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T. K. HAD 5000
INSURANCE ON LIFE
Death Proof Waived in Pay.
ment Claims.

Col Roosevelt carried $4,000 life in
surance, distributed among four COM
panies, which waived the proof OF death
ordinarily required and sent their checks
in payment at once, 20 Il was announced
yesterday in the Weekly UnderUriter,
an insurance publication. There were
policies for $4,000 each in the New
York Life, the Mutual Life and the
Equitable Life. and one for $4,000 in
the Connecticut Mutual. The adjustment
OF the policies was made through Law
renee Purdy. a New York Life agent.
who has long been on intimate terms
with W. Emlen Roosevelt, the Coloners
counsel and cousin.
The Connecticut Mutual policy for
$4,000 was the first one Col. Roosevelt
took out II WIS A ten payment life,
with deferred dividends and was issued
In 1889 The other three. which were
also of the same character. were ac-
qured November IS. 1901, within sixty
days after Mr.. Roosevelt assumed the
Presidency. following President McKin-
ley's ASA ssinat!on at Buffalo. They
were written by Lawrence II Graham
who recently died In Detroit. Mich.
Mr.. Graham had known Col Roosevelt
we'll when he was newspaper cor
respondent at Washington. He after
ward entered the employ OF the New
York Life Insurance Company. still
making his home in the capital Later
President Roosevelt named him as Gov
ernor OF Porto Rico.
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MUSEUM ACTIVITIES.

The connection between the museums
and the renaissance of American indus
trial art is self-evident, and the Metro
politan Museum, for one, has realized
It's share Of the relationship. During the
recent years II has welcomed every
chance to place its immense stores
OF classical material at the disposal OF
students, and the results OF It's efforts
are now becoming tangible
With the idea Of publishing to a still
wider audience the possibilities that the
museum may have for designers in all
the trades, the museum opens tomorrow
an exceedingly interesting collection OF
objects and designs that were made for
the commercial market. but which owe
their conception or method of execution
TO the study Of museum originals.
Tho most amazing variety OF inten-
zion as we'll as of product" said Richard
+. Bach of the museums Industrial de-
partment. has been tho outcome Of the
endeavor OF the museum to make the
galleries work. OF reproduction or
copying but few indications are seen.
while the inspirational use Of the finest
pieces in traditional styles offers every
assurance that American design Is
| rapidly gaining In strength and GER
tainty OF contact with the realities OF
| execution but also in breadth and self
possession, qualities without which pure
business instincts can never achieve sue
cess in the industrial arts manufacture
ing field.
| Manufacturers and designers have
| found It to their advantage to use the
museum, and this means that they
have found II TO their business advan-
tage. No greater test Of the value OF
( art as related to progress could bt
offered. Design has been able to demon
strate its own STABILITY, which indi
Gates a by no means Insignificant for
ward step in our valuable art producing
trades, trades which represent an an
nual expenditure OF no less than $500,
100000 for home furnishings alone.
! The pieces seen in the exhibition o.
work by manufacturers and designer!
prove that these manufacturers at leas
have appreciated that taste Is an asse
In trade as in life generally. And this
said In business language, means tina
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GEN. MARCH REVEALS
ROOSEVELT LETTER
ColoneIs Pride in His Sons Is
Expressed.
SPECIAL Despatch 10 THE suS.

