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to enforce Article X, was denounced by
the "irreconcilablea" in the Senate to?
day as destroying the principle of the
Lodge reservation.
"It is jnat what th. President wants,"
declared Senator Brandegee, of Con?
necticut. "If the treaty is ratified with
that reservation, he will deposit ratifi?
cation. The reservation leaves the ob?
ligation unimpaired, and simply pro?
vides that in certain cases Congress
shall act before the obligation is carried
out."
Wilson 9s Letter
Scored in Britain
'The Globe9 Says 'Presi?
dent's Ebullitions Will
Now Create Sympathy
LONDON, March 11.?"The Globe" is
the first paper in this country to break
the editorial silence regarding Presi?
d? nt Wilson's letter to Senator Hitch?
cock. It says:
"President Wilson's letter to Sena?
tor Hitchcock raise? the query as to
whether it is indicative of nis being so
far restored to health that he must
needs speak plainly and vigorously, or
whether it shows his condition to be
such that he cannot restrain himself
from manifesting his private petulance
by public indiscretions. . . Be that
as it may, the President's true friends
will deplore an unworthy and almost
unmannerly outburst, which will lay
him open to pointed retorts on the part
of our French allies."
Reviewing the position of President
Wilson in peacemaking, "The Globe"
declares that he "is temperamentally
unfitted to deal successfully with a po?
sition demanding a certain measure of
give and take. . . The world has
suffered and is suffering.
"We won't enter into any detailed
discussion of the President's conduct
in writing publicly that 'the French
militarist party is now in control,' for
we know that our friends across the
Channel will deal faithfully with that
egregious statement. But we cannot
help wondering what would be said in
the United States should Deschanel
write to Millerand asserting that the
money-making element is in control of
the United States. We fancy that the
shrill American outcry would be dis?
tinctly heard across the Atlantic.
"It is no exaggeration to say that
the illness of President Wilson has
provoked the sijicere sympathy of the
whole civilized world. But his recent
ebullition.'* elicit a certain degree of
ssmpathy for the United States."
Toch Target of Wilson*
Declares French Editor
iSo-Called Imperialism,' He As?
serts, Lies in Holding Rhine
Bridgeheads as Protection
PARIS, March 11.?President Wil?
son's charges against France, mode in
the letter he sent early this week to
Gilbert M. Hitchcock, Democratic leader
in the United States Senate, are said
by "Pertinax." political editor of the
"Echo de P!?rb,"to be aimed at France
by name, but at Marshal Foch by im?
plication."
"The. so-called imperialism of
France," ?ays the writer, in discussing
Mr. Wilson's letter, "consists in the
obnviction, fortified by all the lessons,
of history, thai, to guarantee herself
against attacks from Central Europe,
she must hold the Rhine bridgeheads."
In the ?.ourse of his article "Perti?
nax" says President Wilson went to the
session of the Supreme Council May 29,
1919, much perturbed, and read to Pre?
mier-, Clemenceau and L'.oyd George a
letter from Pierrepcnt B. Noyes, Ameri?
can member of the Rhineland Connnis
gron, who declared the agreement.
reached on May 11 for the administra?
tion o the Rhineland was "more brutal
than the authors themselves would de
r.irc, as it provides for intolerable op?
pression of 6,000,000 inhabitants of the
tregion during many years."
"In a word, the work of France ?8
compromised by Mr. Wilson after such
examples of our moderation. President
Wilson has no right to talk of our
'imperialism.' "
Canada to Insist Upon
Holding League Status
Will Refuse to Accept R?duc?
tion if Lodge Reservation on
toting Power Is Ratified
OTTAWA. March 11.?Support of the!
Canadian Government's attitude against!
any reservation to the treaty of peace!
which would reduce the Dominion's !
?s'atus or voting power in the league;
of nations, was urged in Parliament to- j
day by ?V. W. Rowell, President of the
Privy Council. He submitted a r?solu
tion ratifying the treaty with Bulgaria.
Canada will refuse, it was stated, to
assent to any reduction in status if i
the Lodge reservation regarding vot- j
ing power m the league becomes part I
of the treaty as ratified by the United ?
