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SrEtIN NOTICES.
Once In a Lifetime a
Trip Like This

There are $50 wonderful IApn.liIon~ ia.
california tll- y"Hr aud riliroAd rates. viii
h" much reduced You can get the most
out OF your irlp To IHiriornia hN including
Tie marvellous rId" through Colorado and
! tan Ou IA" NIy ON There ARE several
WAYS sc tHhiuRi 1t all IN hut only n best
way. without extra expense and moon
NculrnCe.
INorN body Knows mat the B%urlington
Route &C. II 4 . L Il, il thu standard.
hlrhtl ",ulupri On ilmn" railroad 10
llruNrr, nu' want to toll Won IN parti,u-
AR about oar through service to cab
lorna lG~~luG IN daylig ht Denver.
Colorado springs. Pixies Peak, rurhlo'
III" marvellous Royal GORGE aud Salt Lake
city.
Nnd then can tell y0u about oomirg
home by way of either Glacier National
PARK or Yellowstone Park,
In fact | Nill gladly help YOU plan your
IMP and Suggrst the most comfortable
interesting and economical was OF going
and returning That Is my business and
my plrHsur" VIII YOU allow me TO be 0i
use, and furnish Nou Without charge. such
pictures, maps and train schedules. as viii
enable Nou to determine iust What 10 do
VIII cell OF YOU at any time, or shall be
flad TO see You Al mN Office Write. trlc,
pt,,It. ar ,ri
" J Berger, Grnl Agent. pass'r Dent.
York, Ny, Phone Mad 50 5000
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euage test or the number OF able sea-
men were being complied with.
The law requires that this AFFIDAVIT
must be filed within six hours before
the time scheduled for sailing. II is
easy to picture the confusion that would
Follow an attempt Of a collector of q
port TO have a crew o: 500 or 200 men
mustered on n great liner Just before
sailing TO determine whether they under
stood the language OF the officers and
whether they Were qualified a. able
came
These are some VI the provisions tina
the Government officials believe Will be
almost impossible to enforce without de-
laying the departures If vessels.
This provision. FOR instance. would
permit a member of the amen urion
which is responsible for the legislation,
to enforce a muster on the slightest pre-
text and subject the officers OF a vessel
10 many Inconvenience.
These are only a few Of the provi-
sions found in this bill which are likely
to raise bitter resentment on the part
OF European Governments as soon as
they have "A breathing spell from the
great war Other provisions. in the
opinion Of members of Congress- are
bound to bring about "A large Increase in
freight and passenger charge rates in
the United States.
Senator La Toilette has bee. the
champion OF IN" seamen's bill In Con-
gross and he hat been fided from the
beginning by orgau!zcd labor II is
understood that President Wilson had
made UP his mind to veto the bill and
that Mr.. La Toilette switched him over
after a conference of about an hour.
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HAYTI HAS NEW PRESIDENT.
Gen. NiIbrun GuilIaum- >nm - h
Executive.

N~AsHlNGroN. March 5.-C;er N.lbrun
Guillaume sam has been elected Presi.
dent of Hayl BY the Congress Of that
country according to a dospatch re-
ceived Al the State Department to-day
Gen. sam led a successful revolution
which resulted in the flight OF President
Theodore.
The election Of the evolutionary
leader is practically coiEcIdenfal Wit the
arrival IN liaNti OF the American COM
mission headed by oX-tioV. Fort OF New
Jersey, sent down TO effect m arrange
mert with the Haytiaus for financial
rehabilitation of their Government. II
had been hoped that the election would
he deferred until the arrival of tho
commission in order that the influence
OF the United States could be brought
to bear before a new government was
set UP,
There are no indications that the new
President rs any more favorably dis
posed toward the United states sug-
sestio1sS involving practically American
control OF Haytian nances than was his
predecessor. The only fact causing hope
Is that there IL even less money In the
country now than when Theodore was
in charge and the Government is prac-
ucaliy without credit or resources.
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an able He must obtain a GER
tifiCate.
This means that the 100000 seamen
who annually visit the ports Of the
United States will have to comply with
this provision. II means a serious en-
largement OF the force of government
employees OF else the failure of this part
of the law.
Furthermore, every time a vessel de-
parts from the United States II must
he shown to the satisfaction OF the
American authorities that the required
quota OF able seamcn is contained in the
crews.
The act requires that in the first year
~ per cent. Of the men shall have had
three years experience at sea. the sec
ond year 90 per cent. the third yeas
50 per cent. and the fourth and there
after 60 per cent. Unless the proper
quota In present the United States au-
thorities will refuse clearance.
Foreign as well as domestic shipping
also is subject to another regulation.
which provides that 75 per cent Of tho
men in each department shall he able
to understand the language ot the off,
GERS. This will probably come the
Collectors of Customs to maintain a
stan of men who understand a great
variety Of LANGUAGES 20 as to apply
this test.
There Is another provision which Will
permit any reputable citizen by nllng
an affidavit to compel the officers of any
departing vessel to make a muster OF
the entire crew. All thai the affidavit
maker would nav to do would be to
certify that he did not believe the pro-
visions OF the Law in regard to the Ian
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REPUBLICANS BEGIN
1876 PLANNING HERE
Forty Business Men Meet
Hillcs and Reynolds at
DclmOnicO's.
TALK Is KEPT SECRET

