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New-York tribune., 1919-02-13
1918 U. S. Troops
Sent Home So Far;
Million DemobiliSed

W WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-From the
signing of the armistice to February 8
2S7 1882 American troops in France and
Great Britain had embarked for the
United States, while up to February 10
67,454 officers and 1,O69,116 men had
been demobilized in this country. Total
arrivals of overseas troops up to Feb
ruary were 2l5,749.
These figures were made public to-
day by Secretary Baker, together with
others relating to the number of sick
and wounded now in France and the
number returned home. Men in France
being treated for disease on February
numbered 62,561, and those suffering
from wounds were 24,484. The aggre-
gate of ,045 was 1858 less than in
the preceding week and 1O6,4O3 less
than the number in hospitals overseas
on November H.
Since the ending of hostilities 53O42
sick and wounded have arrived in this
country. bringing the total since the be-
ginning of the war to SO, 100. On Febru-
ary the occupied beds in hospitals in
the United States numbered 6O.777.
while there were 47,O48 vacant beds
available for returning cases.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-13
Filler, u. S.
Citizen, Sees Nafire
Land for First Time

Major John W. Huffer, one of the
casual officers aboard the Stockholm.
is an American citizen, speaks English
with a perfect American accent. fought
for the United States throughout the
war, and yet never laid eyes on Amer
lean soil until yesterday.
He was born and educated in Paris,
where his father, likewise an Ameri-
can citizen. is a banker. When the
war began in 1914 he joined the Amer
lean Red Cross Ambulance Service.
This was not exciting enough. how
ever, so he enlisted in the foreign
legion. When the United States en-
tered the war he was transferred TO
the American Aviation Corps. He is
officially credited with bringing down
four foe planes and has been awarded
the Medal Miitairc and Croix de
Gucrre with six palms. He has rela-
tlvcs IN New York.
In all, 4,121 troops returned vester-
day on the Stockholm and Regina.
most of those besides the two battal-
ions of the 369th Infantry being casual
companies comprising men from many
states.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-13
Best War Novels
Yet to Come, Says
John Calsworthv
British Novelist Here Asserts
Battle Experience Will
Dull Imagination of Most
of the Young Writers

The best books on the War are yet
to come. The soldiers themselves. re-
turning from the trenches, have yet to
give us of their best, but it may be
many years before their best is ready.
1t must set in the crucible of their
imagination until the first shock and
dross of the war is lost"
This is the hope and the foreboding
concerning the world of literature with
which John Galsworthy has come to
the United States for his second visit
HIS immediate purpose is to participate
IN the celebrations of the Tooth ami
versary of the birth of James Russell
Lowell. After that he hopes to travel
about for bit of vacation.
Mr.. Galsworthy does not ak easily
of himself or his work One might ac-
cuse him of typical English reticence" 3"
But he mas an easy courtesy which as
slsts and at the same time counteracts
the retcence. His careful. reserved
scholar than of the creator of those
stormy. passionate people who fill the
Galsworthy novels.
ASIDE from its value to the young
men who have been through the actual
experiences Of the trenches, and have
yet to give us their best impressions.
the war has not been a great source of
imaginative writing" he said yester-
day. He was seen in the lobby of the
Chatham Hotel.
For the young writer's themselves it
must have had a retarding influence, so
far as their work in other channels is
concerned" he added.
at has been a sort of final sensation,
and | don't think it can have been good
for imaginative writers to get their
final sensations so young. | think the
war will be found to have dulled ex-
pectation and appetite, to have a blunt
ing effect, to have taken the edge off
Everything will be little fiat.
"War engenders a sort of fatalism
People come out Of it feeling that they
have proved themselves people
go through life feeling that the mo-
ment for proving themselves is still
before them.
81 am afraid they will not be so eager
and curious about those little things
which are the stuff of the imaginative
writer's bread. | may be wrong.
hope So"
For the "war novel" with its young
soldier hero and its war bride heroine
Mr.. Galsworthy had only courte Gus,
puzzled smile.
81 didn't know it was recognized as
a type" he said. 81 never read any of
them"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-13
International Governing
Board Asked by Farmers

