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WEATHER FORECAST. IT SHINES FOPv ALL Rain to-da- y; fair and much colder; strong southwest winds. Highest temperature yesterday, 43; lowest, 30. Detailed other report ea editorial jc. VOL. LXXXVIL -- NO. 104. ERZBERGER NOW IS OPTIMISTIC ON GERMAN FUTURE Finance Minister Tells of Tax Reforms That Will Help Restoration. WORK NEARLY ENDED Chief Task Is to Create New Demand for Teuton Cash in Foreign Countries. t HUGE LEVIES ON WEALTH )ot Unpopular Official in Na- tion Goes on Bravely With Drastic Plans. tpteial Cable licwlch to Tn Ss. I rotyrlti.'tt,, 1319. all rxghit rtierrta. Bir.u.v, Dec. 12. An 'optimistic view- er the German financial problem is held by Mathlas Erzbcrger, the Finance Minister, who points out in an inter- view with tho correspondent of Tim So the need for consolidating foreign demands upon Germany and tor tho extension of long term credits. He said: \Onco our tax reforms are estab- lished other financial questions can bo more easily answered; naturally, there- fore, we are working with the greatest energy upon this problem. With the floating debt materially cut down by direct taxes Inflation wlU be appre- ciably reduced. \The exchange rate on marks places us in a grave situation, but this la not so much a financial as an industrial question. Germany had been so long Isolated and in such need of foodstuffs and raw materials that it is small nondr the lifting of the blockade re- sulted in heavy imports, which natu- rally led to a tumbling exchange rate. ncform Work Partly Finished. \The chief task now is to create a great demand for- - German money in furclgn countries and to receive credits with which to make Imports. Our tax teforms are making rapid progress, al- though our financial needs are very great. A satisfactory part of the reform work already has been finished. Under the two great tax laws now before the Na- tional Assembly, a tax on turnover and emergency tax, we a one time national shall have, with the tax adopted at Weimar, a new annual Income of 7,800,-000,0- marks; to this must be added 12.000.000.000 from the one time war bm nassod in July. These two ontf time taxes will help to cover the deficit of 19,000,000,000 marks In the current ' ear. \The Income, rental and interest tax now before the National Assembly Is expected to yield more than 10,000,000,-00- 0 marks. This wilt meet our chief needs and only a few billions more will Jo necessary, which can be raised by indirect taxation through the tariff. All ;old direct taxes will produce 16,000,-000,0- and Indirect taxes 11,000,000,-00.- \ The tax question and organization are fue principal domestic problems before 'he German .Government. Herr Erzber--e- r, who generally is considered the nost powerful man in the Cabinet, has ,.n dura the armistice the chief ad vocate of accepting peace on whatever terms so as to bring nacK relatively nor- mal times and give tho nation work. His tax reforms have made him gen- erally unpopular with the property own- ing classes because of his Insistence the burden of the restoration of the ihat order shall fall not on the but on the well to do and on prop- erty. He has been subjected to venom- ous attacks, more so than any other person In public life In Germany, but despite this the former Catholic school toucher not only holds his office but has dominated the situation ever since he first formed a \bloc\ with the Social- ists and forced through his no annexa- tion and no Indemnity resolutions In the Reichstag In the summer of 1917. Summary of Tax Flans. Following Is a, brief review of the ex- isting and projected tax laws of the Jovemment: A one time tax upon the Increase In property during the war, which Is ex- pected to yield 10.000,000,000 marks. A spcclaltax on war profits, which is calculated to raise 2,000,000,000 marks. A 10 per cent, population Income tax, It. 'hiding new provisions, to raise from fOOO.000,000 to 8,000,000,000 marks, it being impossible at this time to esti- mate what German incomes will yield when exchange has been stabilized. The tax begins with an Income of 2 000 maks, allowing certain exemptions 'or dependents, with a rate of 5 per T.t. On 3,000 marks the rate Is 7 cer cent., 5,000 marks about 9 per cent, '0.W0 marks over 12 per cent., 20,000 Aiarks nearly 18 per cent., 60,000 marks more than 26 per cent, and so on up 'intll an Income of 1,000,000 jnarks will 'Ay 55 per cent This Is the only one tr ihe new tax laws that hits heavily le workers, who now are paid from i.000 to 9,000 marks. The one time emergency property tax mpts 5,000 marks and Is payable In years. It begins with 10 per ' nt on all amounts up to 50.000 marks. owner of 100,000 marks must pay ' 400, 300,000 marks pays 90,000. on It will bo 25(1,000, the owner of 3,000.000 nvrks must pay nearly \.10.000 and the owner of 10,000,000 pure than half. Heavy Taxes on Companies. In addition to