WASHINGTON, Jan. lin his talk
with newspapermen to-day General
March, Chief of STAFF, said:
During the week went up to Oyster
Bay 10 attend the funeral of former
President Roosevelt and during the
funeral ceremonies, which were beautl-
ful in theif simplicity ! saw Capt. Ar
chibald Roosevelt. who was handling
the funeral arrangements. wearing med
ais for distinguished service In France.
II recalled one Of the letters which
Mr.. Roosevelt had sent me some time
ago IN which he referred TO his sons
and have determined to release Il for
publication This letter was written 20
me after the death OF my own son and
before the death OF Quentin Roosevelt
Nv dear General March: According
! TO your instructions in your letter of
! April 20 and the enclosed copy Of
your memorandum to the Adjutant
! General I cabled Kermit through our
/ Ambassador at Madrid that he had
been appointed Captain OF artillery IN
/ the National Army and was TO report
! TO General Pershing and therefore
was to proceed Immediately 10 Mad
rid where your orders would reach
| him.
thank you. sir. You have already
drunk of the waters OF bitterness I
suppose I shall soon have to drink of
them but whatever befalls you and
hold our heads high when We think
! Of our sons. Sincerely.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
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MENKEN CAN'T FIND
OUT WILSON'S PLANS
Tells Congress PrObers Presi-
dents Attack on Represen-
tative Kahn Was Startling

In connection with the investigation
Of the National Security League by a
Congress committee 1t may be said that
s. Stanwood Menken. once the leagues
president. has no opinion to express Upon
the Administrations present pro-
gTamme," since he has been unable to
find out what It is" that Mr.. Menken
thinks the coal business and electric
railway lines should be consolidated and
regulated, has ideas about increased
transit fares in New York. and has been
kept too busy by the investigators TO
form an opinion regarding the harbor
tieup.
All this developed at yesterdays ses-
sion OF the committee in the rooms OF
the Bar Association. but so far as could
be learned before the committee went
back TO Washington last night to pre-
pare for continuing the questioning of
Mr.. Menken there on Tuesday the Sc
curlty League has not shown much in
terest In either the milk strike. the har-
bor strike. increased subway fares or
the affairs O: the electric railway cor
porations
Representative Caraway OF Arkansas
produced a neat yellow notebook which
served as a prompter for his questions
In response 70 one question Mr.. Menker
/ said: President Wilson has proved him
| self responsive to the public demands
and views. II he should depart from
that course the league would speak IN
such a way. l think. as TO be heard
| throughout the country"
Thereafter Mr.. Caraway drifted TO tn,
Presidents appeal for Democratic
| Congress. He recalled TO Mr.. Menker
that the Republican Represehtativ,
| julius Klhn OF California had beer
sked by the President to put in opera
! ton some OF the Presidents views or
military matters. when the Democrat,
| Representatives would not. Then Mr.
| Caraway wanted to know II Mr.. Menkci
| did not think II showed ingratitude oil
! the part of the President to write "A let
ter to California askin.; that Represen
tative Kahn be defeated for reelection
II think that was a most startling
/! thing for public man TO do reptile,
! Mr. Menken. and the President wa
condemned by the people for his action.
Representative Browne OF Wisconsin
then tried to show that Prof. Rober
McNutt McElroy on leave to the leagu
al 1000 year from Princeton Univer
| sity, was not the Kind OF person VIII
| should be in charge OF the leagues edu
cational campaign. Mr. Menken ins.ste.
re thought Prof. McElroy was just III
man the league wanted.
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316TH INFANTRY IS
CITED FOR BRAVERY
Gen. Kuhn Also Commends
Entire 10Th Division.