WASHINGTON, Feb. IA pro
gramme embodying inclusion in the
league of nations of a special body to
deal with international agricultural
questions was adopted to-day at the
closing session of the semi-annual con-
ference of the National Board of Farm
Organizations.
Questions which this body would con-
slider would include uniform crop re-
porting, equality of pay and other con-
ditions for the farmer as compared
with workers in other occupations, col
tions, preservation of natural re
sources and the right of nations to
withhold from export essential agri-
cultural supplies where the amount
held by a country is limited
New-York tribune., 1919-02-13
Tax on Soft Drinks
Is Asked by Travis

ALBANY, Feb 12.-While declaring
that he did not oppose the adoption of
an individual income tax, Controller
Eugene NJ. Travis day told the Joint
Legislative Committee on Taxation that
he believed it would be impracticable
for the state to adopt such tax at
this time.
AS q substitute for the excise tax,
the Controller suggested tax on
Notwithstanding liquors, which he pre-
dicted would produce at least $6,000,00O
annually.
Other recommendation for meeting
the expected deficit in the states reve-
nues included amendments to the cor
poration inheritance, investment, bank
ing, stock transfer and motor car tax
laws, which, with some other slight
additions, he believed would produce
sufficient revenue without resorting
further to any new sources of revenue
New-York tribune., 1919-02-13
Wade Fl. Cooper Declares
He Can Find Grounds for
Charges in Trial Report
Controller Opposes Grant
Bitter Struggle Predicted
When Committee Sends
Findings to the Senate
Netc York Tribpns
Wnstfn0tou Bnreru


WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-Haled be-
fore Controller of the Currency John
skelton Williams. charged with some
banking offence, Wade H. Cooper, pres
ident of a Washington savings bank,
was denied by the Controller per-
mission to see the stenographic tran
script of the proceedings.
This developed to-day during the
hearing of the Senate Banking and
Currency Committee on the nomina-
ton of Williams for another tive-year
term as Comptroller.
Mr.. Cooper protested that he could
substantate his charge against Mr..
Williams of having used the Office of
Controller TO oppress Cooper person
ally if he could obtain the stenographic
copy Of that testimony. Thereupon the
committee ordered the Controller to
give Mr.. Cooper access to this record,
so that he might make excerpts and
present these portions to the COM
mittee.
This was in executive session of the
committee, and at this point the COM
mittee adjourned and the doors were
opened. When the newspaper men en-
tered the room the quarrel over this
opening up of the record was still in
hot progress, despite the adjournment
Williams Objects to Copies
"But you are not to be permitted to
retain a copy of that hearing" Mr.
Williams shouted at the bank presi-
dent.
Ignoring both Cooper and Williams,
Acting Chairman Hitchcock told Mr..
Cooper calmly that he was to have ac-
cess to the record. and could copy such
parts as he desired for presentation
to the committee. after which the
record must be returned intact to the
Controllers office. Mr. Williams again
shouted out that Mr.. Cooper must not
be permitted to make any copy of the
record in Cooper's own case which
Cooper could retain.
The banker did not conclude his
testimony against Mr.. Williams to-
day. so the committee adjourned un-
til Saturday to give him a chance to
prepare the case.
Some of the Democratic Senators
went after Mr.. Cooper vigorously, it
was said afterward, while the Repub-
lcan members of the committee made
comments which forecast long flibus-
tering speeches when the nomination
gets into the Senate.
Weeks Would Abolish Office
Senator Weeks, of Massachusetts,,
author of the bill pending before the
Senate Banking and Currency Commit
tee to abolish the Office of Controller
Of the Treasury, testifying earlier in
the day, declared that the chief pur-
pose Of his proposal was to eliminate
needless duplication of work by the
Controllers Office and the Federal Re-
serve Board
"The bill to abolish the Controllers
Office Senator Weeks said, "really has
nothing to do with the present con-
sideration of Controller Williams's re-
appointment 1t is a bill that l have
Intended for some time to introduce
The reasons for it are, at least very
largely, that the work of the Control
ler's Office is duplicated by The Federal
Reserve Board, that in framing the
Federal Reserve act various powers
New-York tribune., 1919-02-13
Colonel HaylUard VAS
kiSsed-He Admits gt

