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VOL. LXXXIL NO. 200.
NEW YORK, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1915. CoP,l0iM915, by fir Sun I'rtnHng ami VnbUiMno As.-oelulloii.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
$15,000,000 AT
LEAST NEEDED
BY DIRECT TAX
Cvcn Then Expenses 31 list j
He Tut Heavily. Says thu
I
i
'
Stale Comptroller.
JlcAXKXY ANIMiLYXX
KIDlcn.K FHURKS
j.,,, c .nipir.'llef Travis announced
tothe Leu- s (tare csterdny that u di
rect t. "f at lent ll.'.OOo.OOil would
S, nei rs.'.irv even with the strictest i
-c-noinv He ""I'1 ,,,nt ,lu'r" WI,IU1 '
he i ili ! ' tii,,r'' than half u tiillllon
ni'i i So, tho cml of thu Ureal ,
0-
i.ir
IT. . MiAncny of the Hoard of
JUerm- iln'-ircs that the City Comp
troller" .nve.-tlgatlon i-IiowtM that
there is dU lfl' m need of 11 direct
tax mil that .nslcud of a dellclt the
fMtp tre.is .n will have a. surplus of
jiOC'OO II" ii"ges New York city
lfg:s a ars to tUbt tho tux.
'v(li G:nn mum ned that Coinp
teller Trav s." figures vf the most
tnistei-i "S whlc controversy,
t jt tt.e ur mere .messes and that
Me (tcir s wire twisted around to nld
Gov Whitnia 1
The Detiioir.its increased tho State
javroll iy JS.3U.I14 and more than
:",i)0 met, s.ikc lfl". according to re
port? from thirty-two departments.
lie
$600,000 DEFICIENCY
rtliS CI l-O IPD I irc!
UV. 1 i. O.I I O ifttl JO'
WltM trlet i:-iiiiiiii I. -.,(M)0, mill
Mnt lie Ital-eil b) Hired Tn,
t.Bvr, M.i.- li IS The resources of
the State Trf.tury available to meet the
jpprop" atior- to be tna'le by the prs
H li!l,ii ure for the t!oal year (i!n
Tnolrc lev' ('otolier 1 will be S3i.
'IT5" a iiiliu to a -tatement trans
m.'tcl die Legislature by State Contp
trollfr T avis
lit jJJ that I' the Legislature appro
priate' only a much for the next tl.-cal j
itit a h (il) i n adiiilnlsiratlon did for
ih pte, t tl'fil ear 40,34T.TS "
and the t (ui Vt'4TJfit5'b,,t'1 '
to the ilnkniK funds that evert ien It,
will if re wary to have a direct tax,
ot HI l.3,o." l Jlr. Travis points out
that hl a. ur.' shows a deficit in the;
8ute T'ej-urv on September 30 next of
liOJASS and that even with n dliect ta j
of 111 ii,ii, 1,", nothing vvuubl be left In.
Sta'e T easury for a working capl-'
til or sir' 'tis on Oetnlier 1, 191C.
I jio. teil out that In addition to
tie u- '
r.epuhl ,
Pi ' '
omple'e
l!.11
(lOO.vi n
a fir
j r ',i
,p Dprlationa thU year the
a c passing a i j.0(i.00i
,iv I i bill
'urge canal voi k. I nis
t... -ether with about $5,-1
si cl ii, the Comptroller for1
wculil raise the amount nec
,e i s,-d l a direct tax to
til '"' '" i
Vln) III III KI...IMM,IIOII.
D.t
u ari
io:e
i , i I. an plan to iucicase f
i inuies Il.0uii.o0u and cut
I expenses $:i,(Hid.uuO or
t is thought the direct lax 1
ill H srnie i ie,e under Jlx.uoO.OOO, at-1
the it 11 more rigorous cuts they I
koi. to ii. . ie to icduce this figure to '
I "tu in) i
- - i tineiit to the Leslslatiiro
vom '
"T .
T'.c. Is says : j
e ,ii.iy b no iTdiooticeptlou
I ti.it of thu tlliances of
e ( 'omptioller deems It his'
. ' at this time a statenunt'
o revealed by a cateful
a.l anal.'l- f resources
, kiiowled.'e of these'
t.al for a pr per eon-dd-
t.v
em
t
.r..
T
if i
, ii c nl Plan f, r tlie cur-
Ich may
a nsi ai ii .ii
,.i" honorable body dur-
' -esslon
'"-ii it. .illenipt to rati
, ..itioiK w hk-li may be
Usislaltiie of 1 9 IS t.r
ithei k .M-riimi ntal in-
i liemg pmely a lesls-
l
i' ,f
i -friii-,V
-f t
n 1.
fo-
,0: 4 e
t.
r
' Tin o.il spcclllc do-
e tiea-uiy lieielli set
i , to existing apiuoprla
e i kuu fund leqillreinelits
i ml itorj undo, existing
' n.e i "on --tit lit I ii and of
.-te of such contribution"
I,- tlmnl cnr beglunliu
' ' being 9.O90,020 92.
Musi I'lmiri- V benil.
"I
to
f
if
(s the Hnatielal prngraiiim I
i' this session ii. tot cover
e- -ling to September 30,
' ss.ii v to ileterillllie n. t
, ,lc revenues from Indirect
ie i.ihini e of tin- current
' also those for tlie period
I 191."i. to Sipte.i.bi r 3",
l 191", there was an
, nice in the State Troas
Il9.'i0.92. lo which therr
' I the estimated revenues-,
1 ,e to October 1. IDIS,
t-'fi t20,2in.i:i, and lapses
- appfoprlatd but not
"iim, it. i, ns now In force
i Km .(ion. miking tho total
i Me within the cut rent
' ' 7'i,'i,2,'l l.n.1. The appro-
, on .March I, 1915, for
oses of government were
1 ind the unpaid balance
i- -l conn lliiillnns atithorUed
' t,te nf 191 1, to pay upon
::..( 1,7 ti.nr,. making a
' 7".. 130,9 The resultant
w ,i dellcleiipy on .Septcni-
yi i.
or it;n;i,x99.:n.
