Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1921, Page 20

THE SUNDAY STAR,-JANUARY 9, 1921_PART 1. ARMY AND NAVY NEWS BY CAPT. ARTHUR G. DUNCAN, AN o A ] ID the framers of the Army reorganization act intend that the chief of the militia bureau should be the only militia officer serving in such bureau? The controller of the Treasury so in- terprets the meaning of that part of Z the act, reading as follows: “The President may also assign with their consent and within the} limits of the appropriations previously made for this specific purpose not ex- neding five hundred officers of the National Guard who hold reserve com- missions to duty with the Regular Army,” etc. 1In other words, the controller holds that the service of a militia officer in this bureau is not “duty with the Regular Army.” In justice to officers of the Regular Army connected with militia affairs, it is their belief that such ruling was unpremeditated, that the evident in- = tention of the act was to permit the service of National Guard officers in the bureau. In fact, they are of the opinion that this service would en- hance the knowledge of these officers by placing them in a closer and broad- - er contact with National Guard mat- = ters. It is probable that the incom- = ing chief of the militia bureau, Col. George C. Rickards, National Guard officer, will appeal to Congress to ‘cor- rect this apparent oversight. Mr. Hull on Procurement. “Methods of procurement indicated by plain words in the reorganization act are not being carried out by the department.” This was the statement made hy Representative Harry E. Hull, a member of the House com- mittee on military affairs. The law specifically reads, said Mr. Hull, that “the assistant secretary of war, un-' der direction of the Secretary of War, shall be charged with the supervision of the procurement of all military supplies and other business of the ar Department pertaining thereto.” Instances were cited of the pu Zchase of ordnance outside of govern- ment-owned arsenals, of which there - are now five number. “Of course, said Mr. Hull, “if a saving can be effect- ed by outside purchases, I have nothing to say. Last year's appropriations for supplies called for around one hun- dred and fifty million dollars. third of this amount had been used in government manufacture our five ar- senals could have retained their or- ganization so as to be effective in time of emergency. Instead, - how: ever, of following the policy laid Sdown in the reorganization bill, al- =most this entire sum has been ex- out avail. “As it was" said a naval purchasing officer, “the coal supply has been at all times maintained, the suppliers being allowed the full cost of production, plus a fair margin of profit. The price, has been reached after investigation as to costs of pro- duction. using the data obtained by the Federal Trade Commission as a basis. The prices quoted for coal sold to the Navy are $4.24 in August and September of this year for Penn- sylvania coal, $3.57 and $3.93 for New River coal and $3.93 for Pocahontas, the figures being for net tons. These prices are very little higher than those paid last April. “The Navy has avoided the pa ment of the profiteering pri manded elsewhere, as is shown by the fact that more than 7,000,000 tons of coal have been obtained under requisitioning orders and at prices above stat o Regarded as a Possibility For the War Portfolio s = Ask Change In Commission Date. Certain warrant officers have appealed to the Secretary of the Navy to have the date of their commissions changed to June 4, 1920, the date of the passage of the act authorizing transfer. 1f this appeal should be approved by the Secre- tary, and it is stated that it is his ex- pressed purpose to advance these for- mer warrant officers lineally if in the opinion of the judge advocate general of [the Navy the provision of the law may S0 be construed, such action would place these new lieutenants some 600 numbers forward on the list and ahead of all the classes which were graduated from the United States Naval Academy from 1913 to 1913, inclusive, which would apparently be a grave injustice to REPRESENTATIVE JULIUS KAHN . the 60 officers overslaughed. It is re- Of California, chairman of the House |called that it was clearly the intention committee on military affairs, whose ?f‘ the Housomcon;ml:t;e o8 naval 'ahr- s airs, as explained at hearings on_the S T o Meien personnel provisions of the act of June . 