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THE SUN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1015.
DANIELS HIDES
NAVY EXPERTS'
REAL REPORT
J.-dleal Plfffrrnf From If In
Srhrnio Shown In Flint
Linn Building.
FEWER BATTLESHIPS
IN SECRETARY'S PLAN
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF
. NAVAL PROGRAMMES
A comparison between Han fry
Dun lr Inn building programme and
that of the General Board mrtUned
In Ita made to order report follow:
Oenerai
ZXini'U. Board.
Dreadnought 1
Battle cruisers 2 I
Scout cru liters S 4
Destroyers 16 10
Submarines 10 23
Gun boats 2 I
Washington. Deo. Jl. Another nail
was driven Into the coffin of "pitiless
publicity" to-night when Secretary Dan
iels declined to make public the original
report of the Oenerai Board of the navy
containing recommendations with re
aped to a navy building programme.
Instead, the Secretary made public a
report which the board subsequently sub
mitted under express directions from
the Secretary The original one was
In accordance with the annual custom
of the board. It set forth what the
naval experts believed to be the neces
sary goal of any naval building policy,
founded on a consideration of the policies
of other nations of the world, and laid
down a detailed building programme
for HIT.
The subsequent report was mads In
response to a written order from the
Secretary calling for recommendations
within the limits of a total expenditure.
In Ave years time, of f 50ft.OOA.oflO at an
approximate rate of 100,000,000 a year.
The first repart of the board was
made In July ; the second In October.
The first has never seen the light of
day. Secretary Daniels refuses now to
make It public. He Is understood to
havs filed It away under lock and key.
yr a Ifavy- to Kqaal Britain's.
It was quite different from the one
given out to-night It waj based On
the proposition that by 1025 ths navy
of the United States should be the equal
of any In the world, not excepting
Treat Britain's To that end. It Is under
stood, the board proposed the construc
tion between 1917 and 1026 of thirty,
six first line dreadnoughts at a rate,
beginning In 1017. of four dreadnoughts
a year.
For HIT the amount of money which
this original report proposed should be
spent Is understood to hare been ap
proximately 1200,000.000. as sgalnst the
1100,000.000 recommended to be spent
daring the same year under the limita
tions fixed by the Secretary.
In his own annual report Secretary
Daniels emphasises the fact that
whereas he proposed the expenditure of
1102,412.214 In five yesrs time ths Oen
erai Board's report called for 14s,
T0.000. This apparently was cited by
the Secretary by way of making It ap
pear that he has taken a moat advanced
stand on the naval programme.
What Secretary Daniels failed to ex
plain la the fact, now disclosed, that ths
board's report to which lie refers It not
the original report, but one submitted
In response to an order from him limit
ing the expenditures to 1500,000,000 In
firs years.
Heretofore Secretary Dantels has al
ways published ths regular report of the
General Board along with his own. In
quiry st the Navy Department developed
the fact that the board regards Its July
report as Ita regular one, not the re
port eubmltted under orders from Sec
retary Daniels In October.
Except for the statement that he does
not believe there is any necessity for
publishing the original document. Sec
retary Daniels has not volunteered any
for the secrecy.
Hate of Kipradttkre.
Despite the fact that the second ro
ot the board approximates the total
fixed by Mr. Danlejs, It differ materially
from Secretary Daniels's proposals re
garding the rate of expenditure. Where
as Secretary Daniels In the plan adopted
by President Wilson as the Administra
tion's programme proposes to make the
HIT expenditures considerably below
those for the succeeding years, the Oen
erai Board le of the opinion that because
of the backwardness of the American
navy In the present critical times the
larger sums should be expended at tho
outset and that there should be scaling
down ss the various units are added
to the fleet
Moreover, whereas the total of $4,
171.000 which the Oenerai Board would
spend In Ave years time would go ex
clusively to new ships, f 48.500.000 of Mr.
Danlelb's total of f60j.000.000 would be
used for the completion of ships already
authorized.
Under Secretary Daniels's plan there
would be expended $67,000,000 In 1917
oa new ships, aviation and ammunition
reserve, It being generally understood
that the Secretary drew his programme
with one eye on the depleted condition
of the Federal Treasury. The Oenerai
Board under the limitations Imposed by
the Secretary proponed an expenditure
for the same purpose In 1917 of 97,-
VVU.OOQ.
