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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23

Fifteen per cent Of the coal being sold is
The government officials
in charge of this situation are utterly in
competent to deal with it. The cruisers of
the navy are not able to make their best
time or give their best service because the
fuel furnished is inferior. The. business
of distributing coal has been taken out of
the hands Of those who know how to
handle it. This is a mistake, and great
responsibility rests on somebody.
| want to say that if the government
has no more success in handling the rail
roads, if It takes them over, than it has in
handling the coal situation, taking them
out OF the hands Of men who have built
them up, there is little to be hoped for
from that proceeding. 1t is criminal that
Congress took 10 action during all these
months to prevent the present condi-
ton.
We have given the President power to
compel shipment Of this coal 70 its des-
tnation. Yet it has not been done.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
The Fuel Famine

- ENATOR SMITH, of Michigan-Chil-
- dren are dying in the Northwest from
lack of fuel to keep them warm. The ordi-
nary avenues of distribution have been al
lowed to dry up through some officialism,
and men who have built up system of
coal distribution through years have been
ignored by theoretical coal dictators. Men
who have succeeded in the coal business
are in disfavor.
Il is perfectly idle to carry on an inves-
tigation, as has now been undertaken by
the Senate Committee on Manufactures. in
midwinter. with the thermometer at zero,
to attempt to warm the people with prom
Uses and good intentions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
Two Prominent Suffrase
Pros and Ants

NOT the least conspicuous detail Of ii.
" programme Of the recent sus,,,
convention in Washington was an d,
scheduled event, Mrs. Newton D. Bsksy,
singing at one O. the meetings Of n.
famous patriotic song, Uncle Sam" II.
cidentally, at the same meeting Secrexr
Baker himself spoke for suffrage yn
Baker, who was prominent in suH. I'm
activities in Ohio, is member Of u,
National American Woman Suffrage Az.
ISOLATION, to which she has contributed
largely.
The one anti-suffragist among d.
Cabinet members wives is Mrs. Lansu,
who last September was elected secr.tsr
of the National Association Opposed >
Woman Suffrage. Mrs. Lansing i
daughter Of John Watson Foster, vi.
was Secretary OF State in President Ha,.
rison's Cabinet. She is member Of u.
board Of directors of the Y. W. CAN
Washington and member Of the D. AR
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
DR.. MacCracken and the
Red Cross

THE Red Cross has two days more in
which to reach its goal of "ter million
new members by Christmas and for DR..
Henry Noble McCrachen, executive chair
man Of the drive, these two days will rep
resent the supreme effort.
DR.. MacCracken, who is president Of
Vassar College, began his government
work last spring when he was appointed
chief of the instruction division of the
New York State Council Of Defence; he
spent a great deal of his summer on that
work in Albany. Through his division
was planned and carried out loyalty
week, in which patriotic meetings were
held al over the state and addressed on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
Georges Clemenceau
President Of the Cabinet and Nm
iStCr OF Var

GEORGES CLEMENCEAU, who vas

~ GEORGES CLEMENCEAU, who was
vi. born i'm Mouilleron-en-Pareds, De-
pcrtment Of Vendee. on September 2o, loAl,
came TO Paris in 1861 for the purpose o;
studying medicine. lie obtained his doctorats
in 1869. and settled down in Paris, IN the
tsth ACCOMPLISHMENT, Of which he was elected
MAYOR 81 the time Of the fall Of the Second
Fmpire. In 1871 he represented the Depart
uent Of the Seine in the National Assembly.
and four years later he became the president o.
the Communal Assembly. From 1875 to 1879
he was Deputy TO the French Parliament
from tho Seine Department, and from 1860
10 1898 from Var. Defeated in the elections
Of 1923. he entered the field Of journalism
and. writing for the Justice, journal,
"I,Aurcre" and &c Bloc he soon became
prominent as one or the foremost French
political writers. lie made one attempt At
plsywriting and his drama, &c Wolfe du Bon
heur," enjoyed very great popularity. In 1917
bo ree1tered Parliament AS Senator from
Var. Shortly afterward, after giving up the
publication Of &c Bloc" weekly, which he
edited by himself, he became the editor Of
"L'Aurore." which he quilted in 1906, at the
time of his entering the Sarrien Cabinet
March pa as Minister Of the Interior. N.
Clemenceau, who had overthrow so many
ministries, was siNty-tiye years old when ms
turn came TO share in the government. In
October. 1906. he succeeded VI. Sarricn as
president OF the Cabinet and remained IN
power til July, 1909. In 1914 he founded
a new newspaper, "L'llommc Lbre,' the
name Of which he was compelled TO change
TO "L'Homme EnchainG" at the beginning Of
the war because of his conflicts with the
French censorship. At the end OF 1915, when
n. BRAND was forming his ministry, Clemen-
ceau became president of the Army Com
mission and of the Commission Of Foreign
Affairs. Clemenceau is the author of the
following works: "De Ia Generation des Ele-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
Stephen Pichon
Minister of Foreign Affairs

