Newspaper Page Text
Miller Assails Smith's Social Welfare Plans Governor Merely Trying to Fix Wages? Overlooking All Other Big Issues, Up State Audiences Are Told Hurt Workers.He Charges Judge Holds Executive Re? sponsible for Delays in Payment of Compensation Prvnx a Staff Correspondent ELMIRA, N. Y., Oct. 19.?Judge Na? than L. Miller to-day campaigned bis way through the agricultural commu- . nities between this city and Ithaca, ending up to-night with addresses here and at Corning, twenty miles away. .Replying to-night to Governor smith's call for a discussion of state issues, the Republican nominee riddled his op? ponent's social welfare program. He assailed the Democratic nominee espe? cially for "striking his national colors" in order to force a discussion of im? provements in the state laws, which the Governor claims but the Republican Legislature originated. The judge attacked the Governor for failing to brinp about a condition in the State Industrial Commission so that injured workmen and the widows of those who were killed in hazardous occupations did not receive prompt set? tlements under the provisions of the workmen's compensation act. Attacks Governor's Stand "I notice," said Judge Miller, "that the Governor in his speech last night in enumerating the achievements of the last two years, for most of which he ought at least to share the credit with a Republican Legislature, heads the list with the elimination from the workmen's compensation act of what he calls 'the pernicious direct settle? ment clause.' "I take it that we may therefore infer that he considered that to be his greatest achievement, and he invites me to stop talking about the League of Nations, the extravagant and ineffi? cient Democratic Administration at Washington and the autocratic abuse of power, and to discuss the elimina? tion of direct settlement of workmen's compensation :laims. Surely, he is in great stress when ^ie strikes his na? tional colors in the attempt to maki that subject a political issue, because be is certainly indebted to a Repub? lican Legislature for that change, in the law, and anybody who knows any? thing about the operation of the work? men's compensation act knows that has not been its chief difficulty. "The Governor has been begging me to talk about his social welfare pro? gram. That program seems to have been narrowed down to a commission to fix minimum wages. If that were all I hope to accomplish for social and industrial welfare I should not be talk? ing about it in this? year 1920, when our troubles are not from minimum wages, but from maximum costs of everything we have to buy, largely f.ccasioned by the gross extravagance of the government. Delinea Real Social Justice "The Governor has asked me to say what I mean by real social justice. Well, my conception of real social and industrial justice goes way beyond any question of regulating wages by the state. My conception of justice, whether it is called social or industrial, is summed up in the homely American phrase, 'The square deal.'" In a letter to Miss Cornelia Maynard, of Syracuse, president of ,the Grade Teachers' Association and one of the leaders in the fight for increased sal? aries for teachers, Judge Miller de? clared that tho salary increases which were passed at the last session of the ? Legislature must be made permanent. He also announced his attitude toward the public schools. The nominee said the state should extend all possible aid to the improve? ment of the public schools and the training schools, and that one of the most important things to do is to dig? nify the teaching profession. S. E. J. Cox Is Ousted From Oil Presidency Receiver Named for Property, While Texan, Who Baeked Cup Flyers, Sails for Home Special Dispatch to The Tribun?. HOUSTON, Tex., Oct. 19.?While S. E. J. Cox, oil promoter and aviation enthusiast of Houston, sailed toward New York from France to-day after an unsuccessful attempt to win the Gor? don Bennett Cup in the international air race at Paris, stockholders threw the General Oil Company, a $20,000,000 concern headed by Cox. into a receiver? ship. Mismanagement by Cox was charged. The court proceedings tinveiled a story of high finance and picturesque promotion which startled even Texas, where oil bubbles without number have been blown and have burst. Cox's ven? ture into international aeronaftics, which directly brought on the receiver? ship, is said to have been at a cost to hia company