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Hughes Holds
Lead in State
Portfolio Race
-
Qardin? Declared to Favori
Ex-Justice Because of
\id He Could Give Asso
ciation of Nations Plan
M>roul Is Backing Knox|
Christian? Not Ckilds, It Is?
Believed, Will Be Secre-.
tary to the New President '
From a Staff Correspondent
MARION", Ohio. Dec. 23.?Charles j
>vans Hughes continues to lead the list
?? eligibles for the post of Secretary;
- State in the Harding Cabinet. Some j
fluential Republican leaders desire '
?her men in this place and, though ?
dey are being lis^ned to, the former
Supreme Court justice fin<ls favor with i
president-elect Harding.
Aside from questions of fitne?s, it ;
,-as Mr. Hughes who was sent for last |
lamDer when Senator Harding was pre-1
ptrtag his now famous speech of Au-1
rast 28 i:? which he declared for an in-!
tarnations! association for conference!
?nd a world court who.se verdicts all j
nations would be willing and able toi
Bphold. Three days before he delivered ;
-e speech from his front ?orch Sena-'
?or Harding read the address to Mr.
Hughes.
After hearing il ing certain'
..._-. tions, Mr. Hughes ia an inter
riew said that he believed America j
vould participate in the establishment
-' s tribunal of international .justice.;
He added:
"The essentials of any really effective
plan for international cooperation are
a tribunal of international j
u atice, where justiciable questions are :
ihcerned, to provide the machinery ?
.; conciliation and to secure the ?.c
intages of international conference.
"All ' lis can be secured, and I be- ?
secured, under the Presi
Mr. Harding without guaran?
?es which attempt to commit us in
rtcies and which will
?rve as trouble breeders and not as,
ikers."
Need tor Hughes Seen
That is the Harding plan for an !
on of nation in a nutshell,!
ng a man to aid him in ne
for it the present belief at I
rion that '" ident-eject Har- ;
. invite Mr. Ilugbes to head his!
. tor Philander Knox. o? Pe.'ir.syl- i
. ? . arg Cor 1 he post. In '
. . pri - of Governor
Sproui's visit to Marion this
?ndeavor to persuade, Sen-?
r Harding to appoint Senator Kno:; ;
. t?te, but Governor i
rts won- just about coun- '
:.:>? v Boies Pe.nrosc. j
? a ei ate colleague more
? (Invernar Sproul
ed ii.i.i.
Harding's days are almost a
?und o ' listening to folks
en! ? ?asons why this j
individual should not be ap-'
;
,:-;.:*. Will If. Hays is pressing.
ding to appoint Richard
? :. Ch?ld to be his secretary,
the appointment h*.s not
red to any one there are sev
? ir believing that Gorge '
1 ...n jr., who has been the |
? - ? ' ?? cretary since he
.it to Was Senator, will re
? ? ' They were next
for years. Christian
ce and believes he will
i there i not much chance
'?:-. ling v. ill embarrass
intii g any one else.
Commerce Post Sought
ier, hear', of the Lord &
agen y in Chicago,
id to hanker for the post,
i :' Commerce, but it ia
that President-elect
another individual in
others whose diplomatie
-...- been called to
?' ' attentioi i . Dr.
Butler, president of
ty. Dr. Butler, it is
e to go to London ai bo.
" '.d be contented with either the
at Paris or Home.
7 rig a '??. ;.;,
no applicati?,n fron, anj on?
. to represent the 1 ited States
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pleading with Senutor Harding to send,
a Jew to Germany in the hope that |
this will serve to combat the ever-1
?rowing wave of anti-Semitism there. !
Callers on President-Elect
Among the others at Harding head?
quarters to-day were harry Daugherty,
Fred W. rphati3, of Chicago, treasurer
of the Republican National Committee,
and Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, vice- j
chairman of the committee. Mrs. Up?
ton is understood to be slated for a
place i.n tho Harding Cabinet just as
soon as Congress creates the Depart- '
ment of Public Welfare, which will be |
strongly recommended by the Presi- i
dent-elect in his first message to Con- '
gress. Mr. Upton before his departure
to-day ?aid:
"I came to talk with the President?
elect about the business situation, and
i ho means by which I believe it is oos
sible for his friends to help hhn dur?
ing the period of national and world
reconstruction. '
William Howard Taft is coming: to
Marion to-m^r/ow to discuss the Har?
ding plan for an association of nations.
