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New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Missouri Conclave
Will Adjudge Reed
Special Meeting of Democratic
Leaders Called to Consider
Resignation Demand
Specidl Correspondence

ST. LOUIS. March 2d.-What APP
pears to be big majority in the fight
Of the Missouri legislators to drive
United States Senator James A. Reed
from his post in the upper house, took
definite form to-day when the ajority
legislative faction. headed by Repre-
sentative Frank Farris. of Rolla, Mo-
and Ben NJ. Neale, Democratic state
chairman. started circulating a petit
ton summoning special state com
mittee of Missouri legislators.
1t is proposed to let that body de-
eide the question Of calling d state
convention to demand Reeds resigna
ton and to "reorganize' the party
The minority faction is being asked by
Kansas City members to sign par
tal Endorsement Of Reeds stand.
Between these two factions is a
group of conservative Democrats who
believe denunciation of Reed has gone
far enough Representative Keith of
Iron County, who walked out of the
Democratic caucus which denounced
Reed, is preparing a statement dchn
ing his position.
Thirty-fivc of the fifty Democrats
who signed the original resolutions
dcnouncing Reed put their signatures
to Farris's paper. Those in charge Of
the special convention programme be-
lieve the entire matter will be placed
in the hands Of the Missouri voters.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
French Officer Confirms Tragic Fate
OF RomanOffs: Women Mistreated

SAN FRANCISCO, March 24.--Con-
firmation of the execution by Bolshe-
vk troops of the former Emperor of
Russia and his wife and daughters I'M
der particularly revolving conditions
was given here to-day by General Rob
ert c. Paris, one of the first French
officers to be assigned to the Czecho-
Slovak army in Russia. General Paris
is on his way home to make an off
cial report of the occurrence to the
French government
?. Nicholas and his family were shot
while in the basement of their house
at Ekaterinburg. Siberia. The women
of the once royal family were subject
ed to indignities and mistreatment in
the presence of the former Gar be-
fore the executions took place, General
Paris said.
The house is now the headquarters
Of General Gaida, Czecho -Siovak
commander. Describing the scene at
tending the execution OF the Romanoff
family, General Paris said:
early one morning the Czar was
taken from an upstairs room and stood
aga nst the wall in the basement OF
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Opposition Combination
To big Five Proposed
". A. Morgan, Buffalo Meat
Man, Says His Plan L. Only
Solution TO Monopolv

WASHINGTON, March PA second
combination Of packers not in the b g
Five, which would compete with them
and give the public the benefits Of
this competition in lower prices and
better service, is the only solution Of
the packing problem in the opinion OF
W. A. Morgan. of Buffalo, who has
been closely connected with the pack
ing industry for more than twenty
years.
Those who know Mr. Morgan declare
that his statement undoubtedly means
that such q combination is in process
of being formed
Government regulations Of the meat
packing business viii rot, in Nj
Morgan's opinion. remove the danger
of ultimate control Of food products
by the five great packers, as predicted
by Francis ]. Hcney in the recent con
gressiona Investigations. Neither. in
his opinion. will government control
restore anything like pre-war prices OF
freedom of distribution.
Mr.. Morgan for many years had
charge of the Pacific Coast business Of
one of the big packers.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
New Evidence of Life
On Mars Is Revealed
Professor Pickering Observes
Ice Fields and Seasonal
Changes on Planet
SDeciaf Cores p0udence


BOSTON, March "a - New indica-
tions as to the existence of intelligent
life on the planet Mars. the nearest
of the earth's neighbors in the planet
group, are provided in discoveries by
a group of noted astronomers just
made public by Professor William
Henry Pickering.. brother Of the late
Edward Pickering and formerly con-
nected with the Harvard Astronomical
Observatory He is now head OF an
observatory at Jamaica, Vest Indies.
Professor Pickerng's report reveals
low marshy areas. the presence of polar
ice that melts and mandates the south
ern portions OF the planet a d locality
characterized as presenting a brilliant
venetian red color-belieVed by many
persons to indicate the presence of
great masses of exotic flowers and
many indications of seasonal changes
such as occur on the earth and such as
would render possible and not improb-
able the sustenance Of human beings.
Canals on the planet to the number
of l31 are now positively Identified and
agreed upon as 70 their existence by
Professor Pickering and the group OF
savants Fourteen "lakes" are specifI-
cally enumerated as having been OBJ
served by two or more Of the group.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Tubes Are Suggested to.
Supply City With Milk
John L. Milholland Writes Let
ter 10 Magistrate NicAdoo
Offering His Idea

