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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
DECLARES GERMANS
UNFAIRLY TREATED
Mr.. Bartholdt Tells House That
American Newspapers Are
Too PrO-British.

Washington, Feb. 19.-Protesting
against the unfair deal" which he
saws the German cause is receiving
from the press of this country, Repre-
sentative Richard Bartholdt, OF Mis-
souri,, declared in the House to-day
that Cerman-Americans would support
their adopted country against any ma
ton with which it might go to war.
"The Germans in this country are
loyal to the Stars and Stripes. They
are for the United States against Eng
land. against Germany, against the
world" said Mr.. Bsrtholdt, who is
naturalized American.
Discussing alleged pro-Britisn utter
ances in the press of the United States
he said: From the first day Of the war
up to the present, whatever the Allies
did was all right, while every act OF
the Germans was all wrong, even II II
was identcally the same thing in
stance, the dropping Of explosives from
Geroplanes.
"The alleged violation OF Belgian
neutrality was harped upon with SICK
ening persistence, even after ~ mao
been ascertained that the neutrality
treaty had expired in 1872 and that II II
had still been in force the Belgian gov
eminent had itself thrown 1t overheard
by its secret agreement with England
regarding the landing of British troops
on Belgian soil. On the other hand, not
a word is said about the violation OF
Chinese neutrality by Japanese and
English troops, although this matter is
of infinitely greater consequence to
American interests than the affairs OF
Belgium can possibly be.
Have we protested against Amerl-
can citizens having been dragged from
neutral steamers and thrown into Eng
lish prisons simply because these men
happened to bear German names? No.
Have we protested against England's
inhuman policy to starve to death the
non-combatant population Of Germany
by stopping, in open violation Of in
ternational law, all food supplies, even
if carried from a neutral country and
in neutral bottoms? No! Have we pro-
tested against England declaring the
whole North Sea as war zone? No!
But when Germany did the same thing
in practically the same language we
Immediately dispatched stiff note to
Berlin, while the milder one was di-
rected to England, though it would
seem that the latter country was the
CHIEF offender in allowing the use Of
false flags"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20

20 TO work for Daniel W. Quinn, jrp
Deputy State Banking Superintendent
in charge Of the liquidation of the
Union Bank, were denied by that ON
cial.
81 have received no communication
from Sullivan, nor have we attempted
70 get in touch with him." Quinn de-
clared. 1--WE have been told by others
that he Is in possession of knowledge
that might be useful in settling the
affairs of the bank, and II such is the
case we will be glad to receive what
ever information he can give. we
would welcome that from Sullivan or
anybody else. had not heard that ne
was coming 70 work here, however
The anti-Riley depositors Of the bank
were awaiting last night reply 70
their message TO the Governor asking
for an opportunity 10 lay before nm
their charges against the State Prison
Superintendent. Inasmuch as Governor
whitman will be in the city to-day, 1t
was believed that he would arrange an
appointment for this afternoon or late
tonight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20

az want YOU to tell us just how many
bours a day on the average he mas pun
in nj the Offices of the Public Service
Commission
81 can't do that" :.
"Well. IL you can't figure II out IN
hours. give il to us in minutes cahe
from the chair of the presiding ofhcer,
which is filed by the wit OF Niagara
County.
All sorts of excuses were advanced
nv Maltbie TO avoid any definite state
ment as TO Mr.. Grams hours, lie
would say nothing more definite than
that he had frequently gone to MS
room on business and not found cram
in. He had gone there up to noon.
The Commissioner did not generaily
attend the adjourned meetings oil the
commission in the afternoon.
Didn't Commissioner Cram get down
between II and ~ o'clock and go away
about noon?" finally said counsel.
Counsel then took the Edison COM
pany rate case, which has been drawn
out since 1911. One of the original
complaints was made in 1908. lie
wanted to know why it should take so
long TO decide a case, and why the
company should be permitted to get
millions in excess profits while re-
duction in rates was being considered,
81 think you do not give sufficient
weight TO the tremendous Importance
of this case" said the Commissioner,
"This is the biggest electric light case
in the United States. The questions
involved are not only of rates, but oil
discrimination
This is the hobby OF Mr.. Maltbie,
and. although he had been appreclaply
more nervous than on the first day up
70 that time. he at once warmed up and
began to deliver an address on the
subject. He has within a day or TWO
finished his last opinion in the case
and nearly gave away some of its con-
tents. but checked himself. he was
willing to defend the procedure down
"a the fall. when it was put into the
hands of the full commission. but dld
rot intend to be responsible for what
had happened since then.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
Cram Is Forgotten.

