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WEATHER. rate tempera- Generally fair and mode! ture tonight and tomorrow Temperature for twenty-four hours Highest, 79, at ending at 2 p.m. toda 2 pm. today; lowest, 64, day. Full report on page 9. at 4 a.m. to- Entered as seco! Post office No. 27,880. ‘Washington, losing New York Stocks, Page 25. nd-class matter D. Cc. emit g Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1920-THIRTY PAGES. Member of The Associated All rights dispatehes the Associated Press Press is exclusively entitled to the use fer republication of all news dispat@@es credited to it or mot otherwise credited in this peper and also the local news published hereim. of publication of special herein are also reserved. Yesterday's Net Circulation, 87,117 TWO CENTS. SUFFRAGE PROCLAIMED BY COLBY, 50 = Year > Struggle Ends in Victory for Women NO CEREMONY IN FINAL ACTION Secretary Felicitates Leaders; Hails New Era. Ratification of the nineteenth tmendment to the Constitution of the United States, granting suffrage to “women, was proclaimed officially to- |° day by Secretary Colby of the State Department. The proclamation was signed by Becretary Colby at 8 o'clock this ymorning at his home, wnen the certi- ficate showing that the Tennessee legislature had ratified the amend- ment was received from Gov. Roberts of Tennessee. None of the leaders of the suffrage movement was present when the proclamation was signed. bringing to & conclusion the fifty-year struggle for woman suffrage in this country. This was a source of grave disap- Pointment to some of the women. Seeretary, Explains. Secretary Colby issued a statement yegarding his signing of the procla- mation later at the State Depart- ment.. In it he gave his reasons for making a ceremony of the event and opening the doors to the women. He said: \ ‘ ‘The certified record of the action of the legislature of the state of Ten- nessee on the suffrage amendment was reccived by mail this morning. Im- mediately on its receipt the record was brought to my house. This was in compliance with my directions and in accordance with numerous requests for the promptest action. “ “I thereupon signed the certificate required of the Secretary of State this morning at 8 o'clock in the presence of Mr. F. K. Nielsen, the solicitor of the State Department, and Mr. Charles L. Cooke, also of the State Depart- ment. The seal of the United States has been duly affixed to the certificate and the suffrage amendment is now the nineteenth amendment of the Constitution of the United States. ayActs in Simplest Way. “It was decided not to accompany this simple ministerial action on my part with any ceremony or setting. ‘This secondary aspect of the subject has, fegretfally, been the source. 6) consig ie contention as to who shall participate in it and who shall not uch as I am not interested in the ith of any of the fric- tiens or collisions which may have been developed in the long struggle for the ratification of the amendment, I have contented myself with the per- formance in the simplest manner of the duty devolved upon me under the Ww. ‘I congratulate the women of the country upon the successful culmina- tion of their efforts. which have been sustained in the face of many dis- couragements and which have now conducted them to the achievement of their’ great object. New Era in Pelitical Life. “The day marks the opening of a great and new era in the political life of the nation. I confidently be- lieve that every salutary, forward and upward force in our public life will receive fresh vigor and reinforcement from the enfranchisement of the ‘women of America. *To the leaders in this great move- ment I tender my sincere coagratu lations. To every one, from the Presi- dent, who uttered the call to duty whenever the cause seemed td falter, to the humblest worker in this great reform, the praise not only of this generation but of posterity will be freely given. Night Vigil by Women. Leaders of the branches of the suf- ge Party, the so-called conserva- ve branch and the militant branch, ited the State Department today. In fact, Miss Alice Paul of the national woman's party and other leaders of the militant branch had been on the watch practically all night for the ar- rival of the certificate from Tennes- see, and were early visitors at the department. They declared that they ad information the certificate had ar- rived from Tennessee. They preceded the Secretary to the department, ex- pecting to be present when Secretary Colby signed the prociamation. Then came the news that he had signed at his home. Much disappoint- ed, the women retired to their head- quarters frontng Lafayette Square. Arrivals From Tennessee. In the meantime Mrs. Carrie Chap- man Catt, president of the National American Woman Suffrage Associa- tion, accompanied by Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton of Ohio, vice chairman of the national republican campaign committee; Miss Charl Williams of