A suggestion that the city's milk
supply should be distributed through
pneumatic tubes, was made yesterday
in a letter from John z. Milholland,
head OF the International Pneumatic
Tube Company, to Chief Magistrate
McAdoo. before whom the John Doe
milk inquiry is now being held.
"Why not utilize the machinery of
distribution that is already available p
Mr.. Milholland asks in his letter. Miles
and miles of eight-inch pneumatic
tubes are lying idle throughout the
city with carriers ready for instant
use, each one of which will hold SIX
and three quarters quart bottles of
milk, or ten-pint bottles, and can be
dispatched every four to six seconds.
This all can be done III perfect safety.
"These tubes extend from the Bat
terry up the West Side to 125th Street,
crossing the town there and then COM
ing down the East Side to Forty second
Street and on down to the City Hall
again. There is no danger of breakage,
and mechanical mislap has been re-
duced to such a minimum, that accord
ing to the record of years, the system s
efficiency is more than 80 per cent.
There is nothing too delicate for the
tubes to carry. They can carry any
thing from the most delicate chronom-
eter that Tiffany turns out to the
most dangerous high explosive shell of
modern warfare.
Mr.. Milholland offered to lay his
plan before the board. submitting facts
and figures more fully than could be
done in a letter.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Lack of Clothing
In Europe Acute.
Saws Hoover Plea
Food Shortage Is Not Only
Menace to the Devastated
Sections: Z. S. Asked to
Aid the Red Cross Drive

WASHINGTON, March 24.-Lack of
clothing is fully as serious as the food
shortage in practically all of the lib
Grated countries, Herbert c. Hoover in
formed the American Red Cross head
quarters to-day in cablegram. In
some places the population is forced
to remain indoors because men. women
and children are without clothes. In
Serbia newborn babies are wrapped in
paper because cloth is not available.
The situation is so serious every
where that only America can save these
people, and it is for this reason that
the American Red Cross is this week
conducting nationwide collection of
used clothing, blankets and shoes for
unfortunate refugees.
Mr.. Hoover's cablegram said:
The clothing situation throughout
the liberated territory. especially
Poland. echc-Slovakia, Serbia, Mon
tenegro. Jugo-Slavia, Rumania and
former Turkey, is extremely distressing
and fully as seious as the lack of food.
There is particular need for shoes,
undercl clothirg, stockings and suits. ~
considerable proportion of the popula-
tion is unable to- leave their houses
because they have insufficient clothing.
'Ilness, sickness and death are di-
1ectly attributable to condition
which is unimaginable to any one who
has not seen it, For years these coun-
tries have been cut off from all raw
materials, and the average increase of
prices on the small quantities Of cloth
ing available is about 1000 per cent.
"Hospitals are without bandages and
ratients are often dressed in rags
Men, women and children insuffcientlY
clothed and barefooted in the coldest
weather are common sight in Ru-
mania.
81 cannot urge the American people
too strongly to give for the relief of
the liberated territories, whose people
have suffered from their devotion to
our cause far more than the American
people
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25

the house. There he was shot, after
which the Czarna was shot and then
her daughters and other members of
the household
"A few days following the murder
the bodies we're taken under cover OF
night by automobiles into nearby vll-
lagos, where they were cut into small
pieces and burned separately. The
charred remains were found by officers
of the forces opposed TO the Bolshe-
wiki. Pieces Of the burned clothing
also were found. Proof that the gar
ments were those of The Romanoffs
was given by the fact that diamonds,
which the Czarina and her daughters
were in their waists were picked up
"The. room in which the murder
was committed is now sealed. The
plaster on the walls shows where the
bullets penetrated Bloodstains have
been washed from the floor, but under
the flooring pools of blood were found.
Every one in Russia is now thor
oughly convinced tire entire Romanoff
household was wiped out by the Boil
shevik. The official reports sent to
France were conclusive"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Rye Man Is Missing

GREENWICH, Conn, March 24.-Po-
lice OF Westchester County and Con-
necticut and the missing persons bu-
reau Of the New York Police Depart
ment are puzzled over the strange dis
appearance of Edward Byrnes, Of Mil
ton Road Rye, n \. Long Island
shores and wooded sections in the
vicinity have been searched.
Byrnes was last seen on South Main
Street, Port Chester. Wednesday after
noon, when he came to that town with
two other men to purchase a bicycle
Later he was seen sitting in dazed
condition on the porch of a nearby
house. The police have been unable to
confirm any Of many tories, which
ranged from murder to drowning
Byrne has a wife and nine children.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Ettinger Holds Books
OF Board of Education
City Superintendent Denies Ae.
cess to David HirshGeld, Com.
missioner of Accounts