It is expected that he and the Presi?
dent-elect will h.lso discuss the expect?
ed resignation of Chief Justice White
of the Supreme Court from the stand?
point of Mr. Taft's appointment to suc?
ceed him.
Loicden Said to Prefer
Post Abroad {o Cabinet !
Reporteil To Be Strong Possi- '
bility for Ambassador to !
Great Britain or France \
From the Tribune's Washington Bureau |
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.?The possi- '
bility of Governor Frank 0. Lowden or'
Illinois being appointed Ambassador to
Great Britain, or possibly to France,
is said by those who have conferred
with Presidentelect Harding in tho
last week to be very strong.
Governor Lowden frequently has
been mentioned as a Cabinet possib3'.
ity. He has been assigned by gossip to
r?verai posts, but most frequently to
that of Secretary of* the Treasury, o:.
accou3it of the sreau need for economy
in the government's expenses and Low
den's very real success in cuttiiit? down
the expenditures of the State of Illi?
nois through the budget system, re?
duction of the number of employee^,
and other reforms.
He has also bee;: mentioned as Sec?
retary of Agriculture, he being a prac- ?
tical farmer in addition to his other
occupations.
But friends of the Governor say that
he is very much worn ou?t, and would
like to take a real rest, or at least
that this was his attitude a'few weeks
ago. It is now said that he might be
willing to undertake the duties of an
ambassador, and that he would be
pleased with such an important post as
that of St. James's or Paris, but that
he undoubtedly would not be willing to
shoulder the routine duties which of
necessity must be assumed by a de- ,
partment head in Washington.
C. Vanderbilt Jr.
Is Given a Place
On Millers Staff i
Col. Rodman Wanamaker,
Col. Bird, Maj. Guggen?
heim, Com. Josephthal
and Maj. Flood Appointed
Colonel J. Leslie Kincaid, of Syra?
cuse, who is slated to become Adjutant
General of the National Guard under!
Governor Miller, last night at. the Re?
publican State Committee headqoa3> j
ters announced the names of twelve
new members of the Governor's mili?
tary staff.
Under the lav? there are eighteen
places on the Governor's staff, thus
leaving six to be fil?ed. The members
appointed from New York City are
Co!o3iel Rodman Wanamaker. 524 Fifth
Avenue; Major Robert Guggenheim, 51
Wail Street; Lieutenant Cornelius
Vanderbilt jr., son of General Corne?
lius Vanderbilt; Colonel Harrison K.
Bird, of 18 Cast Fifty-fifth Street;
Co33imodore Louis M. Josephthal, of)
the Hotel St. Regis, and Major Ber- ?
i.ard Flood, attached to the District j
Attorney's office, New York County.
Colonel Wanamaker was active dur
nig the war and after the close of the j
*.var in the city's receptions for re?
turning soldiers. Major Guggenheim
served overseas as a snajor of infantry,
while Lieutenant Vanderbilt saw ser?
vice in France with the 27th Division
pnd the 13th Division. He is now at
Albany as a legislative correspondent.
Colonel Bird was a member of Gov?
ernor Odell's staff. Last year ho was]
treasurer of the Republican State Com-!
mittee. Colonel Josephthal sej-ved in
the United States Navy with the At- '
antic fleet during the war. He *?as .
on the staffs of Governors Di::, Sulzer, '
Whitman and Smith. Major Flood:
served overseas as a major of infantry
-.vith the Provost Marshal General's de
partment.
The other new member? of the staff;
are Lieutenant Colonel James Tabor
Loree, of Albany; Captain Richarc J.
Ryan, o? Watertown; Lieutenant Colo?
nel Harry Wilder, of Malone; Captain:
Charles F. Mangan, of Binghamton;
lieutenant Colonel George C. Shep
herd, of Niagara Falls, and Lieutenant ?
