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VOL. LXXXVI.?NO. 190?DAILY.
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NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8. 1922,^EN^V*.cT?c}&J ???<*?<?
CARS PACKED TIGHTER
TO CUT EXPENSES ON !
CITY'S TRANSIT LINES
TRAFFIC GROWING
Commission Brings Out
That 011 Some Roads
the Service Is Below
That of 1916.
KEMEDIES POINTED OUT
1). L. Turner Reveals That
Subway Capacity, Built by
City, Is Not Used.
WHALEN'S POOR SHOWING
Staten Island Line, Munici
pally Conducted, Runs Fewer
Cars Than Company Did.
Daniel L. Turner, consulting engi-'
neer for the Transit Commission pro-j
duced figures at yesterday's hearing
on inadequate transit service show
ing how New York's millions are
packed like sardines in the trains and
cars of the elevated, subway and sur- j
face lines in Manhattan Brooklyn,
The Bronx and Staten Island. j
According to these figures the
worst conditions appear to prevail
during the rush hours on the Sixth
avenue elevated lines, where there!
are 190 passengers for every 100
seats, and on the Sea Beach subway
line in Brooklyn, which has a 220 per
cent, overload during the rush hours.
Conditions almost as bad. however,
prevail on every line dealt with by
Mr. Turner's figures, which cover and
are the tabulated results of observa
tions made on 126 subway, elevated
and surface lines. While on the
stand yesterday Mr. Turner did not
deal with the East and West Side
subways of the Interborough lines.
The only line which seems, accord
ing to these figures, to be giving good
service is the Flatbush surface line
in Brooklyn, which has a rush hour
load of 108 per cent., or only eight
standing passengers for each 100
seated. In presenting his figures to
the commission Mr. Turner compared
service conditions in 1922 with those
in 1916 for two periods of the day,
on<) the maximum rush hour and the (
othei\the hour of minimum midday
traffic.
?
Grorrria on City Operated Line. j
*v?5tn the witness cams io the Ulch- '
mond line, formerly known as the
Staten Island Midland, and now oper- j
a ted by the city administration, the ;
figures showed that the city has so
cut down the number of cars operated
during the maximum rush hour period
that the loading ratio has been in
ereaaed from only 97 per cent, in 1D1G
to 178 per cent, at present. That
means 78 passengers standing for
every 100 Beated. Within that maxi
mum hour tho city now is operating
ten fewer cars than were run in 1916
under private operation. They are
carrying 206-fewer passengers, but 331
fewer seats for them.
Mr. Reddington, counsel to the com
mission, who was conducting the ex
amination, Inquired: "Do you know
of any operating reason why this ser
vice should have been so materially
cut down?"
"I see no operating reason why that
should be done," replied tho witness.
"Do you class that as an argument
for municipal operation?" asked Com
missioner LeRoy T. Harkness.
Car* Cot Down liy City.
'I certainly should not," Mr. Turner
answered. He then showed that the city
had cut down the number of cars op
erated In the hour from fifteen to five,
the latter now running twelve minutes
apart; had reduced available seats from
<71 to 140 and had produced a 78 per cent.
overl oad.
"You say you know of no physical
reason why that should have been
done?"
'I do not. There Is every reason why. i
as the city Is operating this road. It
?'ihould have furnished a proper standard
of "tervlee."
The examiner first questioned his wit- 1
ness concerning the figures for the Man- ;
hat tan elevated line?. On the Sixth avo- '
nue elevated during the first two
mcritns of 1922 there were 190 express
passengers for every 100 seats In the
rush hours. The loading was 36 per cent.
greater than In 1916. Yet the company
was operating one train less, which
means 350 fewer seats for ?10 more pas
sengers. The local rush hour service I
shows four less tralnx but 1,250 mor.<
passengers. Overcrowding was 16 per I
cent. In excess of that of 1916.
On the Third avenue elevated during i
the nis.i hour, express service. 10< per
sons stood while 100 were seated, a eon- I
dltlon 40 per cent, worse than in 1916, ,
but on local trains in the same period 1
there were two seats to npHre in every
100 The line now In running thirty
three express trains an hour during tho
peak of the load, which le nine more
than were operated In 1916. Mr Turner 1
said they could not do much better as
this schedule means almost a two tnin- !
ut^s headway.
Kxpress rush hour loading on the
Ninth avenue elevated w*? 176 per cent I
and on local trains 104 per cent. On th^j
('ontlnued on Page Right.
