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VOL. VI. NO. 116
Columbia University Head Says
Danger Lurk3 in Huge Po
litical .Machines
OFFICEHOLDERS TYRANTS,
TELLS COMMERCE DINERS
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Speaker, Mentioned for Presi
dent, Flays Federal Trade
Commission as Persecutor
A call to arms against the building
top of a bureaucracy of autocratic office
holders and inspector? in the federal
government nt "Washington was Round
ed today by Dr. Nicholas Murray But
Jcr, president of Columbia University,
in an address before the Chamber of
Commerce luncheon at tho Bellcvue
Stratford Hotel.
Doctor Butler, whoso words have spe
cial interest because he has been men
tioned as a possible candidate for the
Republican nomination for President,
epitomized his views in this warn
ing to his audience of business men :
"Guard against tho building up of
huge political machines in order to
maintain and increase tho points of
contact between government and busi
ness." Doctor Butler said that democracy
ros at stake and that the situation
was all tho more perilous because "the
tyrann; of an office-holding class" was
being represented as the rule of the
people.
Attached -Federal Commission
The speaker evoked applauso when
he attacked the Federal Trade Com
mission for persecuting rather than
helping business, and pointing out the
right path along winch it should travel.
Doctor Butler made a new contribu
tion to the capital and labor problem
when be suggested the establishment of
a commission on industrial relations
nhich should "represent the" public
alone."
Discussing the necessity of clearing
away uncertainties in public policy that
Immner business, he said:
"We have at the present time a fed
eral trade commission appointed pur
suant to the provisions of a Btatute
which might easily be so administered as
to do great good. The. federal trade
coramissioDshas, however. utterly mis
construed Its proper functions and has
preferred -to persecute business rather
than to "protect and 'develop it.- 'The
cheaply won applause which is sure to
follow the violent denunciation of some
body or something for an alleged wrong
has been' preferred to the much more
dolid and lasting approval of an intelli
gent people that would follow upon con
structive .acts which should indicate
bow the business of the country might
bo better and more wisely developed.
Discipline Is Pathetic
"It h little short of pathetic, after
somo of the best, brains in tho nation
have organized and set on foot a great
industrial undertaking which engages
the co-qperation of thousands of men
and women, reduces the cost of produc
tion o.f some stan'e artielp," and begins
to extend American trade into new
lands, to find it summarily brought to
book as a criminal by tho attorney gen
eral of the United States or by the
United States district attorney in some
judicial district.
"Tho course of wisdom and of prog
ress would be for the commissiop to
hear the plans of those who propose to
develop an undertaking of this sort;
to point out in advance what would
m considered unfair business practices
and what would not; to indicate the
line where monoply would be held to
begin, and which therefore must not be
crossed; and then to send the new un
dertaking on its way with the full
knowledge and co-operation of the Fed
eral Trade Commission, with which,
thereafter, the undertaking should stand
In the closest possible relations."
Such a policy by the commission,
Doctor Butler said, would simply re
peat in the field of in ustry tho pre
cise policy which the government has
followed with extraordinary success in
the case of national banks.
Uncertainty as to Labor
Beside doubt as to what might be
done without prosecution under the
jsoerman or Clayton act, he added,
business was confronted with uncer
tainty as to labor. To remove this, he
suggested the establishment at "Wash
ington of a commission on industrial
relations to represent the public alone,
which should make findings and recom
mendations in labor disputes. The doors
of this commission, he said, should ho
open to wage workers, employers, 'or
o any body of individual citizens, or
to the attorney general of. the United
States.
Arguing that public opinion would
do sufficient to enforce the commission's
recommendations, he said the United
States Supreme Court could not enforce
ts decrees ngainbt a state, but never
theless such decisions had boen obeved,
and that tho rules of international law
except in tlmo of war had wide appli
cation. "The unchecked development of huge
Political machines," he said, "would
in time completely alter the American
A0rm ! government and revolutionize
American business. It is perfectly easy
y following such a course as outlined
to transfer a democracy into an autoc
racy of officeholders and inspectors.
Nominally, this autocracy would repre
sent and carry out tho will of tho
People, but actually it would bo n
tyranny of an office-holding class."
Johnson Praises Butler
Alba B. Johnson, president of the
Uiumber of Commerco, introduced the
speaker.
.. "It tea fitting thing," he said, "that
joe citizens should scrutinize their
future leaders. The new leaders must be
"tb statesmen and business men.
The man who Is to speak to you
today U both. Aspresldent of Colum
bia University, he had shown himself
j v ,a lnan ' hig business. In tho
administration of the affairs of the fao.
ity he has shown himself to bo a man
cupable" of handling men. And he has
fhown himself to be u prominent voice
10 the councjls of tho Rcniibllciin nn-t-(t,.
iu.0' ,eader routt understand
dat ?i IM 0d'tlon" f the prewar
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AUTOCRACY PERIL
THREATENS NATION,
WARNS DR. BUTLER
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Entered Becond.ClaM Matlw at the Pootofflce. nt Phlladolphta, Ta.
