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4 J&itti be AND THE NEW YORK HERALD. FOUNDED 1833-1B3S, - TUB BUN-HERALD CORPORATION, PublUhsrs. ISO Uroj4war. Frank A. Slunssy. rt""nl; -Tlrvln Wardman, Vice-president; Wm. t. Cswart. Vle.prcsld.nt and Treasure; IU 11. nthrlnr"". Secretary. NEWSSTAND WUCES. Dally, t rrnta lx In New Y tlly .it suburb nd three cnt Ie Where" Suaday, 0t cental elsewhere, tfD ttitfs mail subscription rates. East lit liliflsslppl n River: Ono Six . on Br Mall. Postpaid Year. Month. Month. DAILY A 8UNI5AY.. 11100 W.00 DAILY only .M H? SUNDAY only........ J.JO -i SUNDAY only. Canada 0 00 "viY-.tiAWi For all polnta west of th Mississippi ytlvsr add 1. 1 a year tor dallr or dally and Sunday editions, vnnnnx RATES. DAILY A SUNDAY.. 129 00 113.80 DAILY only W OO I'.W 1.00 .BO All checks, inonsy order, Ac, to b rnsda pa) able, to Tho Son-Herald. European Edition. Published la Paris every day In the rtar. 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But In such a flabby and flab bergasted plan of comnromUo as Is contemplated by tho proposal at Washington to withdraw universal training from the Army Iteorgnnlzu tlon bill and substitute n four months1 voluntary training for boys and young men between IS and "3 who ask for It there Is neither the respectability of sincerity nor the common fo:im; of Intelligence. Jt Is not u measure for preparedness. It Is naught but politi cal skirmishing. About ten weeks ugo Tiiu Sex and New York Herald outlined a plan which seemed to us to combine the greatest amount of practical Insur ance In case of Invasion with the least Immediate, drain upon our al ready overstrained resources. In view of the tactics and strategics of cva Hive statesmen on this question of sur passing national Importance wo beg leave to repent In substance what was said In this place on the subject on February li. Our country has always been op posed to a largo standing army In tlmo of peace. It Is apparently no jnoro ready now than ever before for systematic militarism. But It la per fectly obvious that In the present con dition of the world's nffalrs we must cither have a large standing army for military protection and the mainte nance of national dignity, or a large number of trained officers, as they are (Mined nt West Point, to organize into efficient lighting forces our mill- ' tla pnd our raw man power. We now rHiote directly from what Tin: Sun and New Yoek Herald then said: The suecostlon Is this: Let tho Government straightway establish eight or ten more West Points for tho training of officers and establish two or three mofp naval schools llko Annapolis. 'Without an enormous in crease In naval craft we could not use to advantage tha tamo number of naval officers aa rve can use of military officers. "If in the war Just finished we had had ten times the number of "West Point officers to train our men and to handle- them in action In France our efllclcncy would havo. been 25 per cent greater and our loea.from sickness and death would have been, perhaps, 23 per cent less." Even If there should bo no wars, no troubles at home, would the money expended on these additional Institu tions be lost? "Certainly It would not be lost. In a perfectly practical senso It would be welt worth the expenditure, in the development of so tarse a number of tralnejl engineers, trained workers, trained orcanliern as these Institu tions would turn out annually. In peace times they would prove a tre mendous asset to the country and in times of war their value would be beyond computation. "For the measure of money ex pended no other device could furnish this country with so much protec tion, and the best of it all Is that the graduates of these schools would be a paying national Investment." Wet Point nnd Annapolis won for us the war with Germany. Of West Point and Annapolis efficiency and of tho West Point and Annupolis spirit (ho country cannot have too much; neither would It be paying dearly for that sort of insurance. V. hy Four Months Delay? Ono of the by-products of the Dis trict Attorney's vice exposure Is the. publication of n story of police bru tality that has nroused public Indig nation far more than the details of vctaurnnt carousals have done. It appears that two policemen, so called detectives, forced their way Into tho apartment of a respectable couple, accused a sick woman, an ex pectant mother, of being In on In famous trade, and dragged her to court; that ovep after she wis dla dtarged by the roocistrtts tiia follce put patrolmen in front of tho apart ment house, nnd Informed Uio owner of It that tho woman they had mis used was immoral, Such, we believe, is tho eubatanco of tho District Attorney's caso ngalnst tho members, of the Police Depart ment who were directly or Indirectly responsible? for tho occurrence. The two policemen charged with tho out rage havo been Indicted for perjuring themselves before the magistrate, A public which Is Inflamed more by the recital of tho persecution of an Individual than by tales of n wicked town must thluk It strange, however, that while the crime ngalnst tho sick woman was committed on December 5 nothing camo of it for more thtiu four months. Why did this particu lar exposure come only with tho live lier but less atrocious scandal? If the policemen were guilty of that which the Indictment charges they should have been in prison long ago. The Supremo Court's Power Over Constitutional Amendments Themselves. Our weekly contemporary the Ji'e view, wlioso opinions arc generally intelligent and often striking, asks In a headline, but docs not attempt to answer, this Interesting question: "Can n Constitutional Amendment Be Unconstitutional?" Mr. George Stewaet Brown, who writes to the Review the letter which suggests the broad Inquiry stated above, argues that It Is as much the duty