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Baker Denies
Huge Losses
On War Sales
$4,675,342,881.15 Saved to
Taxpayers by Disposing of
(?oodt* and Settling Claims
incident to Hostilities
Fells of Transactions
Says Newspaper Charges Un?
founded; T. S. Prepared
for Force of 5.000.000
WASHINGTON", Oct. The War
Department to-day answered charges
?hat the government had sustained
great loss through the sale of surplus
war supplies with the claim that it
had "saved more than $4,675,342,881.16
to the taxpayers of this country"
through the sale of such supplies and j
'settlements of claims."
The department made public a ytate- ?
nent of several thousand words in ?
chien if took up in detail charges]
r?ade recently in a number of news?
papers, Char, iteming these charges ;
a- "unfounded,"' the statement said;
that to have .-? proper understanding
of the situation ? "must be remem?
bered" that the department in making
its purchases of war materials was
. mtemplating a field force of >.i:",;,
rneii.
Huge Sales Overseas
Declati that how long it would
be necessan to maintain this force in
the held was a question which could
?t be answered, the statement said
that had the war "continued another
year the supplies on hand at the sign
ng of the armistice would have been
otal ;. : n ad? qun ti ,"
"If no reserve was provided," the
statement added, "there w?>u!d hava
;>t'i.?i a repetition of tu? conditions
?.?hic-h existed in the Spanish Ameri
..? \Vj i."
The statement asserted that .ales
? mat : over cas airare gated
-, 2'.'..22 ? .-.:. France, it was stated,
pui a ... r?: goods for $532,500,000 and
in addition waived customs duties es-'
tit ated at approxim itely si 5i ,000,000
and further assumed ;;.?? payment of
,000 c?a ??i.. a a n - ... United
: tes arising out of the American
occupation ??nl use of installations
and land .
"As a result, therefore, of the work
of th? United States liquidation com
] ! inn," the statement said, "the '
War Department saved : :;" taxpay?
ers ;r>a: the sale of surplus of war
latei a - in Europe 5972,923,225.82,
plus the claims for damages which
vould have been entered against the
rov? lent.
"Thus the claim that the property
? hii li had ? ost tins country ? 1,390,'
'~'.7' - was disposed of to the French
minor.? $ 100,000 000, i ayable
m ten years, . ?? entirely erroneous."
S a \ me.
Through Sales
upplie - sold over
' m
.. . ?
satu eqmpmen
-'.,000 a. ..a n turned to
?I '. ti
.'\ '" ..' i tli country, the ?!?. -
: ed ' . ? the sales di
? p ropcrtj which
? ? i tin ? nt $1,132,007,4 ' 92
iht rel urn to thi 1 united
had ?. $839,378,417.42.
I ? tatn i? rted that "to re
? ici the 1 ? ; . ost of li-\ ing," the War
n nt in the last year w.yi a I ,.
d a; proximati I y $83,.l,0i 0
worth ??; food supplies at 60 per cent
? Lheii < <-?.;t val ne.
With reference to t le charge that '
sold ti France for- two cent -
nd, tin tat( rua-.; decla n ?1 that
8,000,000 pounds ol sugar was sold :." |
? ? - . ? .' cent - a pout I ai .
? umcls to the ?? nu i ican Relief
' .? a me price.
"It is ; here fore appai < nl," the state
?? ? c ntinued, "t hat at no time did
ir i?? pa ??? un n ? sell any suga r i o
.a -a g;i ernmei I m cents
pei ' nd."
1 . S. (?ans at Front
\ ? ; th? ettli tent of claims "in
? both formal and ir formal con
trad terminated b> reason of the
? i it on of hostilities," the statement
... thi total amount ? r su? h claim-.
. [? the value of ' he m c< n p et ed por
? ; the contracts amounted to $3,
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,7
i
a;
i_jb? - ^*%r ?
S S -Salud Set of topaz or
blue luster ?lass $7..?0
F you are seeking the
fine wares of old makers
-?come to Ovington's. For
we have been selling the
choicest lines of fine china
and brilliant glassware to
three generations of exact?
ing hostesses.
OVINGTON'S
"Thr Gift Shop of 5th Ave"
314 Fifth Ave. nr. 32d St.
*CI)c Cambridge?
