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New-York tribune., 1901-10-24
MAGISTRATE RAPS FIRE CAPTAIN.
THE LATTER IGNORED TAMMANY BAN
NERS BUT WANTED CITIZENS UNION
EMBLEM TAKEN DOWN.

Captain Howe, OF Hook and Ladder Company NO
in Canal-st.. had Isaac Berman. landlord or No.
Es Orchard-st summoned the Essex Market
Court yesterday. complaining that Berman had sub
let part OF his building the Citizens Union. which
had A huge banner stretched across the street In
violation of the law IL being tied to fire escapes
within half a block of here" said Magistrate
Deuel. TO Captain Howe every fire escape is fun OF
ropes from one end of the street to the other ana
YOU don't do anything about it. Don't come here
for sport DO your work faithfully and honestly
am %aptain Howe was indignant and got red in the
farce. ,,,, 49,,
Magistrate Deuel. pounded his gavel on the bar as
the fire plain spoke. ., - . =. q,
You can see Tammany Hall banners all over and
the Fire Department doesn't interfere. put IN Nj.
Smitkin, counsel for Berman
I'm doing my duty" broke in the captain.
It doesn't look like it, said the magistrate.
when YOU bring only one here out OF all the
violations of the law" The magistrate dismissed
the
New-York tribune., 1901-10-24
AN ASH CAN ISSUE. SAYS RUSSELL.
nv -fk5HN UNIV IRSC H. SAI , HJSSELI,
HIS ESTIMATE OF WHAT SHEPARD STANDS FOR.
JEROME DAVID TO sIAY TAM
MANY GOLIATHs

There was a mass meeting OF the fusion force.
DetriChs Music Hall. Ona-hundred-and-tentb
St and Broadway. last night, under the ausuicas
of the Greater New-York Democracy The meet
ing preceded by a parade which formed A.
One-hundred-and-third-st ana Amsterdam-ave
and marched along the principal thoroughfares OF
the district and finally to the meeting hall
The hall was crowded almost to suffocation An
overflow meeting was held in the street near hv
Interest in the main meeting was centred in the
expected appearance OF Justice Jerome but he did
not put in an appearance. The chief sneakers were
Edward NJ. GrOut. William Hepburn Russell John
De Witt Warner. Abraham Gruber and Jacob A.
Cantor.
Shepard is weather cock candidate" said Y,r
Grout. He is playing the game Of refusing to
commit himself on Devery he can get votes on
both sides-from those who think he will kick
Devery out and from those who believe that ther
know he will not dare do So Devery isn't as
much of an issue he was two weeks ago. He
has been keeping very quiet of late. But Mr.
Shepard's statement that Governor Odelrs failure
TO remove him is a certificate OF character for
pevery Is ridiculous As II ANYBODY could give
Shepard We're elected and should take up the
matter of the removal of Deverv. his hands would
be tied They would say to him, Your predecessor
in office refused to try him the charges Of thu
Merchants Association. You cannot put man
twice in jeopardy for the same offence" And
Shepard. being good constitutional lawyer. could
sue which Shepard stood for was ash Mr.
Russell then compared the fight against Tweed
years ago with the battle that is now being waged
by the fusion forces for the overthrow OF Tam
many Hall HE called Tweed an honest thief but
Croker gambler thief who divided his plum
der only with John Doe.
In referring 10 the candidates Mr.. Russell SAIL
of Justice Jerome: When Justice Jerome put
on the ticket member OF the fusion COMMITTEES
told me that Jerome would cost Us 10ea votes
Yesterday the same told me that Jerome
would bring in 30,0f0 votes. Jerome is a David
come up out OF the wilderness 10 siay the Tam
New-York tribune., 1901-10-24
FUSION MEETINGS TO-DAY.