Under the Act ot March 3, 1870.
No Room for Newly-Weds
If They Would Live Here
John Ihlder Says Conditions Are Breeding
Divorce Cases Urges development of Un
used Ground and C or poratk Building
.. There is no room jn phlladelpbia for
the 'newly-weds," according to John
Ihldcr, secretary of th'o Philadelphia
Housing Association, and in conse
quence the divorce courts aro doing a
land office business.
Mr. Ihldcr today, discussing the
housing situation, suggested that the
city authorities immediately map out a
comprehensive plan, extending over
several years, of housing development,
for both the old and the new sections
of tho city.
lie suggested also tho formation of
large companies, limited to a 6 per
cent return on their money, for the
cheap erection of houses to supply the
present housing deficiency1. Philadelphia
is nt least 20,000 houses behind its' nor
mal schedule, and the prospects uro
that comparatively few houses will bo
built this year, because of the high cost
of labor and materials,
"The housing situation is still ex
tremely precarious," said Mr. Ihldcr.
"An investigation conducted recently
showed, that thero arc practically no
houses to rent in thcscntlro city.
"Letters were sent to 288 real estate
ngents asking them to report whut
vacant houses they had and what bouses
could be rented. Reports received
showed that these agents had a total of
300 houses that were vacant. Only
seventy-ono of all these idlo bouses
could be rented.
Llttlo Room for Improvement
"Of course this number is far short
of tho total, but it indicates how little
room there is for movement. The
operative builders aro not promising as
ALLIEDJJiATl
Note Opens Way to Further Dis
cussion Asks What Lon
donvPact Is
EXPECT AMERICAN SUPPORT
By Hie Associated Press
Paris. Jan. 2S. (By A. P.) Jugo
slavia's rcnlv to the allied ultimatum
rctmrdins tho Adriatic question, received
n Tarls this afternoon, amounts to a
irtunl refusul o the compromise of
fered by the Italians.
The renlv. it is believed: suggests a
new basis of compromise along the lines
of President "Wilson s proposal.
Leave Qucstiou Open
rri.A T,...rtKlnv inmmiinirntinn will be
presented to the council of ambassa
dors as soon as it is deciphered.
Tho note is coucucu in u cuuuuimuij
tone and opens the way for further dis
cussion of tho question.
The reply Etaies iuui iuu iu
t t i .. unnrnf rlnpnmrint. the toxt
of which was never officially communi
cated to the Jugo-siav uovurumuui.
and, therefore, it cannot consider a
solution which is based on a treaty it
i..,- ..,. n nnr had an opportunity
of exumining and dibcussing. .
The Jugo-aiav repiy, an- .u(, -j.
ciphered, a task of feevoral hours, will
. 1.-1 a- .t. ri,.ii ('flrwiv. whom-it
will bo delivered to Premier Mtllerund s
cabinet chief, the premier ueius
in Belgium, decorating Belgian cities.
A dispatch from Berne under Tucs
day's date quoted Belgrade advices as
stating that the Jugo- Slav Government
his decided to accept the allied ultima -t
m. This decision, the advices from
he Jugo-Slav capital said, was reached
bv a small majority only after u long
discussion. Members of tho Jugo-Slav
delegation in Paris, however, declared
ft. , nelcrado advices-without founda
tion in fact.
FINANCIAL EUROPE
IS A SICK MAN
Feared Further Demoralization
of Exchange Will Result in
Chaotic Conditions
London, Jan. 28. Foreign eMhange
was demoralized today under the lead
of New York, which slumped to $.5.53
to the pound, representing n. decline of
about 35 per cent from the normal.
Paris checques at forty-seven francs
to the pound and Belgian at forty-nine
francs contributed to the demoraliza
tion, while business with Italy was al
most impossible. ,
.,.!.. :..o fnr tli( Heclino of the
Now York rate were the tame ns those
.,-...l.. l.ol.l rnonnnsihlo thO llUge
accumulation of EuropoU debt to Amer
ica. With tllO UOU1U011UI Miu w.i. .v-
ceutly Franco and Belgium have been
buying dollurs through Luudon. Lorn-
. ', .. .. .io f nnnRiflnr thfi lie-
cllne unusual, in view of this debt.
which will reacu a uig iigiirc )
time for the resumption of the payment
it would not bo surprised to see the
rate go ueiow $a.uu, cBiictimij . n...
demand for dollars continues.
