Wilson for
the samo post to succced Dr. Paul
Beinsch.
Mr. Crane's selection by the Prcsi
deiit reepen.ed a chapter of diplomatic
history, which although forgotten by
many was one of the most lively in
r in American foreign relations.
I: waa quite g nerally stated, and
believed by many in touch with for
eipn aflfairs, that Mr. Crane's recail in
1909 was at the instance of the Jap?
anese government, which was reported
not only to have regarded his appoint
ment as offensive but objected also to
a man whom Mr. Crane was taking as
s private secretary and adviser and
who was quite well known for writings
construed as anti-Japanese.
Inside Story Never Revealed
None of the real inside storv of Mr.
Crai i .- recail appcars on such diplo
r ? c documents as were permitted to
becoii . public, and as the records stand
President Taft changed his mind about
Mr. v rane s fitness for the post in the
Far East, after agreeing with Secre?
tary Knox that Mr. Crane had "talked
too much" and been "indiscreet" in
s i oi the t-peeehes he made while
on tl way to San Francisco to take
a.-. army tnmsport for China.
Mr. i ri ne came again into public
notice during President Wilson's Ad
mii ration when the President offered
posl of Ambassador to Russia
v- ?? '? cfined. Later Mr. Crane
was a member of the mission headed
by former Secretary Root which went
:" Russia, ard he generally has been
: I in govi rnment circles as one i
oi fev men who were "close to the
Pn si li nt."
('- course, the Chinese government
has accepted Mr, Crane as beir.g per
sona :-.:i. as it had in 1909; other
wise, acc rding to diplomatic procedure.
ne '?' ; ' ' ' have been seiected again.
Whel r the Japanese government
k President Wilson's intentions
t< Mr. Crane to China can only
b ' ? ?' ;'" -"??? for while it is no't
'??;' ''.'?' :'?r one government to con- ':
*"??'' a ' ?'??' government on its selec
' diplomats to be accredited to
power some official folk in
Washington feel that in view of the
Pn -: tii in which Mr. Crane
fi.S -: ? :-' ?' ' e general aspects of the
:,' : thc Far East, President
? probably would not have se
?' ?' ' \ ithout feeling that his I
eP; i.nl would cause no diaagree
?'r'-' ; ??? between the United States
and Ja] an.
Quoted Taft in Speech
^' ' rane was appointel Minister
V ' a ! : President Taft in Septem
b' ? '? and in Chicago while on his
? ? San Francisco, at a complimen
: "? ; "'???? quoted Mr. Taft as hav*
" of America's interesl in
Chn - Ifare and having added that
'? V-'-'- ( rane made a speech he
f,;- ' "speak it out red hot." That
L"? ' emed to attract no par
- ? ition and later Mr. Crane
',.' nother luncheon at which
:. - : '?- fang, Chinese Minister to the
! ' tates, empha.sized the friendly
jnterest the United States had in I
CI
"' ' ? storm did not break, however
n.' ' " ' later, when in San Fran
! tr, Crane got a brief telegram
;' ? ?' tary K?px, on the eve of
^!- ??/.. ordering him back to Wash
l!*- ' The reason for the sudden
| was not made public at that
l'n ?' ? ''? Crane professing ignorance
"' ' ? " diplomats in Washington be
F' talkii .- aboul his speeches and it
'""-'' ? out that some one was
0 '? ;.
?>! veloped thai a story ap
Pea' - n a Western newspaper, ac
1 (-aiie and represent
cking the Manchurian
at"'' ,: between China and Japan,
*} -1 cause of his recail. The
Btor3 " o appeared in the Japanese
I,r' ; and caused a considerable re
;' lapan over the supposed
i.:' ' ' ' the new Minister from the
L: ted ."tates to China.
"Indiscretion" Admitted
. Secretary Kix?x issued a statement
r ; while in the department
preparatory to leaving for his post Mr.
,'? ' learned from minor officials
government was making an ex
an ' ? of those agreements and
? knowledge or authority of
any one connected with the department
t '" newspaper story to the effect
!?a thls government was preparing to
PV ' ' against some of the featiires
" agreements and that the pro
aulgation of the protest onlv awaited
; rn of an official who was to
wrnuilate it."
Secretary Knox's official statement
?dc.ed t.iat Mr. Crane had "admitted
?av>nS an indiscreet talk with a re
porter, and that he had "reluctantly
jeached tho conclusion that the good o'f
jne service demands that I shall in
?rm Mr. Grant that his resignation
J1'1 h,e accepted, and I have dono so."
nresident Taft told Mr. Crane that he
concurred in the views of Secretary
Anox and "greatly regretted the cir- i
Wmstance."