0. that there should be no dis- R B O turbance in the lineal list of the line by the transfer of the warrant officers. It was plain to the committee that the graduates of the Naval Academy should of right be senior to the warrant offi- cers who could come in under the pro- visions of the bill then under considera- tion, for otherwise some 600 officers of with their running mates of by the leaving for Marfon. Mr. Kahn only smiled and preferred to mak no com: ment as to the prospective interview or its possible outcome. It was notice- | able, however, that his face appeared to beam in_anticipation of the visit.|the line, Close friends of Mr. Kahn, when ap- | the staff corps, would be ranked proached on the subject of his chance |officers to be transferred. to become the next Secretary of War, MARINE CORPS could give no inkling as to whether December Enlistments. he would accept the offer, even if it Recruiting is being continued in ac- were tendered. They believe, how- ever, that the distinction of filling the cordance with appropriations allowed by Congress for the present fiscal office would be a crowning climax to year. The only recent change is a the vears of effort and upbuilding which Mr. Kahn has given to War Department affairs. raising of the standard in the selec- tion of recruits. Maj. Gen. Lejeune has issued strict orders to select only men specially desirable to fit the high plane now demanded. Hereafter no men will be accepted under twenty- one years of age, nor of less height Technical Publications. Practically every branch of Army now issues a monthly or bi- monthly illustrated journal devoted, in part, to building up its force of reserve officers. These publications, are proving of material benefit to Cpended for the purchase of materials officer personnel who desire to keep ©from private manufacturers, while | in touch with Jate methods and etiv Zgovernment arsenals have been in |ities of their respective branches. Th Zsome imstances dismantled, or thelr |articles as a rule are of high-grade Ztorces reduced to a minimum amount- |order, written by officer experts, and = It |are not too technical for the average Among these publications, than five feet five inches, weight not under 130 pounds. Recruiting officers are at present limited to the number of their enlistments. December total of re-enlistments and accepted appli- cants was 2,561, discharges, 601; de- sertions, 105; net gain for the month, Therefore, the issue of victory medals to persons entitled to such clasps has been delayed. Headquarters has been unable to ascertain when a supply of h will received. sucl Though the amount reported in the sundry civil'bill to the House Decsm- ber 29 was less than the. estimates submitted, the appropriation ‘was not materially reduced from the amount provided last year. It is understood that there will be no naval selectlon board convened in the immediate future to consider the selection of officers for promotion. FALLING PRICES HIT GZECH INDUSTRIES Hope of Big Profit on Sugar Gone—Heavy Loss on Cotton. BY A. R. DECKER. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyrigit, 1921 ) PRAGUE, Crechoslovakia, January 8.—Czech industry has been hit hard in two important branches—textiles and sugar. The sugar crop after the war was worth more than $100,000,000. but today the price of sugar is so much lower that the value of the last crop has been decreased by more than one- half. However, the Czechs disposed of most of their sugar at good prices and there has been no actual loss. The fall in the market merely signified that they have to abandon hope of a big profit on_the unsold portion of the crop. With the cotton industry there has been a real loss. Some 65,000 bales of cotton had been purchased on short term credits at about 42 cents a pound or $14,000,000. Now cotton is below 15 cents a pound. The Czech Textile As- sociation has just adopted a plan to divide the loss among all the users of cotton from the varnmakers to Wwholesaler, each %lllnx to the other at a loss. The goverhment has practically forbidden the importation of cotton goods and hence Cazechoslovakia is obliged to use the stock on hand, be- cause it is difficult to export it in the face of & falling market. Two-thirds of tne expensive cotton remains in the mills in different-stages of manufacture. It is hoped to have all of it on the market by March, with a slight residue which can be mixed with cheaper priced cotton. The linen in- dustry is prosperous, although the mills are running at but a third af their ca- pacity, because the Russian flax supply is still unavailable, although efforts have been made to buy it. 