? ,Th^4.rtr*1 'N"4""' """I '
Advertising will be found on I'agu li Adu.
ALL COTTON TRADING
SEARCHED FOR EVILS
New York Exchange Governor
at MeAdoo Inqniry Is Ques
tioned About Reports.
BUCKETING MAIN TARGET
How 'Hedging* and 'Squeezing'
Enliven Market Told Be
fore 100 Brokers.
A public investigation of the cotton j
brokerage business in this city was j
begun yesterday by Chief Magistrate
MeAdoo at the request of the Ameri
can Cotton Exchange, certain mem
bers of which have been accused of
bucketing orders.
Magistrate MeAdoo announced that
the inquiry would not be confined to
specific complaints but would enter
into every phase of the cotton trade,
not only as transacted by the Ameri- j
can Cotton Exchange but by the New
York Cotton Exchange, which is the j
largest speculative cotton market in
the. world.
The Magistrate instructed the Dis
trict Attorney to prepare for a sweep
ing investigation, and asked that
Southern cotton planters and commis
sion merchants be called to testify as
to their actual experiences with cotton
brokers in New York. Beginning at 2
o'clock Monday daily sessions will be
held In the Criminal Courts Building.
Can?" o>? John I)of Warrant".
The proceedings are directed against
"John Doe, the John Doe Exchange,
the John Doe Clearing House, the John
Doe Company and others," to ascertain
If various persons or corporations have
been making contracts for the purchase
or snlo of cotton of a bucketing nature.
In which case arrest warrants will be
SOUght. . 1 ,U?|P
More than 100 cotton brokers and their
lawyers were present at the opening of
the inquiry. Albert Massey represented
the American CoUon Exchange. George
Gordon Battle represented its members,
Peter B. Smith represented the clearing
house of that exchange. Senator LorlnK
S Black represented the New ^oiK
Cotton Exchange and Jerome Simmons
and Benjamin F. Shrelber, Assistant
District Attorneys, appeared in bchair or
District Attorney ISinton.
The first witness was Arthur u.
Marsh, member of the board of gover
nors of the New York Cotton Exchange,
former professor of comparative litem- |
ture at Harvard and a cotton c*VeTt
who has testified before many Fed
eral and State legislative committees. ,
Mr. Marsh said that although the last
census showed the cotton production j
of the United States In 1920 was onl> ,
11..">00,000 bales the New York f "tlr?n
Exchange alone traded In betw Jen .A'. ,
(toonrvi and 60,000,000 bales. There Is an ,
exchange In New Orleans which, he
said claims to do as much business a<
New York, but the New >ork brokers
insist that th:lr business Is four times i
greater.
Daily Reports "Inadeqnatc."
Mr Battle asked why the daily sales
of cotton were not made public to
which the witness replied it had been
done but whs Riven up as "inadjqunte.
Magistrate MeAdoo said:
"Whv should it be any more difficult
for vou to report your day's tradings
than the New York Stock Exchange,
which renders dally reports?"
"It is difficult to get an accuratc re
port," replied Mr. Marsh. i
Thi court suggested that the New
York Cotton Exchange has only 43.
members, and if any of them refused
to "report their daily transactions they
could be expelled or penalized, to whio.i
the witness responded that the advisory
committee had been restrained by court
order from examining the books of th2
members. ?
MAs h protection to the public why
don't you ask the legislature to help
you?" said the Magistrate.
"I cannot answer that," said Mr.
Marsh. , . . .
Mr. Marsh said the statistics of busi
ness transacted were available at the
clearing house, but kept under the
strictest injunction of secrecy.
"The. clearing house never discloses
the business of members." he declared
"Its institution was Impossible until It
contracted not to disclose figures."
The witness said $50,000 wns the
minimum capital a cotton broker should
have before starting to trade on the ex
' ??In "other words." commented Mr. Mr
Adoo, "the game is so dangerous that
the cotton producers ought not play.
The witness testified that about 1o
rer cent, of the business done on the
exchange was speculative snd 8.> to SO
p, r cent wns "hedging." He was asked j
to define "hedging" and another expres- |
slon. "squoeslng." ... _ I
" Hedging' Is virtually inmiranc*
ngslnst price fluctuation, he explained. ,
"To 'hedge,' a- In betting. Is to cover
up by taking the opposite side on an or
der. 'Squeeze' means forcing a ae
1 iverv M *
To he "squeered." Mr. Marsh added, Is
unprofitable.
