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"present time has gone unchallenged, is j
that former Secretary of the Treasury
"William G. McAdoo is directing and
"overseeing government policies along
the lines known to be approved in the
past by the President.
"It is now stated from these same '
{Kources that Colonel House will join
53r. McAdoo in this work. It i*\ under- ,
Stood that while there was a tentative
agreement reached at the meeting of
the Cabinet last Monday that the Cabi?
net should itself assume control of
governmental affairs from the Execu?
tive side, the law officers of the govern?
ment have been able to find nothing in
the Constitution conferring such au?
thorization. A similar difficulty has
?risen in connection with the status of
Vice-President Marshall because of the
fact that the Constitution is silent on
the manner in which the inability of a
"President shall be determined, or by '.
"whom it shall be determined."
(senator Moses Writes
Friend President ?s
A "Very Sick Man"
Special Correspondence ?
MANCHESTER, N. H., Oct. 12.?In a
fetter to a Manchester friend, received
yesterday, Senator George IL Moses
""?,-rite.s of President Wilson as follows:
"The President is a very sick man.
?le suffered a cerebral lesion either
during his speech at Pueblo or 'mrne
diately thereafter, and one of the
"readily discernible results is a slight
"facial paralysis.
"His condition is such that, while.
this lesion is healing he is absolutely
tinable to undergo any experience
tvhich requires concentration of mind,
and that the consequent suffusion of
blood in the brain, the pressure of
?which would be likely to reopen this
lesion, or to cause new ones, with a
probably fatal result.
"Of course, he may get well?that
is, he may live. But if he does he will
not be any material force or i'uetor in
-anything.
"One of the interesting rumors here
3s that Colonel House is coming home
to' try and impress on the President
that he should abdicate for a few
"months and cull Marshall to be acting
President."
'president Had Slight
Retinal Hemorrhage
In Paru, Says Doctor
Special Correspondence.
rHILADEI.PHIA, Oct. 12.?It b??
fame known here to-day that Dr. J.
Chalmers ?la Costa's trip to Paris
?rhile President Wilson was attending
tne peace conference was for the pur?
pose of examining the President for
trouble which had previously caused '
a retinal hemorrhage.
"It has, of course, been known for j '
more than a year," said one surgeon
to-day. "that long before ho went to
Paris the President ?lid have a slight
TCtinal lesion, with slight hemorrhage
of the retinal surface that soonj '
cleared up, but naturally called for an | '
?expert oculist to examine into his eye
and his general condition and his
tendencies. Since then lie lias gone
through more exhaurting labors than
almoii any ether man in the world.
If he has a tendency toward this kind '
of th.ng be withstood it weil until
the continental trip was undertaken?
undertaken, it. is known, against the i
express advice of Dr. Grayson.
"The indications are that the local
condition will yield arid is yielding to
treatment readily, and taut the Presi?
dent, as the phrase goes, will fully
recover.''
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Tittoni io Adopt
Wilson Plan for
Fiume Settlement
Buffer State Under League
Check on Jngo-Slavia;
Albanians Charge Italy
Ainisi to Annihilate Them
ROME, Oct. 12. -Foreign Minister
Tittoni will leave Rome Monday for
the royal shooting lodge at Sun Ros
sore, where he will confer with King :
Victor Emmanuel before his departure
' ???.day to resume his work at the
peace conference. In all quarters hope
is expressed that representatives of:
the Entente nations un the supreme
council now realize the "absolute
necessity" of a speedy settlement of
the Adriatic question, not only in the j
interest of Italy lut also because of
its bearing on the peace- of Europe.
Signor Tittoni is ready, it is re
Tiortcd, to go to the "extreme limit"
n r: : fi k i T ? - - concessions to reach this
les'.llt. ii.. nev. project ?S ::i une with
I'reside::?. Wilson's principies propos?
ing the establishment of an inde
? pendent stato, comprising the districts
of Istria and Adelsberg, under the j
league of nations, and the -?.--?igning of i
district to Italy. By this j
plan, although there would bo no terri- ;
tori conti litj between Italy and j
Flume, the lat'.er would or. a buffer .
rate between Italy ar.d Jugo-Slavia.
P. i asserted this Bchemo already has
proved by the National Council
of Fiume, which, i: the plan should be
accepted, would itself ask Captain]
"B'Annunzio to retiro from the city.