68th Street West
War Central Park
Pha iat'M flreproot apartment to let,
Just .ipleti I. Now ?pen
Suites of 2 rooms or more
on a yearly lease unfurnished
???.-t?
MTFKlOtt RKSTAl KWT
,.,.. 1 loci ?r Suite -
t nder sami ....
1 ngdon, 5th A? e. .
? K. il .'??','.'I'.'? ?>.=_=
thf:
Italian Room
AT THE
Old Roof Tree Inn
5 West 28th St.
OPENS TO-NIGHT
SPECIAL DINNER $1.25
Bofh't Grill .or LttlietJ & Gin(.eo>jen
SPFGiAL DINNER S| pK
Her.-l Dally 5 to 9 ??*_%/
After-Theatro Suppe-, $1.23
?EB'S ~?
? "? j' -?. ? ?? ?? i?i ? J? i??-- ?<"?
* .?<..? lalephone you?
Jr^ju* .?tut Ad, la ititaia ?t?i?.--A4>t.
''"' ,?S5 4,41 1.22 and that tho basis on'
which the settlement ,,i' these cla ms
had been made b\ tho Claims Board
? ulted m a net saving t?, ?the
-??? rni ii ? i ..- S2,863,035.23'i 91."
Che department'* ?tatemont char
; ' ? ? ? ?I a "absolutelj unwarranted"
1 ha rge that the army sh oped onlj
l ?\000 Am? i icnn-made shells t.? Fran ic
and iliat onlj seventy-two American
made guns reached the American
torees at the front.
I: declared that up to Armistice Daj
'...!u'.?.?loo Amorican-made shells, "or
one-half the total number of the shells
expended by our forces during the war
period," had been sent to France.
At the tun?' of the armistice, the
statement went on to say, the United
State* had in France 3,500 pieces of
artillery, of which nearly ?',00 were of
American manufacture. It was stated
that the American forces used on the
firing line 2,250 pieces, of which 130
were made in America.
Sproul Answers Baker's
.ilibi on War Waste
Governor Says It is Riotous
Extravagance Since Truce
of I? hich Public Complain?
The Republican National Committee
made public yesterday in New York a
statement quoting Governor Sproul of i
Pennsylvania in reply to one from the
War Department denying charges of
waste in the sal? of surplus war sup- ,
plies,
"At the verv last hour," the Repub- '
lican statement reads, "the War De-I
partmont has transmitted to the pi-ess
an exhaustive manifest? intended to be
a sweeping refutation of ???arges of
colossal, inexcusable waste and extrav?
agance luring the war and continued
wholesale waste since the armistice.
"The Administration has permitted
these charges to go unchallenged for |
months. They were not i?lle campaign
charges, but a specific indictment, sup
ported by facts and figures. They have !
been used by the newspapers of the j
land and in speeches. The evidence ac- !
companying these charges has been
overwhelming. It. is ofiicial evidence
taken from the government records at
Washington. In the aggregate.it estab?
lished the '.vaste of billions of public
money."
The statement quoted Governor
Sproul as follows:
"War means waste. War i? waste.
But war waste should have ended with
the ending of the war. It ?lid not en<!
then. It. went on prodigally, riotously,
shamefully and the people of the
country are to-day paying the enor?
mous cost of it all.
"Not until the eleventh hour of the
campaign has the War Department
dared to risk an attempt to defend
itself. Its attempt at this eleventh!
hour was as feeble and impotent as
the department itself has been feeble
and impotent in its attempt to transact
public business.
"Five years' interest on the huge.
debt created by war waste would ade?
quately endow every college and uni?
versity in the land and furnish free a
Higher education to every American
hoy and girl.
"The annual interest on thi huge debt
created by war waste is sufficient to
double the salary of every school
teacher in America.
"The interest on this war waste in
debtednes for fi \ e ;? ear! ? ould build
200,000 n iles o i av, d h ighwa;. -, ex -
tending from th, \tkintic to the Pa
, ?tic and fron I ! ? lak ? to the Gulf.
"The money e: n< nded in t he South
. ion, . under wa i pretext. much of it
absolute and v anton waste, exceeds
the entire cost of our Civil War."
