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In a Washington despatch to the New York 7Vfnnc yesterday wo find this highly Interesting statenieiit f "It Is said emphatically In Admin istration circled that the President's views regarding the Turltlsh question and the Adriatic settlement have not umletRone the slightest change. At the same time It la admitted he feels himself hamstrung and looka upon the whole situation with unconcealed bitterness townrd the Senate." Last night the despatches from the capital to Tub Kvk.mno Sun repre sented the President as having made np his mind to insist no further upon dictating to Great Britain, France nnd Itnlv the terms upon which peace shall be concluded by them with Tur key." with which tire I'ulteA States has not been at wnr, or the terms of settlement of the Adriatic question, In which Italy has a primary Interest nnd this Government none ut all ex cept as we are Italy's friend and as President Wilson hns made us seem to lie a very earnest If nultc unwel come volunteer adviser. If it Is true thnt Mr. Wilson has come to the conclusion to suspend his activities In world politics as the nr- hlter of national destinies nnd the prescriber of the policies of nations to which he sustains no ofllclnl rela tion his decision to that effect coin cides very closely with thnt reached nt San Itemo by his late associates In the I'.lg Tour. Our correspondent Mr, Lauhence Hii.i.s, now at San Itemo, expresses the opinion that, "President Wilson's stock ns nn Internationalist Is now lower than ever before." We think so. Mr. I.loyii ('Fundi: Is mainly concerned with the Hrltlsb plans for keeping nn upper hand In Turkish territories nnd would eliminate the President ns n factor ln the Turkish settlement on the reasonable ground that the United States is not nt wnr with Turkey. Moreover, the President Is not In- n position to assume or promU'c on the part of the American Government any responsibility of the mandatory kind. The mandate for Armenia has al ready been offered tentatively to the nascent League of -Nations, repre sented nt present at San Itemo by Sir. n.LFOt;n. and 'by the League It has been declined because of lack Of monetary ami military power to per form the task. So, wblle there may be talk of Inviting the United States to express our Interest In Armenia by. merely llnnnclul assistance, there Is likely to be no further suggestion of political tutelage on our part. In other words, the boundaries In Asiatic Turkey will be drawn, and the future conditions determined by the real League of Nations now potent. That Is to say, by Great Britain nnd France, with Italy throwing her In fluence on-the one slile or the other according to circumstances. The same thing will be true with regard to the Adriatic settlement. Whnt Italy shall have ami what Italy shall not have on trie eastern side of that sea will not depend upon Presl dent Wilson's racial and ethnic de limitations but upon the agreement at which the two leading Powers mong the allied Governments shall arrive concerning the claims and In terests of the third Power. The mat- tor Is complicated somewhat by French dissatisfaction with the Italian atti tude In trie rrankfort affair and by Premier Ntm's apparent purpose to support the P.rltNh rather than the preach view of the proper extent of military nnd economic procure upon Germany to enforce the payment of the Indemnity and the fulfilment of otiier treaty provisions. Nevertheless, tho League of Nations which will finally determine these questions Is the potent Anglo-French League, not t,U3 confesso lly Impotent League of the Wllsonlnu Covenant. ,How natural nnd how Inevitable! But how remote, all the same, from the spirit and letter of that now long forgotten Fourteenth Point: "A gen oral association of nations must be formed under s-iecllic covenants for the purpose ot nffordlng mutual guar- nntecH of polltlciil Inik'pemlciice and tcrrltorlnl Integrity to great ami small etutcR nllUc." A Pf.ni.fil nUMiHnlinll of tlHllonS. ' If It linil lieen otiilllRlicl exnetly ac- trodiico Christianity but nlso to Miln cording to Mr. Wii.hon'h phiim nntl, Inter to the sic!:, to furnish )he Mioclflenlloiis. woulil luive bad no dlf-1 elements of nn educntlon nnd (o tcncU fercnt experience, .lealliig wltli tho uo of the trades. The Ilev. Hi-mu conlllcts of niitlonnl Interest nnd Inc- HhiohXm rM the Hew Aha latins- rndlciiblc hunidn mitiirc, from Hint which confronts tin leiigue coiwWIng of I'm lice njwl Englnm! Our Topllcavy Tndc n dance. Our Mnrch exports of ?S20,000,000 nn n pence basis uro eoloRsal, whether the American dollar of to-day, ns com pared with tho period boforc tho wnr, Is merely n 70 cent dollar of even ns low ns n ri cent dollar. And this prodigious outward Haw of American niprchandlse. again discredits those passionate advocates of the league of Natjon.1- who declared that unless wo tied ourselves up In this covenant with the restjif the world we couldn't sell It our goods. , Yet the Import record for Mnrch, with Its ?S4,lKM),Q00, Is even more astounding; for If our exports because of lullated prices seeln more than t,hey tire, sojiio of our big Imports nre now moasurcd on n rovcrm scale. Until recently Imiwrts from Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Ac, were cal culated in the normal value of the money of those countries. But since the Department of Commerce hns switched to the new system of valu ing such Imports by actual market quotations of their exchange It takes tons of Imports to Miov the same llmincfnl readings as were shown only n few months ago by hundredweights of Imports. A year ago, for Instunce, our Gov ernment was' figuring Imports from Great Britain nt tho rate of nbout a pound to .