With regard to the differences be
tween his plan und the restricted pro
gramme of the Oenerai Hoard the orig
inal report of the board not being men
tioned Mr. Daniels In his annual report
said:
"My recommendation of a five year
programme embraces the same number
aa proposed by the Qenerul Hoard In the
distribution It made in the rive year
pro; ram mo of dreadnoughts, battle
cruisers, scouts and destroyers. I
recommend fifteen fleet submarines where
the Oenerai Hoard recommends nine,
and 1 recommend eighty-live coast sub
serines us against fifty-eight recom
mended by the Oenerai Hoard.
"For additional reserve ammunition,
my recommenda tion is 120,000 000,
whereas the Oenerai Hoard recommends
111, 000, not). They recommend something
more for other craft. My total for the
five vara In $5011,4112.214. The Oenerai
Board's lota) Is 49.S70,U00. a very
slight dlfforcncii for the live years,
though the lioard's recommendation for
the first year Is much larger than the
Department's estimate."
The fjgnaral Hoard mukes plain In the
report Its reason for laying stress on ths
early building of the dreadnought class
rsinei man tne submarines. It says:
"The deeds of the submarines havs
been so rpectaeulur that in default of
engagements between the main fleets un
due weight has been attached to them.
Submarine nomination.
To hastily formed public opinion It
seemed that submarines were accom
plishing; great military results because
Utile rise of Importance occurred In the
nmriWin warfare to attract Dublic at-
:3bTS'. I"1 'he present time when
USmiU, have .learned Krf:, tpaeure
fcowto nrntrvt their commerce, nta
leai , , , 1... , ,, ,
A VETERAN IN
tect their navy from the submarine
menace. It Is apparent that the sub
marine la not an Instrument fitted to
dominate naval warfare.
"It appears from British returns thst
the first eight months of this submarine
warfare against British commerce re
sulted In the loss of 183 merchant ves
sels and 1T.' trawlers. The total British
merchant tonnage loss was not greatly
In excess of r.oo.noo ; the total loss under
all flags was about 6 50.000 tona
"In the asms time the total arrivals
and departures In British ports averaged
from 1,150 to 1.400 per week, or nearly
60,004 In all. Allied commerce Is con
tinuing Sunder a loss In no wsy vital.
The submarine Is a most useful auxiliary,
whose Importance will no doubt Increase,
but at present there Is no evidence that
U will become supreme.
"As to type of shins the conclusion
to be drawn so far from the history of
the current war Is that the bittleshlp
Is stilt the principal reliance of navies,
as It has been In the past."
What the Programmes Mean.
The Oenerai Board entertains an Idea
very different from Mr. Daniels's aa to
what will be ths status of the fleet under
the live year programme proposed. Ex
plaining! that the number of capital
ships which the board recommenda is
necessarily limited by the bounds fixed
by Secretary Daniels In his orders to
the board, the October report of the ex
perts estimates that by tttl there will
be thirteen pre-dreadnoug4rts fit for the
second line of battle, nine superannuated
pre dreadnoughts lit for the third Una
and three battleships, the Oregon, In
diana and Massachusetts, authortsad
twanty-flve years ago, tit only for har
bor defence work.
Secretary Daniels In his report and
President Wilson In his moss go to Con
gress grouped all these ships togsthsr
and stated that In 1922 there would be
twenty-five battleships fit for the second
line of battle.
In the same way, whereas Secretary
Daniels and President Wilson state that
under the Ave year programme of the
Administration there would be built or
building twenty-seven dreadnoughts of
the first line, the Oenerai Hoard declares
that because of the necessary retirement
In the meantime to the second and third
lines of obsolete vessels there would be
by 1121 only seventeen dreadnoughts lit
for the first line formation.
Under the Oenerai Hoard's contempla
tion of the minimum requirements of the
navy there should be added 14,000 sea
men and 2,400 marines to the personnel
In HIT. Secretary Daniels, for the
same number of big ships but a greater
number of submarines and smaller craft,
proposes an Increase of only 10,000 sea
men and 1,500 marines
The Lesson ml the War.