Appeal for Order
Issued in Cuban
Kleelion To-day
Apprehension of Trouble
(irons and Murder Charge
I- Made; Crowder 1.;m? To
We Tried for Firsl rime
_
HAVANA, Oct. 31 i By Tl ? A: ated
Press ).- A plea for peace und cu d< i in
i : ,- Cuban Presidential elections to?
morrow was issued to-night by L be
and Coalition leaders, apparently
alarmed !?;. i leven! h-huur i epoi t? o
possible (list urbance.
General Jos? Miguel Cum? ... one?
time revolutionary leader and candi?
date of the Liberal party, charging mur?
der of Liberals, appealed to his people
to stand up fearlessly and fight with
votes as their only weapons. Given a
fail count, the general ?lee!:.red, he
would -weep the island by 50,000 ma- .
jority. If defrauded, he announced that
proof would be submitted ?<> the United :
.-.,;,t, -, ?.?. ' ich could be ?i pended on to ?
step in and pr.it.-et Cuban i ights.
But the chai .? ' murder and . . !
were passed over lightly by Dr. Alfred <
.-.;, ,, Coalition nominee and opponent
G? mez.
"There will be. no fraud," said '/aya?.
"The United States will not be call? d
U] on to inte? feie, 'I he Coalition party !
will win by 25.000 at the lowest. That
will i nd it. ( uba is able to paddle its
ov :: canoe."
Feeling was ten?e in some quarters
h the last battalions of troop : I
mdei way for the provinces, but the
ew generally was expressed that there :
would be no serious outbreaks. The
mil number of local clashes, with
?ore or less bloodshed, however, is
expected.
How the people will accept tho re?
sult is the question with which the au- !
thorities are most concerned. Gomez
himselr has dismissed talk of a revo
: :;. The Liberals under his command
contii tied to-day to pile up alleged evi- ;
dence ?>f intimidation and fraud, de?
claring that many of their forces had
been driven to the woods with threats :
..: ni'..nier if they attempted to vote.
President Menoeal has put hear' into
timid voters, however, by unno
that they will be afforded .-very pro?
tection and that there will be an honest
expression of the people's will al the
polls. The Crowder election law, to be ''
tried for the first time, was cited by
the President as evidence that the1
count would be honest.
The normal top vote is around 475,- ?
000. Based on late ieports, the Liber?
als, like the Coalition faction, on the;
eve of the election virtually claimed the '
whole island. The vote is expected to
be close and the results may not be'
known to-morrow midnight, even
though the polls ch.se at 3 p. in.
The campaign ended with a flare of
tire and talk. The home of Zaya*? is
ithin a stone's throw of the magnifi?
cent residence of Gomez, under whom
ti<? * served four years as Vice-President
of the republic. The rival factions,
h.eading ior one home or the other,
tilled the streets with shouting as they .
met, but there was no disorder
Envoy to Austria Returns
\Ibert Ralstead, who has been in the
consular service of this country for
man.; yer.rs, arrived hero yesterday on
the Red Star liner Finland fron' his
post of *.-.!? : can I on miss ioner to Vus
trii He wa nied by h
d? ghtei : Mis: e? Mil
largai ?t :;.. t? id.
1) ng the wa i Mr. Halstoad was
ving sei there from
li:i lingii:? . England, : - a
ror eight ;- .
iie said there was plenty ot ga; life
. .: was largely surface
display and that, underneath, Austria
was st 11 suffering greatly,
Among . thcrs ? he Finland were ?
'???"'? 3 Ai g ? . '33 ?liam Hoj kinson, J.
pi Her - i. M i- - ? ? -,
I* ? Jullienne, oJ the ordei ol miU'i ,
Dame de Namur,
____ I
William Howard Taft
Discusses
Attacks on His League Position
By William Howard Taft
Mr. Cox ami the Democratic man?
agers find much comfort in the argu?
ments that I advanced in behalf of
the League of Nations after the com?
mittee report of the covenant and dur- ?
ing the discussion of the subject in the)
Senate, and insist that what 1 then i
said is inconsistent with my present
position in favor of Mr, Harding. I
have nothing to withdraw in the mat?
ter of those arguments.
It suffices to pay that they did not
convince the Senators whoso consent
to the league was necessary in order
to secure ratification without eliminat?
ing Article X' and the other reserva?
tions which Were voted by a majority
of the Senate in November, 1919; and
as there will be enough of those Sen?
ators in the Senate to defeat ratifica?
tion in the new Congress ?ml as Mr
'ox Still holds to Article X, as do
all of his earnest supporters, it means
a continued deadlock and a delay for
two years before anything can be done
with respect to the league if Mr. Cox
is elected.