their working capital, rated at 80 per cent of Its face value nd paying 10 per cent tax, the com-Mnl- es are charged 10 per cent on all vrves, payable In war bonds. The turnover tax, originally Intended ' be about 5 per cent on all sales 'isle to consumers, now has been .. gcd and probably will be 1U or 2 t r 'nt. on eacn turnover irom tne Coil (In u erf on F(f Pag. Bourgeoisie's End on Earth Near, Say Soviets LONDON, Dec. 12. \The third year of tho Soviet Govern- ment begins under very good omens,\ says a Bolshevik com- munication received here from Moscow to-da- \This year will be tho last year of the bourgeoisie's rule on earth,\ the despatch adds. IRKUTSK, Dec. 10. An en- gineer named Tcherniakoff, just from Omsk, whore he spent n week, says tho Bolsheviki shot all captive officers of the Siberian army who refused to join the Red army, besides citizens who pro- tested against night raids and other Bolshevik excesses. Tho prices of commodities, tho en- gineer adds, increased from 100 to 200 per cent, immediately after Bolshovik occupation of Omsk. HEIRS REJECT ! WORK'S NAME ll'llSteeS ilcpoi't UUlke TlOPllfi Twins Failed to Obey Will. PREFER OWN SURNAME Family Agreement Saves Leg- acy Reported Technically Forfeited. \William H. Truesdale and Frank K. Sturgis, as trustees ot the estate of Frank Work, who left a net estate of more than $13,000,000, reported yester- day to the Surrogates' Court that Francis G. and Edmund M. Burke Roche, twin grandsons of Mr. Work, never have complied with his request that they change their lost name to Work, avoid visiting England and be- come naturalized citizens of the United States on reaching their majority. As a result of this violation of their grandfather's will, the report indicates, they technically forfeited their shares of tho estate, but under a family agreement the two boys will each re- ceive $2,716,917, and their sister, Cyn- thia Burden, wife of Arthur Scott Burden, will receive $2,682,202. Tills disposition of the estate was made public in 1912. Sir. Work divided tho residue of his estate into two parts and left these parts in trust to his two daughters, Lucy Work Hewitt, wife of Peter Cooper Hewitt and Mrs. Frances He executed several codicils to his will In which he left the amount of Incomo to be paid to his daughter, Mrs. Batonyi, to the dilat- ion of his trustees. Under the family agreement Mrs. Batonyi received Since then Peter Coorer He- witt has been divorced by his wife and has resigned as a trustee of the estate. A Mnch Chansred Will. Mr. Work died on March 16, 1911. Ho was 52 years old. His will was made public on April 30 following. The sons of Mrs. Burke Roche-Baton- yl have had since then to comply with the terms Im- posed by their eccentric grandfather, who accumulated his great wealth in Wall Street and lived for many years after his associates of tho Jay Gould era had died. The will had fifteen codicils, the last of which were added to the instrument from time to time as the marital condi- tion of Mr3. Burke Roche-Baton- changed. In the thirteenth codicil Mrs. Burke Roche was cut off absolutely, but In tho fourteenth, which was executed after she sued for a divorce from Aurel Batonyi, a Hungarian riding master, It vi as provided that the executors should make suitable provision for her if sho remained apart from Batonyi. The will Itself was executed in 1901 after Mrs. Burko Rcche bad separated from James Jeffrey Burke Roche. The original document gave her an Income of 170.000 a year, provided she had r.cthlng further to do with Burke Roche nnd did not visit England during his lifetime. Preferred Ovrn Names. Burks Roche aroused the anger of his father-in-la- by putting an advertise- ment In Paris newspapers to the effect that he would not be responsible for his wife's debts. Burke Roche brought tho twins to New York after the separation and left them at tho door of his father-in-law- 's home. When Frank Work died Edmund and Francis Burke Roche, who were not long out of Harvard University as graduates, were working Io downtown offices for In- significant salaries and living with their grandfather In his home in East Twenty-sixt- h street. At that time it was said that tftey were unwilling to comply with the pro- visions of thu will because a decision never to go to England, where they had scent much of their lives and had many ;r erer;pedUls: pf.W ney the vm.,l... . .i douDie surname u, - m ... tmVnnin rn tne less euDnonious name of their grandfather. Mrs. Burden, who inherited the right to preflx the English title Honorable to her name, renouncea n wire urn hcjju' ration of 'her parents and took out pa- - r ,A Csr.tnr Hfrthttx Sabotage A \\ \ as Weapons of Offence. Stockholm, Dec. 12. The Scandina- vian Extreme Socialists and Laborltes passed a resolution y In support promotion of o world revolution, af- firming solidarity congress with nvii Russia's fighting workmen and the trades unions activo revolutionary elements, flghting.arms of which should Include 'strikes, sabotago and obstruction. I The conference between the Baltic lv nnrt TtnlsltA - i cfi Dorpat has been adjourned until IOullva of the month. i YORK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, NEW PREMIERS SEE SOLIDARITY AS EUROPE'S NEED Clemenceau ami Lloyd George in Cordial Con- ferences.