"I
ess'irv In eHtllllilte tlie
'l inns frinn milii-ect taxation for the
li
r ' t? vi.i..,,i.h -in mitt It iioist
b
"IMi 'en in.it .my estliniiKi inado
"'i-li berore tlie beginning of tho i
vesr i, which Ihe revenues are to
(I- -nl
rere u,i ..i nut I
. - "f ne' I" I III IHII -,ur., ..m.
" iiMKi w fni'Ht In thin ctatnifnt (
tbe
1,-itlll J,p llllllllll.
s"ni ii !,,. h l, ,.,ined llgures from
he id f departments; mid bureaus
'".ar- ,mti:i, t,PH1. ,nlltterM and
v. hi-ur . a e predicated upon the
upon
Ce-ntiurd on fourth Pag:
Sees Hysteria in
Surgeons' Search
for Untried Ways
IJ Wilson of I'liiladc1liia at
Academy of Medicine
Decries Tjend.
Orthopedic surgeons of Boston, To
ronto anil New York addressed tli Aim it-1
emy of Medicine Inst night on recent
operations to correct deformities, lint !
lr. II. Augustus Wilson of Philadelphia1
when It ramp hi turn on the programme I
said that there was hysteria In tin' rush'
to find new who r ..,.- . '
to ilnd new
Or. WlDoii decried this h)Morla and
pointed out that It Hurt duo to the over
enthusiastic advocates of new proccduics
"nun hiii wueii tahen up .iy otner sur-
geons. Tlivsn new methods, he said, aro
alwn)s It-ported as hit villi? been success-'
fully employed by their discoverers, but i
they remit unfavorably with other. ,
"The prent wave of hysteria has j
to ilo ehletly with hone tuberculosis." I
(..ilil Dr. Wilson. "To submit every'
bone tuberculosis, case to an operation
Is contrary to the pracllco of thu best i
.lUtlmritlcs.
"1 would like to establish u society
to publish and report on the bad re
sults of every oithopedlc procedure. I
would call such a society the Adverse
Society and I would have It report the
dlsadv.tnt.iKes of every method of treat
ment." J. J. HILL SEES 70 CENT WHEAT.
Kipeels It In llrnp
lo Thnt
I'lmirc In I OHI,
St. I'Afi., Minn.. March IS. Janim J.
Hill, in an appeal for Increase In pas
senger fans Ixfore the Senate and
House coinm'.tt' e on transportation
said this afternoon :
"This vear Hie crops should brins
high prices because of the war. Ktiro
pcan business and Industry have been
temporarily wrecked and whin this tur-
...nil lu ,...l will In frt I
"" ""
back to mother earth to make a living.
"This means that large cro4 will be
seeded In Hurope and prices in tills
totintr will go down. I would not be
surpilsed lo see wheat 11 of the farm
at To tents a bushtl In 191."
Dog in Tug o' War
Kills Boy at Play
Stray Animal Seized I'lotbo
line Which Got Tangled
About Child's Neck.
Thomas Santeiano. 5 years of ace.
and his cousin ngcllna. T, were play
ing esterday afternoon in the yard of
their home at Sr.2 Liberty avenue, Kjt
New York, with a cloth dog, sllilln
hlm down a cellar door and now and
I then tvlnc him to clothesllneH
that
datiglnd from a tire escape.
I real dog. unkempt, lean and no
for n.nim.OOO to'ltneaac whatever, eniercu wie aru .in..
the chlldien forgot the cloth dog to play
with the stranger.
Thomas, standing on the cellar d or.
Hipped the clothesline and the iIok
wiv.i it lie tii-icd one way and
' Thomas the other, the boy slipping
1 around on the cellar door and laughing.
In tome way the rope got about his
neck. He tugged to tree mniacu aim
the dog resisted
rho Ilttlo girl didn't quite understand
whv her cousin didn't snout aim laumi
any more. So she ran screaming Into
the tenement. When the nelahlsirs came
ihev found the boy dead. They drove
the' dog away and carried the hoy
his mother.
to
A. H. COSDEN RETIRES AT 42.
mUrr-Ileue-muii President lsP
Fnim tlrurnurr In tfl 'rars.
Ii iM-camc known followliig yesier
day'ji uieitlng of the Hlker-liegeman
lutig Company that Alfred 11. (.osni-n
,ad lesigued from the presidency of the
o.mpany and at the age of 1. will re
tire from business and enjoy Hie large
foitune he has accumulated by his own,
efforts In twenty-one 'ars.
Mr. (V-ileu's rise in tlie drug buil-.
Hess bigan f.'mi Ihe position of ollicc
Uiv and ended with the piesldemw of,
the compiny. He came here from
Dover. Del., In IS91 and found a place
as mrntengir In the Hiker More, in
Slxtli avenue near Twenty-second t
"'"s'head of the Rlker-Hcgeman Coin
Puny, after the combination of the.se In- i
terests with the Holton Dtug Company
of Hrooklyn and tho Jaynes Drug Com
naiiv of Huston Mr. Cosdeu built up the 1
' . .. . ... .l.n.. 11,1, !
loiiccrn to a iumi ui ioi in.n w
stons,
MOVE TO OUST FILM CENSOR.
l'enn Iviuiln
nn
C.xhHillors
Deliver
llliiintu in,
, March IS, The
Pmi .vnnt.i'mA. March ix, rue i-etin-
sylvaiiu Moving Plcluie uxmiiiiois
Vssoclatlon. which clashed recently wllli
State Censor Urletlnger over Ills right
I., Iinlll 1111 SOIlie Ol llll'll I'l.il'e iiiki
si 1. ltlt 'lui ri'fii I the censor with grafting I
.! with la'x Inspection methods, de- i
n.iiiileil lo-iliiV lll.it lirletliiger
.it .i ie
bis lieadquaiteiH 111 tlie clly at once.
The Him men. who pay all tho expenses
of this office gave the censor forty
eight horns to comply with their re-
''"tIio exhibitors maintain that lirlct.
ir lias railed legally to Itemize his
n,i.i Hon charges and they nave
de
ciHed to carry their light up to
Oov.