The schedule OF other fusion meetings tonight
is as follows
Building Trernont-ave Boston Road-Pratr
A Brown and Leopold Leo.
The Republican Club No 214 Bowery-Charles Lyon Rus
sell. l. c. Schroeder and Captain Hugh Coleman
Canp Seth Low. 0nehuu,rel and -tweny-hfth-st and
lessor 7, H. Roberts.
No 1876 East For,y-ninth -st-D. P. Sheridan. c. l.
Whitman. M0Rtague Lessler and P H. Ncvey.
Py'4ssoras Hq , NJ II W, East @ & r
Mrs Grace White Joseph Periae and walter stanton.
Nineteenth-st and Seveuth-,tve outdoorM J. Harrns-
ton. VI. ]. Nerney and William Farley
Ninth-ave. and ThIrty-seventh-st. outioor-James
McCabe. John McAskin and y. A. shibley.
ave, outioor~George W Potter and c S. Dana.
Hell Gate Republican Club, NJ. $40 East Eghty-sxth
Francis Tucker.
Baptist ssT.r,5 Shursn & %
bons
Bsders Hall hundred aui-sevensy and
Fhiri-9ye-Louis Gerson. the Rev NJ Epstein anu
Patriotic Republican Club Hall No. 40 East Eghteth-
Boswell 9 IT. Treat. 5 ;, slater John s Wise.
Loeflers Ha Whs-aye and -hu1drsd-a7e- I -forS ~
William H. NichaeIs.
No 464 Grand stAIorris Goldwater. A. c Mayer James
otis and John Rafferty,
N'ngSE1Sis'qs Maurice Kahn sas and n caSaeM
No 10 Avenue A-SamueI Cohn. George 5 GAYLORD and
Cirobs Hall No. 3IT East Eighth-stPau1 F. Hoppe. H.
T. PhubrOOk and Robert Winston.
No 81 Columbia stH II, kellogg F. W. Dickinson ana
Ralph NJ Cohen.
Twenty sixth and Seventh -aveLedru Guthrie. Thomas
Roman. :. y SIAibley and Claude Tay er-
Seth Barracks One-hundred and ffthst ana
lexington -ave.-Abraham Gruber. F. {. Tanner ana
Clarence Pullen.
No IS Avenuc D-Emerich Kohn Charles Abbott aud
Thomas Clegg
No West fourth colored meeting-Pr0es-
\. L. Greene the Rev. J. ". Scott and William
T Ash.
Bohemian Republican Club. No 33t East Seventy
Thomas McVeigh. Joseph VI. Proskauer and W. u
WinStock.
Women's meeting No. 2.SO1 Broadway, al $50 p n
Miss Helen Boswell and Charles o. Mas
Jaffray Building No. $50 Broadway az
noon-W. g Trewiu and E. T. Lovatt.
No T5S Eighth-ave.-George Phoebus and J. ] Beaiin'
Colored Republican Fftythr ST. between SSIn az
Seventh aves.-James O Wright and Mrs MARY ..
Smith.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-24
TAHM4NY THUGS HURL ROCKS.
A FUSION SPEAKER INJURED IN AN OUT
DOOR MEETING.

Frequent reports come to fusion headquarters
about Low supporters and speakers who
assaulted at political meetings. At fusion
truck meeting. held at Forty-sixth-st. and
Third-ave. Tuesday night the speakers were
assaulted and one man was badly hurt. There
were five speakers on the truck. including W. s
Mcclure. formerly Tammany man. and Fl. q.
BockIus. young lawyer There was crowd of
three hundred around the truck. most of them
Tammany men. While Mcclure was denOuncing
Tammany a jagged rock. weighing more than
a pound was hurled at the truck and struck
Bockius in the neck below the chin. Another
rock struck Bockius the shoulder n number
in the crowd laughed
BockiuS denounced those who had attempted
to break up the NEE ting in this way. While he
was speaking another stone came out of the
darkness striking him on the chest with such
force that he fell backward into the arms OF
the chairman. There were Il few protests, ana
Bcckius then finished his speech.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-24

city. the Mayor sarcasticaly remarked that the
league must be intending TO give vaudeville enter
tainments at the public expense. The resolutions
end by saying:
we must express our sorrow that We have at the
head OF the city administration who has so
little sense or appreciation in not recognizing the
nigh aims OF the Outdoor Recreation League. which
munity.
Therefore. be It resolved that the uncsIled for
remarks by Mayor Van Wyck in response to the
representative OF the Outdoor Recreation League.
as Wei as the sarcasm unworthy OF public OF
Icer be condemned. and that the false insnuatiOns
hurled at the Outdoor Recreation League be reso-
lutey repudiated
New-York tribune., 1901-10-24
ASK COURT TO ALLOW REGISTRATION.
VOTERS WHO WERE BEHIND TINE HOLD
THAT LATENEss SHOULD NOT BAR THEM.

