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ALL MERCHANDISE I ^DVERTISED IN THE felBUNE IS GUARANTEED First to Last? the Truth: News ? Editorials ? Advertisements VOL. LXXX No. 127,122 (t'opyrlfftit, 1931, New York Trihune Inc.) i THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1021 $ # THE WEATHER Cloudy and colder to-day; fair and much colder to-morrow, with gales. Fnll Report on Last Vnga TWO CENTS I THREE CENTB f FOIR CENTS In Grratrr New Tork | Within 200 Mllm 1 Kliwwhoro poliee Queil fliot as Irish Heekle Gibbs jLrves Eject Fifty, ^jjjle Storm of Boos and Hisses Drown Out Voice of the Speaker T*-o Stage Fight 4t Gallerv Rail *j fonien's Voices Ring in Clamor Above Those of jlen at Carnegie Hall - ?'? tij), revolutionaries packed the top Lserr st Carnegie Hall last night, Jbrt Sir Philip Gibbs was to speak What America Means to the Jtrld." Before he had got fairly .uited they broke out with a torrent ' lf?rbig abuse which drowned his inrds. lt waited fo* ^e clamor to subside. ufrti ?f dying away it redoubled in B&iine, as those in the lower part of fc honss ?ded back at the hecklers Line them. The shouters in the lower gOTwon the first engagement by force (fmimbers, and Sir Philip resumed his ,?tor?. Tim? and again he was interrupted, itwever, and stood silent while the Jj-jse raged about him. So violent did ju uproar become that the reserves agt called from the West Forty-sev ?th Street poliee station and at least g? of the disturbers were ejected. ftere were women as well as men HBMg them and in the jeering the tcmen had the better of it, their nie? piercing the clamor. None was irrested. Heckler Hnrls Abttse Sir Philip wa3 nowhere near the Irish question when the fur began to fr, Nothing controveraial had come to Eght in his speech. He was still car rjing his audftors across Euronc, de icribing the desolation in Poland. the in Austria, the poverty of ?;? anti the dismay of France. gpddenly there was a stir ln the ,<i' irallery and a fair-haired youth the corner where every one ? him. He pelted Gibbs with gctives, Tai:*: tha marble out of your .. ;'.h." U-; Ameriaant" and Tans?the skunks!" Sno impromptu speaker was just in :; m'tddW of telling the world that had licked the British before : '? and would do it again when the sition got the floor. There were ' criea of "Put him out!" Then >?es and boos. Then the rest of the in a crescendo of excitement, ?ot to its /eet and i-ooted for Gibbs, M patiently stuck to his guns and H :n a senfrence edgewise when his jqporters and his antagonists gave I hb chance. Jly this time an indignant English |?s bad I'allen on the neck of the fcray youth and in the ensuing scrim Mge it looked as if either one or ] ?her of the belligerents would tumble ! *er the railing on to the parquet floor. j (Women screamed and moved awav Smb the zone of danger. The Irish i?apathizers grew increasingly ob ?ueperous. The ground floor called for ' g pohce. Sir Philip, standing as im-1 jjMsire as a statue, said that if the tirturbers would make their trouble I iMlligible to him he would do his best ??nswer the questions. "Knglish Dogs!" Shrieks Woman "The blood of Ireland is on your j MM, you English dogs!" yelled a hys wlcal woman. ^hirderers!" Remember that you are in America," "fco back and save Ireland insuad of I Wl to hand out taffy to us." J took twenty policemen to clear! *S*Pr,i.8,!d e,ven then theT did| S iLthe h*U of ev"y heckler, for JMwture toward its close ??j i SratTo'ns. ?CCasional ?t-calls and j ?f &rK'dnto,7k UP a Btand outside v?i?d ii* Amt'r.1Can flaS3 as they WLA '."dignation over "an AeoVnT ?rf ^ addr*8s Sif Philip 4" he rf/i1ShmanJn body and in to 8itnil?U"d- v ?ut l think the Wtoi w0n-*,s being nandled by ?52tV HV,Wlth WisU?m' bHt With ? ?&iA" ROt ?,ut of the hands ^n bv .\SS Sre,bein* done in * Jean fin'f Enelish tro?P3 for ???*ww th^ d*1* excuse' and I d0 ** whJh ' have !ost that chivalry >h"Juhew0ar" 8?idierS f0U*ht l^^1nXdr"l?d|a!0ne*nd5twi11 V?Hery Ied a voice from ^SoIf*Bri^*rty'and the intellectual ^*o brin. i" are workinff hand in fc?m,.? , P^ssure to bear on the 2* VS at W'wthe li]hi by in hls oPinion should $* St/?e. rePres?ntative from the ?ft ?? lea-?! ng as !t r?Inains sla!^enttWin Tst be * futile ',f EuiS J *' he said- The neo WK,^ ,turni?