So hUrttUl 10 Business uiu iui;oo tuu-
ditlons that it is considered in the street
that the whole European financial posi.
tiou has reached o serious stage and
that unless something is done tho re
suit will be chaos. Nothing could be
cleaned in official quarters rcgurdiug
an action to remedy the economic posi
tiou, and whllo somo people paid it will
be best to let matters adjust themselves
in tho natural way, others advocate
official uction. A prominent nicmbc
of ono bank described tho situation
"Finnnclal Europe nt present Is a
slek mnn. Tho patient needs n stim
ulant. The question is as to when tho
stimulant is going to bo applied."
One of the lmmediato resultant ac
tions of thq American exchange was
tho further ri6c in price of bur gold
to 117 shillings, Fix pence per ounce,
at which figure South Africa, South,
America and the Strujts settlement urtf
ketn buyers. Silver also jumped two,
peace to &i, wing to the small Amw-
JCM'MWWfll W"s vmw '.
v - .ml mn, t. wi
UGO-SLAVS REJECT
tcuenmo public tooger
much as they did last spring. The city
has not yet made provision for vitally
necessary extensions of sewers und water
mains, the adverse nction of the courts
on the $12,000,000 loan authorized last
summer having held everything up."
Mr. Ihlder pointed out tliut the situ
ation is especially hard on the "newly
weds." A young couple getting mar
ried can't go lo housekeeping nowadays
as they could a few years ago, with a
little homo ot their own. "They must
set up housekeeping in u buurdlnK
house," said Mr. Ihldcr, "or go home
to mother.
"To illustrate this, compare the num
ber of house building permits issued in
1010 with the number of marriage
license taken out in tho sainc year,"
Mr. Ihlder continued.
"According lo the records at City
Hall, permits were issued for 5300
dwellings in 1010. During this same
year 10.8C0 marriuge licenses were is
sued. "Where arc all the new families going
to set up housekeeping? Arc they going
to board, to live with the wife's family
or to take nn 'apartment' in an old
dwelling that has been converted into
fiats? None of these alternatives fits
in with Philadelphia's conception of it
self us u city of homes,
Shortago Promoted Divorces
"There is more thau a busplcion that
the. bousing shortago has something to
do with a record established in Phila
delphia lust year. There were 28S6
divorco suits entered in the courts of
Continued en Pace Six. Column Two
J. F. Rinn Challenges Sir Oliver
Lodge to Produce Evidence
He Can't Expose
SHOWS TRICKS OF MEDIUMS
New York, Jan. 2S. Joseph F.
Binn, n former member of the Society
of Psychical Bcscurch, who took part
in the exposure of PalJadlno and has
made u hobby for years of exposing so
called supernatural phenomrua wrote
a check yesterday for S5.000- -u-lilcli
heDffcrcd to that .socictjrytkDarljof
us endowment, if tho society or Sir
Umer Lodge or any one else coiild
produce n medium who could offer under
scientific conditions the slightest ten
able evidence of communication with
tho spirit world or supernatural feats
of any kind.
"And I will offer another ?5.000 for
the endowment which thp Socletv for
Psychical Research is nsking as u'basis
of having further frauds perpetrated on
it." said Mr, Rinn, "It the' society, Sir
Oliver Lodgo or any one else will meet
this simple test.
"They tell us that there aro honest
mediums and quacks. Dr. IIjslop says
he has been and now is in communica
tion, through mediums, with the late
Dr. Richard Hodgson. lie gets spirit
messages from Dr. Hodgson all the
time. Now, I used to be a friend and
co-worker of Dr. Hodgson and Dr.
Hyslop. and seven hours before his
death Dr. Hodgson wrote mo a letter,
whichI have in my safe. I w-ill give
tho 5-".000. if they can Und n medium
who can tell what is in that letter.
These arc nlmost the last words of Dr.
Hodgson. Now, if lie does communicate
from tho other world, what would bo
simpler than for him tp tell its con
.tents?" Will Duplicato All Tricks
"I will give tho $5000 if they can
nennilAn n nsinrlitin mliAnn J.: 1 .. i
uw juvumu, twiuciu iritis cannot
bo duplicated by ruy&elf and other cou-
juivi3,( j. mil gm ?uuuu io any one
tions. any violation of what ivc call the
1.111. JS t 1A...n
.an a u. iiuiuic.
',fTl.rt flint ill tlint- , f il. .
Sir Oliver Lodge and Doctor Hyslop are
iuu vnBsrai iuuiks in nip worm tor these
Praittiitne T on,, .rl. n C!! ll! -r .
slate messages or any bther kind ot
iiicoouse-. uuui uis sun iinymonil Tiinicr
tho preciso conditions under which he
thinks ho got them from 'psychics' in
England.
"It is not an ubsertion, but a fact of
history, that these great men of science
are the easy dupes in tho world for
clever fakers. Pnlladino came over here
T3i . rn .'"""S, "A. .."JinDroso,
Binct, I'lammanon, Sir Oliver Lodge
uuu uiuur uicu m me Rreaiest eminence
We proved absolutely that she had noth
ing but a bag of tricks.