NJ STEPHEN PICHON, Senator from
wi. Jura, was born in Arnsy-le-Duc in
1857. He assisted ". Clemenceau in the
editing of "La Justice" from the day Of its
foundation, in 1850. He was Municipal Coun-
sellor OF Paris from 1883 till 1885 and Dep
uty from the 18th ACCOMPLISHMENT Of Paris
from 1889 till 1890. Not reelected, he en-
tered the diplomatic service and became
French Ambas sador 70 Port-au-Prince, Santo-
Domingo. and Rio de Janeiro. in 1901 he was
appointed Re- dent General in Tunis. and
shortly afterward was sent as Ambassador
20 Peking, where he was at the time Of the
Boxer rebellion. In 1906 he was elected Sen
ator from Jura and q few months later be-
came Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Gle
mencean Cabinet. After the fall OF the Gle
menceau ministry he held the portfolio OF
Foreign Affairs In three other csbinets-thc
two ministries OF n. BRAND ll909-l9lD and
the Barthou ministry 1913. And so it is
for the fifth time that VI. Pchon is at the
head Of the Department OF Foreign Affairs.
He is editor OF the petit Journal and au'
thor of many works on diplomatic and for
cirn questions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
The Man Who Stood Host
TO the Stranded Rockies

MAYOR GRIFFING Of New Rochelle,
w who goes out of Office the first Of
the year. is going to have distinct mem
cries Of the last month of his term and
IT is probable that six thousand home
less soldiers will play no small part in
his "reminiscences the soldiers
the town has been entertaining perforce
because there were insufficient quarters
for them at Fort Slocum. Because this
contingency followed so closely on the
heels Of the sensational vice charges
against the town. made by United States
Marshal Mccarthy, New Rochelle's strug-
gle with the problem Of entertaining her
soldier guests has been watched with
special interest. I'm the meantime, the
vice investigation is being taken up by
the Grand Jury. Mayor Grifing urging
that there be no delay.
Edward Stetson Grifing was born in
Lexington, Mass. in 1867. He came TO
New York when very young. His father
was in the iron business. with a factory
i'm Jersey City. He graduated from Har-
ward with honors in 1889. and later
studied mechanical engineering at the
Technical High School at Charlottenburg,
Berlin. He was admitted to the bar in
Massachusetts and soon after in New
York, and practised in both Jurisdictions,
i'm New Yorl, in partnership with T. f.
Hamilton.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
The Editorial "Pandora'S
Box"

Mr.. VARDAMAN-A great deal Of
WI new legislation will probably be
proposed at this session of Congress;
am always glad to receive suggestions-a
new thought or an idea is Of immense
value in these abnormal times. But,
repeat, we should be careful. and 10 leg
islation Of a permanent character should
be enacted that could safely be postponed
till after the war is over. The fevered
brain is veritable "Pandora's box" of
mistakes, and an error is often more per-
picking and productive of harm than
deliberate crime. There is no function in
the social life Of Americans more poten-
tial of good or evil than that Of the edi-
tor Of a great newspaper or magazine Its
influence extends throughout the land and
its consequences are felt even by gene
rations yet unborn.
Mr. President, in wading through the
enormous mass of commonplace editorial
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
Minutes

The SPEAKER-The time Of the
gentleman has expired.
Mr.. LANGLEY-I ask that the gen.
tleman have Eve minutes more.
Mr.. NOON shall have to object.
We have gone far enough on this. little
matter.
Mr.. LANGLEY-Two minutes, then.
The SPEAKER-The gentleman from
Tennessee objects.
Mr.. PARK-If the gentleman will
allow five minutes more, we will not
take up any more time.
Mr.. MOON-All right; if you will
not take up any more time, withdraw
the objection.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23

course as certificate on the part of our
republic of want of confidence in those
who are conducting the war, and it would
leave our opponents in Europe, our enemy,
Germany, and the civilized world generally
to conclude that America has risen up in
revolt against her officials, in accusation
against her war officers, and besmirching
her own people upon the assumption that
they have been guilty Of something and
shown to have been responsible for crimes
and conduct unworthy Of a patriotic
Deoplc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
From the WildS of BOrneo
70 the Inter-AIIied Council