* their eyes "h?Pe of settiement. SiBSLtMBR he sa'd The ^J^Pe_of settiement. ^arX jmd8_Gem Cache ^S^nJme^Ury a"d Are L^ oUT Sn!t'" o'.Precious stones iu ***** a*iWk d?Posited un ^Jns. **o ln the Treasury J1!? SrdavWfn .. searching the ^d k?HevddMt* the trunk- ^hi?b S,*8^ other ".open {b?UH?nds of M&J*8 value n?recLl0US stones ap '"?W;^^I' is estimated n uson I o-aav This photograph of the President icas taken last Tuesday when he presided at a meeting of his Cab? inet. He is holding his cane. Demand Drama League Dinner Include Gilpin Seven of Ten Most Distin? guished Actors and Ac tresses Won't Attend if Negro Star Is Barred Mary Garden Protests Indignation and Amazement at the Action of the Di? rectors Are Expressed Seven of the ten persons selected by the Drama League membership as the most distinguished contributors to dramatic art in the last year last night [ said if it were true that that organiza? tion would not invite Charles Gilpin, | the negro star of "The Emperor Jones," I to its dinner at the Hotel McAlpin on j March 6 they would not attend., A vote of the league's membership in I cluded Gilpin as one of the ten to be | honored at the dinner, but the directors | of the league apparently felt that un l pleasantness might result if a negro i were present as one of the distinguished j guests, and decided to avoid difficulties by failing to invite him. They announced, however, that they would send Gilpin a letter assuring him of the high esteem in which he was -heid by the league. Mary Garden Protests The seven who announced they would not attend were Mary Garden, djrector of the Manhattan Opera Com? pany; Gilda Varesi, star of "Enter Madame"; Jacob Ben-Ami, who is fea tured in "Samson and Delilah"; Robert Edmund Jones, the famous stage artist; Eugene G. O'Neill, who wrote "The Emperor Jones"; Dudley Digjres, one of the stars appearing in "Heartbreak House," and Lee Simonson, who helped put the latter play on for the Theate/ Guild. What action the others honored by the Drama League's membership will take could not be ascertained because it was impossible to get in touch with any of them. It is understood, how? ever, that both David Belasco and Arthur Hopkins will not attend. The whole Theater Guild company announced last night after their per? formance of "Heartbreak House" they would not attend the dinner. All the principals approached ex? pressed amazement that any one should convey the impression that they were unwilling to sit side by side with Gilpin becauae he- happened to be a negro. Mary Garden, on signing the protest, said she "would be willing to sit with Gilpin. I would like to know who in N'ew York would not sit with him?" Gilda Varesi wireci the Drama League: "If you will invite Gilpin I'll be proud to sit next to, bim. God forbid that artiats should do the American stage such a wrong as has been imputed to you with respect to Gilpin." Mr. O'Neill, author of the play which gave Gilpin his chance, said: "Of course I won't go. It is terrible that the Drama League, which has so much to say about art, should make race dis tinctions between artists." Mr. Ben-Ami, Mr. Jones and Dudley Digges expressed similar sentiments of amazement, and said definitely they would refuse to attend the banquet if tho report was authoritative. Express Indignation The statement signed by other people of the theatre protesting the league's action reuds: "The undersigned, men and women of the theatre, appreciating creative and interpretative ability wherever it appeara and from wherever it springs, feel it our duty to publicly express our indignation at the alleged discrimination by the Drama League against the distinguished negro actor Charles Gilpin, now appearing in the titlo role of 'The Emperor Jones.' "It ia apparent from ncwspaper ac counts that Mr. Giipin, for no other reason than that he is a colored man, has been eliminated as one of the guests of the Drama League dinner to actors and aetresses of distinction on March 6, and this in spite of the fact that Mr. Gilpin's work in 'The Em? peror Jones' has won him a plafcte in the Drama League balloting to estab lish the year's ten biggest contributors to dramatic art, "Announcement of this discrimina? tion appeared in the newspapers of New York City this morning. Con firmation or denial of the alleged act of prejudice has been refused by the responsible officers of the Drama League. In the circumstances, re specting as we do the masterful abil? ity of Mr. Gilpin, we wish to announce our decision to abstain from the Drama League dinner unless the Drama League sees fit to deny intent to dis criminatc against Mr. Gilpin." Among those who have already signed the forcgoing statement are Lu cille Watson, Norman Tr^vor, Ralph Roeder, Joseph Shildkraut, Elizabeth Risdon, Albert Perry, Effie Shannon, James Light, Helen Westley, Philip Moeller, Henry Tracy, Susan Glaspell and George Cram Cook._ I>?m<'Htir Il>!i> I'roblciM* Jwquenll.v aolved t>v consuhrng tittu&ttona wantetl Fevnala iula. thiu appear in Tbe Trlbuix daily or t>v Inaertlhg a Help Wanted ?u. Phone Beekman lifuio. or i;u to any TrlbAme Want Aii. Agi-tic#.?Aiivt. Iransit Bill Introduced; Hearing Set Utilities Measure Sent to Committees and Joint Public Session Will Re Heid March 2 in Albany Minority at Once Opens Its Attack Lusk Is Senate Sponsor and Adler in Assembly; 