The evening world. Newspaper, October 17, 1919, Page 16

a 4 ORTERS URGE REFORMS IN U. 8. CONSULAR SERVICE 000 American Business Men Draft Resolutions in Session Here. ‘With 2,000 prominent business men yneurting, the American Manufac- Murers’ Export Association, continu- Best. withont scratching POWDER 10c. For Your’ Silver HIGHEST POLISH with LEAST EFFORT! ELECTRO-SILICON gnickly cleans and imparts a beautiful and Insting lustre to Bilverwaro, Aluminum, Nickel, Cut Glass, and all fine metals— CREAM 106, and 25e, Bold by Grocers, Druggists, and leading dealers everywhere. Keeps Your Silver At Its Best THE EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1919. Ing Its tenth annual convention at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, to-day adopt- ed resolutions uggesting drastic changes in the diplomatic and con- sular services of the United States. The adoption of the resolutions followed a thorough discussion of the subject. E. M. Herr, President of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufac- turing Company, presided. The reso- lutions, embodied in the report of a committee of which W. W. Nichols of the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company was Chairman, provide in substance: That with the exception of Am- bassadors and Ministers the entire diplomatic and Consular system be placed under civil service regulations. That a First Sccretary with life or marring tenure be permanently attached |country after a visit to other lands, to each Embassy or Legation, Chairman Herr said, without (bring. That salaries in the Consular | (ME home the conviction tbat. the service be substantially ins | power at home and a fifth class pow abroad.” Mr. Herr said ho pplicants for minor posi- | usually found the representative of our Government in rented quarters tions in the diplomatic service be in some out of the way section, The required to pass a severe exam- re sentatives themselves, in nine ination in international law, his- cases out of ten, he said, were unfit in talent and training for the offices they held wesmacceiiscaninasense PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON REDS AND LIVING COST Meeting Likely to Be Held in Washington to Take Up Both Questions, tory, economics and politics. That abundant provision be made for the living expenses of Consuls and diplomats, and That the United States should purchase and maintain its own Appropriate official residences, Prior to the passage of the resolu- tions the entire subject of the dip- lomatic and commercial services under the changed world conditions resulting from the war were dis- J, Regent of the School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University, |!" and Philip B. Kennedy, Director of | months, the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic | ‘°-""¥ Commerce, There appeared to be no}, rTycor General John Barrett of the difference of opinion as to the ur-| oh obtn the questions will come up at gent necessity of a thorough re-or- |P™bable the questions will come up a\ ganization of the governmental ger. )% Meeting of the board of governors of vice in foreign countrie the union Nov, 1, and at a conference "The truth of the matter," former|of the ministers of finance of Pan- Ambassador Sharp said, “is that, 60| american countries in January. far as compensation for the diplo- | ‘conser, matic, consular and commercial per. | Concerted action on both questions, It vices of the United States abroad is|W%* stated here, would come best concerned, considering the return re- | through a Pan-American at! which republics of the wes conference of American nations to meet Washington within the next few it was learned authoritatively Silvertor.* Wool Velour Kersey and Miztures The Colors Are— Reindeer Pekin Brown Navy Black Green Burgundy Taupe \ $32.74. and $35.74 ings are excellent. 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Alterations Free See our regular 4-col. advertisement on page 39 and other pa; special advertisements of Women’s and Misses’ Apparel and Men’s Stylwear Clothing. quired, it 48 coolle-paid labor among that of all the other big nations.” | phere could work together to better liv- No American ever returned to this! ing conditions ‘West of Firth Avenue Our reg. 37 $32.74 and $35.74 | cussed at length by William G.| WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—Suppresston Sharp, former Ambassador to |of Bolshevism and reduction of tho high France; Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, 8, | cost of living may be brought before a COP CHASES THREE MEN | WHO DROP $200 AUTO TIRES Arrests Chauffeur at Point of Revolver—Detectives Seize Three Others, | Policeman Otto Hang saw a taxicab stop in Sist Street between First and Second Avenue at 3 A. M, to-day and three men leave with heavy bundles, He chased them Into the hallway of No, 22 East Stat Street and they dro new automobile tires worth $200 and slammed the door on him, He ran out and arrested the chauffeur at the point of his revolver, ‘The prisoner described himself as Simon Kosack, nineteen, No. | 221 Bast 76th Street, According to the police, Kosack said three men hired his taxi and by threats forced him to drive to the West Side in the Fifties somewhere, and it was in that vicinity they got the tires, Police- man Haag and Detective Veale then Went to the top floor of the Sist Street jhouse and persuaded Charles Rehder, thirty-four, an electriclan, to open his door, They say they found hiding under a bed two men w described th selves as Albert Ki chauffeur, No, 147 William Horrowit No. 532 Bast 79th wet “ALL “tour men detained and @ fifth is being 3 sought, ANONYMOUS LET LETTER LEADS TO WAR VETERAN'S ARREST Prisoner Accused by Artist of | Threatening His Life—Held | for Special Sessions, The police of Philadelphia recently received @n anonymous letter saying that Franklin Booth, an artist at No, 57 West 67th Street, here, had in his em- ploy @ man “wanted” for burglary in Philadelphia, The