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House to Vote
On Emergency
Tariff To-day ?
Republican Leader? Predict j
That Measure, Which In-1
eludes Anti-Dumping Bill,
Will Have Big Majority
Minority Charges 'Joker' |
proponents Deride Allega?
tion That Barrier Will
Be Raised Against Imports
r-fcm Th* Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON". April 14.?General
?fb?t? on t!l? emergency tariff and
anti-dumping bill was concluded in the
House late *?is afternoon, and that
body adjourned to continue considera?
tion of the measure to-morrow under
.- 6ve-minutfl rule, assuring a vote
?c-morrow.
After nearly six hours' debate Repub?
lican chiefs, including House Leader
Mondell and Cliairmr.ii Fordney of the
Committee en Ways and Means, pre?
dicted the measure will pass easily on a
heavy vote.
Democratic attacks to-day on the
combined bills were directed chiefly at
one of the provisions added since the
Emergency tarif! act passed the House
last December. They charged it is a
-.?joker'' which will, while the bill is
intended to give relief to American ag
liculturists and other producers, have
the effect of raising ?yi impenetrable
<r?\\ aeahist importations. This feat?
ure fl'Hl operate for only one month
a-''er passage, however, Republican
jseakers pointed out.
Debat?' was opened to-day by Rep?
resentative George M. Young, of North
Dakota, sponsor of the measure. He
xas followed by Representative Gar?
ner, of Texas, ranking Democratic
?timber of the Committee on Ways
md Means.
Charges Embargo on Imports
Mr. Gainer assorted that to the
ordinary farmer and producer the bill
means nothing bat possible relier' o?*
ign? sort. But it is preposterous, he
uid, in that it means an embargo on
all troc?s coming from abroad.
"This is a temporary mensure to
bring relief 10 those who need it," Mr.
Garner declared, "but it gor<; much
farther and erects an absolute bar
Mr. Garner then appeal to the
lembers newly elected from agricul
ral districts to "investigate the con
oences of this .finger."
Mr, Fordney declared that forty-two
the Democratic members voted for
. te i ?il Itisc December and that
tir constituencies would force them
or it again,
'interrupted by Mr. Garner,
?o aid the '..'ill is not the jame, and
Jr. pi inted to the '"joker," to-called.
"The hill ia the same, word for
:-'." replied Mr. Fordney, "with the
Mention that we have reduced the
-ha?l operate from ten to six
jnthi "
"ii-. Fordney said that under an e>:
v,i ( order by Preside!:; Wilson the
-:om?.-; duty on German marks is co!
ele : on a valuation of 2 cents a mark.
'Your President made this emergen
po! .-?lblt," he said, "and we are
i ng to corroe' it. The 'joker,' a?, you
it, '.? i:i the bill and it's ^oi;:tr t
y'." ho nhouted r.mid applause from
i Renub ica . Ub .
?1:. Fordne; : hen too . r< pori
...i Canada and other couni/rh will
pass retaliatory legislation it the bill
. nacted. Ho declared that the Unitec
States now has less protecci?n for its
.:ome industries than any other nation
lie cited tariff figure:; and said that tin
per capita collection for the Unites
itatea amounts only to $3.15, as com
Dared \s> $ipoi 'or Great Britain aiu
$1764 for Japan.
The importation of $1,600.000,000 wortr
of goods during tne ?ast year ? s
the most serious menace and interfer
once with the producers in this coun?
try," Mr. Fordncy declared.
Cockran Speaks Agatnat BUI
W. Uourke Cockran made his initial
iddress as a member of the Sixty-scv
311th Congress as the second speaker!
njrainst t?ic tariff bill. j
"1 think this measure, far from re-j
lievinjt the emergency, will increase it i
enormously," he said. I
Mr. Cockran recalled the panics of i
l$f>7. 1S93 and others, and said they I
were caused to a great extent bv slight!
lisarrnngcments in the methods of ex-1
:hange.
"Chairman Fordncy," he said, "actu?
ally protests against the flow of sup?
plies from abroad. He would erect a
wall between the non-productive mil?
lions of our cities, who are now threat?
3iiod with loss of their source of sup
pleis and one of the chief means of
existence.