LITTLE more than two years ago
n Oscar r. Crosby, assistant secretary
Of the United States Treasury, was eX'
pIoring the wilds Of Borneo, with no
thought in his mind Of having a part IN
the var in either military or diplomatic
capacity. Now. as president Of the ne"
Inter-Allied Council which is sitting III
London he is buried deep in the problems
Of war purchases and finances, with no
thought In his mind of Borneo jung!es.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo -
quoted as saying, upon hearing Of Sir
Crosby's selection:
81 know o. no man WAC By reason o. his
ability. loyalty and general knowledge o. the
..tuatiou Is more competent 20 discharge the
duties Of the presidency o. the council
Mr. Crosby's war work began the lat
ter part OF 1915, when lie was made d.
rector of the Commission for Relief in
Belgium. having immediate charge Of all
work in Belgium and Northern France.
a brief sketch Of Mr.. Crosby's life was
published in The Tribune Review Of No
vember 10, following the arrival in Lon
don Of the House Commission, Of which
he was q member.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23

conceived the idea which resulted in the
organization of the Red Cross Junior
membership and school activities. now
successfully installed in schools all over
the country. lie resigned his Albany
position to become national director OF
this work.
Dr.. MacCracken, who is thirty-eght
years old, is son of DR.. Henry VI. Mac
Cracker, emeritus chancellor of New
York University, and brother Of John
II. MacCracken, president Of Lafayette
College lie was graduated from New
York University in 1900 and for three
wears was instructor in English at the
Protestant College at Beirut, Syria. When
be returned from the East he devoted MS
time TO writing and research, after going
to the Sheffield Scientific School RS IN
str7ictor in English. A year later he was
made an assistant professor. He remained
there until he went to Smith College rs
English professor in 1918. The following
wear he was called TO the presidency o.
Vassar.
DR.. MacCracken received an 4. NJ. de-
gree from New York University IN l9o4'
and from Harvard the next year. Har-
ward also gave him the degree of Phi. d.
in 1907. and he was John Harvard Fellow
in 19O7|OS. lie has published John
Lydgate's Serpent of Division "The
Minor Poems of John Lydgate," "The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
A Week of Labor
Abroad

NTATISTICS recently given out .! V.
- Australian union officials repo'x'
~ that while for sixteen years 'ne
workers have waged an agitation WIN
their employers they are Ill per en-
worse off to-day than they were siAs0D
years ago; while they have succeeded y
securing a wage increase OF 29.6 per COZ
the cost of living has risen to oo'' ~
cent. Latest figures show that they "'
about 90 per cent organized.
A. L. James, formerly manager o. ~
Canadian Pacific Railway, is one Of
chief advocators Of bringing into 'anS
100000 Chinese TO work in the ME.
and forests of British Columbia ana -
the wheatfields of the prairies WINE y"
Canadians are fighting in the trenen"'
The Australian government has nA
duced bill that provides for the n'',
alization of all iron and steel work'' -
railways are already operated by ln'
eminent and the Labor party WIZ -
ably insist that the mines be also
over in order to make the operau'H
the railways and mills more pf0o'~~';
says an article in "The C!eYelanD
zen"
How the labor power Of GermIV
being cut by the war is illustrated u -,
copies Of the "Grundstein,' the w.
organ Of the German Building IT,
Unions. The issue Of August 8, isis s...
tains a list Of l.044 members OF -M
unions who have fallen on the bat''' 4,
while that of March II, 1871 give a,
names of 939. About 80 per cent "
German maSons and their helpers -
the military service.
The membership Of the Austrian A
unions has been reduced nearly -.
cent by the effects of the war, aec0.s ..
10 data found in a recent issue o, =. ~
"Gewerkschaft." the official organ Oh 4,
Austrian Trade Union Commission
January l. 1917. the members num0e'. :.
l66. 907, of whom 2s,907 were w0'''N ,.,s
AGAINST $40 PIG men and women me'"
on January /. 1914. The total me" "a
ship on January /, 1915, was ssv
on January /, 1915, il was IT'LL"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
A Week of Labor
At Home
TIME result Of a direct protest from
$4,000 organized workers in the
II pacif. Coast shipyardS from Los