3,000 Copies Ordered From a Staff Correspondent ALBANY,- Feb? 16.?The bill carry? ing out Governor Miller's recommenda? tions for solving the New York trac? tion muddle was introduced in the Legislature to-day. The sponsors were the majority leaders?Clayton R. Lusk, in the Senate, and Simon L. Adler, in the Assembly. After the day's session Senator Lusk, Speaker H. Edmund Machold and As semblyman Adler conferrcd and de? cided to hold a public hearing in the Assembly chamber on March 2. The legislative leaders declared that it would be near the end of March before the bill would be reported out of the, committees for action by the Legislature. In the Senate the bill was referred to the Public Service Com? mittee. In the lower house it was re? ferred to the Judiciary Committee. 3,000 Copies Ordered The introduction of the bill in each house was accotnpanied by an explan atory statement by the introducer and an attack by the minority leaders on the motives of the Governor. Senator Lusk, after introducing the bill, offered a resolution providing for the printing of 3,000 copies. The reso? lution was adopted, but not without protest from Senator James J. Walker, minority leader, who said: "It will matter but little to the majority leaders how the public re gards the program. There is no need of giving them copies of the bill." Thia roused Senator Lusk. He re | plied: I "This statement of the minority leader is in keeping with the oppo nents of this bill, who are waging a I campaign against it that can be suc i cessful only if the public can be kept I ignorant of the truth. "There is a propaganda of misinfor j mation being waged against this bill I by a mob of professional soapbox ora | tors, who have no knowledge of the ! public utility program. The objection | of the minority leader is in line with j the policy of suppression of true in 1 formation and demagogic propaganda i now being carried on in New York | City." Senator Walker* did not deny this j charge, but contented himself with an i attack on Senator Lusk, who, he said, as chairman of the Lusk committee, I had done more toward creating soap I box orators and demagogues in New j York City than any other person. "I know," added Senator Walker, j "that you probably could get thirty i five votcs in the Senate right now to ' pass this traction bill and I will ven ' ture to say that not three Republican Senators out of the thirty-five would : know what they were voting on. It ! is not the measure which counts with them. It is the force behind it. If ; the bill were understood by the mem ! bers you could never pass it. Attacks Governor's Motives "But you know that the members J get their ideas from you. And you in turn get yours from the Governor. Where the Governor gets his no one knowa, but many of us suspect." When Majority Leader Adler offered the bill in the Assembly he said: "This bill has been planned with a view to preserving for the people of the City of New York all of their rights in reference to transportation, and also with a view to preserving the City of New York itself, its rights and investments in the transit companies and the public service corporations engaged in furnishing transportation within that city. "I know that this legislation will re ceive not only very careful considera? tion by the Legislature and by the people of the state, .nnd especially by the people of the City of New York, but that it will also doubtless receive some degree of criticism. "I merely want to say at this time, on the introduction of the bill, that the sole plan and design of the legislation is for the benefit not only of the people of the state but for the benefit and for the interests of the people of the.greater city." . Assemblyman Charles D. Donohue in reply said: "It was hardly necessary, upon the (Continued on page nlne) Britain Plans to Pay Interest on U. S. Debt LONDON, Feb. 10 (By The Associated Press).?Creat Brit? ain must during the course of the next financial year make pro vision to pay the interest on the American debt. This announcement was made to-day by Austen Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, to a trade deputation which called on him. oman's Party Plans to Plea to Free Husband of Duty to Support Wife and Pay Her Debts Hailed at Washington Meeting Vote Comes To-day Miss Margaret Wilson to Preside This Afternoon; Partisan Ties Opposed By Emma Bugbee WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.?The Wom. an's Party is likely to continue its career as a radical" feminist organiza? tion. This is the ambition cherished for tho party by Miss Alice Paul, its founder and chairman, and it also seems to be heid by a majority of the delegates, who are chiefly young women, full of the zest of battle for a difficult cause. There is no question that the organization