PROFESSOR ACCUSED
OF POISONING WELL
Montreal Jury Indicts Joseph
L. Morin on Murder Charge.
Montreal. March 7.?A true bM.
charging Joseph t,. Morln, who last year
was assistant professor of modern lan
gunges at McGllI University, with at
tempting to murder Dr. Herman Wa'ter
and h* family by poisonlnr a well at
th ? Walter country place, was voted to
<!ay by the Grand Jury or K'ng's Berch
Court. Dr. Walter Is head of the <ie
I art im nt of modern languages at Mr
Gill.
I'rof. Morln was srraigmd at ???'*.
He ple aded not guilty. The count: v I
rfWonci of Dr. Walter Is near Mont-1
pngny, Quebec.
K
BUNKING BOTH THE PEOPLE AND THE SOLDIERS
The Bonus Bill Claps the Lid on the Pawnbroker and Provides No Definite
Way for the Soldier to Raise a Dollar on His Certificate
The Ways and Means Committee has put its bonus bill
before the House. It is long and complicated. It provided
chiefly for the issuance of "Adjusted Service Credits" by the
Government to pay the bonus. They are to run twenty years.
These Adjusted Service Credits are plain promissory notes
of the Government?nothing more and nothing less. They
are called Adjusted Service Certificates to bunk the people,
but they are Government bonds all the same and mean
mulcting the people out of five billions of dollars precisely as
if called bonds or promissory notes.
The bill claps the lid hard on the pawnbroker and usurer,
but fails to provide any definite way by which soldiers may
raise money on their certificates within a period of three years.
On the face of it, however, the bill seems to make provision
for soldiers to raise 50% of the face value of the certificate
from the banks of the country when in fact it makes no such
provision. The bill authorizes banks to lend 50% of the face
value of the certificates to soldiers for three years, but does
not make this mandatory on the banks.
The bill furnishes no positive relief for the man who wants
immediate money. He is prohibited from raising any money
on his certificate through the pawnbroker, the usurer or any
one else. He is confined to the bank alone as a source from
which he may get a loan, but, considered with regard to the
plain sense of the matter, banks will make mighty few loans
on frozen credits for three years.
Thus the public is bunked on the name of the bonds and
the soldiers are bunked on the seeming provision made for
them to raise cash on their certificates from the banks, which
generally they will not get. What the soldiers want and
expected from Congress, Congress keeping its preelection
compact with them, is cash?not promises to pay.?Editorial.
SHIP ADRIFT IN GALE
RACES WILD ON RIVER
Tears Away Stakeboat and
Narrowly Misses Hen
drik Hudson.
TUGS ARE SWEPT ASIDE
Ferryboat Is Rushed From
Weehawken Slip as Granite
State Nears.
The .seventy mile an hour gale that
swept New York yesterday afternoon
tore the steamship Granite State, a
Shipping Board vessel. loose from her
moorings at West Thirtieth street..
She had no steam up and was not .
under control, and she went plunging
up the Hudson Kivpr on the breast of
the strongest tide that harbor and
river men have seen for many months, j
For two hours the big ship ran wild,
veering gradually toward the New
Jersey shore and narrowly missing
collisions with the Hendrlk Hudson
and other big steamships, but finally
a dozen of the tugs that swarmed
about her managed to get lines aboard
the ship and stop her flight. She was
towed back to her anchorage and se- I
cured with two heavy anchors. j
The current was against the vessel
when she started her run. but the tide
-md wind combined proved much heavier
than the current. As she veered ^d
twisted in the first gust of wind after
her anchor lines broke the Gran lie.State
caught uo Stnkeboat No. 2 of the Cor
nell Steamship Company and thereafter
carried the smaller craft along.
Com.lc and Girl Carried OIT.
On board the stakeboat were Charles j
Mathewson. his wife and their ten-year- .
HipTS.?l the runaway
reached her that they could do
lS,veraV got their lines a^ard h^r but
thov c.uld not stop her. anfl we e
ivhhled along in the wake of the big
'hOne little tug V* 'Tlhe^ranife
to pu.? the
Ktate swept H.ndrik Hudson
She rushed by the ",n" ??P,.et
\ ? ? ? West Forty-first sirtei
"upCrmissing the big river ?nly
saarrc."&.Sff-a-ss
West. Forty-record street slip for
hftwlcpn. for r vVk?h t
The Person, on fcraft
V* ? The tugs scampered n*c*
and forth around the hi? ship, getting
??,? the river and sent her scooung
across toward the Jersey shore.