\ SITUATION SURVEYED Effect of U. S. Stand on the Treaty Gone. Over in Detail. AGREEMENT IS PROBABLE convinced rate 01 mu- - .\! 'Nations Depends on Anglo-Frene- li Unity. S'\:\\ ww' T\\'ahh t0 T SM \ iOTiw ffl.i swite. Copyright, 1319. all right! .rntned. London, Dec. 12. It Is understood that the conversations in London be- tween Premiers Lloyd George and Clemenceau have ranged over a largo number of subjects and have been marked by the utmost cordiality. The situation as a whole was surveyed from the point of view accepted by both Governments that the fate of Eu- rope probably depends upon Anglo-Frenc- h solidarity ?nd activo coopera tion, Among the problems demanding at- tention and solution, at least in princi- ple, are those relating economjc cooperation between England and France, peace with Turkey, including the future of Constantinople; an Adri- atic settlement, the Anglo-Frenc- h pol- icy with regard to Russia, and tho po- sition In the of the peace treaty by the United States has placed the European Allies. Tho attitude of Germany was naturally considered both in this connection and by itself. Though no formal statement of tho progress made or of tho decisions reached is likely to be published, for tho present, thero is reason to bclicvo that a largo measure of agreement al- ready exists and that tho course of the further conversations that will take place will be satisfactory. I CLEMENCEAU ASKS PEACE GUARANTEES In London to Get Protection From Germans, Press Says. Special Cable DcipatcA to Ths Sex. Copyright, 1919, all rightt rturced. r n.. .1 . T...V1I il v.-,.- -- r.. uu. tu- - siders the arrival of Premier Clemenceau to confer with the British Prime Mln- - ister and the departure of the American peace mission from Paris as not discon- nected. As the prospect of aid from America grows less the need support for France by Groat Britain gVows more urgent. Tills is true not only In the military and diplomatic spheres, but also in the financial and economic. The Manchester Guardian to-d- prints an article, burden of which Is that France has lost the military sup- port of America, .which will lay her frontiers open again to the German men- ace unless her original demands are granted for the permanent military oc- cupation of left bank of the Rhine that Is, sho demands the virtual ampu-taliu- n of an Immense slUe of German soil as a material guarantee that she formerly agreed to forego In considera- tion of the promise of political and military support by her two chief Allies. All sorts cf divergent reasons have been advanced for Premier Clemcnceau's mission, the chief being, according to , tl,c GuartUan., as follows (A). Liquidation or Miat remains over from tho peace treaty of measures to be taken to compel Germany to carry out the terms of the treaty. (B) . A French diplomatic advance to Great Britain to forego any new Im- perialistic policy. (C) . Consideration the economic position, between Great Britain and France and the fall in the rato of ex- change. (D) . The question of holding future meetings of the peace conference In Lon don. (E) . Discussion between Premier Cle- menceau, the British Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sclalola of Italy, who la In London, of the present state of affairs In Italy. (F) . The attitude of the Allies toward the Russian Soviet Government and also the Adriatic and Oriental problems. (G) . French exploitation of rich Tur- kish markets. That by a cynical turn of fortune s wheel at the moment of her greatest triumph and also for France of her rtppnest nnxietv America, as she thinks. - - - ..-- . washed her hands com pletely of European problems, leaving no representative In Paris to act even pro- visionally in her behalf, is regarded In France as deeply significant. The op- - portunlty was for a real pacification of ,0f the franc. Is doubt whether the unltrd aiates will ratlfv the tieace treaty with Oormanv mlthcit destructive reserva- - ... \ . . ,, - tlons r amenunienis. aim Krcaicr in the doubt Uiat America win consent to be a party to the tripartite alliance by France, Great Britain and the United States, guaranteeing France against an unprovoked attack by Germany. This agreement of alliance as it stands, says the Guardian, takes effect so far. as Great Britain concerned only when the United States becomes a party to a sim- ilar pact. If the United States refuses to sign the agreement that with Great Rritaln .also falls to the ground. Meanwhile, it France cannot nave a I nmmiAA nf Amartcan sunnort she is