LALLAN* i' I ci L2 : I ? national
* ?.. ?? here has issued
sr appeal to the peace conference,
;n which h is declared that the preten?
sions of Italy, as recently defined by
"Signor Tittoni, the Foreign Minister,
to include the occupation of Avlona
?nd the exercise of a mandate for
Albania, ere only a cloak for imperial
designa, and that the negotiations be
"??? - Italy, Greece and Serbia have
in view an understanding eauivalent to
the annihilation of Albania as a nation.
The document further declares the
Albanian? never will consent to the
occupation of Avlona nor to a mandate
ituch a?. Italy seeks.
Near East Relief Leaders
To Confer on Campaign
?' Relief, formerly the Amer?
ar- Committee Armenian n*;d Syr
?? 11 "?.< rat ?riK under
?I c! arte . will hold a series of
?' beginning to-morrov.- arid
? iding witl banquet at the Hotel
'.?lore Wednesday evening. More
than 300 men and women interested In
the movement will att<*r:d, including
Governors of several states. The trui
'-'?' will organize to-morrow evening
at 11 e Yale Club.
' onferencea Wednesday will take
at Wallace Lodge, Yonkers,
i?-- at the banquet Wednesday
y. Will be Joaephu- Daniela, Sec
? of the Navy; Abram f. Klkus,
Howard L'?-:.*./, Walter Georgs Smith
and Henry Morgenthao.
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Senate Action
On Peace Pact
Still Uncertain
Hitchcock's Threat to Force ?
Deadlock Unless Reserva- ?
tions Are Diluted Putsj
Situation Up in the Air i
"Bitter Enders" Gaining;
Eighteen Senators Said To
Be Committed Against !
the Treaty in Any Form!
By Carter Field
New York JYt?im?
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.--Tho Son
ate to-morrow enters its second month ?
of debate on the peace treaty and the
fourth month of its consideration, '
counting the time the treaty was be
fore the Foreign Relations Committee.
No one can tejl, however, when the ''
final vote will come nor what the
form of final ratification will be.
There would not be so much doubt
as to the date of the final vote were I
it not for the plan of Senator Hitch?
cock and other Administration leaders
to force a deadlock if they cannot ob?
tain a modification of tho reservations
satisfactory to them. If this attempt
is swept aside as promptly as the
Republican leaders expect, tho treaty
will be ratified with from five to ten
reservations, and probably at least one '.
textual amendment, by the middle of
November at the latest.
If this attempt of Mr. Hitchcock j
succeeds in holding the treaty before ;
the Senate after the normul par?
liamentary steps have been completed
? desperate battle will ensue, the
irreconcilables doing their utmost to I
defeat the whole treaty. Senator
Borah has served notice that when all
the amendments and reservations have
been disposed of he and the other
?bitter-enders" want about ten days
in which to attack the treaty.
"Bitter-Enders" Ranks Grow
There are now at least eighteen
irreconcilables, as compared with two,
Reed and Borah, when th?; light opened,
some of them claim ns many as 1
twenty-eight, but there are eighteen j
who virtually are committed, no matter ?
what amendments or reservations may i
be adopted, who will voto against
ratification.
The irreconcilables believe the longer
the fight is kept up tho belter tho
.bancos will be for defeating the
whole treaty. For these reasons they
frankly welcome the move of Senator
Hitchcock to force a deadlock. They
?hink it will give them the very delay
which they believe will aid their
lause.
One very important vote ia expected'
at the* end of this week -that on the
Shantung amendment. This will bo I
voted down, it is admitted, as for
several reasons it is not as strong inj
votes as the Johnson amendment giv?
ing the United States an equal vote
with the British Empire in the league
assembly.
Resubmisidon Objected To
Some Senators who sympathize with'
the idea of the Shantung amendment,
but who will vote against it because :
they disapprove of textual amendments ;
as requiring resubmission of the treaty,
nevertheless will vote for the Johnson
amendment. Senator Lenroot voiced
this viewpoint in declaring the John- -
son amendment docs not require re- ,
submission. The covenant itself pro?
vides for its amendment, he contended,,
and the principal powers can accept,
t?ris amendment if they desire to do ;
so without rcsubmitting it.
So the gain of so much strength by I
the Johnson amendment that its adop?
tion is now possible does not indicate i
that this will remove the objection of
so:::?' Senators to textual amendments!
to other parts of the treaty. Its pas- I
sage woul'l not add materially to the
strength of other textual amendments,!
save tiip Moses amendment, which is ?
also to the league covenant. Adoption j
of the Johnson amendment, it is i
thought, would assure adoption of the. ?