Major-Gen. Joseph p. Kuhn, COM
handing the Seventy Division,
which was trained at Camp Meade, and
composed of Pennsylvania, Maryland
and West Virginia troops. has COM
mended the 316th Infantry OF that divi-
sion, now commanded by Col. Garrison
McCaskey, for brilliant conduct In the
Anal drive north OF Verdun November
6 and 8.
Col. McCaskey, in announcing the
commentator to tho unit commanders
or the regiment. congratulated Col.
George Williams and Lieut. Col. George
+. Haedicke, who successfully com
manded the regiment at the time OF the
action.
The commentator reads:
I'm the final offensive OF the heights
east OF the Mouse and north of Nerdun
the task OF breaking the enemy's re-
sistance at the Borne du Cornouiller
tHill 37s) devolved upon the 3l6th
Regiment of Infantry. Stubbornly de-
Tended by the enemy, this tactically
strong point presented an obstacle OF
the most serious character. In spite OF
all difficulties the regiment succeeded
after three days heavy fighting. Novem-
Der 4 to 8, - capturing and finally hold
ing the Borne du Cornouiller. in break
ing the sne'ny's resistance and contrlbut-
ing materially to driving the enemy
from the heights east OF the Mouse a
few days later.
Numerous authenticated instances OF
gallantry, tenacity and endurance have
come to the commanding Generals no.
tice. proving beyond question that the
regiment acquitted itself with the great
est credit and in a manner worthy of the
best American traditions"
Major-Gen. Kuhn in general orders
commended the entire division for &C.
ton Just preceding November /.
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Of a 1egatee or devisee respectively, to
pay all taxes, assessments and expenses
Tor repairs or insurance thereon. also,
from time to time, in their discretion, to
make leases of the real estate forming
any part thereof upon such terms ana
conditions, not, however. exceeding TWEEN
iy-one years. as to them may be desir-
able, also to build upon. alter or I'M
prove any such real estate, expanding for
the purpose any of the other principal
CT such share as in their own personal
Judgment may seem wise.
Il name and appoint my wife, Edith
Kermit Roosevelt, and my son, Theo-
dore Roosevelt. Jr., and George Emlen
Roosevelt, esscutrix and executors OF.
and trustees under this, my WILL In case
any OF them or any one who may be
from time to time appointed executor
and trustee pursuant to this clause OF
my will shall fail to qualify or cease to
act from any cause, l direct that the
Il ust and the powers herein contained
shall vest In and may be fully executed
Ey the one or ones who shall be quail
fed or acting, and / authorize my duly
qualified and acting executors or trus-
tees, and the survivor OF them, by an
il strument In writing. duly acknowi-
edged, to appoint new executor and
trustee, to fll each vacancy as II may
occur and the person so appointed shall
thereupon become vested with all the
estate and powers of an executor and
trustee hereunder, the same as II named
by me herein as such.
'In witness whereof have hereunto
! subscribed my name and set my seal
this 18th day of December. in the year
! of our Lord, 1912. (Sisned) Theodore
| Roosevelt"
The witnesses were Frank Harper
! 1912 West ThIrty-frst street. Oklahoma
! City. okla, and George Douglas, War
drop, 401 West 11sth street, Manhattan
The will was filed by the Arm OF
| Roosevelt & Kobbe. a. Wall street, Man
| haitian, just before the Surrogate's office
! closed for the day.
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Many Visit Graveyard.

Several hundred persons yesterday
visited the little graveyard where Col
Theodore Roosevelt was buried Wednes-
day. The guard Of honor Is still at the
grave and Will remain there until the
Roosevelt family makes arrangements
for a permanent guard. About a score
of we'll known citizens held meeting
last night In oyster Bay to formulate
plans for memorial. Those present In
cluded fnanciers who have summer resi-
dences here, pastors OF various churches
and business men. Nothing definite wa;
decided upon and committees were ap.
pointed to get the views OF the people al
large.
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SOLDIERS ENTER SEA LIFE.
Many Join Merchant Marine After
Discharge From Army.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 11.-That the sea
is calling many soldiers after their dis
charge is indicated by statement
issued to-day by the Shipping Board. TO
the effect that more than 5000 men IN
uniform have recently signed cards at
the camps stating that they wished TO
enter the merchant marine,
BY order of the War Department the
Shipping Board Recruiting Service has
placed an agent at each OF the thirty
camps where men are being demobilized.
considerable number OF these eX-sol-
diers are reporting daily at the base of
the shipping Board Atlantic training
squadron In Boston. and are being
placed on the training ships.
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ZEEBRUGGE HERO TO SPEAK.
Capt. Carpenter. v. c.. VIII Lee
ture in Aid of Dover Patrol Fund.