'k of trans- portation in Russia prevents all but an insignificant amount from reaching Re- val, where English buyers take all that is offered. S Czech industries are opening the year with from 30 to 40 per cent of their. nor- mal activity, with the exception of coal mining, which is operating at about 80 per cent of the normal. Manufacturers are generally optimistic despite the un- stable conditions, claiming that stabili- zation will come with the advent of S OF GREAT Vigorous objection to the action of the Housea ppropriations committee in cutting the appropriations asked for disabled former service men more than 30 per cent is being made by Ppatriotic organizations, and therd many who believe this reduction will be altogether, or in part, restored when the measure comes before the Senate. Altogether $323,000,000 was asked of the government to care for its disabled men during the fiscal year of 1922, but the committee cut this figure to $223,000,000, which is some $38,000,000 less than the amount ap- propriated last year. The amount for hospital. treatment for the disabled, originally fixed at $50,000,000, was cut in _committee to $33,000,000, which is $13,000,000 under the appropriation for the present fiscal yeai Senator Capperiof Kansas, it is un- derstood, will be one of the leading members to champion the cause of the disabled men on the pending measure. Howard S. Fisk Installed. Department Commander James A. Drain of the American Legion, and Col. E. Lester Jones, past department commander, shared honors with How- ard S. Fisk last Tuesday evening, when the latter was instalied as com- { mander of George Washington FPost, No. 1, of the American Legion, the largest post in the District of Colum- bia, and the oldest one in the order. The appointive officers named by the new post commander included Lew S. Mohler, adjutant; Julian C. Ham- mack, assistant adjutant, and A. L. Giacomini, finance_ officer. William M. | Mahoney was made chairman of the membership committee; John Smith, chairman of the resolutions committee; H. W. Longfellow, chair- man of the war risk insurance committee; Joseph R. McDonald, chairman of ‘the relief and ivelfare committee; Charles B. Hanford, chair- man of the entertainment committee Paul V. Collins, ¢hairman of the pub- licity committee: E. Lester Jones, chairman of the .headquarters ‘com- mittee, and Howard M. Peter, chair- man of the auditing committee. The business program was enliven- ed by musfc numbers contributed by Miss Lelia Emig, Miss Marie Creight and Miss Mary Daly. The installatiosn meeting was held in Community Serv- ice hall, 918 10th street. Ald Asked for Sister of Member. Edgar H. Hale, head of the nationa) service bureau of the Veterans of Foreign ‘'Wars, was called on' to per- form an unusual service last week, when he was asked by an Armenian member of that order in Detroit to ald in getting permission for the member’s sister to land in this coun- try from Ellis Island, where she was being held by the immigration awe thorities. The young woman was the only sur- T | vivor of her family, with the exce) tion of her brother in Detroit, the others having fallen at the hands of the Turks. En route to America her passport and money were cialen and she was held at Ellis Island Mr. Hale persuaded the State De- partment-to cable to consul at Smyrna for a copy of ¢he young wom- an's passport, and the order for her deportation was stayed until the papers could arrive. She {8 now with her brother in Detroit. Men May Be Admitted. S0 many of the members of Belleau Wood Post, No. 4, of the American Le- on, organized by the g worfien ;Iho served in.the