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i THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1021
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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,
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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!