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jCalder Hits rAt Palmer in | Coal Crisis Says Attorney General Was Given Evidence of ; Fraud and Collusion, but Has Failed to Act Gougers Cleared $312,000,000 Speculators Control the Supply; Dealers Here Say Hands Are Tied ' ' Further sensational developments : fctmcerning irregularities In tho coal waffle which are held to he in part re Hponsible for the shortage and high ; price of fuel in New York are expected ! when Senator William M. Calder's , committee on reconstruction and pro? duction resumes its hearings to-day. Senator Calder said last night the ! investigation had already revealed ! gros? fraud and collusion between ? speculators and persons interested in the coal product._n. TIe drnounced the United States Attorney General's office as "having fallen far short of its duty in failing to bring to justice the men responsible for outrageous profi? teering in this essential of life." "At many of the sessions of our committee," the Senator said, "repre? sentatives of the Attorney General's om__ have been in attendance. They have heard sufficient testimony to war? rant the most thorough ?tfs-estigation and the adoption of drastic measures on the part of the government to avert a coal shortage that threatens to de? velop into a national calamity. Gave Evidence to Palmer "*A month ago I personally wrote to A. Mitchell Palmer, detailing the evidence of fraud and collusion devel? oped before our committee. If he took any aetion it is certain he has achieved nothing in the way of relieving the shortage or reducing the outrageous price of this vital necessity of life. .."Aside from the prerogatives with which he is clothed by virtue of his ojRce, the Attorney (louerai is ad? mirably equipped to bring relief to the situation. His interests are large? ly, in the coal regions of Pennsylvania, of which state he is a native. He kftows the conditions there and should ba able to move constructively to re? lieve the appalling situation. His at? titude of indifference and the apparent apathy of his office are indefensible." .Expert testimony already produced before Senator Calder's committee in? dicated that groups of speculators have enriched themselves to the extent of more than $312,000,000 by obtaining : control of flat and open-top cars for coal shipment and then diverting the fuel from contract purchasers and con? signing it to the market that offered tho greatest crotit to themselves. Keign of Terror Here Retail coal dealers in New York, in many instances, feel themselves at the mercy of the profiteering independent operators because of their inability to get anthracite for their customers from any other source. One dealer, who for obvious reasons asked that his name be witheld, said that a mii?l reign of terror exists among tho smaller retailers here. If they call upon the government to assist them in the j present crisis, the dealer said, they fear that their supply from even the profiteering sources may be cut ofT. Some local authorities on the coal ? situation suggest that the Attorney General might investigate reports that ; the large railroad-owned companies aro disposing of considerable tonnage at profiteering prices through independ? ent operators. Theso large companies are quoting a price of $8 at the mines for nut and stove ! sizes of anthracite. Some dealers as- ; sert, however, that they have no coal available for this market at that price. ! They intimate that profiteering trans? actions are being masked by the sub? terfugio of selling company coal through independent operators. Dealers Are Indignant Many dealers expressed indignation at the apaMiy of the government. Ap? peals from residents, institutions and public schools who find themselves fac? ing the winter with no coal on hand, they said, are matters of daily occur? rence. They assert that both tho Pres? ident and the Attorney General have ???od reason to be aware of tho situa ?'/t'/sfs/*s*s/ss/r/s/s/s/ssssf/s/ws//sjr*/ss/ys/s////it EXHIBITIONS AND SALES in AT THE ? \ ANDERSON GALLERIES 489 PARK AVENUE THE lIE??lArY OF CHARLES J. BARNES (PART ONE) AMERICANA t Thi? portion of the Library of Kir. Barnes is of moro than or? dinary Intarest, containing many rarities relating to the Early Mid? dle West, in addition to what it R Eobably tho rarest collection of S ormon items which has been K ?Tiered in many years, f To he nid rTednesa+% Thursday i efternoanu, October 13, 14, at 2:30. THK VALUABLE AND ARTISTIC CONTENTS OP SEVERAL PRIVATE RESIDENCES BOLD FOR THE ACCOUNT OF THEIR OWNER8 WITH THE COLLECTION OF MR. L. O. PECK OF NEW YORK CITY Y This ?alo includes a really im? portant __o_V?ctkm of over fifty 31?, besides a large