de i ... v ' - - - i cWtoued en Fifth Page. j SNUBBED AGAIN, SWANN ATTACKS ALMIRALL JURY Offer of Republican Aids for Inquiry Is Turned Down. TALK OP COMPROMISE But Investigators Still Want Governor to Name Attorney-Genera- l. SPYING J CHARGE DENIED District Attorney Says He's Willing to nave' All Records Mado Public. T,,C assl3tllnC0 of tW J' Republican members of District ney Swann's stnff, wns curtly rejected yesterday by Raymond F. Aimiraii, foreman, and his associates of the Ex traordinary Grand Jury ' which Ms In- vestigating the \overshadowing crime\ and matters connected with Mr. Kwnnn's office. Tho Grand Jury has also rejected the services of Mr. Swann and George Gordon Battle. Tho two men whoso help not desired aro Xellson Olcott and George N. Brothers, who have been Assistant District At- torneys continuously since their ap- pointment by Mr. Whitman when he was District Attorney. As matters now stand tho Grand Jury is going ahead In its inquiry into vari- ous matters frequently guessed at but little known entirely undismayed by lack ot legal talent to direct It. Its attitude Is that It will have the Attorney-G- eneral or no one. Governor Smith will not designate Attorney-Gener- on the ground that the Grand Jury has presented to him no evidence of any spe- cific crime. He may suggest the name of some other lawyer. Mr, Swann, It Is understood, is willing to appoint tills compromise candidate as the Grand July's aid. Judge Swann yesterday did not at- tempt to conceal his opinion of the re- jection of his offer of his two assistants as counsel. \The Grand Jury's attitudo indicates that they put personal antagonism above .the public interest\ he declared. 'Invites\ Publicity. At the same time Mr. Swann took up the challenge of tho Grand Jury con- - cernlng the minutes of the proceedings which have been going on behind closed doors for so long. On Thursday the Grand Jury attempted to prevent the District Attorney from securing copies of tho minutes concerning Assistant Dis- trict Attorney John T. Doollng's con- duct In connection with the prosecution of Gaston B. Means, who was charged j w Ith tho murder of Mrs. Maud A. R. King, but was acquitted. Yesterday a' spokesman ot the Grand Jury charged i that Mr. Swann did not dare permit to j be ma(1o publlc frosc parts of the mln- - I j ulea dealing with the testimony of Mayor Ilylan, Frank Hedley and a reprc-- 1 .!.. f William Hnti.lnlnl, lUir.l '\I?\\ Z YvTm 7 , Mr. Swann exclaimed when the iln immitn nl.H In lilm But want the and a in the appraisal Grand public. in aroears to Rockefeller and Grand -- i.i i i t iv en swpuwu wmi -- & of $5,000,000. of the If Justice find a the 1 1.000.000. dent action, it nu,\' -- \ Timber a nreccdent I hope ho will make one.\ Justice Weeks said no had been placed before him either by the Grand Jury or the Attorney. Denies Spying- Charge. Swann in a letter to the Grand Jury denied knowledge of any dic- tagraph having been placed In the Grand Jury room and offered, If the re- port Is to prosecute the person In this letter the offer of the ser- vices of Messrs. Olcott and Brothers Is made. Mr. Almlrall'a reply that \the Grand Jury's position Is fully explained In letter dated November 20, 1919, to his Excellency the Governor.\ This referred to tho appointment of the Attor- ney-General. Mr. Swann Insisted that the rights of c.tlzcns aro being Invaded becauso of the failure of the Grand to have kgal assistance. Gaston B. Means, carrying a bag and a portfolio filled with papers, was In the Grand Jury room yesterday and will again be heard when it reconvenes on Mnnilnv TTfl was railed on a. suhDcona ..-i- i. \Tin nonlfl nf Htatn of Now under did exceed of naturalization as a citiicn oi j . mitu in uih muiiuunu). United States I the absence cither In the present or In I While the oillclal Government barome- - ' the near future of any such result. ' In a .vheltcred corner registered 28 CY\M AinlNA VI AN ?fD? i France's Immediate cause for anxiety, below equally reliable lftpart the drop, which Is serious ords from 35 below at Montana T1TIT Wni?T D RFVCil ' enough in Itself, In the exchange value j Power Station to 60 below In exposed \ and of the by the recommending devolopment of I as I the to which of the tho of as is is the the Alexaiider F. Rclchman. Mr. Rolen-ma- n was attorney the Northern Trust Company, administrator of the estnto of Mrs. King's husband. COLD GRIPS WEST; I 50 BELOW IN BUTTE Oregon River Frozen for Third Time in History. Butte, Mon., Dec. The twenty-f- our hours been the coldest and brought more suffering In Butto than any smittP period since 1889, when ofll- -j , cIaI rcC0rds of weather were flrst tabu-- i sections, The previous low mark the mer cury' In Butte since 1889 was 35 below . 