of ?200,000 or more. Cox will arrive in New York Friday on the Mauretania with his wife. A girl stenographer who assisted Cox when he first began his career as a Texas oil magnate accompanies them. So far as is known, Cox is ignorant of the fact he has been ousted from con? trol of tho oil company's rich proper? ties. Cox took two specially built Curtl3s airplanes to Paris to enter in the James Gordon Bennett cup race. PERHAPS IF YOU REALIZED how much better your letter head could be made to look, at very little extra expense, you would be dissatisfied with "good enough" and get "better." We produce "better" letter heads lithographed on our MARION BOND,in multiples of 5,000, at very moderate prices. The improvement in ap? pearance over the "good enough" kind is much greater than the increase in cost. Ask us for samples and prices. Ritterband, Reed & Co. Inc. 54 Lafayette Street Teltphont Franklin 4270 Wilson Declares French Covenant Incident Closed Harding'a Explanation and Denial by Charge de Beam j of Attempt to Sound Sen- ! tinient End A r ? n m e n t From The> Tribune's Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.- President Wilson is expected to make no now move in the controversy he sought to precipitate with Senator Harding, the Republican Presidential candidate, over the latter's statement that he had been approached by a spokesman of Franco to lead the way in the formation of a new world association. At the White House to-day the inci? dent was declared to be closed with Senator Harding's explanation, coupled with the fact that the French govern? ment, through Prince dv Beam, French Charg? d'Affaires, has officially informell the State Department that the French Foreign Office has made no move to? ward sounding out the Republican nom? inee. Acting Secretary of State Norman Davis disclosed to-day that Charge Do Beam had visited the State De? partment late yesterday and had as? sured him that his government had not given authority to any one to speak ''formally or informally, of% cially or unofficially" to Senator Har? ding. The assurance oppressed by the French diplomat were accepted by Sec? retary Davis and transmitted to the White House. No reply had been received at the State Department late to-day to the cable addressed to Ambassador Wallace yesterday directing him to see!-: from the French Foreign Office a statement in repudiation of the French citizen who conferred with Senator Harding. In one quarter it was intimated that the President might demand that Sen? ator Harding name the "spokesman" of the French people with whom he con? ferred, but there was nothing said at the White House that would bear out this rumor. Political comment to-day turned from , the President's letter to Senator Har : ding to the reported utterance of the President's secretary, Joseph P, Tum? ulty, in a political speech delivered last night at a rally in Democratic headquarters here. Tumulty was dis? cussing the Administration's policy during the war of calling on prominent Republicans to till important war-time posts, In the reports of Tumulty's speech carriad by the local press the President's secretary was declared to have referred to Benedict Crowell, for? mer Assistant Secretary of War, who recently came out in support of Sonator Harding. "His name should be Bene? dict Arnold Crowell," Tumulty is re? ported to have said. French Await Inquiry In League Controversy PARIS, Oct. 19.?The French Foreign Office announced shortly after noon to? day that it had not as yet received any demand from Washington for informa? tion regarding the subject referred to by President Wilson in his letter to Senator Harding telegraphed to the press of France from the United States. The only statement authorized by the Foreign Office in this connection up to this time is that no official communica? tion of any nature has been made by the French government regarding a substitute for the League of Nations. ?.