David Hrshfield, Commissioner Of
Accounts. was denied access to the
books of the Board of Education YES.
terday by DR.. William L. Ettinger. Su.
perintendent Of City Schools, and be
advised the board to find out who is
the boss of the educational system in
New York" He went to see the books
after receiving permission from Arthur
Somers. president of the board.
when we reached the Department
of Educati on" said Commissioner
Hirshfield, "Dr. Ettinger told us that
inasmuch as the matter was in the
court he would prefer to await the
decision from the bench. | then asked
DR.. Ettinger whether he disregarded
what appeared to be an order from the
Board of Education and a request of
the president of the board and he an
swered that in the circumstances. he
did. then asked DR.. Ettinger whether
that meant that he would deny me and
my men access TO the books and rec
ords for the purpose of making an in
vestigation, and ne replied that it did
The matter is no concern Of mine, how
ever. and it is up TO the Board Of
Education to find out who is the boss
of the educational system in New
York"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Wilson Allots Funds to
Carry War Risk Bureau
President Informs Glass He Has
Given Part Of His Emer-
gencv Account
9enCV Account

WASHINGTON. March "a. Finan-
cial stringency Of the War Risk In
surancc Bureau was relieved to-day by
a message from President Wilson to
Secretary Glass, saying the President
had made an allotment from his emer-
gency war fund to pay expenses of the
bureau until Congress makes an ap
preparation at the next session The
amount allotted was not specified.
Treasury officials have estimated q
little more than S3.000000 will be
needed to pay the bureaus expenses
until the end OF May. when Congress
may be called in special session.
This action OF the President means
that there s no immediate danger of
allotment and allowance. checks or re-
mittances for insurance or compensa-
tlon being held up by forced reduc.
tion OF clerical help within the bureau.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Memorial 10
Roosevelt To
Be ThreefoId
Continued from page |

the other hand to establish a Roosevelt
Society, which shall be an instrument
to develop and apply his policies and
ideals.
"The prof for Roosevelt Society
is the direct result of the popular de-
mand which the committee was bound
to honor, and in it's final action to
reflect. This demand was for a pcrma
nent, continuing and living memorial
to keep alive and inculcate the ideals
of the late President for the benefit
of future generations.'
Will Raise Needed Funds
Colonel Thompson VIII appoint an
executive committee soon which will
have charge Of carrying out the pro-
posed memorials. This committee, ac-
cordng to Colonel Thompson, will take
immediate steps TO form the Roosevelt
Memorial Association, which Will have
charge of raising funds By popular sub
scription.
Members of the committee explained
yesterday that no definite plans mad
been made as yet as to the nature Of
the incorporated society,", which is to
promote the former Presidents ideals
and policies "for the benefit of the
American people,
Members Of the committee regard
this as probably the most important
of the three memorials and will devote
cons iderable thought to its chara ctcr
before making any definite announce
ment concerning the form it viii take.
Outlines Family's Desires
Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosc-
welt outlined to the committee the do
sires of the former Presidents fam
liy concerning the proposed memorials.
"The family felt that they were
afraid Of the intangible, representing
to them the type of institutions where
foundations are created for purposes
which might be perverted into other
uses when the first directorate had
died. The foundation would still carry
with it fathers name, even though its
policies might not represent his IDEAL
and might give false impression Of
what he stood for he said.
Colonel Roosevelt said that suggcs-
tions which appealed to the family IN
cluded those for a monument at Wasf
ington. the Oyster Bay Park. which
probably Will contain an athletic field
bathing beach and forum for pub
lie discussion. and proposals for ma
tional institution for the preserving OF
wild life
Notables Speak at Meeting
Other speakers at the day meeting
included Elihu Root, viii H. Hays
Senator Kellogg, General Wood, Gov
ernor Goodrich. Walter Damrosch anC
Robert R. Motion. president Of Tuske-
gee Institute. Others who attended
the meeting and were present at the
dinner which was given by Colonc
Thompson included Charles L. Hughes
Governor Beeckman of Rhode Island
Hamlin Garland, John Mitchell ant
Charles Scrbner.
The twenty-five suggestions which
the committee considered before max
ing its final report were the pick o
several thousand which had come iron
all parts of the country since Colone
Roosevelt died.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Motors Kill 3 Children
Two Tragedies Occur i'll Brook
Iyn, Third i'm Long Island CITY