IliuiiihaUBh.
"TWILIGHT" CURE FOR DRUGS.
lnlinnin IMi-slflmi lleports Sni
pes In lnr Cnr.
HinaiiNUllAM. Ala., Matrix IS,--Twl-
light sleep aa a cure for drug users In
lie.lnif demoiiHtrateil here hy Dr, Charlen
t u'i,.in t li.. cttv nhvHlc.la-11. It has
- ' -' .
nrovil fllloHfloiiH In nln raof. iiicorM-
im- i.i tin. nlivslclan.
The method takes neveniy-iwo mums.
Twilight sleep Is attained by the use
of morphine compounds,
t)r. WhelHn's patients awoke craving
foe e'liifllrni." to eat bill not Ihe drugs.
He believes the euroa are ptrnianent.
SEA-WANDERING
JEW HERE, BUT
HE CAN'T LAND
Xatlian Colion. Outcast, hy
World, Completes First
Year on Ocean.
') im A 1 1 I.'C! fIV Ills'
.'"" -'I I lihS (A II IS
I5 STKKRAOE TICKET
.-xatlian Cohen, who Is sr. and tin
married and remembers little of his boy.
Iiimh except that he, epent most of It In
llrar.ll. and who has the Impression that
he was bom there and that Portuguese
Is his natal speech, has arrived In New-
Yorlt hut bur again by the l.aniort t 1
Holt liner Vnsarl, completing a. j ear's
experience afloat Ht the expense of the
steamship line, with a record of 33,740
miles of sea travel
In that year he haw iieiiulred a kooiI
knowledge of the UnKllsh l.imru.iRo and
according to the ship's surKcou, Dr.
Davis, has become mentally and physi
cally sound iifratn through the metllum
of sea air. frequently prescribed for run
down folk and reitaided by veteran navt.
(tutors as tho greatest tonic on tap In
the universe.
Ordered I'rnin Cnnulr.
The cai-e of Nathan Cohen Is unique
In the annals of deported Immigrant.
He came here by the Vasarl In May,
r.'l'.', went to Virginia and set up a
little store with a relative He showed
symptoms of Insanity two jears later
and was sent to Kills Island. There the
experts decided that his nuntal crooked-
nesi w .is title to causes which h.ul
existed before he cam- to America and I
h. was ordered deported to Ulo Janeiro. !
the
port whence he fame,
,, . .
Nathan was tractable.
ne ac.iru
the decision of L'ncle Sam without pro
test and was put aboard the Yandyck.
since sunk by the Herman cruiser Karls
ruhe, and In May of last je.ii- lie sailed
southward. Ulo de Janeiro n-fused to
accept him. as lie had no papeis to show
that lie was ,i citizen of Ilrazil and so
the Yandyck took lilm on to the lln.il
southern poit of the line, Hucno-i Ayres,
7,1100 miles from Sandy Hook.
The skipper tried Ulo again on the
way back, but the authorities were ob
durate, and Nathan found himself In
New- Ymk once more Hut he had not
tneu found himself mentally, in fact
In was hardly conscious whether he was
nlloat or ashore and vva weak phys
ically He had travelled 19.740 miles
on his original steerage ticket, for which
he had paid t4G, and had been well pro
vlded for. the ship's company taking
kindly to him.
War Halts One I'liin.
The line tried to persuade the immi
gration authorities that Nathan was all
tight when the) took him aboard orig
inally, and again made an effort to have
him sent to some place of permanent
anchorage. There was a hint of Itiis
Mnn In tlio Portuguese of Nathan and
It was suggested that he might have
Isfeii born In Russia.
W..ile the authorities were considering
ending him to Russia the war came and
put an end to the plan. Then down to
Ulo Nathan went again, Ulo refused
again -o regard him as a Brazilian citi
zen and the ship took him on to Hue nun
Ayres and brought him back
Nathan savi In prett good Ungllsh
that he l-i all tight. He has color and
tlesh and good humor, and the line
Ik going to get alienists to pass on his
londltl- n so he may ceae to be a s.M
Wandering Jew at Its expfnse. Kills
Island cannot go back of Its decision
unless
it Is proved that .Hainan in now
nme and capable of earnlnc hJs living.
sunn
In Mnrt AkiiIii.
, Cnless proof to satisfy the Onvern
ment Is offered Nathan will Hart on
another 7,uoi) mile trip on March 27
and will fi me back, over the same
' coursi-, some time within a few months,
unless a Herman cruiser interferes with
the vojage of the Yasarl.
('apt Cadogan of the Vasarl, who was
, also skipper of the Vandyck when she
carried Nathan, has acquired a gentle
i feeling for the man without a country
I atnl says he will feel sort of lonn- me
If Nathan Is taken away from him. He
looks uikiii him ik a mascot, shooing
off the Herman raider menace.
PEACE AGREEMENT REACHED.
Opernlor mid Miners' AkciiIs el
llr Wcsl Ylrulnln IHITerences.
Cincinnati, March IS. Hcprosenta
tlves of the l'nlted Mine Workers of
America and operators of the New- Hlver
atld Winding Hulf coal tb-lds of West
Virginia n-ached a working agreement
to-day for a term of four years.
A Alight Incicase In wages la offere.1
to the day men. Fifteen thousand min
ers are involved,
The open shop agreement will be in
eflei'l. Nino hours will constitute a
day's woik. There will be semi-monthly
payments.
The general opinion prevails that the
miners will vote "yes' to a man.
ZAMOR ARRESTED IN HAYTI.
III
resident
li
Im prisoned
nt
Purl
nn I'rlncr.
March IS.- Aeeinllng
WvKMINIITON.
to advices received at the State De.
partinent ex-President Zainor of Ilayti
has
been
irrented and Imprisoned at
Port an Prince,
.amor icceiitly landed In the Domini
can Henubllc. and afler crossing the
border was seized by order of the Gov
ernment, .alum's arrival caused much
excitement In llaytl. He will he tried
on a charge of having entered tho coun
try without a passport.
LODGES MUST BAR LIQUORS.