"The source of supply for tho whole
world is drying up as tho world stag?
gers from the destruction of the war,
and it isn't by making supplies scarcer
that you are going to find a remedy."
? -
Mellon Expects
Early Action to
Fund British Debt
Reported Sailing of Chal?
mers Denied, but Hint
Is Given That Plans Al?
ready Are Well Matured
WASHINGTON', April 14. ? Report:
from London that Lord Chalmers woul<
sail Saturday to begin negotiation;
here for the funding of the British wa
debt to the United.. States, althoug!
substantially denied, drew from Secro
tary Mellon to-day a. statement tha
tho Treasury Department was expect
nig early resumption of the negotia
tions.
Under the assumption that Lor
Chalmers would arri.ve here within te
days, Mr. Mellon said the negotiatior
probably would be concluded by tr
end of the month, indicating tht
arrangements for funding the del
already were well matured and tl
American policy mapped out. Tr
Treasury Depart m er? has received t:
official advices, however, as to wh?
fjord Chalmers will come to take t
the question.
There ere no arrangements as y
for funding conferences with other n
tions. Mr. Mellon said, but they will 1
held separately and the plan work'
out for funding Great Britain's d
maud notes into long-time obligatio:
will be followed i.i the negotiatio:
with the other governments.
Under the present authority, M
Mellon said, Great Britain's debt ca
not be funded beyond the limits of t
longest dated Liberty bond?1947. 1
added, however, mat this did not mc
that maturities might not be extend
to a later date through legislati
which might permit a further cxte
?um of Liberty bond maturities.
Interest on the foreign obligation
the Secretary said, cannot tinder t
present law be less than 5 per cent, I:
it vas indicated that there v/r.j pos
bility of a change in rates somctii
in the future.
LONDON, April 14.?Lord Chalme
Permanent Secretary of the Treasu
will not sail for the United States S
urday in connection with the Brit
indebtedness to the United States,
reported, and no similar mission is
ing arrunged, according to official. C
elcs here to-day.
The situation regarding the Brit
ii debtedness to the United States,
was added, remains unchanged.
A London dispatch received Wed n
fia; night quoted The London Ih
ih il as saying that Lord Chahn
would depart for Washington Satur
-, o negotiate with the Treasury Depi
ment the funding of the British d
to the United States.'
? -m '? ? ? ?
Irish Resolution Adopted
SPRINGFIELD, 111., April 14,
' resolution calling on President Han!
to recognize ti^c "Republic of Irela
' was passed by the Illinois House
Representatives to-day by a vote of
to 10. Little argument preceded
: all call.
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Midgets and Mind-Reader Make
City Hall a Circus for Mayor
"Master of Modern Mystery" Probes Mental Proc-;
esses of Mylan and Berolzheimer While Meeting
Waits ; Smallest Wedded Couple Also Entertained !
City Hall was a rendezvous for I
mind-readers and midgets yesterday.
If politicians, legislators and reporters
could read the mind of Mayor Hylan
as easily and satisfactorily as Pro?
fessor Joseph Dunninger, otherwise
known an the "Master Mind of Modern
Mystory," did, there probably would
be no need of a legislative investiga?
tion of tho city government, and politi?
cal forecasts would contain more truth
than fiction.
Dexter Fellowes, the beloved press
agent of the circus, sent. Mr. and Mrs.
Doll?the smallest married couple in
tho universe, according to Dexter?
from the Hall of Freaks at Madison
Square Garden to the City Hall to
greet his honor. The Mayor stood
with the tiny callers to have his pic?
ture taken, and sent them away happy
when he suggested that he might ap?
point Mrs. Doll Fifth Deputy Police
Commissioner, to take the place of
Mrs. Ellen* O'Grady, resigned. Little
Mr. Doll assured the Mayor that his
wife would "make them step around"
at Police Headquarters if she got the
appointment.
The mind reading took place just be?
fore the meeting of the Sinking Fund
Commission, and three of its members,
the Mayor, City Chamberlain Philip
Berolzheimer and Alderman Frank A.
Cunningham,- chairman of the finance
committee of the Board of Aldermen,
were the subjects. They each wrote
out a question and put it in a pocket
while the mind reader, with bacl
-??
