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5 POPULATION 29,919 Serve Notice On Praeger That They Will Refuse to Fly Un- less Two Discharged Pilots Are Re-Instated—Claim They Are Forced to Go Up In Bad Weather and In Unsafe Machines— dicators Are Too Expensive.” Belmont Park. N. Y. J\lfl“y :I}.—:-:’-' serting thy are forced to fly not ol in bad‘we:{her. but also in unsafe ma- chines, twenty aerial mail ts today Served notice on Second Assistant Postmaster General Praeger at Wash. ington that they would refuse to fly e e e st wes granted two brother pilots who they assert were discharged because they refused to take the air Tuesday on count of fog. The airmen tonight rec ed from e T e e e g gt Bl R ‘where flying conditions are such they cannot operate, they have R SBin tsuein According to the men at Belmont field. the strike will affect the aviators e L e well as Belmont Park. They claim the aerial mail to Chicago and Washing- ton will be tied up unk the depart- R e e pilots and promises to make the ma- chines safer for the pilots who remain T e Leo Smith and E. Hamilton Lee T R et e B e T The telegram concerning them, re- eived tonight from Mr. Praeger, = “Orders regarding Pilots Smith and PR P s s s otker i with the knowledge that they must comply with the department orders to i i the mail and where flying S e et SH el i operate they have the option to resizn. If thev refuse to cary out the orders of the astment and fail to tender i resignation removal from service g B S i cxpocion to Rt out his duty in accordance with his oath and sense of loyalty to the service and to_aviation in general.” e = tia, they sicsitea congressions inquis asserted that since July during the recent rainy period. no less than fifteen accidents ocurred. in whieh ten planes were de- sl T S e e e The airmen declared that they had rmerly protested to the postoffice de- partment that the nes 11 e L T even in good weather, as they had 400 orse power Liberty motor ~of high compression with a minimum speed of 160 miles an hour. They said they de- ®ired Slower and lighter machines. as misty or fogzy weather the visibili- =o low as to make heavy, high T LA N The pilots claimed they had inform- ed their superior that certain planes, reported many times, were unsafe to travel in. They further asserted they had asked for stabilizers which in a fog would show whether the men were fiying on an even keel or upside down. These indicators, the men say, COSt $75, but_they were informed, they said, by Mr. Praeger that “they should*steer by compass, as the turn indicators are 00 _expensive The pilots further complained "that urnder the present system mechanics who work in the hangars and never fly receive equal pay with the men who risk their lives carrying the aerial mail. This pay ranges from $2,000 to $3.600 a year, they said, varying with time of service and not skill as a pilot or in view of perilous service. The aerial mail pilots are not em- ployed under the civil service law. They are civilians with the same status as postmen. Virtually all of them are former army aviators. PRAEGER DESN'T BELIEVE AVIATORS WILL STRIKE ‘Washington, July 24—Ottor Praeg- er, second assistant postmaster gener- al. said_tonight that he did not believe any strike of mail aviators was im- pending or that the men in the service would refuse duty. “It is true that I did get an anony- mous telegram today,” he said, “at least a telegram sigred ‘Mail Avia- tors; which purported to come from the fliers at New York, and said that they would not take out the mail to- morrow unless two men discharged on Tuesday were reinstated. Those men will not go back into service but it isn't likely there will be a strike. “The difficulty arose last Tesd: when two of the aviators on the New York-Washington flight refused to take out the mail planes, which have high powered motors, and said that they would not make the trip ex- cept in 150 horse-power machine: They were informed that they must either make the flight or resign. Thes resigned. At the moment when _the refused. aviators in other Long Island fields adjoining the mail field were taking up passengers for hire. ‘Al of the postoffice aviators under- stand when they go into the service that they. _the. . mail . up whenever the department has mail ready to go. -The bulk of our aviators are steady careful pilots, and not ex- hibition fliers. They understand that fhere is no future for commereial avi- ation unless it is shown by continu- ous demonstrations that airplanes can be depended upon for uninterrupted communications URGES IMMEDIATE SALE OF SURPLUS FOODSTUFFS Washington. July 24. =ale of the $170.000.000 surplus stock of foodstuffe heid the war depart- under a plan which will insure for the people of the Unit- to buy. was recommended the ten ten repuhlican mem- the house war investigating The five democratic com- pending Immediate bers eommittee. mitteemen withheld decision, review of evidence taken by a sub- committee. “The inactivity of the government in the disposition of these food sup- Plies was, and is. the result of a well defined policy of the secretary of war to withhold them from the do- mestic market and to protect the in- terests from which these products had heen purchased,” said the sub-com- mittee report. Chairman Graham of the full com- mittee. was instructed to ask for a =pecial rule on a resolution