Blames Wilson
One of my arguments now being re?
tened to i? that it is not only I ho
tiutv hut is to the interest of this
country to help stabilize conditions on
the other side by ?Miter tip the league,
because in su doing we shall make oui
1.1 nipean neighbors much better cus?
tomers, inasmuch as peace and pros?
perity arc essential to profitable or
eign trade for us, That is true now as
it was when I said so.
But our Democratic friends, and Mr.
Cox in particular, ignore altogether
the circumstance that it was Mr. Wil?
son who had the opportunity to enter
the league in November, 1919, and
ngain in February, 1920, and thus aid
our European customers. These cus?
tomers were willing and anxious .to
have us enter the league and were
entirely content to accept our reserva?
tions; but. Mr. Wilson, with the ap?
proval of Mr. Cox then and now and
with the subsequent approval of the
Democratic platform, absolutely re?
fused to enter the league unless he
could have Article X unamended,
Harding the Only Hope
But for him, therefore, we should
have been in the league now for a year
and assisting Europe. The difference
between our helpfulness as a member
of the league without reservations and
with the reservations of November,
1919, so far as immediate aid to
Europe is concerned, would have been
negligible. In quoting me, therefore,
on this subject these men are only
pointing out and emphasizing the
grievous error of Mr. Wilson and the
Democracy in refusing the compromise
of the Republicans and in postponing
indefinitely our entrance into the
league.
They have brought about a situation
now in which there is no hope of our
joining a league at all for more than
two vetirs, certainly if Mr. Cox is
e'i cted. They leave the only hope of
immediate practical aid to the Euro?
pean countries from the entra?e- of
this country into a league in Mr. liar
ding's election.
(Copyright. 1920, by Public Ledger f'u.)
On the Screen
rilarles Ray Seemingly Miscast
in "An Old-Fashioned Boy";
*'TVin Beds'* at Strand
By Harriette L'nderhill
' An Old-Fashioned Hoy" is farci wi h
slapstick provlicities, It isn't a bed-I
rcioir, farce, either, although some of j
the morejntimate scones are laid in a?
bedroom, and Charles Kay came dan- ;
gerously near becoming one of those j
mistaken individuals who arc chase?
in and out of clothes closets and clothe
baskets by irate husbands. To our
way of thinking, Kay i.; quite wasted
in a comedy of this sort. it's like
motoring through Arcadia at the rate
of sixty miles an hour. However, J??
r?me Storm has humanized .the story as
far as pot-sible, und the audience at. the
Rivoli yesterday enjoyed every bit of
the chas?/.
Ray is cast as David Warringl n.
and he is an old -fa.? hione : b i; !? ?. an ??
he '? elieves in living in houses in itead
otels, children, and . ?. divorce ma r
riagt j. In t he ea rly pa rt ol t!
: nie, bet'oi e V oh .. Herbert and Bab;
iroke oui wit h thi hlack mea .Ka
h ad a ch ,i n c? '.i m se 11' n ? . ?. ? ?
?htful cenes, i pcciuilj when lu pro?
poses to Bi tty ? rr.vc: ? a ? ouug .1 dy
who live: in a ! .? ; nul ? ,vn a Vial
tese poodle. H ? h buill a hou <?
and furnished :ordin? lo his own
. ' ' ? wit bout con ilting th girl
?: ?? 11s. md '. a; (hat . . ays
her in his car ovi ti
..a house, i i na ?y, a a gi pa 5
:'.-. y-;, surpi : ?". he tell 3 her theil he
complete : t foi 1er.
"But ho rlid you knov, ; hat ! could
mai ry you?" > ! t : g ros. I
chanc e! If en ly i. 1 had said, "1
hadn't, i should have lo< ked it up ai il
ke 1 ' t as a shi'i tie ' " But no; he neei
ay, "Oh, 1 k new yo :
Thai <et1 led ?1. After mat his li a:.. ? ?
1 .a,? a ini over, his two hi 1 !'i ?end ?
1 p : ited, their three chi Iren g .
:ii ... '? ? .. ' ? house, ,? a.-,.