Two Loyalty Bills
Of Senator L n s k
Passed by Senate
Provide Tests for School
Teachers and Will Pul
an End to Rand School:
Curb Needed, Says Authoi
From a Staff Cor. espondent
ALBANY, April 14.?Despite th?
opposition of Republicans led by Son
ator Frederick M. Davenport, of Oneida
the Senate to-day passed the two Lusl
bills designed to put the Rand Schoo
j and other similar institutions out o
? business and to provide loyalty test
for those who teach in public schoolt
The former measure passed with a vot
of 42 to 7, the latter with one of 3
do 7. Nearly all the Democrats vote
against the measures.
Senator Davenport, in opposing th
; passage of the two measures, said tha
i they would accomplish no good and tha
they represented the same policy o
repression which had been one of th
; features of Continental government
and which, he said, had been largel,
responsible for the widespread unres
in European countries.
"This legislation," said Senator Dav
enpoi't, "is along.the lines of the polic
which has been developed to perfectio
by European governments, and which i
? responsible for tne wild radical oui
j bursts now spreading over Europe.
\ "In order to avoid what has happene
' in England, Germany and Italy let u
turned, stood 25 feet away and repeated ?
the questions with sufficient accuracy I
to make the exhibition mystifying.
Professor Dunninger directed his at?
tention first to the City Ciiamberlain,
whom he told to concentrate his
thoughts on the question he had writ?
ten. After an impressive moment or
two of apparently deep pondering the
professor spoke:
"You are asking tho dato of your
birth," he said. "You did not write
the date of your birth on the paper."
"Right," said the City Chamberlain.
"You were born on the 27th day of
May, 1867," said the mind reader.
? "Right again," said the Chamberlain
with surprise in his voice.
Turning to the Mayor, the professor
said:
"I get from your impression that
you have written a rather lengthy
question."
"You have that right," said the
j Mayor.
Professor Dunninger slowly repeated
i the question:
i "Will the Appellate Division decide
in favor of the Board of Estimate to
purchase and operate busses at a five
cent fare?"
The Mayor then read his question,
which was practically the same, with
the exception of a word or two which
did not alter the meaning.
The professor told Alderman Cun?
ningham to go to tho opposite side of
the room, remarking that he was a
i hard subject to deal with. From across
? the room the mind reader, however,
j promptly told the alderman that he
i asked when Ireland would be free and
, who would bo its first president. Mr.
; Cunningham admitted that was right.
j defeat these bills?they will only do
I harm."
Senator Edmund Seide, Socialist, also
| spoke against the bills. He asserted
j that the measures violated the Ameri
I can guaranty of independence of
I thought, and freedom of speech. Ho
I added that the present criminal anar
j chy statute granted ample provision in
i dealing with those who advocate the
| overthrow of the government by illegal
means and that the measures, if enact?
ed, would offer opportunity for perse?
cution of teachers for purely political
? reasons and the hobbling of intellec
: tual progress.
In replying to these and other at
I tacks upon the measures, Senator Lusk
i declared that they were the result of
j close study of tlie activities of sedi
tionists and that vital necessity exist
. ed for their enactment.
' The measure now goes to the Assem
! bly.
?Woinen Voters League
Asks Cut in Armaments
CLEVELAND, April il.?The Na
> tional League of Women Voters went
; on record to-day against all war by
j adopt's?; a resolution urging President
j Harding and Congress to initiate a
I movement to obtain cooperation with
i other nations for the reduction of
i armaments at. the earliest possible time.
? This followed the spech last night of
j the veteran leader, Carrie Chapman
i Gatt, of New York, who vigorously de
1 manded that women voters consecrate
] themselves to put war out of the world.
A resolution was unanimously
adopted naming the national board of
directors of the league a committee to
put their action before President Har?
ding and Congress at once.
Mrs. Maude Wood, of Boston, was re
| elected head of tho league this after
I noon, her title now being national
| president instead of chairman.
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Good Selections of Models?with soft, easy
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FIFTH FLOOR
Broadway
aks&Cfottroarm
at 34th St.
3 Prizes Laid
Before Smith j
By Tammany
Al Can Run for Mayor if Hy
lan Is Barred, Fight With
Cahier for Senate or En?
ter Gubernatorial Race
He Likes Washington Job
Friends Declare Livingston
Men Are Keen for Chance
to Turn Out Incumbent
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith,
head of the United States Trucking
Corporation, has been told by powerful
men in Tammany Hall that he can take
his pick of three big "openings" which
ought to seem attractive to an am?
bitious politician.