-m-1 Rrd<? Seize Halle Newspaper THE HAGUE, Oct. 19. I he Bol he vik faction of Independent Sri-.,., is lias begun direct action in Halle by seizing the office of the Independent party's newspaper, says a dispatch to the Telegraafc from Frankfort. ^ GLOVES White Wash? able Antelope, 2-clasp, $3.75 6-inch-Strap i&TD? wrist, $4.75 Th( World'? Greatest Leather Stores 40-t Fifth Ave., New York-, 253 B'way, lSoston?148 Tremont Street London?,S9 liegen! .Street V. - .._J I ___- I Do you know that today you can* | buy a LOCOMOBILE for ? <&fmJP'??f\ FORMER PRICE n ^/3jU $8900 | The price goes up after January first unless manufacturing costs ? come down. -- ? LOCOMOBILE . The best buttt ear in AMERICA ? ? LOCOMOBILE COMPANY % t? WE8T 6!? STREET. NEW YORK CITY t Connecticut For Harding Bv 50,000 (Continued (rom paga on?) taken cognizance of the ancient his? tory and are eloquent in their de? nunciation of the party that stood for) abuse of Lincoln. . On the refusal of the Times to ac? cept the advertising as agreed, Chair? man Roraback instructed counsel to begin an action for breach of con? tract, alleging illegal discrimination. Another unlooked for development of the light is that the Republicans have organized a marching club and named it the Lincoln Wideawakes, after a similar Hartford club in the ? Lincoln campaigns. The organization of this club has aroused the greatest enthusiasm. Ex-Senator Morgan G. Bulkeley, of the Aetna Life Insurance Company, a Civil War veteran and iriend of Lincoln, more than eighty years old, has accepted the post of chief marshal, and ex-Chief Justice Samuel 0. Prentice is his chief aid. I The club will make its first appearance at a mass meeting on to-morrow night, when Senator Brandegee will speak in Hartford. It is expected it will bo the greatest meeting ever held in Con? necticut. Connecticut this year elects a United States Senator, five Congressmen, a full | stal : ticket, including Lieutenant Gov-1 ernor, Secretary of State, Treasurer | and Comptroller; thirty-five Senators | and 200 members of the lower house. "We shall make a clean sweep of it i this year," said Chairman Roraback! to-day to a Tribune reporter at the j state headquarters in the Allyn House. "1 do not. care at this time to put down the figures. Just say to the Re? publicans of the country that the Re? publicans will give Harding and Coo? lidge a bigger plurality than the Re-! publicans had in any of the Bryan ? campaigns. There is still one day more of registration, and until the figures j are in on Wednesday night or Thurs day, it is hardly practicable to say how j big the Republican margin probably \m>1 be. Probably 125,000 women will I register. That being a fair estimate,) it means that there will be a total | registration in the state of above 350,- ! 000. "We had a male registration of 220,- [ 000 two years ago, so that with the I natural increase and with the women ! voting, we snould pass the 350,000 ! mark. "We are not chasing rainbows when I we say that we have the Democrats beaten. Even the Democrats them selves, when they get down to brass! tacks and talk frankly, admit they are in for a record-breaking trimming.1 "Many women voters in the state are making a hard fight on Senator Bran? degee. Less than one-third of the anti Brandegce organized women are Re? publicans, one-third arc Democrats and the other third are larl to classify. \ They include a prominent candidate on the Farmer-Labor ticket. Brandegee will run well up with Harding and.Cool 1 idge. "Without asking for it, or going out of our way to cultivate it, the Repub? licans will receive a large boost this year from the activity of Irish Demo? crats, who are disgusted with the Wil? son Administration and who will not stand for the League of Nations. The anti-league Democrats have a state or ganization with headquarters at New Haven. Senator Borah addressed them tho other night. -*? "I have been through five Presiden? tial campaigns and I never have seen the plain laboring men of Connecticut i more kindly disposed toward the Re? publican ticket than this year. The ? friends of Samuel Gompers some time , ago tried to give labor a slant toward i Cox and Roosevelt, but they were not , successful. I am in daily receipt of reports from the industrial centers of the state and they are all pretty much , alike. The people seem to be thor : oughly weary of the Wilson Adminis? tration and they regard Cox as the sort | of a man who if elected would take up j the ??urden in the White House just < where Wilson dropped it, as he said he would. | "The Republicans have nominated Everett J. Lake, a leading business man of Hartford, for Governor, and he | is making an excellent impression. Ho was a famous footbnll player in Har? vard when he was there, and he has served in both the lower house and the Senate. He was Lieutenant Gover? nor in 1907 and 1909. The atate ticket is fine and strong from top to bottom, and as I said in the beginning we shall