wants to continue. Its problem is sirnply that of tho person who is "all dressed up and no place to go." The chief business of the convention of tho Woman's Party, which opened to-dayat the Hotel Washington, was to determine this matter of policy. The recommendations of the executive com? mittee will be presented to the conven tion to-morrow morning and final action will not be taken until Thursday, but already the corridors buzz with debate on the question. Everybody who ever had any connec tion with the Woman's Party is here, from Colonel Ida Craft and General Rosalie Jones, who hiked to Washing? ton on the eve of President Wilson's first inauguration, to Lucy Burns and Mabel Vernon and Maud Younger, who picketed the White House on the day before his. second inauguration; Sue White, who burned him in effigy; Julia Embry, who was arrested thirty-fivc times ? all most eclebrated hunger strikers?down to Mrs. Abby Scott Baker, who laid the women'a demand for the ratification of the thirty-sixth state before the two politieal conven tions last summer. Many of the earlier erithusiasts lost their interest in tha Woman's Party during the unpopular days of the picketing, but all have re turned to the fold now. Feminism the Ideal The hall echoes with the shouts of reunion. This afternoon was given over to reniiniscenccs of the early days, to memories of Inez Milholland riding her white charger down Pennsylvania Ave-^ nue and Sara Bard Field piloting her' automobile laden with suffrage peti tions from the Pacific Coast, and Doris Stevens leading the hunger strikers in jail. To-morrow is the future's. Feminism which demands the re? moval of all restrictions and all privi leges for women is the ideal toward which the organization will work, if the plans of the leaders are accepted by the convention. Just how radical their platform will be was hinted ?t in the convention this afternoon, when Mrs. Nora Blatch Barney, daughter of Mrs. Harriot Stan um Blatch, of New York, asked for an expression of opinion on the matter of women's privileges under the law. "I am constantly being asked whether women will stand for real equality under the law^ an equality which removes their privileges as well as their disabilities," she said. "There is the law which compels a man to support his wife. Do we want that continued? There is likewise the law which compels a man to pay his wife's debts, but there is no law compelling a woman to pay her husband's debts. I am in business, and I have incor porated, in order to protect my hus? band from having to pay my debts. Do we want such laws to continue?" "No! No!" came shouts from all parts of the room. This incident occurred in connection with the report of Miss Sue White, (Continued on next page) Hylan Protests at Legislative Probe; Prefers Miller Incjuiry From a Staff Correspondent ALBANY, Feb. 16.?Mayor Hylan to day, through William A. Walling, his representative here, protested against an investigation by the Legislature of his administration as provided in the resolution introdueed by Senator Theo dore Douglas Robinson and Assembly? man Joseph Steinberg. Mr. Walling, who is an assistant cor? poration counsel, said that Mayor Hy? lan would rather have an investigation made by Governor Miller, if one is to be made at all. Mayor Hylan. through his spokes man said that the only sort of inves? tigation by the Legislature which would ba satisfactory to him would be on inquiry into the provisions of thc chnrter with a view to making struc tural changes in the city government. Mr. Walling" added that Mayor Hylan should be made orns of the investiga t?r8- . ,, These views of the Mayor were made known nt a hearing on the bill of Sena? tor Alvah W. Burlir^jame jr., of Brook? lyn. which creates a commission to rc viae ^he New York charter, the laws relkting to tho five co'unties within the citv at?d the methods of conducting business in the various departmcnts, and to report back to the Legislature. Tho commission would be composed of twenty-three members;, fiftecn citizens and eight logislators. When Assemblyman Steinberg was told of the Mayor's idea of an investi? gation he said: "This sliows our Pickwickian Mayor in hir. most merry mood. I can see him ehuckling as he gave his direction to Mr. Walling. Of course, the only sort of an investigation that our Mayor would be for is one that would avoid all the graft and corruption in the city. "The investigation now being con ducted by ex-Governor Whitman, as a result oi our charges, has disclosed graft conditions and corrupt agree ments between the police and criminal element surpassing in frightfulness the days of Lieutenant Becker. "Already numerous instances have disclosed the need of a legislative in? vestigation. Governor Whitman and his competent staff of assistants are limited by