Walter W. Whalen. Of No. 342 East Twentythird
st. and twelve Others who say they are residents
OF the Twentieth Election District OF the XNIllth
Assembly District, applied TO Justice Bischon, in
the Supreme Court. yesterday for writs OF manda-
mus 10 compel the inspectors OF election to place
their names on the registry Of voters They at
tended the place OF registration on the night OF
Saturday October IS. at $50 o'clock. but owing 10
the number of those who there before them
were unable to register by 10 o'clock. when the in
spectors declared the registration closed. Their
counsel maintained that they had declared their
intentions OF registering before 10 o'clock the in
spectors should have registered them. II not
denied that they were qualified to vote had their
names been placed the list.
Julius Mayer, Job h. Hedges and ]. W. Hutchi-
son, representing the Republican County Commit
tee the inspectors of election and the Citizens
Union conteudcd that the inspectors could
lega ~ have allowed the claimants register. The
provided four days for SStratiOn between the
hours of O'Clock in the morning and 10 O'Clock at
might and these men had plenty OF time to register
Il OF opinion said the Justice. that regis
tTatiOn begins when the voter presents himself in
the place OF registration. The law must be liberaly
construed and not in such Il a to dis
franchise voters who are legally qualified.
Mr. Hedges said if persons in registration booth
the closing hour allowed to register the law
would be practically repealed. For instance eleven
men might be in a small booth, and the twelfth
man. who could not get inside the door would
not he permitted to register while in a booth i'm
register, and it would only be the one thousand
and first man who would be debarred from having
his name the roll. Mr.. Hutchison cited a deri7
sion of Justice Lawrence in which IL was held thn,
register before the booth closed had the right TO
be permitted to do so. but that another man who
assert his right to be enrolled. Justice Bischof
reserved his decision.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-24
TESTIMONY AGAINST JACOB HERTZ.
FIFTEEN's AGENT ACCUSES TAMMANY
POLITICIAN OF BEING INTERESTED
IN DIsoRDERLY HOUSE.

The cases of Jacob Hertz, the East Side poll
tician, and his companions. Shall and Fluss, who
We're arrested by sgents OF the Committee OF Fif-
teen, accompanied by Colonel Monroe. Assistant
District Attorneys Cans and Schurman. and Others
in the parlor Of hotel. at the Bowery and Third
ST, were taken up before Justice Holbrook in the
courtroom Of Special Sessions. yesterday. The
three alleged have been interested in
the alleged dsorderly house at No. IS First-st
and said have been in the act of transferring
lease to the property TO Frank Curtis Backman
an agent Of the Fifteen, who had gained their
confidence.
The prosecution was heard yesterday. Backman
giving his testimony against the three defendants
The cases adjourned testimony being
offered by the defence.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-24
PSYCHIC SEER" TO sHEPARD's AID.

Edward NJ. Shepard is not going be kept in sus
pense long about the result of the campaign so his
friends a the Hoffman House said Yesterday
One of the callers at Mr.. Shepards suite of rooms
psychic seer" who this afternoon if he Is
allowed TO do so, will scrutirize Mr. Stewards
palms, and afterward tell him how To escape he
''hoodoo'' following his foul blot speech The
professor handed his card to the newspaper
men. and asked them to be around to-day and find
out what is going TO happen to Mr. Shepard The
card. leaving out the professors" and ad-
dress is follows:
Psychic seer scientific astroioger and pa1mist.
foretels thng-politlcs, business matrmont.
numbers location, hidden treasures. ETC. averts ali
difficulties and cures melancholia: consult atons
daily, 81 BY mail. state questions, place OF birth
date and hour married single.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-24
ERREGGER AGAINST TAMMANY.
THE FORMER ELECTIONS COMMISSIONER
SAYS 1T MUST BE WIPED OFF THE
FACE OF THE EARTH.