calling on the war department fo _sell the =oods. Efforts will be made to bring the resolution hefore the house next Monday, he announced. Tnexcusable deiay,” the report de- clared. resulted in the spoiling of mil Jions of pounds of ham s and bacon, it being assented that ‘notwithstand- ing the authorization of surplus by the =taff on November 30, 1918, no ac- tion was taken with reference to de- claring a surplus until May, 1919, six months after the declaration was an- thorized.” Sales of army foodstaffs in the Unit- ed States aggregate $12.000,000 said the report. adding that “a very large quantity that sold was spoiled and unfit for the general market—other- wise, it wonld not have been placed on sale. Attack on present plans for sale of the surplus stocks also was contin- ued in the report, which outlined the plan as providing for sale only to municipalities, which wouuld have ten days to make payment to the govern- ment. and bear the transportation cost from the nearest army ware- house. “This plan adopted by the govern- ment.” declared the report. “will not result in the sale of these products to any great extent. for the reason that municipalities under their charter have mo legal authority to purchase food products for sale. Many municipali- ties which have indicated a desire to this food for the benefit of their citizens, have been met with the threat of injunction on the part of the local dealers, which threat has been sufficient to prevent a purchase of the Foods." WILL INVESTIGATE THE TROLLEY SITUATION Boston, July 25.—The legislature was prorogued early this morning, end- ing a session which began January? and during which $40,000,000 was ap- x;:prmedmd.hulmndmniu 000,000 by taxation to pay a $100 bonus to all Massachusetts men whd served in the war. One of the striking features of the session was the adoption vesterday of an order for the establishment of a commission to investigate the street rallway situation and report upon the adyisability of public ownership. Six hundred laws were placed on the statute books and Governor Coolidge veioed eleven measures. One bill was passed over his veto. : SAYS FOSS' PROPOSALS STUFF AND NONENSE Washington, July 24—Eugene Foss, former governor of Massa- chusetts, advocating government own- ership of all public utilities, and James L. Quickenbush counsel for the Inter- boro Rapid Transit Company of New York, who declared Mr. Foss' propos- als were “su and nonsense,’ gave the Federal Electric Railways Commis- sion today the liveliest seasion since it started its investigation of the condi tion of street railways in this coun- t “Private ownership has fallep down,” Mr. Foss asserted. “We have got to demoratize our transportation; then we have got to democratize our indus- tries.” “Put a stop to this cheap talk, to this “1d stu” retorted Mr. Quackenbush. “The thing to do is not to talk bun- kum, but to recognize facts. Unless we get an increase in fare between now and January, it means receiver for the Interborough.” EXPECT TO SETTLE COAL STRIKE SOON London, July 24.—(By The A. P.)— The day was fully occupied with con- ferences between Premier Lloyd George and other members of the government and the mining interests, and closed with the prospect of a settlement. Ac- cording to the strike leaders in York- shire the whole treuble arose through the coal controller’s attempt to evade the piece rate provisions of the San- key report, which the government had adopted as a working basis. One of the results of today’s confer- ence between the premier and the mi- ners’ executive was a new piece rate oer 6n the part of the government, which the Miners' Federation appoint- ed a sub-committee to consider. It was unofficially stated that when the Miners’ Federation meets in the morning to_ consider the sub-commit- Padsord K1eAs st s1oy ldode 593 that a settlement will be reached. SAYS EMPIRE POLICE DISGRACE AMERICAN UNIFORM New York, July 24—Policemen who wear the uniform of the United States army or navy to entrap women on the streets are committing a disgraceful act. and should be prosecuted, Judge Mecintyre in general sessions declared today in reserving decision on a_mo- tion to set aside the conviction of one woman for vagrancy. The court or- dered the woman's counsel to lay the facts before federal officials to see if any federal law had been violated. “This business of debasing and de- grading the uniform of American so diers and sailors should be stopped, said the court. “It is about time fo put a stop to police officers going about in American uniform, consort- ing with women. I do not regard such masquerading as legitimate police bus- iness. "It lessens respect for the uni- orm. WARNER BROS. EMPLOYES RETURN TO WORK Bridgeport, Conn., July 24—In keen- ing with a vote taken at the mass meeting of emploves last night the working forée of the Warner Brothers Corset Company returned (o the plant today after a strike of several days. The qufl!f‘g% of a 44-hour week is to be arbitrated but otherwise the con- cessions made. by DeVer H. Warner for the compiny appeared to be sat- isfactory to all. 2 ;) Cabled Paragraphs Plan Italian Loan in U. S. Paris, July 24—Signor Schanzer, Italian minister of the treasury, arriv-| ed in Paris today on a mission that ‘was understood to concern n | tions for floating an Italian loan in the United States. Receives Russian General. Paris, July 