of the Court to declare invalid a measure of direct legislation pre sented In tho disguise of a Federnl ameudment, if it wholly or partly de stroys the States, as it Is tho Court's duty In the ordinary case of an un constitutional statute. As to the question whether there ran be such a thing as nn unconsti tutional constltutlontl amendment, whether, for example, the Eighteenth Amendment Itself as ratllled Is sub ject to review and to arrest In any, particular, precisely as legislation at tempted by the Volstead net, psscd under the authority of the Elgbteeuth i Amendment, may be reviewed by tho ) Court nnd declared void because of unconstitutionality, there Is nn an swer not suggested by Mr. IIeown's remark which seems to us clenr and conclusive. Suppose that the following amend ment should by some chance bo ratl lled by three-fourths of the States, and having been regularly proclaimed should go to the Supreme Court, In the shape of some law enacted under Its authority, for the final test of legality and validity, one-fourth or even less of tho States protesting against Its enforcement: "After ono year from the ratifica tion of this article tho representa tion of any Stato In tho Siinate of the United State shall bo propor tionate to the population of that ' Suite. "The Congress and tho several States shall havo . concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation and to determlno the basis of representation and the process of apportionment." Can anybody, lawyer or layman, doubt the power of the Supreme Court to declare the unconstitutionality cot merely of a law enacted under this supiKised amendment but also of the supposed nmendmcnt Itself? For the nrticlo of tho Constitution which pre scribes the method of amendment ex pressly provides that no State, with out Its consent, shall bo deprived of Its equal suffrage in the Senate. Here, then, is on obvious Illustra tion of tho justiciable nature of n constitutional amendment. The.mere fact that three-fourths of the States have voted to ratify that nmendmcnt does not suffice to annul tho funda mental inhibition. Tho Court must declare tho constitutional amend ment unconstitutional and void, for the power to do that necessary thing exists In no other department of tho Government. The Illustration shows that a con stitutional amendment itsejf may be a subject for judicial determination. The coming decision of the Supreme Court of the questions raised by somo of the States nnd by eouio of tho citi zens of the States as to tho validity of the Eighteenth Amendment will show how far the ultimate arbiter of our rights and liberties is prepared to use that undoubted power to prevent the destruction, by Federal Amendment, and without the consent of n protest ing State, of existing State powers not delegated to the United StatCH, but expressly reserved to tho States respectively, or to the people, by the Tenth Amendment. Even apart from their specific bear ing on the future of prohibition, tho declslou end opinion now awaited In the caso of the Eighteenth Amendment are to be of momentous Importance to tho future of our Institutions. Low Winter Wheat Crop, but Plenty of Bread. An estimated winter wheat crop under half n billion bushels Is a big decllno from tho averago of tho war period. It Is a thumping drop by a quarter of a billion bushels from last year. But nt that thero will be no shortage In the public's bread. There need be no undue hardship for tho farmer. There may not be an nctunl loss for the railroads and for the nation. With n carryover of 130,000,000 busIielK frpm last season thero would bo plonty to feed tho American peo ple nnd many foreign mouths nn well out of tho diminished winter crop alone, plus the unconsumed stock of J.019. If spring wheat adds three quarters as much as the spring crop THE SUy AND NEW YQRK HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1920. 1 . 1 " w M of 1019, which was some 200,000,000; bushels, or half as much as tho spring crop of 1018, whl-h'was somo SCO, 000,000, thero will bo all told more than we ourselves can consume by 200,000,000 to 250,000,000 bushels. Even In the post year of superabun dance 535,000,000 bushels, by Uio Goodman estimate, sufficed for our own bread nnd 00,000,000 for seed. Our farmers ns a whole may come off with few financial wounds, for with no Government guaranteed price this year nnd with Europe no longer bidding urgently for our supplies they will muko a much better price for a crop of reasonable size thnn they could possibly expect with one of n huge surplus. Extra farm labor nt preposterous wages to hnndlo the great crops of 1018 and 1010 devoured a great share of the profits which the farmers made on the parts of tho crops planted, raised and harvested with their own hands and tho hnndts of their stui. It Is better to hnve Just enough at a fair cost of produc tion and y good market for It thnn to hnve too much at an excessive cost of production and nothing to do with a lot of it but to let It rot on the ground or lu the granary- The granger railroads, with a lighter load by perhaps .100,000,000 to 400,000.000 bushels to haul to the ele vators and mills and with a corre spondingly lower number of barrel of flour to haul to the ultimate con sumers, might bo expected to lose heavily 'from the lower wheat crops. But there are not enough cars hy tens of thousands to take care of the transportation business of tho nation, not enough locomotives by thousands to haul the cars and not enough labor by tho Lord only knows how many unwilling hands content to stay on the job of hauling what there Is roll ing stock enough to haul. So It may well be that tho loner wheat crop for this year, lower by hundreds of mill ions of bushels, will not be altogether nn economic misfortune to the coun try, which is Inexpressibly sick and tired of