OlhervTlse Vle)rrsdnle .Ministers
Won't llury the llrnlliers,
MKVitnsiiAt.it, Pa.. March IS, Members,
of lodges that penult sideboards In their
meeting rooms will not be acconled a
ChllHtlan lint lit) by mcinbeiK of the
Meyersilale Ministerial Association. A
resolution to Hint effect has been passed.
The resolution In part rends:
"llecause of the pure and exalted posi
tion of the church and the saving pur
poses of her calling, Ihe members; of the
Meyersdaln Ministerial Association be
lleve It to be Inconsistent for them to be
olllnliilly associated In the solemn ser
vices of Ihe burial of Ihe dead of any
lodge that miilntalntf a liquor tddeboard
In lbs rooms."
Compensation Bill
Passed by Assembly;
Senate Acts To-day
Vote Is 2 to r.. Nine Repub
lican .loiniti"' Democrats
After Caucus.
Al.ltANT, March 19 (Friday). The)
Assembly, after a session lasting until
2:30 tills liiornlmi, passed the work-1
men's compensation law amendment by
I a vote of si! to "it, nine Itepubllcutis
I Joining the Democrats and two Prcgrcs-
sivts In voting acalnst the amendment.
The bill will pass the Senate to-'da). ac
cording to plans, and go lmuiedlately to j
tiov. Whitman, who will give a hearing
on It vi that labor may be heard In ,
oppcsltloii. I
III the debate the charfre was made
by Aseniblymaii Sullivan of (-halilau- j
qua that the casualty companies h.ul
"arratiKod" as lone aso as last AtiKtlst
lo liae such a direct settlement clause
passed.
Trior to the paai:e of the bill He
publicans held a caucus on the measure.
I
The caucus had been go. tig on for 1
nearly two bouts when some dlssatls
tied Republicans walked out, anuoutic- ,
Ing that uti elTort had been made to'
bind them to vote for the hill bocuiee
the majority of ISepubllcans were for it.
They were called back, however, and
told that U ey would be excuse, 1 from
voting for the bill on the tloor of the
House If they would give their reasons
to the caucus. This procedure wa car-
rled out and the vote In the caucus w.ut
understood to have been 2 to !.
In the caucus Asseinbl.v man John I..'
Sulllvar of Chautnuqu.i declared that j
the amendment was drawn in favor ot
casualty companies and that they had
arranged last siimn.er to have some
direct M-ttleiiiviit amendment liassed.
"I have represented casually com
panies at dlflereiit time." said Mr. Sul- 1
til no. "litlt t idili I M.ni.,.rnl !,i,v fiinv
j .,, ln . 0,llt.e , tlle A.
,.,t ,h.n ,,.r..seiitatlvc of a casiialtv
company called to see me. He luld nie
,, ,,, cm,..
companies had arianged for
direct settlements, regatdless of the po
litical complexion of the next legisla
ture. "Are we .ruing to be delivered, mis
guided by a political bo'-.'.- There is
only one liilliience behind this law, the
wicked casualty companies.
"Corrupt tntluctic.es are behind this
measure Political bosses have come
to Albany and brought every sinister
Ir.tluence known to the p.illttcul bosses
to bear on men here t-i make them vote
for this amendment. 1 J'nv done my
bet to beat it, but as the party whip
has leni iiffd l might Just as well not
talk about It "
ANOTHER BRITISH SHIP SUNK.
Thr-,xdMMsia(.y .. Taarprriocrl With
out WnrillnK tr siiihninrlne.
Kn'al Coblt rrtp.itrh In Tur. Sus.
1ONDov. March l The Hrlr'.sh steam
ship lilenartney, a 3,300 ton craft,
owned by the Caledonia Steamship
Comi-any, and loaded with V'Oo tons of
rice, was torpedoed on Heaohy Head
to-day, according to an announcement
made. btilght.
The submarine gave the r;inartne no
wanting, but the -rw had time to laum'h
the IsiatH. One tn.nl was drowned, how
cvm", by the oapsing of one lo.it. The
nthers. thirty-nine In number, were
landed safely nt New-haven.
Ilrltlsh Hivlivifi)- Mhlp P. sen pes
Knim I'liratilnic Niitiiunrlrie.
.sitciul Cntilr Dftpntcri to Tur Sc
LoNtios, March IX --The submarine
C-2S chated the Colchester, a Ilrltlsh
raltwa steamship, from Hirwlch to the
Hook of Holland for at hour and a half
to-day, but was unable to catch her.
This Is the second time the Colchester
has escaped In the past two days.
GERMAN AUXILIARY SUNK.
Ilrltlsh Cruiser Ueporli shr
strox-d Ihe Hiarra,
The llmilil prints this morning a de.
spatoh from Valpaialso which says that
the Ilrltlsh auxiliary cruiser oriima,
which took part in the battle In which
the Dresden was sunk, brought the first
news of the sinking of the Herman
armed ir.erchaiiflnau Navarra on No
vember II.
The drama sighted the Nnv.-ura off
the Hlver Plate. The two auxiliaries
exchanged t-iots and the upper works
ol tlie Herman vessel were soon on tire.
She sank shortly afterward. The crew
were lescued by the drama
Biggest Submarine
Called the Schley
Secretary Dnniels Yields to
Sentiment in Naminc Hi
1'ndersea Craft.
, WAhlffNOTON, March IV Secretary
of the Navy Daniels signed contracts
i to-day for the building of four sub
marines. The most Important will lie
I known as the Schley, the first sea
going submarine ever built for Un-
American navy and the llrst ever built
with a view to accoinpauv Ing a war
fleet, To enable II to keep pace with
the surface vessels ll will have a speed
on the surface of 20 knots. Cutler water
lis capacity will he 10 to 12 knots. It
will he driven at Hie surface by oil en
gines, below- the water by electric stor
age battel Ich. and will be l,0(io tons dis
placement The cost will be 11, 33(1,0110
Some surprise was expressed that the
new submarine was named the Schley
It has been the practice In the Amer
ican navy lo have submarines designated
by numbers and letters, bill Secletaiy
Daniels seems to have yielded to tentl
nient. Tile oilier t III cp essels will be for
coast and harbor delence and Ihej will
tie known respectively as the N-l, N-2
ami N-3, They will cost 11117,000 each,
The new tcHgoIng submarine Is believed
by many authorities: to be tho most
powerful vessel of lis tjpe yet planned.