$4.87. It was figuring Im ports from France nt the rate of about live francs to a dollar; Imports from Italy at about the same rate, and Im ports from Germany nt the rate of about four marks to n dollar. But If now we nre figuring 'British Imports at the rate of about ?tt.S" to a pound, francs nt the rate of nbout sixteen to a dollar, lire at the rate of about twenty-two to n dollar and marks at any old rate, our Imports from those countries of Europe the principal European exporters to us are corre spondingly, nre enormously, nltnosf" 'incredibly more In volume than they wero n yenr ago. As long ns our dollar Is nt o pre mium In Europe and elsewhere be yond our boundaries our excess ex ports of course count for as much In striking Intermttlonnl balances ns they over did, whether the purchasing power of our dollar nt home Is only two-thirds or one-half of what It used to be. Nevertheless, If Europe can keep on running tip Its shipments of merchandise to us both In volume nnd In true vtllue, ns measured by current exchange, faster than we run up our slilnmonts to Europe, the exchange situation with regard to the countrW of stnble governments and solvent peoples Is on the right road to adjust Itself sooner or later by the very laws of nature. We can lose the Incomparable bal ance of trade now In our favor, We can hue It, although our exports do not fall, through our Imports rising hi volume wblle at the same time the mnrket vnlue of the foreign moneys In which they nre measured similarly rlFes. And It will he no misfortune to us when our toplienvy foreign trade balance is thus more evenly nnd safely adjusted. Bryan's Defeat In a Stato Which Has Bcpn Pry Three Yean. Up to the election-of 1!UG Nebraska was two-thirds wet and one-third dry. In thivT.ve.ir the people of the State adopted prohibition by a vote of 140,- r74 to 117,132, the reform becoming effective on May 1, 1017. Nebraska lias had three years of jlryness. When the resolution to submit tho Eighteenth Amendment to the. States came before Congress In 1017 Senator Hitchcock was. the only member ot tho Nebraska delegation to vote against It. Nebraska was the thirty-sixth State to ratify the Eighteenth Amendment Its legislative houses on Jnuunry 1(1, 191,0, voted unanimously. These statistics may puzzle the stu dent of politics who seeks the reason why Senator Hitchcock, whose per formances on behalf of the Covenant were anything but glorious, hns de feated In the Nebraska primaries Mr. Bryan, whose sole appeal to his peo ple was a promise to do his oratorical best .for prohibition nt the Democratic national convention. Can It he that Nebraska loves not BnvAN less but beer more? Hawaii Cclchr&tct a Centennial. One hundred years ago last Mon day the first American settlers on the Hawaiian Islands lauded at Hono lulu. The Hawaiian natives nnd the American residents, mnny of whom are descendants of this pioneer com pany, have been commemorating the event by' a centennial celebration which. It Is declared, ecllp-tes anything of the kind vcr held on a Pacific Island : the United States Government ' Is olliclnlly represented, and there have been military and naval parados, pageants portraying ths chief events In the Islnnds' history, nnd contests In which two world's swimming records have been broken, one by n New York girl. This pioneer company was made up of American missionaries nud their families, who sailed from Bos ton In October, 1810, In the small brig Tbaddcus, nnd reached their desti nation 164 days afterward. Besides THE SUN AND NEW ' YOl: .HERALD, -THURSDAY, -APRIL 22, 190. tliolr- rcllRlous zcnl tlio members of Oils couipnny posseted it high ileRrco Pr neo ingonuiiy ami common SCI1MV lllOV SOllgllt not only to in- ton wero tlio giiiiling spirits 01 w enterprise f Kamitjvwiiitssy wnsiuo ciirpt'iiter nnd lilucUsniltu, rUum. Itvoni.Ks tho tendier, 'homas JIol-j-Ian the phyniirliiii, Danikx Cham- IIWLMN the farmer mill hniBfiA IHiMis the printer. These men worked nt their respec tive occupations nnd at the same time trained tho IlarVallnns, In the uso of Yankee tools. They brought with them to Honolulu the Umber of n house o.rlglnnlly built' In Boston, which was the first frame Imlhllng erected on the islands. They brought too a printing press, which, not only was the first In these Pacific Islnnds but, 'It Is said, antedated any press set up In this country west of the .Missouri. These pioneers ami, their descend ants have exerted a strong lntluoiicn upon the life of the people and the Industries of the Islands. The great sugar nnd pineapple plantations had their beginning In the early efforts of these first settlers. Mnny of their descendants have remained upon the Islands nnd have been active In Ha waiian Industries nnd Commerce; they have played a prominent part In the political history of the Islnnds, In bringing nbout the change from n kingdom to a republic, nnd the final annexation of the Islands to the United States. Mars May Be Studied With Profit by Us of Earth, A number of. able balloonlsts and astronomers and wireless telegraph and radio telephone operators have gathered at Fort Omaha this week to trap signals from Mars and to send signals to the Martians. They have admirable equipment for their In6k, and the country may be sure thnt even-thing which I hey can do to establish communication with the Bed Planet will be done. Many persons t regard the attempt to open communication with Mars as folly. They say In the first place that It Is absurd for man to undertake the task of sending n message through the millions of miles of ether which