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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-24
PORT TREATY TO BE
READY WEDNESDAY
II Will Be Submitted to NetU
York Board Of Trade,

proposed New York and New Jersey
treaty" which contains the recommended
lions OF the members of the New York.
New Jersey Port and Harbor Develop
ment Commission for needed improve
ments In the port of New York, has Just
been put into type and will be submitted
for consideration. at a special meeting OF
the New York Board Of Trade and
Transportation which has been called for
wednesday next at 1875 p. NJ.
In the report to be discussed at the
meeting the commission, which is COM
posed Of three men from each of
the two States interested. suggests a
policy to be pursued to the end that
said port shall be efficiently and con-
structively organized and furnished with
modern methods of piers, rail and water
and freight facilities and adequately
protected In the event of war"
The commission when submitting its
accommodations. next Wednesday will
also hand in with the report an ex-
haustive brief by eminent counsel which
will explain the provisions of the project.
The matter Of the exact location Of the
boundary line between New York and
New Jersey will come under discussion.
Among the suggestions of the commits
sion for cooperation between the two
States In harbor Improvement 10 the
creation OF "the Port of New York Au-
thority," consisting Of six commissioners,
three from each State.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-24
BRADY SEES MENACE
IN LABOR'S UNREST
Tom Mooney, No Beer, Wages
Are Disturbing Elements.

The inslstent demand OF Socialists.
anarchists and l. w. w. followers for
tho freeing of Tom Mooney. and the at
titude OF labor toward prohibition as ex-
pressed in the mo Beer. No Work" reso-
lutions. signalize an anxious, alarming
situation that may be more disturbing
to the country than the war, said DR..
Cyrus Townsend Brady, the author, In
an address before the West Side Y. NJ.
C. A.. yesterday afternoon.
There is a state OF perpetual uneasi-
ness more 80 than in the war period"
he said. Were not quite sure what has
got to be done. and how we're going to
do It, The greatest question is the
proper distribution OF wages to the toll
ers. and nobody knows how much that
distribution is. But labor Is never going
to get 1t by the strike route. ! say am
against any move on the part OF labor to
strike simply because the prohibition
law has passed.
Another straw is the Mooney case.
That must make Theodore Roosevelt
turn over in his grave. 1t isn't tho set
ting free OF Mooney, or the prohibition
law that Is involved. What Is involved Is
the democratic method OF governing
this country. and this question has got
to be settled by the people Of the land
right away. Hatred between sections of
eociety must be abated, or the last state
Of this world In going to be worse than
the rrst.
THE seed OF the anarchy IL in Ger
many. We must pray for the moral
awakening OF that beaten power. She
must make r confession OF her guilt be
fore God and man. She has not done so.
One man tried TO. and he was shot"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-24

orowded-ths Algonquin--were telling
the Major there was nothing doing when
along came a well groomed gentleman
who proved to be II. r. Mccarthy, presi-
dent OF the International Grain Com
pany OF Minneapolis.
IF may suggest something" said
Mr.. Mccarthy, after unavoidebly over
hearing Major Carmichael's troubles, II
should like to tell you what I did last
night under circumstances much like
those which seem to be bothering you.
I went into the hotel next door, the
1roauois, and told young man. friend
of mine from the West who lives there
with his family, I'd give 800 to any
body who could get me q room. He
couldn't help me.
Crowded in Newark Too.
Just before came in here to the Al
gonquin for dinner 1 ran into him In
front Of the Harvard Club, and he re-
marked that looked as II had had a
good nights sleep. I did. After 1 left
him tried the Robert Treat in Newark.
but found It overloaded also. was told
at the Robert Treat Hotel that some
summer hotels at Long Branch had been
opened to accommodate the overflow from
Manhattan. but It was too late then to
get decent train to Long Branch.
II went back to the Pennsylvania sta
ton at Newark filled with bunch.
And I carried out my bunch. bought
berth on a night owl train to Phila-
delphia, slept peacefully all night on the
train, had my breakfast at the restau-
rant in the Broad street station, Phila-
delphia. this morning. and after a
stroll around the galleries of the Penn
sylvania Academy OF the Fine Arts. a
CntYnla ~ hIn~Ea uruV rot a fra In
and came back here. Come along. Ma
Tor, I'm going to take another ride to
Philadelphia on the sleeper tonight"
BED Risged Up I'm Hotel once.
But Just then. while Major Carmichael
was thinking the sleeping car PROPOSE
ton over, into the lobby came Proprie-
tor Frank Case of the Algonquin. He
had a better scheme. The once Of his
manager. Chauncey Depew Steele, he
said, on the second floor of the Alson-
quin, was spacious. In the basement
or on the roof. somewhere--were several
extra beds. with nxings. Why not, sus-
gested Mr.. Case. rig UP lovely brass
bed for the Major In the Algonquin
Hotel offices?
Which was done. And not only was
there q bed. but also large alarm
clock. set for some ungodly hour OF this
morning, 30 that It's booming would
start the Major OF for his Yaphank
train in time. And doubtless as these
linss are reaching the breakfast table
Major Hugh Carmichael, 10 speeding
eastward across Long Island toward
Yaphank, quite refreshed after a bli8ful
night Of sleep among telephones, add
Ing machines. typewriters and tho rest
OF the hotel once paraphernalia In the
businesslike quarters of Chauncey Depew
Steele.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-24
SAYS TAFT ENDANGERs q. S.
Henry A. Wise Wood Asks for Both
Sides OF League Question.