? ,ed ot ha ;ng ibiiuct 1 tin
.havit ? en ate ? th . ? ' ? .,
? ;. llo ; ' .. cumc ncai 10 ! a.; . ?
Ti:?- comedy Lui led sniooir, i; ant!
sedately, Kut pi 0
? pi ed until Ray w?? ' .. ? ing
pie lu . ... nul ti V! :! ' .' ?? '
dying about in an automobile, wl ich
wi expected any n uiti tid iri to
tun backward 1 and .:< t mixed up ?vith
a : ai road t rain, as automobile; I ave
a way of doing ii slai tick c
'i .. ??::? iicment 1 1 : ' I tek '. 0
; ormal and Ray was him? II aga ti, but
?,?,. cannol -? ???? him in the r?le of a
- peel ed 1 une w recker feeblj d< end
ing himself to an em aged h m '>??'? d
Kthel a! an m 11 is at1 ract ive the
prirl. 1 ithi 1. in 1 ..i: cast are Ali'r d Mien,
V. (I ? Boteler and (.rar?' Mo ??
l'here i also on tin pr >gr un a Para
m 111 t-M ?'.??'.? ??' . et 1 cornel;
? 7'.,- ic Fans," a 1 ?? cd und the
Rivoli Pic ir I with - . me ? : e ot
those fascin?t;':;; Mai eu " cal tool
Aleta, tila.' and Mart ha did ....
called "At the Fountain." N'o,
na mes ?vi : s e en w I ic com to I
isual wit h t ho; c danc 1 u ho float
a!.oat in gauze at ?1 their hau- flying.
However. Aleta, Grace and Martha are
a particularly } >; <>u,; and graceful trio.
Marie Kind and Georges Traber! sing
"The Magic of Your Eye; .
The overture is "Orpheus" and the
lighter number is called "Hack to the
Rivoli." it was written by Ma> Mai 1
the Rivoli drummer, who helped ' 1
make Mult and Jell" famous on the
screen.
Over at the Strand there is ?nothei
H-feg^frfe^i r-ra^Y^ssp
At 5th Ave. & 5?th h
l\ ? v ruE CATHEDRA! fe
m At 6th Ave. Si 50th
! HE El i '? \1 ED STATU )N.
HI ? ?
ls OF THAT Bl
GaNUN _ PARSONS
OPTICIANS
19 W. 50th Street Q
ii Jii^'nS?
farce, but this is of the usual brand. It.
is "Twin Beds" made over for the
screen by Mr. and Mrs, Carter de
Hav< :-..
Of course, when Margaret Mayo
wrote it the field was comparatively
unexplored, but the trouble which be?
gan in those tv.i;i beds did no! end with
the. linal curtain. Hundreds of in?
nocent and uninteresting men have been
chased under hundreds of beds since
then, and still stupid husbands keep
on suspecting these innocent and unin?
terested men and stupid wives refuse to
speak ;hc word which would straighten
out everything. There is als,, ?,. p>,..
iogue, '.ut this is only shown with the
performances beginning at 2, 7:25 and
9:25. As we visited the Strand at
-i o'clock our curiosity is still unsat?
isfied.
It is apparent when you watch Mr. j
and Mrs. Carter te Haven cavorting
? ' rough "Twin Beds" , and one n gh ,
sa> in and uncieras welll that bedroom ?
farces have been at a standstill since
the early days, .".il of it is just as
well dene in "Twi i Beds" as it has
been done siiire. And then it bore the
stamp ?.'" novel'y. However, "Twin
Bi ds '' as i* stands, or as they stand, is
r.x extremely amusing and not in the
least ort'ensh ? comedy with more plau
?ibi ity than one expects to lind in - ;;< h
piece i. You feel that y ->;i m ight qui e
? *ily gel i ch a ; r? i teamen; y cm -
, alt hough ..... are ' ;<-i \ : o udm it
th.it you'd rftth.ei se . ai ne n one
Frebahly et cry one .- ? v "Twi n Bed -? '
;. e r ..... bul i! doe ?PI matter, for
;. - i'll knov th - : or> a soon as you see
: ?.??. ?ealou ? co i pics living in an apa t ' -
lion .- eorret pondi : ;? uites.
Ion! in oi '? >. eighth floor and
i'kinses on the i eventh, and : hei e
'tinei ' ? .'in cl, val or, st lirs and
!i ' ??.x. :?? ?. Could one nee?! to know
mor, '.'