the boundary lines of New York County?only one of the five counties of the greator city. "A legislative investigation would permit of a thorough inquiry into all iivo borough6, aftd only such an inves? tigation v/il! lay bare all the graft. corruption and inefficiency which is dlr.gracing our city." Hoover Said To Be Ghosen For Cabinet Former Food Admiiiistra torReportedTo Be Con sidering Harding's Offer of the Commerce Posl His Acceptance of Place Is Expected Great Problems of Inter? national Trade Add to Importance of Office By Carter Field WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.?Herbert G. I Hoover has been offered the post of .Secretary of Commerce by President > elect Harding and is now considering I its acceptance. This information was j obtained from a man very close to Mr. Harding. It is asserted that Mr. Harding has decided to ignore all the criticism which has been heaped upon the former Food Administrator and bow to what he is assured is an overwhelming popu lar demand that Mr. Hoover be given a place in the Cabinet. Mr. Harding indeed has told visitors ; within the last week that he regarded j the Hoover appointment as one which ; would please the women all through the country; in fact, as the one ap | pointment in which the women of the j country might be said to be deeply I interested. News of the determination of the President-elect to name Mr. Hoover resulted immediat^ly in arousing those to whom his name is anathema. Sen? ator Reed, of Missouri. at once launched a drive against Mr. Hoover on the floor of the Senate, repeating many of the old attacks which he made so frequently during the war. Realizes Hughes's Popularity In addition to pleasing the women Mr. Harding is not unmindful, it is said| of the general popular effect of i this appointment in increasing largely | the chances of commendation of his j entire Cabinet slate. The President | elect is said to feel that the public j v/ill heartily indorse the appointment of Charles E. Hughes as Secretary of State, although he knows very well how strong many of the Republican Sen I ators and leaders generally are, and how much they would prefer Elihu Root. Mr. Harding believes, however, that the naming of two men so universally known as Hughes and Hoover would go a long way toward avoiding criticism | of his slate on the point of the caliber of his appointees. There was a little surprise among politicians here that Mr. Hoover had not accepted the post promptly, as it is generally recognized that, al? though the post of Secretary of Com? merce has in the past been regarded as one of the lighter places in the Presidcnt's ofneial family, with present world conditions the post seems des tined to be one of supreme importance. Many Problems To Be Solved The whole prosperity of the country, it is pointed out, as demonstrated by the agitation which stampeded the Sen? ate to-day into passing the makeshift tariff bill, is wrapped up in the ques? tion of international trade. It is in tertwined with every discussion of Ger? man reparations, inter-Allied dejbts and many of the problems which the new Administration will have to face. A big man in this post is regarded as one of the prime necessitits of the Harding Administration. Therefore there was some surprise that Mr. Hoover did not at once signify his in I tention to accept. Only one man so far ht'8 been offered j a Cabinet portfolio by Mr. Harding ! nnd declined. That is Charles G. j Dawes, who was offered the post of ' Secretary of the Treasury, as told last j week in The Tribune. The theory | here, therefore, on aceount of the nat ; ural disinclination of any man to re | fuse to 0\d the incoming Administra? tion if he can, and on aceount of the greatly enhanced importance of the I Commerce Department, is that Mr. | Hoover will eventually accept the offer. Howat and Five Guilty; Sentenced to Year Each Kansas Miners' Officials Convict ed of Contenipt in. Calling Coal Strike PITTSBURG, Kan., Feb. 16.?Alex ander Howat, president of the Kansas Miners' Union, and five other officers of the union, were found guilty of con tempt of court and sentenced to 3erve one year in jail by Judge Andrew J. Curran, of the ?Crawford County Dis? trict Court, this afterhoon. They also were assessed the costs in the case. Howat's co-defendants were August Dcrchy, vice-president; Willard Titus, John Fleming, James Mcllwrath and Earl Maxwell, executive board mem? bers. Their bonds were fixed at $2,000 each and they were reieused on their own recognizance unti to-morrow to make bond. The-calling of a strike in two mines, irt violation of an injunction issued by the District Court, caused the contempt proceedings. The strike resulted from a controversy between the union and operators over the age of a young miner, beeause the question of his age affected his rate of pay. In the case of three other miners' union officials, charged with contempt in fining two union members who ap pealed a case to the Industrial Court, Judge Curran held that the fining had not been proved and acquitteu the de fendants. Mexico Faces Rail Strike Union UJtimatum Demands Rec ogmtion Within Ten Days Sprciat Cabir to Tha Tribune MEXICO CITY, Fcb. 16.