Coior.el Henry Coockinham, of Utica. ;
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Wm. Harris Jr. Brings
New Plays From Europe
Will Begin Preparations at
Once for Producing "Mary
Queen of Scots*'
With pians matured for the pro-1
duction of several p'.ays here during
the coming months, '-.Mil i am Harris jr., |
has returned to New York from Europe,
a: r.ouncing that he will at once make
preparations to stage "Mary Queen of
Scots," by John Drir.kwater, author of
"Abraham Lincoln," probably during
February.
"Irish Dew," a new comedy by Abby
Merchant, an American author, will be
thp next in order of Mr. Harris's pro
(li ?tions. Mr. Harris read the manu?
script of his play v7hilo on his trip
and closed a cositract for its purchase
by cable. 0,sip Dyrncw's comedy, "The
Bre nx Express," will follow after Guy
B< ton has completed tiie English
adaptation.
Another Drinkwater play on Mr.
Harris's list is "Olivci Cromwell," the
manuscript of which is now complet?:
and which v/iil require painstaking ef?
forts for its production on an elaborate
, bcale. Mr. Drinkwater, sayti Mi. Harrh.,
expects to return to America next
month for a lecture tour.
'Ahile in Farh-, .'>!r. Harris found
that "Le Retour,'' a remedy by Francia
do Croisset and Robert de Fiero, o?
ho bought the American rizhts,
?- the reigning success. M.-. Harri'.
wfcs accompanied on his trip V.y Porter
Emerson Browne, author of "The Bail
Man." which is being presented by Mr.
Harris.
Dr. Butler Tell? Rotar?an?
\',. S. IN'ceda Spirit of Pilgrim??
In. Nicholas Murray Butler, presi?
dent of Colombia University, addressed
the Rotary Club at a luncheon yeatcr
day ?i. the Hotel McAlpln. The meet
.ng celebrated the tercentenary of tho
landing of the filifTfrn Fathers. Dr,
Butler said It.was the Pilgrim spirit
which must actuate this nation if we
a? to continue to survive. He con?
demned modem tendencies of Ameri?
ca] to leo-J ear to agitator? or. ai?
subjects that touch American life, and
sounded a warning of what overtook
1 Rutela in the name tri?io.
Congress Will
Keep Clear of
Fight in Army
General Staff Selections
as Made by the Pershing^
Board Not To Be Changed
Despite Bitter Criticism
12,000 Promotions Stand
Senate Expects to Confirm!
, Practically All of the.
Appointments by Wilson'
By Carter Field
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.?Congress '
is not disposed to interfere with the !
findings of the Pershing board, whose
?.?election of officers eligible for Gen?
eral Staff duty lias torn the army per- :
sonnel to a degree difficult, to exag- j
gerate. Secretary of War Baker also ?
says positively that he has no inten- j
tion of reopening the question.
Questioning of leading Senators and :
members of the House to-day disclosed ?
that, while no study had been given to
the final report of the Pershing selec- ;
tion board, which picked out the offi?
cers from which the General Star?
should be selected, there was a very j
general disposition to let the army j
and the War Department handle the
situation without Congress getting into j
the light. It was determined to-day,
however, that the Senate ^M^lld act to !
remedy another situation which is dis
turbing the army.
Chairman Wadsworth of the Senate '
Military Affair? Committee announced
that he It-ad conferred with a great
number of Senators, and as a result
practically all of the 12,000 officers
whose names have been sent in for !
promotion by the President would be i
confirmed.
"The plan is to confirm all save those
:i> whom there is objection," said Mr |
Wadsworth, "and as a matter of ' fact j
objections are made by Senators to ?
less than 100. This would permit the \
confirming of about 11,900 officers prior
to March 4. Without such action the '
new Administration would come in on
March 4 facing a condition of almost j
chaos in the army."
As to the Pershi33g selection board's
choice of men eligible ior the General
Staff, which has caused more commo?
tion, perhaps, even than the famous
navy "plucking board" which Congress
abolished about five years ago, there '
is less disposition to pour oil on the
waters.