Tennessee, vice chairman of the na- tional democratic committee, and Miss Marjorie Shuler, arrived in Washington from the recent battle- ground in Tennessee. Accompanied by Mrs. Helen Garde- ner, civil service commissioner and a vice president of the National Amer- ican Woman Suffrage Association, ney went to the State Department. They were told that Secretary Colby had prepared a statement in regard to the proclamation, and that he Was prepared to receive them and to read them the proclamation. They acquiesced in the plan and Were im: mediately ushered into the Secre- tary’s office. In the meantime word was again sent to Miss Paul at the headquar- ters of the national woman's party. There was a report that the Secre- tary was to pose with the women for a photograph, apparently ‘in the act of signing the proclamation. Invitation Is Accepted. At first it was reported that Miss Paul had said the women who had expected to be present at the cere- monies had scattered, and that. she herself was preparing to go to New York and the invitation could not be accepted. Finally, however, Miss Paul, accompanied by Mrs. Abby Scott Baker, political chairman; Mrs. Flor- ence Brower Beeckel, editor of the Suffragist, and others returned to the State Department. They arrived in the corridor out- side of the Secretary's office just_as Mrs. Catt's party was leaving. The national woman's party women drew to one side and no greeting was ex- changed between the groups. When Miss Paul learned again there was to be no photograph made and no ceremony she and her friends left the department. Women's Comments. Miss Paul expressed the opinion fr | WHO SIGNS HOME EARLY IN DAY’ PROCLAMATION ENFRANCHISES WOMEN OF U. S. ‘Bainbridge Colby, Secretary of State of the United States of Amer- ica. To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting: Know ye. that the Congress of the United States at the first ses- sion. Sixty-sixth Congr begun at Washington on the nineteenth day of May, in the year one thou- sand nine hundred and_ nineteen, passed a resolution as follows, to wit Joint resolution, proposing an amendment to the Constitutian. ex- tending, the. right of suffrage to women. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress a: sembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), that the. fol- lowing article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution, which,shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Con- stitution when ratified by the legis- Jatures of three-fourths of the sev- eral states. “ARTICLE —. “The right of citizens of. the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. t “Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.” And, further. that it appears from official. documents on file in the Department of State that the amendment to the Constitution of the United States proposed as aforesaid has been ratified by the legislatures of the states of Ari- zona, Arkansas, California, Colo- rado, Idaho, Iilinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massa- Minnesota, Missouri, . Nebraski Nevada, New Hampshire. Ne Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wis- consin and Wyoming. And, further, that the. states whose legislatures have so ratified the said proposed amendment con- stitute three-fourths of the whole number of states in the United States. Now, therefore, be it Known that I, Bainbridge Colby, Secretary of State of the United States, by virtue and in pursuance of section 205 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, do hereby certify that the amendment aforesaid has become valid td all intents and purposes as 2 part of the Constitution of the United States. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Department of State to-be affixed. Done at thé city of Washington, this 26th day df August, in the year of our Lordone thousand nine hun- dred and twenty. BAINBRIDGE COLBY. AMES WILSON, LONG IN CABINET, | IS DEAD IN IOWA Former Secretary Aided . Much in Agricultural De- velopment of U. S. JAMES WILSON,” ' TRAER, Iowa, August 26.—James! Wilson, former Secretary of Agricul- | ture, died at his home here today. Mr. Wilson was head of the De- partment of Agriculture for fifteen years, during which he contributed largely to the. phenomenal agricul- tural evelopment of the United States. His long service in the cab- inet constituted a record: Albert Gal- latin, once Secretary of the Treas- ury, had previously .held the record with service of nearly thirteen years. Mr, Wilson's service, however, was notable for the constructive work which it included, rather than for the remarkably long time which he held | the portfolio, with complete accepta- bflity under three Presidents of diverse temperaments — McKinley, Roosevelt and Taft: j £ Mr. Wilson was an Iowa farmer. { { | | i | [Brownlow in a letter from the Presi- | dent received at the District building this afternoon. The President's let- ter follows “Of course, I accept your resigna-} \tore he