The Flectrle Moat Company of Hro
ton, Conn., will build all four of thr- ves
sels, Hie Schley ul lluliicy, Mass., and
the other three at Seattle.
KinltlDV TIIK CAItllMV AS. (ir'OHrilt,
NI-IAIIOARII Allt LINK. HAIIAV.W.
111.1 Trains, llesl Hen Ice, Hlinrlesl Way,
XtUnu-lllrnitnt-hdiii. Inq. 1181 U' waj-.tdt1.
BURTON SEES
G.O. P. VICTORY;
RAPS WILSON
Kx-Senator From Ohio
Speaks Before Hepiiblican
Comity Committee.
TA XX Kll WILL FKiHT
PIII.MAKY AHOLITIOX
Theodoie 11. Burton, before whose title
of Senator from Ohio .in "ex" must now
be written, was the olilef speaker last
night at a meeting of the Itepubllcm
t county committei. In the Murray lllll
! Lsceum. In addition to Jabbing at the
Wilson Administration In respect to tt.n
tarltT and shipping bills he made the
piedlitloii in no uncertain tirms that I
the Hepiiblican party would be vlctorl-
ous in Kill!.
Tlie former Senator wum escorted from
his hotel by National Chairman Charbs !
D. Illlles and William Nelson Cromwell
in a manner belllttlng a man who Is ,
"nientloiied" by Ohloans and others as j
a nosslble candidate for the Presidency i
next ear.
He was Introduced by Chairman Koe
nig as "the man who single handed
prevented tin- wasto of millions of dol
lars of public money by h.n work on the
rivers and harlsirn bill."
Ilnrlex sliliiliiu lllll.
over the ship purchase bill Mi. Hui
toi. pronounced a brief hlc Jacet.
'That was the greatest pai '.iamenlary
balile in w..leh 1 ever engagid." he
said "Thnt bill never was approved
by the Judicious sentiment of the Ameri
can people
"As to the rivers and harbors bill. It
contained $ isl.Oiiu.OOo of waste, and I
don't caio whether our method of op
posing it wan called a filibuster or no,
fmler some circumstances a filibuster
Is JUstllhd."
In Mr Uurton's opln'on the political
cutreni l running strongly toward the
Itupiibllcin party "because the Demo
cratic promises have bieli proved erto
neotis " It wa.s absurd, he said, to
promise a reduction In the nut of liv
ing, for the causes are worldwide and
i.ot to be removed by any political partv.
"There was no faltering n the victory
of the Republican party In the Umpire
State In 1911," he went on, "and tlerc
will be no faltering In 191.
"New York has decided many Presi
dential election, and It may W left
to this Slate to decide the next one "
Turning to the tariffthe Senator said
he would like to askWs-q7iesTTori r'
' "What Industry has been benellted by
I the iliatlc reduction, where Is the
I promised inlllenn'tim""
I l-'or. Mr Wilson's course In relation
to the Kuropein war the speaker had
or:l praise He was also ag mist In
tervention In Mexico. "Hut." he slid,
' we ougat to demand that the.v spare
th, lives of our countrjimn Iti Mexico.
'The trouble with the P-e.ldent and Mr
Hrvan is that the have commuted
themselves- to a particular econom c
Poln for our neighboilrw nation. They
in ide a vtt.il mistake In sympathlzl-i.:
with one side against another. That 1"
alwa.vs dangerous. Whether ou select
a 1 Inert. l. an nhreeon or a Villa, there's
alw.ivs the possibility that v - u ina
light on an undesirable' clfzcn "
I rices Strict .Nenlrnlllj.
lU-vertuiz to Kurope Mr Hurton said:
"Let us hi c. induct ourselves that it the
enl of the Mrugile we may be the
friends of all the nations"
Kx-Senat-ir Hurton Is booked to s.ill
Saturday for- a two months tour of
Central and South America.
1'rederck C Tanner, Hepublicnn State
chairman, in a speech before the com
inltteninen served notice on his party's
I 1
legislators nt Albany that he will use
all his lntluence to prevent the abolition
iif the direct P'lintiry and the restora
, lion of Hie oillcl.tl lU'tnin.it.lig iMiiven-
I loll He asked the colllltv commitlee
nien to help him bv "using everv legiti
mate argument" on the Senators and ,
AssMnbl) liven fiom New York.
It Is Indicated that Mr Tanner's ef
forts will be decisive In killing hi com
mittee the Aigetslnger hill, which would
change the election law In the ways he i
deems objecilonable. From the commit
tee Is likely to come ,i substitute bill
satlsfacfoiy to the State chairman and
progressive Hopubllciins He announced
thai If the Suic committee In lidC de.
sired hii unnttlclal convention to discuss
policies, but not candidates, he would
call one, no matter what the Legislature
does.
Mr. Tanner had a long talk with Hov.
Whitman on a train bound for New- ,
York on Wednesday, and it was appir-1
ent last night that he spoke with the full
appioval of the Inventor.
Here Is what Mr. Tanner said, whil?
many committeemen applaiiddl. I
"I do not think the Massachusetts bal
lot should be tainpeiod with. It has
hud only one tesi and that was at a ,
tunc when public Interest was centied ,
III the Hiiropean war
"I am against legislation abolishing!
the iliiecl primary at this time. That
question should be determined after the 1
people hive had a chains' to nj, illicit j
prlnuiiM-s iiudei tho shoit hall it I
"I also think tint the 'place of stay' ,
clause III I lie election law should be re
pealed. II is an i tix 1 1 ii I ion to fraud, i
In idles , f .tin- llrst mill sei'ond class i
I am in favor of extending the signa
ture law- to the primaries. I further
believe Unit In the huge cllles the eiec
lion illstilct should be the unit on pi Un
ary da."
