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119 join the colors; wherenpon some of ! salaries of all members of the teach- jing staff except those in the law : achool and the graduate school of bus- troactive to January 1 last year. * Harvard in fourtee VOL. LXI—NO. 26 SORY CONMITTEE PLATFORM OF THE ON P REPUBLICAN PARTY Chairman Will H. Hays Has Appointed 171 Members, 19 o Cabled Paragraphs . Arthur T. Hadley of Yale, Whom Are Women—Connecticut Appointees Are Dr. Representative Schuyler Mer- Yitt and William H. Taft—Lyman D. Goff and Miss Car- oline Hazard Selected For Rhode Island—Duties Are to, Collect Data and Offer the Result of Their Efforts as Suggestions to the Resolutions Committee, -~ San Francieco, Jan. 28—Will H. Havs, airman of the republican na- tiona! committee, tonight made public intments to the advisory com- Titiee on policies and platform, con- sisting of 171 members, 18 of whom @re women. This committee includes fweive members of the republican na-| tional commitied whose appointment | Bad been announced j)eviously by Mr. Zays. “The purpose of t committee,” Hays said, “is to invite the advicel and cooperation of the ablest men omen from ail groups, sections, in the nation: to gatb a and data; to tensively the larger pr con- | ing us, and 1o offer the result of efforts as sugsestions $ the res- | olutions committee. | “This committee will working body,” he added suggest the line of thoug tigation for a x ma = Many of the committee will give their entire time to the effort. Those gi ing a substantial amount of time wil e an executive. committee O of itselt “and The ors actiy C., secretary. ‘the committee Jarged and sdditional members dec] nated as the scope of the wo! broadens. The potentiality for usfulness to the party and to the country of such The prob- im- 2 committee is very grea Jems which are apead of us measureable in magnitude and plexity. The majority of the cif v of the country believe ‘that the repab- lican party may best be trusted with the solution. The country wants and 4= entitied mot only to this faith in| the honesty of intention funda- mental ability of thy an party, but to a weli-det statement - of purpose and party programme. It is | for | with power to squ: New | J obvious that the convention can do fuller justice to a platiorm commen- surate with the meeds if they. have tneir consideration the reliable material thus ‘furnished by some of the best brains in the party working for five months in the evolution of the suggestions. “Underlying the whole plan is the great fact, which the national com- mittee recognizes, that there rests on the republican party the tremendous responsibility of ascrtaining fully the need of tue nation, and franifly, hon- estly and definitely stating the funda- mentals of the party-plan for'the so- lution of the problems in a compre- ble programme of constructive asures. Then, recognizing that the platform establishes a_contrgetual re- lation between the party and the peo- ple, it shall be the supreme duty and purpose of the party when entrusted e its performances wiil -its promises. Among the new membeérs of the committee, all of whom have agreed to se are: Chari~s Tird, Massachu- setts; Evary Colby, New Jerse: ator Fiew .nzhuyses Representative Frederick H. Lyman B. Goff, Island; Dr. Hadley, Connecticut: Mi aroline Hazard, Rhode Island; Charles Evans Hughes, New York; Senator Philander C. Knox, Penusylvania; I William Draper Lewis, Pen Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Massachusetts; W. Gladden Lownde: yland; Rep- resentative Schuyler Merritt, Connec- ticut; Alex P. Moore, Pennsylvan George Wharton Pepper, ennsyl: vania; Gifford Pinchot, Pennsylvania; Robert H. Richards. Delaware; Karl G. Roebling, New Jer Charles A. Ro ““eodore Roose- velt, New York; -Ellhu Root, ew York: william d. Taft, Connecticut; E. A. Van valkeaburg, Pennsylvania; ) Jarclay Warburton, Pennsyl- SKEPTICAL ABOUT WIRELESS 1 MESSAGES FROM MARS; Jan. 25—Prof. Edouard . inventor of the coherer, which made _the practical application of| ‘wireiess telegraphy possibie, s skeptical about wireless messages from Mdrs. An expression of his the disciosure by Signor Marconi that mysterious signals, evidently from a great distance. were being received at es by the Marconi instrument ¢ the etrangs signals are caused solar disturbances, how can you by explain the fadt that they correspond to letters of the Morse s:id Professor Brant messages from planets, assuming that planets are habitable, it must foliow that the species peopling them has reached a_degree of civilization com- parable with others, that these neopie possess the gift of speech and that the progress of their science has resulted truction of an apparatus in v akin to ours. It would be a es of improbable coincidences. lar disturbances might cause alphabet?” “If they are strokes at more or less long intervals | lawful for any person who is not con- —but no Jetters.” General Ferrie, chief of the French army wireless service, in a statement the Petit Parisien, says: 1 ean assure you that nothing ab- normal ha been received at Eiffel Tower. We constantly have disturb | ances of the Parisian currents, as the: are called, which impede communica [tion. They are attributable to atmo- | spheric ‘disturbances, or the sun, { whose mowerful magnetic field has a i formidable influence on our planet.” CONDITIONS OF RAILWAY STRIKE IN ITALY Rome, Tuesday, Jan. 27.