States.
"We should be the last people in the
world to put any obstacle in the way j
of the entry of the United States."!
said Mr. Rowell. "If the United States,]
however, should finally say "We will |
conn- in only if you practically get j
out or have your status impaired,' we
can only reply 'Well, you have a per?
fect right to say that if you choose,
but we. as a self-respecting people,
ha\e an equal right to say that we
??u.'i?ot accede to your terms.'"
It the discussion that followed,
sentiment or. both sides of Parliament
favored the government's stand on the
question.
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Will Parley Willi "Rede"
Troop \\ itlulrawal anil Trade
Revival Rumania's Terms
BUCHAREST, March 8 (Delayed).?
Pc?c<? negotiations between Rumania
and the Russian Bolshevik government
will begin on Thursday at Uorna
Watra, Bukowina. The Rumanians will
demand the immediate withdrawal of
Soviet troops from the frontier and
tlie establishment of commercial rela- |
tions.
Union League
Against Plan to
Recognize Reds
Committee on Bolshevism
Condemns Trend Toward
Russian Plea, Fearing So?
cialist Danger to U. S.
No Value in Concessions
Report Sent to President;
Hope of World Revolt
Not Dead, Is Verdict
The Union League Club's committee
on the study of Bolshevism, the mem?
bers of which are Archibald E. Steven?
son, Robert C. Morris and Theodore F.
Sanxay, made a report yesterday con?
demning tho trend toward recognition
of the Russian Soviet government.
Concessions offered by that govern?
ment would be of no real value, it was
said, and the peril to the world of an
unhampered "Red" Russia was set
forth in detail. America's danger
would be acute, it was said, as Ameri?
can Socialists were communists. Copies
of the report are to be sent to Presi?
dent Wilson, the State Department and
members of Congress.
"The program outlined by the Mos?
cow manifesto," the report says, "in?
cludes the overthrow of the govern?
ments of all democratic countries, the
substitution therefor of a class govern?
ment controlled by and for the benefit
of the so-called proletariat. This in?
volves the expropriation of private
property, the seizure of mills, mines,
banks and all instruments of produc?
tion and distribution, the repudiation
of corporate and government obliga?
tions. It is this program which has
won the approval of and ha? been
adopted by the Socialist party of
America, even to the repudiation of the
present war debt of the United States,
although for the purposes of expe?
diency their national executive com?
mittee has deleted this clause from the
published platform of 1917 to avoid
prosecution for violation of the espion?
age act.
"The purpose of bringing to your at?
tention these facts is that, although
Soviet Russia in exchange for recogni?
tion may agree to abandon its. interna?
tional revolutionary propaganda and
may make promises of good behavior,
the Russian Communist party, which
created and controls that r?gime, has
established at Moscow an instrument
for the continuation of that interna?
tional revolutionary propaganda under
the direction and control of Lcnine,
Trotzky and the other signers of the
manifesto.
"In other words, the recognition of
the Russian Soviet r?gime amounts to
inviting the setting up of an organiza?
tion within our boundaries, clothed in
large measure with diplomatic immuni?
ties, which is committed fundamentally
to the proposition of overthrowing our
government and destroying our in?
stitutions.
"Your committee feels that those
charged under our form of government
with the duty of determining our inter?
national policies should not be stam
peded into the recognition of Soviet
Russia by the demands of revolution?
aries or by the sentimental pleadings
of their liberal sympathizers; and wo
feel that the business and commercial
interests of this country should recog?
nize that the prospect of temporary
gain through trade with Soviet Russia
is more than offset by the inevitable
labor difficulties which unquestionably
will follow in this country if the Soviet
regime is permitted to set up in our
industrial centers an organization of
diplomatic and consular representa?
tives whose sole appeal is to the
workers, urging them to organize for the
purpose of seizing the power of govern?
ment and by continuous striking and
demands for inordinate wage increases
to compel the surrender of business en?
terprise into their hands."