separate us from Mars. Even If means could be found or Recording on Stars dots and dashes originating Here, these persons hold that the Slar- tlan language differs from ours, and consequently the Martians could not make sense out of what our experi menters try to tell them. And even If we could get un Intelligible mes sage through, nnd win a response to It, tlio opposition nsks "what good would come of It?" Objectors to the experiments now In progress take n narrow view df the subject. They fall utterly to see the vision which Inspires the scien tific imagination or the sound sense of the hard headed business men who support their enterprises. The scientists aspire to complete triumph over space, but ns they strive for It they do not Ignore the Inci dental revelations which result from their efforts. Developing sending nud receiving apparatus for Intercourse with our neighbor, they will Improve the machinery by which succor may bo called to a ship in distress nt sen, the navigator kept to the safe course off n trciehcrous coast, the sending of overland messages made easier, more' expeditious and cheaper. The instant men cease to nttempt the Inqxisslble, that moment they will fall to achieve the possible. When men sny "We can't" nnd not "Let's try" this world will cease to progrpss, and unless It progresses It will fall back from the standards It has already attained. Tho objection that even though wo were nblc to send slgnnls to unOlher planet we could not hold Intelligible communication with Its people unless they happened to sneak Chinese or Sioux or English or French or some other tongue Jcnown here will not stand examination. Soino Hosettn Stone of Interpretation would be chis elled oilt by tho genius pf the beings who had been courageous enough and resourceful enough to utilize the vast untenanted field of ether to hear their messages. The greetings they sent' nnd received would In time be deel phered. Of this we may be sure. That It would do us good to hear from Stars nobody cart doubt. If the SInrtlans have surpassed us In moral and Intellectual progress we might learn from them. If they nre not on .our plane of well being we still might learn from them, and what Is better, teach tbem something. If, ns some authorities tell us, their dwelling place has passed Into planetary old age and Is freezing up they might be nble to tell us how to avert or post pone tho evil day for earth ; nnd per haps In their extremity we might nld them by etherenl waves controlled front world stations, by which their cold home could be rejuvenated. All In nil the study of Stars Is to be encouraged, nnd tho fact that the planet Is red should not prejudice us ngaln;t Its Inhabitants. Smoker Who Disregard the Law. About two years ago the Sun called attention to the fact that the prohibition agnlnst smoking on the platforms nnd trains of the elevated nnd subway railroads was being dis regarded The violation of the Inw tame, curiously enough, from the war. lonni soldiers from other towns, not knowing the ordinance ngnlust U, smoked on tho platform"; nnd the guards did not huve tho heatt to re buke them. f Those soldier nre back horitenguln, but the Now Yorkers who wilfully took to vlolnting tho law because the soldiers were Innocently venting It nre stll smoking on the phitforms. If therewnu danger of ilro when smoking on elevated stairs ntld plat forms wns prohibited, there must be danger still. Tho cigarette smokers, while most numerous, ore least objectionable. A cigarette Is economically negligible nnd Its owner throws It uwny when the trnln comes along. The cigar smoker hnngs to his comparatively expensive weed, taking It Into the car to smoulder or to go out, In either case, the -odor Is unpleasant to other pnssengcrs. Smoking on the platforms may en trill little danger nnd It Is not par ticularly offensive to others. There Is a' law against It. however, nnd un punished disregard of law by some lowers the respect of inw In nil. And the man who brings a dead or 'dying cigar Into a trnln should he boiled In oil of the lowest grade. A Historian Ignore l rr Misinterprets the Constitution. We find Dr. IUnnrnT Adams Gin noNS, whose profession, we believe. Is that of historian nnd who has Indeed occupied .the chair of hlsloiy ut Bob ert College lnConHtantlnople. regret ting the failure of the Wilson Cove mint In these curious words: "When President Wilson was per mltted to blsn tho peace treaty the United States uecamo a partner In the arrangements for the reorginlza tlon of the world." Dr. Giuooks has spent much of his life In Europe and most of his pub lished books relate to European his tory nnd politics. It Is possible that he, like some Euroiwnns. may have that Ignorance of tile limits of the President's treaty making iwwer which Viscount Gkky recognized In his famous letter of lost January. It was to make clear to England the equal partnership of the United States Senate In nil 'treaties that Gbi:y said: "Let ua first got rid ot one pos sible mlsunderstnndlnir. No chargo of bad faith or repudiating signa tures can be brought against the ac tion of the United States Senate. By the American Constitution It Is an Independent body, an Independent o'.ement In the treaty making power. Its refutal to ratify the treaty can not expose cither Itself or the coun try to a charge of bad faith or repudiation." We do not believe that Lord Grey found It hard work to come to this conclusion. He had only to read the Constitution and to assume that it meant whnt It said. Perhnps Dr. GinnoKs's Europeun research has left hJm no time trTread the Constitution of his own country. Mr. Barnes of Albany behoves tnat "the" American peoplo want evils, if they exist, treated concretely." Many civic doctors think they are doing tills when they treat them bonehcadedly. Senator Gore Is Interesting In de- bato to both the eye and ear. In spite of his physical affliction, total blind ness. he quotes from tho Record and other publications usually with exact ness, and from tables of statistics with astonishing facility and Invariable cor rectness. He also frequently Illus trates hU statistics, nnd picturesquely as when recently commenting In '.he Senate on the effort which was started with much promise last Summer by Federal mochlnery to bring down the high cost of food, the Oklahoma Sena tor remarked that the price of hows did go down, but on Its way down 1U met the price of bacon going ,up. A figure of speech Inviting the listener to give his fancy a little playtime: an elevator on the ground floor loaded with fat llttlo cutles representing bacon prices, eager to stnrt up, nnd asking the starter, "When do we go?" and the starter replying, "Just as soon as that car on the top floor loaded with those hlghfalutin hog prices starts coming down." It would be easier to give them a name if they were south of tho Wo Grande. Then wo should euphoniously speak of them as Overalllstas. The Philippine Islands, according to the Manila papers, are already bogm nine preparations for the quadricen tennial celebration next year1 of the discovery of the Islands by MaoeIiLax. The date the Filipinos accept as that on which the explorer first landed gn the Island of Slalhou is March 15, 1521. All Ihc details of the memorial exer cises Have not yet been arranged, hut as Magellan sailed around dlscoverm; a numbcrot other' islands of the Phil lpnlno croup before he was killed It is thought that the celebration will be continued till May 1, the day on wnicn Atimlral DewbY arrived at Manila Bay, another important Philippine date.. The coming celebration will be a Joint affnlr participated in by the Filipinos and the American residents of the Island. The Tuimlloril and the Carpenter. The Landlord and the Carpntr Wira walking on tho, street, They wpt like anything to see So mnny human feet: "tf these were only housed," they iI4. My, H would be our meat!" "If seven million men or more Should work at railroad speed Do you suppose," the Landlord ld, "They'd fill the houslnc need?" "I doubt It," said the Carpenter, And smiled with happy greed. "O Tenant, come and live with Aisl" The Landlord did Invite. "A modest rent, and nothing spent On service, heat or light I mean, there's nothing spent, by me," He murmured, most polite. "The ol'dest Tenant looked at him: "I hear they're passing laws At Albany to regulate The trimming of your clause. Tou ask me why they do such things. I'll tell you why because!" W. W, WlltTttOCX. 167 DEATH TOLL OF SOUTHERN TORNADO Help Urgently Needed .for Hundreds Who Are Injured or Homeless. DOZEN COUNTIES SWEPT Stoirm's Greatest Damage in Mississippi ifiVcrs in North Still lUshy?. Birminqam, Ala., April 21. Bevlsed reports to-day from the tornado stricken areas of Mississippi, Alnbnma and Ten nessee placed the number of fatalities resulting from yesterda' storm at 157, nine less than first reported to-day. Tlu lRtfr reports told ot hundreds injured, and estimated the property damage at more than $2,000,000. Tlio death toll in Mississippi, Ala bunm tind Tennesnne follows: Mississippi Meridian, It: Nashobi. county, 19: fllen Alcorn county, 10; Aberdeen, Monroe count:1, 21 ; Bay Spring, Jasper county, 7 ; Irlgomar, Union county, 6; Egypt, Chlcknsaw county, 5; Baker, Union county, G; Clayton. Winston county, 5; Cedar Bluff. Clay county, 3: Starkvllie section, un tlbbeha county. 3: nosehlll, Jasper county, 6 ; Amory, Monroe county, 8 : Ilunnels Bridge, kaudcrtlalo county, ; Keownvlllc, Union county, 2. Alabama Mtrlon cnunijvsu ; mum worth Cove. Mullson county, 13 ; Nc- hama section, Colbert county, 4 : Qurlcy, Madison county. 3 .Little cove, -. Waco, Franklin county, 1. Tennessee Williamson county, i. AafilRtnnfA from the outside world Is urgently needed for the relief of tor nado survivors In a dozen counties ui Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee, re ports to-day from tile storm swum u..-,- trict said. With a heavy deatli list anu a property loss which will run Into many millions, tho tornado has taken rank as ono of tho, most disastrous, as well ns most widespread, In the annals of the South. , ,. , it,,n,irr,ic n ininiprt rcnulre medical attention, and the forces of physicians and nurses available locally nre inw equate to copo with the situation. Tents and other temporary structures must be ..rAetn.i fnr numerouH families whose homes were obliterated, and a shortage of food Is foreseen ns a result oi mo structton of Kirns nnd warehouses, coupled with the complete obstruction rtf rtnimimlr'ntlnfr I' Oft d 3. 