1011! .... j un juuuiitj- Portland, Ore., Dec Unusual weather has prevailed over the Pacific Northwest this week. tho third time In tho history of the white man In this section, according to records, the Wil- lamette River was frozen over The cold was Intense, the mercury drop- ping as low as 2 degrees above zero.. In eastern Washington and north Idaho the ranged from 13 blow to 32 below zero. Uklah, near Pendleton, James Oakley, \2 years of age, as found frozen to death in his cabin, where the thermometer was 32 below. lDlS'.\- --' t9t!- - 8UK Explains Why Ho Reduces His Valuation Hero by IS LIABLE FOR 1,01.5,000 Itemizes in tho City and Attorney Denies Politi- cal Motive. Figures relating to the personal property of John Rockefeller were made public to explain reasons for his application to have its valuation for municipal personal taxation reduced from $5,000,000 to something less than with a resulting loss to tho city of $78,000. It was explained at Mr. Rockefeller's ofllce that the reduction is sought be- cause of the new State Income tax law, which Imposes a tax on income lrom cash, securities and other prop- erty which thereby become exempt from the municipal personal property tax. Folltlcs had nothing to with tho application, It was said. Mr. Rockefeller's valuation of his personal proporty liable to the munic ipal tax is $1,945,000. His attorney, W. S. Mitchell, Issued a statement in which the following itemized statement of assets as of October 1 last: Tangible property, household furni- ture, &c, goods, wares and merchan- dise, horses and wagons, personal ef- fects. Including Jewelry, office furniture, &c, $1,000,000. receivable and open accounts not bearing Interest: Everett Timber, and Investment Co., $895,000. Bonds, exempted, bearing Inter- est, none. Cash, bank balances, about $50,000. Open accounts, current bills, none. Balances, subject to taxes, $2,000,000. Items relating to the In Mr. Rockefeller's homes follow: Contents of New York resldenco, $20,-00- 0. Contents of Kljkult, I'ocantlco, $348,- - \contents of Abeyton Lodge, Pocan-tlc- o, $7,819.40. Paintings. $80,000. Horses and carriages, $20,000. Now York offico equipment, $6,000. Total, $482,446.19. Home Show Depreciation. this entry: \ ' with tho and withdrawn.\ of Mr. The Insurance 's hmes showed depreciation SlnCO ,Vis Tho valuS of the I'ocantlco Hills estate, on this basis, aroppeu . \ while the Man- - 111\ whole not part \'V by The total reached made Jury minutes ils have r.k the Jurv Mr. .ii noxn on jve my wn appral8ai mln- - & t.U, Bills 7 utes Weeks can prcce-ia- s same for such he cannot and proposition District Mr. all true, re- sponsible. was Its Jury thu York against John T. Doollng andablo tho law not $3.- - nrs me ter other from ran T file, lor 12. last havo for OO 12. For temperature At I Assets D. yesterday $2,000,000 do he gave Bills not furnishings roil . .i tiro mav - i \ - - ... . II\?\'\' uiuyyv\ . 1.. ))--- \ nlthough ho paid. i.mtfnunl flomnanv was grien us $971,677. Thero was also nn Item In 1918 of \bonds unstamped under in- vestment tax, $1,260,750.\ and the bank balances were somewhat higher. $56,51 o. The statement Issued by Mr. Mltchejl on behalf of Mr. Rockefeller follows: \The application of Mr. Rockefeller to have his tax nssesment reduced was In no respect Influenced by political consid- erations or by any of tho acts of the present or past administrations of the of lorK. .. of that it is not tne s\ w . w . red perJiii p w - as they are subject to other forms of taxation, such as the Investment tax, the mortgage tax, &c. nenson for the ChnnRe. \Mr. Rockefeller's persona! property tax nssessmont covering property not other- wise taxed has been assessed by the City of New York at $5,000,000 for many vears. but in 1918 the assessment was nrhltrarllv increaseu iu n,v,.v.. ' uinri. the nlnount on which he was tax 000,000 and because ho was paying the prcicr taxes on his other property he protested against the increase, but made no lekal objection to Its remaining 'at $5,000,000, the former amount. \At tho last session of the Lcglsla- - ture the Income tax law was passed. which Imposes a tax upon tne income from cash securities and other prop- erty. Such Income tax Is In lieu of tho direct personal property tax on property which produces an Income and by the law such property thus paying an incomo tax Is exempted from the personal property assessment. \In view of this change In taxation legislation the amount of property ror morly subject to tho assessment has been greatly reduced and Mr. Rockefeller ac- cordingly filed his application to Have his assessment mado an amount more nearly representing that part of his property actually subject to this particu- lar assessment.