3 M),000 War ^Fortunes"
Commona Board iiels Figures
From Revenue Official
?rA?"ND,)X' Feb' 24.?Three hundred
?nu forty thousand persons of the coun- i
l a1' ul' "rortunt'-->" during the war, ac
J??ing to an inland revenue official, tes
wying to-day at a meeting of the House
pt Commons Select Committee on War
xortuncs, which is debating whether
!*j *ealth ehould be specially taxed,
**<l. if so, how.
Bupporters of Gov. Edwards
lo Launch a National Weeklv
Zl'irial Dispatch to The Tribune
. OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 24.?Anti-prohl
D'tioii inrces and supporters of Gov
?r"or Edward Edwards for the Presi
fleiicy will begin immediately the pub
^'cation in Omaha of a National weekly
jjewspaper, having for its object the
??ction of Governor Edwards and the f
Jjpt'al of the prohibition laws. Thomas
?Mc-Mahon, of Omaha, is to be editor
?nd the Public Statement Publishing
M>mppny will be the publisher.
t rhe company has been incorporated
for SGU.000. The newspaper is to be
falled "Public Sentiment." The first
??ue will appear during March and
f national advertising campaign is to
?? vmdertaken at one*.
Follow Johnson's Lead,
Roosevelt Wrote in 1916
Declared He Was More in Sym
pathy With Californian Than
Any Other Puhlic Man
From The Tribu?e\i WasMnnton Bureau
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.?A letter
writtcn in January, 1916, by Theodoro
Roosevelt to a Cnlifornia admirer, who
sought his views on the national po
liticai situation, waa made public here
to-day by Reprcsentntivc J. A. Elston,
of California, one of the active sup
portera of Senator Hiram W. Johnson's
campaign for the Presidency.
ln the letter Colonel Roosevelt said
that of all the public men in the coun?
try Senator Johnson was the one with
whom he found himsclf in most com?
plete sympathy. Johnson at the time
was Governor of California. Colonel
Roosevelt wrot- the letter to Edgar
v\illiams, a member of the State Civil
Servico Commission of California, in
answer to a communication in which
Mr. Willinms related an interview he
had with the late Booker T. Washine
ton. *
The letter follows:
"Oyster Bay, Long Islnnd, N. Y.,
,,,, ^ "January 19, 1916.
My Dear Mr. Williams: I am
touched with what you tell me about
Booker T. Washington. I appreci
ate your letting me know.
"As for my views on the situation,
l simply do not know what to say I
am trying to keep in touch with
; Hiram Johnson, for of all the public
men in this country ho is the one
, with whom I find myself in most
j complete sympathy. You are per
\ ft>ctly safe m following his lead.
' v\ ith all good wishes, sincerely
-vours- T. ROOSEVELT.*"
?
Wood, in Openiiig
Campaign in West.
Urges 'Red' Curb
-?
jTells Yankton, S. D., An
dience Farmers Should
Organize to Aid Consum
er; Speaks of Labor, Too
-
YANKTON, S. D? Feb. 24.?In the
first of three addrcssea in the South
Dakota campaign Major General Leon
ard Wood, majority Republican candi?
date for President in the March 23
primaries, speaking here to-night, urged
the prompt deportation of "Reds" and
stringent immigration laws to prevent
more of them coming; the establish
ment of farmers' coopcrative societies
to get in direct touch with the con
sumer, and conciliation of the ditfer- I
ences between capital and labor:
through a division of profits in busi?
ness.
Discussing immigration, General
Wood suggested that incoming persons
should be held for a time by the gov?
ernment and put through a process of
Americanization to insure respect for!
our institutions and rights. Persons ;
avowedly hostile should not be allowed
to enter, he insisted.
I'nited States No Diimping Ground
''While we are pioud that America is
cahed the home for the oppressed,"
said General Wood, "let us see to it
that she does not become the dumping
ground of the degenerate."
General Wood jjppealed for increased '?
pay for school teachers and urged that
the rural school system be developed
on a ievel with the urban institutions.
He a/.lded that as "the security of our
republic rests largely on the cduca
tional systems of the states," it was
urgent that the nation should provide
the best facilities for the schools.
After paying a general tribute to the
part played hy American women during
the war, General Wood suggested that
they devote their especial efforta in
the future to three ttiings: sustaining
the Red Cross wark, cxtending their
activity in national politics, nnd in
creasing the country's vote by bringing
more men to the polls.