-The rail? way unions to-day submitted an ulti matum to the government demanding recognition of the unions within ten 1 days, with the alternative of a nation wide strike. This i.s the first labor question of importance that Obretjon has had to i faco since his inauguration. Caruso Much Improved; Doctors Believe His Life Hangs on Crisis To-day Consternation Seizes Rome at News That Great Tenor Is Critically III ROME, Feb. 16,?The news of Caruso's grave condition has caused consternation here, for, although it was known in Italy that he had been suffering from a serious illness, there was no thought that it might possibly end fatally. Many telegrams of inquiry have been sent to New York by his compatriots, who are greatly distressed. Their feeling has always been one of pride that Caruso for so many years represented the singing genius of their race. Senate Passes 'Farm Tariff ! Bill, 43 to 30 Republicans Now Aim at Speedy Agreement With House to Put the Measure Up to the President Will Veto It, Say Foes Ballot Taken After Eight Hours' Debate; Nine Dem ocrats Aid in the Passage From The Tribune's Washtnrjton Bureau WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-?With the support of nine Democrats and with four Republicans voting in opposition, the Fordney emergency bill for a tariff on agricultural products, with a score of amendments tacked on, was passed by the Senate to-night by 43 to 30. The vote was taken shortly before 7 o'clock and after almost eight hours of j debate. Democrats opposed to the bill j scored it in severe terms and even I Senator Moses, of New Hampshire, Re? ? publican, excoriated the measure and i called is a "misshapen thing" and a "misshapen brat." He declared the Republican party could not defend it. As soon as the bill was passed Sena? tors Penrose, McCumber and Smoot, Republicans, and Simmons and Wil? liams, Democrats, were appointed con? fereea on the part of the Senate. It is the purpose of the Republican leaders as soon as possible to reach an agree? ment between the houses and put the measure up to the President. The President will "eto it, according to Senate Democratic leaders. The meas? ure was sent to conference as soon as it was voted on. Vote on the Bill Following is the vote whereby the bill was passed: Ayes: Republicans?Bail, Borah, Brande gee, Capper, Curtis, Elkins, Fall, France, Frelinghuysen, Goodinp, Gron na, Hale, Johnson, of California; Jones. of Washington; Kellogg, Kenvon, La Follettc. Lenroot, Lodge, McCormick, McCumber, McLean, McNary, New, Pen? rose, Phipps, Poindexter, Smoot, Spen cer, Sterling, Sutherland, Townsend, Wadsworth, Willis?34. Democrat3?Ashurst, Gay, Hender son, Jones, of New Mexico; Kendrick, Myers, Pittman, Ransdell, Sheppard ?9. Total. 43. Noes: Republicans?Colt, Edge, Keyes, Moses?4. Democrats?Beckham, Dial, Fletcher, Gerry, Glass, Harris, Harrison, Heflin, Hitchcock, King, Kirby, McKellar. Overman, Pomerene, Simmons, Smith, of Georgia; Smith, of South Carolina; Stanley, Swanaon, Thomas, Trammell, Underwood, Walsh, of Massachusetts; Walsh, of Montana; Williams, Wolcott ?26. Total, 30. On the basis of the vote to-night the bill cannot be passed over the veto o' the President, for which two-thirds would bo required. The bill has been before the Senate for weeks and at one time there was doubt whether it would ever be forced to a vote in the face of the Democratic filibuster. The Democrats in the end decided to let the measure go th a vote, coniident of a veto and<because some of them believe the bill would em barrass the Republicans. The Senate Finance Committee and the Senate it (Contlnued an aaga> thraa) Georgia Mob of 5,000 Burns JVegro at Stake Leaelen Storm Jail and Use Blow Torch on Locks to Open Slayer's Cell ATHENS, Ga., Feb. 16.?A mob of 5,000 persons to-night st.ormed the Clarke County Jail and after forcibly taking John Lee Eberhardt, a negro, charged with the muwler of Mrs. Wal ter Lee, of Oconee County, from the jail. burned him at the stake. The mob took the negro from the county jail here after leadera had climbed an elevator shaft to the top floor of the county court house, where the jail is located, and burned their way into Eberhardt's cell by playing a blow torch on the locks. He was taken by the mob to a field about five miles from Athens, directly opposite the Lee home, and burned, after lead? ers had publicly debated whether he should be hanged or burned. He died in