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World League's
Section XIX Is
Puzzle to Wets
Fear It Is Last Gun of the
Dry Forres in Campaign
To Make Earth a Desert
Find One Gleam of Hope
Suggest France, Italy and
England May Object to
Prohibition in America
Leaders of the wets gave anxious
perusal yesterday to Article X?X of
President Wilson's proposed constitu?
tion for the league of nations. They
were puzzled to know whether it indi?
cates that the dry forces have already
inaugurated their vaunted campaign to
"conquer the world" now that prohibi?
tion has been decreed in the United
States.
Article XIX treats of the manner in
which those former German colonies
inhabited by backward peoples are to
be administered. The paragraph which
proved particularly interesting to the
wets reads as follows:
"Other people, especially those of
Central Africa, are at such a stage that
the mandatory must be responsible for
the administration of the territory, sub?
ject to conditions which will guarantee
freedom of conscience or religion, sub- t
ject only to'tho maintenance of public
order and morals, the prohibition of
abuses, sirch iis the slave trade, the
arms traffic fliul the liquor traffic, and
the prevention of the establishment o?
fortifications or military and naval
bases and of military training of the
ralives for other than police purposes
and the defence of territory, and will
also secure equal opportunities for the
trail?? and commerce of other member.'
of the league."
Calls It "Local Question"
William I!. Hirst, attorney for the
New York State Brewers' Association,
said he had not. given the section quite
as nnuh study as he considered it
merited. He. therefore, was not cer?
tain whether its purport was to abso?
lutely prohibit the liquor traffic in
t'entrai Africa and among "other peo?
ple," or merely to regulate it in order
to prevent iis abuse by semi-civilized
or uncivilized people.
"if th( plan is to prohibit the liquor
traftic," he went on. "1 will say 1
deem it entirely without the scope of
the intended powers of a league of
nations. It is a' local matter, one to
be regulated by the community under
its police powers. To include such a
provision in tin? constitution of the
league of nations would he to nlake a
permanent prohibition of what should
at most be only a temporary regula?
tion. Of course, that objection applies
to the national amendment, too.
"1 recall that the Anti-Saloon League
people some time ago planned to send
a delegation to the Paris conference to
see to i; that 'the liquor traffic was
not imposed upon backward nations.'
Another Side to It
"At that time the consensus of au?
thoritative opinion was that it was a
matter that should rightfully be left to
local adjustment.
"The United States might, take warn?
ing from consideration of this import?
ant phase of the matter: If the Amer?
ican delegation should insist upon
handing over to the league of nations
the control of the liquor traffic
throughout the world, EiiR-land, France!
and Italy might, very properly insist?
hat the league also take cognizance of \
IMPORTANT IMPERATIVE SALES
By Order of Executors, Administrators and Private Owners
TO BE HELD?EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE NOTED
At The American Art Galleries
Madison Square South, New York
To-morrow (Monday) Evening ! On the Afternoon of Saturday,
March 1st
at 8:15 o'CIock
AMERICAN PAINTINGS
collected by the late
Robert Morrison Olyphant
OF NEW YOHK
AND
NATIVE AND FOREIGN
PAINTINGS
From the estate of the late
Miss Mary E. Garrett
OF BALTIMORE
ON FREE VIEW TO-MORROW
9 A. M. UNTIL .5 F. M.
On the Afternoons of Feb. 26,27
& 28, Beginning at 2:30 o'CIock
The Handsome
Furnishings and
Embellishments
OF A WASHINGTON RESIDENCE
consisting of French, Italian and
English Furniture, Georgian Sil?
ver, and Old Sheffield Plate, Old
English China, Fine Table and
Bed Linen, Rare 18th Century
Needlework Pictures, Persian and
India Rugs and Carpets, French
Color Prints and other objects of
embellishment and utility,
TO WHICH HAS BEEN ADDED
a collection of
BARYE AND MENE BRONZES
and other important additions
To He Sold liv direction
of the ll.-ir?. ,,f
Laura Ball Pinkus
From the Collection of
Thomas Sutton, London
and the Property of
Several Private Owners
ON FREE VIEW BEGINNING
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 19 th
??? Catalogue mai le?! on reeelpt of
Fifty Cent?..
Beginning at 3 o'CIock
IJ.v Direction of Executors
aiul Administrator.
Rare and Very Valuable
Renaissance, Flemish
AND OTHER ANTIQUE
TAPESTRIES
Costly Drawing Room and
Boudoir Suites of
Furniture
In Fine Old BeauvnIs and Aubusson
Tapestry
Other Fine Furniture, Old Tex?
tiles, Italian and Canova Marbles
and other desirable objects
BelonRine; (o (lie Estate
AUGUSTUS KOUNTZE
ESTATE OF THE LATE JAMES
STIMM AN' AM) SEVERAL
PRIVATE OWNERS
ON FREE VIEW BEGINNING
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY
*.? Illustrated catalogue, mailed on
receipt ol' Fifty Cents.