General Wood urged conservation of
resources, especially of forests, soil,
game, birds, food supply and iish, in
sisting that if we wssied our resources
the coming generations would suffer.
ln urging that there be no autocracy
of either capital or labor, but a real
democracy of both, General Wood said:
Improve Workers' Conditions
"We must recognize that the work
ingman is neither a machine nor a
commodity, but that he is a collaborator
with capital. Individual capacity and
ambition must receive encouragement
and recognition. The employer must
recognize the dignity and status of the
worker and give him every considera
tiou due. The closest possible contact
and the fullest understanding should
he maintaineel between employer and
employee. Arrangeinents for the ad
justment of grievances must be pro
vided which will work smoothly and
promptly. We must do all we can to
improve the worker's living conditions,
to make his surroundings decent and
attractive to himself and family. His
hours of work must be such as to give
him an opportunity for reasonablo
recreation with his family during the
hours of daylight.
"The main thing is for labor and
capital to pull together in the present
great crisis, remembering that only
through cooperation i^nd frank and full
understanding and mutual concessions
can tho wheels of industry be kept
going."
-?-_
High News Print Prices
May Stop German Papers
Publishers Urge Intervention by
Government if Collapse Is
To Be Avoided
By William C. Dreher
Spccial Cablc to The Tribune
Copyrtglit, 19:o, New York Tribune Inc.
BERLIN, Feb.-24.?German newspa
per publishers assembled in Weimar
Monday adopted a declaration that the
newspapers of the country are con
fronted with catastrophe owing to the
enormously high prices of news print
paper, materials and machinery.
The position of many of the news?
papers is precariows. Some of them
of historical reputation are being kept
afloat only.by emergency credits. Un?
less supplies of paper are guaranteed
at reasonable prices soon a majority of
the newspapers must suspend.
The publishers attribute the phe
nomenal paper prices to wild Bpecula
tion and swindles in timber. In an ap
peal to the government tho publishers
urged that intervention come soon on
behalf of the newspapers if a collapse
is to bo avoided.
GLOVES'
Tan,
Gray,
Kid,
Buckskin
<otfsS* For Men and Women
The World'* Gre&test Leather Stores.
401 Fifth Ave., New York; 268 Broadway
Boston?145 Tremont Street.
liondon?81 Regcnt Street.
Women Suspect
'Freeze-Out' by
Men Democrats
i .- i
Fear Convention Leaders
Wil! Not Allow Them a
Delegate - at - Large When
State Convention Meets
Miss Marbury Opposed
Miss Vale Sees Plot to Forc*e
New York Suffrage Foe
on Gathering at Albany
Democratic women, led by Mrs. John
Slurwin Crosby and Miss Margaret
V&!e, of the Women Democrats of
America, are frankly susplcious about
the alleged dispositlon of the Demo?
cratic leaders at the state convention
in Albany to-morrow to give the women
two delegates-at-large. They seeni to
suspect that they will not get any
dtelegate-at-large nnd that the "old
guard" have "framed" things so that
the women will be told that on account
of the failure of the Crosby nnd Mar?
bury factions to reconcile their dif
fercnces it is inadvisable for the men
leaders to give them even a "look-in"
at the b%rs plums.
Miss Vale, founder of the Women
Democrats of America, before lcaving
for Albany last night, where to-day
at the H.ampton Hotel the women are
going to talk things over and make
ready for the convention to-morrow,
! said that she had conferred with sev?
eral Icading Democratic women and
found them skeptical of the purposes
of the men of their party.
Oppose Miss Marbury
"It certainly looks to all of us as
though there were n dark gentleman in
the woodpile," she said. "The men know
that the upstate and most of the local
Democratic women are unalterablv op
posed to having Miss Elisabeth Mar?
bury appointed as their rcprcsentativ
on the 'Big Four.' The women don't
oppose her on personal grounds, but
tor the same reason that they dislike
Senator Wadsworth, and that is be?
cause she was against suffrage.
"Furthermore, the women view with
mdignation the fact that the men pro
po.-e to select, or appoint, their repre?
sentative without giving them the say
as^to whom s.hc shall be.
"There is a rumor that bv allow'mg
the women to choose a representative
and then appointing Miss Marbury also
the men will solv ? their problem.' Miss
Marbury has the backing of a powerful
political organization, but she is not
properly a "truc representative of the
Democratic women, beciiuse she worked i
against suffrage."
Miss Vale said that the women had !
decided that they would no longer be i
content to hold decorative offices in i
the party and would insist on equal
representation in all its work.
