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BARON EXILED HERE
TO FORGET PRINCESS
Von Plettenberff on Return to
Germany Married Wife
Now Suing Him.
' PRINCE MAY ASK DIVORCE ]
He Will Be Third of Ex
Kaiser's Sons to Air Scan
dal in Court.
Special Cable to Tub Nrw Tobk Himi.ii.
Copyright, I9tt, by Thb New Yobk Hebald.
Kew York llrruld Bureau. I
Herlln, March 12. (
Baron von Plettenberg, whose wife Is
now suIiik him for divorce, naming i
Princess Eitel Friedrich. wife of the sec
ond son of the former Kaiser and before
her marriage Princess Sophia Charlotte
of Oldenburg', us corespondent, was once
banished from Germany and visited
America through an official effort to
i ause him to forget his love for the
Princess. The Baron was Informed Bud- J
denly In a manner not unknown In Prus
sian court circles that he had made a
request for a vacation and that the re
quest had been granted. This came a?
a surprise to him, but America loomed
up as a pleasant prospect in its way
and the young Baron decided to sptnd
his enforced vacation there.
It was after his return from tlila trip
to America that he married. He gave
up the Princess, It is true, and, accord
ing to the Princess's own testimony at
the trial in the Potsdam court, her rela
tionship with the Baron became Platonic
after his marriage.
Yet it also was brought out that a
few days after the ceremony he received
a summons to call on the Princess at
Uellevue Palace in Berlin. The Baron
went there in a motor car, taking his
bride with him. "I will be back in a
minute," he told his bride as he Jumped
out of the motor car and ran up the
^teps of the palace. He did not return,
however, until four houra later, accord
ing to the testimony of the Baroness.
Print* Likely to Sue,
It is now regarded as probable that
Prince Eitel -Friedrich himself will sue
for divorce. It Is said that pressure to
this end 5s bei:ifc brought to bear on him
by ex-monarthist circles for the Kaiser s
second son is the administrator of the
family estates. in Germany and is ex
o/tlciu leader of the royalist movement.
If he sues it will be the third divorce
scandal in which the ex-Kaiser's sons
have figured. I'rlnco Joachim's wife left I
him for a Prussian manufacturer and!
the Prince committed suicide. The wife ,
of Prince August Wllheliii also left her i
husband for a man who is not a mem
ber .of th.> Prussian nobility.
The court has postponed the Pletten
berg caae in order to call new witnesses,
aa it hac not yet been proved that tho j
romance between the Baron and the j
Princess continued after his marriage, j
The Princess was married to the ex
Kalset's son February 27, 1906. Hardly I
a line of the divorce ease has been!
published in Berlin newspapers.
I'rlncena Admltw I.ove.
Princess Eitel Friedrich on the stand j
unblushlngly admitted her love for the
Baron, who had been adjutant to her I
father, the Grand Duke Friedrich Au- |
gust of Oldenburg. And if there had,
been any question about their mutual ;
affection It would have been proved by j
the candid letters the Prirccss had writ- |
ten to him, which were introduced by
the Baroness.
"You know that I have nothing In
common with the man to whom I am
married," the Princess wrote In one |
letter. "Only in appearance am I his j
wife. But you know al.-o how much we I
mean to each other and that we can i
give boundlessly to each other."
The romance of the Princess and the I
young Baron was known to every one
nt court, including the Princess's hus- :
hand. He was not greatly concerned |
about It. and Baron Plo'tenherg came
and went as he pleased at the home of
the Kalaer's son. It was commonly 1
tindr-rstood that the Princess had mar- I
rlod the Kaiser's son only on the con- ,
ditlon that she would retain her free- j
dom.
ft wns regarded as a matt-r of course j
that Baron riettenberg obtain ->d a j
transfer to the Imperial Guard regiment i
at Polsdan-, but when the rcandal be- i
fame too pronounced that his barlali- ;
merit <o America was tried. It wai
fter the Baron's return and marri .
that ho asked the Princess to receive |
'tis wife at court. A telephone official j
who had listened In on the conversation j
when the B.?ron made this request tea- j
? lfled that the Princess had cried out: !