awortment of ?cellaneoua furniture suitable tor apartments. f To be sold Saturday afternoon, October 16, at 3:30, g?lte eonduvied oy Ur. If. __. Ofaefeaan. TBnanzzaavaf? tion, which, they declare, constitutes I a grave emergency. Hope that the Federal government would act to protect their customers has been gradually waning among deal? ers in New York and many other sec- ' tions of the country. Dealers said yes- ? terday only a small percentage of the allotment they usually receive by this time of year has been shipped to them. "One thing that appears to have aid? ed profiteering in coal." Senator Calder said last night, "is the tremendous ex? port in the face of the vital necessity for fuel at home. This export amounts to about 2,000,000 tons a month, and much of the pniniuction it represents is being sold at premium profiteering prices. "I believe there can be no question that the situation has given rise to the most shameful and outrageous carnival of profiteering in the history of the country. Unless something is done immediately by the proper au? thorities it will become more acute as winter develops and the demand for fuel increases in the centers of popula? tion." .-a?... Miller Says Predictions In 1916 Have Come True Guheroatorial Candidate Asserts He Warned Peopl^.of Danger of D?mocratie Rule GLENS FALLS, N. Y., Oct. 12.?Na? than L. Miller, Republican candidato for Governor, in an address here to? day called attention to various propbe cies he made in Glens Falls four years ago, when he spoke in connection with the Hughes campaig^n. He recalled that at that time he had predicted if Hughes was not elected the people would make a serious mis? take. He declared to-day all of tbese prophecies have been fulfilled. Discussing the Spencer-Wilson con? troversy regarding whether or not tne President had promised to furnish American army and navy support to Rumania and Serbia, Mr. Miller said: "It behooves the Democratic party and its candidates, as well as*Mr. Wil? son, to claim that there is nothing to that prevailing expectation on the part of the Rumanians and Serbians and that the covenant does not hold out any expectations of protection from the army and navy of this country. "Now, all I have to say is that even if we arc dealing with expectations ami not guaranties, as the covenant really is, the position of the American people is that we do not propose tc hold out expectations to the rest of the world that we do not intend to keep.' Mrs. Croshy to Explain Shift Mrs? John Sherwin Crosby, president of the New York State Democratic Women, will tell why she is going tc vote for Harding and Wadsworth at <? meeting at the Republican Women'.' headquarter's at 2f>7 Fifth Avenue to morrow noon. All Democratic womer who feel the same way are invited tc join the experience meeting. Some Quotations (Prom an Addrett by David M. Dunning, Prt?tden?, Auburn Savtnps Bank, btfor? th? Bnvingt Bank Atrortation of N. T.) "Losses on mortgages are reduced to a minimum through careful and conservative appraisals by good judges of values and con? stant oversight and examination, with calls for payment or repairs whenever deprecia? tion is manifest." "For our guaranteed mortgage we make the same careful examination at the time of acquiring and sometimes thereafter but not to any great extent. Our experience is that the guarantee companies look after this feature in a very thorough manner." "I never felt that the long time bond was a proper investment for a savings bank, that is, anything longer than a generation." "It were better to take short maturities and keep in step with any economic change that might occur. Then if interest rates advance, your early maturities will save the situation. If interest rates decline, the in? terest to depositors can be adjusted to meet the situation." Bond & Mortgage Guarantee Co. 176 Broadway, N?w York City 175 RfuiMiB Street, Brooklyn Harding Accused by Cox of 11 Changes On League Issue Democrat Pictures Opponent as Wigglingand Wabbling ; Governor for Covenant Heart and Soul, He Says LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 12. -Gover? nor Cox of Ohio, in a busy tour of Il? linois and Indiana, hammered heavily upon the League of Nations pronounce? ments of himself and Senator Harding, picturing his Republican opponent as wiggling and wobbling. The Demo? cratic candidate emphasized, to sixteen audiences, that he was for tue league with whole heart and soul. Centering his assault upon ?Senator Harding's league statement to-day, Governor Cox declared it vacillating, the eleventh position assumed by the Senator, and at the heels of a tempest aroused by Mr. Harding's Des Moines speech. That the Senator's proposal