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2 4f tv tlt-j-v vimtr irnnri- nmr itti rniTnnn A tr mrmntr Tiif r i h aoa TUtt OUJN JiiNU J2jW IUIUV. UEtHJAXtU, i.UEtBV&.l, i'JIBftUAttI ijl, AUU. DUBLIN I DARKNESS WISH TAX ON WAR , MUNICIPALITY KICKS. PROFIT HITS CREDIT rewritten and now ppwr In Jirtnca report a 'Suction t A. Uw act t regulata commerce. Inasmuch aa section has been th rub) oj the tfrceseat rniareprwntadona on toe Pn ttteoma critics and the mot mxrlou rrJmderstanln on the trt of many Unccre neonle. I deem it my (Mr auD ndewTwjud'it amont the city Corporation HcfusQS to Ion! lovcrhulmo Denounces people it has been lennea a Income, tou u noi iruo u 7 , amo - - . I t A tr. .. . i iiuu f Tom unions. Ike bill or the tawara reiuw. tnimt deficits, eontlnutnff for NX moathfl alter the railway Let Employees Ask Pcr- Prdpo8hl ns Penalizing Worthy Citizens, bT'LSrMSf Ui2SJS!w;XEW 3IAY0R INSTALLED BUT MAJORITY FAVOR IT haa riot excited any commmd uu- Iclsra. Sectian e. no ISA. however, la not a Guaranty and does not approach P1 anty even remotely. It U a direction to in admlnlatratlva tribunal that In w rar it It may be practicable the conimlsaton Ihall raako rates that will M operating Income of 1 4 per cent upon the. tru wlue of the raUway Property held for and uatd In the aarvtc of mnennrtatlon considered as a Whole, Sinn Fcincrs Attempt to De- stroy Uio Police Barracks in Ballynaliinch. Dubujt, Feb. 23, The streets to-nlRht are In absolute darkness within t)ie city M'w,u'uu"' T ; ;Z ,!. hv ih. JlmlU as a result of the Government's -The assumption of this basis By xne nenenn must remain In. Jvmmluliui rtoea not nromlse 10 any - 'ijiu. --.i i xr riven railway company any given net operating Income, for the Income depends wholly on the location cf the railway, the population It aerves, the volume or Its traffic and the conditions under which It Is operated. Under tnis Darna some railways will earn 1 rr cent, some i un. na nr rent, eome s ... . f jt m n. thin 1 T-flT Cent and a few less than I Pr cent. This basis takes no account of either stocks or bonds but Is concerned solely with the ,-.!,. r.r th nronertt as a WOPIe. II is .... .Knn. t-.n nooooo less In the C cregato than the basis of 11T. HO.OOO.OOO more in me Hie basis of the test vtriod as denned In the Federal control act. Stabilise ttallrrsy Credit. "To call It a ruaranty Is to be either maliciously false or etupiny ignoranu ti vaii. la found In Its tendency to give (hnitv to railway credit In the un settled period through which we are passing. ,, . .. "If thla provision accomplishes tts purpose It will not be because It gives to railway companies undue profits, but because It establl.he ft measure of confidence In the minds of those who have money to Invest It Is well . known that we need from 100.000 to J0O.000 additional cars. We need moro main tracks, more side tracks, more ware houses and more Urmlnal facilities of all kinds. If the railway companies are to succeed In giving to the people what they must have, these companies must borrow or obtain In some way not less than $600,000,000 this year and $1,000,000,000 next year. It Is my deliberate Judgment that those members of Congress who fall to take Into consideration this problem In all Its aspects, who use their Influence cither to delay or defeat this bill, will In the end deeply disappoint the great body of the people intent on marketing their products and In developing to the high est point our systems of transportation." Senator Cummins then explained the Jabor provisions of the MIL He said: "The Senate conferees discovered very early that the House woum noi ac cept that part of the bill. I confess that I yielded with "extreme reluctance. The procedure established In our bill may have been eusceptlble of Improve ment, but, the principle Is everlastingly right. That there will come a time when railway workers will see that this principle protects them more perfectly .than they ran ever hope to bo pro 'tected through the strike, I have no imore doubt than I have In the ultimate triumph of Justice In all the fields of human endeavor. LeaTes Doth Sides Five. "With respect to the labor provisions of the conference report I am utterly unable to understand the opposition which they have, aroused