"I refuse to meet your wife. Further, I !
command you to come Immediately to,
me."
It was on this occasion that he took !
Ms bride along and left her waiting in i
the motor cnr.
U. S. GENOA REFUSAL
?BID FOR WORLD POWER'
Policy Dangerous to Europe,
Says Rome Paper.
Romb. March 12.?Commenting on the
American Government's decision r.ot to
iiartleipatc in tlie Genoa conference, the
Tempo aaya the American note might
teem to bo a "premeditated act of na
tional ejrotlnn by which, and*r the pre
text of checking the ambitions of others
the United States tries to make its ovr.
policial an i financial Jntei'mi* predomi
nant. "
The newspaper argues that the Wa;li.
inarton Government i* following a policy
dangerous to Kurope. s'.s th<> Untied
States, being the creditor of all State*,
'?ven the strongest, '?'intends to tak?- ad
vantage of this privileged economic posi
tion in order to gain a real leadership
which threatens to bccomdl an imposi
tion."
The Meaaaggf.ro, on the other liam",
attributes the declination to reluctance
by the United Stf.tes to meet the Bolshe
vikl, saying it i?t being encouraged In
this attitude by numerous Kusnlan refu
gees of tho old Imperial regime now in
America.
ADVISES THAT NOTICE
BE TAKEN OF U. S. NOTES
Brussels Paper Comments on
Reimbursement Demand.
IIri March 12.?The h\ur
pemtmnrt tfclgt, the only Brussels news
paper commenting on the American re
.auest for reimbursement for the army
of occupation, says it would be prudent
to take notice of the successive warn
ings by ihe United States, which Is
protesting In Its own way against th"
manner the Allien are liquids time the
war, In which the I tilted States took a
decisive part. It refuses to believe, how
ever, that the Untied States wishes to
thrust Belgium Into bankruptcy by ac
tually soaking to be paid, thus climlhni
Infc Belgian priority.
The Indrpendnncr advises efforts to
reduce the coets of occupation, thub
benefiting both the Alller, and Germany
and allowing (rood will toward Amor!
r-ana, who would then be able to partici
pate tn the reconstruction of F.urope.
110 BOTTLES OF WINE MAY
RUIN GERMAN MINISTER
Berlin Socialists Accuse Head of Finance Ministry
of triving Favors in Return for Dealers' Big
Discount on Champagne.
! Special Coble to Tkb Nkw Yobk HcuAi.r.
[ Copyright, 13S2, by Tm New Yukk HbuU.
New l'ork Hrrald Bureau. )
?? Berlin. March 12. !
One hundred and ten bottles of wtne
and champagne consumed by Dr. Andreas
Hermes may determine whether he will
remain Finance Minister. Efforts of the
Socialist party to frustrate his nomina
tion found a new expreuo'on in a per
sonal attack launched by the Inde
pendent Socialist organ Die Freiheit.
Dr. Hermes retaliated by urging the
Government to prosecute the newspaper.
The Freiheit accused him of accepting
a bribe. It published a letter alleged to
have bee/i written to him one year ago by
a wine merchant, confirming the delivery
| of 110 bottles of wine and champagne for
| three marks each. The newspaper de
SKYSCRAPERS TO MEET
BERLIN'S HOUSING CRISIS
| First in Germany to Be of
Twenty Stories.
Special Cable to The New Yobk Hefau..
Copirright, 1021, by The New Yobk Herald*
New York Herald Bureau. 1
Berlin. March IS. I
Dr. Saemisch, former member of the
Prussian Cabinet, ig a candidate for a
new post, that of "Saving Minister."
This activity will consist of a systematic
reduction in Germany's administrative
expensea
Meanwhile the Government seems to
think that the best solution of the prob
lem of dealing with the huge number of
! Government employees, who cost Ger
| many 50,000,000,000 marks annually, is
not to reduce their number, but to bouse
j them more cheaply. The Reichstag com
! mittee has just decided to have a sky
| scraper built in which all the principal
Government offlccs are to be united.
Owing to the great difficulties of the
housing question the erection of sky
scrapers has been planned here over
?since the armistice, but plans have not
been carried out. Now It seems, how
ever, that the first skyscraper will be
built this year.