elect the entire slate. The farmers of the state are almost solid? ly Republican. One day recently there was held the Democratic Sensatorial Convention for the 34th District. Forty-eight delegates had been chorfen, and in ordinary years they would have been on hand to take part in the se? lection of u candidate. Just one dele? gate appeared. This incident in a dis tric' which has been carried more than once by the Democrats shows that there is not much fight left in out friends, the enemy." John T. King, the Republican lead? er of Bridgeport, who has been more or less on the outs with the state or? ganization, one day last week volun? teered his services to Senator Brande gee, nnd it is understood he will take an active part in the campaign, espe? cially in Bridgeport. Appointees for Jersey Utilities Board Rejected Senate Refuses to Confirm Five Men Named by Governor Edwards TRENTON, Oct. 10.?The Senate late this afternoon, after a long executive session, refused to confirm the five men named by Governor Edwards to fill the places of the ousted Public Utilities Commissioners. This menas that the new board will not function, but that the old board, unless stayed by a court order, will continue in existence. In taking this action the Senate adopted a resolution to the effect that as there was grave legal doubt as to the pewer of the Governor to oust the Utilities Commission and to appoint a new body, nominations of all pros? pective members be referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Attor? ney General McC'ran be directed to take steps in the institution of legal proceedings as would be appro? priate in his judgment to have the courts determine the legality of the Governor's attempt to oust the board. The Governor to-day completed the membership of his new utility board to take the place of the commission he ordered ousted, and which is defying him by continuing to function despite his ouster. The names of the nominees for the new board as submitted are: Repre? sentative Joseph' A. Hamill, Democrat. of Jersey City, to replace Commissioner Alfred A. March; Arthur A. Quinn Democrat, of Perth Amboy, and presi? dent of the New Jersey State Federa? tion of Labor, to succeed Commissionei Andrew Gaul; Walter F. Whittemore Republican, of N'ewton, N. J., to suc? ceed Commissioner George F. Wright; Trcadwell Cleveland, Progressive Re? publican, of Newark, to succeed Com? missioner John W. Slocum, and ex-Son ator James A. C. Johnson, Democrat of Englewood, to succeed Commissionei Harry L. Knight. -? Wadsworth Cites Waste Sanctioned by Democrat? Senator in Day's Campaigning Addresses Seven Meetings in Ulster Countv NEWBURGH, N. Y? Oct" 19.? Sen ator James,W. Wadsworth jr., after ! strenuous day of campaigning, spoki to a big crpwd here to-night. He at tacked Democratic extravagance am specifically cited wastes in Nitre W. Va., and Sheffield, Ala., and de clared that economy was not to be hai until the Republican party again is ii control. The Senator addressed seven meet ings in Ulster (Tounty this afternoon speaking at Pinehill. Phoenicia, Kings ton, New Paltz, Highland, Milton an Marlborough. Brocade Cover Brings S6."> An early Kinran brocade tempi cover was sold for $i"> last night at th opening session of the auction of Jar anese prints and brocades at the Wa! pole Galleries, 10 East Forty-nint Street. The sale will end to-night. fflrr MADISON AVENUE = FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK 'h5rty-=fourth Street Thirty ?fifth Street An Important' Clearance Sale off Pairs of Women's Boots & Oxfords at remarkably low prices * will offer, commencing to=day (Wednesday) Women's Boots, per paar $607S <& 70SB Women's Oxfords, per pair Bo7B &> 6075 bei many instances these quotations represent price r?ductions of one=hallf or more Alu sises are to foe found in the assortment (which includes s* BaSta models) but not in every style (Second Floor) Bankers Predict Trade Boom in Harding Victory Convention Members, Opti? mistic of Future, Say In? dustries Are Moving To? ward Sounder Conditions Williams To Be Answered Attack of Comptroller on Policy of New York Fi? nanciers Is Denounced From a Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Oct. 19,-At this moment, when the American people are looking anxiously to the bankers of the nation for guidance as to whether we are drifting economically, more than 3,200 men of finance have gathered here at tho forty-sixth an? nual