Forty Republican business men Of New
York and several other cities spent yes
terday in a private conference room At
Delmonico's discussing with National
Chairman Charles ID. Hilles and Secre-
tary James Il Reynolds the methods Of
giving their party a running start for
the campaign OF 1916.
Similar meetings, just as secret as this
one, had been held in Chicago. %Indianap-
oils. Cincinnati and Philadelphia. More
are coming.
Yesterdays s~trategists began their
conference In the morning, continued II
at luncheon and separated late In the
afternoon. When it was over both Mr..
Hilles and Mr.. Reynolds asked to be
excused from telling what 1t was all
about. They said IL was a gathering VI
business men. not politicians. and that
no one connected with the Republicans
National Committee had called the meet
ing 1t appeared that Mr.. Hilles and
Mr.. Reynolds were simply there to ad-
wise the others from the standpoint 81
practical politics.
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POSTAL FRANKS AID
THE LAME DUCKS
Privilege Enables Retired
Statesmen to Send Their
Goods Back Home.
TO LAST UNTIL DECEMBER

WAsHINGroN. March Sin a week
far as evidence of the Congressional ac-
tivity goes. Senators are leaving Wash
ington by every train. Representatives
are hurrying away with gripsacks n
secretaries are packing books and docu-
ments into boxes and bags and hustlIng
them to the railway station or the post
office.
The last thing about n Senator or
Congressman that dies officially is the
postal frankin privilege. The lame
ducks are not shorn OF that prerogative
until the next session OF Congress rolls
around.
From noon Yesterday until the next
session of Congress convenes the frank
ing privilege will be coexistent In the
new members Of each house and in the
retiring members. Hence the rush to
the post Office.
Senator Isaac Stephenson. Sc years
old, and probably the wealthiest man in
the last senate. took leave OF his friends
to-day. lie made n distribution OF gold
headed canes among some OF his cronies.
Senator G%allinger. leader of the minor
lty, received one and Senator Martin OF
the Democratic side was also favored.
The Vice-President and the President
DIp tflllIbIt CIT fhN
The Senator Mould not discuss his
gifts or tell who were the recipients. but
at leas. seven beneticiaries were located.
There are probably more.
\ case in the supreme Court in which
senator Stephenson has been named a.
defendant In a suIt for $4,000 alleged
TO oc due Rodney Sackett. "A former clerk
Ia the Senate from Wisconsin. was
called in court to-day and postponed
until fall. Sackett claims that the
money H. due him as q SOFT Of bottle
holder in some ~ Senator Stephenson's
political bouts In Wisconsin. The Sea-
tor insists that n" never heard Of the
claim until after Sackett was separated
from the Senat payroll.
Senator Root will emain in Washing
ton until Monday closing his affairs
mere. Senator O'Gorman went yesterday
and his secretary and political lieu
tenant, Frank oliver, Will go TO New
York tomorrow.
senator Borah will he n Washington
for two weeks. Senator Burton will
leave tomorrow night or sunday. Sena-
tor Kenyon went last night Senator La
Toilette will be here for perhaps a
month to come.
The failure OF the Senate 20 r~eorgsnize
due to the fact that there Wa no session
Of the new body. has deprived the IN
coming Senator's Of thciv share Of pa
ronage, except for their private Soc
retsries As a result ~ this oversight.
a large number OF Senate employees
Viii remain on tho payroll for several
months without being required 20 per-
form any important service
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HERBERT-SMITH
FEUD DISCLOSED
Enmity Of Ten Years Standing
Is Told OF in a Law
Case.
SUIT OVER $4,000 FILM