Moses amendment, which merely car?
ries further protection against the
votes of the British Dominions.
Thomas Reservations
Are Superfluous. Says \
Member of Commission
New Vort- Tribune
"Washington Bitrtan
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.?"Super-!
fluous" was the characterization of Sen?
ator Thomas's reservation by Guv IT.
Oyster, American secretary of the com?
mission on international labor legisla?
tion which drafted the labor section of
the treaty to which the Thomas reser?
vations apply. Mr. Oyster said:
"Paragraph 3 of tho reservations
provides in r?art that 'domestic sub
jects are not under Part XIII (labor
ction) of the treaty subject to deter?
mination of the general conference, the
governing IK.xly of the international
labor office or any other commission of
ry to be chosen thereunder.'
"As a matter of fact, by the terms of
treaty of peace the general con?
ference (irfternational labor con
f? renco) has no power to determine any
matter. It is t? purely deliberative
body, which, v, hen it has decided on the
adoption of proposals with regard to
items on its agenda, suggests them to
tiie members of the league in the form
of recommendations or draft conven?
tions. 'I o quote from Article. 405 of
the treaty:
"'In tho case of a draft convention,
the member will, if it obtains the con?
sent of the authority or authorities
within whose competence the matter
lies, communicate the formal ratifiea
- tion of the convention to the secretary
general, and will take sue! action as
may be necessary to make effective th"
, provisions of such convention.
"'If on a recommendation no legis?
lative or other action is taken to make
. a recommendation effective, or if the
draft convention fuils to obtain the
, consent of the authority or authorities
within whose competence the matter
i I, no further obligation shall rest
upon th? members.'
"To ?how how thoroughly the inter?
est? of tho United States were safe
. guarded by the United States repre
; ?entatives on the commission on inter?
national labor legislation, which drafted
this section of tho treaty, I quote the
; following paragraph of Article 405,
which was incorporated to meet tho de?
mand* of the American representa?
tives, and which completely covers tho
dangi ? which S? nator Thomas seems to
un? a i pute:
"'In the case of a Federar! state, the
power of vrthirh to enter into conven?
tion! '.n labor matters is subject to
limitations, it shall ;<? In tho discretion
of that government to tr?-at a draft con?
vention to which such limitation, ap
ply as a recommandation only, and tho
provisions of this article with respect
to recommendations ?hall apply In such
i ca???.'
"The remainder of the rencrvnt Inn*,
| ?? In t.hr cas? of the ?bovi-, *r? super
i fluous, inasmuch as the points raised
are amply covered and safeguarded by
tho treaty as it now stands."
Johnson to Speak Here
Next Saturday Night
Senator Hastens Hack to Wash?
ington to Participate in the
Final Discussion of the Treaty
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. ? Having
made the last Western speech of his
transcontinental speaking tour at Salt j
Lake City Saturday night, Senator Hi- \
ram W. Johnson is speeding back to
Washington to take part in the final
treaty debate in the Senate. He is due
in Washington Wednesday.
Before leaving for the East Senator
Johnson tefegraphed his acceptance of :
an invitation to address a mass meet- :
ing in Madison Square Garden, New I
York, next Saturday night. Senator?
James A. Reed, of Missouri, also will:
speak.
During the tour just ended the Sen?
ator has delivered addresses in oppo?
sition to the present league of nations
covenant in twenty of the principal
cities of the Middle and Far West?
Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Kan- :
sas City, Des Moines, Sioux Falls, Lin?
coln, Duluth, St. Paul. Minneapolis,
San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland,
Tacomu, Seattle, Spokane, Butte, Dillon,
Mont.; Ogden and .Salt Lake City. He
also spoke at a luncheon in Omaha.
His trip, which followed closely the
recent itinerary of President Wilson,
has been featured by demonstrations of
enthusiasm and tremendous crowds. At
St. Louis the crowd which packed the
Coliseum cheered the Senator for eigh?
teen minutes. A demonstration of al?
most similar length greeted him at
Kansas City, and other prolonged out?
bursts of applause occurred at Minne?
apolis, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Seattle and elsewhere.
The tour was remarkable for the. at?
tention accorded to the ?Senator's argu?
ments. During the whole itinerary
there was but one attempt to interrupt
the speaker?at Salt Lake City, where
a few individuals in the crowd that
filled the Tabernacle attempted to dis?
turb the speaker by cheering when he
referred to one of the President's
speeches. The Senator quelled the dis?
turbance almost instantly by de- I
nouncing the interrupters as pro-Brit- [
ish and referring to the exhibition of ?
hoodlumisin at Senator Reed's recent
meeting at Avdmure, Okla., as indica?
tive of the spirit of certain longue of
nations proponents who scout Ameri?
can idealism and refuse to let American
officials address them in behalf of
America. The crowd immediately
rallied to his support and cried down
the disturbance.