convention of the American Bankers Association. The registra? tion is unprecedently large, and the interest in the discussion is at a new summit because of tho eagerness of ! the delegates to match their opinions \ as to the outcome of the downward reaction through which industry is now passiitg. Although inclined toward optimism, the bankers have an experimental atti? tude toward the problems with which they are grappling. They are for the most part unready to dogmatize as to the precise time a turn will come. Yet j the view is reverberating through the lobbies of the hotels here where the ? bankers are stopping that the election (which they expect will mark a de-; cisive Republican victory) will act as a stimulant to trade. Moreover, many ' of the financiers believe the taking of i inventories after the first of next year i will constitute another transition j point, since such self examinations j will inform business men precisely ; where the recession in industry and deflation of prices- have left them. Bankers Optimistic of Future Richard S. Hawes, president of the rssociation, who has probably con? versed with more of the delegates than any other single individual here, de- j clared to-night in conversation with j The Tribune correspondent at the New ! Willard Hotel: "The sentiment of the bankers here ; is enthusiastically optimistic regard- | ing the future. We all feel that we i are going to go over the bumps in splendid style, and that we are now moving on toward sounder fundamen- | tal conditions. We don't believe that ? there is an important weak link in the country." ? In the consciousness of the bank of- ? ficiais assembled here the attack of j John Skelton Williams, Comptroller of the Currency, on the call money policy ? of the New York banks ren.ains as an j irritant which cannot be ignored. In j his opening address this morning j President Hawes took official cogni- ' ^ance of the issue, remarking in the j first general session at Keith's that "a ; challenge, in my opinion, has been i made to the integrity of the bankers j of America." He. added that he trusted the "resolutions-'committee will take | cognizance of the matter and answer j it in proper manner." Will Reply to Williams The reply of the bankers to Mr. Wil? liams'? thrust will undoubtedly come out of this convention. National bank officials have been disinclined to an? swer the Comptroller singly. Some take the position that the bankers should remain silent, on the ground i that a response will bring another blast from Mr. Williams and give him another opportunity to spread his propaganda. At Washington some of the bankers, including Representative McFadden, chairman of the House Committee on Currency and himself a Pennsylvania bank president, contend that Mr. Williams does not hold office legally, since the Senate has not ap? proved his reappointment and the President has neglected to make an ? ? " " i i.. i i ?? " V, 7ii i i i ?! .i other recess ?ppointm?nt to provide for the current period. Bankers from the agricultural states are preoccupied with the effect of banking policy on the shrinkage of crop values and some of them are frankly critical of the deflation pro gram of the Federal Reserve Boar.d. Those from the cotton belt are espe? cially outspoken. A Nashville banker voiced this sentiment by asserting that in his opinion the reserve board used its influence to force the brakes down on industry and agriculture too rapidly. E. T. Meredith, Secretary of the De? partment of Agriculture, announced the farmers' side of the case. His pres? entation stood in sharp contrast to the messages of Governor Harding of the I Reserve Board and Secretary Houston ' to envoys of the agriculture folk. The I latter came to Washington last week j to induce the government to use its ? power to compel the banks to finance i the holding of products of the soil off! of the market it anticipation of higher! prices. Bankers from the industrial j centers who are in sympathy with the | campaign for lower prices asserted that i the Secretary of Agriculture struck a j false economic note in suggesting that ; the shrinkage of value of farm prod- j ucts was undesirable, arguing that the : fall in farm products was an important J phase of the movement to efface the t effects of excessive inflation. j "In the spring of 1920," Mr. Mere- i dith recalled, "when the farmers were | planning their operations for the com? ing season, they were confronted