Henri* for Kerry flip.
Tn midstream the Orantte State was
caught broadside by th? gale and rent
toward the Weehawken ferry n\\p. ?
corned destined to crash Into th,e "IIP.
and the esptaln of .he ST?k
euse, loading them for the Vw ?rk
trip, hastily pulled out of the slip to
^But^" combined pulling power of
fee tugs Stopped the big Ship when she
was only a few yards from the slip.
The tugs held her with their lines si
though she plunged nnd swept b? f
and forth In the river, pushed an
pulled by the pale and the ??. !
the tide. But when sh?> had finally
come comparatively quiet the tug J. W
Williams steamed alongside th
boat, which had been ^rrlel n^g
throunhout the dangerous trip. The tin,
got a line aboard the -t?kehoa\ and
;hen members of the crew liite all
son. his wife and daughter off the small
'"off Craven Shoals the British
Woldrlngham. Inbound. "'ruck t
American steamship Knoxvllle Cit>. at
JST but ... rt?r
Into the harbor and anchored, to mak
s"ght repairs. The other vessels bo*
was dented.
BAttKKR KALlif TO UKATH.
Hortov, March T.-WillUm P Blake,
retired banker. Jumped or fell from a
..1 ih. fifth floor of ibf Hot*l
Window on in* n . H-v Hp
If ^.vrrlh to th?' I'.lVefflWt tO-dJI\.
President's Stand on Bonus Unchanged;
He Was Not Consulted on New Measure
Special Dispatch to Tub New Youk Herald.
New York Hrrnld Rurruti, )
Washington. I>. March 7. j
THE following official statement regarding President Harding's
attitude on bonus legislation was issued from the White
House to-day:
''The Executive has declared that a sales tax or postponement
of the legislation was the only thing he could suggest In regard to
the bonus. He still is of the same mind. The Executive's position
has not changed despite the opinion in some quarters that the
Executive changes his mind to meet shifting winds. The President
has no direct or definite knowledge as to any plans in the making.
He has nothing to add to his previous statement and does not expect
to have. This is official and authoritative. The President does not
recall that the subject of the bonus was mentioned in his conversa
tion with Mr. Fordney yesterday."
FULL TEXT OF BONUS BILL
Special Dispatch to Tn? N*w York Hbrai.?.
New York Herald Hurenii, )
Washington. I). March ! i
The full text of the bonus bill introduced in the House of Repre
sentatives to-day by Chairman Fordney of the Ways and Means Com
mittee reads:
A BILL
TO PROVIDE ADJUSTED COM
PENSATION FOR VETERANS
OF THE WORLD WAR AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of Amer-1
ica in Congress Assembled:
TITLE I.
Definition*.
Section 1?This act may be cited
as the "world war adjusted compen
sation act.''
Section 2?As used In this art?
(A) The term "veteran" Includes
any individual, a member of the mil
itary or naval forces of the I'nited
States at any time iftcr April 5,
1917, and before November 12. 1018,
but does not ineludt; (1) any Indi
vidual at any time during such period
or thereafter separated from such \
forces under other than honorable
conditions; (2) any conscientious
objector who performed no military
duty whatever or refused to wear the
uniform, or (3) any alien at any
time during such period or thereafter
discharged from the military or
naval forces on account of his alien
age :
(B) The term "oversea service"
means service on shore in Europe or
Asia, exclusive of China. Jnpan and
the Philippine Islands, and service
afloat, not on receiving ships; in
cluding In either case the period from
the date of embarkation for such
service to the date of disembarka
tion on return from such service,
both dates inclusive;
(C) TJie term "home service"
means all service not oversea ser
vice :
(D) The terms "adjusted service !
erfdit" means the amount of the
credit computed under the provisions
of Title II.: and
(K) The term "person" Includes
a partnership, corporation or asso
ciation as well as an individual.
TITLE II.,
Adjusted Service Credit.
Soction 201.?The amount of ad
justed service credits shall 1" com
puted by allowing the following sums
for each day of active set-vice In ex
cess of sixty days In the military
and naval forces of the United Htntes
after April 0, 1917. and before July
1. 1919, as nhown by the service or
oilier record of the veteran: $1.25
for each day of oversea service and
$1 for isach day of home service; but
the amount of the credit of a veteran
who performed no oversea service
shall not exceed J500, and the amount
of the credit of u veteran who per
formed any oversea service shall not
exceed $625.