"HE result Of a direct protest from
$4,000 organized workers in the
Pacific Coast shipyards, from Los
Angeles 20 Seattle, is an increase of 10
per cent in wages. Homer /. Ferguson,
president of the Newport News Shipbuild-
ing and Dry Dock Company, announced
that the men working in the yard at New
port News had also been raised
Industrial unrest in the United States
is reported by the Department Of Labor to
be at a minimum. officials ascribe the
improved conditions to the spirit of accom-
mediation brought about between capital
and labor.
Nine hundred brewery drivers in New
York City have gone on strike against the
reduction Of their working days from six
TO five.
Speaking in ST. Paul, William b. vii
son, Secretary Of Labor, made strong
appeal for perfect organization of Amer
ica's industrial forces and greater coop
Grafton between employer and employee.
Representatives of the Chicago Fedora
ton of Labor are in Washington to ask
President Wilson TO remove Postmaster
General Burlcson from office.
Fuel Administrator Garfield requested
that OPERATOR and miners take only
Christmas Day as "a holiday this season
instead Of the several days usually or
served. Every day the country's mines
are idle cuts production nearly 100000
tons.
Importation Of Chinese laborers during
The war was recommended in the report
of the California State Committee on
Farm Labor. Senator Hoke Smith. of
Georgia, proposes that convict labor be
employed 90 manufacture war supplies.
The Central Labor Council 40 Seattle.
Wash, announced IL would ask the rail-
way brotherhoods 20 refuse TO move
trains carrying lumber made In mills Cd
Grating on a ten-hour basis
The anti-picketing ordinance at II
Paso. Texas, has been declared cons,itu-
tional by the Court Of Appeals. The state
Federation Of Labor intends 10 carry the
case TO the Supreme Court. as the Legis-
iature has passed a law legalizng the
right to picket.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
SpreckeIs, the Sugar Man

CLAUS 4. SPRECkELS. president OF
~ the Federal Sugar Refining Com
pany. who. in the recent investigation into
the sugar and coal shortage made start
ling accusations against the governments
food administration, and who in turn was
accused by Mr.. Hoover as being foe to
the food rule. is one Of the best known
sugar men in the country. He was born
in San Francisco in 1858, Of German an
cestry. His father, known as the Sugar
King" had established the California
Sugar Refinery in San Francisco and it
was here, where he went to work at seven
teen. that the young Spreckels had his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
The Man Who Wants to
Enlarge the Scope of Mil
itary Service at Sea

nUARTERMASTER GENERAL HEN
- RY G.. SHARPE, who in his
annual report, recently made public,
urged legislation to bring the crews Of
all army vessels into the military service,
a.auua.ed At twenty-five from the United
States Military Academy. Two years
later, while a second lieutenant in
the Fourth Infantry, he resigned and
was reapponted in the army the follow
ing year, 1888, as cOmmissary Of sub
sistence, with the rank of captain. With
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
Jules PANS
Minister Of the Interior

Munster OF the IHttILOf
AZ JULES PANS, lawyer. land owner and
W.. industralist, was born in 1852 in
PerDignan. lie was elected to Parliament in
1893 by the Department Of CGret, and was
later reelected again and again. In 1904 he
vas sent 20 Parliament as Senator By the
district Of PyrenGes- Orentales. From 1911
till 1918 he was Minister OF Agriculture in
the cabinets Of Monis, Caillauy and Poincare.
In 1913 he resigned hi, portfolio and became
candidate for the Presidency Of the French
Republic. lie was the candidate OF some OF
the groups Of the Left, and obtained 327
votes, while VI. Poincare had 429. Pans is
member of the Superior Council Of Fine
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
The Dry-Wet Issue

ME-. WEBB lin the House)-Mr
w Speaker, government is but the
organized forces Of the nation formed for
strengthening its power and advancing its
life. Its highest aim is to suppress those
agencies which have a tendency 10 sap
and weaken the nations strength, TO sup
press vice and crime in order that the
nation may. unrestrained by these evils,
20 forward in its efforts for greater lib
erty. freedom and achievement; that it
may raise itself into higher civilization
more nearly approaching our ideal of a
perfect government.
The use Of Intoxicating liquors for
beverage purposes has long attracted the
attention of our leading statesmen, and
with Great unanimity has been condemned
as one of the greatest agencies for evil
and crime that is now retarding our ma
tional growth.
The right TO make and use intoxicating
beverages has so long been enjoyed, and
this right so long licensed and sanctioned
by Federal taxing laws that the ignorant
have come to the conclusion that it is one
of the inalienable rights Of man which the
government should not interfere with
Those with broader mental horizons in
sst that the long continued federation Of
this evil has given those who claim it a
vested right TO carry on their business or
enjoy their beverage; kind Of immunity
from any interference by the Government
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
BrjtaIn's Chief of Staff W.,
Once a Private Soldier