Mr. Rinn gaj an exhibition on Mon
day evening nt tho Cafe Boulevard at
n meeting of the Sunrise Club, which
lusted into early yesterday morning, in
which he duplicated the whole series of
mediumistic tricks from elementary
parlor phenomena to tho high arts of
slate-writing and spirit-communication
under conditions rhich, as his audience'
agreed, raado trickery absolutely im
possible. Itinn Exposes Tricks
Tho chef d'ocuvre of (lu evening
was slate-writing. He called for a vol
untcer and Edmund Goldbcrger, on in
surance man, came forward with two
slates of his own for the writing. Gold
berger was blindfolded to simulate for
Continued on Tate To, Column ifou7
JOHN H. McFADDEN RETURNS
Wool Merchant Here After Research
Trip to England
John II. McFadden. of the collnn
firm of George H. McFadden, who re
turned from Europe on the Mauretanln
will arrive In Philadelphia today! Mr'
.McFadden will rest a few days at his
home at Nineteenth and Walnut streets
und then go to California for tho win
ter. Mr. McFadden Is founder of tho re
search laboratories in this country and
was In England for tho purposo of
finding u euro for cancer.
Ho renched New York yesterday after
a voyage of six days from Southamp
ton, during which the Muurctauia en
countered a succession of gales. ,
Bv Monw Burn rwdred Coal""
Ail WW HflUlML l JJIIIIT T '
OFFERS $10 GIFT
FOR SPIRIT PROOF
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1920
WINSTON ASSAILS
U
Contractors Negligent in Failing
to Take Advantage of Thaw,
Says Director
DEPARTMENT HEAD MAKES
INSPECTION OF DISTRICT
Tour With Chief Hepburn Draws
Strong Statement of
Disapproval
"Streets of West Philadelphia ,nro
in n deplorable condition. Contractors
responsible for that section failed to
take advantage of the thaw to clean
up."
Director of Public Works Winston
made this comment today nftcr making
a tour of the streets of that section. He
was accompanied by Donald M. Hep
burn, chief of the bureau of street clean
ing. Mr. Winston said contractors re
sponsible for cleaning the streets in that
section were equally at fault with those
responsible for. conditions dovntown.
Mr. Winston said he was grcutly dis
appointed with conditions of tho thor
oughfares in West Philadelphia and
that the contractors were negligent in
their work.
Cunningham and Murray have the
conlNict for cleaning streets north of
Market and west of the Schuylkill
river. The contract for cleaning the
streets south of Market und west of the
Schuylkill is held by James Irvin.
Chief Hepburn again took advantage
of the thaw today and put every avail
able man and machine at work clearing
the streets in the central part of the
city of ice and slush.
Contractors' forces, augmented by
men from the Bureau of Highways und
City Property, resumed work today.
Early yesterday Chief Hepburn sum
moned tho contractors of the street
cleaning districts for u conference. Ho
reiterated his statement that streets
must und would be kept clean. He
directed the contractors to get all of
their men and machines to the cast side
of City Hall. Operations began there
early in the afternoon and expanded
Ihrniifrli nil .trpiiK frnm llnnn ulrnnt n
! South, between tho rivers.
'J he pavements were first llushed
with machines anij followed by men with
firo hose, driving brokcu ice and slush
iuto the gutters and inlets. These were
followed by sweepers, who plied their
brooms lustily, block after block ex
hibiting a scrubbed puvemept such us
has not been visible for a lone tlmr.
w-Alt,UoUBhthc. .IhutvluuuiJieUf d. much.
oi mo ice iuhi mauc uic,btie.wui.s.slip
pcry, accidents arc still being reported
today.
Frank Dclmorfc, forty-live years old.
11532 South Juniper street, slipped and
fell on the ice near his home. This left
thumb was fractured uiid he was cut
upon the head. lie is at St. Agncs's
Hospital.
Michael Stanton, twenty-seven jcars
old, 12CG South Bucknell streel, sprain
ed his left ankle in u fall. He also is
at St. Agnes's Hospital.
Y. W. C. A. LEADERS
IN CONTEST TODAY
Hot Fight Expected at Polls to
Keep Insurgents in
Office
Present leaders of the Philadelphia
Y. W. C. A., at Eighteenth and Arch
streets, recently called the insurgents
because of their fight in Common Pleas
and Supreme Courts ugaiust the old
regime, are today a little fearful of their
supremacy.
The association's annual election is
on toduy. Most of their constituents
come from Kensington und are em
ployed during the day.
On motion of Mrs. George Vaux, Jr.,
at u meeting of the board of managers
today, it was decided to nold the polls
open until S o'clock. This will give
tho members who aro employed in Ken
sington and other places some distance
away an opportunity to reach the polls
in time to vote.