Noctlon 202.? fn computing the ad
Justed service credit no allowance
shall be made to :
(a) Any commissioned officer
above the grade of Captain In the
army or Marlni Corps, lieutenant
In the navy, First lieutenant or First
IJeutennnt of Engineers In the Coast
Ouard, or Passed Assistant Surgeon
in the Public Health Service, or hav
ing the pay and allowances, If not
the rank, of any officer superior In
rnnlc to any of such grades?in each
case for the period of service hs
such:
(b) Any Individual holding a per
manent or provisional commission or
permanent or acting warrant In any
branch -if the military or naval
forces ?")!? (while holding such com
mission or warrant) serving under a
temporary commission In a higher
grade?In each casr?for the period
of service under such commission or
warrant or 'n ?uth higher grade af
tor the accrual of the right to pay
thereunder. This subdivision affij
officer^17 {? a"y no"-co'nn'1:,?loned
(c) Any civilian officer or em
ployee of any branch of the military
or naval forces, contract surgeon
cadet of the United States Military
c^r^,dah,pTn-cadpt ?* ???
om?rs? tr^;. mber 0f tl,e
omccrs training corps, member of
fexoem army corpB
thereto) "Shin f1"'? bailed
thereto)? Philippic scout, member
t?h Phin 'PPln,> *Uard- member of
of th? p constabulary, member
fmtrv k regiment of |n
o VtVwr.'T,m r ?! UK' na,J" guard
force of V m?mU;r ''f ^sular
force of the navy, member of the
rjamoan native guard an.f band of
aw-"for' In',lan s"out?11" each
<??* for the period of servict ai
such: a"
.5/'' Individual entering the
nn itary or naval forces after No
vember 11. 1918?for any period af
ter such entrance;
(e) Any commissioned or war
not ?M?hCC?r P*rfo,mlnK ho'"" wvi.e
not with troops and receiving com
enee?" ?.k qU'mer? ?f BUbsist
v"ce~ Period of such ser
member of the Public
in*lh Hrrv'ce?for any period dur
in* which he was not detailed for
duty with the army or the navy ;
g) Any individual granted a
farm or industrial furlough-for the
pci lod of *uch Ourloush : or,
uJLb* Any 'n,"v'?'ual dotalle I for
work on roads or other highway con
't.r"^lon, or repair work?for the
period during which his pay was
equaiUed to conform to the compen
sation paid to civilian employers In
"'r'1? ?r "ke emP|o>'ment, pur
suant to the provisions of section 9
?L', entltle'l- "^n act making
appropriations for the service of the
? o*t Office Department for the f]?cal
year ending June 30. 1920. and for
?hror,nPUrp"!K>'-" "PProveil February
1919, section 203.
K^,,.T,,e per1,Kl" referred to In
subdivision (a) of section 202 mav '
Tjn"? ln the case of any Indl- |
victual If and to the extent 'hat the
Secretary of War and the Secretary
of the Navy Jointly find that such )
service subjected such Individual to
exceptional hazard. A full statement
of all action under this subdivision
shall he Included In the reports of
the Secretary of War and tho Secre- j
tary of the Navy required by section
|R> In computing the credit to
any veteran under this title effect ,
shall be given to all subdivisions of I
section 202 which sre applicable.
(C"\ If part of the service Is over
sea service and part Is home service j
the home service shall first be used I
in computing the sixty days' period
referred to In section 201,
">> the purpose of computing !
the sixty days' period referred to In
section 201 any period of -ervlce
after April o, 1917, and before July 1
1. 1919. In the military or naval
forccn In any capacity mav he In- '
eluded notwithstanding allowance of
credit for such period, or a part
thereof, is prohibited under the pro
visions of section 202, except that
the periods referred to In subdivi
sions CB), (C> and (P) of that sec
tion shall not be Included.
CE) For the purposes of section
201, (n the ense of member* of the
National Guard or of the National
Otiard Reserve called into service by
the proclamation of the President
dated .T'it!v .1, 1917, the time of serv
ice between the date of call Into the
service as specified In such procla
mation and August 5. 1917, both
dates Inclusive ?hsll he deemed to be
Continued on Page Two.
Mutineers Coneentrating as
Dublin Sends Regulars to
Keen force Army.
HOPING FOR SETTLEMENT
Minister of Defense and Adju
tant-General Begin Nego
tiations AYitli Rebels.
Special Coble to Tub New Tonic Hntu.
Copyright, 3 912, by Tub New VoiK Hnui.D.