—Although - conditions have improved, the rail- !way strike stifl prevents the resump- Ition of normal service. One paper es- ‘timates the number of strikers at about 50.000, out of 200,000 railway {men while the socialist organ Avanti, ! estimates the number at 120,000, Railway men of military age were not enfisted during the war, as their | services were meded to maintain the efficiency of the lines. Those who did not resume work today were ordered them asked to be permitted to return. 20 PER CENT. INCREASE FOR HARVARD TEACHERS Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 28.—The Harvard Corporation announced to- ; night an increase of 20 per cent. in ipess administration. In these two of the university. The increase is re- This is the first salary increase at years. TWO ARMY AVIATORS ARE BEING HELD BY MEXICANS McAllen, Texas, Jan. 28—Two army aviators, Lieatenants E. F. Davis and G. E. Grimes, carrying 2 military message from Fort Brown, Texas, to Nogales, Arizona. taday were forced | to make a landing in Mexico, thirty miles south of Zapata, Texas, and to- night are being held by Mexicans. According to a message received hers tonight from the aviators they have been promised their freedom to- morrow. KITCHEN STILL NEWEST ANTI- itchen still” is the newest officer. carried on a thriving busin sale of the device at $5 piece. of the miniature stills were se This was the fizst intimation agents had of the plan ' to dings, he said. everybody who boug der it immediately. ABOLISHMENT OF TENTATIVE RETURNS ON INCOME TAXES ‘Washimgton, Jan. 28.—Abolishment of tentative returns on income taxes, in use for several years, was an- nounced tonight by Commissioner Roper. of the Internal Revenue Bu- reau. In making a report on 1919 in- comes, taxpayers will not be permitted to estimate their incomes or their tax- es. he correct amount of taxes, Mr. Roper warned, must be in the hands of revenue collectors by Margh 15. Internal revenue officials have ar- ranged, however, to take care of ex- ceptional cases. If the taxpayer is unable to complete his tax return within the specified time limit either because of iliness or ahsence from the covnt=v. anthority has been given for a 30 day extension of timte. COURT ASKED TO REVIEW AWARD AGAINST MINERS ‘Washington, Jan. 28.—The supreme court,, in petitions filed today, was asked to review federal court de- crees awarding judgments for $600,000 against officials and members of the United Mine Workers of America in favor of eight independent non-union bituminous coal companies in Arkan- sas. The lower court sustained charg- es fhat the union engaged in a con- spiracy in vioalation of the Sherman anti-trust act to decrease the inde- e - Mg 5, hese iwo | pendent companies’ production of coal. i big higher than in other departments | e companfes involved are the Tairie Creek, Mammoth Vein, Coro- nado, Hartford, Sebastian County, Mammoth Vein Royalty, Bache Den- man and the Denman Coal companies. REFUSED TO HAVE THEIR WORKING HOURS SHORTENED New York, Jan. 28—Women em- ployed in the department of the pres- ident of the borough of Manhattan to- @iy refused to have their working hours shortened, on the ground that there must be no discrimination be- tween men and women workers. Pres- ident Curran had offered to let them £0 home half an hour earlier in the evening to avoid the rush hour crowds. CANADA REFUSES RENEWAL OF CREDIT OF $62,000,000 GOVERNMENT TRUCK USED TO TRANSPORT LIQUORS Pittsburgh, Jan. 28.—Judgs Charles banded down an order Orr in, wmmtmnhen!}: day permitting the sale by the gov- ernment of a three ton automobile “which prohibition agents de- largd was.being used for the trans- of intoxicatine lauors. Ottawa, Jan. 28—Rénewal of an unexpendid credit of $62,000000 ex- tended by Canada to France, Belgium, Rumania and Greece last year has been refused by an order-in-council, it was announced today. Canada made $25,000,000 available for each country to finance the purchase of supplies. The credit lapsed in accordance with the agreement because only $38,000,000 had been spemt at the end of the year. PROHIBITION CONTRIVANCE New York, Jan. 28.—The one-gallon anti- | prohibitton contrivance to make jts| J. J. Shevlin, pronibition enforcement ! He 'doclared tonight that a opinion was sought in connection with | manufacturer who has been identified s in the In raids throughout the city today many the install whiskey-making apparatus in homes on a wide scale. The “kitchen still” in a large tin pan, similar to those used in restau- rants for baking rice and bread pud- A high bulging cover | of tin has been soldered over it, and| ‘ht one to surren- Erzberger’s Condition Critical. Berlin, Jan. 28—The conditfn of Mathias Brzberger is very critical, according to the Lokal Anzeiger. Car- diac trouble has developed, accom- panied by violent pain. NATION“TIDE RECRUITING DRIVE BY THE WAR DEP'T Washirigton, Jan. 28 —Secretary Baker has addressed a letter to the governor of each state requesting. his official cooperation in the mationwide recruiting drive to be inaugurated by the war department dnd to' be inten- sified during the week of February 22 to_29, which is to be made national enlistment week. Army officials said today a mini- mum of 75000 new eniistments would be’ required before March 31 in order that the best results can be obtained from the training of the reorganized army. The national campaign, it was said, has been organized on a scale even more ambitious than the war time Libertey loan drives. ~Not only the {loan prganization -of the treasury, the postmasters and partiotic civilian so- cleties will be used, but also the clergy. SAYS ITALY HAS BEEN FOOLED IN ADRIATIC DEAL Roc, Jan. 28.