For Mr Wilson's course in relation
io the Ihilope.in war the speaker had
only pralM". He was also against Inter
vention in Mexico.
l',-Seiator Hurton will sail Saturday
for ,i two nionlhs tour of Central and
South America.
Tim iiillllly committee adopted a
s iilwoiiimlltce rej"rt approving at least
the principle of all the legislative b.lls
affecting the city whose passage Is de.
sired b tlie Mltchel administration, 1n-
eluding the bill for Ihe abolition of Ihe
Cormiers, There will he a special meet.
Ing
the
to cons tier reports: on changes in
election law and n ixin.stltullonal
questions,
To Kill Tips In Wisconsin.
Mapisom, Win,, March !,- A stringent
autl-tlppllig hill, applying to Hotels, res
taurants, barber shops, railroad trains
and similar public places, ami amended
to pciiall.e the cniplo.WT of underpaid
workers an well as the nclplents of
RT.ilult.leH. passed the Senate to-day bj
a vote of 27 to 4,
U. S. Seeks From Japan
Only 'Open Door Pledge
K'epre.seiilations .Made in Tokio Relieved to Re Not a
Protest, hnt Inquiries to Draw Guarantee of
China's Integrity.
Ul.'KAT IMMTAIX AXI) HCSSIA ACT SKPAHATFLY
WAsitiMiriiv, March H.--U was ad
mitted oillcially lining thai the t'nltid
Statin is making r'proentationi to
Japan on tin; subject of the laMer'H de
mands upon Cliliii. Ili'Vnnd this ad
mission the Administration I . f ll-:il to
throw any light on the steps taken to
safeguard the "open dour" In China.
There l iimpl" ground for the as
sumption, however, that tilts tln em
inent lias not gone to any extreme
leuslhs in opposing tho Japanese policy
with renpect. to China. In fact Japan
has so ailriitl managed In r diplomatic
exclianges w n ll ( -lima anil ttie iniereneu
Powers as to make It very dllllcult for
""' ''overnment to Interpore at tills time
'""re than a friendly suggestion Any
attempt to go further would lay the
protesting Covemment open to a chuge
U'.fr.enilllness toward Japan,
The American representations were
not made Jointly with any other Uov-
eminent, hut It tw a fact that the Ameri
can communication was prs tiled by In
quiries by the other Power. Interested
In, China, with the exception of (Sermany.
The responses received determined to
a considerable extent the action of the
United States. It was considered In
advisable, however, for this (lov eminent
to Join with any other In taking up the
subject with Japan. In dealing with all
the parties to the present war the United
State has adherrd ntrlctly to a polio
of acting absolutely by and for Itself.
Mcrcl Inquiries .Mode.
The American representations are
described as Inquiries caleul Ued to draw
from Japan a respono wh.ch will
stand as a pledge or gunrantio of her
purpose, with rejpect to China, H Is
not considered that the time h,i come
for the lodgment at Toklo of unequivocal
objictior.s to what Japan contemplates
.n China, but tnerel for inqulr i which
will make clear what wou'd be the atti
tude of the l'nlted States toward cer
tain eventualities which are regarded an
the possible outcome of Insistence on the
Japanese demands.
It Is hoped by this procedure to obtain
from Japan either an announcement of
elimination or modification of the de
'niinrts'w"'ilch arc regarded as dangerous
to the preservation of the principle
of
eoual onnortunlly in China or ele
specific pledg'-s frn-ii Japan mm in
eriects feareo ny line ,iuiniiiu,-m "in
not come to pas.
X sim.lar isiure. It Is understood hre,
will
has been adopted by Russia
ind (Jreat
Ilrltaln. Hut little credence Is placed
. i ,.r,ni- il.t ibee two Powers
have notified Japan that It would be i
difllcult for them to pteserve friendly '
relations with her if the Japanese de- I
mands on China were Insisted on. (treat
Itrlta.n, as Ihe nex' f-iend of China, Is j
relied on to evert the most powerful
(Men enl influence upon tho Tuklo (lov- I
eminent, for It Is conceded that what-eve-
ma' he the .itt'tude .,f the Ilrltlsh In
China o- the Japanese public the two '
ilovernnients are not jet prepared to
break their present extrennly close re
latlous.
expect Xnt Urn in Chlnn,
As a matter of fact opinion In 'ill
rial qu liters here seem' recomlled to I
the nccptance of a new era of ilomina
li n ovii- China on the pail of .1 ipan
transcending anything vet attemptid by
hiiv Ihiropiiin I'owei T ei e ne in, I -cations
that this (ioveriimi-nt will rest
content if Jap in adheres to the letter jf ,
Crown Prince Dead,
Copenhagen Hears
K.'iKei'"
I'cen Son
Snid to llnve
lv Memlier f
lli Snile.
In a letter ciunmur.lcifed to Tint Si'W
ycsfcrd.i the ri pott that the ilefl .ie
i Cr wn I'mii," is dead, wlch Ins neen
runorid fiom time to time, Is repeated,
this time nv a rci-ldcnt "if C ipi nn igeti,
who s.ivs It Is comtuo-i Know 'cil-e in
I ie inn, uk.
'I'll ! Genu. in Crown Princi hi' been
millilenil," s.ivs this correspni dent.
"He was killed bv one of the inuibirs
of his own suite. Since llieu Ihe Uaber
has di iiblcd bis bodymiarl with picked
men, doubtless for fear he may have
a similar talc.'
It was leciittly repotted that tlie
Kaleers elibst son had Incirrcd h's
fat hit's atigct and ll id b en called hick
from the i nut r ins i's.i nci-u 'i,d
that the Clown Plitire w.l S'-riou-lv ill
Another iomrt. printed tills moin.ng,
sals the Crown I'riftfe Is attending a
war council at Lille.
TAX URGED FOR HOTEL DANCES.
Mr. Ilinr W. VlnsUovv Itt sponsor
of Ulll In Scuvle.