prodigious surpluses of prod ucts which must be bought at famine figures becnuM! of unsound Govern ment price fixing, Inordinate wage boosting and Incessant transportation nnd Industrial tlcups. pleasuring Now York's Ulgness. Wo yield to none- In our admiration for writings nbout the wonders of New York. Every time we read that the population of this metropolis, if laid end to end, would reach from Montuuk Polut to Cape Town or from East Chicago to the mouth of the Congo we know that, aside from the pride which New Yorkers tako In their stretching qualities, there must bo a groat Interest elsewhere, per- haps in Africa. What a city l the Capo Towners will say, the while never thinking to dare ns to put the thing to a practical test Sometimes, though, tho ancient and Jndod native must grow a little cynical over tho Etatisttcal magnifi cences of our town, even vvhen thero Is not the slightest doubt of the hon e?ty nnd earnestness of tho genius who transmntes the hugeness of tho place into familiar mnthcmatlcs. Wo havo before us n little book. "Bag Dad on the Subway," published by J. Mo.nt.vxyi; VANDKncnirr, nn osultrrln civic astness : "New Yorkers spend l.:30,000 In our restaurants every night for din ner." We doubt It. We fancy that about a million of this Is spent by persons from out of town who go to the res taurants and seelug other visitors at food believe that these are New Yorkers. What a swift life these Manhattanites live! sighs the man from Oskaloosa, little knowing that the persons ho bases his remark on are from Atlanta, Xenla, Emporia. Yrekn and Altoona. while' tho whirl wind New Yorkers are about their own domestic boards In Harlem eat ing pot. roast and saying never n word about Wall Street killings. ' "Qased on population. New York's share of the coffee imports of 1319 would be around tho sum of J 7.000,- 000." Tho fignro ' staggers somebody In Tomahawk, Wisconsin, but nobody In Now York. Tho hardened cltiren only wishes that with so much coffee com ing ashore he could find n respectable cup of it below Fourteenth street at less than 25 cents. "The busiest corner in the world Is at Columbus Circle. It is esti mated that over 50,000 vehicles pass that spot In twelve hours." Tho only bystander who sees the swarm and does not view with regret Is Cristobal Coi-os. Thirty-nlno thou eand chauffeurs arc dally distrusted by twice as many pedestrians. The trade cop at the crossing grows one gray hair each hour. "The municipal departments of New York employ' over 80,000 men and women ; enough to repopulate ths Stats of Nevada." A large percentage of tho 60,00) would bo delighted to repppulafce the Stato of Nevada, particularly oo this city Is not paying them enough to llvo on. "In one New York hotel thero aro 953 showers and 111 miles of plumb ing pipe." In 10,000 New York apartments tho plumbing Is so old that the sclerotic pipes will not permit the showers (o distribute enough water to rinse the family dog. The elevators In lh "Woolworth Bulldlnff carry B.000,000 pswnrera a year; 63 per cent, liner than Aus tralia's population." Yes, yes; but the New Yorker will rldo In them for months without ever Boeing a kangaroo. "Thero stood on the curbstones of one street In Now Tork that day for tha parado of tho Twenty-seventh Division a volume of people two and one-half times as large as tho entire population of Cuba." No doubt about It; bnt those New Yorkers who nro now returning from Cuba will testify that there aro Joys down there besides Btandlng on curb-1 e f n a J But this Is n Big Town, and for Uio I benefit ot other places which hnve ... ....... nmb tions to be u g it s necessary iht nrnnW, K)mM n,n!nnnl!v that prophets should oceaslonnllj nrlso and express tho bigness In fas cinating prose. Whether New York ought to he bigger Is a subject for June debate. What determtuea the point nt which a city should stop growing? If nil the back to tliojiind books bought yearly by New Yorkers were plied hut we are Invading Mr. Yak mjitciiirt'ri field. Two Self-Taught Americans. There Is, much In the life story of Dr, John A. Hiushkar, the eminent American astronomer, mathematician and lens maker, who died In Pitts burg Thursday, which reminds us of Eliiiu Hudkitt, the Learned IHack smith. Doth of these great men be gan their careers at manual labor and perfected themselves In trndes which require perseverance and devotion. Bt;r.niTT was a blacksmith of real ability, not a mere bellows blower; authentic examples of his work still exist, or have recently existed, which sliow him to havo been an adept at the forge. Yet ho was able to do a day's worka day's work was not measured by eight hours, or modified by the ca' canny system In his tlm and In addition to educate himself to a degree which made his popular nlck irame a proper descriptive title. Dr. Buasheab began as a 'prentice to a carpenter, and rose to be a mill wright. He worked for twenty-one years nt his trade and in his spare hours Instructed himself In astronomy, the science which had attracted him from early childhood, us it does all Iterstuis of Imaginative und reflective deposition. Ills genius finally brought him tn tho rlellcitn nml (linicult task ; ot lens making. His biographers say H's first lens, live Inches In diameter, j was three years in grinding. His 'second attempt was to produco u j twelve Inch lens; this was shattered i In the making. But ho possessed the grit, the strength of character, to per- severe, and his reward was eminence In- a profession lu which the bogus and unfit can ln,.d no place, An Interesting sldellght'on his char- ncter Is afforded by the use he made of $250,000 entrusted to him by nn anonymous friend who desired to old education. Dr. BnAsiiEAr. spent a good share of ihe money to pay for vacations for public school teachers who needed rest. From It ho also pnld