IN THE GRAND BALL
ROOM OF THE PLAZA
On Thursday Evening, Feb. 27th
THE NOTABLE
N. E. MONTROSS
Collection of
AMERICAN
PAINTINGS
Of Sterling Artistic Quality
ON FREE VIEW BEGINNING
WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY
???Finely illustrated catalogue
mailed on receipt of One Dollar.
ON FREE VIEW MARCH 10th
To be Sold by
Direction of the Executors
On the Afternoons of March.
13th, 14th & 15th
The Important Collection of
Japanese Art
Treasures and Curios
Itelonging to thf Eut at.? o? the widely
known expert, the lute
Rufus E. Moore
Consisting; of Fine Old Lacquers,
Rare Pottery and Porcelains, I
Bronzes and other objects of in- !
terest to amateurs and connois- !
seurs.
Fifty V?uu*"" maUed "'? rp"4il>' of
On Thursday & Friday
Evenings, March 13 & 14
IN THE GRAND BALL
ROOM OF THE PLAZA
A Very Important
Collection of
Modern Paintings
By Masters of the American
and Foreign Schools
The Propertv of the Estate
ol the lute
Thomas R. Ball
OF NEW YORK
THE I,ATE
Francis White
OF BALTIMORE
With Important Additions from
Several Private Collector?
ON FREE VIEW MARCH 10th
*. ? Illustrated catalogue mailed on
receipt of One Dollar.
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday Afternoons, March 6, 7 and 8
l"?\r^1^'r!,J,y^V <'I-U<''-"?'"LVIM:.,|'MIA. TRUSTEE FOR THE
MV TM? vi? ?l?J'';r;V_ ?'. ??AlTAIMH'Ol'T.O IWIIO l.OHT tlt> I.HE
?.V IVrt;u/Mtb II SI1ANJA; AM) OTHERS BENKITCIAL
An Extraordinary Collection of
RARE AND BEAUTIFUL ANTIQUE AND MODERN
RUGS AND CARPETS
FROM PERSIA, AS|% MINOR, THE CAUCASUS \\l> CHINA OF
ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE AND UTILITY
Together with a Collection of
RARE ANTIQUE CHINESE RUGS
TO BE SOU? FOR THE BENEFIT Ol Till, i.v| vi'K Ol TUE J ATE
E. A. Bischoff, of Pekin, China.
_ BV I1HDKK OF
THE NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, ADMINISTRATOR
ON FREE rCBUC VIEW FROM MONDAY, MUMM <d
I V?1I. THE ?ATE OF KALK
IVofuiwIy Illi-?trabr<i cntaloKur mailed on receipt of one dollar
Requests for further information will receive the prompt attention of
the Managers
The sales will be conducted by
MR. THOMAS E. KIRBY
nil IiIh iMfllftfant?, Mr. Otto llcrnet and Mr. ||, ||. f'nrhr, ?f ||,e
AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, Manager?
M?dUon H-j. Koijth, Ki'trntir?. fl K. Z'id Street, Ne? Vorli.
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Omsk Fears Repetition
Of Brest-Litovsk Trick
QMSK, Feb. 15 (By The Asso?
ciated Press).?The readiness
of the Russian Soviet govern?
ment to send delegates to the
Princes' Islands conference is an
attempt to repeat the Brest
Litovsk conference with the (.'en?
trai Cowers, according to a state?
ment issued by the Foreign Min?
istry of the Omsk government.
The statement says the Bol
shcviki again "offer to sell the
count ry for the benefit of them?
selves."
An official statement of the
attitude of the Omsk government
toward the meeting probably will
be made in a few days. Socialist
and non-Socialist leaders and
representatives of the cooperative
associations are preparing a pro?
test. Universities and academies
of Siberia are appealing to the
Allied Powers and the United
States not to permit the meet?
ing.
the effects of national prohibition here
upon their citizens' investments.
"Not only are the holdings of many
Englishmen, Frenchmen ami .'Lilians
wiped eut by the national amendment,
but it closes the trade ??our of the
United States to the products of some
of the most, lucrative industries of
their count ries."
Omsk Asks Moral Aid of
Pope in Fight With Reds
Bolshevists Active on the Amur
Railway, Where Magyars
Await Better Weather
VLADIVOSTOK, Feb. 11 (By The As?
sociated Press). Bolshevik activity is
pronounced along the Amur railway,
where 3,00 Magyars of General von
Taube's former army are reported to
be intrenched near the Magochi sta?
tion, awuitinjr moderation of the
weather.