Henry A. Wise Wood entered the dis
cuesion of the League OF Nations yes
terday with a long telegram which he
sent to former President Taft In st.
Louis, charging Mr.. Taft with extolling
the Hypothetical Benefits" OF the league
instead OF its practical application and
thereby leading the nation into danger.
Theodore Roosevelt. he said, would have
opposed the plan to the last ditch. and
he demanded that Mr.. Taft in fairness
to the people set forth both sides Of the
problem.
The telegram took the form of a series
OF direct questions raising the point
whether the league would be desirable
in the future development OF the nation.
Mr.. Wood questioned the advisability OF
making the United States now the rich.
est nation in the world. only one member
OF an executive council OF nine Powers
and dwelt upon the additional disadvan-
tage OF the other eight nations being in
our debt.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-24
OLD 18TH HONORED
FOR WAR PROWESS
Ex-Gov. Whitman Praises Regi.
ment at Band Concert in
this Armory.

The man who presented to the "Old
Fifteenth''-New York will never get
into the habit OF calling It's only Ma
tional Guard negro regiment the sssth,
u. g. Ats FIRST oolors, former Gov.
Charles 8. Whitman, greeted and praised
officers and men for their great record
at a band concert IN their honor yester-
day at the Seventh Regiment Armory.
Lexington avenue and SIxty-sixth street.
IT must confess. and hope that Col.
Hayward will forgive me for saying that
the presentation OF the colors In front Of
the Union League Club nearly three
years ago did not seem to me a very i'm
posing ceremony" he said. I'VE didn't
expect then that you would go into the
firing line, up to the front and on to
glorious, complete and final victory. You
were volunteers. every one. who came to
offer your services In the first negro Ma
tional Guard regiment In the history of
the State.
"No soldiers have acted better. not
only at the front but on cupboard. in
camps or villages or in the big cities.
In all your dealings with other organiza-
lions. other nations and other races you
did nothing that reflected on your con-
duct, dignity or manhood"
Mr.. Whitman urged the soldiers to
Join the new Fifteenth OF the New York
State Guard. an organization which. ex-
cept for its Colonel, William Jay Schief-
felin. and its adjutant. Capt. L. V. Nee
han, Is made up Of negro officers and
men.
Nearly 1000 frieds OF the Fifteenth
gathered in the armory to do honor to
the regiment and TO listen to the negro
melodies and smart marching pieces OF
Lieut. Fred w. simpsons new Fifteenth
band. A large number OF officers of the
old Fifteenth, including Col. William
Hayward and Majors David Esperance.
Lorillard spencer. Arthur Little and
Holly Clark, were present. but most OF
the Fifteenth itself was at Camp Upton.
where IT is being demobilized. Enough
negro soldiers with gold chevrons were
present, however. to make the affair a
success.
The men also were praised by r, L.
Moran. President OF the Board OF Alder
men and acting Mayor during his
Honor's absence at Palm Beach
Charles W. Anderson and the Rev. DR..
Brooks, former chaplain OF the old Fiji
teenth and now OF the new organization.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-24
COAL TOWER BURNS;
LOSS NEAR 500, 900
High Wind Aids Flames at
Lehigh Companys Pocket.