-?.? ?
Count di Cellere's Recall
From U. S. is Reported
Rome Dispatch Declares New
Ambassador Is To Be Chosen
for Washington
ROME, Oct. 12.?Italy has decided, to i
send to Washington a new ambassador
to take th& place of Count V. Macclii
di Cellere, but tho government has not
chosen the appointe?, as yot.
NAPLES. Oct. 12.?Baron Mayor dos:
Planches, former Italian Ambassador to '
the United States and now Commis?
sioner General of Emigration, sailed !
Saturday on the steamship Giuseppe
Verdi for New York. He will head the '
Italian delegation to the international
labor conference in Washington.
In the general discussion of Italy's,
view on the labor situation, Baron da
Planches will deal especially with the
question of reported restrictions on ;
emigration to the United States
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.-No partie-'
ular significance is attached here to
tho report that Count di Cellere is to
be recalled. It was pointed out to?
night that this is the usual course
followed by European countries when
there has been a change of govern?
ment such ns has taken place in Duly
with the going out of office of the :
Orlando ministry and the entrance of
that of Premier Nitti. Great. Britain
and Japan already have changed am-1
bassadors at Washington, and it would
not be surprising If France did like- j
wise, ? .
Count di Cellere was well ?iked in
this country, and it. is well known that
he stood high, with Pi'esidont Wilson.
The fact that Baron des Planches is ;
coining here on another mission fs not \
believed to be at all connected with
the forthcoming vacancy in the am- '
bassadorship. There have been report-;
for some time here that Count di Cel?
lere might go, and they have persis
tently connected with his successor j
the name of Guglielmo Marconi.
Closed Bank Demanded
Townley 'Cover' Its Loans
Letters From President ("ailed
Attention to Fart That
Funds Were Depleted
Sprrio I Co rreepondo n ce
FARGO, N. D., Oct. 12.?-Letters
written bv H. J. Hngen, president, and !
i P. R. Sherman, cashier, of the Scan- I
i dinavian -American Bank o? Fargo, re- ?
i cently closed by the State. Banking
i Board, to A. C. Townlcy, president Of
i the National Nonpartisan League,
| were m:?.?!?' public to-day by Attorney
j General Langer.
Cashier Sherman, under date of
i May '_!>> last, quotes President Hagen
as demanding that Townley make good
? his assurance that state deposits of
'$500,000 would be made with the hank.
''Tlie fact that we have assisted tho
I league and tho Consumers' Stores
I Company to an amount of $200,000
\ naturally depletes our available funds,"
! Sherman wrote to Townley, according
j to the letter, copies of which were
i seized in the closed bank by the At
? torney General.
j Townley, through his presidency of
j the Nonpartisan League, controls th?
1 state administration, and at the tim<!
' the Fargo bank was closed there was
| nearly $,'500,000 of state funds in the in
I atitution.
Magyar Army Reported
Marching on Budapest
Former Emperor Charles Pre?
paring to Join in Move to
Expel Rumanians
j PARIS, Oct. 12.?A dispatch to the
"Petit Parisien" from Vienna says a
"white" Magyar army under Admiral
1 Ho-by is reported to he marching on
Bu?T?pest with The intention of expell?
ing the Rumanians. Former Emperor
Charles, says the dispatch, ?3 reported
to be making preparations to join
' Horby.
j The tenor of the note which the ?al?
lied governments have decided to hand
Rumania through their ministers at
Bucharest is moderate and conciliatory.
It reviews the pointa on winch differ?
ences exist and explains why the alause
relating to minorities was inserted in
, i ho t reaty.
The note say? tho tpjestion of Ru
man?an requisitions on Hungary wil
Ibo submitted to n special commissioi
and declares the Allies do not regar?
'On Friedrich government In Hungar
?as representing the will of the Hun
garlan nation. Further, the note point
?out the difficulties of the situatin
? mused by Rumania'? fallur?! to sign th
I Austrian pracn treaty.
Explain Break
Between Allies
And Kolehakj
-i
Commanders in Vladivostok
Give Details of Clash i
Over Order to Remove I
Russians From Pon ?