the expenses of others who as pired to attend summer schools. Honors came to Dr. Biusui-in from home and from foreign lands. Schol arly societies and great universities recorded their solemn recognition of his worth. Ills neighbors did not over- dewed Wm with '$50,000 raised by popular subscription, which hereafter will ho used to encourage other men to mark and cmu'nte his example of Industry and persistence In the ac cumulation of knowledge nnd its ap plication to practical affairs. American history Is full of men like Brasheab nnd Bubbitt; America Is the land hi which opportunities are most freely offered for such natures is theirs to reach their finest expres sion. Not all men possess the genius which Illuminates such outstanding characters, but all men can learn from their biographies that among tho magnificent gifts with which they were endowed none was moro valu ublo than their capacity for hard, Intelligently directed work. s A friend of this newspaper writes': "Dr. Owner. Otis Smith, director of tho United Stntes Geological Sur vey, needs all possible help beforo the Houso Appropriations Committee in the nutter of a modest appropria tion of $13,000 with which to con tlnuo sign po6t work on tho deserts. It Is a work to protect human life." Wo aro Impressed by tho writer's characterisation o( the sum asked for as "modest." It Is probable that Rep resentative Goco, chairman of the committee, and Mr. MoKoew.. majority leader, will seo to It that thl3 vory Interesting and valuablo enterprise Is continued. ' The' detectives who have been searching for Nicky Arnstbik have decided that ho may haw been kept from New York by congestion of traffic due to the strikes of harbor workers. Panama Canal records of ocean ship movements are kept on tho basis ot twenty-four hour time; thus ths Brit ish ship Woodarra, from Nov York for New Zealand with general :argo, arrived In port at 2:53 o'clock on March 7, entered tho canal at 8:65 o'clock and completed transit at 17:55 o'clock. "All hours greatsr than 13 are post-merldlan," tho Panama Canal Record Informs Its readers, and the use, familiar to all studonts of time tables, of light face and full face yp to Indicate ante-merldlan and post meridian hours Is unnecessary. Clock watchers Jonjr for 17 o'clock to come. Tnllp Tim. It's tu'.ln time In Itytan Taric; The Wool0rlh shines en hlb, And garjrojlfs Uush aloft In (Its In th merry April rky. Tit Mrawom tlms at City IU1I: Th buemn itrtt and rlnr UliUQcr R-iIVs Ills marble porah And say "S this Is sprint;." Surest Mvmes- i COURT ADYISES SUIT T AGAINST LANDLORD Holds Tenant Can Hecover Bent in Excess of Legal In crenso Since Last April. jfjS'jjfJFj TO BOTH SIDES i Crowds Seek Aid Fl'Olll Mayor's n .;, ,r . Committee Mmiy CaSCS - Oil Calendar. The Immediate effect of the new rent laws and tho Interpretations placed upon them by certain Municipal Court Jus tices was seen yesterday when tho courts throughout tho city were swamped with rent cases. ' Because of tho Jewlch holiday and the fact that Friday Is gen erally given over to otlior hinds of cases, only a small percentage of these dltll cultios was heard, but court clerks' of fices wcro packed with tenants seeking Information on how to flsht eviction. Sidewalks about teveral court houses wcro Jammed for hours. Thrones of tenants carried their eviction notices to tho Municipal Culldlntr. where they be sletfed tho rooms of the Mayor's Com mittee on Itent I'rolUcerlnp. Court clerks In tho moet thickly populated districts said they look for record crowds on Monday and Tuesday, when tha ffreat majority of disputes arlslns over tho new laws havo been set down for trial. A drastic interpretation of th law was announced by Municipal Court Jus tice John It. Davlos in the Sevonth Dis trict Court of Manhattan, at 125th trt and St. Nicholas avenue, In an evlcllon proceeding brought ag.ilnst thirty tenants- at SO Wen 133th street. Although Konio of these tenants had moved Into tho premises within the year and some had signed leases calling for the payment of increas", .Tustlco Davlcs ruled against the landlord. lie held that none of the tenants need pay more than 25'per cent. Increase, over the amount charged for tho premises in April, 1315, whether ttnant3 there at that tlmo or not Justice Davleo also advised John Goodwin of EG West 139th rtrcct that he might bring suit against his landlord for the return of excessive rentH since April of last year. Ho said he believed the law to bo retroactive to April 1, 191). Tho practice of granting a year's stay of eviction in certain cases was con tinued by Justice Harry Itobltick In the Second District of The Hronx in twenty nine cases. The mmc Justice, however, administered a rebuk to Plxty-six tenants who had refused to pay their rent at prewnt because their landlord hnd told thrm he Intendfd tn raise tlie . rent In October, Ho tuld thrm they muEt either pay up bj Monday or be evicted. Justice Leopold Prince, fitting In tiic Eighth District of Manhattan, granted May of eviction for from on- to clx months, in several ca?es -nlrcrc lind lords said they wanted the premises for their own occupnncy. Hejlie9 to questionnaires sent manu facturers and merchants by tho Ixift Tenants nnd Merchant!-' Rent Committee, which wert) read at a meeting of the committee. dicloscd astounding demands for increases In rents upon business quarters. In the view of representatives of more than twenty trade associations present another substantial boost In the pries of clothing and other r.eces:ries Is inevitable unless somo relief Is ob tained, Demands ranging from o0 to BOO per cent were revealed. What was characterized as tho most glaring caso was reported by the Sweater and Knitted Textile Manufac turers Ar-sociatton, m which a Finn avenue wholesaler of knitted goods, who paid $3,200 rent in 19K. Is now paying J1D.O0O, and has received notice that $45,000 will bo expected from him dur ing tho coming year. GIRL PICKETS HARRY STATE DEPARTMENT Carry Banners Quoting Vash- ington and Lincoln. BpttM li TH Bcs and Skw Kuk Ilr.KAi d. Washington-, Apil o.