11 1 a alnrm a mill rpntlv struck in thi rich farming belt lying arounu any Ci,.t Jnmer rnlintv. MISS.. Rnu moveu northeast across the remainder of the oiato in vi.ni Its fury unon the extreme northwestern tier ot tne counties Alabama before moving into icmieaoec. Cincinnati, April 21. The fifty toot flood stage was passed by the Ohio Illyer here at 4 o'clock this evening and the river continued to ripe at the rate of two-tenths ot a foot an hour, leather forecaster Devereaux announced that nc believed a stage of approximately fifty two feet would be reached by to-morrow, but ho would make no prediction as to the ultimate crc.it of tho present swell. Wt.tr winihir nrevalled throughout the Ohio valley during tho day. No serious property damage as a resun 01 i.ie uwuu has been reporteu in tnis vimim; . April 21. The flood waters In the Wabash and White rivers biM thMr tributaries, as well as in mnaiW streams of the State, have .onr-hcl an alarmlnir stace and thou sands of dollars damage has bfen done to property. "One boy was drowned at (nriiinn nml II la feared that a railroad man was drowned at Oishen. Tho heavy rainfall "In northeastern Indiana near the head waters of the Wabash Is having a telling effect at Wabash, Peru. Lo ganrport, Lafayette and other cities on this river. CHOICE CUTS HIGHER AS BEEF DECLINES Chicagb Stockyards Filled With Prime Cattle. Special to The 8rx AXn Mw Tfont Ham. Chicago. April 21. Chicago retail butchers boosted the prices ot the choice cuts of meat to-day, although the price of beef dropped at the stockyards. Tlie stockyards arc filled with prlmo cattk and tlje prices are dropping fast. There are 9,000 head In the stockyard penr and nobody wants to buy them. The price has gone down nearly ?3 a hun dtedweight during the last ten days. The retail markets In Chicago report a rifling prlco for prime beef, which is difficult to obtain. Porterhouse stenk Is selling at 60 cents, sirloin 50 cents nnd the butcher will part with a little rib roast for 40 cents a pound If prop erly approncbed. At tho stockyards conditions nre re. markablc. A three day run of 52,000 steers has frightened almost all buyers off the market, and more cattle are com In in all the time. Steers which have been fetching Jlfi.GO were sold at be tween J 12 nnd $13 to-day. CUDAHY MANAGER IS HELD AS PROFITEER Retailer. Charges He Paid Excessively for Meat. Oliver II. Saunders, manager of the Brooklyn branch of the Cudahy rack In Company, was arrested yesterday, charged with selling fresh hinds, and ribs of beef at excessive prices. He Is the fourth manager of tho "big five' packers to be arrested since the "flying squadron" of the Department of Justice started Its crutauo against looa prof iteers here. JAhn Schroth, a retail butcher of 74$ Furton street, Brooklyn, says he re cently paid Saunders 23 cents a pound for beef and a few days later 34 cents for identical cuts. Saunders pleaded not guilty and was held by James II. McCabc, United States Commissioner, In K.uOO ball for examination May 5. Wilson & Co. In a statement yester day In connection with tho arrest of Louis 'Joseph, their Brooklyn manager, blamed the advance In meat prices on the -idded cost of live stock and trans portation. The strike, they say, added expense through motor truck and water shipments. Armln V. Kllen. chief of the "flying squaoron. naving completed arrange ments with big Brooklyn stores to make certain reductions In prices of nccessl ties, Is .getting Information from Man hattan stores with the possibility of reducing prices. Food continued to arrive In quantity and prices for fresh fruit and vegetables went down yesterday because the mar kets are oversuppiied. Deatroyer Sent to Aid Ship. Washington, April 21'. An Amcrl can destroyer has been sent to assist tho American merchant steamship Sus quehanna, which was stranded Monday on the Italian coast. Report to the State Department to-day said the Sus quehanna was still aground nnd that 300 tons of cargo had been taken off. The passengers wero taken to Trieste by tne Argentina. AUTHORS CLUB TO HONOR CARNEGIE Memorial Service Wilt Be Held Here Sunday. On Sunday afternoon April 23 at 3:30 o'clock, there will be held In the Audi torium of tho Engineering Society a . Building, a meeting In memory of'ne life and work of Andrew Carnegie. The meeting Is' held under the auspices of the Authors Club, the Now York Public Library, 'the Oratorio Society, the Saint Andrew's Society una me unucu .i glnccrlng Society. . ... The music has been arranged by Mr. Walter Damrosch. Tho Invocation w 11 be made by Dr. William Plerson Merrill. Mr. J. Vlpoml Davies, presidium United Engineering Society, will prtSlde, There will bo n brief ,addre8 by Dr. John P. Flnioy and tho 'principal address will be made by Bllhu Boot, long tho friend and nssoclnto of Mr. Carnegie. Brief letters will be rcao, irom Bryce, Lord Morley and former presi dent Taft. , , . Admission will bo entirely by card. A limited number of these can be rur nlshed to those who may apply to air. Calvin W. Rice, 29 West Thirty-ninth street. LEHIGH VALLEY R. R. STARTS TERMINAL Construction Begun on riant in Jersey City for Ufic of Ocean Traffic. The Lehigh Valley Railroad began construction yesterday of a deep water terminal In the Qrcenvllle section of Jersey City, 'which will Hermit big ocean going craft to receive and discharge freight from and to railroad cars di rectly. The terminal will be a big step In tho harbor Improvement, urgently de manded by commercial and marlno In tereBts. ur.u woo i,trun on the Initial unit of what will be known as "Claremont Ter minal." Tho first unit win oe a o.vuu foot wharf , near tho foot of Chapel ave nue. Jersey City. In order that big steamships may reach this wharf from deep water, a thirty-five foot channel If now being dredged, requiring the re moval of 3,500,000 cubic feet of ma- rorliki The wharf now undor construe tlon will give borydng facilities to five or six largo ocean going steamsnips. will have a concrete dock and will real unnn timber Tilles. At tho extreme outer end a modern nlnnt for the unloading of ore from vpantflu to earn will be Installed. Two such machines will be erected first, bu' subsequently there- will be four. .When theee are all In place It will ue possmu to unload 2.S00 tons of ore an hom straight Into the railroad cars. Tho tin loaders will be used principally by thi Bethlehem Ste"el Company' In connection with the movement o oro from