—The Giornale D'italia, angry-over the report that the council of ambassadors at Paris has granted another extension of time to Jugoslavia for reply as to whether | she will accept the compromise on the Adriatic question says “Italy has been fooled. It is an unbelievable trick, showing that Premier Nitti returned from Paris empty handed.” . The paper urges the government to show now at least the greatest energy, proudly rising with dignity against such treatment, as “Italy rigks the loss not only of Fiume and Dalmatia,” but also of her prestize, which is more valuable than | predominance in the Adriatic.” GERMAN GOV'T ASKS “ MILITARY TRIALS AT LEIPZIG Berlin, Jan. 28.—The has addressed an appeal to the allies 1to revise the provision of the peace | treaty regarding the exwradition of German military, naval and civil lead- ers, declaring that the government cannot guarantee their delivery. The note = suggests that tHe men wanted be tried by the supreme court at Leipzig, which could be amplified to include representatives of the allies d wotld guarantee to invest.all ad- vances on which Germany's foes bas- d their indictments. appearance in New York, according tot VINDICATED FOR KILLING - MAN WHO ATTEMPTED HOLD-UP 2 Bridgeport, Conn., Jan. P. Strank, manager of a ;pany, who shot and killed Thomas A. Harrison, of Fair Haven, N. Y., when the latter and a companion attempted ito rob the bond office on January 14, { was arraigned in city court today and {the charge of manslaughter against jhim was nolled. The finding of Cor- |oner Paelan that Strank shot in sed- defénse was the only evidence sub- mitted. % Harrison’s body was identified by a rubber fube leads from the large|N¢ TAVy department from finger pan. Inside of this is a_small nn;»"“"”’* Hie cogwmnion” eacepad, “worm.” the size of a pencil. N 2 ¢'a mash that will produce; BROOKLYN BOOTBLACK remarked an agent, “and | MAKES $225 A WEEK the tin pan will do_its part. o Mr. Sheviin annotinced that it is un- New York, Jan, 28.—Peter B. Ste- fano, a Brooklyn bootblack, makes nected with a chemical laboratory to!$225 a week shining shoes, according possess one of the stills. He advised ;0 his wife, Mrs. Josephine Stefano, Who entered suit in the Brogklvn supreme court today for a separation. She charges -cruel and inhumane treatment and declares that her hus- band refused to give her ten' cents to go to a “movie.” Decision was re- served on her request for $50 a week temporary alimony. | OFFERING CANADIAN MECHANICS $10 A WEEK Toronto, Ont., Jan. 28.—Shipbuilding companies in the Delaware river dis- trict of the United States are offering Canadian mechanics $100 a week in the hope of making good the shortage of labor which exists in their yards, | according to Herbert Lewis, seeretary of the local union, International Asso- ciation of Machinists. A letter con- taining this offer came from union of- ficials in Baltimore, Md., Secretary Lewis said. vl CHICAGO SALOONKEEPERS ARE GOING TO CUBA Chicago, Jan. 38.—Departing at the rate of twelve a day, former Chicago saloonkeepers and bartenders are go- ing to Cuba, according to Joseph Pop- per, internal revenue deputy collect: Mr. Popper declared that ‘AW many are going there on pleasure trips, there is no-doubt that some. of them are going to open saldons.” Mr. Popper also divulged that aliens are leaving Chicago for their native countries at the rate of 300 per week. It was said that the exodus was seri- ously affecting the labor situation in a number of Chicago's industries. ARRANGINGING FOR DEM. NATIONAL .CONVENTION San Francisco, Jan. 28.—George F. Mara of Bridgeport, Conn., Gemocratic national eommittee member and rep- resentative of Homer S. Cummings, chairman of the national committee, arrived today. He conferred with C. W. Fay, San Francisco postmaster, tee arranging for the national gemo- who is chairman of the local cofhmit- cratic convention here June 25. WILSON RENEWS APPEAL FOR CREDITS FOR POLAND ‘Washington, Jan. 26.