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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-15

Rabbit Crosby framed up Tony. !
know he perjUred himself, and ii
were well would investigate TINS
hing myself and show him up.
Anna De LisS, sister OF Iony De
iLiss, who is awaiting sentence IN the
lombs Prison for murder IN the sec
ond degree, worked as she talked. be
lore her on the table IN the little room
a. llS Sullivan st.. where she ana her
mother live, was a pile Of colored pa
per Her fingers were BUSY TWISTING
these into paper flowers.
The girl is Just recovering from an
operation for appendicitis. Were she
Vel, she would be at her trade OF but
son maker Times are hard, ana Iony'
VINO helped support her and her moth
sr, Is in iail. "railroaded," she says
oy the perjury Of "the Rabbit" VINO
was her friend.
De Liss's conviction followed the
confession Of Robert Crosby, known
as the Rabbit" Both men were ar
rested after the shooting Of John
hurst az a dance in a saloon at lO'
Oreenwieh St. on July 10, 1914.
AZ the trial Crosby turned state s
evidence and swore that De Liss had
instructed him TO murder Hurst, nerv,
ing him for the ordeal with a sniff OF
cocaine. De Liss will be sentenced on
Friday.
u thought a lot Of the Rabbit" An
ha De Liss went on. ale has been a
Trend OF my brother and me for years
ne shot Hurst during drunken brawi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-15
CAN'T BE MUZZLED,
NOSE TOO SMALL
Court Tells Owner of Toy Dog
II Will Do if He Carry
MuZZIe i'm Pocket.

Wanted-One small muzzle for Nell
lie WINFIELD Nellie is a very i'm
portant member of Herbert y. W ert-
heimer's household. at 1l8 East 3sth
ST., although she is only six inches high
and canno, make the pointer on the
postal scales 20 beyond the FIVE pound
marx
Like any other well bred prize Pc
kngese, Nellie has "a face that looks as
through somebody had pushed II gently
but firmly from the nose inward; a
very beautiful face. you understand. to
her proud mistress. but bit com
pressed. All Of which would not be so
bad il recent law did not compel all
dogs 70 be muzzled while out taking
the air
Mr. Wcrtheimer tried his best, but
he could not find a muzzle adapted to
Nellie's receding countenance. SO Miss
Winfield was allowed 70 wander out
With unprotected features.
This did not appeal TO Patrolman
Lavlor, Of the 9th ST. station, and he
insisted that Mr.. Wertheimer explain
u all IN the Yorkville court yesterday.
Magistrate Marsh looked at Nellie and
suggested shat In the future Mr.. Vert
heimer take a muzZle along in his
pocket TO demonstrate that he respects
the law, and dismissed the case.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-15
REFERS DIAMOND CRITICS TO
SOLOMON AND ROYAL SHEBA
A. Antikadjian Gives Psychologists Food for Thought
and Denies Smuggling Charge as Hinted by
United States Authorities.

that they were genuine antiques? Then
listen. He had bought them in Con
stantinople from an Egyptian princess,
said Mr.. Antikadjian. He had the word
OF the princess that the diamonds were
old ones, and, Mr.. Antikadjian wanted
il known, the princess was lady OF
some standing in Egypt.
For centuries and centuries and CEN
turtles, the princess had informed him,
the diamonds had been in her family.
An aunt of hers from way back used
to sport them when she was queening
it over Egypt. And-to clinch it be-
yond the fraction of a doubt--the
Queen of Sheba wore them on fancy
dress occasions. She had them in ear
rings, and Solomon used TO think they
were great He even wanted TO buy
them from her.
This is where Volume V of the En-
cyclopadia Americana gets in its work.
There does not exist IN a single
antiquarian collection in Europe" says
Volume V in clear, legible print, "a
stone of the mineral which we now call
diamond; the earliest authentic speci-
men known being the stone set in the
ring of Charlemagne, an octahedral dia-
mond. ANY other reference can only
mean the corundum or sapphire"
Consequently. as previously limited,
Mr.. Antikadjian, If he adheres TO the
Queen of Shebs story, will set the sci
enee of Egyptolcgy on its ear. II the
argument gets too hot II Is understood
Mr. Antikadjian will call up the Queen
Of Sheba for corroboration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-15
HOTEL MEN TIRED
OF DANCING CRAZE
Giving a Show with Every
Highball" Too Costly,
Hosts Assert.