among labor leaders, for they leave all men free, whether employees or employers to do "whatsoever they pleane at any time, at any placo or under any circumstances. .All that I can say of them Is that they are the best we could devise undet the conditions which confronted us." Senator Robinson (Ark.), Democrat, declared that Government operation of the railroads has Intensified antagonism to the principles of Government owner ship. The demand for Government ownership and operation of the rail roads has come principally from organ ized labor, he said, and the railroad unions sought to bring about Govern ment ownership through the Plumb plan. "I hare been astonished at the brazen ness and arrogance which has marked criticism of the labor provisions of this bill because It does not outlaw the 'man who does not belong to a labor union. This Is not a Government of labor organizations.'1 Senator SIcKellar (Tenn.) opposed the bill, saying: "Tho railroad bill hia undoubtedly been greatly improved in conference. It still contains tho Government guaranty ,ol BVi per cent, or, In the discretion of the commission, 6 per cent, returns, and also takes away the excess profits of the good roads and turns them over to he ,bad roads. To these two principles of legislation I cannot subscribe. It Is true the guarantee Is limited to two years, but by this guarantee the camel gets his head under the fenceand I do not believe ht will ever be got out The provisions of this section are com--jnunlstlc and Bolshevistic, and I doubt very much whether they can bo main tained under our constitution." doors between midnight and 5 A. If. But electric light is still supplied to the houses. The newspapers fear that the electric power may be stopped, com pelling them to cease publication. Tele graph messengers have not delivered any messages to tbem. The Dublin Corporation by n large majority to-day refused permission to any employee or official to ask permits from the English military government far the discharge of municipal duties. Further, the corporation ordered the cessation of any municipal services en dangering the lives of its employees during the Imposition of martial law, and Issued Instructions to remove night watchmen and to 'extinguish lights. The City Corporation met to-day to Install the new Lorn Mayor, Tom Kelly, who after his receSt release from tho Wormwood Scrubbs prison Is now 111 In a London nurslns home. The out going Lord Mayor, Laurence O'Neill, In an address dwelt rw the serious Illness of Kelly, which prevented his attend ance, and on "the bruttl and Inhuman treatment meted out to Kelly by the llrltlsh Government, nwakenlng even among the most moderate a growing sensation of revenge." At Waterford Alderman Dr. White rore a robe of green, white and gold, the Irish Republic colors, when he was in stalled as Mayor. He orderedjhe ancient riaeo consisned to another room, describ ing It as a o:tubIe of English domln ultn. The Sinn Fein flag flew from the Town UalL An attempt was made to-day to blow up the constabulary barracks In the mar ket town of Ballynahlnch, County Down. A gelignite bomb, which had been placed, failed to explode. The town previously had been Isolated by cutting the tele phone wires and blocking the roads lead ing into It with trees. A large force of police was sent there from Heltast. BOSTON PHONE GIRLS DO PICKETING HERE Fortunes Affected Amount to 925,000,000,000 and Tax to Ono Quarter. Sure Relief 6 Bell-ans Hot water Sure Relief RE L t-ANS tfcrOR INDIGESTION . SO "BRACING UP" EXERCISES. Dry Era SInkck Chance In Solva tion Armj- Programme. For the first time In ten years Wash ington's birthday passed yesterday with out between 1,000 and 1,500 victims of strong drink having been assembled at the national headquarters of the Salva tion Army, 122 West Fourteenth street, fdr a general bracing up. Army officials said thero were not enough of them now to make the gathering worth while. . Instead. 