enlisted personnel of the Marine Corps, have married ma. rines that it is probable the membe: ship of that organization will be ex- tended to include men whe served in corps, as well as the women. t present the married members of the post have to leave their husbands at home or ‘pagk’ them outside when a tending a post meeting,” said Miss M: rie Covert, former commander, who ex- pects to introduce a resolution to change the post's constitution. ‘Members that I have discussed the proposed change with are agre that the post should take in the whole family when both be- long to the legion. This is partic desirable, as 80 many members of the post have left the city and reduced our {attendance.” = : The plan is to admit all men who be- longed to the Marine Corps, regardless of whether they are husbands of “ma- L. | rinettes Thirty-Seven Taken Into Veterams. Thirty-seven Alexandrians who have served in the armed forces of their country abroad were taken into the Veterans of Foreign Wars week when the Russell-Mitohell Post of that order was organised, the cere- mohy being in charge of Col. George L. Tait, department commander for the District of ‘Columblia. The Fife and Drum Corps of Na- tional Capital Post took part in the installation, and an entertainmeént program foHowed thé business ses- sion. Meetings will be held the first and_third Thurgday evening of each month in Dreadnaught Hall, Alex- andta, and Commander Arnold ex- pects the membership to more than double before spring. National Capital Post will hold an open installation ceremony next Tues: day evening at Community Service Hall, 918 10th street, at which Col. to be lance. Post Q. . Neuner has re- quested tI those who canhot see him at this meeting send their an- nual duea to him at 00 Harvard street northwest. ‘Will Held ElectionK Tuesday. o U. 8. 8. Jacod Jones Post, No. 2, of the American Legion, the first post of that order to be ised by women, and, with one exoeption, the oldest in the country, will hold its annual elec- tion next Tuesd: eveni at its clubhouse, 1710 Il avenue. Nominations will be made from the d the election will be by bal-, thereafter. The pres- Rose Frances Tait will preside, the p: followed by an info! 1 M. George J. en who served as yeomen (F) during the war, and ther: 3 ent, though with a ci status. Those attending the mesting Thoir 1935 membersnip cards £s Eaia m admission. i St A play entitled “The F' Street Cab- aret” is to be n by the members ;fo n{thh' post the latter part of this ‘Wiater Program Planned. Members of Geor ing ;::zl No._ 473, of {:c' t!o'i‘n:l“:' Department, n_fo their installation '::.rmy hvm been" held last Wednesday, and their first dance and reception b uled for next Saturday’ night. T! latter event will be in Eike H 11, at Alexandria, Va., where the 3rd United it::‘! Cavalry Band will furaish the Sergt. John Miller is commander of the post, which has a charter l'lotnS bership of seventy-eight, all of them being men now stationed at m) Humphreys. Regular meetings will be held the first and third Wednesday evenings of each month. Undergoes am Operntion. Commander John A Foster of Walter Reed Hospital Post, No. 346, Veterans of Foreign Wars, has been compelled to undergo another opera- tion, but expects to be able to pre eido at the post meeting one week from tomorrow. At the last meeting the trustees of the post were instructed to invest the surplus funds in a victory bohd. Meetings are now held in ‘the hostess house at the hospital. Dance May He Repeated. So successful was the New Year dance given under the auspices of Tank Corps Post, No. 19, of the Amer- ican Legion, that T. P. Randall, junior vice commander, been made chairman of a committee to arrange for another dance duri the latter part of this month. (2 er Charles W. Swan and the other new officers of the post ‘were installed at a meeting held last Monday in the Homer building. There are a number of men who formerly served in the Tank Corps now living on who aré not -memben to informatior ‘'ommader Swan d A membership drive 16 enroli them 'Ilal be In February. : t 'anks Corps unit at Camp Meado has invited the post members to-wisil that- command, .fiad a. trip. will.