—Through Sec- retary Glass, President Wilson today renewed the appeal to congress to grant credits of $15(,000,000 for Po- land, Austria and Armenia to allevi- ate conditions which threaten “moral and material chaos” in thbse coun~ tries. E ACTION AGAINST IMMORAL MOTION PICTURE FILMS Washington, Jan. 28—Immoral mo- tion picture films would be barred from transportation in inferstate cam- merce under a bl passed today by the house and sent to the genate. tantry, a great portion of the peasan- government | ‘Washington, Jan. 28—Writing in the current number of Federationist, of- ficial organ of the American Federa- tion of Labor, Samuel Gompers con- demns wbolshevism “completely, final- ly, and for all time” The Amgrican labor leader declares he doubts’ whether the propaganda, which emanates from the bolshevist organization itself is more effective than that “conducted by those who claim to be entirely detached from Russian _influence and Russian pay- rolls.” He says he doubts whether publications issued by Russian bolshe- vist agents have as great an affect in America as those “which like to be known as ‘journals of opinion’ such as. The Nation, The Dial, and the The New Republic.” Mr. Gompers makes an extended ref- erence to the argument that fhe Amer- ican people . know little about what is going on in Russia ad the argu- ment that it is unfair and unwise to pass judgment. “Tt is not necessary,” says Mr. Gom- pers, “for Americans to know at all times just what were the exagt con- ditiops in Germany before - passing judgment on the'form of government existing in Germany. It was' necessary to know what was the form of government and under what rules it aperated. We do not have to wait for information about® the form of gov- ernment existing in what is called So- iet Russia. All ‘the information nec- ary to the passing of judgment on Dbolshevism and the system of govern- ment and as a state of society, is at hand from sources that are authentic. The plea of those misguided persons in America who say ‘Wait for facts before passing judgment’ is nothing more than an excuse which it js hoped will gain time for the Russian experi- ment and enable it to spread to oth- er countries.” Quoting. from the new bolshevist constitution, Mr. Gompers points out that while the fifth Pan-Russian Con- gress declares for a dictatorship of the proletariat and the pooresi peas® try is disfranchised and the largest bolshevist estimate of the proletariat calculates them as only. one-fifth of the number of peasants. Even a fairly prosperous workingmang, by this cal- culation, Mr, Gompers says, is not a proletarian. Bolshevist stafistics, he says, show that the bolshevist minori- ty does mot even represent the masses of factory -workers in Moscow, the botshevist stronghold. . % Quoting from Bolshevist official doc- uments to show the cxtent of massed terror by the bolsheviki, Gompers declared -that: “the economic condition in-internal Russiz at the present time has absolutely nothing to do- with the merits ar demerits of the bolshevist philisophy of government” and adds “that -it: should -have no- influence determining the judgment of any per- son upon it as such.” He quotes as the most .direct information a dis- patch - from - Russian. trade unionists to. A. Appleton, president of the International Féderation. of = Trade Unions, which declares that boishe- vists-have split up the reserve funds {of trade unions, . throttied the labor press, killed labor organizations,. split | up trades unions as a class, and put down strikes by “force of arms and plentiful executions.” “In- all concepts of freedom within the American nation.” says Mr. Gom- pers, “one fundamental principal that any involuntary seryitude, tha compulsory labor, shall not be enfor ed ‘upon the working people.” i He | quotes the amendment to the federal | constitution. and’ adds: “That eonception. and the spirit of | that amendment have been _entirely reversed by the constitution of bolshe- vist Russia which provides for and en- forces compulsory labor. * * * The plea to withhold judgment is a last' desperate attempt to win favor from | the American people for a system of | government which by the confession of its own advocates and defenders is foreign to every concept of the| American republic. We know about Russia. We know about holshevism. We know the piteous story of cruelty and intolerance and we know the au ‘tocratic concept. that underlies the mi- nority dictatorship which is hailed to the world by its dupes and advocates as the most perfect state of socjety vet devised. ‘'We know about it and we condemn it completely, finally, and for all time.” MARTHA WASHINGTON ON SOUTH AMERICAN LINE ‘Washington, Jan. 28.—Temporary allocation of.. the former transport Martha Washington to the New York and South American line was an- nounced today by Chairman Payne of the shipping board. The Martha Washington is to take the place of the | Calloa, which was scheduled to sail from New York February 15 but which will be delayed by repairs. The Martha Washington, which is an 8,100 gross ton vessel, will be used in South American service only until the Calloa is ready, the chairman said and she will 0 into passenger traffic as ghe is, without reconditioning. The Calloa was to be the second vessel put into commission in the new line following the Moccasin which sailed late in December. HEARINGS ON CHARGES OF RADICAL ACTIWTIES ‘Washington, Jan. Townsend of the senate interstate commefce sub-committee entrusted with investigation of charges of radi- cal activities by vgrious employes of the federal trade. commission, an- nounced .today that the -sub-commit- tee probably would begin hearings in Crilcagn ReD. 9. The sub-committee now is enga, in sorting- various mfoi'maliun?lie:;‘; furnished and in compiling a list