2,300 children from all over town met at the headquarters where an entertainment lasting all the afternoon was given. Four Salvation Army bands furnished muslo and thero was a "box upper' afterward. Vicente II. Ibanes Gets L. It. D. WASHIrfQTON, Feb. 2J. The honorary degree of Doctor of Letters waa con ferred to-day upon Vicente Blasco Iba nei, the Spanish novelist, by George Washington University at the midwinter convocation. , Do You Know THAT more mothers die in childbirth in the U. S. A. than in England, France, Italy and Japan? Maternity CanUr Association J8. TTeH Stti Street Ms Mary I Pariwa Come Over for Holiday to Spread Union Propaganda. Thirty Bcstoit telephone girls spent a busy Washington's Birthday picketing telephone exchanges and handing out circulars describing the benefits of union. Ixlng to their unorganized New York sifters of the switchboard. Although telephone company officials observed the holiday Etrlctly and kept away from their offices. Miss Teresa Sul livan, leader of the Invading girls and vice-president of the Telephone Opera tors Department of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, said that undoubtedly the company was busy, as opposition to the union has devel oped at some of the exchanges. She charged that company officials were back of the antl-unton movement and hope to squelch the plan for unionization before It spreads throughout the entire force. It was denied that the Invaders will urge a itrike here. The unionizing of the 12.000 opera tors emnloved In New Tork will only be a starter." Miss Sullivan said. "If our nlans co through and the eirls want us every telephone operator In the State eventually will be holding a union card." Estimates place the number of opera tors In the Slate at 5,000. The thirty girls who picketed down- toirn exchanges and some of those In other parts of the city are members of a force of fifty organizers ana union numbers. Most of these w'cre compelled to leave late yesterday to get back to their switchboards In Boston to-day. Miss Sullivan and a dozen- others will remain here. Miss Sullivan had v.rettng with Hugh Fraynt. gene.-t organizer for the American Federation ol Labor. Ar rangements were made for a meeting of girls who want to be organized In Bry ant Hall to-morrow night Miss Sulli van. Frayne and James P. Holland, president of the State Federation of La- bar, wilt speak. The weak Joint ,ln the union armor Is the fact that the unorganized New Tork operators are getting more than the unionized gWa who are urging them to Join. Senior operators In Boston get $21 a- week and with overtime may make as high as $28, while here they get $23 and with overtime may make $30. This rate Is an Increase Just grant ed by the telephone company following mUd strikes In a few exchanges. Be ginners In Boston get $13 and have an Increase of $1 after three weeks and an other $t after six months. Here newi operators tret $15. Rose Hlckey. an organizer who came with Miss Sullivan from Boston, de clared that more than half tie operators employed by the New Tork Telepnone Company havo been approached and have agreed to sign up wlti the union. ffpeetol Cam Jtipoteh l Tna f$or itn Xtn Toss HltlilD. CtWfff, Tus Sex j.xd New Yoas I!euu. i Lo.vpon", Feb. 23. Whether the Gov ernment shall levy a tax on war profits again has become a most widely dis cussed question in Great Britain. The proposal has grown out of a clamor for a capital levy which shall be retroactive, thus embracing a tax -on war profits, or what would amount to the same thing. It Is estimated that British fortunes growing out of the jar amount to not less than $25,001,400,000. The tax pro posed would confiscate a quarter of this amount Allftfn rh imhiirl. In fhanrAltni- nf thd Exchequer, has named a Parliamentary' commlttco to study the subject This action by Mr, Chamberlain Is Interpreted here as a shrewd political move, for no matter what the committee favors sir. Chamberlain cannot be held to blame for It A great majority of Britons undoubt edly favor such a tax, because It wouKI leave the majority untouched by It How ever, that very argument Is being ad vanced against the proposal, which Is characterized by many persons as class legislation. Furthermore, the class which would be affected by It has. In the past been accustomed to being favored, rather than punished, by legislation. But this Is not the strongest objection put forward against tho proposed tax. Tho chief objectors declare that it Is folly to tax profits which are reemployed In business, especially since such profits constitute a part of the