Capt. Alfred F. Il. Carpenter, V. C.,
hero OF the Zeebrugge harbor exploit
by the British Navy. will lecture at
the Century Theatre the night Of Janu-
airy 20, in behalf of the Dover Patrol
fund. Otto Kahn has offered the use
Of the theatre and Morris Gest Is CO.
operating.
The object OF the fund is to care for
wounded and disabled officers and men
OF the British Navy. who have borne
the brunt of the work at the eastern
end of the English channel. II seeks
also to provide financial assistance to de-
pendents OF men In the navy who lost
| their lives in the war. The work OF
the Dover Patrol made possible the
transfer to France Of millions OF British
troops. the conveyance of American
troops and the safety OF the whole
( Channel.
Capt Carpenter commanded the Vim.
dictive In the attack on Zeebrugge
Admiral Hugh Rodman probably will
Introduce the speaker.
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Leaps Four stories to Death.

Thomas Mead, laborer. living Mt 90
L.aight street. whose wife says he has
been out OF work for the last fortnight,
jumped from the window of his home
on the fourth ftoor to the pavement
below yesterday and was killed. His
twelve year-old daughter, Nora. saw him
raise the sash ana mount to the window
sill and tried to prevent him from leap
ing.
The sun., 1919-01-12
AUTOMOBILE LAW CONFERENCE
Secretary OF State and Mn sistra ties
Differ on Reforms.

A conference over the proposed new
law under which Motor Vehicle Com
missioner Is to supeBede the Automobile
Bureau OF the Secretary OF States Office
was held at the Traffic Court yesterday
by Magistrates House and Cobb and
Francis NJ. Hugo, Secretary of State
Mr.. Hugo said he opposed the measure
for reasons OF economy. but would sup.
port a proposal to revise the present au,
tomobile law.
Representatives OF the State and city
automobile associations, the two Magis
trates and Mr. Hugo will confer on tn.
subject at the Traffic Court in the neal
future,
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KnoeppeI Heads Bronx Barristers

Harold c. Knoeppel was elected
president OF the Bronx County Bar AS
ISOLATION for 1919 at n meeting held yes
terday at the ASSOCIATIONS clubrooms,
1877 Washington avenue. John Davis
was named as first vice-presdent /;
James +. Donnelly. second vice-presi-
dent; Forest C. Hlrleman, secretary, and
William A. Heating, treasurer
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Feeling of Terror.