leaves, the estimates for those | | consideration. LOUIS BROWNLOW'S RESIGNATION GIVEN. EXEGUTIVE ASSENT Col. Easby-Smith Mentioned | to Succeed as D. C. Commissioner. President Wilson has accepted the resignation of Louis Brownlow from the board of District Commissioners, | to take effect September 15. | Word of the acceptance reached Mr. | tion to take effect on the 15th, be-} cause it is so evidently your desire | that I should do so. I hope that you) will find your new duties as stimu- lating and well worth while as you expect them to be.” ‘Task for New Man. Whoever is selected by President Wilson to succeed Commissioner Brownlow will step into office just in time to meet one of the biggest tasks that come before the city heads dur- ing the year—preparation of the e: timates to Congress on which the} next District appropriation bill will be based. H Mr. Brownlow has asked the Presi- dent to relieve him from duty on September 15, which is about the date when the Commisisoners usually be- gin work on their estimates. The job must be completed and the results handed to the Secretary of the Treas- ury by October 15. If the President acts in time to per- mit Mr. Brownlow to leave September 15, his Successor probably will have to rely largely on the advice and judg- ment of Col. Charles W. Kutz, the re= maining member of the board. Mr. Brownlow May Help. It is possible that Commissioner Brownlow may help to prepare, be- | branches of the government which | have been under his supervision. | Although the head of each depart-j ment prepares in detail a list of the; items to be asked for, together with | the amounts allowed last year, the | Commissioners must go over these figures and approve them before they go to the Treasury Department. Although rumors continued to spread today that various individuals had been decided on by the President, no ‘announcement was made at the) White House. One official expressed it as his belief that the President has not yet taken up the question for Col. Easby-Smith Discusspd. Col. James S. Easby-Smith, promi- nent Washington attorney, who was right-hand man to Gen. Crowder in administration of the selective draft, was mentioned today as a strong pos- sibility for one of the commissioner- ships. Men of influence, who claim to have the confidence of the White House, predicted tha:-Col. Easby-Smith will be nominated and that he will eecept the position. They said ‘that some time ago overtures were made to him by the White House, bot that his war work at that time was of such im- portance that Col. Easby-Smith felt he could not relinquish it. He is one of the best. known at- torneys in Washington and has al- ways been active in civic affairs, His appointment would meet with general approval, as was indicated in confer- ences of leading business and pro-| fessional men when it was rumored that his appointment seemed assured if he cared to, accept the post. Col. Easby-Smith served with the! Department of Justice for more than | eleven. years. He went in as,an ex- aminer July 1, 1893, and resigned inj August, 1904. "He was appointed par- don attorney in 1899 and served in that capacity for five years. Others Mentioned. Among ‘other names added to the list of candidates today was that of William D. Barry, a retired business man and vice president of the United States Savings Bank. Mr. Barry is being put forward by friends. Although William McK. Clayton of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations wrote to the White House several months ago, stating that he was not a candidate for the office left vacant by Commissioner Gardiner, his name has been sent to the White House by the! Brookland Citizens’ Association. Robert N. Harper, president of the District National Bank and head of the | Chamber of Commerce, said today that ! while he did not like to be put in the position of declining a position which has not been offered him, his business activities would not permit him to. ac- cept an appointment. There is still much speculation as to whether the President will fill one or/ both of the vacancies at this time. PLENTY OF MILK FOR D. C. No Danger of Winter Shortage, Health Officer’s Belief. There is no danger of a milk short- age in Washington this winter, in the opinion of Health Officer Fowler. Dr. Fowler pointed out today that there are approximately 200 more paras licensed to ship milk into the is vrict now than there were a year These additional farms have j 1 thousand cattle to the num- ing the city. H In addition to this increase in the| number of licensed dairy farms, the | city’s population is less than it was a/ year ago, he said. Dr. Fowler has not yet learned; whether the producers and distribu- tors intend to grant his request for postponement of the winter increase in the price of milk until October, The increase usually takes effect Septem- ber 1. FAIL TO SEE PREMIER. German Ministers Recross Frontier. Went to See Lloyd George. LUCERNE, August 26.