COLONEL BILL" HAY
~ WARD WAS kissed by Cen
eral lie Bouc in full view of
French army division and the
colonel's own ebony heroes. Any
hopes that the cabled account Of
this ceremony was exaggerated
were dissipated yesterday. The
colonel admitted it. 1t was at
Ensisheim, he said
The French troops were saying
farewell to their comrades of many
a hard-fought battle. General LIE
Bouc paraded his division, deco
rated the New York State flag
with the Croix de Guerre and then
bore down, arms extended upon the
colonel. He planted a resounding
smack on each Of Hayward's blush
ing cheeks.
81 didn't glance toward my
men," said Hayward, "but from
their ranks | caught the half
audible exclamation:
"'Man! Oh, mani"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-13
Fiue Transports Are
Due From France TODAY

ME following transports,
bringing troops from France,
are due to reach port to-day:
Seattle-From Brest, 1861
men, consisting of Medical De-
tachment, 1st Battalion Head
quarters, Companies A, B and C
Of 163d Infantry, 116th Supply
Train, Companies A, B and C,
l16th Infantry; Battery c, 5Oth
Heavy Artillery, and Casual
Company 235. Should dock at
Hoboken about p. m.
Santa Theresa - From Bor-
deaux, 1,457 men; Bordeaux
Convalescent Detachments / to
T, inclusive, and II to IA, inclu-
sive; IT, Is and 65; Casual Com
pany 81 Should dock at Hobo
ken about $50 a. m.
Peerless-From Bordeaux, 157
men, Casual Company "a. Should
dock at Hoboken about 8 a. m.
Hickman-From Bordeaux, Al
men, detachment from Casual
Company 80.
Woonsocket-From Bordeaux,
2l men of Casual Company IT.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-13

night lie laughed an went on, but All
begins to git ready.
"They's a box of hand grenades there
and fu'st thing All takes 'em outen tho
box and lays 'em all in a row wherc d
they be right handy. There was abanJ
thirty grenades, All guess.
Hears Foe Cut Wires
"Somewhere's round two clock All
hears the Germans snippin' ouah wires
out in front and calls fo' Needham
Roberts. When he came All tol' him
pretty near all the Germans in the
world was creepn' ovah ouah way an
he'd bettah pass the word long 20 the
lootenant Roberts had jes' started off
when the snippin' and clippin' of the
wires sounds closer and An lets a
hand grenade fly. They's a yell from
lot of sho' surprised Dutchmen an
then they staht hrin'. All hollcrcd to
Needham to come back.
"Right often the reel he got shct
trough the arm an hip an All saw the
bes' thing he could do would be to lay
down in the trench and hand me up
them grenades.
"'Keep yo' nerve All tol' him, am
give ME them grcnades ies' as fast as
yo' can pass 'em up, cause Abs goln'
ter need 'em in pouahful hurry
Well, he KEEP handin' 'em to me and
All KEEP t'rowin' 'em and the Dutch
men KEEP squealin', but jes' the same
they KEEP comm on, too! When the
with nah rife. That was all right tin
All showed an American cartridge clip
in tit was a French gun-an' it
iammed, SOS it wasn't no mo- use
thataway.
Rifle and Knife Next
"Therc was nothin' to do but jump
into them Germans an club EN- Ah
guess All cracked fo' or five Of their
haids with the butt of nah gun when
it busted Then All took out nah
little OF French bolo knife and sailed
into 'em, rippin' away JUS as hard as
All could
"One of 'cm hollcred Rush him!
Rush him,' Jes' >hen All thought
Ah'd do a little rushin' mahself, so An
picked out an officer, lootenant, All
guess he was, and made tor HIM
swingin' nah bolo. All got him and
All got some mo-. They knocked me
round consd able and whanged me
ovah the haid, but All always managed
to git on nah feet ag'in. That fight
lasted abaht half an hour an All was
wounded in couple of places when
they got help out to me. That's abaht
all There wasn't so much to it,
Melted Thirty-six Germans
There was this much to it: That
when dawn broke they found Henry
Johnson had killed four Germans and
wounded thirty-two so severely they
were unable to follow their fleeing
comrades when the relief force came
up.
And there was this to it. in addi-
ton: That shortly afterward Sergeant
New-York tribune., 1919-02-13