That it Is all Important for the Amer
ican navy to rely first of all on the
dreadnoughts as the backbone of the fleet
and on swift battle cruisers and scout
cruisers as the eyes of the navy Is the
lesson which the board- draws In the fol
lowing comment from the results In the
European war:
"With Its two extensive coast lines
the United States offers great opportuni
ties to an enemy to descend by surprise
upon Its shores. To meet such attack
the tendency of the country Is to place
too much reliance upon localized de
fences, such as fortifications, mines and
submarines.
"To forestall the attack of the enemy,
our main fighting force must bo concen
trated at a strategic centre, ready to
move and defeat the hostile main body
before It lias entered aji area where Its
presence Is seriously dangerous to this
country's interests.
"An efficient scouting force, composed
of battle cruisers snd scouts, must he
thrown far beyond tho main body to
assure this indispensable service of In
formation which cannot otherwise be
secured. In default of Information the
main fleet can only act blindly.
"In 1m k teral I'eveluprr. -p. .f our
naval strength the time haa now come
! to provide for battle cruisers and scouts.
The main duty of both types Is to get
Information.
"Such haa been the principal employ
ment of battle cruisers In the present
war. They have been In contact with
the enemy and their performances huve
attracted much public attention, but as
yet the main forces of battleships havs
not been engagsd and the control of
the sea remains In the hands of the
Towers having the superior battle fleet.
"As In the case of submarines, so In
ths case of battle cruisers, the particu
lar course of the present war does not
Justify the prevalent exaggerated Idea
of their Importance."
The Oenerai Board Is made up of Ad
miral Dewey, president; Hear Admirals
Knight and Badger, Major-Qen. Barnctt
of the United States Marine Corps, Vlce
Admlral Benson, and Cspts. Knapp,
Itodgers. Oliver, Wood, Chandler and
Hughes.
WILL ARREST K. R. ENGINEERS.
New right to End soft Caal N moke
la Passaic.
Passaic, N. J . Deo. 21. Unless ths
Kile llallrosd sbatss the soft coal nui
sance to-morrow Health Commissioner
John Kennell says he will arrest every
engineer and fireman on tho trains of
that road which pass through this city
burning soft coal. The Unlit against the
soft coal Is an old one here. For more
than eight years the city officials have
tried to end It and there has been much
correspondence between them and the
oftieWls of the road, but the englnsa
irdtsue to. belch forth black volumes of
mi nike as they go through the main purt
itC 'his town.
THE SENATE
A.ra.OJWWtfTej,
BECK URGES NAVY BIG
ENOUGH FOR ANY FOE
'Wanton MnrnVr" for U. 8. to
Meet Great Powers Now,
He Says.
Philapclphia, Dec. 51. James M.
Beck. ex-Assistant Attorney. General. In
an address at the National Security
League's mass meeting declared that
unless the t'nlted States wishes to rely
upon the mercy of a conquering nation
It must be prepared to meet any one
of the mighty Towers with an equal
armament. The speaker was cheered by
the thousands who packed the Academy
of Music.
"Without attempting tn discuss In any
detail the purely technical aspects of
the problem," said Mr. Beck, "we must
start with the bsslc fact that our navy
cannot Itself relieve us of ths necessity
of military preparation.
"What then as to our land defences?
Fourteen years ago or thereabout the
then Secretary of War appointed a Oen
erai Htaff of our army. This Ueneral
Staff, composed of experts, formulated u
report in the year 191!
"This report showed among other
things thst It was possible for st least
two of the great nations of the world
within ten to thirty dsys to put an
army ranging from 100.000 to 100,000
men upon the shores of our country, and
In that they were confirmed by the
ablest military authorities of the world,
namely the German Oenerai Htaff.
"Our Oenerai Staff then considered
what we had to oppose such i.n In
vasion. They found after eliminating
about 38,000 men, who Inadequately
guard our colonial possessions snd use
lees srmy posts, the mobile army, which
would almost alone oppose an Invasion,
does not exceed 8.1.000 men.
"In this appalling condition three al
ternatives present themselves.
"The first Is to make no preparation
at all, the second Is to make an In
adequate preparation und the third Is
to make adequate preparation.
"Our policy throughout our history
has consistently been the second, of In
adequate preparation.