The Municipal Council in Berlin has
just made a contract with a company to
erect such a building on the site of the
prt;?ent Prledrlchstrasse railway sta
tion. The station will be In the building,
which is to be twenty stories high and
will offer 500,000 square feet of floor
space for oflfce purposes.
ROME'S FIRST RELIGIOUS
PROCESSION SINCE 1870
While Garibaldian Paraders
Shout'Long Live the Republic?
Rome, March 12 (Associated Press).?
For the first time since the fall of the
temporal power, tifty-two years ago. a
prreat religious procession traversed the
principal streets of Rome to-day in
lionor of the 300th anniversary of the
canonization of St. Philip Nerl, founder
of the Congregation of the Oratory.
Archbishops, bishops and other high
prelates, members of the "Black" (Cath
olic) aristocracy, headed by Princes
! Massimo, Barberlni and L<anceilotti. and
| priests and monks carrying lighted can
[ dies and torches, together with all the
jxirlsh priests of Rome and large num
bers of children of both sexes, singing
as they marched, participated In the
procession. Immense throng's of the
populace crowded the street, clapping
their hands and shouting "Viva St.
Philip" as the procession passed.
Simultaneously another demonstration,
made up of members of about 100 Re
publican associations, paraded with red
fluRS and bands to the Capitol, where
honor was paid the memory of Giusoppe
Mazzini, the Italian patriot and revolu
tionist, who died at Pisa March 10, 1872.
During this ccremony shouts of "I^ong
live the republic!" were heard.
The only untoward incident was a
fip-ht between Fascistl and Republicans,
which was stopised by the police.
SOVIET SECRET POLICE
BECOME HIGHWAYMEN
Papers in Pocket Betray One
Who Stole a Fur Coat.
Moaeow, March 12.?Some of the
Choka (secret police) agents who were
dismissed when that remarkable organ
izptlon was reduced and put under the
control of a department of the Soviet j
Government seem to have become high- |
vrayrnen. One of them held uv? a citizen ,
???nd 'ook hi* fur coat oft hi? bark. It
v/nn bitter cold and the citizen pleaded
with the robber to five him hia old
ci at.
The robber shod hi?, coat, put on the
rich one, and went his way rejoicing.
The citizen also went hia way. When j
he got home he found in the pocket of I
the old overcoat the Identiflcntlon |
papers of the robber. These showed j
that the man had been a Cheka agent, j
The robbed citizen reported the fact to |
Che'oj head^ iarter* and the mn.n wan
txeeutcd. the invariable penalty for !
violent tiioft In Soviet Russia..
TCHITCHERIN SAYS POLES
PLAN RUSSIAN ATTACK
Demands Breaking Up of
4White' Fighting Forces.
Moscow. March 12 i \ssociated Pre**).]
?George Tchltcherln. the Kursian Soviet
Foreign Minister, In a note addressed to
Poland 'leiumdn the breaking up of all
the "White" tlrhfing organizations within 1
Poland. If*- warns that In the event of!
a new armed attack from Polish terri
tory Russia wll] be compelled to rrmlte .
no distinction between regular Polish
troops and armed irregulars, whatever i
their nationality or uniform. >1
The note contends that <?cn. Petlura !
and others are preparing In Poland for a !
spring attack on Russia, and warns Po- ;
land that any further violation ol' the i
ltiga treaty will likely bring about a re- j
sumption of war between Russia and 1
Poland. |
3 SIBERIAN "GOLD TRUSTS."
Mining ami Industrie* Paulna
Into Frt?-n4e llnnd*.
Hioa, March 12.?Siberian mining and''
industrial properties are rapidly passing
Into private hands, says a dispatch from
the Russian official telegraph ngency nt
Moscow. Th* Siberian department of
the Supreme Ecotionaio Council reported
that np to December 1, 1921, out of 130
lease agreements signed seventy were to
private concerns.
Three gold "trusts. ' or working com
bines, wherein a number of mines are to
be operated by Government agencies
Conducted along eoir.mercHl lines, have!