In the Albany Delegation
Among those who left yesterdny for
Albany were Mrs. John Sherwin Crosby, :
Mrs. John Quinn. Mrs. P. J. Gantt, Mrs
Juha Sanders, Mrs. Emma Sullivan,
Mrs. Grace S. Forsythe, Miss Virginia
Picrson, .Mrs. J. J. O'Leary, Mrs. Anna
M. Cross. Mrs. Mary E. Morse and Mrs.
J. J. Rooney, of the Democratic
Women s National Campaign Commit?
tee of One Thousand; Mrs. Henry P
Keith, Mrs. Clarice M. Baright, Mrs!
Llla O'Gorman Stanton, Mrs. George
H Childs, Mrs. John Blair, Mrs.
Charles L. Tiffany, Miss Laura Caub'le
and Miss IMargaret Vale, of the Women
Democrats of America.
At the convention to-morrow, Miss
Vale said, the committee of one thou?
sand will demand a change in the elec
tion laws so that women will be given
truc political equality, Senator Wads?
worth will be denounced for his anti
suffrage stand, resolutions offered
from the Democratic women to the
party recommending that. certain re
formatory and constructive measures
be included in the Democratic cam- !
paign platform and they will perfect
cooperative campaign plans.
The convention win open at H o'clock I
and will be preceded by a luncheon.
U. S. May Ask Anuulment
Of Rich Indian's Marriagc
Aged Oil Millionaire Who
Eloped lo Coffeyville Is Held
for Federal Authorities
Special Dispatch io Thr Tribune
COFFEYVILE, Kan.. Feb. 24. Jack
son Barnett, sixty, Oklahonia Indian oil
millionaire, who yesterday eluded his
Federal guardian at his' home near
Henryetta, Okla., and was married here
to Mrs. Anna Laura Lowe, of Henryetta
is held here to-night for the govern?
ment authoritics, who will take him
back home. Barnett and Mrs. Lowe
made an unsuccessful effort to get mar?
ried about a month ago, but, failed to
outwit the Indian authorities, who ob
jected to the marriage.
Mrs. Barnett is not being held, but
is staying at the police station. She
said she and Barnett had "known each
other for years" and that she loved him
and would not give him up. She is
fifty-one years old.
Barnett said he married of his own
free will.
Doubt was expressed whether Mrs.
Barnett can obtain any of her hus?
band's money without tho permission
of the government. It is expected the
Indian authorities will seek to have
the marriage anntillcd.
Barnett is legally a ward of the gov?
ernment and cannot marry or enter
into a contract of any kind without
the consent of his guardian. His ef
forts to give $1,500,000 to charity have
been blocked by a restraining order,
which may be made permanent when
heard February 28.
?
Woman Sentenced as "Red**
OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 24.'? Miss
Anita Whitney was sentenced to-day
to from one to fourtcen years in the
penitentiary for criminal syndicalism.
She was a social and charity worker,
writer and kcturer.
E. T. Meredith Attacks
Congressjis 'Penny Wise'
Agrieulture Department Head
Says $31,000,000 Appropria
tion Is Far Too Small
CHICAGO, Feb. 2.4.?"Penny wise"
policies scrlouBly handicap the De?
partment of Agrieulture in Its work
of helping tho farmer, E. T. Meredith,
Secretary of Agrieulture, told the As
aociation of Commerce' here to-day.
"We want to tell the farmers how to
kill the boll weevil," he 8nid, "and
then we can't afford to print the neces?
sary bulletin. Four-tifths of the bul
letina prlnted go to the Congreasmen
nnd when farmera aak ua for them we
haven't got them.
"Not all is graft and politics down
in Washington," he said, and told about
men tyho could command doublo their
present aalaries in commercial life who
stay with the department because of
loyalty.
"They have cut down our nppropria
tions to $31,000,000 a year," he de?
clared, "and after the Bureau of
WeatWr nnd Forestry and others hnve
their portions there is only $10,000,000
left with which to conduct the busi?
ness of protecting agrieulture.
'-'And the Congressmen think they
are doing what you want them to," he
added.
Family Overcome
In Home by Gas;
Inquiry Ordered
Former Assistant District
Attorney, Wife and Son
Narrowly Eseape Death,
Dr. Copeland Is Told
Health Commissioner Copeland said
yesterday that he would start 'an in?
quiry immediately into the story told
by Edward S. Brogan, formerly an as?
sistant district attorney, who wrote th?