II is not generally known that C.,.-,
Sir William Robertson, chief OF stss :.
the British army, upon whom d.v,,.
some of the grayest duties in conner,,.
with the organization Of Britain's am,
forces, is a self-made officer, who has eo,.
up from the ranks. He was born at w.
bourne, in Lincolnshire, in 1860, and s,.,.
his youth in the country.
When he was about eighteen he d.rd.,
TO enter the army and, tramping TO Io-
don, was duly enlisted in the yi,s
Lancers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
M. Leagues
Minister of the NdUU

WjHlStCf OF ne NdCy
NJ LEYGUES. born in 1857. and a grad
wi. uate Of the "Institut," entered polit-
ieal life very early. He was elected Deputy
by the Department Of Lot-et Garonne in 1884
and has been continuously reelected by the
same district. lie held the post Of Minister
OF Public Instruction in the Dupuy Cabinet
$3.50, Minister Of the Interior in the first
Ribot Cabinet 1890, again Minister of Pub
lie instruction in the second Dupuy Cabinet
ClS9s), and shortly afterward in the Waldeck-
Rousseau ministry. In 1906 he was Minister
Of Colonies in the Sarrien Cabinet. Thus
VI. Leagues is now minister the sixth time
lie is a member Of great number of COM
missions and president of the Commission of
Foreign Affairs OF the House.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
NJ. Charles Jonnart
\ |
WiUiSter Of BlOcEdde

Al CHARLES JONNART was born in
wi. 1867 in Pas-de- Calais, which he
represented in Parliament till 1889, when he
was elected Senator. He was appointed Min
ister of Public Works in the Casimir-Pericr
Cabinet JlS93-1894. From 1900 till 1911 he
held the post Of Governor General OF Algeria
III the BRAND Cabinet of 1918 ne was Minis
ter Of Foreign Affairs. Recently he played
a very important role as High Commssary
OF the Allies in Greece. In this difficult post
he eynced considerable courage and firm
ress and performed his task with very great
success. lie is president of the administra-
tive council OF the Suez Canal Company
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23

stuff which fills the metropolitan news
papers nowadays one becomes tired with
the pernicious monotony. Most of these
editors write what they are told to write
and support the policies agreed upon by
the patriots for pelf. To run upon some
thing really virile, vigorous, healthy in
morals and sound in economies 8.
is refreshing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
Concerning the Inquiry

TR. LEWIS lin the Senate) Mr..
MI President. ask that no man in
this administration of any nature.
whatever be his politics, escape from any
investigation necessary TO disclose what he
has been doing and all the conduct relat-
Irg to his public business. | ask that TO
guilty man Doe permitted TO escape,
whether that guilt be q crime. ineficiency
or mere neglect. But I do demand, sir,
that we pause at this threshold and. re.
Wondering the history of The past. either
in the Civil War or following it o. the
Spanish-American War and following IT,,
OF which we have knowledge. that /, may
admonish US that we, al the outset, refuse
to be stimulated and FASTENED by a seatl-
ment Of scandalmongery and sensational
ism TO enter into things that will reflect
upon the integrity of honest business mon
or upon the honor OF competent officials
or upon the efficiency Of men who admin
lister this war, particularly when doing
such we merely crafty the desire Of those
who would use the occasion 20 satisfy per-
sonal grievances Of their own. We wou i
leave the outside world 10 misunderstood,
to misapply, and to construe all Of such
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
Minister OF Justice

NJ LOUIS NAIL was born in 1864 in Cha
WI. teau- Gontier lie practised law for
several years and was elected Mayor Of Lo-
rient. In 1910 he represented Morbihan as
Deputy to Parliament. lie was member of
the Commission of the Navy during the last
two Legislatures and was appointed Under
Secretary Of State for the Navy by N. BRAND,
which post he retained in the Ribot Cabinet
till last June
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
Lines

Mr.. CLARK, of Missouri lin the
House)-The sweetest of all American
poets said:
The heights by great men reached and
kept
Were not attained by sudden fight;
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night.