Ainvvv, .lai eh IS. --Mrs. Henry W
Moskowil.. wife of the New Voik Civil
Service Coiiiinl'sioii elian in. in. waut
hotelK to pav a llei use fee of 2 for
each dance ami tJ.'i for a ill isqtiei ado'
or fancy dn-ss ball
Sciialnr SI. iter Introduced a lull to
da) at In r IcqllrM I'udiT II -II dance
hallH must cloe at 2 A. M. and no
tickets for admission can h accepted
;il Ut miilulghl.
Tile lllll ilelli.es us 11 public d Hu e lit'
ball any such event "to which idinls
slmi can be had u i the ,.iiiici of a
fee. flic pie i Plalloii uf ,i ticket or In
w .v i oil a dial gc la ui nie ir clothing or
oilier propi'd), oi a ) oilier d.i iie to
which the public ma) g.uu adm ssion
with or without thu pajiuetil of a fee."
her pledge to the L'nlted States to main
tain the pilnclple of equal opportunity
for all nationalities In China and the
Integrity of that country. It Is ndmltted
that the Culled States slnco lis volun
tary withdrawal from Ihe International
gtoup tor thu hnanclng of new China
has hardly had a seat at the council
table
A similarity between the relationship
of the Cn-ted States to the. Carrlhean
countries and that of Japan to China
Is rnogntzi-d in some, quarters hern.
Tin- iUislloii Is askid why this flnv-eri'iiu-rit
should seek lo prevent Japan
fnim ttiltllllng her logical ambition In
Cli.na Just as the L'nlted States In pro
ceeding toward the control of the little,
ripuhllrs to tho south. As long as
the Culled States holds to the Monroe
Doctrine anil the policies that have
mown out of It it Ik contended tint
this Government can exptct little more
than that Japan shall not violate the
terms of her agreements regarding
China. That Japan can achieve the
sort of control of China that she de
sires without actually violating the Ut
ter of her promises is conceded.
"Orient for Orlenlnls."
Krom tho moment that Japan entered
upon her war with (Jermany observers
here have he.n looking forward to the
Mibiirilltmtloii of ail Western lntluence on
China to the domination of Japan as the
inevitable result of the turn of events.
It Is accepted heie that It Is Japin's
Intent 'on to set up In the Hast a doc
trine of "tho Orient for Orientals." the
weight of which iSreat Hritam. ItU'sl.i
and Trance will sooner or later feel.
Japanese statesmen are credited with
both the foresight and the determina
tion
to proceed steadily toward that
goal
i-Mr this reason It has been suggested
here that the l'nlted States might do
well to i-reate a new alignment among
the I'.wers interested in China Clever
cooperation with Husi i and (Treat Hrl
tain 1" one of the means proposed by
which the l'nlted States could aid In
pieeiving for Western Powers what
prohablv no oie of them will h. able
to obt iln for Itself nlone a China not
wholly dominated by Japan.
DEMANDS CONCEALED.
.tnpnn Oinltleil some, Prom 1. 1st
lilveii I'litvcr. Sflj- lnper
Lospos-, M.uch 1 Th Manchoter
fiuiirtfian. revlewmg the political situ
Hon between Japan and China, publishes
n complete llt of the Japance demands
and asserts that the general eftect of the
Japanese leqtilrements would be to Im-j-a'r
the 'iiilepeiuencn of China and to
I Place nt I - provinces) under the con-
ti' 1 of Japan.
The pafier m.ike.s a comparison of
t, demands as sent out by corresimnil
cms at Pekln and the i-i published by
Japan. On this tiolnt it sa.vs:
"It will imme.li itelv bo apparent from
this comtiarison that n.it onlv h:ivi.
many of the must important demands
In c-i omitted from the list
I '" 'h" Powers Interested, but
i supplied
tilers had
been s,( mo.ite. -is lo d sprujsn their
real char.icte- Thus Jap in did not
indicate that while she Insisted China
should agrni not to alii nate any por
tion of her coast line (r- any Islands
off her isiast to a third Power, die re
t.ilinsl the right to demand herself the
lease -r res tin of such territory.
"Neither .lid Japan let it be known
th.it she demanded exclusive mining
rights in tlie Y. nig-t.se bain and that
s'ie be all, -wed to construct railroads
which would seiioimly nffect Ilrltlsh
interests ti that region."
JAP AS 11 LAMES II Eli LIN.
Mtrllinlrs PeUln's Anxiety lo (irr
in mi Influence.
Sp'ftfll fnrte.pflKffnrr o Tur Si N.
Tokio. Feb. 22 - It Is now- cleir C-at
the panic with which Pekin Ii is been
palpitating for the last three weeks Is
Con'iiitied on Sicotnl i'lnie.
Kaiser at Council 1
of War Near Lille
('alls; Conferenee With Kim
j of Saxony and Wurt
leinlipr:. LoNtios',
.Vetcs has a
saving tli.it
Falkeuha) n,
oral S aff, i
March 1. The recutita
despatch from Copenhagen
tile Kaiser and Gen. von
chief nf the German Gen
iriived to-day at the Ger
man nrmv he.idqii liters near Lille for
the puipose of participating In a coun
cil of war. The King of Saxony tin, I the
King of Wurtteniberg are on their wa)
to take part II Is said that the Kaiser
has already confetred with the Crown
Pi luce Freilern k William and Itupprecht,
Crown Pilnce of llavaria.
i Another despatch saya' -hat German
troop" aarirdliig the Dxnlh frontier
have tin ,i sent to tho wesleiu fiont
and have been replaced by Alsatian
iiwervlst-.
GERMAN CHARGE A BOOMERANG
' s, I'le" N or" i-K III ii CI nil, While
llimllllld Wlis xci'llsed,
i in-'ttl Cu.i' fli-jiafc'i fe Tnn Srs
I l.,i.io., M,ich Is. - A curious sequel
I to tile demand made hy Germany
throiuli Ihe l'nlted Slates that Ihigland
nln-tniii fiom the u-e of neutral Hags on
her shipping Ii is Just come to light,
ll has now In en driiionstrntcil that
Gel many was Just as culpable n link,-
land In i ti.plowiig this ruse ilo Kiirire.