Two Brooklyn boys were killed yes
terday by automobiles. Louis Spal-
lande. four years old, OF 32O Bond
Street. was run down al Bond and
Union streets by truck owned and
operated by James McCrce, of 454 Fair
mont Avenue. Jersey City.
While playing in front of his home,
at 146 McKibbin Street, Joseph Ran
dazzo, four years old. was run over b.
an automobile driven by Morris Licb
man, of 916l 10th Street Richmond
Hill
Both drivers we're arrested
An eight year-old girl. crossing the
street in front OF an automobile il
Long Island City, was struck and 50
badly injured that she died short
time later She was Josephine Ninta
vino, and lived ct 25O Academy Street.
James McKenna. of 10 Court Street,
Cedarhurst, driver of the machine. was
arrested
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Hope That Wheat Products
Will Be Obtainable at
..Reasonable Prices Is
Held by Chairman Peek
Hoover Not Understood
Statement Given Out After
New York Conference
,Scou.sF Fear OF S3. Grain

WASHINGTON, March 24.-Cheaper
food in the near future was predicted
to-day by Chairman Peek. Of the De-
partment OF Commerce Industrial
Board, as a result Of a conference with
food administration officials III New
York
Mr.. Peek said there had been gen
eral misunderstanding OF recent
statement by Mr.. Hoover that wheat
might go to $3.50 bushel, and added
tnat the billion dollar grain appropria-
ton was made by Congress to enable
the public to get wheat products at
reas sonabie prices as we'll as to make
good the guarantee to the producer.
With wheat prices reasonable, Mr..
Peek said, reasonable prices of other
products could be expected, because
wheat was the barometer of the food
trade.
Get Views of Officials
Mr. Peek and William NJ. Ritter. q
member Of the board, returned from
New York this morning. where they
went to secure from officials of the
food administration and its grain cor
pOIdtioH StdtcIitSut vi tHcIl pVllNs
on food prices.
Mr.. Peek made this statement:
Food administration officials felt
that it was unfortunate that there
had been such general misunderstand-
ing of Mr.. Hoover's statement that
we might see wheat at $3.50 bushel.'
What Mr. Hoover said was, we
night see wheat at $3.50 bushel, as
it was in the spring Of 1917, if there
is a free market in wheat and uncon-
trolled prices. SO much for the 1918
crop. There can be no free market
Of 80 per cent of the worlds exports.
AS to the 1919 crop, it is of course too
early to come to any precise consul
sion
at is clear that, as Mr.. Hoover
says, there can be no free market
at present, in the first place, because
Of the unsettled conditions in busi-
ness, especially in shipping and
en-
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Glass Explains Law by
Which Williams Is Kept
Secretary of Treasury Answers
Demands of Representative
McFadden
Ncc York Tribune
IFashin 0ton Bureau

WASHlNGTON, March 24.-The legal
authority under which John SHELTON
Williams is kept in Office as Controller
OF the Currency was explained By Sec
retary OF the Treasury Glass in a let
ter to Representative Louis T. McFad-
den. Of Pennsylvania. made public here
to-day.
"Ihe simple facts are" says Mr..
Glass that the term of the Controller
OF the Currency having expired and a
contest over his confirmation for a sec
ond term having developed. the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury, in order that the
activities OF the Office might not be
suspended. designated Mr.. Williams to
continue to administer the Office of the
Controller Of the Currency at the sal
airy provided by law until the Senate
shall have acted upon your renomina-
tion by the President or until your sue
cessor shall have been apnointed and
confirmed
This action by the Secretary was
based on an act of Congress passed
March ,. s95
"turtho more. to be sure that | had
fun leg; sanction of my action. sub
mitted Judge W. W. Warwick. Con
troller OF the Treasury, who advised
nc that my designation of Mr.. Will
lams to administer the Office of the
Controller OF the Currency is in accord
with the law. and | am of the opinion
that you may permit him to continue
to exercise the duties of the Office and
that he will be entitled to receive the
salary thereof until the President
otherwise directs.
THE right of Mr.. Williams to act as
an cX-ot1icio member of the Federal
Reserve Board is sustained in an opin-
NJ .ot% I
counsel of the board, on February 3
1N1N''
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Commission L. S. S. Idaho
Largest Fighting Ship Anoai
Taken Over From Builders