New York's craze for dancing has
passcd out of favor with hotel men.
So said Thomas ID. Green, proprietor Of
the Woodward Hotel. at the thirty
sixth annual dinner of the Hotel ASso-
citation of New York last night The
hotel men met at the Waldorf Astoria.
Competing with the vaudeville the
aires and giving show with every
hichhall" is not what it's pictured, SAID
Mr.. Green. Hotel men have no reason
TO love the dancing craze and cabaret
era. he said. for they are costing them
1.onev. A return TO the good old days,
when a hotel dining room was a place
in which TO get something to eat
that's the thing that is needed, said
Mr.. Green.
All in all. though. il was big night
for the hotel men. They were all
there-those now in the business ana
those who have retired, like Simeon
Ford. They all said they saw pros
George {. Boldt. Of the Waldorf,
deprecated just a little bit the Ne"
York tendency to put up another big
Motel Just as soon as few persons are
turned away from some other hosiery
As instancing, however. the fact that
prosperity may hold of for a while. ne
quoted the statement Of an English
army officer that the real fighting and
consequent real depression will not be
along until spring.
some of the 400 present were Albert
Keller. of the Ritz-Carlton; Walton H.
Marshall. Of the Vanderbilt; W. c.
Muschenheim. of the Aston; Fred A.
Reed. of the Park Avenue; John NJ.
Bowman. Of the Biltmore; 7. ". Car,
roll. of 1.-THE Hermitage. and Copeland
Townsend. of the Imperial.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-15

andor. Miss Susan Fisher Dresser. Miss
Ruth Cutting. Miss Margaret La Fargo,
Miss Katherine Steward Miss Dorothy
Battle and the Misses Wiborg.
The youngsters were most clthusi-
astic in their apDlaus, and thoroughly
enjoyed every number on the pro-
gramme. Before and after the per-
Torrance they visited the side shows
where freaks were on exhibition.
Mrs. +. Roscoe Mathews. the chair
man of the entertainment committee
who worked untiringly for the success
of the affair. brought about twenty-five
children to the circus from the Lenoy
Hill Settlement. in behalf of which the
affair was given. Others on the com
mittee were Mrs. John Jacob Aston
Mrs. Oliver Iselin, Mrs. Nathaniel B
Potter, Mrs. George Draper, Mrs. Mich
olas Biddle, Mrs. Gordon Knox Bell
Mrs. Laurence Rainsford. Miss Mary
Pyne and Miss Marion Clark.
On the floor committee were James
a. Blair, jr., K. Thornton Wilson, "
Rhinelander Stewart, jr.. f. Costei
Wilmerding, Lloyd Warren. Horace c
Stebbins, !. Newton Rae, Francis Roche
Percy R. Pync, I'd, Stephen b. Elkins
IOulo - VAIN Ji'f anu Law NAiNN NV
Ter.
Among those seen at the afternoon
performance were Mrs. o. II. p. Bel.
mont and ler grandchildren. Mrs. j
Watson Webb, who had several chill
dren with her; W. Butler Duncan and
his young son, Mrs. Cornelius T
Tangeman and her daughter. Kathleen
Vanderbilt, daughter of Mrs. Reginald
C. Vanderbilt, and Hope lselin.
Others present were Mrs. Ogden
Mills, Miss Evelyn Burden. Mrs. Will
lam Douglas Sloane. Mrs. Charles
Steele. Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Gordon Nor
rie, Mrs. George K. Read and her
daughter, Miss Fanny de Groot Hast
ings. Mrs. Burke Roche. Mrs. Elliott
F. Shepard, Mrs. Sydney S. Breese and
Miss Susan Fish Dresser.
The boxholders included Mrs. VI
Orme Wilson. Mrs. Gordon Knox Bell
Mrs. John K. Drexel. Mrs. Cornelius c.
Cuyler, Mrs. John K. Livermore, Mrs
Henry II. Rogers, Mrs. William Pierson
Hamilton. Mrs. John f. Parsons. Mrs
Chester Griswold. Mrs. Charles F
Hoffman. Mrs. William A. NJ. Burden
Mrs. John Sanford, Mrs. Moses Taylor
Pyne and Mrs. Walter G. Laid.
Dancing in the small ballroom fol
lowed the performances.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-15
TO TEST RAINDROPS
FOR DEATHS CAUSE
New Haven Officials Want to
Know if Passengers Are
in Danger.