of persons to be heard both in Chicago and in Washington. ¥ MAHER ELECTED PRESIDENT OF NORFOLK AND WESTERN Philadelphia, Jan. 28—N. D. Maher 28. — Chairman Mive Episcopal and one Methodist and | French War Cross Bestowed By President Poin- care on Furnes, Nieuport, Dixmude and Ypres—Poin- care Expressed Admiration of France. Paris, Jan. 28—(Havas). President Poincare, accompanied by Premier Millerand ‘and Marshal Foch, today bestowed the war cross on the Bel- gian cities of Furnes, Niueport, Dix- mude and _igres, according. o advices Teceived here: King Albert of Belgium received M. Poincare at Furnes and the (wo chiefs of state were greeted enthusiastically by immense crowds everywhere. M. Poincare, after recalling in his speech how the Germans had careful- 1y prepared their plan’ of invasion, paid warm tribute to Belglum, whiq he said preferred martyrdom to e shame of,disloyalty. The French ex- ecutive described in stirring manner the invasion of Belgium and the suf- ferings and heroism of her cities, suc- cessively destroyed by the Germans with “systematic bombardments. He outlined the critical phases of the war until the great allied offensive of 1918, which brought relief. M. Poincare expressed the admira- tion of France for Belgium and Trance’s gratitude toward those Who fought and suffered for the cause of justice. He concluded by asserting that under the guarantee of thé allies, Belgium, like France, would receive indemnity for the damages suffered. LANSING'S REPORT ON OUR ECONOMIC POSITION ‘Washington, Jan. 28.—The United States, Secretary Lansing declared to- | day in a report to the senate, has! come as a result of the war and| through no self effort “into a position of economic preponderance quite com- | parable to that which was coyeted by | Germany and which she sought to at-| tain by means of aggression and force.” | The report, which was in response | to a senate resolution InquTring of the | heads of the several departments the | steps taken to promote the foreign | trade of the United States, expressed the belief of Mr. Lansing that the state department ,especially that por-| tion devoted to trade problems, must! be completely reorganized. i “The European war came upon the United States in 1914 said Mr. Lan sing, “as a surprise chiefly because it: department of state through inade- quate equipment had been unable to CAN ANYONE TELL WH?(VER) DANIELS MEANS Philadelphia, Jan. 28—Secretary of the Navy Daniels started a lot of speculation here tonight as te, who he meant when. he said in a SPOCH that he eoyld tell he the next president of the United States, but that he did not know to which party he belonged. The secretary was addressing the graduating class of Pierce school on the work of the navy and onm Americanism. As he concluded he swung around and, looking at J Hampton Moore, Philadelphia’s re- publican mayor, said: '~ “I can tell you who the next pres- ident of the United States is going to be. Do you want me to tell you who' he I don’t know whether he belongs to my party or vours, If he has one drop of reactionary blood in his veins he will not have a chance of election. No old-fask ioned politician will do. He murt be progressive and meet the new conditions, the new problems.” When reporters asked Secretary Daniels who he meant, he only smiled. Asked if the name of the map he had in mind has been in- cluded among those suggested as presidential candidates, Mr. Daniels replied: “We will not discuss that.” gather information and interpret it fn | a manner which would reveal the hid- den purposes by which hostilities were | precipitated. Possibly no blame can imputed to this government for this in view of the general confi- in the supremacy of. interna- tional justice; but today, after the ex- periences through —which we have| passed, no reasonable effort must be; spared to make a-similar surprise im- Dossible-in the future.” PETITIONS AGAINST THE DEPORTATION OF ALIENS 28, New York, Jan. Six* bishops, 16 other clergymen of various denom- inations have signed a protest against| the deportation of aliens without trial, “repressiver’ legislation before con- gress, the suspension of New York's socialist assemblymen. and ‘“similar evidences of an excited mood” in deal ing with radicals in America, it was announced here tonight. he clergy- men met here recently under the aus- es of the Federal = Councfl - of Churches of Christ in America. ¥ The bishops were Charles H. Brent| of western New York; - Chauncey B. Brewster of Connpecticut; Benjamin Brewster of Maine; William Lawrence of Massachusetts, and Ethelbert Tal- bot, of Bethlehem, Pa., all of the Pro- testant Episcopal church, and. Francis J. McConnell.of Denver, of the Meth- odist Episcopal church, CIGARS WITH WHISKEY Philadelphia, Jan. 28.