Four witnesses were on the stand at
yesterdays hearing of the Public Ser
vice Commission, held to investigate
the subway accident Of January 6 at
Broadway and Fifty-third Street. Two
members of the boards engineering
staff testified at the morning session,
which was punctuated by several small
tits. In the afternoon two former en-
ployes of Holbrook, Cabot g. Rollins,
contractors, told their stories, one OF
them causing mirth among the com
missioners and spectators.
The testimony of Andrew Neitch,
jr., and Robert L. Dixon, engineers OF
the commission, contradicted directly
the charge made by William Hayward,
counsel to the legislative investigat-
ing committee, that puncture made
by employees of the Holbrook corpora
ton on Forty-second Street had been
responsible for the short circuit in the
subway. His charge was based on
affidavits made by Lex Riggs and Will
lam Johnson, who were witnesses later
in the day.
These men told Of the chipping
away of concrete and the flash which
came when a bull point struck some
soft material Both admitted their in
experience, Diggs Of cutting away con-
crete and Johnson of striking bull
point with a sledge. How earth was
thrown over the blaze was told also
by both witnesses.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor Thomas F.
Conway and James l.. Quackenbush, at
torneys for the Holbrook company and
the Interborough, respectively, made
the men tell exhaustively of the aft
davits they signed for Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Breckenridge on FeDru-
airy Is.
Foreman's Memory Is Faulty.
Digs, a foreman, was unable to re-
member whether he told his men to be
careful as they Clipped concrete, as
subway duct line was beneath them.
He admitted he did not know whether
the duct supplied power or light, and
did not call to mind that he said that
it might involve a loss of life il the
duct was struck by bull point.
He told how he mentioned the fash
to Mr.. Watts, his superintendent, who,
he said, advised him he was lin bad
and had better get out
81 told him | didn't have any money"
the witness asserted.
After describing his positions for
some time back Diggs related how his
men told him about o'clock on the
day of the accident that they had
struck something and they had run
away. Why, he did not know. He did
not mention this to the superintendent
until January 26 or 81. He talked to
Mr.. Fitzgerald, of the marlborough,
before that time for about fifteen min
utes. but he answered him evasively,
because he did not know whom he rep
resented.
The bull point which struck the duct,
Diggs said, was thrown into the gutter
and picked up in truck. He did not
know what became of it.
81 did not think our striking the
duct caused the accident" he went on,
cor | would have told my employers Of
it. When | spoke to Mr.. Watts he told
me to keep quiet or the Coroner would
hold me responsible. Then he took me
to Mr. Clark, who asked me about it,"
Mr.. Clark is general superintendent of
Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins.
"Did you feel that you might have
a duty as a citizen to inform the pub
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
WOMEN TO STUMP JERSEY
Will Plot State Campaign q,
Meeting To- morrow.
From The Tribune Bureau

Washington, Feb. l9.-Mrs. Ar,,,.
nette Funk, vice-chairman Of the Ca,.
gressional Committee Of the Nstio,,
American Woman Suffrage Associate,
and a member Of the National Ca
paign Committee, will 20 to New Var,
tomorrow 10 confer with Mrs. Stanl,,
Mccormick, chairman Of the Pinan,.
Committee, and the New Jersey lea.
ers, on the approaching campaign n
New Jersey.
Since the suffrage amendment 1,
New Jersey will be submitted 70 IA
voters at special election in ssn.
TENDER, while the other states win
not vote until November, the nstiou,I
association will concentrate is earl.
est efforts on that state. Plan. hav,
been made for a three weeks att.
mobile tour there as soon q h,
weather and roads permit. Nrs. No.
dill Mccormick and Mrs. Winston
Churchill, the New Hampshire mem.
Der of the campaign committee, viii
be among those who will make tss
trip.
Mrs. Lillian F. Feickert, presier.
of the New Jersey Woman Sufue,
Association, and Mrs. Minnie /
Reynolds, executive secretary Of II.
Woman's Political Union Of New js,.
sey, are expected to represent N,v
Jersey suffragists at the conference
which will be held Sunday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
TO CHOOSE LEADER
Republicans of Next Congress
Postpone Conference.
LINN IN, rrihun. Bureau. !