Stamford, Conn, Jan. li.-lf there
is any possibility of passenger $
being subjected TO danger OF electric
shock when he boards or leaves an
electris train of the New Haven road
the officials want TO know H.
To that end they have arranged to
hold tests tomorrow for the benett OF
Coroner Phelan, who is conducting an
induest into Edward Ligouri's death
Tuesday night. Legouri was about to
board a New Canaan branch train al
Glenbrook station here when he fell
back dead.
The testimony of the train crew
and of the physicians who performed
the autopsy indicates that electric
shock caused the death. Coroner
Phelan will have an electrical engineer
of his own choosing with him to-mor-
row.
Company officials and experts frank
Is say the facts seem TO indicate that
Ligouri was shocked TO death. IL was
raining hard when Ligouri grasped the
hand rail. One OF the theories Is that
raindrops falling from the 1000
voltage wire charged the car.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-15

Mr.. Antkadjian, Of Constantinopie,
is not the title Of musical comedy
Quite on the contrary, Mr.. AntikadJian
is a diamond merchant, who arrived in
New York on La Touraine on October
10. But he is more than that. He is a
man who, his story would indicate, is
intent on turning ancient history and
countless scientific volumes inside out,
and in addition TO giving Egyptologists
something TO worry about.
Customs authorities have 1t that the
genial Antikadj ian-his initial IS A
slipped through in such hurry on DC
tober - that he actually forgot to tell
about a couple of diamonds he had with
him. They were little bits of things
of the size and shape of eggs ana
weighing only 1876 karats apiece. Re
Gently, according to the same customs
persons, Antikadjian committed the
further indiscretion of offering the dla-
Inonds for sale. Yesterday a couple OF
Treasury agents took charge OF the
diamonds and at the same time took
Antikadjian to the Custom House 20
explain.
We'll. said Antikadiian, the diamonds
were artistic antiques" and conse-
Guently free from duty. Why, GER
tainly he declared them, Showed them
all around the place, so he did, and the
.nspectors stamped him on the back and
said: "All right, Anti, piek. up your
pebblcs and run along" The value +.
Er-well. considerable.
Surely the gentlemen didn't DOUBT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-15
THIRTY IN SCARE TESTIFY
But Add Nothing New to Story
of Subway Fire.

Assistant District Attorney Lucien
S. Breckenridge yesterday examined
thirty witnesses who were IN the sub,
way fire on January 8, at o5d ST. Al ~,
agreed that there were much SMOKE
End great excitement. Nothing not
hitherto printed was developed.
"There is so far nothing to snow any
criminal act. negligent or otherwise
said MIR. Breckenridge. THE value oil
the matter adduced lies in the fact that
it indicates what may best be done 10 .
prevent a recurrence Of the accident.
A balky train delayed operations on
the Ninth avenue 81" for few minutes
during the rush hours yesterday morn,
ING. congesting traffic above 23d st. Az
that point a coupling pin pulled out
setting the airbrakes and causing me
train to stop with jerk. More trouble
wa experienced at Christopher st. Al
that point passengers intending TO
alicht above Rector ST. were DISCHARGED
The train was then run express TO nee
tor st. and sent empty to the repair
ehODg.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-15
Gigantic Gorgeous Gitterng Galaxies of Talent urn Out
Supplying, Spendiferous Scinllang, Stunning
Stunts Scenes and Spectacles at Sherry s-Roof
Rocks in Riot of Risibities-Fun, Frivolity
and Froic Make Multitude Mrthful.