—Konstantine Ferhenbach, German chancellor, and Dr. Walter von Simons, minister of foreign affairs, have recrossed the German frontier, having failed to ob- tain an interview here with Premier i | | Born August 16, 1835,"he was the} son of a Scotchman, who left Ay shire, Scotland. in 1852, to settle his family in the United States. Near the present town of Traer, Iowa, the fam- | ily founded the new home, and in th neighborhood the son James began farming on his own account as early as 1861, and at the same time began his political career with election to| the Iowa state legislature. In 1872 he| was sent to Congress and served in all three terms. He was regent of the Iowa State University from 1870 to 1874, and for six years prior to be- coming Secretary of Agriculture he was director of the state experiment station and professor of agriculture at the lowa State Agricultural College. His application of science to agri- cultural practice brought him to such national prominence that President ‘Continued on See & Column oa! ((Pentinued on Fase 2. Column 2d " Lloyd George of Great Britain, ac- cording to reports. Sir Hamar Gree: wood, chief secretary for Ireland, is expected here tomotrow to discuss the 1 situation with the British pre- | mier, | ————__—_—_- AIRMEN ON RETURN TRIP. Start for U. S. Is Made From Nome by Army Planes. NOME, Alaska, August Three of the four planes in the United States Army's Alaska serial expedition took the air on the return flight to Mineola, N. Y., at 3:30 this afternoon. The first leg of their trip will take them to Ruby, 300 miles east. Capt. St. Clair Street, commander of the expedition, i} | GAS COMPANY ASKS WOODBURY TOGET DECISION OF LABOR CONTINUED RATEOF} ROOSEVELT'S POST $1.29 A THOUSAND Attorney Says Increase Is Needed to Insure 6 Per ~ Cent Return. Continuation of the present rate of $1.25 per thousand cubic feet for gas if Washington, which expires at the end of this month, was requested by the Washington Gas Light Company today through Attorney B. S. Minor, at a public hearing in the District building, spss eh In presefting the case, Mr. Minor President Picks New Hamp- shire Man as Assistant Secretary of Navy. pointed out that if a 6 per cent return on the investment of the company was to be allowed, an inérease-in Tate 0.14 $1.32 should be made, starting on Sep- jj tember 1, and that if the’ commission deemed a return of 7 per cent fair,- jot $1.35 the rate should be raised to $1.35. More Than $4,000,000 Needed. During the past three -months the company’s return has been $1,050,000, he declared. More than $4,000,000 is | needed for the balance of the year to |bring the amount of return to the 6 per cent figure of $5,929,000, he. said. More than five million dollars would be needed for a.7 per cent return, it was said. During the concluding stages of his argument Mr- Mihor declared that the company was of the opinion that at the rather low and that a 7 per cent re- turn seemed reasonable. But, he pointed out, continuation of even the present rate would not make the re- turn of the company reach the 6 per cent figure. He also asked that the commission set a definite and permanent figure for the rate of return, instead of announcing at what rate rulings were based each individual time they were issued. He declared that this would facilitate the company in preparing its figures for “presentation to the commission, and that’ it would let the company know “where it stood” in the matter. Urges 7 Per.Cent Return. . After mentioning-the necessity for an adequate rate of-return, he an- noufcéd that to place securities. on the market successfully a rate of return must ‘be ‘fixed’'which was as good as any-other proposition on the market. To, do this,he said,.a 7 per cent rate of return would‘ be looked upon-as fair by the company. William McK. Clayton, representing | the Federation of Citizens’ Associa- tions, asked whether. the, company had any stocks.or bonds to float. Mr. Minor replied: “No,* and’ we could not if we- did. 4 President Howard S.Reeside of the company interrupted with the state- ment that the company “will have to sell securities in’ the’next'six months.” “Got to get ‘some money~to keep running,” added Mr. Minor. Estimates on the additiona} cost of manufacturing gas were-pregented in tabulated..form, prepared’ By “Robert Luqueer. It was pointed yayt that the increased cost of. coal sisee June had amounted to $110,000 .afone. Could Abrogate Contracts. Mr. Minor ‘declared that’ the _con- tracts for coal which thé'corhpany held at the- present time could, vir- tually be ‘abrogated at any ,time, on account of ‘the ' incorporation» of clauses which declare that *the con- tract will be fulfilled: dependent upon the dealer obtaining the coal. The estimates on the increases’ on all lines were declared: to have been prepared as conservatively. “as. nos- sible, and the presence of any error in the preparation would fall. to: “the benefit of the public, it-was stated: In concluding his opening argument, Mr. Minor