"If. with our Inadequate defence to
day, we should be suddenly plunged into
war and all modern wars come with
marvellous suddenness then, for us to
confront any one or two of the great
est military Powers with an Inferior
navy or an Inadequate army would
clesrly be. In thes times when war Is
a matter of chemistry, mechanics and
organization, wanton murder."
MISS KELLER'S WAR
NEWS IN BLIND TYPE
UneeiiNored Papers in Short
hand Krai lie. Her Source,
She Savs.
Helen Keller retorted yesterday to ths
critics of her speech on preparedness, n
subject or which It was said that she
could know very Utile, by announcing
that she had means of communication
from Europe likely to be much more ac
curate than the usunl means of com
munication the polm system news
papers for the blind, which cannot be
read by the censors.
"I have sources of Information Just
now which 1 believe very few, If any.
editors can possibly have access to," she
said. "I get newspapers regularly from I
London, I'arls, Berlin and Vienna printed !
In shorthand Braille, a point type used ;
for tile hllnd Tl.. n.uj.i.u ra a p. nnt I
censorial because the censors cannot
read with their (Ingera
"These uncensored scoounts of condi
tions in ths warring countries tell me the
truo sentiment among the working peo
ple und the Intolerable conditions that
now surround them, and their hearts are
almost at the breaking point.
"Do certain editors now understand
how 1 can tell the people some things
about the Kuropean war?"
Miss Keller's talk on prepared noes
was before the Eubor Forum of the
Washington Irving High School and she
was Indignant at the suggestion that
some people seemed to think that the
schools should not be used for such a
purpose.
"If we are to have free speech, where
should Its voice he strongest If not In
tho public school buildings?" she asked.
Tree speech certainly does not Injure
the building. The schools are for alt ths
people or any portion that Is live enough
to use them. The schools are democracy's
sacred places."
2,500 FOR MILITIA AERO FUFD,
Massarbasrtts dels Money to Train
timer rs i V Y. to Keeelve Same.
Huston. Dec. 21. (kv. Walsh lies
received 11,1100 from Alan It. llawley,
president of the Aero flub of America,
to Mart an aeroplane fund for the mllltla
of Massachusetts.
The money Is half of an anonymous
gift of r,ii0t to the national aeruplsns
fund for the purpos of training officers
of the mllltla of Massachusetts and New
York.
ROOSEVELT STOLE DEFENCE
THUNDER, '
Secretary AmciIa Ex-President's Stand Is a Play for
Popularity, Adding That He Reduced the
Army's Strength 11,560 Men in 1902.
WasiimoToN. Dee. "i. Secretary ef
War Harrison Issued to-night a state
ment charging Col. Booerveli with at
tempting to "steal thunder" on the ques
tion Of preparedness Declaring that the
lasts for preparedness which the Colonel
w has Is an "acquired'' one, the Secre
tary submits in proof an order Issued In
1101 by the then Secretary of War Hoot.
acting on instructions from President
Roosevelt, ordering a reduction of 11.50
man In the enlisted strength of ths srmy.
Mr. Harrison s statement. Inspired by
a recent artlcls of ths Colonel's In s
magaslne. Is ss follows:
"I observe that Mr. Roosevelt cele
brates ths Christmas season by present
ing himself with all the good things In
sight He says In effect : 'AH policies
(which are now popular) are mine.' He
resembles ths eager boy who comes In
from playing to find s table full of
'goodies' prepared by his elders, and
touching all the most toothsome ssys,
That's mine, and that's mine, and so'a
that '.'
"Preparedness was with him sn
acquired taste. Others brought It
forward and urged It upon the attention
ORGANIZE TO FIGHT
BIG DEFENCE PLAN
Anti - Militarists. Including
Several From New York,
Outline Campaign.
EXPECT AID IX COXGHESS
Wssmimoton, Dec. II. By the form
ing here to-day of the "Antl-Mllitarlam
Committee" there was begun what Is an
nounced as a nationwide fight against
ths hugs wsr budget and the "cult of
preparedness" which Is sweeping the
country. Ths committee has opened
headquarters In the Munsey Building
and Is said to be In close conference With
the anti-preparedness minority In both
the Senate and the House.
The members of the committee are
Miss Lillian D Wald of the Nurses Set
tlement, New Tork city ; Paul U. Kel
logg, editor of the gareeg ; the Key John
Hsynes Holmes and Habbl Stephen S.