Washington, Feb. 19.-Republicans OF
the House met in open conference TO-
day and voted to postpone the selec-
ton of a minority leader and the desig-
nation of committee members for the
next Congress. -,
Representative Mann said it would
be unfair to members-elect to ask them
to come to Washington at this time
and he suggested that the party con-
ference be called for the Thursday
preceding the converting of the next
session. This motion prevailed.
In making the motion Mr. Mann unused used
the. words party caucus. MT cooper,
of Wisconsin, moved to substitute
party conference" declaring "the day
Of caucuses is gone in the Republic
can party"
Mr.. Mann said he did not use "cau-
Gus" as meaning star chamber pro-
ceedings, and suggested that the call
be for "a meeting" Of the Repub-
licans, who could then determine
whether they wanted caucus or an
open conference.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
SAYS BRYAN
SHOULD RESIGN
Representative Rogers Thinks
Santo Domingo Affair Should
End Secretary's Career.
From Ths Tribune Bureau.l

Washington, Feb. 19.-Criticising the
selection of James NJ. Sullivan as this
country's representative in Santo Do
mingo, Representative John J. Rogers,
a Massachusetts Republican, expressed
the opinion in the House to-day that
Secretary Bryan ought to resign.
Representative Hamill, of New Jer-
sey, sponsor for Minister Sullivan,
rushed to the defence of the accused
official and asked the House to with
hold judgment until all the facts are
out"
81 do not criticise Mr.. Sullivan as
much as I do the Secretary of State,
said Mr.. Rogers. "Why has he selected
an unfit man for such a place" Mr..
Rogers read extracts from testimony in
the pending investigation, and referred
sarcastically to the Wick letter which
Secretary Bryan sent in behalf of ode
serving Democrats"
1T all depends on the construction Of
the word deserving" answered Mr..
Hamill, who said the term should not
be used as one Of disrespect.
Santiago, Cuba, Feb. 19.-James d.
Phelan, the special commissioner APP
pointed by President Wilson to investi-
gate the conduct of James NJ. Sullivan,
American Minister to Santo Domingo,
sailed from this port to-day for Santo
Domingo on the United States cruiser
Tacoma. Mr.. Phelsn is accompanied
by C. H. Strong, Howard Duval, A. A.
McLain and John S. Irby, special coun-
sci
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20

Maltbie TO acknowledge that he was
not an efficient Commissioner because
he did not know that complainants had
been strung along" the reply was That
he had been so busy on gas and cleo
trio cases and the complaints to that
bureau that he had not had time to
look into the handling of the other
complaints.
Under the circumstances" he said
gravely. with a shake Of his head and
laying emphasis on the word full, !
think | did my full duty"
"If you don't have division of work
you don't get responsibility" he added.
az everybody is to be responsible for
and is looking into everything. you will
soon find that work is not properly
done"
Asked as 70 what the division OF
labor in the commission was. Mr.. Malt
bic replied:
commissioner Williams has had
charge of the d. X. T. service, some
grade crossing and these capitalization
cases | have told of.
Commissioner Wood has had the
surface matters in The Bronx and the
elevated cases in Manhattan and The
Bronx and subway service TO some ex-
tent.
Chairman Mccall has had the super
vision of the administrative side, the
handling Of rapid transit cases and of
matters that have come up under the
dual contracts.
Il have had charge Of gas and cleo
trio cases, of their rates, Of capitalize
ton cases--up to recently-and the re-
organization and rehabilitation of lines
that have been under receiverships and,
TO some extent, of the surface service
in Manhattan"
Cram Is Forgotten.
Mr.. Maltbie neglected to state that
Commissioner Cram had had charge OF
anything. 1t is due to the fact possibly
that Mr.. Hayward then led him into a
discussion of his own work
Earlier in the day Mr.. Hayward had
tried unsuccessfully to get state
ment from the witness as to the length
Of Commissioner Grams daily toll.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
FLED WHEN DRILL
CAUSED FIRE IN SUBWAY