Three Soldiers Killed
Japanese Leader Upholds j
Refusal to Carry Out De-j
man?!. Honors Opponent j
VLADIVOSTOK, Oct. 3 (delayed) j
(By The Associated Press).?A misun-I
derstanding has arisen here between j
the Allied command and the repro- !
sentatives of Admiral Kolchak, head of
the Omsk government, as a result of a!
demand by the Allies that a recently
arrived force of new and untrained
troops, who have been creating dis- I
turbances, be. moved from the city.
The province commander, Rozpov,
says he moved in 4,000 troops early in
September to forestall a coup d'?tat
planned by the Social Revolutionists.
Armored trains and Cossack detach?
ments also were billeted here for an
emergency. .'
The result has been numerous inci?
dents of friction, including the murder
of three Allied soldiers, one American,
one Russian and one Czech, and many
minor a If rays.
During the last year Kolchak repre?
sentatives have beeen maintained here
by permission of the Allied military
force, so the inter-Allied military con?
ference decided that the newly arrived
Russian troops should be withdrawn
from the fortress limits for the sake
of law and order, as for a year no Rus?
sian troops had been allowed in Vladi?
vostok without the permission of the
senior Allied commander.
Japanese Orders Withdrawal
The Japanese General Inigaki, chair?
man of the conference, on September
26, sent a communication to General
Rozanoff, the Russian military com?
mander in the Ear East, ordering the
withdrawal of the troops by noon of
September HO, declaring that otherwise j
the necessary measures would be taken :
to compel the withdrawal.
Rozpov then concentrated his forces. !
On the 30th Rozpov sent a letter to the '
Allies quoting a telegram from Admiral i
Kolchak, couched in strong terms, say- !
ing that the Allies had made an at- |
tempt on the sovereign rights of Rus- !
sia and ordering Rozanoff not to move !
his troops from. Vladivostok and even I
to use extreme measures to keep them >
there.
The Allies have communicated direct
with Admiral Kolchak, explaining the
local situation, believing that the Omsk
government has not been correctly in- ;
formed as to conditions prevailing.
The belief among them is Kolchak's or?
ders to RozanofF were influenced by'
exaggerated reports sent by Rozanoff
misrepresenting the intention of the
Allies.
Allied Action Criticised
The newspapers have taken up the
situation and are bitterly criticising
the action of the. Allies. A statement
credited to General Inigaki has ap?
peared in the newspapers approving
Romanoff's, position, despite the. fact
that it was General Inigaki who first
proposed the withdrawal of the Rua- ;
sian troop? and .signed the ultimatum to '
Rozanoff. A Japanese decoration was
presented to Rozanoff to-day.
The. Allies are awaiting further word j
from Admiral Kolchak.
A dispatch from Omsk, dated Sep- ?
tomber 30. dealing with the trouble '
at Vladivostok, said a vigorous protest ;
by the Om.sk government has led to the
withdrawal of the demand of the Allies
for the removal of the Russian troops i
from Vladivostok. Kolchak in his pro-;
test voiced his objection to what he i
considered a violation by the Allies of i
Russian sovereignty. It. was asserted!
thai the Allied commanders had ex- |
Rumania for Alliance
With Italy and France
PARIS, Oct. 12.?A despatch to
the "Temps" from Buchareit says
the Fumanian newspapers are recom?
mending an alliance between Italy,'
France and Rumania which Poland,
Jugo-Slavia and Czecho-Slovakia can
adhere to.
ceeded the rights accorded them by the
railway agreement, which limited their
sphere of action.
The dispatch added that the Omsk
government, upheld Rozanoff in his re?
fusal to withdraw the troops, and that
it was reported that several of the
superior military and diplomatic rep?
resentatives of the Allies at Omsk had
cabled representations to their govern?
ments supporting Kolchak's position.
Bolskevik Drive Against
Denikine Is Resumed
LONDON*, Oct. 12 (By The Asso?
ciated Press).?-The Bolsheviki h?ve re?
sumed their offensive against General
Denikine, checked last month when
they were repulsed near Tsaritsyn, on
the lower Volga, on a wide front, ac?
cording to a Soviet wireless dispatch,
dated Saturday, received here to-day.
The message says:
"We assumed the offensive in the
Tsaritsyn region along the whole front
between the Don and Volga rivers. The
operations are developing successfully
between the Don and Kuban."