—Two men, fa- ther and son, were held in bail for court here today by a United Stated cémmisioner after they had admitted they made whiskey flavored cigars. are Pasquale and Dominic Bi- , small cigar manufacturers. They were arrested a week ago charged with unlawfully operating a still. The son told the commissioner the still furnished the “perfume” for an inferior grade of tobacco which gave it’a pleasant aroma. White wWhiskey was used for light cigars, he said, and colored whiskey for black ef_ was today elected president of the Norfolk and Western Railway com. pany. At present he is regional di-| rector of the Pocohontas Region. begins his new dutles on March 1. | L. E. Johnson retired as president, and will become chairman of the! William G. MacDowe . am G. ell, vice pregi- dent in chewge of finance: u\p fi- counts, was_ relieved at his own re: quest after forty years of service. He ~vill become assistant to the presidnet. gars. 700 NEW CASES OF INFLUENZA' 3 ‘REPORTED IN THE STATE Hartford, Conn., Jan. 28—About 700 new cases of influenza were re- porteq to the state department of health today, a decrease from.yester- | Article 228 of the peace treat “Condensed Teiegrams ] Gold was quoted at 116s 6d a fine ounce, compared with 116s forprevious close. Shipping conditions the East and West are discouraging to the trade. Bar _silver was quoted at $134 in New York, compared with 81 1-2 pence an ounce in London. The Prince of Wales set an example by employing only former service men as his male servants. General Denikine and his staff are reported to ‘have taken refug_e on board a British vessel at Constantinople. The Consolidated Textile Corpora- tion has acquired control of the Wind- sor Print Works at North Adams, Mass. Frederick W. Egner senior _vice president of the Fidelity Trust Co. died of heart disease at his home in Newark. . Paris quoted the dollar at 12 frs. 75 cents, compared with 12 frs. 35 cents at previous close and 12 frs. 92 cents in New York. Statistics published by the Immigra- tion Restriction League show that the arrival of immigrants in 1919 were fewer than in 1917. More than 100 convicts in Auburn prison, New York, were isolated as suspicious influenza cases and sent to the prison hospital. California Packing Corporation re- ported business for present fiscal year ending Feb. 25 next, is expected to exceed $70,000,000. Twenty carloads of ~ medical sup- plies passed through Berne the last week for Vienna. They were sent by the American Red Cross. Supreme Court Justice Greenbaum denied permission of the Kings Coun- ty Gas Co., to charge 95 cents a 1,000 cubic feet for gas in Brooklyn. The 400 Kansas coal miners who went on strike to test the validity of the Kansas Industrial Court law, are back at work, pending outcome of test. A Belgrade report says the Jugo- Slav government decided to accept the allied” ultimatum with regand to set- tlement of the Adriatic controversy. The increase in the price of French read, which was to have gone into| effect Feb, 1, was again put over, ow ing to the recent change in the Min- istry. William O. Jenkins, United States| consuiar agent at Puebla, Mexico, will be a witness before tHe senate sub-committee investigating affairs in Mexico. Repeal of the direct primary law and restoration of the stateconvention { system s proposed in a bill intro- duced in the New. Yori: Legislature. by tor Walton. According o reports from The: Hague to the Paris . Matin, if the United States refuses to accept the mandates for Armenia, Holland may receive the mandate. The French government has pre- sented to Frederic C.' Penfield, for- mer United States ambassador to iVenna, - a handsomely ~embellished vase nearly four feet in height. A despatch from Warnemiinde, Ger- many, says 200 airplanes were de- stroyed in a fire which started in the hangars there Saturday night. The loss is several million marks. John F. Kramer prohibition com- ssioner of the United States is in New York for the first time since as- suming office. He will confer with | local and federal audhorities. Vienna coal situation is so improv- ed that trolleys are running and the- atres are open two nights a week. Discontent is spreading, however, be- cause of the general situation. John Romansky, 36, of East Berlin, Conn., failed in an attempt to com- mit suicide at his home Monday night, although I fired five 20t into his head with a small calibre revolver, Hungarian palaces and estates, valued at from $100,000 to $200.000, e being.bought by Americans, Eng- lishmen and Frenchmen for insignifi- cant sums ranging from $5,000 to $10,000. | Robberts broke into 12 officers in the loft building at 23 West 38th| Street, New York, blew five safes and | escaped with cash, Liberty bonds and jewelry, but missed $75,000 worth of | Jewel | Congressman Byrnes, vigorously at- | tacked Rear-Adsfral Sims, leading figure in the naval deeorations con- troversy, and the pending Senate in- vestigation of the navy's conduct of the war. Of the 500,000 Austro-Hungarian prisoners of war taken by Russians, 850,000 perished in Siberia from small- pox and typhus, according to Viadi- vostok reports to the International Red Cross headquarters, Geneva. German government has sent a note te Paris trying once more to induce the Allies to renounce executian | of | B . dealing | with the surrender of persons accused of violations of the Jaw and customs of war. The French finer . Savole from Havre and the Cunarder Mauretania from Southampton arrived after voy- ages of extreme severity. ‘Major R. Lloyd George. son of = the British Premier and Mrs. George were on the Savoie. Representatives of ranch owners along the Mexican border applied to Senate immisration committee to ask lifting the immigration laws one vear to permit Mexiean labor to come in- to Texas, New Mexico and Arizona tor work. —— A delegation of the American Fed- eration of Labor, headed by Frank Morrison, called at the White House with representatives of workers and farmers and requested President Wil- son to extend government railway control two years. ‘Mrs. Annette:Adams, United States attorney of San Francisco, announced that her offices is investigating the | nings Bryan declared kets—Neither in London, ests. : New York, Jan. 28.