Commissioner that he and his family
had a narrow escape from death by
gas poisoning in the Brogan home, 150
West 130th Street, on Sunday last.
At 7 o'clock that morning, Brogan
wrote, the hot water heater in the
kitchen was lighted. A haif hour later
his two-year-old son collapsed.
"After telcphoning the doctor and
following his directions to revive my ?
son," the letter went on, "Mrs. Brogan
and myself lirst felt a terrific headache
and ?he next minute both of us feli
in a dead faint.
"I managed to open one of the win
dows, and from that time until about
0:30 a. m. the entire family was lying
helpless on the floor, and would un
doubtedly have been dead within a
short time but for the arrival of
ncighbors, who finally heard screnms. I
I am sure that some of the recent
mysterious deaths may be traced to
this deadly poison gas, which gives no
warning and has no odor. I have
been told that it is a chemical forma
lion ol' carhon monoxide and forms on
the coils of the hot water heater and
gradually uses up the oxygen in the
eir."
Commissioner Copeland said that be
thought the trouble in the Brogan
home might he traced to defective
tubing, but that a thorough inquiry
v^ould be made.
Deaths from gas poisoning of various
sorts totalcd 525 in New York City
last year. There have been eighty
eight deaths from this cause in the
last sixty days.
Democrats of State May
Favor 4Dry') Referendnm
Strong Likelihood That Com?
mittee at Albany Mecting To?
day \\ ill Approve Issue
ALRANV, Feb. 24.- There is a strong
likelihood of the Democratic State
Committee, which meets here to-mor?
row and Thursday, declaring in favor
of a national referendum on prohibi?
tion. This is the opinion of some of
the leaders of the party, who conferred
here with Charles F. Murphy, leader
of Tammany llall; Norman E. Mack,
of Buffalo, and W. W. Farley, of Bing
hampton.
Congressman Thomas Cullen, of -
Brooklyn, declared that prohibition as ]
an issue was unavoidable.
"Governor Smith has urged a state j
referendum," said Mr. Cullen, "and [
there is nothing for the Democratic]
party to do but go to (he polls in the!
state and nation next fall on a platform |
pledging the party to a referendum on
tho question. And there is no dodging j
the fact that the fighl next fall in this
state certainly will be on the prohi?
bition question. It will have to be
fought all over again."
But unless the Democrats can find
some member of their party of national
prominence to make the keynote speech
there is a four on the part of those
who want the state convention to go
on record as favoring a national refer?
endum that the proposition may sim
mer down to an indorsement of Gov?
ernor Smith's proposal that the people
of this state be permitted to vote on
the question.
At to-night's conference it virtually
was decided to select Governor Smith
and Oliver Cabana as members of the
"Ilig Four." Mr. Cabana is a paint and
varnish manufacturcr, and one of the
largest owners of blooded cattle in the
country. Former Governor Glynn, who
has been mentioned as a pssibility, has
declared himself out.
If there are three men there is a
chance of William Church Osborn be?
ing named.
Governor Smith will head the "Big
Four," and it. is likely that he will be
called upon to make the big speech.
i-?
Philippine Delegates Elected
MANILA, Feb. 21 (By The Associated
Press,)?D. II. Williams and A. S.
Crossfield were elected to-day as dele?
gates to the Republican National Con?
vention at Chicago to renresent the
Fhilippines.
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to the arrest and conviction of any
person stealing or receiving stolen raw
silk. or silk goods and other textiles.
Telephone, telegraph, write or call
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'i
Hays Arouses
^ood Leaders,
Clash Averted
Cantlnnrd from pnse i
the Senator's friends also are for un
instructed delegates, depending on the
exigcncies of the occasion, in confer?
ence to bring about the selection of
benator Harding.
JH!y ?.wnL conv'ction is that the
wiahea of the <J84 delegates, aupportod
by the sentiment of their constitu
encica, should be religioualy consid
ered I think that tho delegates
should go to the convention for some
candidate ff their choice, rather than
in a negative mental attitud'."
Mr. Gould made it clear that he was
,u attfcklnK: Chairman Hays, but
rather that he was givi-ng publicity to
information received by him as chair?
man of the Eastern campaign head
quarters which Republicans generally
are cntitlcd to have.
Captain William N. Hanson, com
mander in charge of the Texas Rang
ers, yesterday sent word to Mr. Gould
that he was organizing his friends and
neighbors in the interest of Leonard
Wood. A similar telegram came from
Major H. II. Llewellyn, of Las Cruces '
IV M., commander of the Third Squa
dron of Rough Riders under Coloned
Wood and Lieutenant Colonel Roose?
velt in the Spanish War, who said ?
that *e was organizing all of the !