The Don River flows into the Sea of
Azov, north of the Black Sea. The
Kuban flows through the northern Cau?
casus region, emptying into the Black
Sea from the cast. :
Ukrainians Say Denikine
Slays Women; Uprising
Against Him Growing
BERXE, Oct. 12.?The Ukrainian
rising ngainst General Denikine in
Southwestern Russia is continuing,
especially in this neighborhood cl' :
Kiev, according to reports received
here by the Ukrainian mission. Three
boatloads of provisions which were on
their way along the Dnieper River to
the Denikine troops, were captured
recently by the Ukrainian forces.
Among the troops who are fighting
against General Denikine are many
former soldiers and mounted peasants
who are said to have become enraged
against the Cossack leader because of
alleged atrocities. Forty women in
one village recently were shot, it is i
said, because their husbands wer?.
serving in the Ukrainian -army at
Odessa, and it. is charged that ihre?
other women were hanged in the re?
gion Of Poltava. More than 200 Uk?
rainian prisoners have been massacred
by the Denikine soldiers, it is as?
serted. The Ukrainian soldiers arc re?
ported to be well armed and constantly
to be receiving reinforcements.
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Japan's New Ambassador
To U. S. Is Young Man
But He Is* Regarded ia Tokio as
One of Nation's Lead?
ing Hi ??1 o niai.*'
TOKIO, Sept. It (Correspondence of
tin* Associated Press).?Kijtlro Shide
hara, Vice-Foreign Minister, who was
appointed to-day Ambassador t?. Wash?
ington, Is regarded here as one of the
most capable of Japanese diplomats.
He has climbed rapidly in the service
anil at the comparatively early age of
forty-seven is entrusted with the post
at Washington, which Japanese now
regard as their most important foreign *
diplomatic post.
Mr. Shidehara'married Miss Masako
Iwasaki. sister of Baron Kyuya {wasaki,
a member of the great Japanese
Iwasaki family, which shares with the
Mitsui family industrial and financial
leadership in the Japanese Empire.
Mr. Shidehara has served in China
and Engiand and was for some time
Councillor at the Embassy at Wash
ington, being transferred from there !
lo London and subsequently named I
Minister to Holland. Shortly after
the outbreak of the war he was re?
called to be Vice-Foreign Minister.
nnd during the war he has handled
all international problems which, were
developed by the war. lie speaks Eng?
lish and French.
?Baker Blamed
For Big Army
Surplus Loss
House Sub-Coniniittee Back
From Inquiry in Europe
Links Policy With "Ruth?
less Sacrifice" to France
Stopped Price Drop Here
Goods Cost $1,426,000,000,
Sold for $400,000,000,
According to Investigators
AVt/i Yorl- Tribun?
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.?Haw the
War Department sacrificed to the
French government for about $400,
000,000 surplus commodities of all
sorts, including foodstuffs, clothing
"ud other necessities, which cost th?
United States $1,426,000,000, rather
than shiD them back to the United
States after the armistice was signed,
was disclosed by the House Sub-com?
mittee on War Expenditures, which
has just returned from its investiga?
tions in Europe. Official records
brought back by the committee are of?
fered in support of its charges.
The policy of Secretary Baker for
the American expeditionary force is
outlined in the Official minutes of the
meeting of the American Liquidation
Commission in Paris, on April 1(3, 1919,
which was ??tended by Mr. Baker. This
poliicy was given to the sub-commit?
tee by the liquidation commission as
the reason for the sale of the goods.
It reads as follows:
"The Secretary of War expressed
the opinion that no property or ma?
terials not needed by the army for
consumption in the United States
should bo returned to the United
.States, and that in no event, should
such commodities as clothing-, food
- supplies and engineering equipment be
returned, but that all such commodi?
ties, as the same became surplus,
should he disposed of by the commis
! sion in Europe to the best advantage."
A statement given out. to-night by
? a representative of the sub-commission
' says :
Some of the Commodities Sold
''Among the commodities thus ruth
? lessly sacrificed to save American
1 manufacturers and jobbers from com?
petition and to prevent a lowering of
the cost of living in this "country the
. following items, with their cost prices,
are noteworthv:
"Flour, $15.500,000; bacon, $41,300,
000; beef. $58,890,000; corn beef hash,
$4,000,000; canned tomatoes, $8,1-12,000 :
coffee, $6,500,000; crackers, $2,000.000;
sugar, $3,200,000; flannel shirts, $17,
200,000; men' underwear. $25,551,000;
shoes, $30,880,000; men's socks or
stockings, $9,000,000; rubber boots,
$6,100,000; huckaback towels, $1,775.