A feud between Victor fi",u,- 'ts
composer, and Edgar T. Sn.'. 'rs
librettist. which has already 3er. sod
Herbert OF royalties and may Uo ne
means OF further loss. was DISCLOSE see
terday before Supreme Court Jus'Ir. D
jur on the application ny Mr. Hca.e-.
for an injunction restraining Lew j. clc,
and the World Film Companr from r-o.
ducing "Old Dutch" for the move, 1I.
application is based on an uTre,rr
under which Herbert wrote" Oh, ..s
for the original productior ~ 'Or
Dutch and Fields promised ta5' 'H-
words Or the scenario would never he
separated from the music tn any pro
duction 1; is alleged mat tie HIM ."s-
entation of "Old Dutc'' q q d., p 20.
lat.on OF his agreement
william Klein. counsel f'' f.
herts. who app"ar.l to oprn-. '..
junction application, said that 'r. W.-'d
Film Company has spent $50 uno 90 pro
duce the play and it has h.er ,,H
large profits and is expected 200
return Of S6o.o0o a wear Mr.. Is. sod
that Lew Fields Wa only 70 sI'I..l
actor in the production Of "O'd p.'
and had no authority 20 sian t.. .I.
tracts relating 70 IL He sad 'Il' foe
Shubert bought the American rgH's %
a Gernan play and gave ''o Ne., 'l
Edgar T. Sm.th to MAX" iu'" o. ,.u
opera and that after Smith $50. vs
done Victor Herbert was asked 90 .tr
pose the mus.
Mr.. Klein asserted that tlcrH.' -.
AID he wouldn't speak To- smith. Pc.
nothing OF writing the mus .
! bretto. and that I've htda'i >p'.r
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STATE NOT TO OWN TRoLLEYs.
massachusetts Legislative tOn,-
mittee Def-Rt. Measure.

BosToN. March 81 bill for State
ownership of the street railways has
been reported adversely I'm The Sem
ste by the Committee on street Rail-
ways viii seven OF the fifteen members
dissenting.
The measure provided that upon the
petition of - per cent of the legal
voters OF tho state the question of pub
lie ownership should he placed upon the
ballot and Il favored by a majority OF
the voters the following Legislature wa 9
To prepare n plan for the purchase.
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In a letter which he sent TO Other Re
publicans he said that 90 national politics
Of the next two years will be uf vital and
far reaching Importance TO the CONNER
cial and Industrial interests of the coun-
try and that those affected should be-
gin TO get together now
The whole programme is to be ar
ranged in harmony with the plans of the
Republican Publicity Committee Asso-
citation. recently formed in Washington.
but Judging from the pelmonico meeting
the publicity. has not Yet arrived.
Newspaper men told GOV Whitman
about the conference last night. II ne
had any earlier Information or the sub
icct he gave no sign.
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BIDS FOR WARsHIP PROPULSION
E'c"tri" Companies Compete In
tasc of Dr-Rdnonght California.

WAsHUNGroN, Narch - Bids for fur
nishing electric propclllng machinery for
the new dteadnouLht California were
op'nei At the Navy Department to-day.
me General Electric COMPANY aud the
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacture
ing Company were tho only ddtr>
owing to the complicated nature of the
bids 1t VIII require considerable study 10
determine which is the moro advaut.-
grous on"r The contract will invnl .
from S350,Oo0 to 100000. The cali
fornia will he the first battlcship 20 have
electric propelled machinery, this install
lation having been used for the first time
In a large vcsse' IN the navy in the
collier jupiter recently built on the Pa
ellie coast,
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WOOL STOCKS INCREASED.
- Per Cent. More on Jan. !, 1919,
Than on Jan. I, 1914.