24—(Havas). Premier Clemenceau today received General Dragomevich who arrived here re- cently to represent Admiral Kolchak, head of the all-Russian government at Omsk. Later M. Clemenceau con- ferred with Premier Venizelos .of Greece and Arthur J. Balfour, British secretary of state for | foreign af- tairs. EX-KAISER MAY NOT BE TRIED IN LONDON London, July 24—(By The A. P.) It is possible that Former Emperor Wil- liam may not be tried in London, ac- cording to an announcement made in the house of lords today by Earl Cur- zon of Kedleston, government leader in the upber house. POOL EUROPE’S NEEDS AND AMERICA’S RESOURCES New York, July 24—To pool Bu- rope’s need of credit and commodities on the one hand and to pool America's resources to- meet them is a plan sug- gested by James S. Alexander, presi- dent of the National Bank of Com- merce of New York, for rehabilitating European countries and enabling them to reconstruct their war-stricken in- dustries. Mr. Alexander is a member - of & committee recently formed here to in- vestigate methods for supplying Eu- rope with American money and goods during the reconstruction period. This committee was formed upon the sug- gestion of Henry P. Davidson and is headed by J. P. Morgan as chairman. “A pool of Europe's needs should be met by a pool of America’s resources. Mr. Alexander. “That is, America’s resources should be applied to Europe's needs throush a great, centralized credit organization, with extensive powers of co-ordination. This may sound like an ideal = plan stated in sweeping terms, but I think its details can be worked out in prac- tical, concrete form.” R. I. TROLLEY STRIKE 1S STILL DEADLOCKED Providence, R. I, July 24—The sixth day of the street car strike on the Rhode Island compan: system to- night finds the deadlock unbroken and resumption of service apparently as far away as on the first day. No street cars have run anvwhere in the state except in Newport since last Friday t midnight. Automobiles which during the first two or three day: were numerous enough to take care of the crowds of workers in an acceptable manner have diminished in number fully 50 per cent. since the government on Tuesday began to collect the $10 federal tax imposed upon all vehicles carrying passengers for hire. Tomorrow a hearing wil be held In the superior court on a_ petition filed by the town of Nerth. Proyvidence -at the request of Governor Beeckman, asking the court to give the receivers of the company authority to submit the controversy to arbitration. | PRINTING OFFICE BALKS ON MOONEY REPORT Washington, July 23.—Speaker Gil- lett late today agreed-to have certain portions of the Densmore report on the Mooney case expunged to meet objections raised the = government printing office officials to language in the document. Officials at the printing office ear- lier in the day had notified the speaker that the report as submitted to the house vesterday “fairly brist- led” with invectives and accounts of immoral happenings, and that werk on it would be stopped until the worst parts were stricken out. The sections which will not be printed were conversations said to have occurred in the office of District Attorney Fickert, prosecutor in the Mooney case, and obtained by a dic- taphone placed in the office of Dens- more’s assistant. PREMIER’S OPPONENTS SHAKE THE PLUM TREE Paris, July 24 (By the A. P.).—Pre- mier Clemencean’s opponents contin- ued yesterday and today to “shake the plum tree” in the hope of bringing down another ministerial plum like M. Boret, former food minister, if not the entire crop. Today they attacked the _premier through Minister of Finance Klotz and his financial policy, with the result that there was an increased govern- ment majority on a vote of conddence, the government getting 304 votes to 134. WHOLESALE PRICE OF MILK IS BOOSTED Boston, July 24—An increase of one half cent a quart in the price of milk at wholesale in the Boston district was voted today by the executive committee of the New England Milk Producers’ association. This price, nine cents a_quart, will hold during August and September. The statement says that the cost of living has gone up on the farm and that the association is prepared to submit indisputable evidence that the producers are furnishing milk at act- ual loss. GRAIN CORPORATION WAGES ANTI-FIRE CAMPAIGN New York, July 24—Asserting that “grain dust’ and flour, when mixed with certain proportions of air and exposed to a spark will explode like gasoline, the United States Grain Corporation today appropriated 350,> 000 to wage a campaign during the coming year against this fire menace ever present in storehouses and ele- vators throughout the country. Julius Barnes, wheat director, gested the appropriation. CLYDE LINER’S CREW JOINS MARINE STRIKERS Boston, July 24— The crew of the Clyde liner Katahdin, which arrived today from Jucksonviile and Charles- ton, joined the ranks of the marine strikers as soon as the ship's lines were made fast. Some of the firemen and water tenders who left their ves- sels Jast week were said to have ap- plied for their places again. but union officials said they knew of no members of their organizations who had sought return of work. HOUSE OF LORDS DROPS ADAMSON BILL London, July 24 (By the A. P — Thé Adwmson bill, which provided for the giving of the franchise to women on the same terms at men, but only at the age of 30 vears, was dropped by the house of lords this evening. This_action was taken by the lord chancellor at the suggestion af the Earl of Kimberley. | with Seattle in arranging a program. Senate Storm Center Was ‘rance — S Washington, July 24.