Limerick. March 7.?Though lim
erick is quiet to-night, the presence of
bodies of the Irish Republican army,
the hundreds of rebels and Britisii
military forces gave the city a war
like appearance, which was enhanced
by the entry of 500 I. R. A. reinforce
ments for the provisional troops from
Clare.
The present position Is this: The
I. R. A. forces from headquarters in
Dublin, about 1,000 strong, have taken
possession of two military and four
police barracks. The rebellious troops
who Invaded the city, numbering less
than 400, have no barracks, but are
billeted in hotels and buildings in 'dif
ferent parts of the city.
It still is hoped the difficulty will he
settled without any conflict. Richard
Mulcahy, Minister of Defense in the
Provisional Government, and Gerald
O'Sullivan, the Adjutant-General of
the I. R. A., visited the city to-day and
began negotiations with the dissatis
fied Republicans.
Thrrf Forffi in t'itj.
The fir l party?the I. P. A. rnUi
n?cr? mparently arc concentrating
here from oti:: r sections of Ireland
though there is as yet no great aKgre
i,"it ion of strength. They have fairly
nmpli supplies of arms and ammunition.
i.,idoubtedly due to nuni'-rods thfeis in
this vicinity during the last two month'
from th? regular I. ft. A., besides the
Royal Irish Constabulary and other
organizations, culminatir.g in tho recent
theft of nome hundreds of thousands of
rounds of rlfie cartridges and arm*
from the temporary R. I. C. barracks.
The inhabitants are Inclined to sympa
thise with them and believe them to be
M-pported partly by Republican party
funds.
The second party is composed of the
regular I. R. A. forces, acknowledging
th* authority of the General Staff in
l>ublln, who were sent here to cope with
the situation.
The third party comprises the British
troops who have not evacuated Ireland.
In the last two parties there is not
much cause for alarm. The Britisii
troops, however, find no sympathy on
the part of the majority of the city's
population, who are Inclined to show by
their talk that they are In favor of Re
publican Ideals. The mutinous troops
of the I. R. A. naturally are most likely
to use the British troops as their ob
jective target In order to Wpress their
subjective love for the republic. That
is one way In which an explosion ma>
be touched off.
Krtetlon Inevitable.
Friction I* inevitable between tfic reg
ular s and the mutineers, neither recog
nizing the other and both claiming full
authority. The latter already have ar
rested two regular officers, ^ubaequcntly
releasing them under a sort of liaison
arrangement. There lies the second dan
ger. Th<- good sense of the regular
Irlah forces and the British have pre
vented disaster as yet. but it can be
seen the aituatlon must be handled deli
cately.
The Trl h Republican army leader*
b ?!ievc they have the hacking of mo*4
Irishmen and say if the mutiny doe?
not nulet down the army ir prepared
for drastic action. 8ueh a course would
be extremely dangerous, for It would
make martyrs of the mutineers. That
such a complete evolution that is golnv
on in tceland with the rein* of go* -
ernment changing hands entirely nhoul I
occur without some internal strife seeni*
unbelievable, and It appears to be only
a question of when the new government
feels Itself sufficiently consolidated for
arming responsible citizens to preven;
outbreaks.
It was Just such a contingency that
Michael Colllnx. Father Gaynor and
other* at the Ard Fhel* meeting sousht
to evade by an agreement, but one can
hardly hope for trmqul llty In the face
of the decHratlon of (Charles Burgess,
former Sinn Fein Minister of Defers'1,
when in dlncusalrur the inabll'tv of men
under 22 to vote, he -said: "I know the
Republican army and I know the spirit
( onllnned on Fag*^ Four.
The Oreeobrier. Whit* Hulphur Spring*, w
Va ' n er night from New York Hpltndld
huuu Hut;. All outdoor spot ..a?
<
FORDNEY INTRODUCES
BONUS BILL WITHOUT
PLAN OF FINANCING
Idaho Senator Confers With
Baruch and Other Demo
cratic Leaders.
VOTE DELAY IS LIKELY
Word Waited From Harding
as to Status of Lansing
Ishii Agreement.
Special Dispatch to Titg Nbw York Hkralo. '
New >ork Bureau, I
Washington. D. C., Mnrrli 7. f
An alliance of opponents of ratiflca-i
lion of the four Power treaty, led by
Senator Borah (Rep., Idaho) and the:
friend* of Wood row Wilson in oppo
sition to the ratification program, be-,
came one of the sensational possi- j
bilitics in the treny flght in the Son
! ate to-day.