Jacob ". Erregger, who Democratic Elec-
tions Commissioner in the city of Brooklyn, is out
for the fusion ticket
Il believe the election OF Seth Low Will insure a
clean administration for New-York' he said TO a
Tribune reporter yesterday. Although 1 am a
Democrat have always worked for good govern
ment. Party lines have consideration in this
campaign, and every independent Democrat should
do his utmost bring about the defeat OF
orga nzation that has stood for blackmail and
ruption. The way TO purify the Democratic party
S wipe off the face of the earth the gang that
is al the head it, As it is constituted at present
II does not represent Democratic principles
New-York tribune., 1901-10-24
REPUBLICANS ENTHUSIASTIC.
HALL CROWDED AT MOUNT VERNON RATIFICA-
TIoN MEETING.

One of the largest political meetings held in
Mount Vernon was the one in the Grand Opera
House on Tuesday evening to ratify the Republican
county and city tickets. Among those on the plat
form were several well known citizens who have
been recognized as Democrats in the past ana many
others We're in the audience. The meeting did not
end until nearly II O'Clock William d. Howe pre-
sided Senator Isaac y. Mills the first speaker
He dWelt length upCn the irregularities dis
closed in the city administration. at the head OF
which Is Edwin W. Fiske. the Democratic Mayor
Alderman Lovett. whose persisteney resulted in
exposing Irregularities by the City Clerk and Con
troller. explained in detail the difficulties he had
getting at the facts in the face of the oppo-
sition of Mayor Fske and others.
Others who spoke were Mayor Sutherland of
YoukerS, Mark II. Stiles and Mr.. Howe. DIR. Ed
ward +. Brush the Republican candidate for
Mayor cheered frequently.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-24
ANOTHER LETTER FROM DR. RAINsFoRD

The Rev. DR.. w. s. Rainsford. rector of ST.
Georges Church, who returned to this city Tues
day to hnd that Tammany Hall was making use
of his name If he were a supporter Of the Tiger
ticket and who exposed the imposition in public
letter which printed in The Tribune yesterday.
made public yesterday lstter which he had writ
ten to Dr. Ishkanian. Of No. 2s3 West Forty-third-
st, IN which he says:
Tammaay people must have somehow got copy
OF old sermon OF mine The Need OF Associa-
ton" and taken sentences out of II. have been
and shall be utterly opposed 70 Tammany Hall.
lfe influences have been curse and q blight 10
our city. Every that knows me knows that
have opposed the political and municipal activities
OF Tsmmauy Hall always.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-24
TURNED AGAINST SHEPARD
GOVERNOR oDELLS REPLY TO THE
TIGER CANDIDATES ATTEMPT TO
HOLD HIM RESPONSIBLE
FOR DEVERY.

Il shall not be Influenced ore way or the other
by anything that Mr.. Shepard may say. I am
Governor OF the State, and shall conduct the
affairs Of my Office Withou: regard 10 the rug
gestions OF Mr.. Shepard any else"
This was Governor Odelrs reply yesterday 10
the speech Of Mr.. Shepard on Tuesday night, in
which the Tammany candidate tried to shift the
blame for the retention of Murphy and Devery
TO the shoulders of the States Chief Executive.
'T can make no better reply" the Governor
added. than TO refer one to Mr.. Shepards
peated remarks about home rule. / would like
TO know how he can reconcile his home rule
views with the statement that ought to remove
Mr. Murphy"
viii you not take some action in regard to
The police?" was asked.
when the time comes for to act will
act. There need be no fear of that What
say. however DO not want construed as either
g threat or a promise"
STARTS FOR NEwBURG.
After short conference with Colonel George
W. Dunn, chairman of the Republican State
Committee; William H. Ten Eyck chairman Of
the executive committee. and Robert c. Morris
chairman Of the Republican County Committee.
the Governor started for Albany soon after
noon.
Mr. shepard's slur at the Governor created no
end OF comment in both the Tammany and the
anti-Tammany camps yesterday. Nowhere did
It appear 10 meet favor Tammany men seemed
much perturbed, because the statement now
compelled the Tiger candidate TO cross swords
with Mayor Van wyck The Mayor. as may be
remembered. eulogized Devery as the best
Chief Of Police that New-York ever had and
announced to the public last week that the
charges preferred against Devery by the Mer-
chants Association were dismissed. According
TO the Police act Of the last legislature, ii Is in
the power of the Mayor to remove Commits
sioner Murphy. but the Mayor did not see 1t
that way.
Accordingly. Mr.. Shepard's statement that
severy day that Police Commissioner Murphy
remains IN his Office, from now until January j,
1902 is a certificate of character from Benjamin
B. Odell jr." stung the ears Of the friends OF
Mayor Van wyck, and TO a no less degree
stirred up the spleen of the supporters OF the
present Police Commissioner and his big
Deputy"
As this is the flrst direct statement Whlch MI
ghepard has made in regard TO the Police De-
partuent since the beginning Of the campaign
the admirers Of his ability political dooger
we're dumfounded. Their confusion was still
more increased by the way the remark has been
taken I'D by the fusion leaders and used as
club in knocking out the pet Tammany cry OF
"Home Rule"
New-York tribune., 1901-10-24
DIVIDENDS TO SHEVLyy
TESTIMONY IN THE CRAZE e.
THAT THEY WE'RE PAID FROM .
LOSING BLIND poor.