-With two of their number in Jail, refusing to furnish II 000 ball each for appearanco for trial next Monday, tho women who arc con Sucting a propaganda In Washington In Uio cause of Irish freedom centred their attention to-day on the Stato pPart roent. All afternoon two girls, tho Mlssu ina Lynch and KlUabeth .Char ters of New York city, marched silently up and down tho street carrying ban ners which road: l'atriota of freedom, champions of liberty, your caufe la Identified with mine. George Washington. Tho first duty of a real American is to aid any people's struggle to ho fret. Abralum Lincoln. Owing to tho arrests It seems that the women havo abandoned picketing tho British embasuy.for the time, probably until after 'the trials of ven women arretted which will be hold on Monday Tha women who refused to glvo ban to-day were Miss Maura Qulnn, Jamaica Plain. Boston, and Miss Mary ClfU.ln. Philadelphia. VICTORY HALL BILL SHELVED IN SENATE Sent Back to Committee After Thompson Objects. ofol f Tur. Scn Aha Nt Yosx IIsnALD. Albast, April 0. The VIrtory Hall project was hatted to-day, at least tem porarily, in the Senato when George F. Thompson of Niagara charged that pri vate Interests are promoting the scheme for tho purpose ot preventing the erec tion of s, hotel on the site at Forty tecond street and Tark avenue. . Prompt denial of tho charge was made by repre sentatives of the Victory Hall Assocla- t,on- , U .1. . This measure :.iireiy a substitute for ths celebrated Pershing Square movement which was killed hero last year because It was In the Interest of n hotel syndicate," said Senator Thomp- BtRfenrd to general orders, the bill will expire In committee unless It In forced out by the Republican majority under suspension of the rules. DENOUNCES SWEETS ' ANTI SOCIALIST BILLS Pellctt Insists Too Much Power h Given Court. Specltl to Tub Sc," axp Sssr YoaK IIsbald. AhBANT, April 9. Tho first open op position to the so-called Sweet anti- Socialist Mils developed to-day when As semblyman W. W. Pellett. a Republican, of Brooklyn, denounced them. Ho said Uiey would put In the "hands of three men a majority of the Appellate Dtvt slon power to dstermlno what political organizations shall have the right to nomlnsto candidates for office." Pellett Is a member of the Judiciary committee which tried the ousted Socialist Assem blymen awt he voted to rssqat them all Ths bills were Introduced by Senator X Henry Walters and Assemblyman George K. Fearon, both of Syracuse, IHOUSE VOTES risAvH PLAN BY 242 TO 150 ConUnuep from Firit raoe, afternoon, when Itepresentatlvo I.onj worth (Ohio) Mlteny ofijallcd tho I m Ident. This followed n caustic spcecb by Itt-presentatlve Mason (III.). nhnn'' sertcd that If tho President wcro well he would ha facing Impeachment charpes. "Jt is time," raid Mr. Lomrworth. "that this abnormal and anomalous conuiuon enoum tencu ' Uv i. n.lnnttnn of this rcsolll- MiuiKinn should ceneo and i-onjrrcsa That it minute The people of I . rrt..a.n la nns lit America want peace. n " ""v , surmountable obstaclo In our path inn-mi noma and that Is the President j of the United States. A treuty of peace i nilcni nave oven rauuui nium . year ago If lie had not incuiaru in rc trenty, ns he frequently boasted, the child of his brain, that un-American monstrosity known ns tho Wilson league of Nations. "it still remains, though twice re pudiated ns Integral part of tho treaty, In the exact phraseology bargained for nnd brought back from Parts by tho I'resldcnt." I.enKuc "UfiUKht nnd Paid For." After referring to tho negotiations In Paris and the alleged surrender by Mr. Wilson to Premier Clemenccau und others to obtain tho league of Nations, Mr. Longworth continued : "And so tho lenguo was bought and paid for at tho expense of tho American people and tho President tcturncd to display his wares to ills almost forgot ten constituents. To his immense sur prise Uiey balked at the bargain. "Unfortunately for himself, tho I'resl dcnt had mado n cardinal and vital mis take m his judgment of tho temper of the American people. Wo have arrived at an Impiiasc. Tho question simply Is shall we, the chosen representatives of the 110.000,000 people, sit suplno and P;rmlt tho will of a vast majority to be thwarted by tho will of one man ele vated to ofllce originally by a minority and since then repudiated by a great majority?" Republican Leader Mondell said It was ridiculous to argue that Congress could. not end a war after it had been held up for seventeen months because of the stubborn will of ono man. "In such a situation," ho said, "is there any ono with so poor an opinion of our form of government as to believe that, having waited patiently tovetitecn months for the declaration of peace for the relief from burdensomo and extraor dinary control for the establishment of normal conditions of trade and In tercourse, wo are helpless to euro the situation and must wait Indefinitely upon the will of ono man.and he the ono on whom we havo conferred powers and prerogatives and Jurisdiction which the popl.) carefully have retained to them selves only to bo guardedly conferred on the Preisldent during the imperative exigencies of war? As wo glory In our country and in our Constitution wo de cllno to accept a construction so nar row, so destructive, so putiserslvo of the theory and principles of the Republic largo part of thu criticism I have heard' of tho President has filtered out of tho Democratic cloak rooms. I havo heard surprisingly, llttlo of it, every thing considered, elsewhere, but however that may be, everybody knows, except