\ Jacob A. Cantor, president of the Tax Board, added his denial to that from Mr. Rockefeller's office that the applica- tion was due to a determination by him to stand strictly on his rights In all deal- ings with the city administration be- cause of Mayor Hylan's hostility to him and to in which he has an in- terest. Mr. Cantor said the city will not lose through tho reduction because It will re- ceive Its proportionate share of the re- ceipts of the incomo tax. 9300,000 Fire In rhllndelphln. Philadelphia, Dec 12. Two firemen were injured and one was overcome by sinoka at a Arc in the cocoanut oil fac- tory of C F. Slmonln's Sons. The loss was $300,000. Suit p,Mins gn'J fu6'UMng \ca\\- - FUEL BANS LIFTED IN MANY PLACES; TRAINS TO BE RESTORED MONDAY; HINES TAX SHIFT, SAYS ROCKEFELLER $3,000,000. r?:Xallowcd' 'itgrthl'Tubllcatlon \?n ACTS IN EMMA GOLDMAN DECIDES TO GO Notorious Anarchist Ends Fight to Escape Deporta- tion to Russia. ACT AGAINST MARTENS Lush Committee Officials Aro Ordered to Start Contempt Proceedings. If prophecies made by officials of the Department of Justice como truo Em- ma Goldman will be on her way to Soviet Russia within nlno days. Harry Weinberger, her lawyer, notified tho Attorney-General- 's ofllce yesterday that his client had decided to abandon her fight against deportation. From her Ellis Island cell sho is- sued a lengthy statement to tho effect that sho has \no confidence in Ameri- can courts,\ and feels that \the pres- ent stato of hysteria\ would prevent tho rendering of a decision in her favor by any tribunal in tho land. She said that she did not want her friends to wasto their money in a futile fight in her behalf. Sho probably will leave this country on the same uoat wun Airauuuti Berkman, and that boat will, according to information received by her lawyer, be a transport bound for Kronstadt. From that port tho pair will be given a safe conduct to Petrograd, the city which she left thirty-fiv- e years ago. Marten Is Threatened. The Lusk Legislative Committee on Bolshevism Instructed Samuel A. Ber-ge- r, Deputy Attorney-Genera- l, and Archibald E. Stevenson, Its special coun- sel, y.esterday to bring contempt pro- ceedings agamst L. C. A. K. Martens, head of the Bolshevik bureau here : San-te- rl Nuorteva, his secretary and Dr. Michael Mlslig of 155 East Eightieth jtrect, former secretary of the Russian Socialist Federation, all of whom have ififused- - to answer petttnent questions of the committee. The proceduro will be through orders requiring the trio to appear before a Justice of the Supreme Court early next week and show cause why they shall not be punished. It will be In the power of the court to commit them to the county Jail. From testimony which N'uorteva gave before thj committee In City Hall yester- day It was learned that William C. Bul- litt, who was chief of the division of current Intelligence of the Amorlcan dele- gation at tho Peace Conference and who gavi testimony before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations regarding the private views of Secre- tary Lansing, was on the mailing list of the Bolshevik propaganda bureau here. N'uerteva testified that he made the acquaintance of Bullitt In March, 1919, In the State peoartment at Washing- ton. D C. \I put Mr. Bullitt on my ..a., tit 1 Kr,miimj.i sent him some per sonal Utters.\ Student Tells Facts. Tmwgh the i\timony of a nlnetee.i ear old Columbia studlent seized la the Communist raids last month thi comnltlee acquired ovldence that L. C. A. K. Martens had aided an emissary of he Communist party to get Into Russ'a recently, and a member of the Swedish Parliament namid Strom, who is acting as I'olrhevlk representative in Stock- holm, has also been In communication with tho Communist party here. They also learned that the witness has seen mass's of Communist literature, which had been printed In Mexico City, lylnj around the local headquarters of thi Left Wing\ Socialists. Tho witness war. John Chabro of 14 U Eastern Parkway Brooklyn. Ho said . . hrothcr. vthan Chabro, started Russia last summer as courier of Coramunst arty, but that he was , flrst t0 t furlhfr than Swe. den. When ho was stranded in btocK-hol- without funds he communlcatel with his brother, v,ho prevailed upon Mar'.ens to send a cablegram to Strom In the Communlrl'9 behalf. John Cha- bro tffLflcd that Martens also Informed him that he had sent \credentials\ tj bio brother, who later wrote that all of hlg difficulties hr.d been overcome and that the situation was \fine.