Followed Army Officers' Wishes
"Let them stew in their own juice,''
sain one Senator to-day, when asked i
if Congress would take a hand. "Every j
army officer, praeticnly, was in favor ;
of the idea. Of cour;:, that was before
the board had functioned. They told :
us such a board world result !? oar
having a real General Staff, and urged
us in the same breath not to let Sec
retary Baker or Chie? of Staff March
have anything to do with it. We fol
lov/ed their wishes to the letter. We ;
so framed the law tnat neither Baker
nor March did have a hand in it. Now j
the board has acted of course, every
one not on the list is sore and thinks
an outrage has been perpetrated. May- :
be so, but fr03ii an outsidci's view- i
point, who is more competent to do the i
selecting than the Pershing board?"1
Chairman Wadsworth, of the Mili- :
tary Committee, had not read the list ?
of officers selected for General Staff :
duty, and therefore could not voice an i
orrnion as to the quality of job done
by the Pershing board.
"All I can say is I approve the idea." I
he raid. "The law was good. We de- j
sired to emulate the example of the
French, whose general staff was the !
wonder of the war. A French officer
would rather be a capta?33 on the gen?
eral staff than a lieutenant colonel in
the line. Why? Because to be on the
French general staff incans that an of- !
fleer has demonstrated brain power '
and has been selected .out of a ?arge
number because of real ability. There- '
fore the French general staff is the
cream of the army. It is a real intel?
lectual aristocracy.
"We wanted a staff like that for our
army. It had been shown in the war
that the best troops in the world aie of ?
little value if they are not got to :
the points desired with the proper
amount of equipment, ammunition and
food supplies. So we provided that an
officer should not be eligible for the
staff unless he had been graduated by
bot!? the Leavenworth school and the
Army War College. Young officers are
selected by their colonels to attend
these schools on much the same princi?
ple as the French?because of demon- j
strated ability. Then, we thought, and
still think, if from this list of gradu?
ates a special board of army officers
chooses the best brains for the genera!
staff, that staff should be a very effi?
cient organization."
But there is no such complacency
about the situation up around the War
Department. Officers who were left off
the list, or whose pet heroes or friends.
were left of?, arc fairly sizzling over
the blight placed on those ignored.
.Selection Board May Reconvene
^ Army men generally take the view
that the selection board can be recon
' vened if the Secretary of War desires
to satisfy himself that such officers
as Major General Omar Bundy, who
commanded the 2d Division and later
the 4th Army Corps in France, and
i Major General Francis J. Kernan, com?
mander of the service of supply in
France, and other general officers are
' rightfully classed as unqualified for
General Staff duty.
If Secretary Baker declines to recon?
vene the board, of selection so high ia
' the feeling that it is probable that
; Borne genera! officer 'whose name is not
j included in 'the list of eligibles for
staff duty will place the matter square?
ly before hin. by asking for a board
! of inquiry to determine wherein hi
? fails to meet the requirements of the
j national defense act for staff duty.
j he act specifically provides that of
ticers who are qualified by education,
military experience and character may
be selected by the special board and
placed on the eligible list. The law j
further permitted the board to make
selections from those officers who since j
April 6, 1917, have commanded a divi- j
sion or higher tactical unit, or have 1
demosistrated by actual sen-ice in the '
World War that they are qualified for ?
General Staff duty.
Officers who lave commanded divi?
sions, such as General Bundy, officers
here declared to-day, would be entirely
within their rights to demand an in?
vestigation by cosnpetent army officers
as to their lack of education, military
experience and character which actu?
ated the board of selection in omitting
them from the list of eligibles.
?
Taft Puts Stories
Of Jewish Plot in
M unchaiisen Class
Calls Alleged Protocols of I
"Wise Men of Zion*' as!
Printed in Henry Ford's!
Paper Merely Preposterous
CHICAGO, Dec 23.-?The alleged pro?
tocols of the "Wise Men of Zion,"
printed in Henry Ford's Dearborn In?
dependent, have their only counterpart
in literature in the fanciful tales of
Baron Munchausen, former President
William Howard Taft declared to-night
in an address on anti-Semitism before
the Anti-Defamation League, founded
by B'nai B'rith
"One of the chief causes of suffer?
ing and evil in the world to-day is
race hatred, and any man who stimu?
lates that, hatred has much to answer
for," Mr. Taft said. "When he does ?
this by the circulation of unfounded
and unjust charges and the arousing
of mean and grouisdless fears, his
fault is more to be condemned.
"How much of the article is due to I
Mr. Ford's initiative and how much he
yielded to the representations of others
in consenting to its publication one
cannot say. But of course he is re?
sponsible for the effect."