said: “We will go deeper in the hole on account of the increased cost. of coal. Where we had 5,000 tons shipped to us this year, last year we had 15,000 tons. “Conditions make it absolutely nec- essary to continue the present rate and figures show that to make the 7 per cent return.on our capital. a rate for the following nine months must be allowed. “It will be at least necessary to sell for the nine. months following at $1.32 to secure enough to pay only 6 per cent on our investment.” Proposes Ten-Year Survey. Mr, Clayton presented two general principles for the consideration of the commission. The first was that before |deciding on the proposition of an in- | Japanese soci | erease or continuation in rate, the com- mission should take into consideration the returns made, not in the past year or in any one year, but on the average for a number of ‘ears past. A surv of ten years was ».vposed, before dec ing on the rate. ‘The, second proposition was that it | should be shown that rates in this city should be comparable with those for the same public utility in.other com- parable cities. He declared that the company in this city should serve the public with prof both: to iteelf'amd to fos sCoatiaued on Page 2, Columnoa _. GORDON WOODBURY. Gordon Woodbury, formerly a mem- of the Navy to succeed Franklin D. Roosevelt. Mr. Woodbury’s appointment by President Wilson was announced to- day by Secretary Daniels. The new assistant secretary represented New Hampshire on the resolutions com- mittee at the San Francisco conven- tion and has taken a prominent part inthe political life of his state for many years. He was a member of the ‘New Hampshire constitutional con- vention in 1900, and was a candidate for Congress in 1916. Secretary Daniels said Mr. Wood- bury had “always taken a deep in- terest in the Navy and the question of naval enlargement.” Recalling that Mr... Woodbury's great-uncle, Levi Woodbury, was.Secretary of the Navy during Jackson's administration, Mr. Daniels said: “With naval tradition, love of the Navy and knowledge of its history and pride in its achievements, the new assistant secretary will enter upon his duties with the spirit that insures a successful administration.” Tribute’ ‘to the service of Mr. Woodbury’s predecessor, Franklin D. Roosevelt, who resigned on’ August’ 7 to accept the democratic vice presi- dential nomination, was paid by the Secretary, who declared Mr. Roosevelt was an “able and capable assistant secretary as well as resourceful.and vigorous. Today’s New ' in Paragraphs President accepts Commissioner Brown- low’s resignation. : Page 1 Poles take fortress after a fierce strug- gle. Page 1 Reds have withdrawn their demand that Poles arm 200,000 militia. Page 1 Gov. Cox writes’speech on train to sup- port charges. Page 2 European views on league issue given to Harding. Page Dr. Simon meets school officials at meet- ing today. Page 2 ‘Clayton indorsed for D. Commis- sioner. Page 3 D. C. guardsmen given hard work on scouting duty at Camp Lee, Va. Page 3 Crowd attending Rockville fair today largest ever,on grounds. Page 5 Howard Figg-and Miss Edith Strauss, both in Department of Justice, to wed. Page 10 Cox may submit state quotas to prove charges. Page 10 Industry steadier, survey shows. Page 16 Reds reported tired of war after Polish drive. Page 12 s slug taxi driver and steal his ma- chine. Page 16 plans to interview U. S. congressmen on California situation. Page 18 Speakers in favor of reclassification to stress system’s “six points’ vantage to clerks. Supt. Gessford urges request on Con- gress for fine new police station on Louisiana avenue. Page 19 Senator Calder urges reduction in taxes city in south, with 171,667 population. Page 20 Senator Colder urges reduction in taxes to boom, building and relieve housing sabortage: af .. Rage 2 bein c. A FL. Fa ber of the New Hampshire legislature, | present time a 6. per cent return was | has been appointed assistant secretary ho TONIGHT: GREAT EXPOSE! DLE BUND MANY MILLIONS MENACE MUCTTUDE Scandalous Secrets Surely Shown! ! CANDIDATE COX GOURAGEDUSIY CLEVER CONTROL TO AID DEMOCRATS CAUSES PONDERING {Cox Leaders Elated, But Re- publicans Hope It Will Solidify Opponents. BY 0, MESSENGER. NEW YORK, August 26.—Organized |labor is to come out in support of Gov. Cox and the democratic ticket ginning to figure on the effect of that action at the polls next November. Democrats are elated and calculate that the declaration will bring to the ticket an element of the electorate which can be listed as a valuable as- set. They think that in addition to the confidently expected support of the men and women of the union they will have the reffected sympathy of the laboring classes generally and will be able to pick up many votes in the great mass of unorganized work- ers. Republicans are sorry to see any considerable group of the voters aligning in the way contemplated, re- gardlesa of the many great issues in- volved in this campaign, but it is diffi- cult to