PHILADELPHIA. March 2l.-Thc SUI
perdrcadnought Idaho. the largest fight
ing ship afoat, went into commission
as part of the United States navy at
Camden, n. j., to-day. Captain l.. Kaiser
representing Admiral c. +. Hughes,
commandant OF the 4th Naval District,
handed the receipt for the great ship
to X. A. Magoun, vice pre- sident of the
corporation that built the vessel The
ldaho's crew Of ,s07 stood at attention
during the transfer of the fighter from
the company to the navy.
Captain Carl r. NogeIsang read the
orders from Secretary of the Navy
Daniels appointing him to command
OF the drcadnourht.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Troop Ship, Enroute to
New York, Is in Distress
3l7th Tank Corps Company Is
Aboard Melrose. Reported
900 Miles OFF Bermuda

HALIFAX, n. s., March 24.-The
steamer Melrose, which left ST Nazaire
on March . for New York. sent out
ireless calls for help to-day, saying
tnat she was in distress. A message
picked up here said that the ship had
lost her rudder
The message gave the position Of
the Mclrose at latitude 33 80. longi-
tude 80: 80. If these figures are correct
they would indicate that the steamer
had drfted far to the southwark of
her course, as the position given is
about 900 miles almost due east of
Bermuda. The Melrosc registers 1891
tons.
WASHINGTON. March "a. tn,
steamer Melrose. reported in a Halifax
dispatch to be in distress about oOn
miles east of Bermuda sailed from
st. Nazaire, France, March 9, for New
port News.
War Department records show tn,
troops on board to consist of a de-
tachment of the 3l7th Tank Corps
Company, the number of men no.
given; ali ordnance detachment OF one
officer and twenty-one men. and two
casual officers. one Of the medica
corps and the other Of the air service
No information was available at the
department tonight as to the accident
which was reported to have befalloY
the vessel
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Daniels Starts for Paris

WASHINGTON, March 21.-sccrc-
tary Daniels, who arrived yesterday
at Brest, will go to Paris this evening.
According to present plans. the Sccrc-
tary and his party will visit Rome in
company with Italian admiralty off
cials before going to London.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Supreme Court Upholds
Eight-Hour Dav for Women

WASHINGTON, March 24.-CQnsti-
tionalty of the Arizona act of 1918,
limiting employment of women to eight
hours a day, was upheld to-day by the
Supreme Court is disposing of appeals
in which the set was attacked on the
ground that it Disseminated between
the employment of Mattresses in rail-
road restaurants and other restaur-
ants.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25

anteed prizes or at such other prices
and on such terms or conditions as
may be necessary to carry out tso
purposes of the act and to erab'o.
the people of the United States n
purchase wheat products at reason.
able cost.
81 believe. therefore, that there is
every reason to expect lower food
prices in The relatively near future
This view. believe, the men in. charre
of the affairs of the food administras
tion Will share
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
New York Adds $62, 900, 600
10 First Income Tax Return

WASHINGTON, March 24.~~ColIcc-
tions Of fjrst instaiImcnt payments OF
income and profits taxes were increas-
I'd TO 81 ,oGs 900 900 to day by belared re
ports of additional receipts In few
districts. OF the $4,000, 900 additional
TO that reported Saturday. $4,000 900
came from Ney York districts.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Reasonable Cost Guaranteed

Further. the phrasing of the grain
appropriation bin clearly indicates
was made by Congress not only to
make good the s226 guarantee to the
farmers, but to enable the government
to sell wheat and -four at the guar
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
To Scrap U. S. S. Massachusetts,

BOSTON, March 24.--The battleship
massachusetts ia being surveyed to de-
termine whcthar she will be scrapped,
Acting Secretary Of the Navy Roose-
yeit said in letter to Mayor Peters
to-day She was built in 1891 and is
in the Oregon's class.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Cross Refreshment Basket

Fitted svith ten faH crystal rstresh-
mrnf qiasses Basket Of sbotless
eokife or highly polished black en-
amcl qciekcr, rcmovable centre tray
of crcfomne- under glass, ics-fin be-
meath, diameter Is inches, complete
$500
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Cross "Ouernight" Bag

For z;om<a, "pietorio7 design. Jiack
Or eolorcd morocco leather. six lin
ing, f1so bofksfs in5idr. Sizcs ii
10 inches .....-. $500, $27.oO
Biaek grained patent ieafhey. Sizes
H. 10 'aeAeso..- S21.oO, $500
iH'f'als stamped svifhom ehayge.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-25
Desk Memorandum Pad

WiM calendar at TOP, shoz9in9 three
months at a time. Made Of glazed
ralfskin leather, in pastel shades.
border Of gold tooling, remooable
Ped. Size S1a.S inches .,.., $3.50