000; blank- ts, $12,400.000; sewing
thread, $2.580,000.
"Where there is in fii?> minds of the
investigators grave questions as to
whether the liquidation commission
did sell this vast surplus 'to the best
advantage abroad.' the fact that Sec
rotary Baker had directed that nn
part of it b<- returned to the United
States necessarily placed those
charged with its sale at the mercy of
the European market and, largely at
the mercy of the French buyers, who
were, not slow either to bear the prices
or to seize upon the bargains offered.
"Much testimony regarding wanton
destruction of automobiles, trucks, per?
fectly new tires, etc., belonging to the
American Expeditionary Force, was sub?
mitted to the committee, together with
emphatic denials of such destruction
from official sources. How clearly Sec?
retary Baker's policy of permitting no
part of th?> army surplus to come into
('competition with American manufact?
urers, however, was understood by the
? automobile trade in this country, and
; was strikingly illustr?t? .< by the protesf
1 cabled to tre American Liquidation
Commission by the manufacturers of
Dodge motors. On August 16, 191t*. the
commission received the follow cable:
" 'Liquidation Commission, Elys?e
Palace Hotel, Pari?.
"'Our dealers, Denmark, Spain, com- '
plaining competition army cars sold
their territory. Hope you can prevent
further infringement. Dodge.'
"Judge Parker, chairman of the com?
mission, immediately cabled that he
was not guilty. His message rends:
"'Dodge cabes from Detroit that his
dealers in both Denmark and Spa':.
complaining because of comp?tition of
our army cars sold in their territory,
and requests we prevent further in?
fringement.- Please advise Dodge that
we have sold no automobiles in either
Denmark or Spain. , PARKER.'
"When C. W. nare, director of sales
for the War Department, appeared be?
fore the sub-committee in August he
gavft^Ke committee to understand that
lie was going to Frunce, by direction
of the Secretary of War, to put a stop
to the ruthless sacrifice of government
property by the liquidation commis?
sion and to devote his abilities as a
salesman to procuring better prices.
The committee did not examine Mr.
Hare in France, and consequently does
not know what occurred during the
few hours which intervened between
iiis examination in Washington and his
departure for Europe.
Cites Administration Policy
"It was learned from Judge Parker,
however, that Mr. Hare had exercised
no jurisdiction over and had contributed
nothing to the sale of the surplus of
the American Expeditionary Force,
but that he had stated his mission to
Europe, was, in Judge Parker's lan?
guage, 'to see whether it was possible
to develop markets in Europe for the
surplus war materials in America,' a
mission entirely in line, of course
with Secretary Baker's fixed policy
avowed as long ago as November 29?
1910, when he declare?! his purpose sc
to dispose of the army surplus as n??t
to disturb the domestic markets, ami
said that the 'accumulation by the Wai
Department of either raw material oi
finished products will bo distribute?
when and where liquidation of sue1
supplies will least interfere with till
return of industry to normal condition,
and with the Administration policy a:
enunciated by Bernard M. Baruch, thei
chairman of the War Industries Boar?!
who announced that 'no man doin*
business with the government shal
suffer finaffeial loss through termina
lion of the war.' "
Paris Crowd Attack?* Airman
Who Falls at Racetracl
PARIS. Oct. 12. A: the Longcl amp
racetrack this afternoon an aviatoi
defying the orders against 'tying o\e
Paris, came down and landed on \h
main course, when? the inclosures wpt
already considerably crowded.
woman calmly jumped out of the ail
plane and walked off, while a big crow
surrounded the pilot in a chreatcnin
way.
The aviator took the air, but befoi
he got clear of the course the machii
fell and crashed just inside the ii
closure. The avia-tor, who was n<
hurt, was attacked by the crowd an
saved only by flu* police.
.Spanish Envoys on \\ ay Here
MADRID. Oct. Ii?,-'-A social commi
tee, headed by Viscount '.' i ..:, and cor
loscd of Se?ores Posada, Lardo, Caba
lero and Sala, which is troing to Was!
ington, left for Liverpool Friday on tl
first stage of the voyage.
A WORD TO TRUSTEES WITR
UNINVESTED BALANCES
Do not let them stay Idle m
longer. Guaranteed First Mart.
gage Certificates are legal f*
trust funds and you can in rest
any amount at any time, an<j
begin earning good Interest at
once.
Let us know what amount.
'?" "tie lor pamph{?t . ? .
I LAWYERS MORTGAGE CO.