-be made there within the next fé¢w weeks. » ] Commander Buscher Returas, o Absence of Commander BernardiS Buscher df George E. Killeen No, 26, of the American Legion,. ) sened the activities of that o R-l tion during the last few weeks, 1 since his return the post began & Wg- orous program for 1321. Mr. Buseher was ill at Saranac Lake, but is now much improved. " ‘The new officers of the post witl be installed at the regular. .meeting ~of the post next Thursday evening in the Botomac Savings Bank Hall, Wis. censin avenue and M street. T. Balley Brewer is the. newly elected oem- w! a 7Y | mander. the other officers being James H. King, senlor vice commander; John) Mooney, junior vice commander;.Leo aster-at-arms: Harvey K Knott, sergeant. l-ar-, |. ',ul. 1pse jar- den s D ChlthLD I.‘“lel"m Jo‘;‘ = rles uga; T n r.r Sommeryille, finance officer; B. 3L Hughes, color sergeant. %| WIFE'S FASTING WORRIES ~ MAN WHO SHUNS CHURCH Tilincls Man Who Refuses to EbYsr Evangelistic Ranks Thought She Was Blufing, He Says: 7! DANVILLE, I, January 8,—%¥or the first time since his' wife, fofty days ago, began fasting in an atfempt to induce him. to abandon his preduce business and join her as an evaagelist ot her religious faith, Erneat. § Har- rington y admitted he was wor- ried over her condition. 2 “I thought she was only Blulffing when she started,” ‘he sald,. ‘“and ‘would soon give up her.foolish po; but T now sés she is de 40 2o the limit. But I am just as u.r! mined as she is. Lawyers have in: formed me that I cannot be-proge- outed in th nt her fast resuitein death. I have done everything to-in- duce her to eat except to jein. her church, and I won't do that. p; Harrington said the only religion he knows is the Golden Rule, and’does not believe it necessary to have smy other. He recelving many letters, some raising his wife's attitude and others fmm persons congratulating him for not yielding. Ome woman informs m her husband threatens to emulate rs. Bu:‘lhmon unless the ‘writer Joins his church. Relatives deny that Mrs.. Harring- ton has s high fever, as had deen rumored, but admit she has grown much weaker and is more reatless.” which are financed by subscriptions{1.908; strength of corps December 31, |lower price levels. They express satis- important purpose of his function in -procurement is to avoid in future -such mistakes as were made dur- ing the late war, when not one sin- gle piece of heavy army ordnance hanufactared in the United States ‘was fired en any battle front in Eu- Zrope. However, five naval guns man- Zufactured before the war began were =used near Metz—less than one month =—hefore the armistice was signed. As a | forward to the joint maneuvers of the | has also informed all adjutant gen- Smember of the military committee, it | Atlantic and Pacific fleets off South |erals of the states and territories, ~will be my purpose to make an ef- =fort to see that the principle sub- sscribed in the reorganization bill is Zstrictly carried out™ 4 New Supply Training School. In line with the policy of developing Army ] the quartermaster general has announced the opening, =January. 15, of a subsistence school =at Chicago. The course necessary to @train a corps of experts in the pur- _ chase and inspection of food supplies riod of eleven months. ‘Theoretical and practical imstructior is given in the origin, cultivation, E or manufacture, care, shipment of such com- m-.nd ties aa gradi Ewl lt' packing l:'oule and Zthe student's work visiting of stock meries and various industrial plants. =The student personnel is made up of =officers and enlisted men who have S expressed a desire to take the course Z of instruction. Students selected must ~have proved in service a natural =ability for the course. A specified Zrating attained upon .graduation =makes the graduate eligible for a Quartermaster Reserve Corps com- 7 mission. _According to the statement Sof an officer formerly in charge of chools of like character to the one bout to be opened, graduates are tted §o command a lucrative liveli- 0od ik civil life. It is a known fact confines himself to particular commodities upon which | fo continue research work and study. | o school of its kind exists in this =gountry which affords as thorough Zand practical a course of instruction the subjects taught as does the ZArmy