Pupils Score Hit and Run
In "Baseball" Spelling
?Novel System Adopted by Kane,
Pa., Teacher? Declared Big
Educational Asset
Special Disptteh to The Tribune
KAM!, Pa., March 11.?The public
schools here have adopted a new
method of teaching spelling, on sugges?
tion of teachers who recognize that
virtually every schoolboy and school?
girl is a haseball fan. It is known as
the "baseball system," which takes
from the study the usual monotony and
creates an interest second only to that
of outdoor sport. It is nothing inore
nor less than playing baseball with
words.
The schoolroom is the diamond, the
corners being used for the bases. The
teacher is the "pitcher," the pupils arc
the "players."
A pupil "at bat" advances to the cor?
ner of the room designated as the
"plate" and the teacher pronounces
three words. If ail are correctly
spelled the "player" moves to first base,
having made a "hit." Each succeeding
"player" who makes a "hit" advances
; him a base until he is "scored." As each
succeeding "player" make a "safe" hit
he goes to first base, and the "runs
scored" count for the side the players
represent. When the player fails to
correctly spell a word he is declared
"out" and goes to his scat, which is the
"players' bench."
The rules of the national game arc
adhered to as strictly as possible, there
being three outs to a side and nine
innings to a game. Often it requires
several days to complete nine innings
The games are fought with interest and
the teachers assert it is the best methac
of teaching spelling they have evei
discovered.
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Socialist Named
Swedish Premier
STOCKHOLM, March 11.?
Hjalmar Branting has been
named Premier. He is the first
Socialist to hold that office in
Sweden. The new government, it
is declared, will continue to work
in a democratic spirit. Its pro?
gram is limited, as the popular
representation is not yet suffi?
ciently in accord with the social?
istic views that a socialistic gov?
ernment comes into power as a
matter of course.
Curzon Blames
U.S. for Muddle
Over Turkey
Continu?! from pts? ?ns
American position was said to bo not
justified.
It was pointed out to-day that the
Allied premiers have more than one
avenue of transmittal of their action
on the Turkish treaty to this govern?
ment. A statement of what decisions
have been reached, it was said, could
either bo handed to Ambassador Davis
at London or Ambassador Wallace at
Paris or transmitted to the American
fovernment through the British ur
rench embassies here.
A very decided position on the Turk?
ish question has been determined upon
by the American government and will
be dispatched to the Allied premiers as
soon as a request for the American
view is received. Though the United
States was not at war with Turkey, the
Wilson government is understood to
hold steadfastly to the belief that the
Sultan should be removed entirely from
Europe and that the distribution of ter?
ritories of the Turkish Empire should
be made strictly on the basis of equity
to all concerned.
< Armenian Mandate
Urged by Harhord
President. However, Still
Withholds. Report the
Senate Twice Asked For
j WASHINGTON, March 11 (By The
! Associated Press).?Recommendations
i that the United States accept a man?
date over Armenia are understood to
j be contained in the report of the Amer?
ican mission under ?Major General Har
! bord, which recently made a tour of
I inspection jn that country to obtain
j first-hand facts as to Turkish rule.
The report never has been published.
! although the Senate twice ha;; requested
! President Wilson to transmit a copy
I of it. The first request was made last
| November, but no reply was received,
\ and last week the Senate adopted a
i second resolution asking for the docu
! ment.
1 It was said to-day that some ?Sena
: tors had knowledge of the recommen
i dation of an Armenian mandate and
! that they had attributed the President's
! silence to the presence of this recom
j mendation in the report.
Reports from Paris last October, af
I ter the mission had returned there,
I said the civilian end military members
| were sharply divided as to the advis
j ability of recommending that the United
; States accept a mandate- for Armenia,
! the former supporting and the latter
! opposing such a recommendation. Gen?
eral Harbo.rd has consistently refused
i to discuss the mission's report.
Representatives in this countrv of
the. Armenian National Council re
j peatedly have urged that the American
government acct'pt a mandate over
their suffering peoples, but no definite
policy ever has been announced by the
Administration, Opposition to man?
dates has been freely expressed in
. the Senate in the long discussion of the
1 peace treaty.