perceive how the leaders can ido anything by way of remonstrance. They can only take comfort in the feeling that there is another side to the shield and that if organized labor officially takes a stand against the re- publican party, it will solidify other groups of voters who may feel dis- posed to resent the massed hostility of labor to one political party. Coolidge Won Over Opposition. In this connection it is recalled that !the candidate for the vice presidency on the republican ticket, Gov. Cool- idge, has been through the mill once on just such a run, and came out vic- torious. In his re-election to the governorship of Massachusetts, when the main issue was the opposition to him of labor, growing out of his sup- pression of the policemen’s strike, he increased his vote notably in the in- dustrial towns of Massachusetts, where labor predominates. The fig- ures are extant and eloquent in their talking. It would be tiresome to recapitulate them. Many thoughtful men in both parties here are dubious of the benefit to ac- crue in the last analysis to the demo- cratic ticket by the overt hostility of | organized labor to the republican party and say they see possibilities of a line-up of sentiment which is already very sensitive over labor | problems, strikes and all that sort of thing. ‘All’ interest today centers in the speech of Gov. Cox tonight at Pitts- burgh, when he is to produce the goods on the alleged attempt of the tepublicans to boodle-ize the presi- dency. It may be whispered, as an aside, that the!democratic managers are somewhat anxious themselves as to how their man is going to make out, and whether he “makes ary breaks.” i Cox Going Lively Gait. In republican managerial circles the feeling obtains that Gov. Cox is go- ing a pretty lively gait, for such an tage of the campaign, in the lism of his attacks on the oppo- tsition. They say that he is applying the line of talk now-which is usually rdesorted to only-in the last days of ign. They prophesy that at 1 be “seeing red” with- in thirty days. Democratic national headquarters here, despite Chairman White's “put- ting up a poor mouth" on the small- ness of the democratic campaign funds, are going ahead on plans for a mammoth campaign. There are more outward signs of activity at the democratic headquarters than at the republican. Of course there is a dif- ference between bustle and industry. But at that, the democrats are doing real work. I understand that the dempcratic national committee has taken twice the space in magazine and newspaper advertising contracted for by the republicans, for one thing. Campaign to Be “Gabfest.” ‘That the coming campaign is to be more of a “gabfest” than its prede- cessors begins to be apparent. is to say, More attention is to be paid to public speaking than ever before. The great battle for sound money in 1896 was fougnt largely with printer’s ink—the dissemination of carefully prepared literature to educate the people on finance. Tais year the contest over the league of nations is to be waged from the stump. Senator Pat Har- rison of Mississippi is now just about the livest Wire around democratic national headquarters, planning the campaign of speakers. He says he fs going “to lay it all over the re- publicans” on the size of the ora- torical campaign he is to put up. He has organized a carefully selected J next week, and the politicians are be- | SUBMITTED RETURNING POLES ARE IN STOCKADE | BEWAILING FATE By Oable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copsright, 1920, DANZIG, August 24 (delayed) — |Packed into a stockade here, with lit- tle food and bad sanitary conditions, 1.600 Polish emigrants returned from America are bewailing the hardships attending their coming back to the homeland. They would welcome Ellis Island as luxurious compared with their present quarters. Herded like sheep off the American liner New Ro- chelle, these people were carefully classified and only unfit for military service were allowed to proceed to Poland. The Danzig workmen's council con- tinues to dictate conditions to the al- lied commission, while the Polish au- thorities are distractedly trying to cope with new difficulties. Every at- tempt to invoke the treaty of Ver- sailles brings out a new laugh for that “scrap of paper.” Today the Poles attempted to move a small de- tail of unarmed soldiers across Dan- zig to guard some horses being un- loaded up the coast. The workmen refused to allow them to pass. Yesterday the allied commission agreed to allow a French cruiser to discharge a cargo of arms and ammu- nition into barges, but later rescinded the permission on the ground that it would cause a riot among the work- men. Apparently there. ig only one \way to get cargoes handle@, and that lis by allied troops, which means that the commissioner would have to place the city under martial law. Poland will never have the free use of her corridor until some one has taken decisive action. POLES TAKE FORT AFTER HARD FIGHT REDS SIL FLEE Passage to Narew River Is Forced by Victorious Potish Army. By. the Associated Press. i LONDON, August 26.