@. Edward Graf and Thomas f. Ns,;,-
members or the brokerage firm OF G. Edwarg c,.as s
& Co.. which failed several months ago we~s 'au su
aHlined yesterday before Robert T. Tilnev 80,
In bankruptcy. in the Federal Building in rs
Iyn Important and startling disclosures conoa.
ing the business methods of the firm and tb -
nection which it had with James ShevIn ara -
Senator John McCarty. Willough5y Street Ia,ss~.
were brought out. These two men. II w.s 80
fled. in connection with Messrs. Graf ana No.
signed blind pool contract in the spring ~ 1oa~
and dividends paid to the parties 10 the ao"
tract. although money was being lost In tha o
tion OF the pool. Mr.. Skeviin. Mr. Nevins taa,iss
asked him one day TO get the. pool account a.
burn il up. This Mr.. Nevins was unabla a. u0 =.
and the contract is now in the possession Of NJ.
Tilney
In 1898 Mr.. shevIin. Mr. Nevins said. had ,,u..
check for $4,000 to be added to the cautaI ~ ~,
business. with the understanding that he (sbs's'
should share in the profits. subsequently cbaoH
for $4,000 each were received from Mr. ShevIir a.
Mr.. McCarty, the same understanding -
before the failure Mr.. McCarty had promises =
give Mr.. Nevns $4,000. and Mr. ShevIin had nrou.
ised the same amount. OF this $4,000 was rs.a,,,
from Mr.. McCarty. but the failure came before -.
rest of the promised money forthconnins.
Mr.; Nevins was closely questioned as to his p.r.
part of it was in Mrs Nevins's name or ba s.eater
assigned to the son, Frank Nevins, prior to tS
failure " Ae
Mr.. Graft then took the stand, and told sAou.
the SheEiin- McCarty pool account. Opposite tSs
names OF each OF those men, Mr.. Graft said ~.
credited $3.50 and opposite Mr. Nevins's name wsS
credited $4,000. Shevin and McCarty in four vss-s
had received about $3.50 from the account Thass
men had other dealings with the firm, and ss
posted money and securities. which were nm, e.
as capital by both Every month Mr. Graf az
pToximated the amount of business Of the concs az
and paid Messrs. Shevlin and McCarty a eertsi
amount NN'Sai1
Charles Fl. Hyde speaker for certain clients .,,.
that the books of the firm were found be in sucb
tangled state that expert accountants could ~.
get them into shape for another three weeks AO'
The examination was adjourned until Novsr
ber 20. -'''ein-
New-York tribune., 1901-10-24
BEHRM4N CASE TO BE ARGUED yo.n,r

Albany Oct. 2.-The Court Of Appeals will ha.u
arguments tomorrow in the proceedings instituted
by John h Behrman to compel the Board OF Elec-
tions of New-York City to print his name on ,ha
official ballot at the coming election as fusion
didate for Alderman in the XLIVth NewyorL
City District. The Board OF Elections reflIsad n
print his and sustained at Special r., "
The Appellate Division. however reversed that an M
cision. and the Board of Elections has snnaaIea
the case the Court of Appeals FP"'eu
New-York tribune., 1901-10-24
Low's-Probnble Note--Shepnrd's.
See The Tribune. Sunday, October -.
SHEPARD MEN GOING TO LOW.
THEY LOSE CONFIDENCE IN HIM BECAUSE
oF HIS DEFENCE OE TAMMANY.