Wise of New York. Mrs. Florence Kelley
of the National Consumers last 111,
Prof. Oeorge E. Kirch wey of Columbia
University, Mrs Crystal Eastman Bene
dict, L. Holllngiworth Wood, Ixmle P.
Lochner, Miss Alice I-ewlsohn. Max
Eastman and Allan Benson.
Mr. Wood, with offices at 41 Cedur
street. New York, is treasurer of the
committee ; Mrs. Benedict Is executive
secretary In rhsrg? of the organliatlnn
work, and Charles T. Halllnan of t'hi
eago Is announced as edltorlaj director.
The committee's Conirresston.il pro
gramme Is -announced as follows :
Our Immediate purpose is to pre
vent If possible ar.y unusual expendi
ture for srmement during the present
session of Congress.
Before any Increased defence ap
propriates are made we demand pub
llo Investigation of our present huge
war budget, eo that every dollar now
spent for the army and navy may
brli.g 100 p r cent, of efficiency.
We stand for a Congressional In
vestigation of the sources of the ile
msnd for a large Increase in the srmy
and navy appropriations.
We stand for taking private profit
out of arnMinent manufacture.
We hold thst the rxp rise of na
tional defence should be met by Income
and Inheritance taxes and not by
taxes which place the burden on the
poor.
We hold, with the President, that
the time has come to develop the
Monroe Doctrine, with Its Inherent
dangers and difficulties, into a real
pan-Arrarlcan union, and. therefore,
urge that s fifth Pan-American con
ference be called early In 1!U6, and
that our delegates to that conference
be Instructed to recommend, a true
democratic federation Of the twenty
one American republics in the Interests
of peace and republican Ideals.
We hold that the questions at Issue
between America anil the Orient are .
Important and complex, and there-
fore urge, its a rational upproach to .
their solution, the appointment of an I
expert commission, representing Ainer
lea, Japan and China, to study theso
questions and make ivcommendutlnng i
to the various countries Involved, after I
considering all interests concerned ,
local, national and international.
The committee wants to raise a budget
which will permit It to put speakers Into
the Held to meet the propagandas of the
various "preparedness" organizations. It
dsslres specifically to state that Henry
Ford Is not financing It.
JOBS FOR SWASEY AND DEV0Y.
Sheriff snd t onnty Clerk to He
Provided For liy Pounds.
Sheriff Lewis M. Swosey und County
Clerk Charles S. Devoy. two of the most
prominent Republlesn leaders In Flrook
lyn, who are to quit ofllce at the dose,
of the year, have each a 15,000 a yeur
Job awaiting, according to an announce
ment made by their friends yesterday.
Both. It Ih said, are to servo on the
staff of Borough President Pounds,
Swssey as Deputy Commissioner of Pub
lic Works, an office vacant for a con
siderable time, and Devoy as Deputy
Commissioner of Public Works, In place
of Howard I.. Woody, who Is on leave
of absence, and whose resignation Is
soon expected.
Share your Christmas cheer witli
the children of the poor. The
CHILDREN'S AID SOCIliTY asks
for contributions to make a happy
Christmas for tlie great nuniber of
homeless children In its inciters and
the poor children in its Industrial
Schools.
Wm Church Oaliorn. Kdwln .. Men-ill.
barles l..&srr. Secretary
U Kast nnefbtivet. Nes V
I I WWII. I IBS! Ill III
10A
York
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SAYS GARRISON
I of the people snd It was only after he
foutsl that It suited their taste that lie
became vo.nl In Its behalf.
"Standing In awe, as I do, of Mr.
I Roosevelt snd being fearful' of his wrath,
1 It Is with hesitation that I point out to
I him that this administration haa not
only refrained from following ons of
his policies, but has on the contrary
repudiated It. One of the policies was
to reduce the enlisted strength of the
army of the United States.
"Mr. Roosevelt became President on
the 14th dsy of September, 101 On
the list day of May. 1101, the Secretary
of War (Mr. Root), by direction of the
President (Mr. Roosevelt) Issued an or
der reducing the enlisted strength of the
cavalry from 1 11,140 tn 14,040; of the
artillery from 11,111 to 17.742. and of
the Infantry from 11,510 to 31.110 ; or a
total reduction In the enlisted strtngth
of the 1'nlted State, army of 11. St 0.