—Polish troops yesterday aftér hard fighting captured the fortress..qf Qstrolenka, twenty~ two miles. est’ of Lomza, and forced a passage of the Narew river, the Central News’ Warsaw corre- spondent today says it is officially stated in the Polish capital. Russian’ soviet troops surrounded near Mlawsa made a desperate attack | in order to break through, the corre- spondent reports, a portion of the so- viet army escaping to the eastward. Farther east the Poles, after captur- ing Bialystok, are advancing on Grodno. p ; In eastern Galicia the soviet forces jare retreating on the whole front in [order to avoid a flank attack which is threatening them from the north. The French general; Lanezan, is taking command on the Polish southern front, the correspondent says. Reds Report Fierce Fight. LONDON, August 26.—Fierce fight- ing in the Oriekhov district of the Crimea, continually increasing in vio- lence, is reported in the Russian soviet official statement of Wednesday, re- ceived here today by wireless. On the Lemberg front the soviet cavalry has penetrated the Polish rear and reached the town of Stryi, the statement says. On the northern ‘front the soviet re- treat continues. The statement read: “In the Lomza and Bialystok re- gions (northeast of Warsaw) we con- tinue to conduct rear-guard actions. We have occupied a number of vil- tages north and east of Brest-Litovsk. In the Cholm- region local fighting is proceeding. “In the Lemberg region our cavalry has broken through into the enemy rear and reached Stryi town, where they destroyed ten enemy trains. “in the Crimean sector, in the Kher- son region, as the result of successful | fighting in the last few days, we are driving back the enemy to the south and southeast. In the Orieknov re- gion fierce fighting continues, with growing intensity.” Berlin Is Gravely Concerned. _BERLIN, August 25 (by the Asso- ciated Press).—Official quarters here are gravely concerned over. conditions on the East Prussian frontier, along the Russian line of retreat. It was estimated tonight that the number of Russian soviet soldiers who have al- ready entered Germany exceeded 60,000. Fifteen thousand crossed in ;the Johannisburg sector and their number is constantly increasing. The border patrols are wholly in- capable of systematically disarming and controlling | the fugitives, who willingly surrender their arms and then calmly proceed to enter East Prussia and beg food and shelter of; the natives. Weuld Cut Reds’ Retreat. WARSAW, August 26.—The northern Polish army is continuing to move up in the region between Sierpo and Soldau, near the East Prussian border, and are marching on Chorzellen, to the east of Mlawa, to cut off the retreat of the re- maining soviet forces. In the center the Poles have occupied Ostrolenka and Staviski, as well as Kolno, and are marching on Ossowiec. In the south the Poles have retaken Hrubieszow and the 60th bolshevik divi- sion around Lemberg is retreating to the southeast. Bring Up Red Reserves. WARSAW, August 25.—Russian soviet |reserves are reported being brought up on the southern front in great numbers. According to information in the hands of the Polish general, Haller, reserves some distance behind the bolshevist north front also are being brought up. The military authorities expressed the belief today that, although crushed in the north, the boisheviki plan to renew their offensive, with Lemberg as the ob- jective. Regarding the northern soviet offensive, Gen. Haller declared that the Russian offensive there had been so completely crushed that he considered it impossible for the soviet forces to re- sume an organized movement against the Poles for weeks and perhaps for months. Gen. Haller said there were indi- cations that armies of Russian work- ingmen were being grouped at va- rious points for possible use against the Poles, and that these armies staff of speakers in every state. He will assemble these men at times at appointed places and have them instructed in the argyments they are might be thrown against the Poles at any time. Gen. Haller said there also were indications that the soviet munition factories, under German those manifestly | REDS, DESIROUS OF PEACE, - AGREE TO CHANGE TERMS TO THE POLES Withdraw Demand for Polish Workers Army of 200,000 - SOVIET ANSWERS | BALFOUR’S NOTE Concession Said to Meet Wishes of Eng- land and Italy. By the Associated Press. ae LONDON, August 26.—The Russian soviet government replied today to the note of Arthur J. Balfour, lord president of the council, concerning the soviet peace terms to Poland. The soviet gov- ernment agrees to withdraw its condj> tion that the Poles provide arms for @ workmen's militia of 200,000 men in Poland. The soviet Teply was received by the Russian delegation here. The Moscow government states that in withdrawing this condition it is subordinating every- thing else to its paramount desire to se- cure the establishment of peace through- out the world. The “Russian delegation in London claims that this concession meets the wishes of the British and Italian gov- ernments. No Outside Intervention. PARIS, August 26.