those who are wilfully misled, that there Is neither infringement of legislative authority nor embarrassment to the Ex ecutive In this resolution. There Is not. unless indeed the Kxecutlvo may as sume voluntarily, tho embarrassment of vetoing a measure which has tho ap proval, tho commendation and the en thusiastic support of an overwhelming majority of tho people." Kltchln Illumes Irreconcilable. Mr. Kltchln In his speech charged that the responsibility for keeping th country at war "rested with .tho Repub lican "irreconcllables." . "I charge that the Republican party deliberately rejected the treaty und de liberately refused to give the President an opportunity to accept or reject the treaty. It la Republican slander to chargo tho Democratic party with do feat of tin treaty. "I charpe that every line of this reso lution Is full of fube pretence and hypocrisy. Senator Lodge, the Repub lican lesdnr In tho Senate, knew It wuk demagoguury and hypocrisy when he conceived it and put the burden of i ilnrllnr It ulinn the Ho13C. "I "Hrinir in a straluhtout iPDoal meas ure and I lll guarantee you enough Democratic votes to adopt it over the President's -veto. Hut the Republicans do not wanll to repeal thoso laws. They know that If they repeal any of tho war laws, the Unt one to como off the stat ute books must be the Lever food and fuel control Act, because that Is tho law that tho llttn) people, tho farmers and the averago business men want to get rid of. 1 will tell you ths reason why. Ask the big corporate interests. The Lever act is tbo only statute that gives power to tho courts to Issue Injunctions against labor If aders and labor." Representative Ferris (Okla.) Indi cated that tho President soon would re submit tho treaty to the Senate, wlflie Champ Clark (Mo.) made the prediction that tho President never would sign the tcsolutlon of peace. ITALY DECORATES NOTED AMERICANS Judge Gary Among Those to Be Honored. Announcement of decorations awarded hv thn Italian Government for special services WUS matui yempruay iuj Italian Hljfh Commissioner. F. Quat. trone. at 291 Broadway, pa follows: Cros3 ot Grand Officer of tho Crown. Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the board if directors of the United States Steel Corporation: Cross of Knight Com mander of the Crowo. James A. Farrell. president of tho United States Steel Cor poration; William H. Woodin, presi dent of the American Car and Foundry Company; Andrew Fletcher, president of the American Locomotive Company; Cross of Officer of Uio Crown. Charles S. Oawthrop. vice-president of Uie American Car and Foundry Company; Eugene P. Thomas, president of tho United States Steel Products Company; F. W. Wilshlre. vice-president ot the Consolidation Coal Company, and Charles M. Muchnlc, vice-president of ths American Locomotive Bales Corpor aUon. SUGAR MARKET WILD: PRICE BOOST COMING Cuban Crop Smaller Than Supposed Raw Product Up Tho sugar market ran wild yesterday with an upward tendency In Its wlldness due to tha report that tho Cuban crop Is smaller than has been believed. Pres- ont prlcM of raw sugar If maintained will mean a substantial Increase to tho consumer. During th" day raw rugar duty paid I Jumped cents to 17 U cents n pound. I The erratic market caused most of the refiners to withdraw to await develop ments. Tho price ha not et been raited ty ths refiners, but should raw suear remain high tor go higher the burden will bo passed along. Twenty five cent sugar to ths customer ot the grocery la threatened. Tho prico of raw sugar until a fjw days ago wag II cents, so tho Jump bforo the, product reaches the refiners i a:rcaa;- is i vi cants. I mm mn riTTflTniTTA AIMS tu mrw ALL HYLAN BUSES Now York Bailwnys Company 'Obtains Order That Looks to an Injunction. SUITS ABE TILING UT , , , , ri , . ., Utnv Ifniln tn Stnvr. Jsimiin Jit-.-o I t I T f T ill Is 2 Stntcn Island Lino Within Ten Days. In accordance with tho Instructions of Judge Julius M. Mayor of the Federal District Court, tho New York Railways Company added Its anti-bus suit yester day to tho pile ot lltlcntlon accumulat ing ugalnst tho Hylan-Wlialcn enter prises. Justice Kdwnrd J. Oaveran of tho Supreme Court Blgned an order, to ba heard Wednesday morning, to show causo why a temporary injunction enouiu not ba Issued suspending operation of all the city's competitive buFM pending a determination of their legality. At tho same tlmo considerable prog ress was made by Grovcr A. Whalen, Commissioner ot Plant und Structures, toward tho scheme to have the city take over and run tho suspended lines of the Midland Railway Company on Stated Island. Judge Chatfield of tho Brooklyn Supremo Court lesued n memorandum authorizing Jacob Brenner, receiver of tho Midland linre, to enter Into negotia tions with the city looking toward an ar rangement whereby the- city will pay a certain rental to tho company for the uso of Its properties. F. H. La Guardla, President of the Hoard of Aldermen, who has been sponsoring the Mayor's traction plans so far as thoy apply to Staten Island, brought up the cubject beforo tho Board of Estimate and arranged to work out a plan with Mr. Brenner to be put up to Uio board Monday for approval. He declared the city would not pay 1100.000 a year rental for thirty cans, as first de manded by Mr. Brenner. Before It would do that Uio city would hlrs sparo cars far cheaper from tho Third Avenuo Rail way Company. But some arrangement can be mode, ho was confidant, which will effect a resumption of trolley lines on Stolen Island within the next ten days, nominally directed by tho receiver but actually run and financed by tho city. Tho five cent faro would ba a first pr nclplf of the operation. The New York Railways suit against tha bus lines, brought In the name ot Job E. Hedges, receiver of tho car lines, and naming Mayor