Kough Riders in New Mexico for Gen
eral Wood.
Buffalo to Hear Wood
Congressman Gould, in comnrmting
yesterday on the decision of Gene-al
sai?d l? GntCr thC lllinois Pr'maries,
"It is believed that the legalized
primanes afford the beat test as to
whom the people really want as their
candidate. Despite the fact that some
ot those interested apparently do not
want such a test in lllinois, Wood's
managers have decided that, as lllinois
is one of the biggest and most repro
sentative states of the Union, its peo?
ple should be given an opportunity to
lot delegates know whom they favor for
the Iresidential nomination.
"Popular demand in lllinois for sev
eral week.* has been that Leonard
Wood shouTd enter this primary. Every
party leader worthy of his position
| wants to know, not guess, who the
| voters want, and the voters are enti
I Uid through the legalized channels
a.rorded to express their choice."
General Wood is speaking to-day and
| to-morrow in South Dakota, where the
| primanes will be held on March 23
i Jhe number of delegates?ten- is com
paratively small, but the Wood man?
agers lay much cmphasis on the im
portance of winning there against Gov?
ernor Lowden. General Wood is to
'J100! STonflt01, Poindexter in debate in
South Dakota on March 20. The gen
eral will be in Buffalo next week to
make an address.
Harding Candidate for
Delegate Turns to Wood
^ COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 24.?Edward
C. Turner, former State Attorney Gen?
eral, to-day announced his candidacy
for delegate-at-large to the Republican
National Convention, naming General
Leonard Wood as his first choice for
President.
Mr. Turner previously had announced
his candidacy as district delegate de
claring for United States Senator War
u0"., ','?? IIardinK aH his first choice.
u lth his announcement as a Wood del?
egate-at-large Mr. Turner issued a
statement severely criticising Harry M
Daupherty, Senator Harding's campaurn
manager.
Turner's action in turning to General
\\ ood is attributed to the fact that two
other candidates to-day ti led as district
delegates with Senator Harding's writ
ten approval.
President Wilson Sends
Greetings to Deschanel
^ WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.?President
Wilson has sent the following message
of fclicitation to Paui Deschanel, the
new President. of France:
"On this occasion of the asstimption ;
of the duties of your high office as
President of the French Republic l ex
tend to your excellency my cordial !
felicitations. Victorious in the great
est struggle known to the world, France \
faces a great and glorious future, and I
you, Mr. President, as the chief execu
tive of the people whose high ambition j
is the maintenance of right and justice,1
will be a potent factor in the attain
nient of these happy results. I wish for!
you an administration of jrreat pros- i
perity and health and happiness for
yourself."
Women Voters to Starl W ork j
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.?Announce?
ment was made to-day that headquar
ters soon would be opcned here by the !
newly organized League of Women \
Voters to start the work outlined in
the organization's Chicago convention.
The headquarters will be in charge of
Mrs. Maud Wood Park, the league's
chairman.
Legislators Plan Curb
On Gouging Landlords
From a Staff Correspondent
ALBANY, Feb. 24.?A determined ef
fort is to be made by the Legislature
to relieve the housing and high reut
situation in New York City. Senator
James J. Walker called Democratic
Senators into conference this after?
noon to consider the rent and housing
bills now before the Legislature as well
as constructive suggestions to put
gouging landlords out of business. He
said afterward it was intended to con?
tinue the conference to-morrow.
It generally is agreed that the lack
of building is the root of the difficulty.
but the question that is puzzling the
legislators is how to encourage build?
ing in the face of the present high
prices of material. The several rent
commission bills were considered. They
are opposed by the representatives of
real estrfte and building intcrests, who
hojd they will act as a deterent to
building activity. Legislators are ex
pecting remedial suggestions from
them next week.
The Committee on General Laws of
the Assembly to-day, after a hearing
voted to report favorably the bill of
Assemblyman Harry Dimin, Republi?
can, of Kings, to prevent landlords
from raising rents except in May. It
would prevent a second raise of rents
next October, as New York City land?
lords have been threatening.
I -?
Both Parties Urged
To Back Military
Training Measure
Canrps Association Commit?
tee Writes Hays and Cum
mings to Support Senate
Bill as Vital National Issue
A plea for non-partisan support for
the Senate universal military training
bill that this subject be kept out of
politics is contained in identical let?
ters addressed to Chairman Hays of the
Republican National Committee and
Chairman Cummings, of the Demo?
cratic National Committee, by the
Military Affairs Committee of the
Military Training Camps Association
and made public here to-day.