steamers to Cars en route to tho company s plan! at Bethlehem, Pa. The Bhore end of the pier will be util ized as an open wharf, with an electri cally operated (Jnntry crano of th'lrty ton capacity, covering four tracks, for the handling of the heaviest shipments from cars to vessels and from vessels to cars. Between the ore un'oaders nnd the open pier wl'l be a two story steel and concrete warehouse 800 feet long nnd 100 feet wido. There will be rail road tracks on either sldo of the ware house, and oyer the tracks between the hoiiHo and water will bo a travelling nantry crane to facilitate the loading of freight between vessels nnd cars. A yard with capacity for 500 cars will be built Imme. Inte'y adjacent to the wharf, and a power housoBf 4.000 kilo watt capacity will be constructed of steel and brick. . Ultimately tho terminal will cover nbout S00 acres of ground and will be about eight times the size of tho first unit. Some Idea of this magnitude may be obtained from Hie fact that the dock space In the comp'etcd project will be six miles or more In length. While the original plant wl'l bo largely for ocean trnfflc, thero will be lighterage and team ing facilities, and roadways will bo con structed In connection with nearby Jer sey City thoroughfares. The terminal project has been under contemplation for a number of years and would have been begun six years nqo If the war had not Interefered, NEW WEST INDIAN NAVAL BASE URGED Senator King Wants It at Port aa Prince, Haytt. .iprrinl to Tnr. Sun asv Ntw Yon llr.uii.n. Washington. April 21. That tho I'nlted States must establish a new nnd greater navnl base in. tho West Indies t.nd that It should be at Port au Prince, the great Haytlan harbor at the west end of the Island, Is the recommendation Senator King (Utah) will make to the Senate Naval Committee after Inspection of the Caribbean situation for the com mittee. "Ouantanamo." said Sir. King to-day, ' lii not adequate to tho rcqulrcmenta of the prefent fleet. There must be larger harbor facilities, and the navnl experts and strategists are agreed that Port au l'rlnce Is the place for It. I shall rec t.mmend to tho committee that negotia tions bo Initiated at once with Haytl to get tho concession for such a base," Senator King has Just returned from Caribbean waters, where he made a study, with the assistance of naval officers, of tho whole problem of naval dispositions In that area. He was sent by the Naval Affairs Committee primarily to inspect Charleston 'harbor with reference to whether it should be continued and further developed as a naval base. CAN'T LEFT IMMIGRATION LID. Secretary Wilson Ansirers Pica to Admit Honseholil Serrnnt. Vashinoton, April 21, Further sus pension of Immlfrratlon barriers to in crease the number of laborers In this country would be unjustified without ex press legislation by Con&rress, Secretary Wllron of tho Labor Peparttnent said to-day In a letter to Representative. Sle Eel. Republican, New York, who had nsked for an order permittlnc; unre stricted admission of household, ser vants. Under existing; regulations, the Secre tary explained, Mexican nnd Canadian agricultural laborers may be brought Into the country ,for the harvest of this year's beet rugar crop, without obser vance of tho literacy, head tax and con tract labor provision;! of the Immigra tion Inw, but he said any extension should be by act of Congress. Jitir Memorial 50 Cent Pieces. Wabhinoton, April 21. Coinage of half dollars commemorating the cen tennial anniversary "of the admission -of Maine nnd Alabama as States and the 300th anniversary of the landing of tho Pilgrims would be authorized by bills passed unanimously to-day by the House and sent to the Senate. A half million of the coins would be produced by the Government mints Jn observance of the landing of the. I'll srlmB at Plymouth Rock, while 100,000 coin, would bo produced for each of the State centennials. SENATORS SEEK HEW LIGHT ON MEXICO Call General Alvnrctlo to Tell Them of Itcnson for Sbnora Revolt. . . i (JEN. OBREGON ITS HEAD Mexican Embassy Snys Zneiito eas nnd Mlchoaean Governors Sympathise With Bonds. BtUl to Tan Bus and NW Washington. April 21.rThls coun try'8 Interest ,ln tho , evolutionary de. veiopmentB in mexico w. ,""-"- ,. to-day by action of the Fall subcommit tee of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, which served a -ubPmi .upon nen. saivaaoro Aivarcuu. "-':--;," 1.ltl... Onnnni OoVOmmcnt, 10 appear beforo tho committee. Tho uo cision followed tho statement made .yes terday by Alvarcdo that den. Obregon Is th actual head of tho Mexican rebel movement and that its purpose Js tho overthrow of tho Carranxa regime Tho Mexican EmoasBy ' the developments wu ""V"",. statement deprecating allegei 1 Ameri can sympathy with tho rebellion and minimizing the extent of the revolt. News despatches to-any anu tial information show that the revolu tlonary movement ! spreading. C lose ik. irli,nn Kmlinsal' StlllO- lliltLiysis 111 mo ..iv..'-" : - ment added to tlds Impression. The statement cans niicnuon iu "'y '"B In which Gen. Benjamin Hill, one of the did not Identify the location of Ro"""93' -a MUf n MsAvirn l.1l wn cn ' aimo" " i'"1 Effort to Tne statement is un ni;i'' , check American syrhpathy by Indicating that payment of rorciun mucin... IhTpart of tho Mexican aovernment would bo indefinitely delayed by rebel . .. ...i a n,..i the Cnrranza llOtl. 11 IS tiicn ....... . Government has crcatetd a surplus of I4.0WM. but no .nen t on ,s ;- ; rnci mat u ikib " " ." . principal of its foreign '"1ebtne?n3; nothing on tne iihbicbi nu. w tereM on the Intorost. ' Tho Mexican Embassy said tho only ... . .. ...mnntniT. ntT Wltll tllO mate uovcrm v...... ----- rebellion were Oov. Enrique Estrada of Zacatecast anil lf uovemur u. can. iiita mi. fri.t- ..