Hylan. Mr. Whalen, all members ot the Board ot Estimate and a mass of bus drivers or owners as defendants In fact the list of de fendants filled half a printed page contains allegations mada In tho other suits ngalnst the buses: that they are operating in direct violation or tha franchise rights of tho trolley lines; are causing heavy losses to tbo crippled cars; arc a "public nuisance," anu lacit legal authority. Wlnthrop & Btlmson, counsel for Receiver Hedges, drew tha complaints. In an affidavit filed with tha suit Mr. Hedges pointed out that Uie financial losses have forced default of bond in terest on soma of the lines, and that attempts to negoUata somo relief wltn "the said defendant Hylan" havo been productive of anything but happy re sults. Mr. Whalen. discussing tho new suit against the bus lines, which ho supervises, said that granUnu of an in junction would affect thirty-seven buses of tho Eighty-sixth street route, thirty flvo on Madison avenue and Chambers street, fifteen on Avenue C thirty-five on Eighth street nnd fifty-two on Four teenth street. All told, tho city now operates nineteen tines with 340 buses. SENATE TO INQUIRE INTO FORD EXPENSES Will Investigate Conduct of Newberry and Opponent. Spttial to The Sex mi Ncrr Yobk Heuld. Washington, April 9. vrha question as to whethT Senator Newberry, re cently convicted in Michigan in connec tion with excess election expenditures, Is entitled to his seat In Uio United States Senate will be determined soon. A full Investigation was ordered to day by the Committee, on Privileges ana Elections. Tho sub-commlttco In chargo of tho Inquiry, comprising Senators Watson (Ind.), Spencer (Mo.). Edgo (N. J.). Pomerene (Ohio) and Wolcott i Del.), will scrutlnlso tho conduct oi Henry Ford's campaign, as well as that of his opponent In both primary and general elections. Recount of bal lots also will be made. Senator Newberry has not taken his place In the Senate- slnco his conviction, but will fight In both Senato nnd courts to establish his Innocence. STEING TIED TO PHONE BILL New VnrU-Xcn Jersey Port Trrnty It Held Up tn Senate. Special to Tin. Sen and New Yosk IIczAin Albakt. April S. The hopes of the telephone lobbyists were partly revived to-day by the passage In tho Senate without opposition of the Glbhs bill, per mitting the Public Service Commission td suspend Increased rates pending an uiYcaugs.ivU';, uui twin an iLiumuiiieui mat pracucaiiy numncs xiio suspension provision. Tho amendment permits the company to chaw Increased rates immediately when filed and to give a bond to Insure a refund of the money In caso of an ad verse decision. Bocauso of the objections of Senators Charles E. Russoll nrd Lortng M. Black, Democrats, of Brooklyn, the New York New Jersey port development treaty was held up In the Senate to-day. They said that tho New York city authorities wanted more light on tha project. Comptroller C'rnl's Fine Snstnlned The order of Justice Manning, adjudg Ing Comptroller Craig to bs In contempt of court for Issuing corporate stock cor tlflcatcs for the expanses of thu Public Service ..Commission In 1919, after Will iam J. Schleffelln, president of ths Citi zens Union, had obtained an injunction restraining such action, was sustained by tho Appellate Division In Brooklyn yesterday. Justice Manning fined Comp troller Craig 130 and costs. Women Jurors Barred In Brooklyn Ths Appellate Division In Brooklyn rpled unanimously against idmlttins women to Jury lists yesterday by af firming' a decision of Justice Lazansky who denied tho app'tcatlon of Julia 11, Grill!, n Brooklyn lawyer, for a writ of mnndamus to compel Jacob Brenner. Commissioner of J.'ors, to certify wn. men when making up tho lists from which Jury panels aro drawn. . t'rlscs for 'Itnninne Week Potters Cash prizes for tho best posters de signed by art students of New York publlo schools on the subject of kindness to animals will ba awarded aa a feature of "humane week." which begins Mon day undsr tho. auspices of ths New York women s league ror Animals, car tponlsts will ba judges of tho contest Moving picture houses will show slides In behalf of the campaign and special exercises will f ?14 m Uio schools, be u THE NEW YOKK HERALD. TJIR St.V tras oKiidrit &y lien fiat in 1833 ; rnr. new youk umtu.i, tca.1 foumlcil lu Jama (Ionian Ucnna in 1833. TinmUlf passed into (he cou. fro! of Charles A. Dana in ISiJS. ; becam fftc proptrtu of Frank A. ilunety in 1910. TUB NIVW YORK UBHAUi remained the sols property of it lonndt- until hi death In IS7S, when hte ton,nfu James G onion llennett, succeeded to thr ownership of tha paper, which coiifmun In his hands until his death in 111 TllK ItEllALD breams the property oi Frank A. Munsey in 1930. Ill'MINKSS ANU ICDITOHUI, OITICIX MAIN BUSINESS .AND KD1TOHIAI OFFICES. 250 BROADWAY. TKI-I. PHONE. WORTH 10.000. IIIUM 11 OiTK'J:s for receipt of alv tlsnmrnls and fair of pvpcrsi MtlNCtPAJ. UPTOWN Ol'KIOK Ilera Ilulliltns, HeruM Hauare. Ttl, Urt - CO 00. II.UU.UM DFrirK ZOi WEST K511I ST.. NIJAIl BBVBNTH AVIS. Te i'.i Mornlngnldi". Open until JO l. , WASHINGTON HKIIlHTrt OFKIClI-i", WEST lilKT 8T. Tal. 00SS Wadsuort Oren until 10 p. Jt. DOWNTOWN OFI'ICK 200 DKOAb WAY. Open day anil night. BROOKLYN OFFICE RAGLE nUJI.K 1NU. SOS WASHINGTON ST. Tifl. Win Main. .' COUItV ST. Tel. HoS JU, Optn until 10 I. M. I1IIONX OFFICE -SI 9 WILLIS AVI AT HBTH ST. Teh !J'!0 Melroso. Opo until 10 V. M. Principal Foreign and American llurr.iut. WASHINGTON Th Munssy Ilulldlng CHICAGO !0S South 1. Sallo St. LONDON 10-43 Fleet St. PARIS ID Avenue de V Optra, 3S Ita? du I,ouvr. Thsre nr about ll.V advortlaem-st r reiving stations locatml throughout V York city and vicinity where Mun-Hora i ndvcrtlicrornts will In received at ollj -rates and forwarded for publication. Daily Calendar THE WEATHER. Eastern New York Fair to-dai an.; to-morrow ; continued cool : gxnile t moderate variable winds, mostly wci and northwest. Nw Jertey Fair to day ami to-morrow continued ouol; rental to moderate noun winds. Northern Now "Rnjland-Falr. continued oool to-duy and to-morrow; senile to mm crate west Itlndi. Southern New Ensland Pair to-day aini to-morrow; continued cool; jcntle to mml erato vuriable winds mostly wott and norl1 west. Western New York Fair to-day and to morrow; continued cool; jcntle variable winds. - WASHINGTON, April J.