idents of the negro colonies in Harlem
and San Juan Hill proceeded to make
definite their plans for welcoming the
returning soldiers. The Hayward unit
OF the War Camp Community Service
VIII give a reception and concert to
the regiment Sunday night next at its
old armory. James W. Gerard, former
Ambassador to Germany and Charles
W. Anderson. former Collector Of In
ternal Revenue for the Second New
York district, are on the programme to
speak.
Among the Lincoln's Birthday crowds
in the negro districts yesterday were
many soldiers of the old Fifteenth
who returned Sunday. Forty wounded
men of the regiment were entertained
by the Utopia Neighborhood Club in
Harlem. Windows throughout the dis
trlct were decorated with banners
reading "Wclcome, victorious Fif-
teenth"
Arrangements have not been COM
pleted for the proposed parade of the
regiment. A movement is said to be
on loot to demoblize the men imme-
dlately, but those in charge of the
welcoming arrangements hope to give
the regiment chance to show itself
as whole before it is disbanded.
The band of the new 18th Regiment
of the New York State Guard will
serenade the returned soldiers in the
'th Regiment Armory The date of
TINS event has not yet been deter
mined. Plans are being made for a
cance Saturday night and for ban
quet Tor colored officers at a later
date.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-13
500 Jobs Week for Troops

Five hundred jobs week for dis
charged soldiers are being found by
the American Soldiers and Sailors
Protective Association, 1140 Broadway
Lieutenant Harry E. Prettyman, the di-
rector, reported yesterday that the
association is receiving enough help
20 double its efficiency every week
He said that for the seven days ended
yesterday 531 jobs had been found. The
applicants bered 93O
I'VE are not only providing jobs, but
the discharged soldiers who are found
destitute are provided with food and
clothing" said Lieutenant Prettyman
"The clothing is being furnished by
the National League for Woman's
Service, 21 West Forty-sixth Street."
New-York tribune., 1919-02-13

were given to local reserve boards
which are a direct duplication of the
Controllers duties. When he made re-
cent provision FOR taking the state
banks into the Federal Reserve system
we provided that the examination of
these banks should be by the Federal
Reserve Board, SO we have in effect a
system under which part of the banks
ere examined by one authority and
part by another.
There are many other public rea-
sons for making this change, and there
are some personal reasons at this time
because. in my judgment, Controller
Williams has been directly effective in
preventing state banks from coming
into the Federal Reserve system They
would not have come in, in my opinion,
if it had not been for the recent pro-
vision in the law which provides for
their examination by the Federal Re-
serve boards.
"The main reason, though not the
only reason, why l oppose the con-
firmation of the Controller is because
| consider him temperamentally unfit
for that place"
New-York tribune., 1919-02-13
324 u. S. Casualties in
Russian Front; 1876 Dead
NetD York Tribune
WASHINGTON Bureau

Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON. Feb. 12.-American
casualties in Russia. up to February
8. totalled 324 deaths, wounded and
missing. according to d cable received
to-day by the War Department. Ten
of these were officers. The lis Of
casualties is divided as follows:
Killed in action. z officers, so men;
died of wounds. l officer, ii men; died
of disease. Sd men: died of accident.
men; severely wounded in action.
2 officers, 67 men: slightly wounded
in action, degree underte rmined. 9
officers. 90 men, missing in action.
81 men.
The War Department announced
these casualties are being published
Individually in the regular casualty
lists.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-13
Senate Committee Asks
Baker ReDOrt on Brest

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-The Senate
Military Committee today asked Sec
retary Baker for report on condition.
at the camp Of embarkation at Brest,
France.
This camp recently was severely crit
icised in the Senate, and complaints
as to conditions were referred to the
committee for inquiry.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-13
Organ Clears
Way for Return
OF Heroic 9th
Continued from page 1

pen of the commander in chief, the
letter forms a notable addition to the
divisions permanent records. which, as
a whole, form something of which
every New Yorker should be proud.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-13
Parade of 18th
As Whole Proposed

After the arrival yesterday of al
most the entire "FiShtine Fifteenth"
regiment, now the 369th Infantry, res
New-York tribune., 1919-02-13

Montfort lie Rotrou, where the 9th
Division has been in camp for some
time, is about seventy-fve miles east
of Brest, the port of debarkation.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-13

Our course has been
straight and we've stuck
straight to our course.
The war brought not the
slightest deviation from
our all-wool standard.
We ask no apology for
our clothes for men and
boys.
The man or boy who
seeks the best gets it.
Ample stocks.
Generous variety.
"Quality' without any
qualification.
Hats, shoes and furnish
ln1gs on a par with our
eioenlng.
Pedestrian" shoes. The
Ia! last that's first for comfort.
me shoe that 859o of men
can, and S h ould wear.
orthopedic surgeons say
@e1ssssvea Tyadenaork.
ROGERS PEET COMPANY
81 ist" Ia ~ Broadway
Ok -Four at 34th ST.
Re-, Convenient
a. Wawdy Corners" Fifth Ave.
ieh at 41st ST.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-13
Chinese and Persian
Rugs Reduced 25%