lin act was very clever, indeed. The
lion turned out to be just a lion skin
with a man inside. but IL was so very
cleverly done that it took some time
to notice that fact.
The mule act. too was very clever.
I'm this act a man was inside mule
skin. but il took some time to notice
that fact.
One Of the most clever acts was the
lariat throwing act. Gilbert l.. Haight
threw the lariat in this act, and did il
quite well. After he had thrown the
lariat around an animal he jumped in
AID out of the loop several times. He
was very good.
A really dandy act was the prizefight
act. In this Mr.. Mathews and Chalmers
Wood. jr.. fought in the most ridiculous
fashion. Their names on the program
were ridiculously humorous.
Not Battler at All.
As one recalls it, Mr.. Mathews was
called Battling Matty Mathews" and
he isn't battler at all. II was scream
ingly funny. They wouldn't hit at each
other half the time. Sometimes they
hit the man who stepped around the
ring with them. His name was Roger
Poor. Once when he was hit a lady
said his name should be Poor Roger
That made everybody laugh and rather
took interest from the boxing for a
few minutes.
Mr. Haight is nephew of Colonel
Haight. Fred Bradna was OF great as
sistance. Mr.. and Mrs. William c.
Thompson and Bert Cole were very
prominent. They brought with them a
lot Of persons. including sixteen col
ored persons. who are said to have
come all the way from what Mr.. Cole
said was the Somali village. The per-
sons from the Somali village were in a
show by themselves. They got along
very we'll with the other guests.
Among the persons present were Zu-
leika, Ayoob, Abraham, Syad. Allie
Sazby, King Carlo and Baron Poucci.
At the afternoon performance there
were special attractions for the chill
dren, including a troupe of trained po-
ries. trick dogs and monkeys. clowns
and Maud, the kicking mule, which was
offered as a present TO any Of the chill
dren who could ride it. None OF them,
however. accepted the invitation.
Peanuts, candy and lemonade were
sold by Miss Muriel Winthrop, Miss
Marjorie A. Curtis. Miss Edith Nor
timer. Miss Clare Bird. Miss Helen
RidCely Morgan. Miss Mary c. Alex
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-15
STEEL CAR ORDER
WORTH $4,000,
marlborough Invites Bids on Big
Contract in Pittsburgh-De-
mands Quick Delivery.
lnr Telegraph 20 Tie Tribune ]

Pittsburgh, Jan. 1.-the INTERIOR
oueh Rppid Transit Company Of New
YORK is now besieging Pittsburgh man
ufactrrers with prelimlha-s .speciiieaa,,
lions for steel cars. This order would
total $4,000 900 alone, regardless OF
motors. conduits, structural steel. etc:
The Pressed Steel Car Company, OF
Pittsburgh. and the Standard Steel Car
Company, of Butler. Penn, through
their officials are daily in touch with
This irrespective order, which. large as
Il is. will be followed by another order
of SIS OO0.OOO value for the replacing OF
old wooden cars on the New YORK ele,
yated roads by cars of lighter steel
construction and Strengthening the ~
superstructure. c. L..
The Pressed Steel Car Company has
,elegraphed the following to New YORK;
ave are prepared to build steel subway
cars. and could deliver 4le cars begin
MIN four months after the settlement
of details, and conf letting the entire
number in eighteen months
James Buchanan Brady. vlee-presi-
Mt of the Standard Steel Car Com
pany, Of Butler, Penn, made this Tor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-15
BAIL GIVEN IN BAFF CASE
Amounts on Bonds for Two
Cohens Are Reduced.

Bail bonds were provided yesterday
for Joseph and Jacob Cohen, who are
charged with having assaulted Arthur
T. Pierson, a poultry merchant, and
the men were released. Pending the
investigation into the murder OF Barnet
BaT they were held in $4,000 each, but
when the testimony presented to the
grand jury did not bring forth indict-
ments other than those In the Pierson
case bail was reduced to Sl2,5OO.
Harry Cohen. who was held in $1,000
bail as a material witness, was freed
Yesterday in $4,000 bail. Other wit
nesses have had their bail reduced to
81 600
The grand jury investigating the
Raft killing will meet again on Tues
dav and. it is understood. will take an
adjournment until enough evidence has
been gathered to warrant calling them
together again.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-15
FRAMED UP BY RABBIT
CRIES SISTER OF TONY DE LLSS
Girl Accuses Man She Said Was Fier Friend OF rer-
juring Himself to Fasten Crime OF Killing
on Her Brother.