The innted ballot which is being
placed before the voters today con
tains names of only the progressive or
iusurgeut representatives. But it is per
missible to nominate from the flour.
Thus there is a possibility that the fol
lowers of Mrs. Joseph Hudson, former
president of the board, and the obi
regime may nominate tneir own candi
dates and outvote the progrcsshes.
It was over thn voting problem that
the recent fight in courts was waged.
Kensington members objected Inst Jau
uary because they were not permitted
fo vote at the annual election for board
of managers. They won their fight
and every actlvo member ot the asso
ciation is now permitted u vote. To
day'b electiou is expected to bring out
the greatest number that has ever
voted ut an unnual election.
This election is for members of the
board of managers. Later the board
will organize and elect its officers. It
is believed those now in oflico will be
re-elected. Tho board includes about
eighty members.
The board will meet at 8 o'clock this
evening to hear election returns and
discuss future plans.
WANTED: KINDRED "SPIRIT"
Woman With Vermouth Would Meet
Man With Gin
Now York, Jan. 28. Assistant Fed
oral Prohibition Enforcement Agent
John J. Quiglcy today began to in
vestigate the following "personul"
which appeared In u morning paper:
"Lady with a bottle of vermouth
would liko to meet gentleman with hot
tie of gin: object, cocktails.."
Careless Walhers, Beware!
Tonight ' twill be cloudy and colder.
Tomorrow morn, colder and fair,
Tho triad from the northiccat grow
bolder.
Jack Frott icjll co.mo out of hi$
lair,- .
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STREET CONDITIONS
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International
I.ADY DECIES
Arrived in New York yesterday
from England lo visit her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. George Gould, bho
was Iho former Miss Vivien Gould.
Football Committee to Name
New Gridiron Tutor for
1920, Is Rumor
TAKE ACTION ON FRIDAY
By ROBERT W. .MAXWELL
hiwrts Editor Kcnlns Public lilBcr
. A football coach at thp University
of Pennsylvania will be selected next
'Friday afternoon, when the football
committee holds its next meeting. The
coach will be sele.cted from a list of six
candidates, one of them being Bob Fol
wcll. The names of the others have
not nor will they be announced until
after everything is over, as tho members
of the committee have been pledged to
secrecy.
However, it is said that something
startling will bo done and the name
of the new gridiron tutor will be re
ceived with surprise. This prpbably
means thatJjlwelI will uoj; be signed
T6r"anotfie jour.
There has1 born considerablo mystery
surrounding the coaching prfiblem nt
Pcnn this year, and the new football
committee has been working behind
Closed doors. Many rumors Iiiivp been
floating around, but none could be run
down. The names of Bv Dicksou. Dr.
Carl Williams. Bill Hollnnback. Mike
Bennett, Doctor Wbarton und Dr. John
Heismau have been mentioned casually,
but no one in authority would throw
an. light on the subject. The com
mitteo probably realized it faced a
tough problem and wanted to work it
out alone.
Settle Question Friday
Yesterday afternoon a short minting
Was held, and it wus decided to meet
again ou Friday to settle things for
good and all.
-It is said that the committee has
been waiting for tho arrival of Sidney
Hutchinson from the South before tak
ing any action. Mr. Hutchinson re
turned to Philadelphia Monday night
nnd since then has been in touch with
Wharton Sinkler. the new chairman.
Mr. Hutchinson has some ideas of his
own and probably will have consider
able intlucucu in namiug the new coach.
The trouble out at Penn this ear
was the failure of the old football com
mittee to appoint a coach at the close
of the 1019 season. An attempt was
made to get that bodv together the
Monday after Thanksgiving, but this
failed. Another cuuse for the present
condition of affairs is that the coach
hud only u one-year contract, which
meatit that his appointment had to he
ratified at the end of each season.
Forced to Go Slow
When tho new committee was formed
and Wharton Sinkler elected to suc
ceed George Harrison Frazicr, there
was n lot of unfinished business to be
attended to. The committee was forced
'to act slowlv nnd carefully, cen going
so fur us to invite twenty-one members
of the ulumui to state their views in
open meeting. They not only discussed
the coaching situutiorf. but the ceneral
athletic policy as well.
Many reforms have been advocated
and it is believed the new rules will be
satisfactory to all. Something had to
be done following the withdrawal of so
many football players from college after
the season closed. IThii did not help
Pcnn's standing. with the other colleges
and drastic uction was necessary. The
committee has been working on a new
athletic eligibility code and this, too,
will be adopted on Friday.
It is said that no announcement of
the election of n roach will be made uutil
it is ratified bv tho University council
on athletics. No ono knows when the
council will hold its next meeting.
WANTS RAILROADS AS ISSUE
Representative Sanders Says Bryan
Plans Vote-Getting Machine
Washington. Jan. 28. (By A. P.)