Willia.--,. Desmond appears in .. bn
,v -..ii-. The las! t im< we - aw him
banging ovei a precipice in ..
\'i( " ' ; h - eria 1. N', w on dor Si jnoi
uit i wa ? fright en? d at (indi i y h im
eli ;:- i he apart ment of such an ii
33 ;hter. Cart, r de I!;.?, en nla;
i pudence He has not I in
of the usual misundei to
: h? lUdoil'. M :
' ., -, i Blanc he ' law kins ade
....' , i ?esmor.d : 1 ? hi ha? .1, ;
: ? r? ha.' that, a ud tl elen Ray mo
('id excellenI th ingss wi i the ' ?? - t
? of the '?'? ron ? of Morik
Chore ? a v on?! r n I pici ure "
;..'-.. you all a rou ud the i rack >.? i
Mai . ' War and Sir Barton. I' is im
ble t?, describe the thrill ? thi
pici ure. wh ich ; i not in ! he least lik,
other race picture ? ?-r pn sen
and what we cannot Imagine ? how
they gol the picture. II is as though
the race were ? ;-tged for the camera
man.
The overture is Thomas's "Mignon."
luchar. I Bold sings "Moon, i. el
Moon," and Kitty McLaughlin offers
"The v ind n 11 : South."
A ; t he ? apitol ron I ooi e - .een ii
"Officer '.-.n." Mary Miles Minter i
the '?i ?alto in "Ej es of the Heart
Die ? wi ' be i cviewed to morrow.
U.S.Tax Burden
Largely Due to
?aniels's Policy
_' " :
Post - Mortem Preparedness j
Shown to Have Pile?! Up
Huge Mountain of Deli
Since Trnre Was Signed j
Billions Tossed Away
Hundreds of Millions Spent
on Destroyers and Eagle
Boats Virtually Wasted
In a recent speech at Rockford, 111.,
Josephus Daniels said: "If there i
any burdensome Federal lax being col?
lected from the people to-day it i-^ he
cause the Republican Congress willed
that the Deople should not be relieved
of such taxes."
This statement is at variance with
the evidence. Mr. Daniels himself is
largely responsible.
When war was declared there was no
policy and no plan. The Senate inves
tigation proved this. There was no
well directed scheme for the purchase
of material, no efficient organization,
p.i coordination. As a result every
bureau acted independently. It was ?i
case of every man for himself. Every?
body hustled zealously to do what he
thought should be done. Every chief
of bureau was efficient as an individual,
but there was no head, no one govern?
ing mind. The doors of the United
States Treasury were patriotically
thrown wide open by Congress, and
billions poured out, much of it to be
misspent, or completely wasted.
No Plans for l.'ndersea War
Two small items will illustrate. Al?
though submarine warfare had been go?
ing on fo" three years Secretary Dan
iels hud made no prepara linn for it. lie
listened to no advice. When war came
Congress rushed to the rescue and ap?
propri?tes $500.000 000 for 250 destroy?
ers, rhey were sadly ne<.I. Vdmiral
Sims had implored the Navy Depart?
ment tu act. I le toi?: th?- t rut ii tha?
the Germans were winning the war at
that time yet he was given on!;
destroyers at the end of two months
waiting, ??anii-ls kept nine tel thi il
the navy on our own coast, 2,000 mile:
fron?, the fighting front.
The contracts for the destroyer:
were delayed. Daniels delayed every?
thing. The building did nol begii
until six months aftei war '-vas .'.
dared, As a . esult on ' ?: ,?'.. '7; of tin
250 destroyers were finished when th?.
armi: t ice wa igned So fai as th.
World V.'xi- was concerned the ?? 10 I,
000,000 was thu ? practically wasted
It -... . [00 '..x .
And then 1 1 ng re -:-. at 1 he req nest
Dai Is, g ive about 5100,000,000 '''.1
; t0 Ea? In Not ? ne ol I he si
boa ' - ?va -i commission .. hen he 1 r
mist ice .vas ;.;.? 1 not one. To ?
, in. Another ... t, of mauj
ions a.- ' n ? u 1 of ? 1. ?. 1 ; ' rule. A -
;e : : t of the ?? boats that atf imp! ?
tu ...- . 5, y? ui after tho .-. 1 mi -
? ice, ' .1 ?'?.--.?. turtl in thi pea
w itei ? if Delav arc Ri\ ; with
of eigh lives.