—Rates of ex- change on London and all the prin- cipal "European centers ‘continued "to dwindle to new low records today through sheer weight of offerings from -domestic and- foreign sources. Today's declines extended to the Ori- ent, the rate moving against Japan for the first time in. over a year. There was little trading in- Chinese bills because of the inability of deal- ers to secure definite quotations. Advices from London indicated that a feeling akin to. consternation had taken possession of the British capi- tal, which for generations dominated the world’s exchange markets. N ther in London, Paris nor here, how- ever, was ang solution of the prob- lem ‘offered, although it was, realized that matters. now have reached the stage where further delay may cause worldwide chaos. Primarily, , the situation as viewed by those most concerned, hinges on the fact that nearly all.the European Hull For Genssations Dossnated the Worlds Solution of the Problem Been Offered—Organization an International Exchange Committee and Extension of | slightly .over 28 per cent. Paris Nor New York Has Any | of countries are heavily in debt to the United States. Ony by the orgami- | zation of an international committee and the willingness. of American bankers (o extend credits already contracted can existing con- ditions be overcome, in the opinion of leading mercantile interests. _Today's low rate of $3.49 on demand bills of the pound sterling marked a decline of six cents from yesterday's record low and implies a discount of French and Belgian francs, also lires, all mnor- mally quoted at 5.18 1-8 to the dol- lar, fell to levels ranging from 60 to 70 per cent. under normal. German marks rose from 1.06 cents to 127, an almost infinitesimal recovery, how- ever, in view of their normal or pre- war value of 23.8 cents. es on the north European een- ters, which suffered their first seyere reaction yeSterday, also registered further gepreciation today, Aflhnu‘h sales of such bills were reported s comparatively light. exchange SAYS BARUCH WRECKED Atlantic City, N. J. Jan. 25. nus W. Alexander, of Boston, was secretary of the employers’ group of President Wilson's first industrial conference at Washington 'in Oeto- ber, addressing the annual convention of the National Association of Mer~ chant Tailors here today, charged that Bernard Baruch wrecked the confer- ence, “Baruch had the public group in his vest pocket,” the speaker declared. “I am convinced that when he moved to defer action upon- labor's proposi- tion that the conference should arbi- trate the steel situation at the point when it probably wouid- have beem flatly rejected, Baruch killed the con- ference, : “Why did he do it? T don't know. There were ali kinds of political rfi- mors in_circulation to the effect that the labor vote must not be es- tranged.” The convention approved plans for a campaign of education Tor Ameri- can men in What constitutes good and bad styles, which provides for the sending to - practieally . every: large &ity in ‘the ‘country of "a . tiaveling styles show; - comprisingr: fashions- for all” oceasions. INDUSTRIAL CCNFERENCE | masculine | citea ¥ WOMAN TENTATIVELY p Montesano, Wash., Jan. 28.—A womn- | an was tentatively selected a 8a Juror late today in the.irial of eleven alleged | members of the I. W. W. charged with murder in connection with the Cen- tralia shootings on Armistice day. e woman, Mrs. Emily C. Patt i ter the defense challenge was dented, | George F. Vandeveer, counsel for the defendants, today charged that W, ' of the prosecution counsel | loyed by lumber companies to : the defendants. Abel, reply- | . charged Vandeveer with uttering | 2 deliberate lie,” but further arguwe| ment was stopped by the court. Vane| deveer's motion to remove Abel as one unsel was overriled. " composed of twelve mem- bers of the American Lesan i also. listen to the testimony to be offered st the trial it became known today, 1 The “jury,” which will have'no offi- clal court standing, will - rendss ' “verdict” to American throughout the councry, —EO" Posts Decision to send such a reached by members of the itoday when it hecame 1abor organizatioine n 10 Rave a “jury nown i had e car the tess Washington ' delegates * offered & resolution, which was' adopted, asking for legislation to bestow congression- al - representation and ‘the: right “to vote upon residents of the District of Columbia, WOULD HAVE CONN. JOIN IN FIGHT AGAINST PROHIBITION Hartford, Jan. 29.—John F. Vail a New Y awysr, was at the capitol toda vto see Gov. Holcomb with .