He can have the Mayoralty nomina?
tion next fall in case Hylan is made
unavailable by the Meyer investigat?
ing committee.
He can have the support of his or?
ganization for United States Senator
a year from the coming fall against
Senator Calder, the Republican in?
cumbent.
He can have tho Governorship nomi?
nation and again try conclusions with
Governor Miller who bested him in
the state despite the phenomenal vote
Smith was given in New York City.
May Try for Senatorship
The former Governor's friends say
i that the only one of the three that
I "looks good to AT* is the Senatorship
] race against Senator Calder. The Tam
i many argument for entering fhe for
I mer Governor in the race for the. seat
! at Washington is that in another year
j the "swing of the pendulum" sup
I posably will find the Harding Adminis
: tration in popular disfavor. The Tam
? many men who are urging Smitli for
j the Senatorship are counting on the
I factional fight between Calder and Liv
I ingston in Kings County as a consider
i able advantage to them.
j They hold that while Senator Calder
? remains a power in Kings County Liv?
ingston will never have full sway, and
they say that thousands of Livingston
"trusties" would throw votes to Smith
in order to contribute to a Republican
political funeral of the first magnitude.
One other consideration finds room
in the imagination of the Smith men,
and it is that if Smith could beat a
I Republican for United States Senator
j two years after the Empire State gave
! a Harding plurality of 1,100,000 votes
! Smith would be the Democratic favor
1 ite for President in 1924.
See Fame for Murphy Also
I The Tammany men indulge the fancy
j that a climax like this would make
i Charles F. Murphy and Alfred E. Smith
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tho most powerful politicians in Amer?
ica, and that Mr. Murphy then could
retire from the Tammany leadership
on his laurels in favor of some of
the younger men.
Wherever Tammany men gather
these days tho possibility of drafting
Al for tho Mayoralty is discussed. The
feeling is growing in Tammany Hall
that Mayor Hylan is so deadweighted
with men like Hirshfield and Solovci
and the strange things that have hap?
pened in the last three years and a
quarter that he will be damaged goods
after the investigating committee gets
through with him. For this reason
the jobholders want Smith drafted for
tho Mayoralty nomination. It is under?
stood that Al has made up his mind
about the Mayoralty, and that he will
leave Hylan and Hearst severely alone
during the coming months.
Conservation Chief
Ousts Secretary;
Inquiry Probable
Miller Expected to Take Up
Internal Dissension in
Commission Over Acquisi?
tion of Lake Colon Land
ALBANY, April 14.?-Governor Mil?
ler within twenty-four hours may be
asked to Investigate the State Conser?
vation Commission. This request
would be predicated upon the removal
, to-day by Commissioner George D.
I Pratt of Warwick S. Carpenter, secre
! tary to the commission. Mr. Carpenter
i had refused a request that he resign.
j Mr. Carpenter declined to discuss
I the matter. It is known, however, tint
! one incident which led to discord oc
! curred last summer in connection with
! the acquisition o land in the Lake
' Colon region. Mr. Carpenter, follow
i ing the commission's program, refused
| to let the land be taken unless the
i lake also was sold to the state. Thi:>
I attitude of Mr. Carpenter did not
j please certain powerful interests.
The tirst inkling that there was in
i ternal trouble in the commission came
I to light to-day when it was learnec:
! that Mr. Carpenter, in refusing to re
! sign, had sent Commissioner Pratt z
letter saying in part:
"With reference to your request foi
| my resignation, because of my stanc
I in the matter of land acquisition undei
j the forest preserve bond issue fund
! which request you have made of me it
conference, I wish to state that m?
position in the matter is taken on thi
basis of principle, and 1 am unwillinj
to peopnrdizc that principle by evei
appearing to relinquish it. I appre
ciate that I have no Civil Service pro?
tecting me in the matter, but I am,
nevertheless, so firmly convinced that
my position is thoroughly justified that
I refuse to give you my resignation." >
Commissioner Pratt's term as head
of the conservation department expired
on December 31. Governor Miller ha?
given no indication what course he will
take.
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