Flames dsss~oyed thariIgh tower ot
the Scranton and Lehigh Coal Company
on Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn last
night, burned a coal pocket containing
5000 tons of coal. drove clouds OF smoke
and sparks many blocks and provided
a spectacle hundreds gathered to watch.
The damage may reach 100000.
The tower, 100 feet high. stands on
the edge of the canal. Coal is hoisted
into It from barges and then dropped
from buckets into the big pocket. George
Genther. night Waterman, turned in the
alarm.
The nre was eating its way through
the engine room near the top OF the
tower and the wind quickly drove it
skyward. Its glare was seen for miles,
Crowds hurried to the yard from all d.
rections.
Two more alarms were quickly turned
in and soon, in addition to Air the fire
apparatus available, the fireboats
William J. Gaynor and New Yorker ap-
peared
Several barges laden with coal were
moored at the company's docks. Sparks
fell upon them and they we're quickly
towed out of danger. In The companv's
stables were seventy-hve horses. They
were led to a place of safety.
Officials of the company were glad a
north wind was not blowing Such a
wind, they said, would have driven the
flames into contact with $4,000 tons of
steam coal in other pockets
The entire plant lies on the canal and
is bounded by Nevins. sackst and de-
graw streets. 1t FEEDS, a territory three
miles square and Is probably the largest
coal yard in Brooklyn. The company
has other yards, however, and its bust
mes will not be interrupted to any serious
extent
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-24
MILK QUERY SHOWS
CHEAP PRODUCTION
Cost in Last Two Months Is
S Cents a Quart Instead Of
Leagues 8 Cent Basis.

John T. Dooling. Assistant District
Attorney. conducting the John Doe milk
inquiry before Chief City Magistrate
McAdoo. says that the survey OF the
production and distribution Of milk up
to-date shows:
That the cost Of milk production in
December and January did not exceed
cents per quart At that time the Dairy
mems League claimed the producing
cost based upon the Warren formula
was about 9 cents.
That the economic law OF supply and
demand. II not arbitrarily interfered
with. makes for lower milk costs than
those at present prevailing.
That distributors (called as wit
nesses) have all prospered. have paid
large dividends on their capital. and
Rave left large profits in their teas
uries.
That the milk producer has been
shown TO have suffered from exactions
Of cattle feed dealers, who appear to
have strong and closely allied national
and state bodies. that they not only
have control OF prices. but are furnish
ing adulterated and inferior cattle
feeds.
That the State Department Of Ag-
rlCulture ana inc department OF farms
and Markets have received very gener-
GUS appropriations from the State, and
that these funds have not been expended
wisely and efficiently and for the best
interests Of the farmers and the con-
sumers. ....
That amendments to the Donnelly
antitrust law ana to the conspiracy net
OF the Penal Code have not been oper-
ated for the public good, but have given
immunity 10 a privileged class 1.-THE
farmers) which has II in It's power to
cut of absolutely the supply of milk tc
this and other cities.
THAT the Dairymens League now re-
veals itself as one OF the worst OF mo-
nopolies and, unless 1t is restored to its
original status and operates in a law
full manner, It will be a danger and a
menace to the consumers OF milk.
That there has been waste and inef.
flcioncy in the production and handling
Of milk. and that II this waste and In
efficiency were eliminated and modern
and economical methods followed. milk
could be sold in this city at prices con.
siderably lower than the prevailins
ones"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-24
WOULD CHECK IMMIGRATION.
Defence Society Urges Halt as
Part of Americanixatfon Policy.

The characterization OF our immi-
grants Is the biggest problem before the
country to-day. in the opinion OF the
committee on immigration OF the Amer
lean Defence Society, according to a re-
port made public by the committee yes
terday, The country needs the student
and the man OF learning" from all lands,
the committee believes. but among the
class OF unskilled labor we need but
few. and OF these less in proportion as
the peoples from which they come differ
from us in racial characteristics and In
their civilization"
1T would SEEM" concludes the report,
that in view OF the grossly excessive
numbers of immigrants already upon our
shores. We should close the doors until
1T Is evident that we have assimilated all
that We have accepted. and then that
the doors should be opened SO grad
uaIly that there would always be a mar
gin OF safety or capacity for further
assimilation beyond what was being
utilized"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-24
FIELD OF HONOR IN FRANCE.
Effort to Re Made to Acquire
BeIIeau Wood as U. q. Cemetery,