Just been formed In Siberia. Halt ?<.nd
n etal "truits" have also been formed
and a number of so-ca'led "autonomous"
combines, privately directed, have been
created under na-nes long familiar on
European stock exchange*.
| Clares tluit tlila low price was meant aa
i a bribe, and accused Dr. Hermes of
i having shown the wine flrm special fa
vors 141 return. Considering that the
market price of wine and champagne at
the time It was sold to Dr. Hermes was
thirty marks a bottle, the alleged bribe
would have amounted to about 3,000
marks, or $12. Dr. Hermes is not liked
In Socialist quarters because he belongs
to the Right Wing of th? Center party,
: and Is considered very conservative.
Dr. Hermes, who had been designated
as Ambassador to Washington, is the
candidate of the Industrial party for the
chancellorship. He Is considered to have
a strong personality and to be an expert
on economic questions, especially with
regard to agriculture. Dr. Hermes re
cently has given up tne Ministry of
Food.
ITALY'S LAND REFORMS
HURT SILK INDUSTRY
New Leasing System Cuts
Cocoon Output.
Special Cable to This New Yomc Hbbai.p.
Copvrioht, 1922, bp Tiid Nbw Yohk Herald.
New York Herald Rurrnii, 1
Itonir, March It. |
The silk Industry la suffering a set
back 'because of recent land reforms in
northern Italy. The cocoon output was
one-fcurt!h less In 1921 than in preceding
year" as a result of the change In farm
ing methods.
Formerly the factories leased the land
and supervised the raising of silkworms.
The land reform, giving the small hold
ers ownership of their acres, disorgan
ized the old patronal system. ?
GREEK CABINET OUT;
KING CALLS STRATOS
Gounaris Had Been Denied
Vote of Confidence.
IjON*DON, March 12.?Tho Athens cor
respondent of the Exchange Telegraph
Company reportrj the resignation of the
Gounarle Cabinet. He adds that a pro
longed crisis !s expected, as It Is un
likely the liberals can form a Gov
ernment which will live.
Athens, March 12 (Associated
Press).?King Constantlne has charged
Nicholas Stratos, former Minister of '
Marine, with the formation of a new i
Cabinet.
The Greek Government was defeated
In the Chamber of Deputies In Athens
Friday when Premier Gounaris was re- |
fused a vote of confidence, 161 to 156. !
He had previously announced that as
the Allien desired to establish peace In
the Near East he had accepted their
mediation on condition they agreed re- !
garding ?he peace terms.
Demetrols Gounaris has twice been
Premier of Greece, having held the post ;
for Ave months in 1S15. For his ef- ;
forts to bring about the return to the j
throne of King Constantlne Gounaris j
fell Into disfavor with the followers of j
Eleutherios Venlzelos and was himself '
deported in Jun<-, 1917. He returned
to Greece In October, 1020, and op
posed Venlzelos In the elections.
In which Venlzelos was defeated.
He later became Minister of War
In the Cabinet of Nikolas ICalo
geropoulos, whom he succeeded a s
Premier on April 8 last.
31 BRIDES. EIGHT BABIES
RETURN WITH TROOPS
They Accompany Fifth Infan
try From Germany.
Berlin, March 12. ? Accompanying
the Fifth American Infantry Regiment
I for Antwerp last Friday on the first
! start of the voyage to the United States
! vere thirty-one German brides of aol
| iliers and eight babies born under the
! protection of the Stars and Stripes on
she Rhine.
It is reported here that the town of
Mayen, fifteen mile3 west of Coblonz, in
the American sector, will now receive a
garrison of 600 French troops.
MEXICAN REBELS BUSY
FIGHTING GOVERNORS
Mugica of Michoacan Flees to
Cathedral Tower.
Mexico Citt. March 12 (Associated
| Press).?Disturbances, accompanied by
some bloodshed, in the States of Michoa
can and Jalisco are causing the central
Government here to assume an energetic
attitude in these districts. Morelia, capi
tal of Michoacan, lias been in a st&te of
panic, due to threats of rebels under
Col. Francisco Cardenas to take the city.