"As the President, a Democrat, has
formally announced that he regards
universal training as necessary for na?
tional defense and desirable from tha
point of view of Americanization and
physical development," the letter said,
"and as the Republican party has a
majority in Congress, the conditions
are such that it would be possible to
keep this vital national question out
of party politics."
The letter took issue with the slogan
"lot the veterans do it; they know
how."
"If the veterans are to be drafted
to fight our future wars," it said, "as
has been proposed in Congress, then
we ought to nass the necessary draft
law now because we have all learned
the folly of waiting to prepare -until
war is declared. But would any raem
ber of Congress have the temerity to
introduce, or any political party to
back such a bill, and would it have
any chance of passingj
"If not opposition to universal mili?
tary training on the ground that the
veterans are trained is simply a sham
to lull the people into false security."
Phone Girls' Union Calls
For 3JBorough Locals
Dnes To Be 75 Cents a Month;
Operators Will Vole on the
Projeet at Meeting To-night
Plans for organizlng the 12,000 oper
ators of the New York Telephone Com?
pany were perfected yesterday, accord?
ing to Miss Teresa Sullivan, vice presi?
dent of the Boston Telephone Oper
ators Union, who came here a few days
ago with a corps of girl assistants to
take up the task ol unionizing the
switchboard workers.
After conferences with Ilugh Frayne,
of the American Federation oi* Labor,
and other union officials, Miss Sullivan
unnounced that a definite program of
organization had been arranged. New
York City will have three locals, one
in each of the three largest boroughs,
with members in other boroughs affil
iating with one of the trio. The locals
will cxact 75 cents a month member
ship as dues and will offer sick and
leath benelits.
The program, said Miss Sullivan, will
be placed before the girls at the mass
meeting to-night in Brvant Hall, 725
Sixth Avenue. If 500 young women
sign the roll, the organization will be
formed Ihen and there. If they do
not come forward, the projeet will be
abandoned and the organizer and her
assistants will return to Boston.
The heads of the corporation are
>pposed to the new organization, it is
;aid, mainly because it involves the
langer of a general tie-up through
sympathy walk-outs. They point out
;hat as a branch of the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers,
iffiliated with the American Federation
)f Labor, the operators might be called
>ut at any time to assist other unjon
sts.
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A capitalTea
You can spell tea any way that strikes
your fancy?but when you re looking for
a capital tea to drink there s just one kind
to choose.
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Ma&es Good Tea a Certainty
Once you try a nice hot cup of Tetleys
Orange Pekoe Tea, fragrant and full-fla
vored you'll forget that there ever was any
other kind of tea but Tetley's. And its all
because we know how to blend it?that's
the secret!
Italian Envoy
Urges Closer
U. S. Relations
Pleads for* Co-operation in
Restoring His Nation at
Dinner Here; Many Prom
inent Guests Are Present
Roo9evelt's Letter Read
Baron Avezzano Denies That
Rome Entered War to
Promote Imperial Aims
America and Italy?"Bellissima
Italia"?joined hands last night in
token of friendship and devotion to
the ideals of liberty and civilization.
The occasion was a dinner given by
the Italy American Society in honor
of the Italian Ambassador, Baron
Romano Avezzano, and the Baroness
Romano Avezzano, at the Hotel Astor.
Among the speakers were the ambas?
sador, Charles E. Hughes, president of
the society, who presided; Robert
Underwood Johnson, newly appointed
Ambassador to Italy; C. Grant La
Farge, secretary of the American
Academy in Rome, and General
Summerall.
The glories and beautics of Italy
and her servkes to art, literature and
the cause of human culture and
progress were extolled before an
audience of more than 1,000 pro*ninent
guests. A letter written by the late
Theodore Roosevelt to Captain
Francesco M. Guardabassi, extolling
ltaly's part in the war and her con
tributions to the victory of democracy
and right over the forces of militar
ism and Prussianism, was read for the
first time.
In his address Ambassador Avez?
zano said the war did a great deal
toward cementing the mutual efforts
ol America and Italy in behalf of the
ideals of freedom and civilization. He
denied emphatically the charges that
Italy entered the war with thoughts of
personal aggrandizement and pictured
in detail the part she played in the
world conflict.