The American Field OF Honor Asso-
citation. a bill for the incorporation OF
which is being sponsored by Representa-
tive Simeon Fess OF Yellow Springs,
Ohio, Is seeking the cooperation OF the
Roosevelt Permanent Memorial Associa-
ton in the requirement of an American
national cemetery In France. The last
named organization has proposed Bel
leau Wood as a suitable location for the
final resting place OF those American
dead whose relatives prefer to let them
rest In France.
1t has been suggested by a number
OF the late Col. Roosevelt's friends that
since Lieut.. Quentin Roosevelt's grave
lies just outside Belleau Wood its
acquisition by purchase or otherwise
would make II n suitable memorial to
Col. Roosevelt. as well as to Lieut.. Quen-
tin and others who lost their lives on
the field Of honor. Among those sponsor
ing the idea are Lawrence r. ALNott,
Richard Washburn Child, Arthur F.
Cosby, John Mitchell and John C. Green.
way.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-24
CARNEGIE AID DENIED
BY LEAGUE OFFICER
Taft Received No Money
From Fund, Says Houston

William II. Taft's denial thai p VS.
receiving funds from the 'a'0's
Foundation to finance his tour .r 'H' "
terest OF the League 20 Entor"' i''
was seconded yesterday by Herh'T'
Houston, treasurer OF the organ7'' ''
who said:
Mr.. Taft has not only never rec'. "a
a dollar from the Carnegie Fo'N'a.
in any of the league campaigns h4.
has never received n dollar for ls
vices from the league. on the contra
he has been from the beginn"g a ''
slant and generous contribute 20
funds. in addition 10 his iura.HH''
contributions OF time and work
THE American people are 500
to believe that Woodrow Wilson N'..'. .
Howard Taft and Theodore Moose
are less jealous guardians of the
Doctrine, Washngton's t'arc"c. '.'''
and the Constitution than are
Borah. Senator Reed, Senator Pc I.'
and senator sherman, Surelg 'r '.'''
men that are stalking through me '
ate cannot Brighten the co.nT"
lievinE that Wilson and Tart and l'..'
Welt are wrong and that orr lo'.A
league would he throwing 80 '.'
our historic policies aud saer.. *
sovereignty"
The STRAW" Senators Mr.. i..
said. are Offering nothing IN the N.'
q perTnanent peace hut only '''. .
FOR an impossible isolation r "
that no longer exists" llr s'."
reason why the CdrucEtr foH"d'' '' ''.
not contributed to tho l.''- 10 f..
lyace was hrrNus, b r"r..'"
IN other ways,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-24
ASKS FOR FUNDS TO
WELCOME SUNSETS
Rocky Mountain Club Wires
States Of Needs of Men
Landing in East.
THREE HAVE RESPONDED
Legislatures Unwilling to
Greet Heroes Until They
Reach Western Homes.
speetal Despctch to THr sur.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. - Protest
against the failure Of Western and
middle Western States to provide ade-
quate entertainment for their return
ing soldiers was voiced at a meeting
of Washington newspaper correspond
ents from those States in the home
OF John Hays Hammond here this af-
ternoon.
Although the Governors OF the States
involved have designated the Rocky
Mountain Club as the official repre-
sentative Of their respective common
wealths in welcoming and providing for
the immediate needs Of their returning
soldiers, II was pointed out at to-day's
meeting that a number of the States
have failed to place any appropriations
for this purpose at the disposal of the
club. The club has insisted that any
money so appropriated shall be eS-
pended under the supervision in the case
of each State OF a personal representa-
tive Of the Governor thereof
Resolutions were adopted at the meet
Ing authorizing the secretary Of the
Rocky Mountain Club to telegraph in the
name of the meeting the sense of those
present that each State should make I'M
mediate provision for the care and enter
tainment in New York and other ports
Of debarkation Of its returning soldiers.
Information from several States indi-
Gated that while the Legislatures were
not unwilling % make appropriations for
the welcome home Of their soldiers
they have been insistent that such APP
preparations be expended and such well
comes arranged In Tho States themselves.
This attitude, It was declared. fails to
take into consideration the essential
need OF the returning men-friends and
accommodations when they enter a
strange port in their own country. When
the men return TO their own States, II ID
pointed out, whether the State does
something in the way OF q welcome
home or not will make little difference
as the friends and families Of the men
will be on hand to see that no doubt
lodges in their minds as to the Joy over
their return.
When they reach New York, however
to all practical intents and purposes
they are as far away from "the home
folks" as when they were in France and
the natural protection which home infiu-
ences assert against immoral tempta-
lions and loose living are utterly lack
ing. 1t Is to supply this protection that
the Rocky Mountain Club has volun-
teered its influence and tho efforts of its
members.
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nth OF NEW YORK
TO FORM SOCIETY
Fraternal Organization Will
Hold Fighters Of Argonne
Together.