capital which is now at work to build up British trade and Industry. Cnlls It Blow to Credit. Lord Leverhulme, founder and head of Lever Bros., Ltd., one of the largest Industrial corporations In the world, has come out strongly against the proposed levy, declaring It would be a direct blow at the foundations of British credit : that If it waa enacted Into law Great Britain soon would have no greater bor lowing power than has China. "After all, capital Is only character, and It has been character that was the basis or tho credit of the United King dom," he said to-day. "We had better be a thousand years paying off our debts by sound methods than a dozen years by any sacrifice of our character and Mgh standing among nations. I am not opposed to the theory that the result of our Industry and ability should contrlb-, ute to the maintenance and the staouity dbt can be made to disappear like iow In June. The preront proposal for a tax on war profits Is nothing moro than an at tejnpt to get golden egg out of the goose by killing her." 6.000,000,000 FRANCS FRENCH TRADE TAX New Finance Minister Expects Big Sam From Levy. Paws, Feb. !$. Frederic Francola- Marsal, Minister of Finance, has sent to tho Finance Commission of the Cham ber of Deputies a revision of the taxa tlon scheme of former Finance Minister Ktotc, changing certain sources of rev enue. It is expected, however., to realize the same amount as under the former tcheme. 47,000,000,000 francs. M. Francols-Marsal increasas the tax on business turnovers so as to bring In (,000,000,000 frnncs. An income tax of 2 per cent on In- comos up to 7,500 francs yearly Is pro vlded. and S per cent above 7,500 francs, with exemptions ranging from 2,000 to 4,500 francs. The business turn over tax of 1 H per' cent and the pres ent 10 per cent, luxury tax are retained. but many businesses ore exempted and otherwise taxed for the sake of smv pllclty. The foreign securities tax will amount to 3 per cent on the market value of the securities. LEAGUE SAFEGUARD URGED BY HOOYER Declares 3rajority of Feopo Realizes Necessity for BcservatlonB. PRODUCTION REAL NEED FILIPINOS DENOUNCE AWARD OF SHANTUNG Republican Convention Also Indorses Wood for President. By th$ Associated rrtsi. Manila, P. I., Feb. 21 (Delayed). Denunciation of the treatment accorded to China at the Paris Peace Conference In tho Shantung decision waa Included In the platform adopted at the Republican Insular Convention, which Indorsed MaJ.-Gen. Leonard Wood as the Repub lican candidate for President and urged postponement of the withdrawal of Amcrlctn sovereignty over the Islands "until the masses of Filipinos are capa ble of safely exercising the political franchise." The platform also condemned appli cation of the Federal Income tax to American residents of the Philippines until other residents "competing with our nationals" are made subject to the tax, and urged inclusion of a section In the Philippines protective tariff provid ing that the United States give the of the British Empire, but I do not be- ,,1:inds -pferentlal consideration In lleve In the method proposed, because It penallzes'nn enormous number of citi zens whose efforts should be stimulated and encouraged. "The proposed tax, If effective, would act as another blow at the foundations of British credit and character. This credit and character has rested, both at home end abroad, on the belief that the Brit ish Government was the most Just sys tem of government Lately I have found that thl9 was being questioned overseas, where the view Is held that capital; Is not safe In the United Kingdom and that we are in a vortex of wild, unsound pro rcsals relating to taxation of1 capital" Lord Leverhulme referred ;o the de preciation of government securities and Importation Into the United States ot Philippine products.' W. Cameron Forbes, formerly Governor-General of (lis Philippine Islands, was Indorsed as Republican candidate for Vice-President. NEWSPAPER HEAR TEE-UP. Montrenl Herald May Suspend Be cause of Pnper Shortage. Montreal, Feb. 23. Tho Montreal Herald announced to-day that It will be compelled to suspend publication unlesa It Is possible to secure a supply of declared that the nation should hesitate j tjonSi dU9 to the recent heavy snow- before administering