Discussing the charge based on the i
alleged protocols of a Jewish conspir- i
acy for world domination through I
Jewish international bankers, Mr. Taft j
continued:
"No instance of the. exercise of this I
world controlling power is cited an ?
proof. The conclusion of the author i
rests on his own assertion and the fur
ther comprehensive and entirely
satisfying assurance that 'everybody i
knows it.' :
"If it be true that, the international
bankers and capitalists are Jews alone; !
if if. be true that they wield a world!
liower that controls governments and |
nations and wars and peace and eco- i
nomic law, can the author of these I
articles in The Dearborn Independent'
explain why it is that now more than
half the thirteen million Jews in the
world arc still suffering, not only per?
secution and oppression, but the bit?
terest penury and starvation?
"The tales of Baron Munchausen are
the only things in literature that
should be classed with the protocols,
for they are not snore preposterous.
There is not the slightest ground for
anti-Semitism among us. It has no
place in free America."
Borah Says Lloyd George ?
Is Against Disarmament j
Senator Declares Geneva Con-1
ference Failed Utterly in
Formulating Program
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.?Comment?
ing to-night on the attitude of Lloyd
George on disarmament, Senator Borah
gave out a statement in which he held '
the Premier was not friendly to dis- I
armament. Senator Borah declared the
Geneva conference failed "utterly and
pitiably in the matter of formulating
a program of disarmament.''
"If Mr. Lloyd George," said Senator
Borah, "makes going into the league a
prerequisite to disarmament it is but a
neat way which the Premier has of say?
ing that he is opposed to disarmament. \
In the first place, the American people
have decided we are not going into the
league. That is settled.
"Secondly, the Premier well under
stands and must appreciate that the
Geneva conference failed utterly and
pitiably in the matter of formulating a
program of disarmame.it. The Geneva
conference understood and the Premier
understands thaf if is impossible to dis?
arm under the tern:- of the league and
in view of its obligations. If disarma- I
ment ever comes it must come in spite |
of the league and against the princi?
ples upo,; which the league is built.
"But, while it is evident the Premier
?s not friendly to disarmament, I ven?
ture to believe that the English peu?
ple, bending under an insuperable bur?
den, weighed down by taxes, unemploy?
ment everywhere, will inquire why it
is necessary to continue these expenses.
They will, in all probability, view the
matter differently from the Premier."
. ??- -
Volcano Destroys Village
Other Towns in Japan on Fire:,
Fear Many Died
TOKIO, Dec. 23.?The continued ac?
tivity of the volcano A.-.mm is causing
alarm. Violent explosions occurred in
the crater on Wednesday evening, and
the country for many miles around was
strewn with ashes. Later, after tre?
mendous rumblings, a thick column of
dame and smoke shot skyward, and the
entire crater was a blazing furnace.
The towns around the volcano suf?
fered from he! vy earthquake shocks and
showers of ashes. The forests and sev?
eral villages were .- it on fire. It was
impossible lo gain access to the tire
. . owing to the lava streams. An
area covering two miles at the foot of
the mountain is reported to resemble a
?f lire. One village has been en
burned out. it is feared the loss
, of human and animal life has been large.
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U. S. Facing
Deficit o$ ;
:
Two BilHons!
(Continued tr?m pas? ?nt)
to the General Electric Company, the j
International Harvester Company and j
the Bethlehem Steel Company to aid
in prosecuting war industry, if the
War Finance Corporation should be
authorized to do business again, the
Secretary said, he did not doubt the
same concerns would go before it !
again for funds, preferring govern-)
ment credit to private credit.
Emphasis was laid by Secretary j
Houston on the fact that the net float-1
ing trade balance of the United State? j
against the world, with all deductions!
from the apparent balance of some ten
billions, is still about three and one- j
half billions, and referring incidentally
to the tariff measure, which he de- \
clined to discuss in detail, he said this I
should be taken into account in any \
effort to promote exports or restrict
imports.
Stress was laid by the Secretary on
the statement that the financiers of
Europe are working hard to discover,
new securities which might be offered
to the United States as a basis' for
loans, and he had no doubt if this
were found private capital would stand i
ready to supply ?dl necessary credit.