—While repub- lican and democratic ’senators were feeling out_the possibilities of Former President Taft's plan_ for interpreta- tions in the League of Nations ratifi- cation, the attack on President Wil- son’s course in concluding peace wis renewed today from a mew Guarter. The storm center of the assauit was a section of the defenscive treaty with France which published texts have shown provide that it must be pre- sented for senate ratification ‘at the same time aus the treaty with (ier- many.” (The latter was submitted iwo weeks ago; the former, brought back from Paris by the president, still is in_his possession. In an hour of bitter debte, Chair- man Lodge of the foreign relations committee, and Senator Brandegee, re- publican, ~Connecticut, _aceuised the president of violating’ the pledge of simultaneous_presentation mads when he signed the treaty, and Senaiors Hitchcock, Nebraska, and Williams, Mississippi.~democrats of the commit- tee, replied that the charges oniy re- newed the attempt to ‘“hamstring” and discredit the president. P Later Chairman Lodge presentéd a solution by which the senate would espectfully request” that the treaty be submitted so that thessenate could consider it “in connec with the treaty with Germany.” - It probably will come up tomorrow. It carries quotation from section four of treaty as publishe “The present treaty will e subi ted to the senate at the same time the treaty of Versailles is submitted the senate for its advice and consent to_ratification.” The suggestion of Mr. Taft for six interpretations in the ratification res- olution aecting the league covemant led to no discussion on the senate floor. Shantung and the league were de- bated in the senate Senator Robinson presenting the legal claims of Japan in Shantung peninusia, Senator Fletcher, democrat, Florida, supporting . the league. and Senator Lenroot, republi- can, Wisconsin, declaring he could not accept: ain features of the covenant without reservations to safe- =uard the right of independent nation- al action. President Wilson's conferences with republican senators at the White House were suspended during the day and it was said tonight that no fur- ther invitations had been issued. It was sald today that President Wilson had known of Mr. Taft's inter- pretatlon plan for several davs and it so developed that, the former presi dent had ed" correspondence on the. s the ratic side of the sena ¢ While Senator Lodse declined to zo into his views on the Taft Pproposal, other senators who have stood close to him in the treaty fight indicated they considered the devclopment as a break in the ranks of league support- ers which eventually would widen to permit radical amendment of the cov- enant or even refection of the entire treaty. BRANDEGEE ADDRESSES SENATE ON TREATY (Special to The Bulletin.) Washington, July 24—Senator F. W. Brandegee spoke ten minutes in the cenate today .on the lack of informa- tion resarding the proposed allliance between France, Great Britain and the \Cnited States, ‘which the president | earlier declared . should -be fully e: plained. He said the foreign relations committee had no reply to their re- quests for copies of the laiter, al- though the text had already been puh- lished in newspapers in IFrance and England. “All the world knows about this tréaty cxcept we who are bound by it to furnish the goods, be the pac horse and carry out the terms of it He quoted the president showing the two were interlinked and that the president in a recent address to the senate promised soon to address them on the French treaty, which has not yet Leen done. Mr. Brandegee sug- gested it might be well to call the peace conferefice together and make a new contract. He urged that the pres- ident having performed his functions in negotiating the treaty should now furnish the senate with the necessary information for it to proceed in its Wwork as a co-partner in the treaty- making and if the French treaty and treaty of Versailles were linked to- gether they should be considered to- gether by the foreign relations com- mittee. Senator Hitchcock assured Mr. Brandegee copies would be forth- coming, but when question as to the date was unable to answer. of | FAVOR RATIFICATION WITHOUT RESERVATIONS New York, July 24.—Following pub- lication of certain interpretations in the senate acceptance of the peace treaty suggested to Will H. Hays, re- publican national chairman, by For- mer President Taft, officers of _the League to Enforce Peace, of which Mr. Taft is head, tonight issued a statement declaring that “the league and Mr. Taft as well have been and now are in favor of ratifying the treaty as it stands without reserva- tions or amendments.” “The Jeague understands that Mr. Taft shares this_opinion.” the state- ment continued, “but that he, having in view a declaration that would not affect the validity of the ratification, made certain suggestions on the sub- ject for possible.future use by the friends of the League of Nations and in the interest of ratification of the covenant.” EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS PLAN BIG CONVENTION Seattle, July 24 (Correspondence of The Associated Press).