Senator Borah would not discuss the
I proposed alliance, but it is known he |
j has been in conference recently with 1
I s?nie of former President Wilson's |
friends and that the purpose has been I
to line up the Wilson forces in the j
fight against the treaties.
Among the men with whom Senator !
, Borah has conferred is Bernard M.
Baruch, who is opposed to the treaties
and has been In recent conference with '
j Mr, Wilson. No one has undertaken
! to voice the former President's views
j on the present situation, but it is
pointed out Mr. Wilson has expressed 1
himself in opposition to .any interna
tional agreements which would bring!
about a grouping of certain Powers :
and which did not include, either im- i
mediately or in the future, all of tho
! Powers.
Men close to the former President say j
the four Po\ver treaty brings about this
kind of grouping and that it Is the direct
antithesis of the League of Nations'.
flnruch Attn n* Knvoy.
I
It was understood that, following his
conversation with Senator Borah, Mr. '
Baruch had gon?- to New York with the
vh w of endeavoring to line up the pro- ?
?Vilson forces in opposition to the treaty. '
Norman W. Davis, former Under See- .
retary of State, who closely represented .
the foreign policies of the President dur- ,
Ing tho latter dayn of the Wilson ad
j ministration, has declared against the,
j four Power treaty In a public s;.eech. |
The possibility, suggested by these de- ;
velopmer.ts, of Senators Borah, Johnson j
l (Cal.), and Re'.*l (Mo.), working in har- ;
meny with the Wilson forces In an ef- '
fort to defeat the work of the recent"
conference for the limitation of anna-'
j ments has created a sensation in Sen- !
ate and Administration circles in Wash
ington.
The possibility of n vote on the four
Power treaty in the Sens to to-morrow I
t was suggested to-day by Senator l^odse !
(Mass.). Chairman of the Senate For-'
eifc-n Relation* Committee, ills stati -
im nt followed an argument in fnvor of;
ratification by Senator Kellogg (Minn.), I
who opposes all reservation*. No one ;
else volunteered to speak, Indicating that ?
most of the Senators who are prepared I
to discuss the treaty are allowing as
much time to elspse as possible before |
| entering the arena.
Senator Ixidge said lie was not dis
posed to press for action In the face of
a desire to discuss the treaty further. 1
but he added that unless some one Is
r< ady to speak to-morrow he will prejs j
for an Immediate vote.
It Is known that Senators Borah and
Johnson, opposed to the treaty, nre pre
paring to speak. Senator Underwood
(Ala. i and others arc planning to speak
for the treaty.
Early Vote Xot Limknl Fur.
In spite of Senator Lodge's suggestion
it U not expected a vote will be reached
. for several days. His remark was niude
I for the purpose of speeding up the Sen
I ate nnd as an Intimation thai from no*
on the plan will be to ijive the treaty
rinht of way over everything else.
While this development was taking
place in the Senate chamber th? ^White I
i House let.lt be known that no attempt
I will be madd to influence the Senate
The explanation came |n answer to re
|>orts that Secretary Hughes would un
dertake to lead the Administration fight
; for ratification.
As to the Horali resolution adopted
i yesterday, asking for Information as
1 lo what thj status of the T<anslng-I*hil
.(Kreement will be In the event the four
Power treaty Is ratified. It was stated
at the While Hou?" that the answer
to this Inquiry would be s?nt to the ;
Senate within the next twenty-four
hours. ?
In the face of Senator Lodge's thr at
to ask for an immediate vote If no one la j
ready to speak to-morrow the oppooi
tlon to the treaty will commence the |
attack which It hss been preparing.
Senator Borah, it Is learned, is delay
Inn his argument until the President ha*
furnished the requested Information
concerning the stntus of the Lansing
Ishil agreement under the treaty.
OPERATE FOR ULCER
ON VISCOUNT GREY
Surgery Successful, but Pa
tient in Serious Condition.
i/ONPOJf, March 7.?Viscount Orcy of
Kallodon, former Secretary of State for
I'orelirn Affairs, underwent an opera
tion to-night for ulcer. Grave symp
toms connected with this long standing
affection necessitated the operation, and
although the operation wm declared to
be successful the pntlent Is considered
to be in a serious condition.
Viscount Grey is also suffering from J
n disease of the kidney, which, it was j
announced, will need to be dealt with
lster.
I I OKIIM ? ATl.AMHt < OAftT I.IVK.