Fighting side by side continuously
for five months and driving Germany's
fighting men out Of the Argonne and
across the Mouse, tends to make fond,
life long comrades, and now that the
war 10 over, 1t is going to be hard
to break these Friendships 1t Is this
severance of ties that leaders of the
Seventy-seventh, New York's Own"
division, propose to guard against
Officers of the Seventy-seventh beheld
the New York doushboy in action and
repose. and they liked his style; so
they decided to see that he was taken
care Of when he returned to home shores.
They have organized a Seventy -seventh
Division Association to perpetuate the
fraternalism Of the division, and to
provide employment and other benefits
for the men: to give necessary aid to
the dependents of it's soldiers who died
or were disabled during the war. and
to preserve the sentiments and compan-
ions1ips of New Yorks own"
One Of the first acts was to send
Major Spencer r. Weaver, chairman OF
tho executive committee, to New York
to prepare a reception when the divi-
sion comes back Major Weaver has
been busy in New York for several
days. and has seen to 1t that there will
be jobs for all but 5000 OF the $1,000
New Workers. In the Seventy seventh.
And 1t Is expected that by the time
the division arrives. the additional
5000 will be placed.
The Division Association has formu-
lated constitution which provides for
the establishment OF a club in the city,
for a divisional historian. for the mark
ing Of all graves of officers and SOL
dlers of the Seventy-seventh buried in
France, and for the promotion OF the
general welfare and interests OF its
members. Officers have been elected to
assist Major Weaver. They are. Major
Lewis Saunders, Major julius Adler,
Major James A. Roosevelt and Capt.
George C. McMurtry. comprising the
executive board. and Capt James o.
Williams. Capt. Weston Jenkins. Capt.
Henry n Reed. Major Fairman r.
Dick. Capt. James A. Demarest. Lieut..
Leonard G. McAneny. Capt. Alfred
Rocker. Lieut.. Walter z. Young. Capt.
Alfred Renshaw, Major James y. Grit
fin, Capt. Terry w. Allen and Capt
Francis NJ. Bangs on the board OF
governors.
All officers and soldiers who have
served overseas with the Seventy-sev-
enth automatically become members of
the association. Major Weaver has set
up temporary offices at 420 Park ave-
rue, but will open permanent headquar-
tiers before the return OF the command.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-24
POINDEXTER AGAIN
ATTACKS LEAGUE
Senator Has Debate With
Major G. H. Putnam in
East Orange, N. j.

Senator Miles Poindexter OF Washing
ton again attacked the plan for a
league Of nations yesterday afternoon
in a debate with Major George Haven
Putnam before the Peoples Forum In
East Orange. n. ]. Twelve hundred
persons heard the debate.
Mr.. Poindexter was particularly caus-
tic in his reference to President Wilson
as 'the champion of open diplomacy,
who now by secret diplomacy and the
aid Of military censorship prepares a
treaty which would shoulder upon the
United States greater responsibilities
than was ever attempted in the history
Of the world" The Senator said in
part:
Prominent citizens urge that we
should not differ with the President. II
Is three months since the fighting ceased
and Europe is still wrecked by war,
am not only for future universal. perpet-
ual peace. TO be derived by some I'M
known. we'll defined method. but am
for present peace, the bringing of the
present war to an end, and the bringing
home Of our soldiers.
Devote efforts at the peace table 10
fixing new boundaries and setting up a
new order instead OF allowing continu-
ance of Bolshevism that Is wrecking
the countries The Peace Conference
concentrated on a course for future
government, has neglected to dispose OF
business Immediately in hand for a
quarter OF a year. I am not in favor
OF involving ourselves in every other
war under the false claim that It would
bring peace.
The people should have a say as to
this programme of disarmament and not
submit II 10 an alien alliance. Under
Article Y we would find ourselves GO
ing into war for the defence OF every
other country in the league. II is not a
league for peace. It is a league for war
Instead OF continuing a road that
leads to controversy. let us 60 back and
avoid an entangling alliance with the
rest Of the world"
Major r1mam said Eat the fight OF
the league Is against militarlsm, and II
there Is to be peace there must be ar
organization for peace. a legitimate
conscientious understanding with other
nations.