—American ed- itors and publishers, members of the National Editorial association, are coming to the Pacific northwest next month for their 1919 convention. The newspaper men will not hold all their meetings in one city, but will journey from Portland to Tacoma and Seattle and across the Canadian line to Van- couver and Victoria, stopping at each point. Seattle has completed plans for the entertainment of the visitors. = They will arrive hére Thursday, Aug. 14. and remain four days. Tacoma is working According to reports, Portland has set aside $10.000 to spend on the enter- tainment. The British Columbia cifies of Vancouver and Victoria have also appropriated funds for their share of the program. 10 PAGES—74 Situation Is Acute According With Soviets’ Is the Cry. Washington, July 24.—(Russian Tel- esraphic Agency). Hunger, unrest and disease have created an acute situation in Belshevik territory, ac- corfing to a wireless report by Leo Kameneff, the Bolshevik commissary, made public here today by Colonel A. M. Nikolaieff, military attache of the Russian embassy. The Bolshevik wireless message was received irom Omsk by cable. Kameneff's nessage read: The among dissatisfaction and irritation the workingmen has reached the highest point. The plants in joscow are on strike. The motto of the movement is ‘Down with the Se- viets’ Epidemics are spreading. There is no bread and no medicaments. The number of deserters is immense.” -t i JUDGE SAYS 2.75 PER CENT. BEER IS INTOXICATING New York, July 24—Beer of 2.75 per cent. alcoholic content is held to be intoxicating within the meaning of the wartime prohibition act in a de- cision returned today by Federal Judge Thomas I Chatfield of Brooklyn in a test case brought by the govern- ment against Martin Schmauder of New Haven, Conn., who was charged with selling beer in violation of the ‘wartime prohibition law. “‘Congress had it in mind,” the opin- ion asserts, “to say ‘beer or any other product of malt of an intoxicating na- ture’ The thought was that expressed in the selective service law, which says ‘No intoxicating liquor, including beer, ale or wine.' But either state- ment would suggest that congress classified, and intended to classify, beer as intoxicating and merely made sure that it was covered by the law in case dispute arose. The law surely included beer and showed that con- gress understood it to be intoxicating.” After quoting several recent de- cisions in cases brought to test the validity of the wartime prohibition act, the opinion concludes “It is apparent that no court has held that congress did not intend at the time of passing this law to pro- hibit lager beer containing any amount of alcoholic content sufficient to make it taxable by the revenue department, sufficient to bring it within the gen- eral definition of lager beer as known from past experience and sufficient to bring the act within the prohibition of the selective service law whic hibited the sale of ‘any into: liquors, including wine and beer. In other words. the statute intend- ed to conserve -food, to increase the man power of the nation and to pro- tect the organization of the army pro- ‘hibiting’ the sale" of beer which has a tendency to intoxcate to such an ex- tent as to -intérfere with the morals, the physical welfare or the good order of the community. Whether .or not the mere sale of malt beer even though it has mot sufficient alcoholic content to fully intoxicate is'of itself detrimental, whether the sale of such liquor (even though it would not fully intoxicate) is disadvantageous from the stand- point of the conservation of food are things with which the court has noth- ing to do. That is a question for the calm consideration of congress and it is evident congress intended by the act under consideration to prohibit the sale of any such bee: reported the Polish Cabinet re- signed. Shipping Board officials report strike is costing $500,000 a day. Congress was asked by Secretary since the armistice Wi A report from Cardiff says Wels miners have decided not io strike. Sonator Sherman, lliinois, introduced a bill to govern navigation of the air. Jack Johnson, former heavyweight champion, will be deported from Mex- ico. American dollar in Vienna, formerly quoted at 5 crowns, now bringing 32 owns. “exas & Paccific Co. reported con- verting into oil burners all locomotives of the line. Proposed loan of $100,000,000 to- Bel- gium delayed until State Department approves it. vsptll. Department was notified that railroad traffic between Chihuahua and Juarez was resumed. Bar silver was quoted at 54 9-16 pence an ounce in London. New York quoted it at $1.06.1-3. * Philippine Island exports for year to June 30 amounted to $118,155,744. Im= ports were $107,744,262. R ntative J. Willard Ragsdal of Soath - Carolina, dropped dcad of heart disease in Washington. President Wilson avenue 'in de Janeiro was dedicated in the presence of Acting President of Brazil. Rodman Law, the parachute jumper, is seriously ill with tuberculosis in the Government Hospital at Asheville, N. c: Military forces are in charge of the electric and gas plants at Athens, Greece, because of a general strike of workmen. Entire locomotive staff of the Pa- maica Government railway, numbering 500, went on strike tieing up all rail- road servic General d’Esperey, commander