ar 10 truc In contract with the Matisse
room, Won are seized by a feeling OF
terror when you enter the room where
the pictures Of picasSo are. I1casso uses
for his chief solors fiery. hot, burnt
brick reds The room has the terrific
heat of the furnace. You are in an ex-
element and an aCitat'on akin 10 the
Revolutionary Mood. Il IS as II you
were plunged into Il dark night OF the
soul amid lurid evil phantoms and the
'dunnest smoke Of hell You brcathe
the humid. sitting atmospA+e or the
senulchre albeit "A scpulchre like those
that Dante saw at Aries. glowing 20
hot that iron requires not hotter neat
TO mould It is sepulchre. but
sepulchre In which Lazarus Is moving
in his shroud."
picasso's works, Mr. Whittemore con-
tinuee, are - counterpart Of the present,
n renllca Of events. the veTiSlmilitude Of
Russia's travail. They duplicate ter
riblc suffering which ia the price OF
Russia's tomorrow THIS is life in it's
advance. Mlche!anccl1 did not fashion
the face of Day ON his Florentine tomb.
Tor he knew not what II would bring
forth-nor can We yct forecast the day
Of Russia We only know It Is coming
with fuzzy Like a storm before dawn"
81 am not writing 10 discuss the theory
OF cubisn. ! am not writing 10 discuss
the art OF Picasso. or 10 find an eX-
PLANTATION OF the Revolution--you may
hate II az you hate the Revolution. DO
not seek the meaning OF life in cubism
! or In Revolution they are only the ele-
ments of symbol Both are forms Of
matter which spirit takes IN its process.
! When will It end? Whittier does II
lead? ! am asked Of both art and revo-
! luton cannot answer You must
! fl III n In a
said of cublsm, i stretch out my hand
| towards II and touch nothing only
this I can say: life is working here. in
| Revolution, upon matter, The Becoming
OF these people is the answer 70 all ouI
questions"
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Capt. ]. G. jackson. Commando OF the
transport, heard Of the mystery and
took strange hold on Il. and as 4
result Miller four days ago landed in
the brig. right where an eye could he
kept on him - he wouldn't administer
shell shock to the company clerk In
charge OF the rolls. But that doesn't
mean Capt. Jackson Is hard hearted
he merely doesn't Ike TO see army off,
Gers nervous AS matter Of fact, when
the ship reached here Capt, Jackson
turned Miller over 20 Major Frank
Jacob with an Injunction that he should
he properly looked after and kept from
going in search Of any more wars
The tank veteran on the ship was
Peter l., Chartrand OF ESQ st. Johns
place, Brooklyn. who returned with his
insignia-a tank with two dragons be
meath ton his hat and a small black
spaniel, also n veteran, called Mig Mig
's destined TO take charge OF Chartrand's
three -year-old son.
II was abroad twenty months said
Chartrand. went over the top five times
in a tank and finally was wounded BY
shrapnel IN the knee on December &c al
Cantignv. ! went across with the
Eleventh Engineers. fought at Cambria
with the British and then Joined the
326th Battalion OF the United States
| Tank Corps when volunteers were called
.or In February - organize T.
I've had 2Ss French tanks. each o,
them carrying seven guns-one pound
| ers and machine guns. They wer,
manned by seven gunners, driver ant
an officer, We had four days ration.
before every trip II we were about I,
be taken prisoner we were TO fulhl ouI
| oath 10 blow up the tank by setting FIR,
/ to the gasoline.
The sun., 1919-01-12

design sells. Industrial art products
since tho beginning Of time have COM
manded higher prices only In proper.
tion a. \ higher degree Of attractiveness
was superadded to absolute mechanical
purpose"
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FIRST U. s. TANK VET
BACK ON THE TOLOA
Brooklyn Hero of Seven Hours
Battle Home With 1910
Other Fighters.
vALOR CROSSES ON SOME
Prisoner in German Camps
Tells Of Cruelty Before
Armistice.

The transport Toloa, which was in the
service of the United Fruit Company
until put under the British flag to carry
troops, arrived at her pier here yesterday
with 1,011 officers and men. mainly
members of trench mortar and aero con-
struction organizations. Among them
were the first American tank soldier to
return, a repatriated prisoner. who told
OF the cruelties of German prison camps
and an unofficial persona stowaway.
The extra voyager had tried his best
according to his story to break into the
war and help settle things with the Ger
mans, but the authorities were "agtr
him" He said he WAS Jack Miller. is
years old, son OF w. T. Miller. a lumber
man OF Dakota, and that his home was
ut 30 First avenue, Seattle, Wash. The
| reason the authorities were 'agin him
was because he was blind in The right
eye and had other minor deficiencies
which caused him to DO rejected from
the army.
But lust TO knock the nonsense out OF
fcers and show them how capable he
was OF looking after himself and any
| reasonable number of Germans he went
to Canada. But he found the recruiting
officers at Quebec had the same narrow
| IDEAS about what Ats q man to be a
| fighter.
Struggles Himself to Front.
| Feeling however that the war mustn't
| go on any longer without his taking par
| in Il he smuggled himself aboard {
| transport bound for England. and or
4 arriving there was turned down fol
every branch OF the service. But there
was one hope left. So young Miller stol'
his way to France only to be turned
down there.
Several times he got within a bomb
throw OF the front lines despite the fac
| that ne wore civilian clothes and mad
| no attempt to masquerade as soliie
except by throwing back his shoulder
and looking hard. Each time, however
ne was seized and elected from the wa
| zone. When the arrlistice was declared
| the only thing left for him to do was I,
| go home. But how?
He fell in with American soldiers VIII
were still irrepresshle kids even II the,
had licked a people that CONSIDERED
| themselves men, and they gleetuli
agreed to aid him. They donated a
Miller various articles Of clothing which
when laid end TO end composed sol
deere outft-something the authorize
had been too slow. or too st'ngy, I
realize was Just the thing FOR him.
WIN this on his back he was abb
to = board the Toloa. when she sale
from 8rest on December so Then IN
troubles Of the officers aboard begar
for they couldn't for the NE Of ther
explain how in the old Nick an exit
man would appear from time TO tim
in the various companies. eat the rcp'l
lation fabricated beans. and then dil
appear.
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A ADVERTISEMENT.
50 ABOVE FRIDAY
WARM OVERCOATS!