Pre-eminently the Florida Itoute. r> Throtnh
j'b.,1 ,?!!, 111 oau ?? a> . - ?l <,
DROPS IT INTO BOX
31 ensure AutomaticalIv
Referred to Committee
by Surreptitious
Procedure.
FEW KNEW OF RUSE
Executive Officials Repudi
ate Document as Impossi
ble of Execution.
SCHEME LACKS BASIS
Banks 4Authorized* to Lend
Money, but Not Compelled,
Because Law Forbids.
Ily I.OMS SKI BOLD.
Uprrial D -patrh to Tiib New York Hbjh:?.
N>? York Herald Wurman. )
\V?*ltinston, l?. C.. Mnprh 7. I
The last edition of the legislative
raid on the national Treasury and
business of the country to get a sol
diers' bonus was surreptitiously in
troduced into the House of Repre
sentatives this afternoon.
It was "dropped in the box" by
Chairman Fordney of the Ways and
Means Committee and automatically
referred back to that body. Born la
the secret council of the Republican
members of the Ways and Means
Committee, few members of the
House even knew it actually h*d
made its appearance.
The reception accorded to the 1st
est scheme to extort $5,000,000,000
from the Treasury and taxpayers was
far from cordial. Even while Mr.
Fordney was dropping his inaurac-e
certificate loan plan into the "bill
box" in the House lobby it was n
pudia'ed out of hand by executive >V
flclals of the Government, leaders of
the Tarm bloc. Democratic Repre
sentatives. bankers. merchants,
farmers and industrialists throuji 1
out the country.
?a?||l Riprron Conflrtrnp*.
Mr. Fordney left town Immediator
after unloading the bill which ' ?".*
caused Congress mo^e distress thEn
any other measure in its history.
Some of his Republican associates 6 J id
thev thought the President could !">?
' "induct"! to accept our bill" bee .ins*
it Is ti e "b-st thing that can de done."
( Int-uiry at the White House to-r'av
revealed the fact that President r.
ding was not consulted in the propva
tion of the measure. The confld?rc.?
i exposed by Mr. Fordney that t'n- Ivll
vili passed toy th" House p-obnaiv
! i.-- Justified, but a cMt'ly re<v,>tlon
tainly awaits it in "the aged are', i ?
ifirm."' as Mr. Fordney described tie
Senate
Treasury officials who looked o\ *r
the measure pointed out at least oi*?
serious defect. This was the omis- !on
to prescribe the method of raising the
money to pay the bill. Where it I
come from Treasury officials d^ not
pretend to know.
A pprnprtntton In Expectancy.
1 The only reference made to financ
ing the raid appears in the last twrntv
four of the eight thousand word do. u
inent with which Mr Fordney and VI*
Wavs and Means associates conolicied
their offering. They were:
| ... and there is hereby au
thorized to be appropriated out of
any moneys in the Treasury not
otherwise anproprlated amounts
1 sufficient to defray such expendi
tures.
No form of taxation, bond issue or
Other Governmental processes usual)y
employed in raising revenue is even
.suggested: no method prescribe/1 for
j putting into the Treasury the $1,000.
I 000 000 certain to bp demanded by th*
I bonus at the end of three years and h
minimum of $5,000,000,000 at the erd
i r?f twenty.
Treasury officials who made a par
| tial analysis of the new "adjusted ''Oiti
>ens-ition act," as the Ways and Mean*
I measure is officially described, decla ?
the scheme for authorising 30 per cent.
: loan* by banks and 80 per rent, bv th
! Government Is not well founded. T'n
| further declare that in a pra
cense the latest bonus offering i
j possible of execution.
\nt Wnnilnfory on Bank*
The Fordney bill does not m:
mandatory on bank* to advance
i on the bonus certificate* becau:
i Federal Reserve law prohibits
"authorizes" national and State
and trust companies to advai
per cent, to a veteran on his p
! sory notes secured by his a<
i certificate, such loans to matur-.
before September 30, 1925, aftei <
; time the Secretary of the Tre.-i
[ "author!red" to advance 80 pe
of the face value of the ecrtlfic;
Provision is made for the p
, of the face value of the certlfi
September 30. 1942, the date
turity of it. But the bonus bll >tr
duced to-day doe* not say fro
fund or revenues the money ?
paid. ,
As the certificates are not ne
or transferable, Treasury officials de
clare the banks will not care to tie up
their resources in them. In return
for es*h the banks would receive se
curity which cannot be realized upe
The financial experts of the Gov