Representative Sanders. Republican,
ludiaua, declared in the House yester
day that William Jennings Bryan
planned to uso the railroad problem
as the "paramount isue" in the ap
proachlug political campaign, lu Mn
attuck on Bryan's railroad plau he
declared it was "so formed as to make
u bid for votes in every direction,"
SEVEN MISSING MEN SAFE
On Board Vessel Released After
Being Ice-Bound Eight Days
Chicago. Jan. 28. (By A. P.)
After being bound for right days in the
ice floes of Lake Michigan, the freight
steamer Sidue.V O, Neff entered tho
Chicago river this morning and docked
with all of her crew safe.
On board also wcro the seven. men
who, started acrosH the Ico to h,f strand
ed stealer Sunday and who haij pot
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FAVORITE SON PLAN
OF G. 0. P. LEADERS
BREAKSTO PIECES
Prospective Candidates for
Presidency Flee From "State"
Choice" Handicap
OLD CHIEFS STILL HAVE
PARTY REINS IN HANDS
Johnson, Showing Unexpected
Strength, Carries Fight to
Opponents' Homes
By .CLINTON W. GILBERT
Man" Corrrspondrn' of the Eirnlnc Tubllc
Ltilcrr
Washington, Jan. 28. The collapse
of the favorite son plans of tho Repub
lican machine is the outstanding poli
tical development.
Governor Coolidgc took himself out
of the race in Massachusetts, Gov
ernor Goodrich, in Indiana and Gov
ernor Sprout in Pennsylvania. The
plans to nominate Governor Phillips in
Wisconsin have not materialized. Sena
tor Kellogg is not going to make a race
of it in Minnesota. Dr. Nicholas Mur
ray Butler is having his troubles in
making Now York take him seriously
as a presidential possibility.
But the failure of tho organization
plans for controlling the ltepublicnn
convention is not. interfering with its
prospects of control. As things stand
now the old party leaders will make
the nomination at Chicago. The race
is an open race ; any Republican having
real popular strength could make a
runaway race of it. But there is no
surh Republican in sight.
The faritc sons were brought into
the field to head off. Wood. But there
now appears to bo no necessity of head
ing off Wood. He has failed thus far
to develop populur support. His per
sonality has not greatly impressed the
nation. He has no issue which hns
aroused interest in his efforts to be
Prcsidont.
Wood No linger Leads
II p is no longer thp leading Repub
lican candidate. You hear us much
of dohusoa and Lowdcn us you do of
Wooc. Aud Hardiug. who -in making
less noise, is icallv in the strongest
position of them till.
The failure of Wood to emerge from
the ruck in the race is largely respon
sible for the collapse of the favorite
sons. In the first placp the muchinc
had no pressing need for favorite son
candidates. And in the second place
those, favorite, sons who really ar
serious. candidates, or who think they
(ire, "spcinstfie race to lc"Un open nne.
wish'd to moid the label of tannic
sou. ' -
A man like Governor Alien, of Kan
sas, who is I lie real choice of that state,
feels that his chance of nomination will
be much better it lie docs not let him
self appear in the ranks of favorite sous.
Therefore, his friends hne no objec
tion to Wood getting the Kansas dele
gates, if he chooses.
Coolldgo Real Candidate
In n similar way the Coolidgc decla
ration is taken here. The Massachu
setts governor's name may go into the
Massachusetts primaries, or it mu
be merel presented in the convention
at the psychological moment, but it is
generally believed here thnt the Massa
chusetts governor is u real candidate.
His friends think he will be strength
ened by not allowing his name to be
used by the politicians to obtain dele
gates for their own purposes.
A candidate who is merely a favor
ite son claiming the rights and immu
nities of a favorite son, such us the
privilege of un uncontested delegation
from his state, wears a certain stamp of
weakuess. He will not compete with
the others. He seems to be lookine
only for the bono? of having himself
named for the nomination on the floor
of the convention. He is the hothouse
plant of politics.
When the nomination is almost sure
to go to some one else, the small satis
faction of being a favorite son may be
worth while. But when the race is
open, when the convention is likely to
name some one not prominent in the
early delegate hunting stages of the
Continued on Pjee SLx, Column Tour
CLEVELAND'S MAYOR 0UT.F0R GOVERNORSHIP
CLEVELAND, Jan. 2S. Mayor Harvy L. Davis announces
today thnt he will be a candidate for the Republican nomination
for Governor at tho coming primaries on a platform calling for
the elimination, of radicals and radicalism and drastic legislation
to punish, profiteering.
FARMERS AND DAIRYMEN WANT COLLECTIVE SELLING
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. Fanner and dairymen demand
the right of collective belling to protect thenibelves front the
middleman, J. D. Miller, of New York, testified today before a
Senate subcommittee considering a bill to puaend tho anti
trust lawn. Mr. Miller, who U counsel for the National Board
of Farm Organisations, declared that every great organisation
in the country had endorsed the Capper collective belling bill.