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Nicolai ?s Called Traitor
By Berlin University
Professor Gave Support to Ger?
many's Enemies, College
Senate Charges
By William C. Dreher
BERLIN, March 11.?The senate of
, Berlin University "has unanimously de
, cided that. Professor G. F. Nicolai, who
fled to Denmark in an airplane during
? ! the war and published a book on "the
; biology of the war," is unworthy to hold
a professorship in the. university.
| The case came before the senate
? i through noisy demonstrations in Nico
i lai's lecture room and the refusals of
j students to attend his classes. The sen?
ate condemns Nicolai's flight as a de
? sertion of the colors and finds his
1 offense inexcusable on the grounds that
I he appealed to his own example in speak
!iing to soldiers in war hospitals, saying:
! "The only worthy course is openly to
I refuse military service or to take the
oath."
-1 The senate also says that Nicolai's
i lectures in Scandinavia gave support to
I Germany's enemies and "can only be
' i characterized from a moral standpoint
j as treasonable to the country." The
? senate urthcr finds "he disgracefully
, deserted hip post in the hour of need."
? ? The "Vorwaerts" sharply criticizes the
: decision and appeals to Herr Hacnisch,
| the Socialist Minister of Education, to
reverse it.
Britain Seeks
German Rights
In So. America
Proposal to Take Over
Vast Interests in Latin
Countries Laid Before
Reparations Commission
U. S. to Make Inquiry
Protest by Senator Hen?
derson Requests Action
to Protect Our Capital
By Carter Field
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 11.?With no
American member on the Reparations
Commission to look out for the inter?
ests of this country, tnat body is con?
sidering a proposal, it was learned
here to-day, which may result in trans?
ferring tremendous interests in South
and Central America to Great Britain.
These interests, which include water
power sites, electric plants and public
utilities, were owned by Germany be?
fore the war, and the British are un?
derstood to have made a proposal to
the Reparations Commission to take
them over. ,
"the State Department has been In?
formed of the situation and has direct?
ed that inquiries be made, both of the
British government and the Repara?
tions Commission, as to tho exact
nature of the proposal.
Just what- the Administration will
do about it should it develop that Brit?
ish capitalists have offered to buy
these former German interests in
Latin America could not be learned
here to-night. If was suggested in one
quarter that this government might
demand that American capital be given
an opportunity to bid. The Depart?
ment of Commerce, it was said, would
be interested because ownership of
utilities generally results in opening
th'e way for other sorts of commercial
activities. Tbc management of such
interests naturally do their purchasing,
both of machinery and supplies, mostly
from their own countries. Their pur?
chases set up a flow of trade which in?
evitably leads to better shipping facili?
ties and credit arrangements. The re?
sult is that local concerns find it to
their advantage to float with the cur?
rent, thus throwing their trade to the
country represented in their commu?
nity by the power interests.
Shrewd Move for British
By buying their interests now from
the Reparations Commission, it is
pointed out, the British would be
driving a shrewd bargain. The money
they would pay to the Reparations
Commission for the property acquired
would be at once available for indem?
nities, which would greatly benefit
Great Britain and France and Belgium,
vvhich owe Britain large sums.
A protest against the proposed sale
was made to the State Department by
Senator Henderson, of Nevada, who re?
ce-,ved word from abroad about the
situation.
"This proposed purchase," Senator
Henderson said to-day, in discussing
the important advantage such an ac?
quisition would give British trade, "is
another illustration of the importance
that America should be represented on
these commissions set up by the peace
treaty.
"There have been several incidents
of this sort which co.ivinced me that
we ought to ratify the treaty, no mat- i
ter what reservations we may have to
accept. !*7uppose we should decide to
?cet out of the league of nations in a
few years'? That might be perfectly
satisfactory, but meantime wo should
be represented on these commissions.
Th'? most important time of all for us
to be in is right now, and for the next
year or two. After that it won't make !
so much difference." j
Opens Trade Opportunities
Senator Henderson was one of the
group of Democratic Senators that
broke away from the Wilson-Hitchcock
leadership recently and has been vot- :
ing to accept the Lodge reservations. ?