Fought for Liberty
"One of the legends that has been
circulated," said the ambassador, "is
that Italy, moved by a desire of terri
torial aggrandizement and by imperial
istic aims, waited to enter th'e war untii
she could form an opinion as to whicn
side would be victorious. No one in
Italy thought it worth while to refute
such an allegation, as no one believed
that it could be spread or accepted. If
this had bepn ltaly's aim, she woulu
have taken sides with Germany, who
cifered her a great deal more than was
stipulated in the now famous Treaty ol
London. Italy entered the war," al
though not well prepared, at a moment
when the fortunes of the Entente
seemed desperate; the moment when
Russia was suffering a memorable de?
feat at Przemysl, and when Serbia wa ?
powerless to check the foe.
"Italy entered the war for the princi?
ple of liberty championed by the West?
ern powers, a principle wfiich was \n
perfect harmony with her national as
pirations, for the completion of Ital?
ian unity and the security of her fron?
tiers. No eondition has ever been im
posed by Italy which is in contradic
tion with the principles of liberty and
justice and which does not represent a
legitimate national aspiration, a proved
historical right or an impelling pre
caution for security.
Seeks Unity of Peoples
"No one can accuse of imperialism a I
country which, afflicted throughout cen- '
turies by foreign conquests, and sub- |
jected to repeated invasion, desires at !
last to reunite all her children and to
place against new incursions that bar
rier of mountains with which nature
has surrounded her.
"And who but ourselvts, taught by
centuries of suffering, can best judge
aW
j what shall constitute our natural boun
; daries?
"Who can imagine in us the desire to
j include, unless through absolute neces
j sity. people of different races who have
; come there to establish themselves?"
The last two sentenccs were inter
1 preted by the audience as a plea by th?
ambassador for Italy's claim upon
| Fiume and Dalmatia and the making of
j the Adriatic an Italian sea, and as ?
reply to the charge that Italy was se?k
ing the reaiization of ambitions not in
j conformity with! the ideals for which
| the war was fought.
The ambassador denied allegations
i that Italy's contributions to the war
\ were of unimportant value and that her
| exertions played but a small part in the
', reaiization of ultimate victory. He de
scribed in detail the history of the war
, as regards Italy, and said that she lost
? twenty-five times as many men as did
the United States.
Pleads for Cooperation
He pleaded for cooneration in the do
' main of eexmomic intcrests between the
; United States and Italy, so that the
pr< sent exchange difSculties might be
solved and the world restored to eco
: nomic, stability. He said that unless
such coopcration was forthcoming
"there is danger that the exchange may
reach such heights as to hamper for
several vears economic relations be?
tween Europe and America."
"It 1?, hewever, <?ltogether jncor.
! ceivablc, said the ambassador, "that
the two great continents, representing
; suclf gle-rious and ancieiit civilizfttions,
should remain inert while contemplat
ing ruin on the one hand and grievous
damage on the other. At this moment
a courteous controversy is being car
ried on between the two shores, in
which Italy has the misfortune of be
; ing one of the principal interlocutors.
We feel certairt that the question will
, receive a solution becoming that spirit
of brotherhood which has sustained the
i Allies and the United States through?
out. the war, which has been cemented
with blood on the battletields and which
, ha:-, won victory for all of us."
A formal reception was held before
, the dinner. Among those receiving the
I ambassador were, Mrs. Adrian Iselin,
j Mrs. Douglas Robinson. Mrs. W'illiam
I K. Vanderbilt, Miss Maude We'tmore,
I Mrs. Winthrop Chanler, Mrs. Ernesto
j G. Fabbri, Mrs. Francis K. Pendleton
i and Mrs. William Greenough.
Signorina Claudia Muzio sang several
! arias, assisted by the chorus of the
i Metropoiitan Opera House and accom
panied by the Metropoiitan orchestra,
conducted bv Maestro Setti.
Must Pass on Oil Bill To-dav
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.?President
Wilson is expected to sign the oil land
leasing bill to-morrow. Unless he signs
or vctoes it before midnight to-morrow
night it will become a law automat
ically.
"PIGS IS PIGS"?
As Ellis Parker Butler rc
marked. But some pigs are
more expensive than others.
Recently a spotted Poland
China hog brought $35,000 at
a sale in lndiana.
The old'fashioned country
sausage served at CHILDS is
not made from $35,000 hogs.
But it is made from an excel'
lent grade of fresh pork; and
it is deliciously seasoned and
teraptingly cooked.
Frled sauuze with back
wh at cikei aad rich.
ue low Cwifee.
CLOTHES OF CUSTOM QUAUTY
WHAT the electric
light did to the tal
low candle, Saks-tailoring
is doing to custom tail
oring.
Without exception, the fm- f
est tailoring in cAmerica
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