A number OF the members Of the Brooklyn Demo-
cratic Club who voted to support Edward NJ. Shep
ard at a recent meeting Of the club have deserted
the Democratic candidate fo- Mayor and announced
their intention of voting for Seth Low and the rest
of the fusion ticket. These all
friends of Mr. Shepard, and believed that he would
never surrender 10 Richard Croker. They have
watched the erstwhile reformer hobnobbng with the
squire, and have seen in his campaign speeches only
a defence of Tammany. Herbert w. Clapp is the
most recent Shepardite to go TO Low.
1T seems 10 quite impossible that Mr.. Shep-
ard, however good and strong may be his purposes
can effectively change the sentiment of Tammany
Hail. he said land without a change of character
there is no hope that good government can be had
under its auspices. In this campaign I do re-
gard Tammany standing for Democracy. l be-
long a class of who regard rammany
a menace the welfare of the Democratic party.
and especially a Brooklynite do ! resent its
domination here :
New-York tribune., 1901-10-24
JERoME'S PROGRAMME TO-DAY.

Justice Jerome is still keeping up the whirlwind
seloc!ty OF his campaign. He IS scheduled TO make
speeches to-day the following meetings: Apollo
Hall in Cllnton-st.. near Delancey-st-, at p. m.
uuder the auspices Of the City Vigilance League;
ho Az C;rand-st Create. New-York Democracy:
Christodora House. No ~ Avenue p, Citizens
Union. Beethoven Hall. Fifth-st. and the Bowery,
and Cooper Union mass meeting Of the German
American Reform Onion.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-24
LOW EXPECTED THIS MORNING.
TO MAKE THREE SPEECHES To-NIGHT-IN
BROOKLYN TOMORROW EVENING.

Seth Low left this city yesterday morning s
o'clock for NewHaven. to participate in the cele
bration at Yale University and TO receive the de-
gree OF Doctor of Laws He was accompanied by
Mrs. Low II is expected that he will return early
this morning He will Immediately jump into the
harness of the campaign. Mr. Low is scheduled 10
make three speeches tonight. the first at the Bo-
hemian National Hail. in East Seventy-third-st.;
the second at Beethoven Hall. in Fifth-st.,
and the third at Cooper Union. where he will ad-
dress audience of German-Americans. He will
make four speeches in Brooklyn tomorrow. and on
Saturday he is scheduled TO make three speeches on
the lower East Side. in Manhattan
New-York tribune., 1901-10-24
STUDENTS SPEAK FOR LOW.

The meeting at Camp Seth Low, One-hundred-
and-twenty-ffth-st and Seventh-ave., last night
was held under the auspices OF the Republican
organization OF the XXIst Assembly District. and
the speakers chiefly students from Columbia.
Charles ID. Baker. student. presided Special sub
jects had been assigned to the speakers.
New-York tribune., 1901-10-24
COCHRAN TO SPEAK TOMORROW NIGHT

The committee of independent Democrats for the
boroughs Of Manhattan and The Bronx will hold
mass meeting at Carnegie Hall. Fifty-seventh-st.
and Seventh-ave.. tomorrow night. w. Bourke
Cochran will there make his first speech in behalf
of Mr. Shepard. Among the vice-presdents Will be
Colonel Daniel S. Lamont, Perry Belmont. lsidor
Straus Henry George, J. Edward Simmons and
Theodore Sutro. The presiding officer will be
New-York tribune., 1901-10-24
Political Prophets at Work.
See The Tribune. sunday. October %.


GYMNASTIC UNION CONDEMNS MAYOR.
Resolutions have been adopted by the North
American Gymnasuc Union protesting against
Mayor Van Wyck because OF his treatment Of the
Outdoor Recreation League at meeting OF the
Board OF Estimate and Apportionment. The reso-
buttons say that when Charles B. Slower. represent
ing the league, asked for appropriation to keep
,n condition the gymnasiums and Fairgrounds
erected private expense in various parts OF the
New-York tribune., 1901-10-24
MR. ROCKHILL BACK IN WASHINGTON

Washington Oct 23-W. w Rockhill who rep
resented the United States Government in the Chi
nese negotiations returned TO Washington o-night.
He left China early in September. coming 10 Wash
ington by way of Vancouver. Because of his alb
sence of over a month from the Orient he asked TO
he excused from discussing affairs there, The
press reports brought matters up TO much more
recent date than he was competent to talk about.