—The Russiafi soviet government is prepared to with- draw the clause in the soviet peace terms to Poland concerning the forma, tion of an armed militia of 200,000 work- ingmen in Poland, says a Moscow wire- less picked up by Eiffel tower todi ? The Moscow government, however, in- sists that the peace negotiations must be discussed with Poland alone, “with- out any outside intervention ‘whateo+ ever.” The wireless says this conces- sion is made in order to meet Premier Lioyd George's objection to the clause, and oa ae to arrive at a complete un> derstanding with the governm Great Britain. a pe Poles Call Dombski. WARSAW, August 26.—M. Dombski, president of the Polish-Minsk peace delegation, has been called to Brest- Litovsk to confer with Polish goy- ernment representatives. This st was taken because of continued in- terruption of communications b&- tween Warsaw and Minsk by. rafl- road. According to the Poles. of three couriers who started for Minsk only: ome “crossed the frontier, and it is un- certain yet whether he arrived at Minsk, The two others had propér cré- dentials, but for various reasons ‘were not permitted to pass the frontier, ac. cording to agreement. One of the chief conditions to the meeting at Minsk was assurances by the soviets of free communication, and the Poles contend that the soviets have not kept their word. This agree- ment was entered into some days be- fore the Poles launched the counter stroke which drove the soviet forces back toward their own territory. Much Speculation. There is much speculation here con- cerning the outcome of the Minsk conference. some of the newspapers already hinting there will be no re- sults, chiefly because of the attitude the soviet representatives assumed from the beginning. He The foreign office announced today that the/Polish victory had not changed the attitude of Poland on the question of peace and that the |Polish delegates at Minsk were seek- ing all means to end the quarrel with the soviets. The foreign office Teiterated that Poland w not fighting the Russian nation,,but only Ibolshevism. Shift Peace Parley. | COPENHAGEN, August _26.— The Berlingske Tidende’s Warsaw — cof- respondent telegraphs today that the Polish government, having heard nothing from the Polish peace dele- gation at Minsk, has requested the Russian soviet government to shift, the peace negotiations to a more con- venient place, Warsaw, for instance. The soviet government has not yet replied, according to the corres spondent. 30,000 Fugitives Make Up All of Remaining Red Army _ Which Swept on Warsaw PARIS, August (by the Asso- ciated Press).—The destruction of the bolshevik armies now may be coff> _ sidered complete, according to vices received here. Of the host whit swept down on Warsaw nothing IS Jeft but 30,000 fugitives. The Pole! have taken $0,000 prisoners thus far: but what is more important, they have captured great quantities of guns aug materials. 3 It is considered probable that the soviets employed all their availakle resources, and in their present com- dition Russian industries will take @ long time to replace them. Conse- quently, if the soviets are able to find effectives with which to seek to re- store the fortunes of their arms, lack of equipment will make them grithout military value. Heavy Fighting for Three Days. * During the last three days these has been heavy fighting in the marsBY valley of the Narew between Ostro- lenka and Lomza. where the reds sought, to break through in the di- rection of Bialystok. The losses ha’ been heavy on both sides. On At 23 the Poles carried all the passages of the river. : The Prussian frontier as far a8 Myszniec is now occupied by the Poles. All the red troops west of the line of Ostrolenka-Myszniec have been captured. The peasants con- tinue daily to discover and hand over to the military fugitive red detach- ments. The exact number of cannen abandoned is not yet known. a. Detachments of cavalry and ins fantry on horseback which escaped proceeded northward along the litte of the lakes and marshes between the fortresses of Ossoweic aad Grodno. The same route was fol- lowed by those retreating from tl environs of Bialystok. wae ted Armies Ended. BERLIN, August 25.—The captuhé of Bialystok by the Poles means the end of the Russian 4th and 16th armies, a Russian brigade com- mander told the Lokal Anzeiger cor- respondent at Friedrichshof, Ea Prussia. The escape of masses of bolshevik troops into German terri- tory is expected during the course of today and tomorrow. The red army has been given orders to retr along the whole front at the rate of sixty versts per day. According to information here, it i *~ £Continued_on Page.?,Column 1.) (Continued on Page 12,Column 3.) ~. % believed that the Russians wi