another blow which would still ; further deprecLite British credit In the eyes of the world. He ex pressed the opinion that the proposed r cheme was founded more on the grounds of political expediency than on sound economics. Cites Russia as an Example. Rursla of to-day Is a r.ule of 'capital confiscation, ho said, adding that Len lne and Trotzky were compe". ' f aban don their false theories about capital and are now Inviting capital to develop Russia, after their own experiments of trying to get along without the nld of capital have failed. He said the British government possesses adequate mi- in fnke nnrnv hUM forttinAft through Inheritance levies, and that If capital now Is confiscated taken from the leaders of Industry and science the burden of paying off the war debt will be increased Instead of diminished. "We are a great and powerful nation," ho said. 'The national wealth of tin Brltlrh Empire to-day Is a hundred times as great aa It was a century ago. This wealth Is waiting for organized caDltal to cause It to fructify and In crease. Without capital the British Empire Is merely so many millions of acres of uncultivatei isnas, unexplored forests, unmlned minerals. With cap ital at work, our n.oov.uuo.ooo war storm, are given as tho main reason for tho failure of the paper supply. The Intense cold has deprived a num ber of pUlp mills In the province of their water power and forced them to close down. Low water in the rivers on the north and south shores of the St Law rence has materially curtailed the man ufacture of paper pulp and other prod ucts dependent upon water power. Former Foot Controller Hon ored at Exorcises in Johns Hopkins University. Sifttal tt Tni Bex amd New Toik IIuulb. Baltimobb, Feb, 23. Tho degree of doctor of laws was awarded to Herbert Hoover by Johns Hopkins University to-day. In an addrtea at the exercises Mr. Hoover gave voice to his ideas for Americanizing reservations to the League of Nations covenant, which would mak that instrument a safe guard ot human liberties through the preserved Integrity of peculiarly Amer ican Institutions, and not through tho hybrid denationalizing compact which President Wilson brought back from Paris as a charter for the salvation of the world. 1The Treaty of Verrallleo has been before the country now for eight months awaiting ratification," said Mr. Hoover, 'To many of us the treaty divides itself Iqto two parts Into the treaty Itself In settlement of the lmmedlato war prob lems and Into the covenant of tho League of Nations. "The treaty as distinguished from the covenant waa born in a Mro of suffering, a sense of wrong, the passions of re venge and fear that grew from them. To some of us many of the features of the treaty itself were the result of com promises with these forces. Already many of Its signatories are acknowl edging It must ba revised. Its settlements did not sufficiently recognize the neces sity of economic solidarity between dif ferent parts of Europe. "There are some 400,000,000 people In EuroDe. who before the war barely man aged to eke out an existence by the ut most exertion In production, iney am manage to support soma minor leisure class and vast armies and navies, but did so at the cost of the standard of liv ing of the large mass. "With tho additional burden of over coming the destruction and disintegra tion of war all Europe must free Itself from armament This population Is still In n vast ferment of misery and social agitation. It wllfgo on and will continue to Infect our shores until production can bo restored. The danger docs not so much lie In revolutionary cataclyms ae In steady degeneration of the standard of living and the slow decay of the forces of stability. If the maximum reparation Is to be eecured by the Allies productiv ity must be restored. Until then we shall not have real peace. "I do not believe the adherence or the American people to tho league requires any demonstration. I believe the ma jority Is convinced of the necessity of reservations with the league. Both par ties to the conflict appear to concede this. The conflicting groups over the character of the reservations have gradually abandoned their extreme ground and have como closer to a com mon mind. Tnere seems to bo a notion that ad vantage could