"Mr. Roosevelt Is welcomed as a con
vert upon the Issus of preparedness, but
the front pew was already filled before
his conversion and he must now rely
on tho strength of his voice for recog
nition." TARIFF, NOT TAX,
GARY DINNER PLAN
ftpafWeMSfl from Firot Pagt.
gates for Col. Roosevelt In 1112 and
made the fight for them before the Re
publican National Committee, said yes
terday thst he tnrltevcd Col. Roosevelt
to be an ester, active candidate for the
'residential nomination on the Repub
lican tloket. He pointed out that ths
Colonel had merit lotted as possibilities
Justice Hugghea. Philander C. Knox and
Oov. Hadiey. an analysis of any one of
whom shows his unavailability. Ths
conclusion to be drawn from this, ac
cording to Mr. McHarg, Is that Mr.
Roosevelt Is willing to become the can
didate. Col. Roosevelt is saying nothing. Ac
cordingly the speech which he will de
liver at a Progressive rally In Phlladel
! .-a on January Si la looked forward to
as an event of Interest The Colonel Is
to make another speech on February 12
at a Lincoln Day celebration In Chi-,
cago. Two daye later he expects to
leave for the Weet Indies, where he
will spend from two weeks to a month.
It Is said that he does not expect to
attend the meeting of the National Pro
gressive. Committee In Chicago on Jan
uary 11
CALLS FOR T. R.S NOMINATION.
Kansas OttP Paper Says Both Big
Parties Copy His Ideas.
Kansas Citt, Dec. It, The Kansas
City Iter cams out to-day for Theodore
ROOSSVSlI as the next Republican nomi
nee for President. The paper says that
for fifteen years the ex-President has
been the foremost figure In Ann-rlcan
life. th.. most potent single factor in the
political affairs of the nation within that
long period.
"America is witnessing to-day the
spectacle of Congress engaged in car
rying out. so far as fearful politicians
can grasp the meaning of It, the ROOM
v-lt preparedness programme, ' accord
ing to the jiaprr "Both purttce are ad
justing themselves to the situation of
adopting the Roosevelt proirramme, not
only as the work for Congress, but tho
Barnpaum issue of lsis." it goes on.
"All this has been brought about by a
man who is without a (treat political
party, without a political office and
Without a political ambition to become
a candidate," tha Mr says, asserting
that the condition resulted because the
people have faith In Iloosevelt "as the
biggest American of them all."
PENROSE WATCHFULLY WATTS.
Hopeful That the Colonel Won't
Forget Ills sme.
PRIbADgbPKIA, Dec. II Senator Pen.
rose is to confer In New Yoik to-morrow
with Republtcun National Chairman
Hlltea, and It Is believed that they will
consider Col Rnosevelt's suggestions with
tespect to Presidential candidates.
Mr. Penrose's Indorsement of ex-Secretary
of State Knox for United States
Senator, together with the suggestions
attributed to Roosevelt that Knox woukl
lie a suitable candidate for President,
gives the leaders cause for hope. Mr.
Penrose It Is relieved will be amenable
to the Colonel's suggestions, and It Is
remarked that he now Is silent when
the Colonel's views ore mentioned,
whereas he formcly was prompt to voice
ci ItlclBm.
VOTES FOR PREPAREDNESS.
Miilrt of Colonial Wars tomes
Ont for nrfenee.
The Society of OolOntol Wars has come
out for preparedness. At Its twenty
fourth general court, held at Delmonlco's
on Monday evening, the society adopted
a resolution advocating sufficient mili
tary nnd naval preparedness to "assure
the safety and freedom of the country
and preserve the principles for which
our forefathers struggled."
The resolution will be transmitted to
President Wilson and to Corujffeas, The
i t solution calls adequate preparedness
"a fundamental patriotic duty." and says
It should not be a political party ques
tion. The regular ticket wus elected, with
Henry (!. Sanford as governor. Ralph
D, PatlM delivered an address on Colonial
ships and sailors.
BIG DOCTORS' SOCIETY HIT.
tioer I can Me, I lest Association May
Have t Hroraaalsr.