lie Of what you knew about. the acci-
dent ?" Leroy 7. Hardness, of the COM
missions counsel, asked. a.,
81 only felt it was my duty TO tell
Mr.. Clark, and | thought OF my own
interests, not of the public"
At one point Diggs replied TO M
CONWAY: "You must remember I'm
not an electrical engineer; I'm only a
muck boss"
As the attorney endesvored to learn
the actions of the men on January
he followed a long series OF questions
with: "Did McNally, after saying ne
bad had a slight shock, turn at all
pale?" -,
The witness laughed aloud, as did
one or two others acquainted with the
situation.
"Why do you laugh at that" asked
Mr.. Conway, surprised; -
"Why. McNally couldn't turn pale"
Then, after a pause: Hes black-a
Even Chairman Mccall had to
chuckle. "Well, well excuse you, Gov
ernor, for that" he said to Mr.. Con-
way. "That name may have misled you
a little
Dixon, at the morning session, told
Of examining the Forty-second Street
excavation on January 25 and finding
the duct intact. Veitch said he found
il punctured that afternoon and Dixon
spoke of finding it in that condition
two DAYS later. On January s, the day
of the accident. Dixon said he had
found nothing out of the ordinary, and
confessed that he had first heard of the
story linking the excavation fire with
the subway accident on either January
81 or %.
"Did YOU hear that the Interborough
was irving to fix the blame for il on
Holbrook, Cabot e. Rollins?" asked Mr..
Conway. =,
Eyes, heard rumors to that effect"
he replied
Tube Puncture Described.
Dixon was asked of his investigation
of January &c. lie said he had not re-
ported on the condition of the manhole
he examined, as he had not considered
the matter of sufficient Importance.
William Johnson, a negro, former
employe of the Holbrook corporation,
who said he had been canned" was
the last witness His almost invariable
reply Of 81 couldn't say" brought
many a laugh. He told of the futter
which came when the bull point he hit
with his sledge struck something soft
and how he had got out.
"The bull point went in and | went
out" was the way he put it. When
asked if McNally, who held the drill,
fed, he answered.: sure; he beat me
out"
"Were you scared when the fash
came? Could you smell any smoke? y
followed.
81 was so frightened couldn't
SMELL" the negro replied.
He told of two meetings with Mr..
Fitzgerald, in which he had said moth
ing at all about the accident, because
he did not know the man and 1t was
none of his business.
"He didn't tell you any relatives had
died and left you money, did he" Mr..
Conway asked.
mo; if he had, l would have talked
to him."
There were three employees of Hol-
brook, Cabot & Rollins at the time Of
the accident still waiting to be called
at 6:15 o'clock. Chairman Mccall or
dered an adjournment at that time until
Tuesday morning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
Yale Musicians Give Concert.

The Yale Glee, Banjo and Mandolin
Clubs presented a vocal and instru-
mental programme in the grand ball
room OF the Waldorf-Astoria last night.
Many persons prominent in society and
most of New York's Yale graduates
were present
Each of the clubs presented selee-
tions. A vocal quartet by Messrs.
Hsrtz, Bostwick, Jessup and Luskin got
much applause, as did the yale Med
ley" Mr.. Hsrtz gave solo, and Mr.
Moore, assisted by the Mandolin Club,
a seTenAde.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
SHUT MALTBIE OUT
OF STAR CHAMBER
Continued from page I

Williams. He said he had spoken about
capitalization cases under my super
vision and that it was desirable TO fol-
low the precedents | had established
in the previous cases. Mr.. Williams
then explained to Mr.. Eustis his idea
that the precedents should not be fol-
lowed, that we wanted to get away
from them"
The Commissioner then went on to
enumerate some of these precedents
and say he had filed dissenting opinions
in the cases because they had not been
followed, notably in not checking up
the expenditures of the company as
carefully as he thought necessary and
in not charging off requirements prop
erly.
In the Consolidated Gas case he did
not think that the commission was
justified in certifying that the company
reeded to issue SOS 100000 in debent-
ure bonds when they only wanted that
amount and intended to sell them to
the stockholders at a premium CT some
fifteen points. He objected also to
what he believed was q recognition Of
a stock issue which had been made pre-
viously by the company without the
consent Of the commission.
The conferences of Commissioners
Williams and Wood and Chairman Nc
Call. 10 which he had not been in
vited, had usually been held in the
ohairman's room, witness said. So far
as he could learn rapid transit matters,
contracts, etc, were usually discussed
He believed the Brooklyn Rapid Tran
sit Company's signal contract had also
been taken up.
Star Chamber Method Used.
Commissioner Cram would not have
attended such conferences, would he p"
Mr.. Hayward asked. ale called them
star chamber proceedings, you know"
II imagine he would have called them
star chamber proceedings raised to the
nth degree"
lUkan NJ Ha,uarI saJ N cat Mr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
MALTBIE HARD WORKER
ON CASES BEFORE p. S. C..