"I don't blame the British interests \
for going after this opportunity," Mr. i
Henderson continued. "I admire them '
for it. It will be a fine thing for them
every way you look at it. It is a Rood
investment, in the first place. Then I
1 hr* money which the British pay for
this property will go to the Reparations
Commission, from which, considering
that every nation which can hope to
draw against the Reparations Commis- :
sion is a debtor of Great Britain, it
practicaLly finds its way into tho Brit?
ish treasury. Then on top of all that
wonderful trade opportunities are i
opened up in those countries.
"Meanwhile, the United States gov-?
eminent, sits idly by. watching these j
opportunities slip by, while she delays !
taking action which would give us a|
\oiee in these questions, lt is very
discouraging."
Asqui?h Opposes Irish Bill
Gives Notice of Motion to Side?
track Measure
LONDON, March 11,?Herbert H.
Asquith, member for Paisley, has given
notice in the House of Commons of
the following' amendment to the Home
Rule bill:
"The House declines to proceed with
a measure which is acceptable to no
section of the Irish nation, which
d?nie? national unity by setting up
two legislatures and executives with
coordinate powers, and which would
indefinitely postpone the establishment
of a Parliament for Ireland."
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Will Leonard Wood do?
la he an able administrator 1*
It he a second Roosevelt?
Just what does Cuba prove?
the Philippines? Plattsburg?
and his grievance against
Wilson? For whom does he
speak? What is his platform?
Can he be trusted with power?
Read WALTER LIPPMANN
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British to Raise
Steamship Fares
LIVERPOOL, March 11.?A
further surcharge of 13 1-3 per
cent in passenger fares has- been
decided upon by the North At?
lantic Steamship Companies, ac?
cording to "The Liverpool Post."
The increase in the cost of a
voyage to America since July will
now amount to 33 1-3 per cent.
France Doffs War Dress
For Mid-Lent Carnival
Queens of Provinces Reign in
Paris Until Coal Restrictions
Stop Merry-Making
Special Cable to The Tribune
Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.
PARIS, March 11.?Dropping all im?
perialistic thoughts for the timo being
at least, France to-day devoted herself i
to the enjoyment of a mid-Lent car- !
nival. Paris was filled with locally
crowned queens of beauty who had !
come to the capital with their attend- ]
ant maids of honor to join in the fes?
tivities.
At an early hour the crowds in fancy
dress began to throng the traffickless
boulevards, and from the Pantheon in j
the heart of the Latin Quarter came ;
a procession which wound through the
gay streets. Most prominent in the j
procession was a gigantic figure of j
"Chariot"?otherwise Charlie Chaplin ?
?whom France has annexed without
asking America's permission. I
In front of the Elys?e Palace tho I
procession stopped and the queens wero !
received by President Deschanel with ?
all the marks of respect due to visit- |
?ng royalty. Amid laughter and the ?
clinking of glasses M. Deschanel set I
oft' the carnival spirit by kissing the !
Parisian queen.
Paris to-day celebrated Mi-Car?mo?
(the Thursday of the third week of |
Lent) for the lirst time in six years.
For the first time in nearly fifty years l
a queen representing ?/Ietz took part In |
the celebration. Dancing and romping
continued in the streets and caf?s and i
dance halls until the inexorable coal '
restrictions stepped in and caused
everything to close promptly at 11:30?
o'clock at night.
League Meets To-morrow
With U. S. Unrepresented
Spra-ia! Ca&iV to The Tribuns
Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.
PARIS, March 11.?-Ambassador Wal?
lace hai; received tickets for tho meet?
ing of the league of nations here next
Saturday, when a mission will be ap?
pointed to investigate conditions in
Russia, but he has decided not to at?
tend, even as a spectator.
The meeting will mark tio change in
the attitude of the United States. As
far as is known now, no intimation will
be given to the delegates of America's
willingness to send an unofficial rep?
resentative to Russia, but the delegates
of ail nations who are arriving here
h-iivc expressed the opinion that the
league would probably indorse such a
100 Passengers
On Ward liner,
Aleak on Reef
Esperanza, Aground Off
Yucatan Coast, Sends Call
for Help; Engine and
Boiler Rooms Flooded
Ships Speed to Help
Adriatic Rescues Crew of
Fishing Schooner, Drift?
ing in Open Rowboats
The Ward liner Esperanza, bound to
this port from Vera Cruz vi? Progreso
and Havana with 100 passerigen,, went
aground yesterday on Madagascar Reef
off Progreso, in the Yucatan peninsula.