CaiOASOi r)1'. 21. Iteorgainlattion of
the American Medical Association, a na
tional body having 40,000 members. Is
fnfgnaM by a decision or the state
Supreme Court In the suit of Dr. U.
Frank l.ydston to oust the present di
rectorate, which he charged was Ille
gally elected, Und to foroa the associa
tion to take out a national charter.
Because the association was chartered
under the laws of Illinois the court de
creed that Its annual meetings should
l ave heen held In Illinois. The orlglrtal
suit wna filed more than Ave years ago.
One or the charges mads was that the
aflalrs of the association were controlled
by an oligarchy.
WIFE CAN'T AID MANCHESTER.
Zimmerman Kslale Cieeutor
Won't I'art With a Penny.
Cincinnati. Deo. 21. Attorney John
R, Hruce. one of the two executors or
the estate of Kugene Zimmerman, said
to night that ir any attempt to get
money fiont the eatate with which to
pay off the I Hike of Manchester's credi
tors Is made by the Duchess It will bo
resisted to the last word.
"I could not and would not contribute
.a cent toward this flajg," Its added.
JANUARY
DIVIDENDS
5
GUARANTEED
MORTGAGES
at tMmtf St. S T. IM
UNDERWOOD DENIES HE
IS AFTER PRESIDENCY
Say- He Will Support Wilson,
Who Will Be Renominated
Next Year.
Wshinoto'n, Dee. It, Senator Oscar
Underwood Is not a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for President.
He has not had a conference with
Speaker Clark to assure Mm that he
was ready to support Mr. Clsrk if he
would become a candidate.
Senator Underwood found It necessary
to Issue formal denials to-day tn coun
teract a report sent out from Washing
ton that ths Senator had conferred with
tha Speaker and that he was ready to
become a candidate himself If necessary
to defeat the ranomlnatlon of President
Wilson.
Mr. Underwood declared that Presi
dent Wilson would be renominated, that
he (Mr Underwood) would support Mm
and that he had no conference with
Speaker Clark.
Speaker Clark was asked to-day about
the statement that Senator Underwood
had pledged his support In case Mr.
Clark decided to oppose the President.
'There Is sbsoluteiy no truth In ths
report," said Mr. Clark. "Senator Un
derwood never made any such state
ment to me."
Asked If he had been advised that
some Democratic members were organ
ising with a view tn putting him for
ward as a candidate, Mr. Clark re
plied: "I cannot say as to that If such
an organisation baa !ecn pi rfci-tcd or
Is being formed I hsve not been con
sulted." Back of the reports that a movement
has been started to enter the Speaker
as a candidate next ..ear Is doubt on
the part of some Democrats whether
President Wilson will he a candidate for
another term. There Is no douht among
the President's closest advisers that he
Intends to run again and they are now
making their campaign plans on that
assumption.
ROAR OF PACIFIC HEARD HERE.
ttulll C'lnh Kliiers Talk Across the
Continent.
Two hundred snd fifty men at dinner
In the Hotel Manhattan last night rose
when "The Stnr Kpangle'l Rtnner" w.w
played in Sun Krnnrlsoo Also, they
shivered when they heard the roar of
the Pacific beating against UlS Seal
Rocks. The occasion was the annual
Imnuuet of Ins tjuill flub, enlivened by
a transcontinental telephone demonstra
tion aiwnged by II. VV. fabler of the
New York Telephone Company.
Dr. David Starr Jordan, in Palo Alto,
fal., made a brief addiese In which he
deplored the present prepared nasi move
ment, fonnectlon was made with I.os
Angeles und Dr. t'harle U Qoodall,
president of the club. II d with Itobert
Waiclurn. form, j i ommtssloner of
liunilgnati-jn In New York, now vlce
prejldent of the Standard nil Company
of California. Trof. John Willis Uaer,
president of Occidental College, sent
Christmas greetings from 1.".- Angele
llrslnns to Re Workhouse Warden.
Klisabeth. N lH Dec. II. After a
service of fifteen years at the New Jer
ssy reformatory at Itahaay Capt.
ltlchard K rroes has resigned as deputy
superintendent to accept the oilice ,.f
warden of the Delaware State Work
house at Oreenbank. Del.
ujmwjwotTsast oo.
KNABE
PIANOS
Just Received From
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pa
&. ii v piiifuiiii. ws
Christmas. i hesc
Pianos will make perfect gifts.