Loans on Bad Security
'To insist," he said, "that if the War '
Finance Corporation should loan money
for foreign trade it would be simply
to ask the United States to make loans
upon inadequate security."
He said the Treasury has no money
available for such purposes and to
get it the corporation must either call '
on the Treasury for funds, which the
Treasury would have to borrow as best
it could, or the corporation would have
to'sell bonds bearing a high interesi
rate. The transaction must compete in
any event with Treasury issues. *
In expressing his opposition to re?
habilitating the War Finance Corpora?
tion Secretary Houston said such ef
| forts were especially questiunable, in
view of the attempts to unify organiza
tion of the exoort trade. Two corpora?
tions for this purpose have been j
formed, he said, yet it is doubtful if |
through any of the agencies discussed !
the export of foodsturYs will be ma
terially increased.
The committee was 'reminded by !
Secretary Houston that before the war I
American exports of agricultural prod- ;
; ucts were relatively small. The first \
thing the -10,000,000 fighting men of.
i Europe did when they stopped fight- ?
ing was to look arouml for food.
; "Now, France is practically back on
a normal farming basis,'' said the Sec?
retary. "Germany iiais had excellent
successes with her largest rrop, po- -
tatoes, shipping facilities have in
? creased, and although Europe's total
takings have increased, our exports of
food products have fallen off." He
held it a _ rather dangerous game to1
shut off imports wnile we are still !
se! ing three times a? much as we buy ]
abroad.
New Burden for Treasnry
Taking up the proposed billion dol?
lar credit for Germany, the Secretary '.
opposed it because he said it would j
only shift the financial burden to the >
Treasury of the Un.ted States.
Without, specifically criticizing the |
bonus, the Secretary said all propo- !
sals for financing exports, largf bor- ;
rowings and other current remedies
were simply "attempts of the nation to
lift itself by its bootstraps." He did I
not suppose, he said, the people wanted j
the country to be nut any further into i
debt.
Certain sources of revenue are de- |
clining, according to Mr. Houston. I
They are principally the excess profits !
tax and the higher group of inco.me j
taxes. He. gave a warning against ;
"tampering with the sinking fund" and
held that present plans to retire the j
war d?lit are sound and should bo con
tinued.
Referring to reduction of estimates, ?
he held that material reductions could
be made only in army and navy fig?
ures. 1 hese estimates total more than
$1,600.000,000. Largo reductions can
be made in these by Congress only by
reductions in these forces below the
strength for which the departments ;
i have estimated.
Allies Must Pay Debts
ToU.S.,$aysi\VKellar
Senator Declare s Interesi
Should Be Fulfilled; De?
nounces Cancellation Plans
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23.?The Allied
nations should be advised that the
United States will not cancel loans made :
I during the war, Senator McKeilar, Dem- i
j ocrat, Tennessee, declared in an address
! to-day in the Senate criticizing Secre- ,
' tary Houston of the Treasury Depart- :
| ment for alleged failure to take steps
I for their payment.
Interest on the foreign loan.;, he
; added, should be paid when due and the
l Al?ns' informal certificates of indebted
? ness converted into long term bonds. He
' charged that there vas an "insidious
; propaganda" in favor o?r cancelling the
! foreign loans.
Secretary Houston's statement oi the
1 foreign loans in his annual report Sen?
ator McKeilar characterized as "vague
and indefinite."
"The Senat" and the American people
are entitled to know why the so interest
'. payments, amounting to $500,000,000.
?have been allowed to lapse,'' (he Sen
I ator jaid.
The Senate to-day passed a resolution
: introduced by Senator Smoot, Kepub- ;
? lican, calling upon the War Department
for information concerning credit ex- !
tended to the government of Poland. '.
Senator Smoot obtained unanimous con- j
sent to his resolution, but refused to
comment on the purpose of his inquiry.
?
Caruso Is Sick Abed;
May Not Sing To-night
Physician Says Tenor Has Inter- !
costal Neuralgia, but His Voice
Is Not Impaired
Enrico Caruso was confined to his
bed at his apartments at the Hotel
Vanderbilt yesterday, suffering with
intercostal neuralgia. Caruso was com?
pelled by the attack to give up his
performance of "Elisir D'Amore" at
the Metropo'itan Opera House Wednes?
day night. His secretary, Bruno Ze
ratto, said last night that Mr. Caruso's
physicians will not permit him to sing
tp-night in "La Juive" at the Metro?
politan unless he feels much improved.