detective bureau here showed the letter to Booth. On Booth's information that the writing was the same as that of fourteen letters | threatening his life, Prank Ni el, at 36th Avenue, who recently lurope, saying the italian arm n Dragoons, nizations in ‘th $ ceiving lowance from Booth, Ney rushed out of the apartment the threatening letters began to ar- Ney was arraigned on the charge sending tho letters befor Huth in Yorkville Court to: for Special BOOST IN OIL FOR HEA FOR HEATERS SHOCKS BRONX HOUSEWIVES Kerosene, That Cost 12 Cents in Cold Wave of 1917-18, to Be 18 Cents This Winter. While it takes more these days than the announcement of a@ 4-cent boost in the price of a commodity to cause much of a shock, housewives up in the Bronx gasped to-day when they learned that the kerosene oil they use in oil heaters will this win- ter cost 18 cents a gallon. The price last winter was 14. The winter of "17-"18, winter, It was 12. In addttion to the advance in the priv of oll, consumers learned that hereafter the distributors quire a di the 1- the can has been furnished as a matter of course, ‘The oll is put out through a subsid- jary of the Standard Oil Company. distributors, each of whom has a nx district so big that no customer him oftener than once | work “on their own,” Some tenants desirious of having emergency heat on hand against the hours when jani- tors let the steam down, will have to make deposit on as many as ten cans, BURGLARS MAKE HAUL OF WHISKEY BUT LOSE IT Had Five-Gallon Keg ani Keg and Five Doz- en Bottles When They Met Policeman, Policeman William Stancy of the West 37th Street Station saw three men come out the side door of the saloon of Jacob Eldenbach at No. 309 West 38th Street at 5 A. M. to-day carrying a five- gallon keg and five dozen quart bottles of whiskey, When they saw him they dropped their booty and ran, He fired several shots while chasing them up Eighth Avenue, and the bur- glars fired back, One bullet struck John Stokes, thirty-four, colored, of No. 37 West 34th Street, who was walking in the avenue, in the left arm, Stancy caught a man who described himself as Joseph Moran, twenty-seven, No, 217 West 68th Street. The other two men escaped. The police also de- tained Charles Burns, thirty-six, No. 710 Ninth Avenue, who they said Was in @ taxicab that appeared to be waiting in front of the saloon, The burglars had entered the saloon by forcing the bars of a rear windo the “cold” ce Promotes Cuniiife-Owen, With the approval of the British Gov- ernment, Frederick Cunliffe-Owen, who makes his home in New York, has been promoted by the President of the French Republic to the rank of Officer of the Order of the Legion of Honor of w he has been a Knight since 1880. the First Vice President of the Society, Chairman of the Franco-A ety and of the American-Hel- lente Boe Dincuss Bronx Welfare To-Night. Job E, Hedges and Congressman Dan= liel A. Reed of Dunkirk, N, Y., will be |tho principal speakers to-night at a | together" meeting arranged by the | Bronk Board of Trade. Lt will be held hts of Pythias Temple, One Hun- | dred end BN inth Street and Walton Avenue, The purpose is to discuss meas- | ures for the welfare of the borough, Sao Gen, Wood to Speak | Major General Leona: To-Night, Wood, com= United States Army, will arrive In New York this afternoon to deliver the prin- cipal address at the public meeting of the Women's Roosevelt Memorial Asso- ion at 8.15 P, M. in Carnegie Hal, See Telephone Directory HAN $6.00 For That’s our price limit for Shoes of Newest Style—Standard, Reliable Quality and Perfect Fitting. We stand back of our merchandise that’s why we have developed the largest chain of Retail Shoe Stores in any City in the World. Worth More But— No Style Over $6: Brown to "mateh. STYLE 6210—same exeoot all lenther of rich Burgundy Color SMART STYLES FOR MEN AND WOMEN 39 Panes i 4a Vo eS: cua Gone H reater NewY 1 New York lewYork City for Address>s STYLE 6526, Very, attractive: D-ineh fioodvear Welt. Genuine Hav Vomp, | with fine quality vefioth ta ton. color Pee Le Add 15 Cents to cover parcel post Metropolitan Boot, %g0 as above, rges in District mountains and countless lakes, but INDUSTRIAL SWEDEN —with its'sturdy, resourceful population, some 6 millions of “the purest representatives ‘of the Aryan race” —with its vast forests, farms, industries! its increasing nation’ wealth and expanding. trade. America and this new, progressive Sweden have much in common, and will have more. New Hork Evening Post SWEDISH SUPPLEMENT An extra section to the Evening Post To-morrow, October 18 ‘The whole truth about Sweden—told in interesting style by Swedish and American writere—ench an authority—in this illustrated issue. The Government of Sweden is co-operating. You will really know Sweden when you have read the full discussions of its cutta: Swedes in United States tai Stone and Metal Industries ress Rallways Swedish-Americrn Relations ' Finances Electrochemical Industries Ports Textiles Shipping Fisheries Canals and Waterways preg a Live Stock Social Conditions Mining Literature Sports Postal Service Among the contributers: W. A. F. Ekengren, Minister to the dnited States from Bweden, Solomon Vinberg, chief engineer of the Royal Swedish Boar of Waterfal Enatrom, department director of the Swedish H. Jublin Dannfelt, Granholm, Nils Ant Board of Trade; Prof. Amand Hanna Astrup Larsen, Carl Berg, Erik Nylander, Lares Rabellus, Axel A, B, Nordvall, special commissioner from Sweden to the United Btates, Ivan frat, 1 Olof Wibelius, Henry Goddard Leach, Julius Jublin, director- general of poste; 0, 1, Gunnor Huss, Charles Dihlson, Copies mailed to any address in U S$. or Canada § cents; foreign, 10, Address Inter- national Burean, New York Evening Post, 20 Vesey Street, New York ee aan ‘ —A country with a future ! You should know not only the Sweden of tourist lure, of rugged manding the Central Department of the | Mra, John Henry Hammond, president of the association, will speak, WORLD WANTS WORK WONDERS | EN