For 1; ? ?>' tv ? smal I item amounl
ing to about $000,000.000, the peopn
are now paying taxes. They ar,? Laxo?
for Da iels' post ; 1 em prepare?!
? -.-.... ? , ... ..... many othei
much bigger Had il not b? en
Daniels nav;, would hav, been 1
nomically und effectively prepare : l'i
war. Billions mighl !ia\ ?? bi en 1a.
; 11 hortening thu x ar. IT? he ? bee:
' he king of naval wastcfuines;.
Waste After Armistice
But i ii<- end of Daniel ' ii
tenej and ? . tefulnes did nol coi
... ?t|| ? j;,. ;. ,-,,. . stiCe.
t o:npa 7 ? ??; : polic; ith I it
1 ?reat Brit . Tl' Br! ? ... In - .
at once -< 3 pped or plac i oui
; don all ?:' their old ship
01 I .3 powerful
battle hip Thej ininic \x I y
to cul d .". n their navy y, th? |, .
fi rnii- and started 7 era of t rii
econom , i-itl ; car, ful st udj o? fi.ti
? a val \\ arfa ; ?, specia ;1 y as l'i .? at
air navigal ion and ;' i pi obablc effe
upon the '..vie of the futur?'. Th
was intelligent.
What di ; Daniels do ? He kep nea
ly all our old, useless second-line 3hij
in com i ? ssion for more than a yea
sending many of ;hem on a junket
the Pacific, wasting millions of
and uselessly empioj ing ho
?iteii w! 10 were sad ly n, ede I ,n o,
hall -manned di eadnoughts and mode;
??(?-? royei s.
In 101 7, before n ir rieclarat ion 1
war, the appropriation for the na\
has been put aside in amounts of $1.00
or more in Morris Plan Companies by
persons who now receive $650,000 in
interest each year.
Are You Getting Some of It? j
S
Begin Today
The Safe Way
The Easy Way
The Morris Plan Way j
5% 6% I
on $L00 or more, on $100. or mor?., i
money withdrawable at any time left tor yearly periods !
under reasonable regulation?
Interest Starts at Once
Cali today or send your name and address to
The Morris Plan Co. of New York
Rc?ounc? over $8,000,000
Member of th? Amorran Bank*-? Association
Under Scp?rmion of N. Y. Stat* Banking Department
Mail, Officer. 161 BroiiJwav
tOpposit? City Hall
Union Stj?rre Brsach Broold?i Branch Bronx Branch
? Union Sqaam 26 Court Street at?l Pa*' 14?*tii Streit
Or?p"?ite Rorot>?h Hall.
was only $147,000,000. Thie year, al?
most two years after fighting stopped,
n is $?:?o,noo, non: Tho Republican
<'.)nf;r??fls cut ?'?.??n Daniels's estimate?.
more than $100,000,000, And yet Dan
!??!?; today accuses \hc Republicans of
extravagance. He want? ! snore than
! hey gave him!
What for? He wonld not prepare
for -.Mir between 1913 und KMT when
? he "?"' Id was on fire. vv ha.i i
h" preparing for now'.' Whal m
threatens us?
But Mr. Daniels says that wc n i
b;ive the greatest fleet in the world and ?
'.ve must Bpend countless millions be- ??
cau.se we are not in the League of Nu- i
tion??. This statement ?m merely an at- i
tempi to win voti ? for Mr. ("ox and 'he j
league. That is the secret, of his con- ;
version from a pacifist to a big navy i
advocate.
Contractors
In Steel Pay
Heavv Graft
I Continued from pa?j? one)
Union No, !,' the charier of the New
York Building Trades Council will be
revoked. This means that th* Build?
ing Trades Council will not be recog?
nized hy any national or international
union in the American Federation of
Labor. It means that, all crafts will
have to withdraw from it in ord^r to
keep their union standing-. That
?r.eanR that a new Building Trade.
('ouneil will be formed on democratic
lines.
"It means that. Rrindell is nearing
the end of Ilia '-<irti< ?s ;i boss. Kither
he ceases his scabbing tactics, which
threaten nil trade organizations, or he
lo ??? s pov c r altogether."