subsistence school. = Demands Military Justice. £ Severely criticising the War De- | =partment for what he terms “illegal Emethods” of “B” classification boards, S Representative Charles P. Caldwel Fbefore the House committee on mi stary affairs, on Thursday last, in- Ztroduced a bill to amend the national ~ defense act, “to establish military Justice, etc.” These boards, according 10 Caldwell, “expressed opinions not “based on facts relating to these offi- | eers, to pass an equitable opinion.” Accord- Zing to his statement, there have been =about 300 officers of the Regular Army Zordered up for examination with a Swiew of their discharge or forced re- Stirement from the Army. £ Citing several cases, Caldwell stated ; “to the committee t to his knowl- = edge, some of theseofficers, none sub- Zdect tocourt-martial. were not givena. fair or legal trial; that rules of ev dence as used in civilian courts were | not tendered, and from his experience | ‘while attending one of these classifi- | Lcation boards in Governors Island “he found the legal procedure used swas “a disgrace to Anglo-Saxon laws, particularly those of the United Htates.” He further charged that only evidence detrimental to an officer was used; that in one case among the evi- dence against an officer was an ul signed paper, which the officer was . assured prior to his hearing wouid not ~be used, but which appeared In the evidence. Further claim was made that officers expressing a desire to shave civilian counsel represent them ‘were given to understand that such =an action would not enhance their cases. ¥ According to Caldwell, it was due to £ publicity given out by the press that “the names of hundreds of officers or- dered before classification boards Zwere withdrawn. The meeting ad- Zjourned to take further action on Monday, at which time more specific * cases will be brought before the com- mittee and final decision may be rendered as to the amendment offr- %ed by Caldwell's bill. Representative Kakn at Marion. “Wanted—A civilian of military experience and sterling qualities, as Secretayy of Way. Must bk conversant with business eco- memics and thoroughly understand the intricacies of national defense and War Ijepartment problems. Apply Lock Box—, Marion, Ohio.” Ohio. ‘Thi brief. is the type of a want ad which Senator Harding would pre- pare if necessary to secure the proper applicant, judging from his recent statement 1o a group of ex-service men at his home, who called upon him to discuss national preparedness. In this connection there may be sig- mificance in the fact that Chairman Kahn of the House military committee .was called in conference with Mr. may be asked most difficult portfolio. roached on the subject prior to iry i teas, | 0 nor were they in a position | | flagship: |Neptune,*Valean (P), Mercy, Glacier, | Sonoma " (P), Ontario (P),” Partridge |u'), Gannet (P). regular and re- tary Surgeon, The The Army Ord- serve, are The M Military Engineer, nance, etc. < THE NAVY | Officers and men who had looked America left home ports last week with their ships, which will carry them to southern ports. The sched- ule provides for the arrival of the Atlantic fleet at Guantanamo today, leaving for the Canal Zone January 16. Following is the schedule: AtAI lantic fleet arrives at Canal Zone! January 21; Pacific fleet arrives at Canal Zone January 17: both fleets leave January 24 for joint maneuvers. The Atlantic fleet arrives at Callao, Peru, February 2; the Pacific fleet ar- rives at Valparaiso. Chile, the same day; both fleets leave February 9 and rendezvous at sea in joint maneuvers en route to Canal Zome, arriving February 18. Atlantic fleet leaves Canal Zone for Guantanamo on Feb- 26; arrives at Guantanamo on March 1; leaves Cuba April 25, ar- riving at home yards about May 1; Pacific fleet leaves for Pacific coast bases on February 26. The revised list of vessels which will participate in the joint maneu- vers follows. (P) after a vessel or force indicating that the unit con- cerned will proceed to Panama only: fleet—Battleship _force Pennsylvania, flieet flagship. Battle- ship Squadron 3, Division 5—Utah, ‘lorida, Delaware, North Dakota. Division _7—Arizona, Oklahoma, Ne- vada. Destroyer force: Operative squadron—Black