for a new association of nations was held by former President Taft to be impractical also was stressed by the Democratic nominee. Governor Cox expressed a belief that America would bo in the league within a few months and that no large nation would be outside within a year, or pos? sibly six months. In his fire upon Senator Harding's league statements Governor Cox de? clared that his own had been and would continue unchanged. "I ask you," he said, "whether you have followed the vaccillating posi? tions of the candidate of the Sen? atorial oligarchy. He made changes on the front porch; then, when we took him off the front porch and he arrived in Des Moine?,, he said he was goina t? turn his back upon the league, with or without reservations. There came a tempest all over the land and Re? publicans that were for the league an? nounced their position and there in? tention of voting for me. When he reached the front porch again yester? day he changed again and said he was for a new association of nations. "President Taft, who is attempting tc keep him steady, says that the new association of nations is not practical that it won't work; that it can't b< attained. Forty-one nations of ?th< world have already joined the league It is a going concern and they will not abandon it at the, mere wish am caprice of a group of Senators. "The threat of Senator Borah, wh< iloubtless spoke for both himself ant Senator Johnson, brought the ulti matum at Des Moines. The force o the tempest of resentment which ha swept the country since then was fel at Marion. In consequence of this an other change was made?the eleventh. Who's Your Barber? Our ' barbers are experts to a man. We see to that in our own school before we assign them to their chairs. Our customers don't know a great deal about the Terminal school, but they do know something about Terminal barbers, and they have been saying some nice things about them lately. TERMINAL BARBER SHOPS "W'liere the Promise Is Performed" THE WALDORF-ASTORIA HOTEL COMMODORE*. HOTEL PENNSYLVANIA! LONGACRE BLDG.J N. E. Cor. ?2nd St. * Rroadway EQUITABLE BLDU. TEL. ?t TEL. BLDG 120 Broadway 195 Broadway CONCOURSE HUDSON TERMINAL 30 CHURCH 8T. 60 CHURCH ST. HAIRDRESSINQ SALONS: The Xfldorf-AitorU; Hotel Pennsylvania lOpen Ecenings Until Ten KNICKERBOCKER BARBERS NOW AT HOTEL COMMODORE Miller Proves Hs Is Friend of Welfare Plani Candidate Has Been Guide and Helper to Employees in Firms With Which He Has Been Associated Smith's Charges Denied Governor's Failure to Dis? cuss National issues Is Called Repudiation of Cox Prom a Staff Correspondent TLATTSBURG, N. Y., Oct. 12 (On board the Miller Campaign Special).? Judge Nathan L. Miller, Republican candidate for Governor, speaking at tha,City Kail here to-night, charged that his opponent, Governor Alfred E. Smith, has attempted to create" the impression that the Democrats of this state are the only exponents of social welfare legislation and that- the Gov I ernor is entitled to the lion's share of the credit. Judge Miller declared that Governor Smith has attempted to rep? resent him as the arch foe of these I progressive measures. "Governor Smith charged in a speech I Saturday night," said Judge Miller, I "that I am counsel and director of a ? corporation, and sought to convey the ? impression to his hearers that I do ; i not look at these questions from the i ? standpoint of those who toil. I don't ! like to be personal, but I wonder if | he regards it a matter of reproach for a lawyer to be counsel of an indus? trial corporation or even a member of its board of directors. "He might have gone further and j said that I was one of the executives of that corporation and a group of industrial corporations who aro united in various activities extending over a great many states in this country. To the charge I plead guilty. But I shall have but one client after January 1? the people of the State of New York." Crowd Applauds Miller A crowd which overflowed into the ! corridors and the stairs shouted its applause. When quiet was restored [ Judge Miller continued: "Apropos of the charge made by i Governor Smith and its insidious pur- i pose must bij manifest to all. 1 want to call the Governor's attention to the j fact that had he taken the pains to in- I quire he would have found that all ! | these industrial corporations, of which I am counsel, have, through coopera- ! ! tion with their employees, established ? for many years tho very things thatj he charges me, by inuendo, with being i so vigorously opposed to. The thing is simple. It does not require the estab? lishment of expensive bureaucracies in the state. It lTierely means applying , the square deal to industriel elections. "The