with a very different situation than they | now face. There was a shortage of . farm labor estimated at 33 per cent, the ccst of everything the farmers'had to buy was exceeding high and there was uncertainty as to the future prices of farm products." Figures on Bumper Crops The Secretary then gave figures to indicate what bumper crops have been produced in spite of the handicaps, and added: "Cotton seed, which sold a year ago at $60 a ton, was selling September 1 for $20 a ton. The wool clip this year I aggregates 259,307,000 pounds. At ! prices prevailing in September last j year it would have brought $133,000, 000, but this year, on the basis of cur? rent prices, it would bring only $73, 000,000, a reduction of about $60,000, 000. Taking all crops into considera? tion from present prices and ten? dencies, the farmers of the United States are facing a shrinkage of prices, as compared with last year, aggregat? ing more than $2,500,000,000, nearly 17 per cent." Mr. Meredith decried the pruning down by Congress of the appropria? tions for his department to the extent of $2,000,000, asserting that the so called economy had resulted in the elimination of important scientific ! work which was worth many times what ! was being spent. He announced he , would request the next Congress, which meets in December, for an in- ' crease of $10,000,000 in appropriations. The bankers received his address'with j great enthusiasm and ordered that copies of it be sent to every Congress? man and to every banking institution : throughout the country. John J. Pulleyn, president of the ! Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank of New York, in an address before the convention asserted that the Esch-Cum mins act had validated railroad securi- | ties. He described the program of the ; new National Railway Service Corpora? tion, which was recently organized to help the railroads finance the purchase of new equipment. In the afternoon meetings of the trust companies' section and savings bank section were held. To-night the delegates, many of whom were accom? panied by their wives, divided into two groups. One visited the Bureau of Standards and the other attended a private view at the United States Na? tional Museum of Natural History. Secretary Houston will address the convention to-morrow morning on ! public finance. I Erlanger Lease? Atlanta Theater To protect hia varied interest? In the South, A. L. Erlanger has leased th? Atlanta Theater, Atlanta, Ga., for Are years with the privolege of re newal. It is th? only theater in ?t, lanta that plays first-class attracts Its possession gives Mr. Eri?fiJ' E*' commanding position in South?.'..? * section of the country. "CB???r?i Protect Your Clothes* with How Much are Your Summer Clothes WORTH? ?yours and your hus. band's and your children's clothes together ? Did they cost $1,000 ?or more likely $1,500! It's worth while protect Ing this valuable clothing when you put it away this FalL A very few dollars invested In White Tar Moth Proof Bags protects your family's clothing Summer or Winter, year after year, against moths, mice, dampness, dust and germs. They're to convenient, It's no trouble at all to fian g clothes away in them ? even if for only a few weeks. But be sure to get a genuine "White Tar" Bag. No other bags are as safe, as durable or as convenient WHITE T GARMENT BAGS Put away your summer clothes now. You will find White Tar Garment Bags in Departmer ; and Drug Stores. 1. White Tar Garment Bags In Pine Tar, Cedariied and White Lined (odorless, in tin -'?ires to protect all ar^cle? from muns to motor coat?. 2. White Tar Paper?Tar or Ce? dariied?for packing trunk?, lining drawers, wrapping blankets, etc J. White Tar Moth Balls ?nd White Tar Naphthalene Flakes. The White Tar Company Fifty-fix Veser Street, New York m rmam -trn-. *.**Mje.?~a*? -^^^^^^^^-^^~^;<!??i?&^^y^^f^^^ ' ' JtanM?n Simon $, Co. M%, ? ^tW^i>vp> ( L? -jg ^ st?trtf ??dividual shops /?> 7 ?? \ r^a? ? J FIFTH AVENUE ?(fWjffV' Il ? J>///; ?///,/ J>#/// ?9/.f. T?arkJ?jaces a 3\(^ew Fashion in ^Misses ynformal Evening Frocks. Fashion weaves a smart mode in the soft meshes of dark laces and confers it upon Youth to gown those interesting informal occasions in the niche between afternoon and formal evening affairs ?the dinner, the theatre, or the informal dance. . . . 69. 50 Brown, black or navy blue Other Dark Lace Frocks 45.?? to 195.?? Sizes 14 to 20 years. MISSES' GOWN SHOP?Second F/oor