ESTH0NIA TO SIGN PEACE
Treaty With Soviet Russia to Be
Executed Tomorrow
Loudon, Jau. US. (Ry A. P.) A
peace treaty between Esthonta and the
Russian soviet government is to be
signed tomorrow, according to a dis
patch from Riga to the Exchange Tele
graph Co. Esthonla Is to receive finan
cial and other material help under tho
peuco ugrecment.
alio treaty, according to these ad
vices, provides that Esthonla shall re
ceive 115.000,000 rubles iu gold. con.
cessions for the construction of a rail
way from Reval to Moscow, materials
for building the line and 300 locomo-
9te
R.OBT. MATTESON JOHNSTON
Chief historian of A. E. F.,
authority in military affairs, Har
vard professor, author, lecturer,
who died today
KANE STEPS OUT,
PRAISING STAFF
Former U. S. Attorney Calls
Radical Raids Small Part
of Department's Work
ASSISTANTS ALSO TO RETIRE
Francis Fisher Kano shortly before
11 o'clock this morning received from
President Wilson an acceptance of bis
resignation as Lniteu btates attorney
for" the eastern district of Pennsjlva
nia. No reference wns made by the Pres
ident to Mr. Kane's attitude toward
rnids and the deportation of radicals
which led the federal nrosecutor to re
linquish his office after seven yenrs of
service.
Soon after the President's letter was
received Mr. Kane dictated a public
statement, praising his stall ot assist
ants and stating "the reasons that im
pelled 'me to resign do not in any way
nnpiv to tne members ot inv stall. "
Earlier in the day Mr. Kane had re
reived the resignation of T. Hcnrv AVal
nut, an assistant district attorney. Three
other assistants. Robert J. Sterrett
Ernest Harvey aud Webster Achey will
uiLi-r uiGir icsiguuiious.
Raids. Only Part or Work
Mr. Kane's statement follows:
"The raiding of 'Bolshcsvists' and
'radicals' has onlv bpen a. small part of
tho work of the Department of Justice
1 in this city, and thp duties of thp
United States attorney's office covers a
I very large field.
"Prosecutjons of all kinds to be
started und conducted through the
courts, und the civil business fnr the
government has become very important
during the lust two or thrpc yrors.
The work of the office must go on and
the reasons that impelled me to resign
do not in anv way apply to the mem
bers of my staff.
"I cannot imagine that my successor!
would not desire their aid. No United
Stiites attorney ever had more able nnd I
conscientious assistants than I hae had
duriug my term of office, und I can
wish nothing better for my successor i
than that he should be able through j
them to carry on the work."
' Mr. Kuuc planned to remain at the '
United States attorney's office during!
the day aud until bis successor quuli- I
ties.
Assistants to Practice Law ,
The resignations of assistants, it wus j
explained by Mr. Morrett, will have
nothing to do with the controversy
between Me. Kune and Attorney Gen
eral A. Mitchell Pulmcr, which led to
Mr. Kane's decision to retire.
"It is not a matter of being in hur-
1 mony or out of harmony with Mr.
Palmer or Mr. Kane, said Mr. Ster
rett. "We merely desire to return to
private practice.
"Wo will offer our resignations when
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ERZBERGER IS WORSE
No Fever, but Very Weak Assas
sin's Bullet In Shoulder Blade
Herlln, Jan. 2ftWBy A. P.) The
condition of MatBfcs Erzbcrgcr, vice
premier and minis of finance, who
was shot Monday by Oltwig von Hirsch
feld, a former cadet officer, was some
what worse today. Ho had no fpver his
temperaturo registering HS.0 Fahren
heit, but his pulse wus 120 and he con
tinued very -weak.
An X-ray examination of tho wound
jesterday showed the bullet (irmly
lodged in the shoulder blade. Another
consultation over his ease will be held
tomorrow.
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PRICE TWO CENTSt
FOR LOAN TO FEED!
Asks Glass to Make Another
Request of Congress for
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$150,000,000 Advance
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WILSON APPEALS
STARVING mm
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WOULD ASSIST POLAND, rt'
AUSTRIA AND ARMENIA'
Unthinkable That U. S. Should
Allow Peoples to Perish, '
Wilson Says '"fy
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By the Associated Press "" )1
Washington. Van. 28. President
Wilson today asked Secretary Glass ixf
mako another appeal to Congress foi"
authority to lend $150,000,000 to Pp '
land, Austria und Armenia to relief
their desperate food situation.