Report* say the revolutionists are sur
rounding Morelia. In a fle'nt last night
several men were killed and the rebels
retreated. Gov. Mugica is said to have
abandoned the Government Palace dur
ing the flighting and to have taken
refuge in the tower of tlie cathedral.
In the State of Jalisco Gov. Basllio
Vadlllo Ih at outs with his Legislature,
which has retired to the Federal garri
son at Guadallajara " for safety's <ake."
Vadlllo la charged by the Legislature
'Vlth being responsible for several recent
demonstrations In which several persons
were killed and many Injured. The
legislator* characterize Vadlllo and his
followers as rebels against the ccntral
Government
Troops tinder Gen. Guadalupe Sancheg
battled with the rebels of Miguel Aleman
at Lomalorga. State of Vera Cru*. Sat
urday and succeeded In driving the
rebels further Into the hills, eajs an
official report Issued to-day.
HEROISM IS OUESTION
OF GLAND SECRETION
Cowardice May Be Eradi
cated by Surgery.
KvANsroN, III., March 12.?Cowardice
Is a matter of physiology and not of
mentality and character, according to a
?theory advanced by Iff, Charles Louis
Mix, professor of clinical medicine.
Northwestern University.
"Fear is caused by the ru(pension of
secretion by the adrenr.l glands. Which
ire lust above but not connected with
the kidneys. It Is this Mopping of the
secretions at the moment of fright that
causes the dilated pupil of the eye, the
'Try mouth, shaking knees and soaring
heart that arc the symptoms of fear,*
says Dr. Mix.
"After the first moment of alarm the
glands renew their srCfattona with more
than normal activity, thus restoring the
balance of courage and enabling the ani
mals under observation to cope vigor
ously with the altuatlons confronting
them."
FIGHTS AND SHOTS
HALT COLLINS' TALK
Valera lollowers Seek to
Break <Jp Great Meet
in* in Cork.
Cork, March 12 (Associated Press}.?
Michael Collins, head of the Provisional
Government, addressed a huge meeting
hero to-day In defense of the Anglo-Irish
treaty. 'He was subjected to considera
ble interference from adherents of
Kamon do Valc-ra, who in large groups
took up positions near the platforms
from which Mr. Ctoltir.s and othe?*s spoke
and interrupted the speeches by firing
shots, seemingly in an endeavor to
create excitement. A number of free
fights occurred during the meeting.
J. .T. Walsh and John J. McKeown
were among the speakers, all of whom
refused to be frightened by what was
termed "131ack and Tan" argument?. Mr.
Collins charged Mr. de Valera with a
campaign of incitement, and declared
that the tactics being pursued were those
of a defeated and discredited faction.
There was a demonstration last night
by the anti-treaty adherents against the
reception to Mr. Collins. Thousands of
persons congregated in the streets and
dismantled the platforms that had been
erected and threw tliem Into the river.
Anti-treaty literature was liberally dis
tributed throughout the city to-day. I
Dundalk, Ireland, March 12 (As
sociated Press).?Addressing a large
meeting here to-day on the Anglo-Irish
treaty. Arthur Griffith, President of the
Dail Eireann. declared that he had
signed the treaty because it secured the
last ounce possible to get from England.
Those who Invited them to fight another
round on the chance of getting moro
wero simply gambling with the nation's
life.
GIVE AWAY MILLION
BEFORE THEIR DEATH
Ball Brothers of Indiana
Favor Distribution While
Living.
Muncie, Ind., March 12,?If you have
money to give away thire is no time
like the present. Is the philosophy of
Frank C. Ball. Ills three brothers hold
the same hought. ar.d a fifth brother,
row dead, held that theory during his !
l'fetime. The four living brothers and
the estate of the other brother have
just given 11,000.000 for educational
and welfare work.
"We are giving this $1,000,000 because
wc believe it better to do sucn things j
while we are living than allow others 1
tc do it for us after we are dead," ex
plained Frank C. Ball. "Life at best
is short and uncertain and the time for |
men to do good with their money is |
when they can personally direct the u*e j
of it. Xobody has ever found a way j
of taking his money with him to wher- j
ever he goes after he dies.