WAsHrNGroN, March AN luqutr,
made by the Department OF Agr.cultu.,
into The stocks Of wool held 10y manu-,
facjurcrs on January | resulted in re
plies from manufacturers whose tota,
purchases In l9lI amounted To 1853 .lG9,
600 pounds vi wool (raw equivalenO.
Their stocks on January last
amounted to a9,995, 600 pounds. which
equal, 2j3 per cent of their pur-
chascs last year, Their stocks on Janu-
arv !. lHlf, We're 22,933, 900 pounds.
The manufacturers reporting there
fore had IN tie aggregate nearly =
per Wnt. more wool on January /,
1918, han on January |, 1914
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ASKS ELECTION LAW CHANGES.
nh In senate Would Save state
HS4.OOO n Year.

.ALBANY, March SENATOR Horton
OF Buffalo introduced a bill to-day
amending the election law 10 save Ss4,-
600 "A year 4 companion bin provides
that the Attorney-Gencral and the Dis
trict Attorneys of the various counties
shall have concurrent jurisdiction over
election law violations,
TIT new hill has tho approval Of the
Honest Ballot Association and the Citi-
zens' Union. II replaces tho three state
Superintendents of Election with A
single commissioner and limits his
authority to cities With 8 1000 inhab.
liant or more,
Thu regular deputies OF the depart
ment are reduced from l75 to l25, the
400 temporary employees are replaced
with 100 special deputies.
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ocean vessels carrying passengers on
routes less than twenty miles offshore
have obtained some relief as TO lifeboat
equipment. having under the revised bin
the right 10 provide life RATS az part
OF the equipment, The hin as originally
presented required, it was asserted, in
many instances more lifeboats to be
carried han the ships could put on
board without cutting down passenger
accommodation to a ruinous degree.
II is the contention of the steamship
operators that life RATS afford as GOO
or better protection than lifeboats for
Coastwise craft. The law. however. pro-
v!des that all ships to be built for pas
senger service after July Z, 1915, must
provide lifeboat equipment for all on
board.
These and other. notifications in the
bill have saved the great lakes shipping
and the harbor and sound boats from
many of the worst features OF the act as
proposed. II Is said. but the burden, all
agreed, falls heavily m the deep water
carriers.
They talk about building mp a mcr-
rhant marin" and then do this eS-
claimed the president Of one Of the deep
water lines. you have the answer in
this despatch quoting President Schwerin
of the Pacific Mail steamship Com
panv" The despatch read
with the enactment of such y Ia "
the Pacific Mail can d. nothing hu, go
out of business. II Will he impossible
for us 10 compete with the Japanese
steamships employing Oriental labor and
subsidized by the Jams nose Government.
Under this bill our operating expenses
would be increased zoo per cent"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-06
HERMAN RIDDER IS 81.
Veco,~rtUg From Illness, Tie CcIc-
hratrs Birthday at Home.

herman Ridder, publisher Of the Me-
York StddtS-/eitunO. was 81 years old
Yesterday, He celebrated the birtHlday
quietly with his family al his home.
% Nest Seveuty-fouIth street.
Mr. Riddcr has been III for the mas,
w months with an affection Of IN.
heart He is now convalesciug and Is
about the house.
He was born in New York of German
rareutage on March >, 1851. and began
his business lie at the age of II as an
crrand boy. He first became connected
with the StGGts-/"itung In 1890, and
has been president Of the company since
'aO=
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NEW SEAMENS LAW DECLARED BLOW
TO UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE
OF SEAMEN'S LAW
WHICH ARE DENOUNCED

III I'll ahect twenty treattes with the maritime nations of the world.
II runs counter to the general custom and usage of nations.
IL Ill b dhhcut to la American ships in accordance with the act.
wages from the masters of foreign ships.
1t imposes vexatious regulations OF masterso Of foreign vessels before
they can get clearance papers
1t would require 100000 seamen who annually visit United states
ports to get certificates showing their qualifications to he able seamen.
IL compels shipping interests to have certaina quotas OF able seamen
in n crew before clearance papers are given.
II will probably require collectors of ports to employ stans of language
experts.
1t will empower any reputable citizen, upon fling a n affidavit. to
compel the officers of a departing vessei to muster the entire crew. This
affidavit must be filed within six hours before the scheduled time for
departure
Even with substantial. increases in rates for freight and passengers
able TO compete successfully with foreign vessels.
They also assert that the nw law means death to all hopes o a real
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BANK CASHIER ARRESTED.
entertainments of 900 to $40
600 CHARGED In Theresa. Wis.