Such colorings and designs
are worth coming far to see,
and the original prices
amounted to Sl05, 512. They
are now s79,132. Tags show
plainly the amount OF re-
duction.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-13
The Second

took advantage of our large
selection of
New-York tribune., 1919-02-13
IndO-Chinese Rugs
Radically Reduced

Chinese effects, made cx-
pressly for us in India.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-13

the country. In like manner casual
ties were replaced so that the unit now
comprises about 200 New Workers and
800 from other parts.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-13

Hats, shoes and furnish
lngs on a par with our
clothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09
Time To Kick

T am usually not much of a kicker, said Will Ward, but 1 think when l let out my complaint any one with a heart will say that 1 have a just cause. My home is just across the street from the for the man who delivered The Age-Her aid truck to drive up under my window about the break of day and in a mega phone voice direct his new boy helper on what floors to leave papers. Now, 1 might have put up with being made to lose my beauty sleep, but when, for sev- eral days, they overlooked leaving me and George a copy, I felt that it was time for me to register a kick
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09
SEN ATOR UNDERWOOD
the Sheffield Standard.

From the sheffield Standard.
 It is well that the people of this sec tion understand that Senator oscar w. Underwood will be a candidate in the primaries next spring for the United States Senate.
 No state in the union has an abler and more efficient representative in the Senate than has Alabama in the person of the junior senator.
 The opposition to Senator Under- wood is not due to his failure to ini- tiate constructive legislation, or to sup port the war measure, for his services along both lines have been of the high est order
 The democratic party owes, in large measure, the success to Senator Under- woods leadership in the House, and to the progressive revenue measure known as the Underwood bill No other member of the party has made a rec ord equaling his for constructive lead ership.
 His brilliant leadership in the House did much to retain the party in control of both branches of Congress, and to win the presidency.
 In the Senate he immediately took front rank as leader, and his work in that body is of equally as high order as it was in the House. It is unnecessary to point out in de- tai his work for the south, and espe- cially for Alabama, for it is known to every citizen.
 The democrats of this section will give Senator Underwood solid support and in so doing they will be showing 1 appreciation of a statesman's efforts in behalf of his country 1 The Standard will support Under | wood, and We suggest that his friends ! in this section immediately perfect an l organization to see that every vote in 1 in the district is accounted for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-09
Herr Harden To Expose
 Wilhelm In Movies.

TT was reported sometime since that U Maximilian Harden, who is prob ably more widely quoted in American newspapers than any other German editor, had written a motion picture based on the former Kaiser. It IS entitled "Kaiser Wilhelms Reign and His End" It was stated that the film contains some sensational and realistic scenes known to few persons outside of court circles, but of course familiar to the author. A famous motion pic ture actor is to play the role of Will helm.
 A picture of this character might be styled by the critics, "both instruc- tive and entertaining" Harden has always been extraordinarily bold in assailing the former royal hotse and the militaristic government of Ger many, even when the Hohenzollerns were still in power and he put his liberty, if not his life, in jeopardy. Although his sincerity was questioned, his editorials were by long odds the raciest reading that came out of Ger many during the war.
 Being a man of talents and know ing his subject thoroughly, HerreH liar den should be able to write movie" that could be profitably shown in America. There is much that we would like to know about the inner workings of the imperial German court that has never been made pub lie. Dr. Davis, dentist to Wilhelm in the days before we entered the war, gave us some Illuminating glimpses of the Hohenzollerns, particularly Wilhelm, but being an American citi- zen and not enjoying the confidences of the war lords, Dr. Davis could not possibly have as much inside informa- tion on the subject as Herr Harden.
 We trust that the playwright has not overlooked the inviting opportun- ity to give comic touches to his play,
 cl1n bo "Clown Prince" in some of his hap piest moments and Karl Rosner, Will helms press agent, following on the heels of his master and describing such affecting episodes as the Kaiser picking violets in France. Two first class comedians should be entrusted with these roles.