He and Tony and Hurst started TO
fight. and Rabbit thought that Hurst
was going TO pull a gun on my broth
or. So he pulled first and shot him..
1T was a stool pigeon in the Tombs
that put him up to making that COMES
sion. Crosby has spent eight CHRIST
masses in Jail. il is an outrage that
any enc should think that Tony, who
is a loving husband and the father OF
two children, could have made him
commit murder. My brother has
helped support my mother and me
since nv father died, seven years ago.
After read Crosby's testimony |
went TO the Tombs TO see him. Dut
thev wouldn't let me talk 10 him.
That Crosby was of a literary turn
Of mind came to light during the triai;;
when a humorous poem which he mad
,gyitten for Anna De Liss. describing
what he thought his trial would be
ike. was presented as evidence: yes
terdav. Miss De Liss. recited from
memory this poem which Crosby had
composed on the murder.
one day friend and | took walk around the
And the hrsi thing We knew We won case OF the
Then my friend and took it TO the drop.
We went around 20 see IIi'' I nr,ay
a. .sted ~. how We we're making out
Ne aid We were working but he said be ihoush'
We not.
Now Tony and ! went 20 dance
II ,.as on a Friday night. about ~ O'Clock
There vas a fellow their who said he was COP
"A the nert Thing We heard he got shot.
one day after three weeks passed dons came Lon
lie spied as at last and asked US 70 take ride.
And now We are fscins murder VA.
10, ~sn be- / vould knock his bow less straight.
Al 1 would make him get down on bis knees
I1.fead of Looking on The dock for poof uucs
thieves.
No,, Ne are Kicking but what's the usef
An We AZ Is Tor her 10 turn ~ loose. .. =,
NoW We are sittiug hers for crime. Ana lnlsm W
30, . irirse We didn't do. 50 do you blame vs. for
feellns blue foT something We dldnt aei
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-15

Asociety circus was given three times
in the same place yesterday at Sherry's.
1t started in the afternoon, did it again
al 9 o'clock, and went back for more at
II o'clock
It was the first society circus given
on Manhattan Island in twenty years
and the money extracted from 1t will
be devoted to the LenoX Hill Settle
ment.
It was indeed a rousnG thing, and
much Of the credit for it goes to Mrs.
f. Roscoe Mathews. who saw to 1t that
everybody had a jolly old time.
Right of from the beginning it was
easy to see that merriment was going
to prevail. Beautiful young ladies
went in and around the spectators sell
ing the jolliest old lemonade and pea
nuts and all that sort of thing.
Laughs and Thrills a Plenty.
A girl named Buckley one didn't
hear her first name. for everybody was
saying "Here, Buckley, do this got
along in her work real splendidly. run
ming ABOUND with all sorts of things
and appearing to have quite busy
time. One would almost wager she
thinks society circuses quite the thing
what with this and also what with
that.
Things ratified off in very Jolly fash
ion. First there we're some splendid
ponies that ran around and did what
appeared to be marvellous tricks. Then
there was something else, and that
made quite a striking hit.
All this time, you know. the room
was beautifully decorated with howers
and all that sort of thing.
A hcrse participated very cleVerly IN
deed in a bareback act.
Eddie r. Mathews was very clever.
He was in three acts, and 1t was really
remarkable the way he would run out
change his clothes and come right PACK
in another act. Ii was perfectly killing
to watch him when he was funny. once
he was lion tanner, chasing a big
lion all around the ring, and making II
do Just what he ordered IT to do. Inc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-15

nal statement regarding this pros
pactive order:
Ninety days from the signing OF con
tracts the Standard company can peglh
making substantial deliveries. IL speed
uere essential we could use our two
other pIants in addition TO the one at
Butler Il would be foolish to make a
definite statement as to time of deliv-
erv. because of the contingencies OF
strikes. lack Of msterial, etc. But we
can promise that the balance of AIS
cars required could be laid down IN
New York few months after the tirst
delivery was made"
Frank Hedley. general manager OF
the Interborough in cooperation with
Theodore 7. Shonts. president, has been
in telephone communication with
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-15
DESERTED, SEEKS DEATH
Woman Takes Poison, but
Shields Man in Case.