"We will know to-morrow morning
whether Mr. Caruso will sing to-mor?
row night," said Mr. Zeratto. "It all
depends upon how lie feels. His neu?
ralgia has been precipitated by a. coL>
ancf his physieianj believe it would
be best for him to get rid of it en?
tirely before he attempts to sing
again."
Dr. Philip Horowitz, Mr. Caruso's
ti.ro&i specialist, scouted the report
that Mr. Caruso? was prevented from
singing by trouble with his vriee.
"There is absolutely no truth to this
report," said Dr. Horowitz. "Mr
Caruso's voice is perfect. He is sut
fering from intercostal neuralgia.
There is no reason why Mr. Caruso
should not sing flawlessly to-morrow
night if his neuralgia improves. We
are hoping for this, but, of course, it
is by no means a certainty. But to
say that his voice is weakening is
without foundation. His voice is as
good as ever."
Steel Ring
Chief Seized;
Gives Bail
?Continued tnun page one)
_
structural steel used for building is*
this city, and that the National Steel
Fabricators' Association produces and
controls practically all the fabricated
steel employed for construction pur?
poses in this country.
DuPont Firm Mentioned
The testimony in connection with the
lead manufacturers was given by Tuttle,
wl'.u, in addition to being secretary of
the Eastern Soil Pipe Manufacturers'
Association, is secretary of the Amer?
ican institute of Lead Manufacturers.
The member t'rrms of the institute,
said Tuttle, were the Sherwin-Whliams
Co., with headquarters i3i Ohio; the
National Lead Company, of this city;
the E. I. duPont de Neraours Co., of
Wilmington, Del.; Hammer Bros., of
St. Louis, and the Eagle-Pitcher Co.,
ot Chicago. Tuttle said that Hammer
Bros, was owned by the last 3iamed
company.
These five firms, according to the
testimony, have a combined capitaliza
tion of mora than ??,00,000,000 and con?
trol 98 per cent of the white lead sold
in the country. The firms are said to
have done a combined business this
year of nearly $22,000 000.
A uniformity of prices is said to
have been brought about by a "report?
ing plan" put in evidence at the hear?
ing, whereby members were required
to lile "capacity of plant," price lists
and various other kinds of information
with respect to the progress of their
business affaire. Tutt.e admitted act?
ing as a clearing house for this in?
formation.
Through him all price change"; made
by any one member were immediately"
communicated to the other members, so
that variations in price were reflected
almost simultaneously and identically
by all of them. To facilitate matters,
it was testified, a system of telegrams
was used. The organization began op?
erating, said Tuttle, early in 1918.
Price Cards Sent Out
The National Lead Company is de?
clared to control about 55 per ce3.t of
the white lead production of the couri
try. Mr. Untermyer tried to show that
this firm set the pace in prices for
the other firms. Ti3tt.c refused to ad?
mit that the prices were fixed by the
group of manufacturers by concerted
action. He admitted that price cards
sent out by the manufacturers were
"all alike" and were changed "practi?
cally simultaneously."
Mr'. Untermyer read into the record
a mass of correspondence and tele
grams between Tuttle a3id the manu?
facturing co33ceri3s tending to show
that prices wer? changed by each at
the same time and l# identical levels.
A portion of the minutes of the insti?
tute which were found out of place in
the minuto book a3id detached from
the Ijuuu contained a discussion of the
members of "every conceivable legal
evasion," according to Mr. Untermyer,
of which the manufacturers could
think.
Tuttie said that no data sent in by
the firm., had been compiled since
April of this yeart He said that eer
tain of the price cards had been de
stroyed by him last January because
"there was ro room for theru in his
i,.'.:;???."
"You haven't beesi very busy, then
since April'.'" asked Mr Untermyer.
"You get a salary of $10,000 a year
What are you doing for your money?"
"Oh, I think I will be verv busy,"
replied Tuttle.
"Yes. So do I," replied Mr. Unter?
myer, "but that is ?nother story."