Jury dots Cases To-day
Referring to three employers' asso?
ciations in the painting: trade, the cir?
cular says: "They trusted Brindell
and he failed them. He did his best to
injure, organized labor, but his beat
wasn't good enough to defeat District
Council No. 0 of the Brotherhood of
Painters, and the Building Trades De?
partment of the American Federation
of Labor."
The complaint of the carpenters is
that Brindell is taking the flotsam and
jetsam of life into :,;a dock builders'
organization, to whom he issues priv?
ilege cards at from $26 to $50 apiece.
Tl?ese n i ? of whom, it is de?
clared, know nothing about carpentry,
are ta n . a? skilled workers, and
up u ? ceiv rig their privilege cards de?
mand the regular : nion wage of $10 a
day. These privilege cards, it was
pointed out are not regular union
cards, and arc good only for a limited
time, so that when the men have paid
1 ??? entire $25 ir >.r:" ask ; thej fre
quently find themselves without jobs.
Samuel Unterm vi r, c unsel for : he
Lockwo ' committee, will present to
the additional grand jurs ibis morning
;ome ? f the evidence developed in the
eon: se of the investigation, on the basis
of which, it is intimated, about seventy
indictments will be asked. It is nol
? lought that any indictments will bo
handed down to-day. As to-morn .??' is
lib . tion Daj, it is believ? d that r; o
first indictment s will be handed down
Vedne.' d \y.
Sotig Writer is Divorced
A final lecree ol divorci ? .. gra a "?? '
i] ? a l ';';? ?
PI ni Satu da ? to Mrs. Hope I
? ' ? ' ot picture : ? ? !
TI eod . .'. Snyc?er, a song writer.
Mr? > ; a mod a sen
..,..., ?ent.
The Srtyii is were married at the
Little Thurch Around the Corner In
1906. They have no children. In I er
divorce petition Mr??. Snyder .-,
thRt her husband had an inc?
?40,000 a year ftom ;
'! hi courl nllovted hi - 0
alimony.
Ash eft of Ella V* heeler V? ilco?
Mingled W ith Lat<- Husband'*
BRAN! ' O'.!', ' onn , Oct. ..: i hi
ashes of Eli.?. Wheeler Wileox, pot
ii'itiior, who died a year a?">, were
mingled with tho'e of h?-r late '
Robert Wileox, a* an anniversary cere?
mony or. grounds of foe formel Wi
cox home a* Snort Beach to day,
Edwin Markham and George '1 M t
gomi ry made addresses eu'
Mrs. Wileox.
lim-? i i,i i i- ni ? 11 ???..?.?a,^
Special Offer!
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A MAN waxes merrv at the
way a womaii"sbops around*1,
but he notices that she brings
home the bacon, the batiste
or the blanket at the lowest
price. Do as the sharp shopper
does, and compare values
closely. You will soon satisfy
yourself that our Stein-Bloch
Suits at S6o carrv such a small
pro6t mark-up, that they are
tar fuller value than most suits
"marked down from S^s"
COMPARE
A?ioooncc??iciit
Real Estate Investors of New York, Inc., has
been permanently organized for the following
purposes:
1 -To devise ways and means to encourage construction
of apartment buildings, the only practical solution o? the
housing problem.
2-?To enlighten the public by presenting facts proving
that increased costs of maintenance justify increased
rents.
3- To clarify the situation by removing the confusion
and uncertainty which has been created by th? so called
"emei ^i^rv" legislation.
4?To create a better understanding between landlord
and tenant.
5?To obtain constructive legislation safeguarding th<
stability of Real Estate.
REAL ESTATE INVESTORS OF NEW YORK, Inc.
BY THE BOARD 01 COVl RM
Jesse Sharp, President
Wc invdc co-operatwn William H. DoUon, Vicc-Presic* nt
iront both I naitt ana
Landlord. Arlington C Hall, Treasurer
Chas. A. Du Boise Joseph H. Nassoit
Victor M. Earie John P. Pae?
Frederick G. Hobbs Joseph Paterno
Charle? S. Kohler Harold M. Silvernt?in
J. Sebastian Maxwell Weymer H. W^itt
Charles Newmark ,,k M. '. ?rtel
Executive Secretary, Ernest L. Pratt
135 Weit 1/? Street