RICHARD IV!. HURD, l?resU.nt
Capital,Surplus&Pr $9,000,000
00 Liberty St.,X.Y. 1S4 MoDt?tu?8;?Bfct
Montene<jriiis Accuse
Serbians of Cruelty
PARIS, Oct. 12.?Montenegrin fore?,
have inflicted heavy losses on Serbian
detachments in Ike Montenegrin in?
surrection, which is continuing, My,
a statement issued bv the Ministry 0'
Foreign Affairs of the Montenegrin
government. Montenegro, it is stj<j
has again asked the great powers to
order the Serbians out of Montenegro
The statement says;
"At Mount Jouri-stohe Montenegrin?
inflicted heavy 'esses on Serbian
forces, and <n combats near Cettinl?
the Serbians 'ost fifty killed, lU
wounded and many prisoners.
?'Montenegrin prisoners are bein?
murdered by Serbians ir, the rno?v
cruel manner, Antoine Koyevitch, a
doctor of uiws, ;?n?i several other for
mer students having been found on
the battlefield with t;.-:.r- eyea gouged
out and their hands fevered. At
Niegouwhe, a ten-year-old boy' wi?
beheaded for having sung the Monte
negrin national anthem, tjid two young
women named Arret'vitrh were oui
raged, ? I en shof on the same pretext.
Eyea o aged rr.cn and turren have
been burned out with hot ashes bv th?
Serbians."'
Assails "Loafing ?.iihov"
? i. pai ized laboi pi ? ser I lactic?.
? Ad.:; influen? e of ladies!?
'I.'..?.' hopo i? revolution rather thai
reform, are rapidly alienating the arm
s of Americana outside
? ... crowded industrial centres, saia
th?? Rev. l?r. .lohn Roach St raton yei
terday in one of a '-??lies of -timonsa?.
I alvary Baptist Church on current
economic problems.
The Boston police Btrike was trea?
son, he declare?!, and the country i?
about convinced that the fteel strike
never should have been called. He
Further declared that the race riot? ir,
various partR of the country were the
"hellish" results of radical iaborpropi
?ran a an u ; ?? negroes, ana cor
eluded with the assertion that the vail
,: ?ddle class of Ai lerica, ? onstitutlng
fully 70 pei cent of the population, ulti?
mately would liCjforved in self-defence
to cr??ate a real revolut on, one whirl
destro; ? ' ? profiteera on
,??? hand and "loafing labor" on the
..- ? r.
y??-??-?-*
?'n abundance for men and
young men!
.75 to $44.75
The Fall overcoat is no longer a mere
"tide-over till winter.*' it has struck a
style note sufficiently different from that
of the heavier w inter models to constitute
a reason for its being all by itself.
The light-weight fitted models are ju>-t a
bit more swagger and the loose-fitting
coats a bit more ?aring than the heavier
ones. But the fabrics lose nothing
through being of lighter weight. They
will wear through the fall and will be
welcome again when Spring days make
n heavy overcoat seem heavier.
You may piek from a large assortment of single or double
breasted models in gray herringbone weaves, eassimeres, fancy
cheviots, knitted fabrics in many shades, and oxford vicunas
with satin sleeves and yoke linings. Correct as a whole and
individually, they are priced all out of proportion to their own
superior quality and the prices in other shops.
HERALD SQUARE
'/ZCW
NEW YORK
Jfrfjg^EWBIgWu^^
mnieiniGninis ? o-=aay
? Very Unusu?? Sale o?
Wo one nil's Filie Gowns
at $78. QC
willl offffeir iremiarlkaMe values an really
beautiful gowns of sheer si??k c.^j-,
Iltuisttironjis satin, beaded georgette and
handsomely embroidered tncoflette.?
Quality and style considered, the ?price
quoted 5s nothing short r** phenomenal.
No alterations r-:*v. 3>e made or
these special gowns.
(Third Floor)
?A??0 ? 3 :: ? ' ? , 1 ; ;?.;?
Another Important Sale of
Women's Aistymo So its
(S.ises 34 to 48)
will ?present a rare opportunity to buy
an undeniably handsome suit, modeled
En si il vertone, chevrona, ?uvel! $e aine
or woo" ve flou ir
at an extraordinarily low r:s:ce
Plain=tanlored Suits . at $55.00
F?r=trimmea Suits . at 68-CO
No alterations wsS? be made on
these s^ecHaii suits.
(Third F loo:-"
?flaanijoon abernte f trtt) anemic
34t? an? 35tl) ^treet? f?ct? ?por*