So far balmy winter. Cold
days are due. Are you ready?
Is the coat that reaches down
with storm collar. double
breasted, light and warm and
great looking, Is thar ready?
$3S, SAB. sac. $50. Then the
others, slS. $50, S22.5o, $25.
Every one well made AMI all
wool. In addition correct store
service. Suits-plenty of them,
s22, s25, $2S, $40 TO sac.
q. n. VINCENT. 524-526 9th
Ave. near 3lst st.
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I'VE went ahead OF the harrage and
sometimes when We got on the Germans
lines the Boche would just swarm over
the tanks. At Cantigny l was in bat
tie for seven hours wearing n gas mask
constantly. In that action ESQ Renault
tanks went out and only thirty-six re-
turned"
The released prisoner was Private
Bernard Lynch Of Company y. 1O2d
Infantry whose home is at 645 Forty
sixth street. BROOKLYN. He was taken
cartive in might patrol engagement ar
scissors on April 90, when tho Germans
fould they could carture 1888 Americans
forming two COMPANIES. by throwing
about $500 OF their own men into the
fight
From Darmstadt, he said, the men
were sent 10 Limhurg. where Lynch
worked fourteen hours dav. starting
at A. NJ. making gas masks Their
clothes were taken away. he said, being
replaced by paper garmsnts and wooden
| shoes, and they slept In unheated YER
mlnous barns. The food was awful
! and was on a par with tho treatment ac-
corded the prisoners At another camr
later. There, he said, the guards called
them "pgs" and IN treated them in
every way. but cordially shook their
hands and called them Comrades" the
| day tho armistice was signed
The troops returning included the
Fifth Battalion, Trench Artillery, and
| the 495th Aero Construction Squadron
| Among the officers was Lieut.. +. u
Tarbell OF New Haven, Conn who was
| decorated with the CroiK de Guerre, and
| who merely smiled when asked to talL
about the exploit that gained it fol
him.
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Duties of the Trustees.

"6. l further authorize my executors
and trustees out of the income OF each
share held in trust durlns the minority
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-03
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MAY BUILD DRYDOCKS.
Admiral Rousseau Investigating Tenta-
tive Location nj Chester.

Howard Coonley vic- president of the
Emergency Fleet Corporation said ycstcr-
day that Admiral II II Rousseau is
investigating the feasibility of locating a
craving dock at tho plant Of the sun Ship
building Co, at hester The corporation
had expressed desire 10 comply with the
Federal stipulation Whereby the Fleet
Corporation loans 70 per cent Of tho total
investment and its offer is under considcra-
tion.
Mr.. Coonley said New York and BOSTON
were meanwhile getting ahead of this
section In Boston. one of two drydock
proposals, each involving S5,0OO000, to
cover the cost of building two 10000, ton
floating docks, Is being heavily capitalized
by Philadelphia interests. These same
local capitalists. Mr. Coonlcy said. Suggest
to him, the possibility Of duplicating their
Boston enterprise. IN their home port
80 far Wilmington has made 10 move 70
get one of these clrydocka, as far as IS
known About - 600 900 Of local capital
is all, however. that would he necessary
TO assure the project for Wilmington