Governor, if again he had taken a little pains to inquire, would have found that the employees of these in? dustries are treated as men and women with human hopes and aspirations, who receive not only a fair wage, but that they had time away from their toil to j devote to the families and friends, to the improvement of the mind and heart, and that I, as counsel, had the opportunity to study the problem of industrial relations." Judge Miller said that the amazing i thing about Governor Smith when he talked on social welfare was that he would have the people believe that i Democrats were, not only to the foro ; i-i championing the cause, but that the 1 Democrats, and the Governor in par ; ticular, were entitled to all the credit j for passing the forward-looking laws | now embraced in the labor code. | Judge Miller then went into details, ! saying that practically all the irnpor | tant measures of this character were | j passed by Republican Legislatures and j I signed by Republican Governors. "Governor Smith said that I admitted ; ( that I need to study these problems." ; ! saiil Judgo Miller. "1 frankly admit, it.: 1 do not rare tend to know it all, for we I have only started to study the great? ! problem of bringing about industrial | ami social justice." Smith Fears National Issues i Judge Miller declared that he under? stood why Governor Smith did not want to discuss national issues. It was be- ? cause the Governor realized, ho said, | that these very questions had already insured tho election of Harding and Coolidge, and tho Govorntor, in his wis? dom, had washed his hands of every? thing pertaining to nationwide prob? lems, had cast Cox and Roosevelt over? board and had determined to go it alone. "Governor Smith says he does not want to discuss national questions," said Judge Miller. "He says let ua talk about social welfare. I put forth this proposition that the social welfare, the welfare of every man and woman in this commonwealth, is, first of all, dependent upon retaining in our own hands the decision of the question as to whether American boys shall bo sent across the water to fight. I say, sec? ondly, that the social welfare, the wel? fare of all of our people, is dependent upon lifting from the shoulders of tho taxpayers of the state the burden of $1,400,000,000 in taxes which the ?State of New York now has to contribute to the wasteful administration that we have in Washington. I say that the social welfare of tho people of this state is next involved in putting an end to one-man government, to the end that the great constructive problems that have now for two years been awaiting decision may be undertaken and may be solved in the interest of all of tho people of the state and nation." After the meeting in tho City Hall Judge Miller went over to the court? house, where several hundred who could not gain admittance to the City Hall waited to hear him. He delivered another address there. Besides Judge Miller, other speakers here to-night were Senator Frederick M. Davenport, one of the leaders in the fight for social welfare; Theodore Roosevelt, Frank M. Hugo, Kenneth Wood and Mrs. Rosalie Loew Whitney. Speeches were made at ten other cities and town3 before the train pulled into Plattsburg to-night. Mechanics ville was the first stop, then Round Lake, Ballston, Saratoga, Glens Falls, Fort Edward, Whitehall, Port Henry and Westport. ? i?? _. President and Mrs. Wilson Will Cast Voles by Mail Executive and Wife Registered by A ffidavit ; Wilson's Health Precludes the Trip From The Tribune's Wastiinqton Bureau WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.?President i\n(r Mrs. Wilson are expected to cast their ballots on November 2 by lrtnil. The fact that the President has main? tained his residence in Princeton, N. J., entitles his wife to the privileges of the franchise there also, it was said to-day at the White House. Word from Trenton that the Presi? dent already had registered and that Mrs. Wilson was registering to-day by affidavit was accepted hero as in? dicating that neither the President nor his wife would g? i? person to the polls, but would take advantage of the mail provision of the New Jersey law. Although no official announcement has been made, it is believed that Mr. Wil? son's physical condition would not per? mit him'to make the trip to Princeton on Election Day. Mrs. Wilson never has lived in New Jersey. She is a native of Virginia, but has lived in the District of Co? lumbia since attaining voting age. Posters Please Roosevelt Thanks Republicans for Their Wiggle and Wobble Picture DECATUR, 111;, Oct. 12.?Franklin D. Roosevelt, in an address this morning expressed his "deep appreciation to the