twenty minutes. Mrs. Lee was killed early to-day after she had been attacked on ehtering a barn at the Lee farm. She resisted her assaitant and ran back toward her home, but was shot from behind. The negro made his escape. A man hun* was immediately started and Eberhardt waa arrested about noon a*. a neighboring farm. IL S. May Pay 4 Billion Back To Liquor Men Senators Fear Plan Is Being Considered to Give Huge Sums to Breweries, Dis tillers for 'Obsolescence' Irivestigation Is Sought Ruined Trade Marks and . Good Will Claims Take Shape as Treasury Raid From Thc Tribune'a Woshlnaton Bureau WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-Sums esti? mated all the way from $1,000,000,000 to $4,000,000,000 may_be returned to the liquor. interests "of the United States under rulings of the Treasury Department, according to assertions made in the Senate to-day by Senators Smoot, of Utah, and Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey. Senator Smoot nut the figure at $1,000,000,000. Senator Fre? linghuysen declared this estimate was moderate and that he was informed the amount would be between $2,000. 000,000 and $4,000,000,000. The money which is to be returned to brewers, distillers and liquor deal ers, according to Senator Frelinghuy? sen, is for "obsolescence of property" of those whose business was terminated by prohibition legislation, loss of good will and similar losses. He charged that allowances are being made to'the liquor men by the Internal Revenue Bureau which in some cases amount to five times the sums allowed to other taxpayers. Secrecy Maintained Senator Smoot brought the question to the attention of the Senate by re ferring to the fact that the Senate on January 18 passed a resolution pro? posed by himself calling on the Secr? tary of the Treasury for information regarding refund, abatement or credit against taxes for the years 1917, 1918 and 1919. This resolution, he said. had not been answered. It calls for the facts as to the number of claims for such refund, abatement or credit and information as to the following: The aggregate amount of such claims and an estimated proportion of said aggregate attributable to, first, errone ous assessment; second, stock divj den^s; third, obsolescence of war prop? erty; and, fourth, oosolescencc of prop? erty of those whose business was ter? minated by prohibition legislation; the I pohcy and basis, together with methods I of computation for allowances as to | good will; and as to whether a proper i allowance for the claims so filed was I made in the financial rcports of the I ireasury Department. Senator Frelinghuysen read into the I record what purports to be a draft of ! the ruhng of the Internal Revenue Bu j reau. Under this the liquor interests i would be allowed to make deductions .'or would be granted credit for such 1 things as good will, tradensarks, I brands and the intangible assets of ; their business. It is reported the value ; of these, as represented by the liquor interests, would reach enormocs sums. Smoot Alarmed It is declared the ruling has been ! under consideration for weeks, and it ; is because Senators fear it will be is ! sued, causing enormous Treasury losses in the way of refunds, that the airing came to-day. Senator Smoot, after he left the floor, said: "I do not understand that the ruling j has been announced, but that it is under consideration and is about to be issueJ. Under tho ruling allowances : would be made the liquor rnen for such j things as good will, trademarks, trade I brands and items of an intangible na j ture. Of course, if the liquor men are I to be allowed to put their value on j such intangible assets, then the Treas | ury will suffer heavy losses. I am re i liably informed that these losses will < amount to $1,000,000,000. lt was be , cause I heard such a ruling was in con 1 templ8tio? that I introdueed the res | olution to which I referred on the floor I and to which there has been no re sponse." A Congressional investigation of the i whole matter is threatened. Senator | Smoot said he would ask the Finance i Committee to call before it the offi j cials who have the subject in hand : Senator Frelinghuysen said it was time ; Congress had the full facts ia the mat ' ter. -?-_ President Attends Theater. Third Time Since Illness I ?rWASHI.