be gained by a Presiden tial election upon the minor differences as to reservations. I cannot believe that such a notion Is sincerely held by the dominant groups In tho Senate. This t means that we will allow these things to happen simply In order that some ad vantage can bo hoped for in domestic politics. It 13 my impression that there Is'no party credit In this position," on tho propoaUton that Senator,. Harding is the man they will havo to watch. "If It Is notSvpod It will bo Harding" s tho way the friends of tho soldier express themselves. "Johnson certainly will be the nominee unlesa the conservative clement In the party Insist upon putting over Senator Harding'' in substance is what the work era for the Callfornlan aro saylpg. Because of the persistent rumor that Senator Johnson, In case Senator Hard Ing were the nominee, would bolt the Republican convention and head a third ticket with or without tho backing ot William Randolph Hearst, Angus Mc Sween, eastern manager for the candi date, was asked in n&rd to that point yesterday, "Senator Johnson rrtTl pot bolt," ro plled Mr, McSween. "You can say that with a emphasis pat-slble. Ho never would think of going Into the convention as a candidate for the Presidential nom ination and then bolt' If tho Republican party Insists upon the nomination Pf a reactionary and goes down to defeat Senator Johnson will go down with It "Wo believe that.8enator Johnson will get the delegates from Michigan,' said Mr. McSween. "Because ot his firm stand for the return of the Michigan soldiers from Archangel he Is popular in that State. On the otlier hand tho New bury trial has resulted In a reaction against the use of money in political campaigns and both the Lowden and the Wood forces there have been making expensive campaigns." G.O. P. ANXIOUS TO AMERICANIZE TREATY Harding So Declares at Meet' ing of Ohio Leaders. CoLUiinus, Ohio. Feb. 23. Ohio Re publicans to-day staged one of the most enthusiastic party rallies held In many years, at which United States Senator Warren G. Harding, candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination ; Will H. Hays, national chairman; Re put I lean women leaders and candidates for Governor spoke. Charging President Wilson with sole responsibility In delaying ratlflca.lon of the peace treaty. Senator Harding de clared the Republican party "will wel come the responsibility of Americanizing the treaty." The Senator enumerated a number of rtrlnclntea whLh hn Its M the nnftnnal They did convention should mould Into Its plat- lunn. Aiwrag inese were, ferxectea Americanism, adequate national defence and voluntary military training for young men: repeal of all extraordinary war statutes; end if bureaucracy; oppo sition to Government 0 narshlp and na tionalization of Industry; curbing of' Government extravagance ; application or the squaro deal to all citizens, and Government subsidy for a merchant ma rine. Chairman Hays pleaded for more at tention to politics, and enunciated five principles which the party should stand for. They were: Earnest, efficient busi ness administration of the country's af fairs, speedy change in thts nation's taxa tion system, wncrety the burden would be more equally distributed ; better rela tion between labor and capital; certain law and order everywhere, and meas uring of the needs of the nation by looking ahead, "but with feet always on the ground." PINED FOR HAINCOAT 2WDB, Newark Denier Accused ot Consplr ncy In Army Contract. Provipencb, Feb, J J. Edward Pler pont Gwllllm of Newark, a raincoat manufacturer, waa flned 11,009 In tho Federal Court to-day on a chargo of con spiring with Barouel Levlnson to bribe Charles B. Fuller, a Government Inspec tor during tho war. Gwllllm in li$ bad Planta In thla city, New York, New. ark and Passaic, where he mado rain coat for tho army. It Is charged by the Government that Loylnton, mjperlntr,dent of the Provl. denco plant, acting with, the knowledge ot Gwllllm, paid Puller tlfO to Influence him to make a favorable report on an additional building In this city which Gwllllm Intended ieaBlng for use In the raincoat business. Gwllllm pleaded nolo contendere. Prnnoe aoes to Florida. Philadelphia, Feb. 23. Senator Boise T'enrose left to-day for 'The Bungalow" on Indian