Republican National Committee for spreading broadcast through this section of the country large posters showing die pictures of the Republican nominee with the inscription, 'Let us have done with wiggle and wobble.' " "No advertisement published by the Democratic National Committee," he said, "could so exactly have expressed ? the main issue of this campaign. "The Republican Presidential nomi- i nee,'' said Mr. Roosevelt, "has insepar- i ably attached the policy of 'wiggle and wobble' to himself." Jioyt's Service, fnc \ PLANNED ADVERTISING 116 We s 132 nd Street, A' Y C. DOSTON CLEVELAND SPRINGFIELD "-i"' mi m i n in i i mi i ii him in i i m ii i mi?i Hays Hopes to Gain Senators In Six States! Prediction Made After Con? ference With Leaders; Confident of Holding All Seals Now Republican Pacific Coast Held Safe Women Voters React From "He Kept Us Out of War" Delusion of 4 Years Ago Will IT. Hays, chairman of the Re? publican National Committee, members ? of the executive committee of the na- j tional committee and various state chairman from Western states, after a ? conference lasting all day yesterday at national committee headquarters, ex-1 pressed themselves as confident that j the Republicans would gain United ! States Senatorrs in Idaho, Arizona, Col- ? orado, California, South Dakota and | Kentucky. In all of these states the ; incumbent Senator is a Democrat. In the close states electing Senators, such as Missouri, North Dakota and Utah, where \ha incumbent is a Re? publican, the managers are confident j of "holding their own." There is a ? strong anti-Wilson sentiment in Neva? da and Oklahoma, where Senators are | to be chosen, but local conditions some- ? what complicate things, so the battles I in those states over the Senatorship ! will be in doubt until the results are j known. Francis B. I.oomis. former Assistant ; Secretary of State, just in from Cali? fornia, said that state was sure to go for Harding and Coolidge by more than 100,000. Pacific Coast Reported Safe Former Representative William E. '? Humphrey, of Washington, who has been campaigning in Washington, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, West Vir? ginia, Virginia and New Jersey, said that so far as the Pacific Coast is con? cerned, Republicans need feel no un? certainty. "Four years ago Wilson carried the Pacific Coast on the cry, 'He kept us out of war,' which made an appeal to women voters," he said, "This year the drift of the women voters is very strong toward Harding. Every straw I vote that has been taken in the state ? of Washington has been more than ? seven to one in favor of Harding. "Washington this time will go 75,- ' 000 Republican, California probably j 200,000 and Oregon about 50,000. I ? found on the Pacific Coast that Re? publicans were worrying only about j New York and Indiana; when I reached Indiana I found they were worrying about the Pacific Coast and New York, and when I got to New York I found that they were worrying about Indi? ana and the Pacific Coast." ?-? Politics Plays No Part In P. S. C, Says Nixon Commissioner Asserts Predeces? sors' Record Showed No Su? perior Achievements Lewis Nixon, Public Service Com- ! missioner, issued a statement yester-1 day in reply to charges made in the j campaign book of the Republican ? State Committee that the work of the ' present commissioners has been in-1 fe?ior to that of their predecessors and I that Commissioner Nixon's appoint- ? ment to office, as well as his own ap- ! pointments in the commission, was flagrantly political. Ho denied that the cost of the pres? ent commission had been increased . since his tenure of office began. 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You can call it "hand-tailoring" all you like, but it still remains Ready made clothing. Now our garments while Ready-to-wear are Merchant tailored?made right here in this very building. When they leave our own shop, they enter our own store. They are not rolled out by the thousands, but cut and tailored one by one: Thus they are so unquestionably above any? thing ever offered in New York that comparison is conviction. Executive and Office Workers The better kind?wide awake, ambitious ones, ready and willing to j work hard in order to ! better themselves?fre? quently advertise for positions in The Trib? une's Situation Wanted Male and Female Col? umns. Give them an , opportunity to demon- I strate their ability. \ Consult these columns, and if whom you need is not listed try an ad? vertisement under Help Wanted in The Tribune. Phone Beekman 3000 or take it to any of The Tribune's Want Ad Agents?conveniently located in all parts of Greater New | York. 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