\GTON, Feb. 1C?President j Wilson attended the theater for the j third time to-night eince hia improved I condition led him several weeks ago i to break his long abstinence from that j diversion enforced by the illness. j As on the preceding occasion. the President to-night witnessed a muaical , comedy. Besides Mrs. Wilson, he was j accornpanied by her mother, Mrs. Bo!! |ing, and his brother-in-law, John Boll ! mg Tenor's Mental Attitude and Presence of His Wife and Baby at Bed side Aid Him in Figbt Says "IVe Made Peace With God" Hotel Besieged All Day by Visitors and Phone Calls Come by Hundreds The condition of Enrico Caruso, who suffered a relapse on Tuesday, ahowed much improvement last night. Although the crisis brought on by his heart attack was by no means considered over by his physicians, Caruso rallied considerably, re gained full consciousness and fell into restful slumber after his eight een-months-old daughter Gloria had smiled her goodnight. Several times during the day and evening, when the tenor's life hung in the balance and was kept within him mainly by the force of his unbounded optimism and good humor, little Gloria was brought into the sickroom at tha Vanderbilt by Mrs. Caruso. Each time the stricken ma? brightened visibly and smiled. At 12:30 a. m. Bruno Zerato, Mr. Caruso's secretary, sent the followin* note to newspaper men: "This is the last news I can give you. Mr. Caruso's condition ie un? changed. He is fighting bravely and holding his own. Drs. Stella and Murray are at his bedside. So ia Mrs. Caruso. We expect his boy from Culver, Ind., to-day at 9:30 a. m. Nobody#ever sees Mr. Caruso but his physicians. nurses and hia two valets and poor me. Thank vou, and pray hard for him." Crisis at Noon To-day The great tenor is still fighting, and his physicians say if he pulls through | until noon to-day the curtain will not I ccme down \ipon the career of one of | the greatest ahd best beloved singers la I the history of opera. The last bulletin issued by the phy? sicians attending Caruso was: "Caruso has passed a critical day. Hia condition is unchanged. The serl ous collapse of last night has not been j repeatod." It was signed by Dr. John F. Erd mann, Dr. Samuel W. Lambert, Dr. I Evan M. Evans, Dr. Antonio Stella and Dr. Francis U. Murray. The following bulletin was issued by Dr. Antonio Stella at 10 o'clock last ni;rht: "Caruso's condition is very much more favorable to-night than this morning. His pulse is better. His temperature is two degrees lower than this morning. We have great hope for his recovery, although he is still a very sick man. Part of his improvement is due to hia strong constitutipn, his mental attitude and the fact that his wife has been con stantly at his bedside since last night. "He has been in and out of coma ' all day long. Suppuration has weak ened him and has affected his heart. A relapse like this is to be expected i in 40 per cent of pleurisy cases. "Oxygen was administered as a j therapeutic to ease inflammation of I the lungs. What words he has spoken : show a great determination to live." I An hour before he issued the bulletia j Dr. Stella, in conversation with news? paper men, said that "great hopes un i entertained for Caruso's recovery, al ; though the critical period has bi" n? means pass(;d." Scotti Holds to Hope Shortly before the cheertoe news conveyed in Dr. Stelia's statement and bulletin appeared Antonio Scotti the famous barytonc of the Metropo'litan and Caruso's best friend, came down into the lobby of the Vanderbilt from the Caruso apartments, smiling.- Sitrnor Scotti has kept his viBil 0ver his stricken friend since 6 o'clock yester? day morning, and when he left at !>30 o'clock he said: "It looked very bad last night. To night he is very much better. If ht fivea through the night we all feel sure he will be ,11 right. There ia as much dirference in his appearance to-night and yesterday as between day Heved* fcel Very much "? T-elephone calls received at the Van Cfer&nt yesterday inquiring about Mr Laroao b condition came in at the rata of ten every minote. Two extra op? them? t0 be PUt ?n to **"??*? The number of persons calling at the Caruso apartments was redueed to S few personal friends. however, upon orrters of his physicians. The onlv onei frequently at the *ick bed, in ad dition to the physicians and nurses were Mrs. Caruso and Gloria Mrs taruao kept up her vigil untii iBt<; SnttJ the night, when she was induced to take a short rest. I A friend of the noted singer. who i left the apartments at 8 o'clock last j night, Said that Caruso had shown =7uuch 'mprovement during the day and i that there was hope his life would be : sayed :f n0 other complications de j\e!op. A similar report waa given bv , ?; former conductor of the Metropolitan I Opera House, who requeated that his | name be not used. j Among the callera late yesterdav afternoon at the Caruso apartments ! Wfe /a^her Moliinelli, who admin? istered the last rites to Caruso earlv yesterday morning, and Father Meili from Paterson. ' At Peace With God, H? Sava To Father Mollinelli Caruso waa quoted to have said: I 7 t1^'6 maJ?e my pe?ce with my God and I feel there is no need of ,ou? I calhng again." * * The following bulletin on Mr Ca. rusos condition was given out at the IMetropQlttan Osara House earher u!