While radio advices from the stranded
vessel indicate that she Is In no im?
mediate danger she is hard aground
and her engine and boiler rooms are
flooded. It is known at the local of?
fice of the Ward Line that the Esper?
anza has on board 100 passengers, but
the names of those who boarded at
Vera Cruz have not been sent here.
The first news of the mishap was re?
ceived in this city by radio at the of
1 rice of the United States Naval Com
[ munication Service. Captain Curtis,
her master, reported that he had run
on the reef, that his boiler and engine
rooms were flooded and that hi? en?
gines were out of commission. He
asked that help bo sent to him so
that a transfer of passengers might
be made quickly if such action be?
came necessary.
Freighter Near Stranded Craft
It was said at the local office of the
lino yesterday that the Esperanza
will probably have an abundance of
assistance as the company's freighter
Panuca was in the vicinity and was
steaming at full speed for the Esper?
anza. The Ward Line instructed its
marine department at Progreso to send
out tugs.
Late radios relayed from Tampa an?
nounced that the Dutch steamship
Amsteldijk and the steamship Bald
Hill had reported having received the
Esperanza's call for assistance and
were steaming to her at full speed.
The Esperanza is a 4,702-ton vessel,
341 feet long and was built by the
Cramps, in Philadelphia, in 1901. She
carried 750 tons of lead and 600 tons
of general cargo.
The White Star Line received a mes?
sage yesterday from its westbound
liner Adriatic, saying that she had
picked up the crew of the British fish?
ing schooner Maid of La Have, who
were drifting in the westbound trans?
atlantic lane in open boats. The
schooner, which was bound from St.
John's, N. P., for Bahia, Brazil, with
dried fish, became waterlogged and
was abandoned by her crew a few
hours before the Adriatic sighted them.
The rescuing vessel is due at Sandy
Hook at 7 a. m. to-day.
Crew of Tyee Rescued
Another radio from the sea, received
by the Naval Communication Service
yesterday, announced the rescue of the
crew of the disabled steamship Tyee,
which had been adrift and short of
provisions 100 miles southeast of Sandy
Hook.
The message came from Captain N.
J. Felst?d, of the steamship Lake Mark
ham, saying that he had taken tho
Tyee in tow and was taking her to
the Delaware Breakwater. The crew,
which had been on scant rations foi
several days, were taken aboard the
Lake Markham, and fed. The Coast
Guard Seneca, which bad gone out to
aid the? Tyee, returned to port, on re?
ceipt of word from the Lake Markham.
The rescuing vessel was laden with
sugar and bound to Boston from Jucaro.
Caillaux Breaks Down
i
And Weeps at Trial
Further Testimony of His Trip
to Italy Heard hy
1 High Court I
PARIS, March 11.?Further testi- .
mony concerning the trip of former
Premier Joseph Caillaux to Italy in
1916 was heard by the High Court of
the Senate to-day in the trial of M
Caillaux on the charge of having had ;
treasonable dealin?.":- with the enemy. ;
Camille Barrer?, French Ambassador ?
to Italy; Charlea Roux, Counselor of ,
the French Embassy at Rome, and
Princo Ghika, Rumanian Minister to
Italy, testified to the unrest created
in Italian official circles by M. Cail- i
laux's relations with suspected per- !
sons.
M. Caillaux broke down and wept !
when Henri de Jouvanel, correspondent
at Rome of "Le Matin," referred to
Mme. Caillaux's expressed enthusi?
asm at having found in Rome a wel?
come which she declared had been
denied her in Paris since the shooting
of Gaston Calmette, editor of "Figaro '
in 1914.
Present
For Immediate Wear
several smart new
An extensive assortment of
Tailored Styles in tricotine,
twill, stockingette and duvetyn
?many styles are handsomely
trimmed with ribbon and bead
embroidery?also introduce
attractive ideas in leather
trimming?