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Frelinghuysen
Demands U. Se
Cut Expenses
i Would Reduce Number of
Government Employees;
Turn War Insurance Work
Over to Pension Office
For Naval Disarmament
Favors an Agreement With
Britain and Japan; Tax Re?
form Propose Outlined
I WASHINGTON. Dec 23.?A sweep?
ing reconstructive program for the
i next Administration, to effect a return
: to constitutional government and to
j place the public administration on a
? businesslike and efficient basis, was ad?
vocated in an address in the Senate
? to-day by Senator Frelinghuysen, Re?
publican, of New Jersey. If the Re?
publican administration fails to do the
things the people expect of it, the
Senator said, "they will turn on us as
they have on the Democratic party."
As immediate steps in the directior
of cutting down government expendi
tures, Senator Frelinghuysen advo
' cated reduction to a pre-war basis o
the number of government employees
i abolition of the Bureau of War Risl
insurance and transference of its func
lions to the Pension Office and estab
lishraent o:" public works and pub!;
welfare departments to eliminate dupli
' cation of work in governmental bu
reaus and to increase efficiency.
Asserting that 90 per cent of the ex
service men who took out insuranc
policies with the government ha
dropped them, the Senator said th
government could not conduct an ir
nurance business at a loss and that :
was a fair conclusion that the Wa
Risk Insurance Bureau was a failur
Opposes Unwise Tariff Law?
Pointing to the nation's progress i
world trade and eommerce as a resu
; of the opportunities presented by tl
I war, Senator Frelinghuysen declare
, these economic advantages could m
j be held unless we repeal unwise tari
? laws and rescind unwholesome fisc
practices. American industry must 1
I protected and fostered by a scientii
tariff lav.-, he said, along with a sc
? ent fie method of securing foreij
i trade.
The Senator said he was in hear
; sympathy with pending tariff legisl
, tion to protect the farmer from fallii
; crop prices, but said that other pr
ducers also were suffering from pri
declines, and that the farmer must n
; ask that his prices be kept up and t
price of articles he has to buy
brought down. He was opposed ge
erally, he said, to keeping up fictitio
?prices created during a saturnalia
? inflation.
i Discussing the question of mai
j tenance of naval forces as affecting t
I tax burden of all nations, the New Ji
; sey Senator said it was impossible 1
? this country to act alone :n the mat
of disarmament, and that he was
i favor of proposals to Great Britain s
; Japan that their naval forces and o
; be disarmed pro rata.
Would Extend Sinking Fand
Turning to government finant
Senator Frelinghuysen advocated
tension of the present sinking ft
operations to cover the nation's float
! indebtedness as well as its bonded *
debt.
"We should remedy our entire pi
ent fiscal arrangements," he said, '
: taking the tax from small incon
removing the excess profits tax ;
income surtaxes, and at the same ii
gain more revenue from a protect
; tariff and by a tax on manufactun
i sales. For rendering less complica
. our entire fiscal affairs the enactm
: of a budget system is vital."
Asserting a need for increa?ed <
ciency in the government departmei
Senator Frelinghuysen said the Depi
ment of Labor should be reorgani
and ?u?.ialism eliminated and the
partrnei,: o" Commerce made an
gressive, reliable and efficient insi
mentality for the development of tr?
and not an adjunct of the consi
service.
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Special School for Crippled
One Hundred Children Enrolled
in the Institution
A special school for crippled chil?
dren has been opened atop the Hos?
pital for Ruptured and Crippled,
where more than 100 children, from
those of kindergarten age tc boys an'
girls in the first year in high school.
are enrolled. The scholars are chil?
dren who are spending several weekt
or perhaps months, at the hospital ?n
plaster casts after operations for con
cenital deformities or to correct tna
after-effects of poliomyelitis.
A tremendous amount of orthopaedic
work for the little vi.-tims of the polio?
myelitis epidemics of 1916 and- 1917 ?e
being done in all the non-mun'cipr.l
hospitals in the United Hospital Fund
having special provisions for children.
There are thousands of these children
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help for several years if they are t?.
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those two ?-ummers.
A good part of the $1,500,000, which
the United Hospital Fund will try to
yft"?e ir, Wi-??ih,,,r for the h"sn?t?'
care of the sick and needy in Greater
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