Knabe Flexotone Elec
trelle $750
Knabe Player Upright
Knabe-Ampico Repro
duction Piano
ftnabe Mignonette
Player Grand $1250
All in exquisite mahogany casings.
Instruments touch t this week
delivered in tim 3 for Ckristmas.
Exceptionally r.nall initial and monthly
payments allowed
Open Evenings
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IQPER MONTH ON PLEDGE
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Ktdrtage Street eor. Hlvlsgtoa It, HKOOsU.vKf.
s mtli Itt bet. 4Sth sod 40th tst Smith St. enr. MvlagstoD .
Pe? are,, wv. gesgl ssa sees Orghsru Avenue, eor Dgbev.Sgg S',
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MOVIE MEN FOILED
BY THE PRESIDENT
Only Two Remain ut Springs
Mrs. Wilson Appears
Twice jHirlnjr la.v.
If RIWITWUM LOOK OX
Hot aminos. Va.. Dee. Si President
Wilson snd his brlds gratified the
sojourners and residents hers by two
appesrsnres to-day, mil the movie men
were again frustrated and all except
two loft the resort later tn the day.
In tha morning Mr. and Mrs. Wilson
took a long walk over the golf course
with two secrst service men trailing
them und did not return until nearly
luncheon time. Six other honeymooning
couples watched the President snd his
brlds from the veranda.
Mrs. Wilson wore a blue walking suit
with a small blue toque The couple
In going snd returning used the ground
floor entrance to the hotel wing on the
side toward the tennis courts.
There was a rumor In the early nfter
.mn.i ih.i ih u-ouM rilnv coif, a game
which the President ha been teaching
his bride ever since im-ir ,nii"i'.
but golfers WHO delayed going out on
ths course for .in hour to see the Prel
dent make his appearance only oaught
a glimpse or hint helping Mrs. Wilson
into u motor car. which whirled them
away for another long ride. They re
turned at dusk.
Tho President's reply to the petition
sent him yesterday hy the moving pic
ture men ana pnmgrssssni i-s-"" .
that he would recede from bis determina
tion that no pictures be taken or Him
self or Mrs. Wilson during their stay
here ws that under no circumstances
1,1 Via i.Ii... hla mind
One photogrupher Is ronnlvlng how he (
may use his new $1,500 telescope camera,
Wbjotl tskes pictures a block away, with- 1
out rlskltw; lbs destruction by the secret ,
service men who are ordered to break I
every camera they see pointed at the
President or Mrs. Wlhsm.
The President Is not known to have ;
transacted any business of an official I
nature over the telegraph wires between i
here and Washington since his arrival.
ii.. ui.ont r.nr ..! tm niorninr rnceivina
and nmoverlng congratulatory mes
sages. REPUBLICAN NEGROES
ASSAIL PARTY CHIEFS
Nationwide Protest Against
Southern Cntdown Started
by a Rhode islander.
Washington. Dec H, The colored
brethren of the South and Nprth are up
In arms against the action of the Ite
pUbllOan National Committer In reduc- I
ing the representation or the southern
States in the Republican national con- j
ventlor. When the committee was In
ee.xsion here several negro Itepublleans
from the Soutli Journeyed to Washing- i
ton and prutestiii.
Now Joseph W. Henderson, a negro
editor of llhode Island and organizer of
the DoUglaS Republican Association, has.
started a nationwide movement among j
negroes to tight the so-.-alled reform, j
Henderson has written a letter to I'halr-
man Hllles of the ItepitblhMii National
I C ommltiee In Which be contends he will j
which he Is starring
In hll letter to Hllles he says:
"It is vengeance on the part of the
Roosevelt people and Ingratitude of you
Taft people to tliUK punish the colored
Republican delegates, who stood as loy
ally by Taft In till n. did tboie who
stood with the famous 'log' by CI rant
thirty-five years ago.
"You heard the suffragettes and anti
euffnifriels. but refuse to hear us. T
ask you gentlemen to assist our efforts
to right this wrong at the convention
and we will thus he able to help you
to put PtOf, Wilson out of the White
House.''
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Cards u,ith envelopes, flV);
Children's Prayer Rugs, fi
Bibles. 11.00 to $65.00; Alt.ir
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