of Allied forces in Near East, is prepar- ing to advance on Budapest with 150,- 000 mixed troops. A British engineering company re ported about to enter fleld of mass production of motor cars. American methods will be used. Sir Edward Hopkinson Holden, 71 years old, director of the London City & Midland Bank, Ltd., died in Scotland after a brief illness. Secnator Ferlinghuysen appealed to New Jersey farmers to aid him in his | opposition to the measure in Congress to_regulate sales of potash. Fuel ships Orion and Vulcan, two 6f the largest auxiliaries of the new Pa- cific Fleet, passes through the Panama ‘anal en route to San Diego. A Downey Shipbuilding Corporation will launch the last of its vessels to- day for the Shipping Board. The ship will be named the Waterbury Navy Department announced 316,554 men were discharged from_the service Representatives of the Triple Alli- ance of labor bodies decided to take a referendum among members on the po- litical demands of British labor. During the week of July 12 the Rai road Administration shipped 25 loco- motives, 16 of which were built at the Baldwin Works and 9 at American works. Governor. Spraul, of : Pennsylvania, vetoed the Ramsey prohibition ens forcement act. Gold amounting to $156,000 wa§ withdrawn from the Sub-Treasury for shipment to. South. America. Five hun- .dred thousand was also withdrawn for | shipment to England. i _Sir Alfred Booth, chairman of the Cunard Steamship Co. Ltd. presiding at annual meeting of stockholders, said the national situation was sufficient to shake the most optimistic Fifty feet of the roadbed of the New York, Susquehanna & Western Rail- road, a branch of the Erie, was washed away and 20 feet of the right of way is under water at Butler, N. J. State Department was advised by P e T PRICE TWO R RENEWS FIEHT CONFIRMIATIC Replies to Charges of Improper Enemy Property—New York Lawyer Declares Palmer Appointment As Attorney General Highly Improper / CENTS Administration of Alie Department of Justice Must Pass On Many Acts an Claims of Alien Property Custodian’s Office — Pa Replies That Justice of Claims Must Be Determined Federal Courts—Calls Indiana Attorney An “Inconspict ous $2,000 Clerk.” ‘Washington, July 24.—A. Mitchell Palmer before the senate Jjudiclary committee today, renewed his right for senate confirmation of his nomination as attorney general. He replied 1o the charges of improper administration of alien enemy property, made by Harold Remington, a New York lawyer, and Leslie S. Kennard, an Indiana attor- ney holding a position in the alien property custodian’s office. Mr. Remington, appearing before the committee in person, declared that as the depariment of justice must pass on many acts and claims of the alien property custodian’s office, Mr. Pal- mer’s appointment as attorney gener- al was highly improper. General charges of improper ad- ministration were made by Mr. Ken- nard in a statement recently submi ted to the committee by Senator New, republican, of /Indiana, and answered today by Mr. Palmer, who presented an affidavit from Mr. Kennard repu- diating his previous statement. Mr. Palmer also stated that Mr. Kennard had promised to appear be- fore the committee but could not be located today. Answering ' Mr. ment that the pass on claims Tors of enemy p alien property ¢ argued that just emy property the attorney gen termined by the ularly instituted Remington, the : was attorney in brought by him 4 in two cuses Kennard was general to be an clerk” in the cusi in a position to h One of Mr. Ke mer, had failed Turkish subject “In the first p plied, “there was very bar TL my ish property there was a son—fear of in approved of ter. Palmer stated, was Remington's ttorney ge roperty 11d not b eral but federa legal procee attorne and nad been d said by th todian’s o ing on his charges nnard's that he n ot 't very I vod ‘\‘;‘ ark T CREW LEFT STEAMER TO SEE PARIS PARADE New York, July 24—4Reports that “every Frenchman in France saw the victory parade” in Paris on July 12 were brought here today by passeng- o IR s tages by Rt which arrived from Havre with 57 army officers and a number of promin- ent civilians, including = Louis Mar- shall, head of the Jewish delegation to the peace conference. e v scheduled to sail on the day of the parade, left the vessel in a body and boarded a train for Paris. Captain Bordeaux, it was sald, then informed the passengers that owing to the ab- sence of the crew, they would have to procure accommodations asnore, until La Touraine was ready to sail. Many of them demurred but finally consent- T e e i e - tels, after, gendarmes . had been called [ hour fo grEne with them. Persons {n the stgerage who were al- owed to remain B‘u%nl.n‘l were fed by he Knights of Columbus. The pa- rade over, the patriotic Frenchmen re- turned to their posts and La Touraine sailed three days late. HUNDREDS KILLED -AND WOUNDED IN EGYPT London, July 24.—(By The A. P. Eight hundred natives were kilied and 1,600 wounded during the recent dis- turbances in- Egypt, according to des- patches from General E. H. H. Allen- by. Cecil Harmsworth, under secre- tary of the foreign office, made announcement in the house of com- FEELS CERTAIN CASE WILL BE APPEALED Hartford, Conn.. July 24—A repre- sentative of one of the large local brewerics said today that he was practically certain the case would be appealed to the higher courts. In the interim while it was being argued and decided he said the breweries would probably keep on brewing 2.5 per cent. beer if there was a demand for it. Two other Hartford brewing compa- nies have not been making 2.75 beer since July 1. CROSBY WILL CONTINUE HIS PRESENT POLICY Hartford, Conn., July 24.