Hawk, tender. Di- vision 19—344, William B. Preston 149, Barney: = 150, _Blakeley: 134, Crowningshield; 345, Preble;.163, Ber- Division ‘25—187, Dahigr 188, Goldsborouy 4 Satterlee; 191, n; 192, Division ' _36—157, _Dickerson; Leahy; 159, Séhenck; 160, Herbert; 231, Hatfleld; 346, Sicard. Air force— (P), Shawmut. flagship; Sandpiper, tender, six F-5-L seaplanes, two NC seaplanes. Train—Columbia, flagship; Prometheus, Lebanon, _Relief (doubt- ful), Proteus, Bridge, Oulgoa, Brazos, ful), Proteus, Bridge, Culgoa, Carra- b Yireo, = Contocook. Mine force—San Francisco, flagship; layers, Mahan, Murray; sweepers, Lark, Mallard. Neches is going to Callao, but will be assigned to Atlantic fleet for about twenty days ofily. Pacific fleet—EBattleship force: Di- vision 6—Wyoming, flagship; Arkan- sas, Texas. ~Division 8—New Mexico, fleet. flagship; New York, force flag- ship; Mississippi, Idaho. (Tennessee may join at Panama and is included in calculating fuel requirements.) Destroyer force—Melville, force flag- ship-tender; Birmingham, squadron flagship. Division X—Dent, Dorsey, Waters, Parrot, ‘Bulmer, McLeish Division 15—Wickes (F), Philip, Woolsey, Evans, Buchanan, Aaron Ward. ' Division _ 33—Stoddart (F), Reno, Farquhar, Thompson, Kennedy, Paul Hamilton. "Air force—(P), Aroo- stook, i twelve F-5-1. sea- planes. two NC seaplanes. Mugford (seaplane tender). Trajn—Frederick, Orion, Cuyama, Kanawl ) Prevent Profiteer! Without the commandeering power conferred by the Lever act and other statutes, the Navy might not have been abie to maintain its fuel supply at any price, since repeated efforts to secure competetive bids were with- | BUILDING ASSOCIATION Pays 6 Per Cent on shares maturing in 45 or 8 months. It Pays 4 Per Cent on shares withdrawn be- fore maturity -Assets Nearing $7,000,000 Surplus More Than $600,000 ‘ Corner 11th and E Sts. N.W, [ President JAMES BERRY, JOSHUA W. l faction because the recent bolshevist movement showed that the workmen are -— < [ not bolsheviki and that the government ! is strong, with well organized local au- L NATIONAL GUA A thorities and efficient gendarmerie. The Regular Army recruiting divis- ion will assist the National Guard in recruiting. The chief of the mili- tary bureau in expressing his appre- ciation for this proffered assistance 1920, 21,611. SWAMPED WITH WOOL. ‘Washington State Growers Report No Market for Crop. SPOKANE, Wash., January 8. — Sheep raisers of Washington have nearly five million pounds of wool from the 1920 crop, which cannot be disposed of at any price, declared ‘Thomas J. Drumheller of Walla Walla, president of the Washington Wool Growers’ Association, in am address to the annual meeting of that organization in session here. “There is absolutely no market for wool” said Mr. Drumbheller. that material aid has already been given the military bureau by this service in several parts of the coun- try. | CoasT GuARD A supply of transport, escort, over- seas and mobile base clasps for vic- tory medals has not yet been received at = headquarters for distribution. January Clearance Sale of Used Pianos and Player-Pianos These instruments taken i change during mxruémtnhfinhda ysmwlill'l?ecloudontlt oY, Exceptionally Reasonable Terms Many Standard Makes Are Included. UPRIGHTS Reed & Sons ............... 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Walnut- Consisting of large Dresser with shapely mirror, triplicate mirror Toilet Table, Chif- forobe and Walnut-finish Cane Panel Bed. ‘Easy Credit Terms. Other account. No 6-Piece 5xr>¢ Living Room Suite We have only seventeen of this big bar- s 3 9 i gain and will sell them at an extremely low price; suite consists of Arm Chair, Arm Rocker, Side Rocker, Library Table, Book-ends and Tabouret; all pieces cov- - ered in good imitationh leather; Lamp extra. s * ° . [Easy Credit Terms. " Other Living Room Suites Reduced 35% Room Size. Easy Credit Terms. Bedroom Suite 139 Suites Reduced 35% GURAIM Six-cover size and a W fine baker. High shelf teed extra. an! : plete, Easy Credit Terms /| ouT OF THE NAL FIRNITIRE (N /’/?HCH This guaran- ouch d Pad com- Lol L] —_— 1Y 10 Get ready for those blasts from Jack Frost —just around the co: ::r. A p:'berfnl little ater and burns very coal. Tittle I J and Pad . E RENT