"We are glad to make these gifts to
these institutions and for these pur
poses, At because we seek apprecia
tion. but because we believe it to be a
good thing to do and because of the
satlsfnvtlon we receive in knowing that
we may be responsible 10 some alight
extent In aiding humanity."
The gift* were made n the names*of
Frank C. Ball, Edmund B. Ball, George
A. Ball, Dr. Lucius L. Bali and the
estate of William C. Ball, and include:
For eastern division Indiana Stato Nor
mal School, located in Muncie, $250,900.
to be used for additional buildings; for
public auditorium in Muncle, $150,000;
for permanent endowment Muncle y. M.
C. A., $100,000; to Hillsdale College,
Hillsdale, Mich., as endo./ment, $100,000.
?r?n,
Bulgars Protest Against
Elimination of One Letter
SOFIA. Bulgaria, March 12.?
The faculty o? Sofia Univer
sity has declared a strike aiul
declined to hold classes until the
Ministry of IOducation assures it
liberty of action. The dispute over
the attempt of the Ministry to elim
inate one letter from the Bulgarian
alphabet Is now developing into an
organized protest by the intel
lectuals against alleged class dis
tinctions by the Government. 1ho
situation i3 causing the Cabinet
much anxiety. The attitude of the
university professors is being sup
ported by mass meetings through
out the country and by organiza
tions of professional workers.
PROTESTS CAPTURE
OF ANDES MONSTER
?
Buenos Aires S. P. C. V. In
vokes Old Law to Halt
Expedition.
Buenos Aires, March 12 (Associated |
Pres3).?A protest against the killing j
or cupture of the pleslosaurlan monster
which is reported to have been seen In ;
an Andean lake In Patagonia has been j
raised before the Minister of Interior
by the "Sociedad Profcectora de ixw
Animales," which corresponds to the
American Society for the Prevention or
Cruelty to Animals.
The society urges that if such an an
tediluvian creature exists it be allowed
to roam Its native heath unmolested.
Involving law No. 2.7S6, dealing with
cruelty to animals, the society demands
that the expedition which proposes to
bring back the animal alive or dead to
the Buenos Aires Zoo be prohibited.
Dr. Albarracln, head of the society,
asks that the authorities investigate the
truth of the report, and if that is
established, "to do what Is necessary in
fulfillment of said law to prevent the
hunting or capture of it in any form,
leaving It In peace, by reason of its
being a valuable specimen which ought
to enjoy.full liberty and ba allowed to
reproduce Itself."
Dr. Albarracln asserts that, like me
penguin. It would probably die if brought
north, by reason of the change of cli
mate, and adds: "If scientists want to
study the creature let them do It In a
humane way In its habitat while It is
enjoying full liberty."
Meanwhile, Prof. Onelll, who first an
nounced the existence of the animal,
says the expedition will start at the
end of the week, provided additional
funds are forthcoming.
martiallaw danger
LESSENED IN BELFAST
Snipers Are Being Subdued by
the Military.
Bei,fa8T. March 12 (Associated 1 res'?'*
prospects of a declaration of martial
law grew less to-day when the L<ord
Mayor announced that the military au
thorities oonsldered the existing -egul'i
tions sufficiently strong to take car? or
The city was quiet Saturday nlghr.
The campaign to bring about " Cf.*sa
tlon of sniping Is proceollng. various
houses have been seized and surrounded
by barb>'d wire.
A woman wounded during the r.hoot
ing on Friday died this morning mak
ing the twenty-second death due to the
d sturbances of last weeK
$100,000,000 GOING
INTO JJ.S. HIGHWAYS
Federal Government to Ex
pend $75,000,000 if States
Pay Equal Share.
Bpecial Dispatch to Thb Nrw York Hi-bai.d.
?tv York Herald Bun-mi. I
Wiwhtnft?n, I). March 12. I
More than (100,000,000 will be ex
pended to build new highways and re
pair old ones In the United States this
year. Under the 175,00) 000 emergency
road bill passed by Conaresa the Fed
eral Government will share with the
States the cost of this gigantic construc
tion program.
Many mllea of now roadway can be
constructed with the money avaiaible.