River, Florida, after being III in his homo hero for nearly two months. He was accompanied by hia brother, Dr. Charles B, Penrose. American Art Galleries! Madieon 3quaib South, New York NOW ON FREE VIEW, 3 A. M, UNTU 0 Pf M. continuing until date of sp TO DE SOLD BY ORDER OF EXECUTORS, TRUSTEES AND PRIVATE OWNERS, To-morrow (Wednesday) and Thursday Eyenings of This Week Feb. 25th and 26th, at 8:15 In the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Plaza Fifth Avenue, 50 to 59 Street (Admlmkm by Card to Be Bad Freo of the Managers.) ' Valuable Paintings OF THE MODERN SCHOOLS INCLUDING THE PRIVATE COLLECTION FORMED BY THE LATE Mr. R. II. Wiiite OF BOSTON A GRAND MASTERPIECE BY VAN MARCKE, TWO SUPERB EXAMPLES OF COROT, A VERY IMPORTANT DE NEUV1LLE, A FINE LANDSCAPE BY DIAZ And Representative Examples by Rousseau (3 examples), Troyon (4 examples), Duprs (2 ex amples), Inness (4 examples), Daublgny (6 examples), Jacquo (5 examples), Blakelock (4 .ex ample), Ziem (3 examples), Breton, Vibert, 'Delacroix, Isabey, Fromentln, Jongklnd, Monet, Montlcelli, Murphy, Rico, Wyant, Thaulow and other Celebrated Masters. ,A neicrtptlre Catalogue, Illus trated by lUlrtone Jteproductlom, will Be Mallf! to Applicants on Becelpt ot One Dollar. TO BE SOUD BV DIRECTION OP THE NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY A3 ADMINISTRATOR This (Ttieiday), Wctfoeidajr, Thursdaj, Friday & Saturday Afternoon.! of This Week, at 2:30 AT THE American Art Galleries Madison Squaro South A VERY IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF Antique Chinese Porcelains IN SINGLE COLORS, BLUE AND WHITE AND DECO RATED, SPECIMENS O F HAN, TANG AND SUNG POT TERY. SNUFF BOTTLES IN JADE AND OTHER HARD STONES AND PORCELAINS, ENAMELS, FINE OLD BRONZES, IMPORTANT GILDED AND INCRUSTED BUDDHAS, CARVED STONE AND POTTERY, SCULP TURES, MANY LARGE PLANT AND FISH JARS, ELABORATE TEMPLE FIG URES AND LACQUERED PALACE SCREENS. "The ulwla forming an ex traordlnary gathering and affording an unusual oppor limit g to private buyers and dealers In Oriental Art." BEING THE PROPItRTT OP TIIB ESTATE OP THE WIIJELT KNOWN EXPERT, Tun LATE Ernest A. Bischoff OF LONDON. ENCJLAND, AND PEW IN, CHINA, Tie tar. .An Illuitrated Catalogue Will b Mailed on Ueceipt or uoe vol The Sales Will Be Conducted by Mr. THOMAS E K1RBY and hti auUtants, Mil. OTTO BEBNBT and SIB. li. H- PABKE, of the AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, Managers MadUon So. South. Entrance 0 E. 23d Street, New Terfc. I Charles B. Penrose. ' .' WOOD AND JOHNSON ARE EYING HARDING Each Agrees Ohio Senator Is Contending Candidate. In one particular the managers for the Presidential boom of Senator John- con and the friends of Major-Gen. Wood asree. Their minds bo alone together Johnson Opens Fight March 1. Siocx FATX8, S. D., Feb. 23. Senator Hiram W. Johnson (CaL). Independent Republican candidate for President at the March primaries, win open nia bouui Dakota campaign March 1, It roa an nounced here to-day. Are You a Salesman? Then turn to the Classified columns of this paper and read "AN OPEN LETTER TO THE SALESMEN OF GREATER NEW YORK." You may find therein the opportunity you have been seeking. 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A general contract also affords this Company an opportunity to inform itself as to the standing of the Corporation signing it, and to establish for such corporation a line of creoit for the immediate execution of bonds on request. We are now transacting business under general contracts with a large number of valued patrons, and shall be pleased to establish' on request similar relations with other responsible concerns desiring the continuous service of a surety company. Whatever or wherever your bonding 'requirements, you are invited to bring them to the Company: Whose aejvice is backed by thirty-six years' experience. Whose organization already covers the NorthAmerican Continent and is now becoming world-wide; and "Whose security is represented by unencumbered New York real estate and high-grade stocks and bonds worth millions of dollars. American Surety Co. of New York (Founded 1884) Home Office, 100 Broadway Telephone Rector 9500 Metropolitan Branch, 100 Broadway Phono Rector 6860. 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