THERESA, WIS. March William r.
Brennan, asher Of the Theresa safe
Bank. IS under arrest here today
tharsed with enbezzling between $50
ooO and 10000 Of the banks FUNDS
The money is said 20 have been lost in
specu.atlor in Chicago. Milwaukee and
New York.
Friends and relatives Of Brennan have
offered to make good the shortage. and
the bank Will be unaffected.
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The Statute Will Cripple
the Shipping Interests.
1t Is COntcndcd.
ALSO AFFECTS
ABOUT 20 TREATIES

washington. March 5.-The fact is
just beginning 20 dawn upon Washing
ton officials that the new seamen's law.
enacted In the closing days OF Congress
in response to the pressure OF organized
labor, threatens this Government with
grave embarrassments in its foreign re-
lations and imposes "A staggering burden
upon American shipping.
Now ihat the serious effects OF this
new legislation upon international re.
lations are realized, surprise is expressed
that President Wilson failed to follow
the example OF President Taft and veto
the measure
The State Department has not deter
mined all OF the possible effects of this
legislation upon existing treaties. but
Il seems certain that this Government
lions OF its commercial treaties with
most of the great nations OF the world.
In all probability twenty treaties will
be affected
But this a~brogation of existing
treaty rights is not the most serious
phase of the Legislation. II aims to eN
ercisc control over the rights of alien
seamen on foreign vessels when in Amer.
lean ports. which is sure To lead TO re-
sentiment and probably retaliation by
some OF the European Governments al
fetted.
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Lawyer suspended for y Months.

Edward II W. Karutz. a LAWYER with
an onice at % Court street. Brooklvu.
was suspended from practice In tho
courts for three months Yesterday hy
the Appellate Division, the order to take
effect on April !. karutz VAS charged
with failing to deposit funds entrusted
to his care as ordered by the court.
He subsequently, compiled with the Or
der.
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Collection of Wages.

More serious than this, though, is
the one which gives every seaman the
right to demand and receive from the
master OF a vessel one-half of the wages
which he shall have earned at any port
that the vessel touches. This is made
70 apply to foreign ships touching AT
American ports as we'll as American
vessels.
II is contendcd that though advanced
| wages may have been paid a foreign
mort, as is the custom with many foreign
lines, the seamen can nevertheless on
giving notice again collect one-half their
wages in any port OF the United states,
To give enforcement 10 this right the
courts Of the United States have been
thrown open by the bill for the prosecu-
ton Of any such claim.
II is asserted that no country In the
world has any such provision in its
maritime law.
at Il a violation OF the law o. contract"
said Senator Burton, 1T is a palpable
violation of International comfy, 1t is
impossible that il should be submitted
to without very serious protest and the
most vigorous opposition"
There is a grave doubt whether this
provision also will not necessitaie the
a%brogation Of certain treaty provis ons,
In the commercial treaty with Germany.
for instance, ii is stipulated that the
Consuls of that country small have
executive mower to determine differences
in the United States between captains,
officers and crews of German vessels,
, especially In reference to wages and con
tracts. Similar provisions are contained
IN a majority Of the other treaties with
maritime nations.
The prediction Is made here that an
attempt to take away this right and
thrnw surh HiEnntAg into tho I7ptf.h
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Among the important business men at
Delmonico's were Henry r Joy Of De-
troit. president Of the Packai< Motor
Car Company William NJ Wood of Bos-
ton, president OF the American Wooden
Company. and Joseph r. Grundy a
woollcn manufacturer of Philadelphia.
Discussion ranged from Wilson legis-
lation. with emphasis on the tariff, to the
Republicans future. with emphasis on
a debt inherited from the Tart cam
paign Of 19l? which must he paid be-
fore the party can begin to MI its treas
ury for next year.
1t was said unoficialiN that most Of
The forty oonferees said they were dis
gusted with the workings Of the Demo-
cratic tariff law. and that out of the Sc
rics Of meetings would probably come
a definite and early campaign for a re-
turn TO protection.
This propaganda. Tor a Zine at least,
Is likely to be carried on by an associa-
ton % business men rather than ty the
Republican National Committee.
Il was said that the suggestion for the
series OF conferences throughout the
country came from a manufacturer in
the middle West who was In yesterday
party at DelmonIco's.