Inf ii niatlon has been icccivid In Lou
don that toward the t ml of Fein nary, In
i I. ict din his
me n.. .,.. Mi.i.iv
was making Its piotrst
uga list t he use
of a neutral Hag liv Lngll.h sli.ps the'
Germ-Hi ineiPhant sle.iiner Ami i Llse, ,
, boillid tor a S'orwe-jlin port. Mew the
Niuiveg.an ll i lint I she was .I'-tiiall'
wltll li Norwegian territorial w iters ind
wns about lo euicr the poit for wheh
I b'nc wan bound.
GERMAN DEAD
FILL TRENCHES
ON ALSACE HILL
Paris Ueports Heavy Loss
by Enemy at Ilartmanns
.weilci' Konl".
FKEXCU RKOCOUPY
LOST P0SI.T10XS,
Kaiser's Troops 31a ko Ready
to Resist Xcw Push
into Lorraine.
ZFPPKLIX DROPS
DO.MP.S OX CALAIS
Hailway Station, Target of
Attack, endamaged, but
7 Employees Killed.
m'mm.iiiv or riii: wit m:iv,
The. l-'penrh War Olllcc reports; that
a Oermnn Zeppelin dropped bombs at
tho Calais railway station, ml.'lng thu
marl, hut killing seven einpi-iyeei.
Tho French trnnps . nntmuo to nd
x'anco in Chnmpane and the Helgi.ini
urn noarlmr Dl.vniudn, At M,irttiiann
1 wp""r Kopf- ln Als.lfr. the Crench In-
lllctcd heavy lo.'Si on the Hermann In
trench lighting.
A Copenhagen despatch "lys that
the Kaiser, den. voq Fnlkenhuv ti. thu
Chief of Staff, and the Kings of S.ivmy
and Wtirttemben; luvo met at tho
Oerman heudqtiapters near l.illp for nn
Important council of war.
The German General Staff an
nounces that If the Russian ttoops m
I"ait Prussia burn any more towns
tho Germans will burn threo towns in
llussla for overy one of their own de
stpoyeil. U Is also announced that re
prisal methods, have been adopted he.
cause of attacks by the Allies' aviators
on undefended German l-iwn.
London hears that the Russians not
again movng in I last Prussia mi ,ipi
pushing the Germ, ins ba-U on i widn
front in northern iviiml. Fighting
continues, n the ( 'uriMthians. Tho
fall of Przemysl is again coiitldentlv
expected by the Russian. It cvi
dent that the belfagured city is once,
mure In sore strvnts
The St-ito I leiiartmeni in Washing,
ton announce that the I tilted States
actiil by iiseir in making fiii-ndly In
quiries of Japan concerning that
coiintrv'.s. demands mi China. Tlii
action was in ken wall a view m pie
serving the ltiti-gnty ot China.
Open negotiations betwi-en the Ger
man AmKissador and Hid Italian (i,.v.
crnmi-ni to secure ltnlv'e nentn.ity
have come to an olid, but Prm- e v.ni
Hilclnw In rt.iiil to be I'lilltilluin Ills
elTort.s thiniigh a Senator who is a
clo-o friend of Premier Salandra.
Russian war prisma rs and G.ilici.m
refugees liavo liit-ii put lo w-,rk on
fortillcattons which will In
against the Italians if they
Austria.
IIH-lt
uiv ulo
FRENCH MAKE CAINS
IN ALSACE FlGirn.XCr
Itecuplure Position l.it't nt Hurl-
IIIH ll lisiv e lie c lllif.
1'amf, Man tx IS -'I en wis i,,- i
Hon to-diiy of the violent a 't m, . i
has prevailed on 'he battle ri.cn I ," i
SolSMinn lnirthwu d. hut the tig! g 'n
Chiiiilxgno ponl. lined iiti f
fierceness and w-th tui'i o' hi, n t-n-the
Allies, according to the nth- . il 'n
ninnlqu Issued thin p filing h lis
French Will Olllce.
The Fiencli troop- made iippns- ibis
progress iioithe.isl of Mi iiiI-Ips-I Im Im
and liipills-il a (Or:, in counter a'l.ok
North of Verdun two tttqicln-s I'.ie
taken, with a large number of p imch rs.
At HarUil.iiinnWcin-r Kopf, III AUc e. tlm
Flench were driven back at lb si. I, -it
leiovereil tlie ground Hid even , nival d
he.vond il .nchievvh.il, inflicting v.r
loavy losses mi the Germans, w 1' -tiencheH
nre lllle.r w lh dead,
I lf..p,lto!lcS lloni li.liei.l Nil 'he Or -
mails arc showing ri it a-tivr' llifm.: ,
! out Alsice and urn g-e.i- 'v Mri nut he, "r
tlieir Unfenslvo arrange in nts in t i i' u
rllor). Thc ale .,tltvng n I tlie . .' '
ley of tno Laigue Intn nclnnei u I
bio. Minuses .iln l ins ' " 'te, in tie '
virniis of V.ilkeiisl-i r. .Hid I'ale Ie Vv tl
Is also being pusl
inti cncluiiiyita tmiu
ml on the '
Muclh.iUM a
klrch
llasel despatches s.iv the lieimms a-o
constructing two new sii.iteifii: ra Iw hi
through Alsace mil lirrii!,e ilneiiini
from Strnssbiirg to Mtlhlheitn l d Die
other 1 1 m Sti.issliiiiK-S'eiidorl .ind i" a-
, lenst nltt'tl to Ki-i'lilgsliolcii
German let.ill.itoiv iiietlnjils weu s, ,4
1 ,ig,i ii lii-ila In n y.eppelln iifia-h on
'Calais. The targ't wan Ihe r.iiln , .
i station bin the .inn of the , i ' n .
! was not gissl a'd l.ie Islllll
e,i
1 the mill k Si ven
railw.iv i nn,!,.
however, were killed 'Ihe I
I
t.ai..,,
I """" (
eppctlll dlopped m M-r ,1 !
on 1,11 iis r.'c
t.i'K, I
the
tins w th i-1
ill ,le il d , -l - -
boliins b'l m i '
I. Ued
III Champagne
We