—United States District Attorney John F. Cros- by said today that he had no change of policy to announce. He said he might go to Washington to discuss the Connecticut situation with Attorney General Palmer because there were still some points to be cleared up. The decision in the Schmauder case, he said, still left some doubt owing to references in the opinion to the defini- tion of toxicating” as a matter of fact to be.presented to ghe jury. WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE 275 PER CENT. BEER New Haven, Conn., July 24—Na- thaniel W. Kendall, president of the Connecticut Brewers' association, said tonight that those breweries in the state which are making beer of 2.75 per cent. alcoholic content or less woud continue to manufacture and distribute the beverage, notwithstand- ing Judge Chatfield’s decision against the sale of beer. Charles S. Hamilton, attorney for the association, declared that an appeal to the United States circuit court of appeals would be filed in the Schmauder case. PREDICTS IMPROVEMENT IN FRENCH INDUSTRY Paris, July 24 (By the A. P.).—In the chamber of deputies today M. Clementel, minister of commerce, ex. plained that by reason of the rate of exchang esome German products could be sold at very low prices in France, but said this situation could not con- tinue for long. French industry, he said, would improve with the stabiliz- ing ‘of exchange and with the better distribution of coal. The minister made reference to the efforts that are in progress among American bankers to afford long cred- its to irench merchants. He said a French mission woyld shortly go to the United States to make known the needs of France in commercial credits. ARE NEARER SETTLEMENT OF SEAMEN’S STRIKE New York, July 24.—Progress tow- ards settlement of the seamen's strike which is tying up ships from Portland, Me., to Galveston, Tex. was reported tonight by Raymond B. Stevens, vice chairman of the United States ‘ship- ping board, who added that he would “have -something definite to say to- morrow morning.” A series of conferences was held here today. The atmosphere of Zululand is so clear that it is said objects can Fe scen by starlight at a distance of seven miles. 3 Mexican Government that Mexico will allow temporary boring of oil wells it application is made to the Department of Industry and Commerce for per- mits. Mrs. John W. Correll, of Ada Okl whose husband was killed by Mexi- cans near Tampico told the House Rules Committee that no effort was made by Mexico to apprehend the murderers. The dam at Grant's Park on the Whippany River, one mile north of Morristown, N. J., broke and flooded the lower sections of Morristown. Damage is estimated at $50,000. No one was injured Secretary Daniels asked Congress to enact legislation to permit Navy De- partment to continue handlihg radio j messages, as “an intolerable situation in the business world” threatened be- cause of other system. ederal Grand Jury, New York, on evidence presented by United States District Attorney S. Lawrence Miller, indicted Howard B. Wood, New York: Dr. E. York Ames, Louisiana; C. W. Wright and W. L Cherry, with using the mails to defraud. GOVERNOR SUFFERS AN ATTACK OF GOUT Hartford, July 24—Goernor Hol comb is at the home of Dr. Phineas H. Ingalls, surgeon .general on the governor’s staff, suffering from an at- tack of gout. Dr. Ingalls said today that ‘the governor's condition was not serious, but that he would be unablo to get about for several days. The governor was not in condition to walk about today nor even to answer tele- phone calls. Dr. Ingalls went to the Allyn house on Wednesday to call on the chief executive in his rooms. As the governor was alone the dootor in- vited him to stay at the Ingalls home until he recovered. SHOTS EXCHANGED BY OFFICER AND BURGLAR Hartford, July 24—Shots were ex- changed beétween Officer John J. Lea- hey and a man who he found leaving by way ‘of a window of Stoughton's drug store on South Whitney street early today, after an gxciting chase down_that strcet to Farmington ave- nue, but the man escaped, apparently unhurt. Four shots were fired by the policeman and the burglar fired two at the officer. About $25 in cash was taken by the robber. There has been an unusual number of burglaries here recently. ENGLISH COAL STRIKE MAY BE ENDED TODAY London, July 24.—(By The A. P) It is understood that an amicable set- tlement of the coal strike will ‘cer- nly be arranged tomorrow as a re- sult of a meeting of a sub-committee of the miners’ federation and the coal controller tonight. BELA KUN ASKS ALLIES FOR SAFE CONDUCT London, July 24—Bela Kun, de- posed head of the Budapest soviet government, has. asked the allies for safe conduct to the Argentine Repub- lic, where he intends living, according mons tonight. The casualties to European and oth- er civilians were: killed 31; wounded 85. The_casualties to the military were: k™.d 29; wounded 114. The death sentence was imposed on 39 natives; detention for life. 27. Up- wards of ‘2,000 were sentenced to short teems of imprisonment. ARMIES HAVE EFFECTED JUNCTION OF FORCES Vienna, Tuesday, July 22 (By the A. P).