\ 'YOUNG MAN GO WEST' PHRASE GAINS FORCE $24.50 Is Fair Price Set for Suit in Chicago. Chicago, Dec. 12. Twenty-fou- r dol- lars and a half Is a \fair price\ for a man's suit or overcoat, the Federal price regulating commission, working under direction of District Attorney Clyne, an- nounced A fair price for women's suits was fixed at $25, women's dresses, $15.25; men's shoes, $5.95, and women's shoes, $1.93. Officials of five of Chicago's big- gest retail stores prepared the price list, which follows: Men's iuIH Meu's overcoat Men's ihoe Men'i hosiery .55 .Men'n underwear t.3S Women's ults :s.oo Women's dreasei is. :s Women'i coats 18.90 Women's phoe. OS Women's hoflery .ii i'omn' underw is 1.15 Hoys' suits t S.!0 S.S0 Boys' overcoats Children's hosiery .10 Children's underwear .:j rMlilren'ii shoes j.n 'The first effect 'Of the fair price list will bo to bring about a drastic decrease In the price of suits, overcoats, hats, shoes and all other staple articles of clothing, the committee declared. Colorado liatlfle SntTrae. Dexvxr. Col., Dec. 12. Colorado 'to- day completed ratification of the woman suffrage amendment to the Federal Con- stitution, when the House of Represen- tatives unanimously passed tho Senate 3lutlon provldlnr for ratification. .i r..m J200.000 tolmii'ino li said, \and I remember city New movements bensatlonal GARFIELD'S PLACE West Virginia Mines Are Increasing Output CHARLESTON, W. Va Dec. 12. Production in the Kanawha and New River coal fields increased considerably to- day, according to operators, who predicted that the output would be near normal by next Monday. The percentage of mines work- ing in the Kanawha district jumped from less than 25 per cent Thursday to about ,70 per cent to-da- y, according to the Kanawha Coal Operators' As- sociation. Officials of the associa- tion said they expected the 200 or more operations in the field to be working by early next week. Seventy-fiv- e per cent, of the miners in the New River fields will return to work according to J(n Gatherun, sec- retary of District 29, United Mine Workers, and he said he ex- pected all of them to be at the mines Monday. LODGE FAVORS PLATFORM PLAN llelieves Better Ecsults Will Follow ' Discussion. HE CONFERS WTTK HAYS Says Experience Demonstrates Unsatisfactory Bcsults of Eleventh Hour Plan. .ociiI Vttpatch to Tbi So\. Washington, Dec. 12. Henry Cabot Lodge (Mass.), Republican leader in tho Senate, expressed to-d- his ap proval of the plan of the Republican National Committee whereby tho party platform and policies shall ba consid- ered during tho intervening months be tween now and the assembling of the convention in, Chicago rather than that the platform be left to tho eleventh hour formulation ot a group of hot, tired and busy delegates. While the plan lias not received full nnorobation. it is believed here that Senator Lodge's tempered Indorsement will go far toward subduing the unrest which the creation of the special com- - mitteo seemingly occasioned. The ex- perience of the Massachusetts Senator In platform making covers no fewer than seven 'national conventions, at two of which ho presided over tho platform committee as chairman and at two others in which he presided over tho deliberations of the convention itself. Senator Lodge held a long conference with Chairman Will II. Hays after which he gave out the following statement: \I was very much Interested in the plan of the national committee to have a committee appointed consisting of twclvo members of the national com-mltt- and forty or fifty outsiders who represent different Interests In the coun- try, such as the farmers, labor, business, Ac, to consider different questions to bo dealt with In the resolutions adopted at Chicago. I think that In this way a great deal better results will be ob- tained. It so happens that I have been a member of seven national conventions. I have presided over two of them and I have served four times on the committee on resolutions, twice as chairman of that committee. I therefore havo some Immediate and practical knowledge of the making of declaration of principles in a national convention. \The committee on resolutions usually sits two days and two nights continu- ously. They work under great pres- sure. They are .overwhelmed with all sorts of crude propositions hastily pre- pared and with constant pressure from local and special Interests here nnd there. The result Is npt to bo In many respects, apart from the very leading Is- sues, a series of more or less confused compromises. I think the question ot what Is to go Into a national platform ought to have longer and better con- sideration than this, and all those who represent serious Interests and who de- sire some declaration In the platform ought to have an opportunity to prepare It and bring It before the committee. Resolutions prepared In this way would represent care and thought and prepara- tion by the people who have given long and especial consideration to the ques- tions.\ SALAZAR FORMS NEW SPANISH MINISTRY Wins Support of Former Pre- miers for Coalition. Madrid. Dec. 12. Manuel Allende Sa- - lazar has formed a Cabinet to take the. piace of the Ministry nenued Dy 1'remier Toca. which resigned. The' new Cabinet will consist of the following: Minister of the Interior, Fernandez iTlda ; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mar-c,u- ls de Lema: Minister of Finance, Count de Bugallal: Minister of War,' Gen. Vlllalba; Minister of Marine, Ad- miral Flores: Minister of Instruction, Natallo RlVas: Minister of Justice. Senor Garnlca; Minister of Public Works, Amallo Olmeno. Senor Salazar conferred with former Premiers 'Maura, Dato, Romanones and 'Alhuecemas and Juan da la Clerva, former Minister of Finance, and declared that all had given promises of their support In the formation of a coalition Sllnlstry. Souvenir Matinee Liberty Theatre. HU.LIE DURKE In (tCnesar's Wife.