( tim ttrar r'niiiiriiiitLiuii iv celved hero that tho y.acaiecnB wove...", had Joined the ravoluttonlats, and his accession Is regarded ns important owing tb tho important posmoii . " m..v. Information now In Washington has It that the rebels may be expected to . iha Pun lie coast capture .uuunn v.. - --- within the next forty-eight hours.. An other- report carries iniormimuu m. tlcn. Arnulfo Qomcz had occupied Tux pam with 3,000 men and was threatening Tamplco. ItepoMs from Monterey htiyo It that Col. Rudolfo Oallcgos with 400 men at Llmaros, Nuevo Leon, had de- . i. .. .....! ,!,, rinuBIrw,ra fiarcn lor ounuru urn v..v Nlcholaa PlorcB of Hidalgo and Maximo Ilojas of Tiaxcaia nan tuKcii mo oursc. These Governors arc said to be backed by tholr State Legislatures. Censoruhlp of news Is being rigidly nrorcrd In Mexico City, which gives added reasons for believing that condl tuns are becoming serious. REBELS MOVING TO ATTACK MAZATLAN Fiores Gains Command of 4 Capital of Sinaloa. Nooalca, Ariz., April 21. Gen. Angel Floro3. is in complete commnnd of Culla can, capital- of Slnnloa, nnd unopposed by Carranza forces, according to official Information given out nt Sonora .mili tary headquarters heft; to-day. Sonora officials also said they had re ceived confirmation of tho report that den. Arnulfo Gomez captured Tuxpan, In the Stato of Vera Cruz, and wns marching on Tamplco, after indorsing the Sonofa secession. In one week Gen. Florcs has gained control of more than half of the State of Sinaloa. He Is con centrating his forces at Cullacan pre paratory to attacking lazatian, tho west coast port. . Reports say that Carranza forces wore also being concentrated at Mazatlan and that a siege of tho city might be nccos sary. Sonora officials declared their finances were ample to carry on a cam paign and that assurances of support had been received from bfg financial In terests. ' SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 21. Un official Mexico City advices received In Mexican circles here to-day said Presi dent Carranza has asked tho Mexican Congress to suspend the individual guar antees "In order that the entire country may be placed under military law." The report could not be confirmed at the Mexican Consulate. SIMS'S CRITICISM ON FALSE TACK, HE SAYS Capt. Pratt Declares Navy's Work Was to Aid Army. Washington, April 21. Rear Ad miral Slms's criticisms of the'navy's con duct of the war were based on the false assumption that combating the German submarine, campaign was the main ob ject of the United States Navy, Capt. Pratt, former assistant chief of opera tions, testified to-day before the Senate investigating committee. The chief m's slon of the American Navy, Capt. Pratt declared, was to organize the service of supply transportation, in conjunction with the army, and to get American troops overseas safely and swiftly. The British got the submarine situa tion under control In 1917 before the United States could linvo assisted, the witness declared, and held It to the end. "The United States Navy was a con tributing factor, but never the deciding one, in ueroating the submarine," Capt. Pratt told the committee. "The Depart ment had to adjust the total naval effort so as to use our forces to the greatest advantage against the enemy as a who'e.i In reviewing th general con duct of -the war It Is difficult to nee wherein the nlnn of campaign could b changed If we had It all to do over again. i FOUR POST BED FETCHES $2,550 A wrought Iron four post bed made In Florence In the sixteenth ci-ntury led nil the prices In the first safe from the iinporiani loientino collection at the .mqrican ri Association yesli-rdny. cuing to ncnjaniin uengulnt Tor 52,550. There Is only ono other bed resembling this. one. au fnr n t l.-nnun nn.i I. i. now In the Cleveland Museum. The present example. No. 184. had the orlgl nal hangings of white linen embroiders In red silk. George Crcy Barnard, the sculptor. gave msu tor No. 31, a fourteenth cen tury bronze Iinrl ennmel t.ttnnrrna Hl.t, and 500 for No. 33, a French Gothic candlestick. Leon Rlccl paid .4".i for .no. i, nn e.-irljf. pharmacy albarl!o; 142'i for No. 61, a lustrwl majolica dNh; IS2J for No. SI. n Derma mijellca illnh. and $500 for No. 85, a Hlspano-Mor-MQ'ue faience dlah. Tho total roa-the nftcrncon wns 133. 67.S0. The tuile continues to-day. AND THE NEW YORK HERALD. THE BUN was founded by Hen Dnu fn 1833 ; TUB tfKlf YORK HKllAI.I was founded by James Gordon flcnnelt fit 1835. TUK SUN passed Mo tho coin trolj Df Charles A. Dana in 1S6S. ;t became the property of Frank A, Jftmsev in 1016. THE .VB1P YORK HF.llAl.i) remained the sole property of its founder titiiII7i(j death in 1872, it'Actt his son.ttlio James Oordon Dennett, succeeded to the oumerjAlp of the paper, which contlniint in his Hands until his death in l'jin. Tit E HERALD became tho property of Frank A. iluntey in 1920. IIUHINKSH AMI K TUTORIAL Ol'I'ims, MAIN BUSINESS AND EDITORIAL OFFICES, 280 BROADWAY, TELE. PHONE,- WORTU 10,000. . 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Daily Calendar THE WEATHER. For Eastern New York Fair nnd warmer to-day; to-morrow probablv showers; moderate west winds, becom ing south. For New Jersey-Fair to-day; to-morrow prulinlily cliowers; modi-rule went wloiU. For Northern New Knclnnil-Parlly clmnlj anil somewhat warmer to-day; to-morrow prnb alily showers; freh west nnd northwest winds lor Southern New Kwdaiid-Fjlr slid wsrraer today; to.inorravr probably shoneri: moderaie west winds. For Western New York-Cloudy and somen hit warmer to-day; to-uiorrow showers; moderaie chacfi-ablo winds. WASHINGTON, April 21,-The disturbs, I fit Wltk --mi frill i at tiliet, M.t I-Ai . r-tnlrllr eantwrrt and tft-ntcht ltn crntro wan ftff ran Pvl Tim nv.t. .u....... . i--m m in- urniriu ill" I 111 IJ.IUCe nHli runcpil Mt.tw.irtt ami 1U centre wan onr ifliniiftt Vj.hrat.lsd Tt,. TL" . . . i i hoiMi altfthlftl by ffencral rains lthlo tli lit I ,., n , tr. t M - l.n.,. ..... . . l . ........ . , n. i . , ... m .umsiitsinpi Hirer, whJo the Western dtslurhanro has been at tended UT lllht loal rilns In the nliln. M,.... ml on tho west l'aelfle coast and rains and lows n the north H.vkr Mountain region, warm weather prevailed tn-day throughout .... . ...... .r.., , , . miiiuie Aiisnuc sritu u..., ...r yiiiu mm .uniixsjppi vailSJS. UMltr weather liai nrerspresd the Rockj Mountain . uv -iir-triu iiihMHiiuurB win auvaiKft fMttt.tmrthstfiBttt-rif,' n,( t. - .,aa t. .1 ...... ..... ,.,v... ..... mm i,v sliruufU vj flliuivpri and tlium!rorin tivmorrow or to-morrow nfn-h In ftliah fl ..l.-lt.nl a t 1 mt. . . ,t , .-',""""Mrr enu lower 11110 TSIiejs, " . tumv; .'K.wn ins east uiui fjtatel and Fililar In the Atlantic States. Tempera tllru will rle tn.moftrtw In V.n .. i.nr.iur in im mm una it w ll la 1 : - if - "it--. irjcit'ii. in, umo tal ler. Tennessee nud the oast Gulf States. Observations at I'nlted States Weather Iln mm stations, taken nt- h I. M r,..i..r,ij. 'erentr.nrtu n.trldl.ih lime: Teniwraliire tlalnisll Stations. Hljli. Uw, meter, hrs. Weather. uni- ... . to si mm imiij- no Atlnntle City. H P.iltlinnre ... HI I'ltnuin-k ... tm Itnxtim , fluff olo ."! I .tf.r 4S IS M, 34 44 KG lis JO Ml .T ;:n .12 7u 70 r.2 is 41 OS .VI 40 .V 42 40 2S 5S 41 :.d c r,i 20. .V) ni.fi i 211 ill :n.n4 .S2 Cloudr .4S Clear .22 Oar ("1. udr 111. .12 m ns m.w -O.tw S-.I.T 20. 7S isi.ns vn.ro 20.TS yn.is saw m.ai .'iti.oi m.M 2a.si 2SI.40 VJ.M isi.'-n 10.S2 ao.is MM 11I.IW .ilMXl no. 1 1) 20..12 2!.IW 20.72 ,W Heir l'l i rl es ton TN 72 74 I'O tn r.o ( .in . . t lfar .10 Clear .sa Clear ,'.K) Cle.tr I'lr.iilT .2? CloiKlT . . I'l.Cl'dj .02 Sunn . . Ctondr cioimr Hear . . C'lenr . . CI iiMy Clear Mi Cleir .4? Cleir .42 Itsln .S2 Clnii-lr . . cloudy Cloud . . Clem Cleir Cloudr . . Ckniilr Clear ;h pniro . . niK'luiiatl I'lfv-Oati-I ix-mer .... rwtro t .. rnhelon llPUIV.1 ... -Iiu-kei-in lllc ivimxi city, so in ni:eifi , nj Milwaukee .. 34 Veiv O.-Ieans. US Oklahoma ... "MladPlidili . 70 "ItUhurK ... (Ml I -i.nl nn), Jle. .10 IWIIind. 'r S salt Uke Cltr RS .Mil Anlirilii.. I'O .inn Ifipgii. no Cm FuncUro .".1 Xr, Inils.... fo st. Paul as Wachlnxtnn . gZ LOCAL W.EATIinn RECORDS. i A. M. ! P M, Barnmeler a?8 CSJ! Humidity H go Wind direction East Went Wind velocity so si Weather RaIn C0Uay Precipitation :j J The temperature In this city "yesterday. M recorded by the official thermometer, it shown In the annexed table: S A. M....U 1 P. M....4IJ t P. M .St 7 P. M . 61 IP, M M 9 P. M . El 10 r. M M 9 A. M....41 2 V. M....47 10 A. M....4 3 P. M....4S 4 P. M....46 t P. M....49 It A. M....49 12 A. M....H 1910. 1915.1 19M. 1S1 9 A. M 44 63 8 P. M St U M 4S 571 t P. M 5! PM M112 Mid CO Hiiheat temperature, 53, at 10 P. M. Lowest temperature. 43, at S A. M. Average temperature, !1. EVENTS TO-DAY. 67 !1 A testimonial dinner will be tendered to Mr. Julius It. Ilarnea, United Stales Wheat Director, In the Hotel Commodore, 7:30 P. M. Tho Old Ounrd Veternn Ttittallon, ninety-fourth anniversary memorial ser vice. Trinity Church, 3: JO P. M. Testlrnonlal dinner for James K. Cor rlgan of the New York City News Asso ciation, Waldorf-Astoria, 7:30 P. M. Dr. A. C. Dixon of London will be ths principal speaker at the annual rally ot the evangelistic committee ot New York city. Carnegie Hall, 7:45 P. M. Municipal Art Society, dinner, Hotel Aator, thla evening. Alanson Skinner will lecture on "Adven tures Among tho Indians'' In the pa.-li.-t house, of St. Michael's Church, .Mnetv nlnth strtet and Amsterdam avenue, 1 P. M. Paul Shorey will speak on "The Hnitllsh Language In America" at the Chemists Club, SO Hast Forty-first street, 4 P II Justlco Frederick Splegelberg will dis cuss the naw rent laws at the Harlem Community Council meeting, 290 Lenoi avenue, thla evening. The Veterans Corps of the Sixty-ninth Regiment, banquet, Hotel Aator, this eve ning. "The Radical Parties In France." lee ture by Prof. Carlton J. H. Hnyes. Hamii ton Hall, Columbia. University, 5:10 I' M Mais meeting to protest against the passage of the Lusk bills. Pilgrim Ma -Broadway and Flfty.slxtTi street. 8 P M "What Is Happening In Hussla." lerturs by Mr. Cieaveland Rogers. Washington Irving High School. Irving place and teenth atreet. S:13 P. M, educational Aspects of the Art M Mum," lecture by Miss Edith R Abbo;; 1. S. 15, 3!J AVcst lOJth street. 1' ' Andrew S. Corbott will describe ' A f v Ing Trip Through Ireland" at a meennr of the United Anglers League. Vtoiio Building, this evening. "Rebuilding tho Terlclcan Monnmenn. last In a series of lectures on Pertciean architecture, hy William .Hell Dlnsnior' Metropolitan Museum of Art. 4 P M Knlghta of Cnlumhua overseas s" " tarles. banquet. Hotel Astor. this even "f American Kenspaper Publishers M" elation, convention. Waldorf-Asto-ia. " day; luncheon. 15:30 P. M. . American Welding Society, meci'ng - West Thirty-ninth atreet. 11 A M -nd- T. M. nnr-lnl Unreat Inittlr- la iniiBh Washington, April 51.- n tnvp--i nation Into tho i-mtpcji of frlitlo" twecn whites nnd blacks In H'e ' n""1 StatKS nnd of the "Ir.crMSini! a - " tent" among pegroes noul'd be n ' J Ized .under a bill introduced " " Senator Spencer, Rcpub.It-an. M as