—General Simon Petlura, lead- er of the Ukrainian troops, and Gen- eral Gregorieff, former prefect of Odessa, operating against = the Bol- sheviki, have succeeded in effecting a Jjunction of their forces in the rear of the Bolsheviki along the Dniester river on the Bessarablan front. Petlura is marching on Kiev from the west, Gregorieff is coming up from the south and Atman Anhell is leading important Ukrainian bands which are advancing on Kiev from Tonotop and other points northeast of Kiev. COL. HARTZ FLYING AROUND COUNTRY’S RIM Mineola, L. L, July 24—Lieutenant Colonel R. S. Hartz, who arrived here at 12.45 today from Washington, is scheduled to leave tomorrow morning for Augusta, Maine, the next stopping point on the 8,000 mile round the rim of the country flight he is making in an army bombing plane. It is ex pected the start will be made at § o'~ clock and that Colonel Hartz and his crew of four will reach the Main cap- ital shortly after noon. ASKS INFQRMATION ON ANARCHISTIC AGITATION New York, July 24. — The United States deptriment of labor today ask- ed the joint legislative committee which is investigation seditions activi- ties in this state for all evidence in its possession which would aid in bringing about the deportation of an- archistic agitators and especially that which would prove the anarchistic na- ture of the I. W. W. DON'T WANT TERM “ANZAC”' COMMERCIALIZED New York, July 24—Request that American business houses refrain from commercializing the term “An- zac” the abbreviation for the Aus. tralian and® New Zealand army cor was made here today by the Austral- ian_commission in.the United States. “Some. Amerjcan firms have adopt- ed ‘Anzad’ as a trade name.” said D. B. Edward, secretary of the commis- sion, “but in New Zealand and Aus- tralia the word is consecrated by memories of their heroic dead. This country’s trademark laws seem clear- ly to indicaté that any emblem or in- signia in any way sacred to another nation shall be respected and not commercialized.” . NEGRO TAKEN FROM » JAIL AND HANGED Gilmer Texas, July 24.—Chilton Jen- nings, & negro, was taken from Jjail here this afternoon and hanged in the court yard square by a mob of about 500 men. The negro was arrested charged with assaulting a woman here to an Exchange Telegraph Copenha- gen despatch quoting Vienna reports. yesterday. Th _the negro was pronounced dead. this | COST OF LIVIN Philadelphia, ence of The cost of living is a long time to cc the Philadelphia view is a result statistics from and industry. According to vance in price 1914 has been Canada 115 per ¢ per cent. and is pointed out th reductions in advance in the armistice h the average pric reduced but 5 prevailing Oct 3 Springfield, M was received hi late today that ment renresenta this city immed conditions descr of United State sent to Washing test to dep general force, believed ganization to be cent discharge c tenant Colonel mandant, has st reduction is i the armorers vot tee to nounced int vote Friday INVESTIGATE the reductio: nij Washington, J mous vote, the k resolution provic ment of a specia gate activities of and Emergency F the view of 000,000 appropria expended. Republicans in lution contended money had been Democrats said pose the investi it would d statements made BRITAIN London, July of the British go erted to protect undue pressure government lead commons today being done re and disorder r workers' and mi “The governme there are a num very large num are aiming at whole soc an Mr. Bonar Law & tators, he said overlooking these Portsmouth, N. phone company’s force of 1500 Electric com Remington pany’s factor: shut down when any Yost w BILL GRANTS was agreed 1o by other Washingt OF SHIPPING dete board were without foundat IS WATCHING STRIKE AGITATORS when asked “the WILL BE GUIDED BY OTHER STATE their benches thi G IS LIKELY TO STAY | ike Board of ma these in this_cou bout 10 ent.,, Great Brital price ¢ chedules k ARMORERS DON'T WANT REDUCTION Tuly ‘ord tive wi ibed by a ton thi an artment the indicated >f tool m L. D. ¥ ated th ntended ed ton of taking ACTIVITIES D lin 1 committee { the Shipping F Tleet Corpor by ated congr upporti; that inefficie gation ose that about 24.—The vernmer people ‘.\ln\l\\. B er, told arding esultip is well of pe fortur destr 1 polit added. A governmen: ent nber to the July to t H. ernor Bartlett today sent ernors of all states a telegrap quest for information whethe states had adopted, or would af opportunity for the adoption - ¢ suffragists amendment to the cc tution before the next preside election. He said he would New Hamprhire legislature in cial session to obtain action or amendment if a sufficient numbe states were likely to afford opportunity, Governor Bartlett his_belief that this state would the amendment DEMAND 44-HOUR WEEK AND INCREASE IN Bridgeport, July 24.-—Ove workmen are on strike today tc force their demands for a 44 week and increase cf pay. ( 500 are out at the Columbla Gr The plant out at factories ar Typewriter vhich emplo; all of 5 morning at 11 TEMPORARY Washington, July —The amendment to the agricultural a priation bill granting tempor of absence to homesteader crops have been destroyed by d the houso toda - B IN FORC d a comn PAY LEAVE TOHOMESTEADERS »PTO. mob dispersed after the measure was sent to the pros Mdent.