Every State will share in the dis
bursement of Federal funds, provided
ii appropriates funds for construction
work equal to the outlay of the Federal
Government.
The contribution of the Federal Gov
ernment, authorized during the present
economic emergency, was Intended to
stimulate employment. Jobs *or ap- |
proximately 100,000 workers for an en- i
tire year will be made available as a 1
result of the construction campaign, it |
is estimated. This is on the ba<-i' of !
$1,000 a year a worker.
Most of the money wiil be expended ;
under the supervision of the Highway ;
Bureau of the Denartmert of Agricul- j
ti re. For months officials r>t thk- bureau
have been at work making the nettssary
preparations and plans. In many States
similar activity is under way.
Bond issues to obtain money to match
the Federal funds are under considera
tion In several States. The spring elec
tions will bring voting on the bonds in
many sections of the couitry. With the
money In hand the construction cam
paign will proceed rapid.j. In Southern
States, where weather is good, work al
ready is under way in many sections.
Road contractors are beginn ng work on
plans In Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois.
Petitions for lower rates on road ma
terials are being sent almost daily to
the Interstate Commerce Comm.r,.< ion.
Contractors charge that the present
freight rates are so high in many oases
as to discourage construction despite the
availability of money for work. Reduc
tions were put into effect In some sec
tions of the country last fall on nand,
gravel and like materials. These re
ductions, however, w ere aimed to en
courage building of structures rather
than of roads.
WOMEN'S CLTIB FIGHTS BILLS.
In its effort to relievo the civil and !
legal disabilities under which women are
now laboring the National Women's
party is endangering legislation that
hag been put through over a long period
for the protection of the women of this
country, according ot a statement Issued
yesterday by the Women's City Club.
The club members are incensed over I
two bills pending in the Legislature and
fathered by Senators William Dugg;.n
and Salvatore Cotlllo. A mass meeting
of protest against these measures has
been called for to-night at 8:15 at the
Town Hall, 121 West Forty-third street.
The speakers will be Julius Henry
Cohen, counsel to the Port Authority of
New York: Miss Laura Carr of Schenec
tady, Miss Sophie Irene Ix>eb of the
Board of Child Welfare and Mrs. Flor
ence Kelly of the National Consumers'
league. Mrs. Robert W. Bruero will
preside.
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F I N - K E R R Y
AN AUTHENTIC INDJCA TION OF THE
CHANGE FN STYLE HABITS OF PRESENT
PA Y MEN IS THE ABSENCE OF ECCEN
TRIC FEATURES IN AN OVER
GARMENT. THE. CONSERVATIVE IDEA
OF DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN MAIN
TAINED IN THE FIN-KERRY COAT OF
LIGHT-WEIGHT IMPORTED HOMESPUN
FORTY DOLLARS
AND MORE
RE A D V- TO-PUT-OS
TAILORED AT FASHION PARK
CUSTOM FINISH WITHOUT
THE ANNOYANCE OF A TRY-ON
TWOTMW
SWost 46 th. Str oe?t
NEW YORK
FOUNDED 1856
^HE trend of refined
design and patterns for
men's and young men's
Spring clothes is ade
quately reflected in our
initial showingof outfits
for business wear, out
door sports, motoring,
formal and informal
dress.
American and foreign woolens of
proven merit.
Precise tailoring and decreased
prices.
Spring Furnishings, Shoes, Hats,
Trunks and Bags.
Brokaw Brothers
1457-1463 BROADWAY
AT FORTY-SECOND STREET
8. Altnian Sc (Co
The Department for
Women's Cotton Frock? -
has assembled for the sunny Sprang
days an unusually attractive
collection of
Smart Daytime Frocks
modelled nn
the fashionable cottons and linens
and charmingly featuring the new
vivid colorings and striking combina
tions of color.
Third Floor
(Madison Avenue Section)
fBa&tann Attriute - 3ftftl| Avrttur
3411? attft 351If &trerta Keni fork
finding a
comfortable
furnished room
is made much easier by
consulting the many of
ferings of rooms in good
neighborhoods advertised
now in the
WANT AD PAGES
of
THE NEW YORK HERALD
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