Commissioner Maltbie's pork on
Public Service Commission:
Number of cases considered by
the individual commissioners or by
the whole commission since ID was
organized, compared with those con-
sidered by Mr.. Naltbie:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20

For last six months only. tFor
full year. flor first six months
only.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20

Sullivan's bondswomen brought with
them deeds 70 property at IL and 10
Wythe Avenue sne at SO Lenox Road,
which they inherited from their father,
Bernard Woods. Deeds in the + gis-
ter's Office showed that Only two weeks
ago Monsignor Wood. and his brother
Harry transferred TO their sisters the r
interest in the properties. County
Judge Roy approved the bond.
Sulliv. ! was released before noon.
He declared he had spent a sleepless
night. lie complained that il was hot
an /. stufy in Raymond Street ] /. It
SiLg Sing he slept in the h .spitsl ward,
spacious in comparison TO a Brook.
cell. lie left the building with his
counsel.
Rumors that Sullivan was about y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-20
Priceless Letters
Brought to Light

Here are letters from Washing
ton, Lincoln, Tad Lincoln, Stevenson
and other great men-fnely pre-
served in one of the notable Amer
lean collections. There are clear re-
productions in facsimile, too.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1915-12-23
Figs and Raisiins Are
Very Nourishing
By John T. BRAMHALL.. Chicago

will perhaps be told that the fruit which tempted Eve in the garden OF
Eden persimmon. But what about the fig and the rain?
of fruit depends mainly its content in
which both the fig and the ran rich On the actual figures
hand. certain however, that both the Hebrew and
Egyptian frequently the of the fig and
rasn articles of food while the persimmon not so honored When
Abigail prepared meet David his wrath against Naba se
made haste bottles Of and five
ready dressed and five pahed and an hundred
hundred cakes of figs and laid them as
peace offering David who thought so highly her
discretion that when Na died. after drunken FEAST he took
And later when David the Ama they found
Egyptian in the field and brought him to David and him
water piece cake of figs and two clusters of rasns and
his spirit to him again. for he had eaten no bread
drunk any water for three days.
not only that figs and raisns the ordinary food
people, that they known to be nourshng
Egyptian papyrus often mentions the fig and also the and
expeditions the they
must have the the beau
Amn the chief hunter for King Snefru which had great
tank for fish and planted with figs vines and other fruit
But there is mention of persmmons!
Incidentally there mention of it in the Encyclopedia Britain
nica California produces 5000 tons of figs annually
10000 of raisns-as we'll persmmons
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1915-12-23
Rice Serves as Fuel
in Human Body
By George L. Pearson. Park Ridge. Ill.

of the sold the market today polished This denatured
the outer nut coat containing valuable salts and
most the proed portion Of the rice gan and what left mostly
starch Meat protein, the
necessary replace WORKOUT tissues in the human body
successfully substitute starh foods for proted foods in
than could repair eak steam boiler with
cassed carbohydrate food
the body coal the fuel for the steam
engine
Of absolutely essential for the human body the
same elements can be obtained appzg other pod foods
milk cheese and the egumes such beans and
lent without the meat due to the body toxins
ever present in flesh a certain degree.
One should advise poor people whole whole wheat and
other grains just nature gives them together with other
milk cheese nuts and esumnous vegetables
in conjunction with proper fruits and green vegetables
The Japanese wholesome economical food, but nvesga
show that they usually the unpublished rice IN conjunction
fresh fish such eguminou vegetables as the soy BEAM
IF desired the diet the rational to do
is substitutes When the body receives these conunc
ton with other suitable desire for es for the needs
of the body have been supplied.