Chic new models are now on dis?
play including Original French
styles models as well as new ideas
from our own workrooms.
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WE believe the public has reached the limit of itg
patience with constant price increases-^
gardless of "good reasons." * We have just be?^
obliged to agree to further advances in labor costs,
but we're not going to pass them onto our custom?er?
We can make up for the smaller margin if 0uj
friends and patrons respond warmly, as we are surfi
they will, to this policy?and boost our patronage.
To emphasize this policy, we offer right now?^
as long as we can?a Blue Serge, or unfinished
worsted, guaranteed fast color, made to order, with
Haas honesty of workmanship, for $50 !
Suits and Overcoats made to order?
$45 to $80.
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Plan to Develop State
Water Power Presented
Commissioner Pratt Would
Lease Rights to Cities;
Favors Niagara Project
From a Staff correspondent
ALBANY, March 11.?State Commis?
sioner Pratt to-day at a hearing before -
the Senate Finance and Assembly Con- \
servation committees presented a com?
plete plan for state water power de?
velopment. He termed it a logical and
consistent policy in tiie interest of the
state.
The principal measures in the plan
provide for leasing state-owned water
powers to municipalities or private cor?
porations on payment of an adequate
return, the municipalities to be given
preferences.
The Commissioner would also pro?
vide for the development by the state
of the immense water power at the
Niagara gorge. A bill with this pro?
vision, the Commissioner said, is now
ready. It provides a bond issue of $15,
000,000. Commissioner Pratt declared
this was one of the most economical
and largest power projects in the
country.
"It will insure an adequate return
to the state for this great natural
resource, which was given away free
to private corporations more than
twenty yea*?s ago."
The hearing was on the Sage-Adler
bill, backed by the Commissioner, tak?
ing away the rights of several power
companies to divert the waters of the
Niagara River below the Falls. All
these companies fought the bill. They
suggested permitting a tax on their
franchises, placing their rates and cap?
italization under the Public Service
Commission and providing for the
state taking over their property by con?
demnation.
20,000,000 Lbs. of Arm*
Beef To Be Sold in N.\,
Price Will Be Far Below Whofe
sale and Speculators
Will Be Bailed
! "ALBANY, March 11.-Twenty mi!!i0,
; pounds of beef, purchased for the o?i
, of the American army in France, it tt
' be distributed to the people of Neu
York State at a figure below the whole?
sale prices. Commissioner Kugene H
; Porter, of the Division of Farms anc
Markets, announced to-night.
"The method to be fo! owed," Con
j missioner Porter said after a confer?
ence with representatives of the W?
Department, "will be regulated sales tc
municipalities for distribution throug
wholesalers and retailers, or direct tt
consumers, so as to prevent the bed
from getting into the hands of specu?
lators and profiteers."
Mack Predicts "Moist"
Plank by Democrats
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 11.- -Woodrow
Wilson will dominate the San Francisco
convention, dictate the platform and
name the nominee, National Commit
teeman Norman E. Mack, of New York,
declared here to-day during a brief
stopover on his way to Palm Beach.
Mr. Mack said he thought there would
be a plank in the Democratic platform
which wouid be at lease "moist" if not
frankly "wet."
"But the peace treaty will be th
issue," said Mr. Mack. "It is idle to
think about keeping it out of the cam?
paign, and Mr. Wilson is the one ma:
who can dominate our convention am
campaign with that as the paramour,?
issue."
Mr. Mack did not think President
Wilson would accept a third term nom?
ination, but did not wave it aside as
impossible.
Asked about his own candidacy for
the Senate against Senator Wadsworth
Mr. Mack said he did not cure to dis?
cuss it.
Rather 2 rough way to take
leave, but we'd like to see Win?
ter get a little such treatment
And the sooner the better!
"Good end ready" for the
warm weather?that's us.
Better be planning your new
togs to greet Tvliss Spring.
Par-an-.ount Shirts at $2.00
and $2.50 are a good start
nothing better for the money.
Other high-grade, economically
priced furnishings, too.
And you must 6e satisfied
or vour money buck.
Cordially.
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