The President's letter follows:
With considerable regret I bar?,,
noticed from the press that Congress
is delaying the granting of authority'.!
for the extension of prompt und gen-ti
crous relief to thn stricken porfloa
of Europe, the urgency and import ,
nnce of which, especially In respect!
to Poland, Austria and Armenia, you "
have fully explained to tho ways and
means committee. $
It is unthinkable to me that w-
should withhold from those neomV,.
who are in such mental and physical.;, ,il
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"'"""o un uaaiauiui-u wmcn can OH-
rendered by muking available oa
credit a. small portion of our exporta.
blc surplus of food which would allc
viate the bituatiou.
While I am sure that you must 1
have explained fully to tho ways, J
and means committee the appalling 1
situation in those parts of Europp,
where men, women und children are.,.
eut necessity for prompt assistance !
I beg of jou that you make uuothecy 1
appeal to congress. . , ,)
I am informed that through tl)
published reports of hearings before"
the ways and means committeo thVv
Congress has now been furnished with .
incontrovertible fnc Bhrnvlnr thn n iM
cessity for immediate affirmative uc-,'t M
linn tti 'll
This prosperous rcnublie nmrht'S. M
not to bear any part of the rcspod- j i
ciuimy. ivr uie moral ana materia
i-ubus mat must result irom an un-v, Ja
willingness on our part to aid thoss'
less .fortunate thnn ourselves.. V. $1
Wc cannot, merely to husband 'a'5 '
buiuii iHuiJuruuu ot our surplus, per-i'j v
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wwvi.uij uiune, XJUt'ULiUg' ViJJJ,
VnnlAlnt(, ninth , .. l :.. . ill. ILC,
eentcd the President's! letter "witHCWlJl
comment and the committee dcfcriccuvTa
consideration of both the letter and the
relief proposal. Committeemen, said, n
I.UHPIULTUUUU llll!!L UIJ glVUU IUO ICllCr
nt their meeting ugain tomorrow with,
treasury ofliciuls.
Committee discussion with the sec
retary today centered about the funding
of principal and interest of the tea 11
billion dollars loaned to European;
countries by the United States. Mr.
GIbes said he thought the treasury bad
authority to fuud the loans aud inter
est, but added that if the committee
doubted this it should recommend th&t
Congress confer the nuthority.
He said an clastic policy as to the
collection of the interest and principal
was necessary because some European
countries might be able to meet their
obligations sooner than others.
Resolutions supporting fc,new loan to
the Enronpiin cniintri'ps Iiiivp hAn
adopted by the board of directors of tbo 1&
i nucu hiatus Loamoer oi commerce,
and it was announced today that tho
member organizations had been asked to
adopt similar resolutions and to com-'
muuicate their action to their senators
aud representatives.
PROF. R. M. JOHNSTON DIES!
Illness Aggravated by Two Years In
Service Fatal
Cambridge, Mass. Jan. 2S. (By A.
P.) Prof. Robert Mattesou Johnston,
who was the chief historian of tho
American Expeditionary Forces, died
at his home here, toduy, of an illness
aggravated by two years' service in.
France. He was uu authority on tnili
tury affairs und only recently completed
a series of lectures before the general
staff, nt Washington.
Prof. Johnston, who was fifty-two
years of age. left the chair of modern
history at Harvard University to go
oprseas, and returned to his professor-i
ship a few months ago. He had pre'
viouslj been a member of tho faculties
of Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke and
Simmons Colleges. He was born in
France, educated in France, England,
German) , aud the United States, ami
wus u member of the Englibh bar. Ho
wus the author of several books ideal
iug with the history of Rome, th N"
polconic wars and the French revo
lution. Trofessor Robert Mutheson Jobosonf
taught history ut Bryn Muwr Qollcgo'
iu 1007-OS. He came here from a 'pro
fessorship ut Hurvurd und returned"
after leading Bryn Muwr. He was ou
authority on modern history, making a
special study of it in its relation' la
the development of military science.
POWHATAN DOCKS SAFELY
Little Evidence of Struggle WlthS
Sea Crew Not Much Affected i.t
HaUfa. N. S.. Jan. 28. (By A;
P.) The United States transport low 'i
hatan, ersiwnim pleasure yacni ot 1M
former emperor of Germany, did Sfe
present inurh evidence of hardship "Md
loitted little the wwse for her iwbt'
Klrffrirle with the waves when she wu .'I
duelled heio yesterday. ' U
The crew also were little affected W
tViplr Hilvcntures. but thev were tabu
to Camp Hill Hospital by tbe Je -'J
warm food und a budly needed rest. H
Members of the crew hud no barpwf j,l
Ing stories to tell. They stilted tW 'I
hud lu some degreo suffered from aM
They uli thought that the. wont dwjwVf!
ter of tho Powhatap'ti adveuturoj.'wilWlil
iupi. urn"-! ... ....w ..uu TVWMfi ;
udrlft frpm Iho Lady Lanrler. MilN
ship rolled uelpleKtly and violently uSA
drenched with .bitter drift ,J JII i-'.
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