Young woman who had been living
NJ the Hotel Oxford, 35 East 9th St,
under the name of Bessie Walker was
found last night in her room in the
hotel in a semi-conscious condition.
Dr. Denenn. of the New York Hospital
said that she had taken bichloride of
mercury.
initial the woman said:
"Ike hasn't seen me in two weeks.
He has left me. But il | die | don't
want any harm to come TO him"
II was said at the hospital later that
Miss Walkers condition was preca-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-15
o.oublicans Author OF
"Nf provision for Tariff
Inquiry.
VET PRESIDENT SAID
HE "SNEAKED IT IN
,,.ority Leader Points Out Err
,orS Contained in lndi-
annapolis Speech.

u.,;~ctor. Jan. a. Challenging
r..s,5ert's statement IN his In
'' ..,olis speech that Democrats had
60 language IN the Trade Com
go, hill which permitted an inves-
20, Of the tariff Representative
- the minority leader, told the
80 To-day chat a Republican con-
~. had framed the provision which
~. President attributed TO Democratic
a- ~, Mann made q caustic reply TO the
s.rt's Spccch and incidentally
5.r.o3 Nr Wilson's assertion tnat
oSl hasn't been new l0ea IN the
....'bf,esr marty for thirty years.
eee,I..;,e Tho Presidents reference 10 a
N..4 Commission and his remark tha':
.,.topob they the Republicans NoteG
S..'s. ttey auparcutly have not noticed
io 80 fac. that the bin which creates
-c,r trade commission does tnat
- ching. eve were at pans 10 see
~, II vas put in there. MIR. Mann
~, fact the President claims that
3. snoskod something into d law thaI
~. NOT understood by Congress. lh
~. House when gentleman rises
"a ssvs that he Sueaked something
80 law a, Joker without the other
~ .usrcc'.rc -t. he loses caste as an
S...-sbio legislator and man. Il IS
t..sr-c OF trfs fact that ! rise TO DE
80 .bc President IN the accusation
-I;cb he brought against himself. /
80, that the President does not
80 that fine sense of legislative
to,or which would have prevented
~ from making such q clam.
Nr. Mann, reviewing the egisiatloh
for trade commission, added that
a.bs gentleman from Minnesota, MI
S.svers. he ranking Republican on
,le Interstate Commerce COMMITTEE
VS. the author OF the provls onS re-
.s-red 20 by the Pres dent. who says
RAJ we saw 20 10 that u was put IN
here VIZ. Stevens was one CT the
sonferecs on the bill and the chief
Dsnoc-atic couferee was Representa-
i've Covircton. now distinguished
member of the bench Of the DISTRICT
81 Columbia. Judge Covington Will
,ell YOU that Mr. Stevens was the
sD,bor If that provision.
Furthermore. from the beginning o.
the consideration of the trade commits
,.on bin until the conference report
had been adopted Representative Gov
;rrton. OF Maryland. Democrat, and Mr..
stevens frequently consulted me IN re-
gard 10 this measure. which. as we
Understood. was TO be treated as a non.
n,r,isan proposition. Mr. CovinGton, #
l. were asked. would say that this pro
vision. which the President saws he mas
srssked into f. bin without The knowl-
e9re OF Republicans. was put into the
Eff bv the gentleman from Minnesota,
Mn stevens. Now, what ! want to
know is whether the President having
Me power which he thinks he has OBJ
,sinsd by sneak methods will exercise
IL Will you give him the money to
make a tariff investigation as to facts,
and will he do it,"