\ The Best Artist Play la' New York. Adv. PRICE TWO CENTS. Ml Administration Hcal Gives Regional Directors Full Power. 0BDEKS SOON ISSUED. t . Pittsburg Is Followed by Atlanta in Lessening \Restrictions. PROTEST IsT 0PERAT0B8 Central Pennsylvanians Sny' Makeshift Truco Is Far From Settlement. Speci'il Dnpatch to Tits SM. Washington-- , Dec. 12, Various re- gional railroad directors of tho coun- try have it in their power to modify or lift tho stringent fuel conservation orders of tho Railroad Administration under instructions issued by Director-Gener- al Hlnes The instrueUon states that that fuel conservation is still necessary, but that the regional directors may use their discretion In lifting tho restraints on business as fast as conditions in their regions war- rant. Discretion also Is given regional di- rectors in tho restoration of passenger train service cut off, as conditions permit. General issues for lifting re- strictions will not bo Issued for the present at least. Immediate action on rescinding tho coal restrictions was taken In several sections of the country on receipt of tho order of Director-Gener- al Ilincs. In Philadelphia L. W. Baldwin, region- al director, announced that all restric- tions on heat, light and power In tho Allegheny district wero removed and that completo passenger service on tho Pennsylvania Railroad, Eastern lines, with tho exception of tho Broad- way Limited, the twenty hour train between New Tork and Chicago, would bo restored oiv Monday. IMttuburir Bon Off To-da- y. in rittsburg the committee of Administration announced that restrictions on the use of soft coal would be raised while tho regional coal committee in Atlanta, Ga., issued an order permitting tho freer use of coal In that section. Fuel saving restrictions were can- celled in Baltimore by C. W. Cal- loway, regional director, and it was announced thero that Maryland cities would return to normal conditions at once. In Boston C. N'. Snider, chair- man of tho Eastern regional coal com- mittee, modified orders restricting ths use of coal. The order permits stores to use light, heat and powet for eight hours a day, but there must be an actual reduction of 25 per cent, in the amount used. James J. Storrow, New England Fuel Administrator, estimates that normal conditions will not be restored In tho northeastern States until January 5. Regulations to save coal in Illinois wero cancelled and normal conditions nro expected there by the flrst of the week. Detroit expects a 60 por cent, resumption of Industrial operations by the flrst of the week. In St. Louis B. F. Bush, the region- al director, announced that train ser- vice would bo restored to normal at , midnight on Sunday. Mr. Bush ex- pressed tho opinion that the fuel situ- ation would bo normal in the St. Louis district by Monday. Statement by Director Uincs. Director-Gener- al Hlnes authorized ths following statement: The conservation order of Decem- ber 8, 1919. restricting the uso of heat, light and power generated or produced from bituminous coal or coke was issued to make uniform In all parts of tho country the re- strictions which had already been adopted In many parts of the country and to save coal and coke. Until ths , production of bituminous coal be- comes normal It Is vitally necessary that It ,be conserved In every way possible, nnd even after production leaches normal It will be necessary to continue to conserve coal becaus of the loss In production of between 30,000,000 and 33,000,000 tons during the coal strike. It Is Important, thorcfore. that the public exercls the greatest caution In the consump- tion of coal. It being tho desire to remove re- strictions Just as rapidly as possible, the conservation order of December 8 has been modified y to permit the resumption as conditions warrant of the supplying of light, heat and power restricted by this order. Coal Is now being moved and will con- tinue to be moved from the East t the West In as large quantities as the relative situation In tho two sections i permits. The first Increafe In production that hns resulted from the termina- tion of the strike of the coal miner has been In the East, where already the bulk of the production was being obtained. Conditions In the several regions differ, and accordingly the order of December 8 will be modi-fle- d on recommendation of th regional directors as their respective situations may permit. Regional directors have been in- structed y to restore all train service removed or curtailed becaut nf the strike situation as soon as ths general coal supply In their respec- tive regions Justifies In their Judg- ment doing so. rubje t to such excep-- e