-Low pressure r-r slsts orcr the St, Lawrence Valley and H.e Canadian maritime provlneei. The Southern depression lias morcd eautwanl to th ;eem coaat, and another derrwslon co7ra sll ill. inns neiit or the Rocky Mountains, with tri centre- orer Nevadx Irenn i tvlmireK high over the region of Uio ereat lakes nnd t upper JIlaslMtppI Valley. Temperatures ha risen orer the central Itocky Mountain relon and they hare fallen tn the south Atlantic States. Cool weather continues aeneral ore tlio Northern states cast ot the Missouri an.! Miwasippi rivers. Th outlook Is for eenerallr fair wcathr to morrow and Sunday In the States east of tu JUulsilppl Itlvr, except that It wilt Imcom jnsetUed, with ehowers prohaNy Sunday m Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana. No Im portant temperature -ftsi,e are Indicated for tho (astern half of rho country within tu nut forty-eight hours, ftHorrnHnni, , rfltl D. ... -r-. .Ik.. rtiu stations taken at S P. if. yesterday, tcr fnty-nfth meridian time: jsraperaiuro Rainfall last 14 hrs. Daro- last 24 Stations. IXIah. Low. meter, nrs. Weather AhUese 79 61 Z3.K Clear Albany si Atlantic City.... 44 Baltimore u niimarclc 45 Boston ,,43 W S it a 23 23 H .14 :i a a so M SI C4 42 n 3 0 44 St SO a 31 41 K 15 43 4 40 3.M ISM an 89.03 . 19.W 13. K) 10.09 S0.02 soot a.M 80.04 at 3.(4 a.w SS.B .. Clear Clear .. Clear .02 IiaJn .. Clear .. Cloudy 3 Ilaln .. Clear .. CUar .03 Cloudy .. rt. cidy Cloudy .. Pt. Cldy .. Cloudy .tO Cloudy .. Clear .02 TUIn Buffalo Charleston ...... Ti Chlrarn ss Cincinnati ...... 4S Clevdaaa S4 Denver ..,..... a Detroit SS Galveston 7 Helena M Jacksonville ....74 Kansas City a i-03 Anreics Milwaukee 49 19.04 Clear New Orleans TI .7fl 6.44 Clear Oklahoma W 3.04 S0.0O 29.4K 3.79 .94 3.54 Cloudy Philadelphia .. Plttubarf Portland. Mr.. Portland, Ore. Salt hake City. San Antoalo,. San Dlezo.... Paa rrancisco, St. Louis .. Clear .. Clear .. Clear .10 llaln .. Cloudy .. Clesr .. Clear .49 Italn .. Cinar .. Clear naahlnjton .. LOCAL. WEATHER RECORDS. A.M. IP. f. uorowecer &.w Humidity 41 Wind-direction W Weather , Cloudr Wind Velocity ,.. '7 PreciDltalion Nann 2.2 4? N W near . 17 None The temperature In this city yesterday, in recorded by the offdal thermometer. Is shown In the annexed table: 4 A. M.. V) I I. M.... Z A. St.... 3u 21'. M.... S9 DA, M.. M 3P.M.... 40 11 A. il..., 37 4 1'. M. .. 4 12 M ,. ST tV. Jl.. ISM. 1519 I I) A. 31 Si 4i 8 P. IT CP. 31.... 4' IP ' .. JP. 31.... 31 10 P. 3L... " lrai is 42 1J t S7 K! 1'. M J. I P. 31 4) M12 Mid S3 Hlrhwt temperature. 41 at 4:15 1', 31 Lowest temperature, M at 8;15 A. N ATcrajo temperature. 37. EVENTS TO-DAY. National Democratic Club, Jefferson dinner, Hotel Aitor. 7 P. SI. The Her. ISmest It. Stlres and Ambassador Jean J. Jusierand will epe&k at a ipeclal meet lug of the New York GenraloTiea! and nin sranhlcal Society, 3 West riftr-eishta stwi. 3; P. SI. Salvation Army Memorial Tralnln? Collose 176th utreet slid University avenue, will l-s dedicated! by Corumandur ISvanicIine lloot'i, 3 P. M. Barnard t'ellrge Greek carats, irmnaslum, Student!' Hall. 3 1. SI. Now York Chapter, United DaiujMrrs of tin Confederacy, Innrhvon, Hotel Aator. 1 P. )! Womtn'a Auxiliary of the ltli Infantr btnent danrs, SUty-nlnUi Bi-iractit .wuory. ft Uxlnglon avenue, 4:3) P. I. Nw York Alumnae Asaffiatl"" nt Gourber Colter?, luncheon. Women's Vnhersitr Cluli, 10 last Flfty-ajcond strt. 1!:I0 P St. "Civic C-nttT!i, Ancient snd Sfodern." Ilh trited lecture tir 11. it. Bauinfanlt, Carm:i Hall, 10:30 A. SI. Women's Neckwtar Association, dinner dance, Hotel MeAlpin. 7 P. SI. AUwrt Uliosmi snd Harry Larter will speak at tho annual meeting and banquet nf tl. Maiden Lane Historical Society, Bankers' Cta. 1 p. sr. National Institute of Inventors, meeUnj, IU Fulton atrect, 3 P. M. Jana B. Walker wilt lecture for deaf id deafened adults, Matrspolltan Sluttum of A: 3 P. 31. American Physical Education Association, closing dsy of ronfercnc!, luncheon, 12;M 1' St.: psjeant, "The Conflict," ( P. SI. Wa dorf.Astorla. American Federation f Arts. ihlblimn f prints, Pratt Institute Library, llmollja, day. 1 Spring" loan exhibition of French portrait t: irravlnss. Museum ot French Art. ft I' avenue. 10 A. M. to 6 P. SI. Delta lsllon Fraternity, latcheon, Ho!i MeAlpln, 13l P. M. Iam f Free Nations, luncheon, Hotel Com modore. 1 P. M. Ti.ta CM Fraternity, convention, Holt1 A tor. all dsy. Worosn'a Press Club, jneetlnc, Wsldorf As toria. 2 P. M. American Scandinavian Foundation Srcle'j. dinner. Waldorf-Astoria. 7 P. SI. Sendder School, luncheon. Hotel Tnuvf ' pis. 12:30 P St. Federation de I'Allianco Francaltc, meellat Hotel llasn, 10:30 A. St. Iielta Tan Delta Fraternity, dinner, Astoria. 7 P, M. PUBLIC LECTURES TO-NIGHT Th SeWl Lunch," by Dr. Ciutiv St x benmuller, American Muieuci of Natural II ' tory. Sevsnly-soientll street and Csutral Pi -West. "DcnK'cracy In ladnMrr." hy I'rnf If Wslter Crook. Cooper Institute, Elznra '' and Fourth avenue, "Current History." by Prof, Seisin P. Wei1!. Townsend Harris Hill, Collect ot the Clij ' J4ew York. Amsterdam avenuo sad Moth lf" Tanama Cans) Up to Date," by Mr. Yttii lek W, Paris, Y. If. O. A.. Harltm Boa. . 6 WrtHth flreett Illustrated. 'Trod'c rjijujsnkf.'' by Prof. 3. O Cjtt'.r TronrV New Ywk Piibtie Library wW' I braach, TJ0 rit lsyta itrat. 41 1