+ view to getting the state of Connecti~ cut to join with Rhode Island in the contest " before the United States su- préme court to test the validity of the 18th prohibition amendment. The governor was at his Southington. After conferring Executive Secretary _John Buckley and_Attorney General Frank E, Hea- ly, Mr. Vil said he would leave it with them to present the case to the governor. Mr. Vail and his law firm represent the New York Hotel Association, the Hotel Association of New York and the Connecticut Hotel Association in the fight before the supreme court in connection with Rhode Island. He said today that New Jersey and Con- necticut were the only, states to he asked to join Rhode Island in the test, and that Governor Ldwards of New Jersey. had already ‘put his gtate in line, home in BRYAN AGAINST Mkkfil—a LIQUOLPOLITICAL ISSUE Bristol, Va., Jan. —William Jen- in an address| here tonight that although he did not | want the liguor question brought into the presidential race the people should demand that the repuBlican party an- nounce its stand on the prohidition question. Renewing his attack on Governor Edwards of New Jersey, Mr. Bryan asserted that the governor was sup- ported by the liquor interests and that | Governor Edwards and not himself was disturbing the harmony of the party. “T have suffered more other man from lack the democratic ‘part; than any f harmony in he added. SELECTING A JURY FOR. Fi TRIAL OF NEWBERRY | Grand Rapids. Mich., Jan. 28.—Rapid | progress was made today in the se- lection of a jury at the trial of United States Senator Truman H. Newberry and 123 co-defendants charged with conspiracy to violate federal statutes in connection with the 1918 senaterial campaign. _Eight prospective jurors| were passed for cause and two others were excused by the court. Peremp- tory challenges will not be exercised unfil twelve men have been passed. Each side offered -a challenge for cause @4 S=ih were overruled. BURGLARS TAKE LIQUOR AND LEAVE SILVERWARE Hempstead N. Y. Jan. 28—Tnirsty | burglars who entered the home of | August Belmont ‘here ignored guanti- | ties of costly silver articles and pole trophies to ransack. the wine cellar of the millionaire, it was discovered to- night, The housekeeper infornied the police that nothing, but . liquor was missing. | BABY BURNED TO DEATH IN CRIB AT GREENWICH Greenwich, Conn., Jan. 28.—John Graber, ageq 4, was burned to death, and Joseph Graber, aged two, may be dying from burns received while both were in a crib in their home, at Stan- charges of irregularity in connection day, when 904 cases were. reported. Today’s list includd: Waterbury 276, New Haven 107, and New London 47. with the exemption from military ser- vice of Jack Dempsey, heavyweight boxing champion, with | c | cal and optical supplies, dyes, wich, today. 'Mrs. Gruber left the house to buy milk. *The children moyed their crib too close to the stove and the coverings ignited. timony and render a organizations. pemiatans ARSI EE. BIDS FOR THIRTY FORMER I GERMAN LINERS DEFERRED. pinil | Washington, Jan. 28—Acti ¢ “gm b 2t A bids for thirty of the former g:rm.:' liners seized in the United States was deferred today by the shipping boasd @8 & result of a protest from Secre-} tary Baker against the sale of such Of these vessels as have been included Y the war department in its army transport reserve, 'y has protested erdict” to labop: Mr. Baker not. onl with the request rman Payne o Baker's protest, i tion woyld be ar department officials, o his home the. date of 3 has s understood, howeven thar thach 1t tion of th ek —= AR el MARTENS SUBMITS LIST OF AMERICAN BUSINESS FirmS. Washington, Jan. 581, K. Martens, Russian coreidWie G- 4or” to-the United. Stapas 'y, mbase= ;‘rl::;memdbo.‘? pesitive. desire” 3 Tt and_export relati goviet Russia. The list was submmiviod in accordance with a request made b the committee at the hearing befors Which Martens appeared on Mongay and includes a total of 941 firms g; tributed among 32 states, o e foms represented in Ma o mpariagdition to some of the fa America, fnelude al A Imost every line of manufacture such as medi- plies, paper, talking machin autcmobiles, presses. s i L INFLUENZA CASES ARE LESSENING IN CHICAGO Chicago, Ja es, stoves, tractors, tools, printing 28.—Influens; * cago canted V7 deathy in v e Th hours. while pneumonia deaths numes bered 77, thc heaith . department ana nounced ton it New fases of influs nze numbered 1,472 aj monia cases 408, W “The number of influenza cases gradually lessening.”: Deputy Holtg Commissioner Koehler said, - “The pneumonia rate is. fluctuating and om the whole is howing a decrease. The crest of the death rate has been passe petes United States District Attorney F. Clyne announced tonight that effort’ would be made tomorrow . te have hundreds of cases of liquor seized by the zovernment in raids dise tributed to the hospitals to be used {a fighting the epidemic. b SOUTH CARDLINA SOLONS VOTE DOWN SUFFRAGE Columbla, §. €., Jan, 8 ~-The Sout Carolina legislature went on rece opposed to ratification of the w suffrage amendment today whea the senate defeated a resolution i 03, ratification and adnpted he a vote 30 to 4 a resoli™-3 - rejectine amendment. The house, previ adopted a resolution amendment by a vote of It ce SELECTED AS A JUROR i '€ _and exporting houses in - o o & @