Tiie supremo church administration!
at Omsk has launched an appeal for
moral support in tTie strugle against
Bolshevism addressed to the Pope, the
Archbishops of Parts, Canterbury and
New York and the metropolitans of
Serbia, Rumania and Greece.
There is a persistent rumor that the
Omsk government contemplates a re?
moval to the eastward and will estab?
lish its seat either at Chita or Vladi?
vostok. While this rumor lacks con?
firmation, it is pointed out as a possible
substantiation that Brush tCommis
sioner Elliott and French Commission?
er Regnault are en route to Vladivo?
stok. M. Oustrougoff, Minister of
Communications in the. Omsk govern?
ment, is also coming, for the alleged
?purpose of assisting in the railway con?
ferences, which, despite the strong rep?
resentations of the government officials
in favor of Omsk, will be held here
after ratification of the general plan of
cooperation by the peace conference.
Four U. S. Officers, Ten
3Ien, Get British Medals
ARCHANGEL, Feb. 15 (By The Asso?
ciated Press).?-Four American officers
and ten non-commissioned officers and
men have been given British decora?
tions for gallantry and efficiency in ac?
tion. The awards follow:
Captain Clair S. McArdle, 310th En?
gineers, Homer, Mich.?Distinguished
Service Order.
Captain Otto A. Odjard, 339th In?
fantry, 'M.". Twelfth Street, Portland,
Ore.?Military Cross.
First Lieutenant Edwin J. Stevenson,
Engineers, Davenport, Iowa?Military
Cross.
Second Lieutenant II. T. Ketcham.
339th Infantry, Spring Green, Wis.?
Military Cross.
Sei'Keant Arnold W. Nolf, Engineers,
Copemish, Mich.?Distinguished Con?
duct Medal.
Sergeants Ewald II. Dilleu, Highland
Park, Mich.; Delbert Kratz, Route :!,
Chesaning, Mich., and Peter Oslatlos,
Holland, Mich., all Engineers?Meri?
torious Service Medals.
Corporal .lames Morrow, 339th In?
fantry, 98 Rathburne Avenue, De?
troit, Mich.?Distinguished Conduct!
Medal.
Private Berber W. Bergstrom, Engi
neers, T7?> Lincoln Avenue, Detroit,
.Mich.?Military Medal.
Private Russell A. McGuire, Enp-i
neers, Route 2, Rosebush, Mich.?Mili?
tary Medal.
Private M. Kawalski, Infantrv, 65
Lockford Street, Detroit, Mich.?Mili
tary Medal.
Privates Jerry Doubek, Wau wat osa,
Wis., and Alexander H. Ditterbern, 20*
Thirtieth Street, Detroit, Mich., Engi?
neers?Meritorious Service Medal--.
In addition to these awards, a num?
ber of Americans have been cited in
: pecial orders.
Investigation
Of Williams's
Acts Is Asked
< oui ?mied from page 1
addressed to Richard L. Austin, agent
o' the Federal Reserve Bank at Phila?
delphia, in which it was stated that a
trust company officer had reported
that Mr. Williams threatened to with?
draw railroad deposits from the insti?
tution if it did not join the national!
bank system.
"You are interested because Mr.
Williams is trying to strengthen the !
Federal Reserve system," asked Rep- |
resentative Garner, of Texas, Demo- '
crat.
"He is doing more than that," re- '
plied Mr. McFadden. "He is withdraw- '
ing funds from state banks and trust,
companies in millions of dollars and \
transferring them to national banks." ?
"And he is doing it, as you say,_for?
the purpose of strengthening the Fed- j
eral Reserve system; to force them |
into the system," interrupted Mr. Gar?
ner, adding: "Don't you suppose some
influence has been brought to bear on
.Mr. Williams by the Federal Reserve
banks to do that same thing?"
"He has withdrawn from one trust
company $10,000,000," continued Mr.
McFadden. "It is one of the strongest
companies in America. He has done
this without any particular notice to
them."
Representative McFadden declared
Mr. Williams exercised autocratic po?
wers und his position of comptroller
of the currency, director of finances I
and purchaser of the Railroad Admin?
istration and a member of the War
Finance Board was "an intermingling
of responsibilities which makes this
power too marked."
Controller Williams, in a statement
telegraphed from Richmond, Va., and
made public at his office to-night, said
he would welcome the investigation
proposed in the McFadden resolution.
Williams Answers Critics
Mr. Williams's statement follows:
"I am just informed of the sugges?
tion, pescnted in the House to-day by
Representative McFadden, for a special
investigation of my official conduct.
"I will welcome suchan investigation
most heartily and will do all in my
power to hasten the appointment of
the committee Mr. McFadden suggests
and the inquery he proposes.
"The rumors of which he spoke are
ne wt.o me. Since they have been put
before the public by me, the. sooner
and more thoroughly they are probed
to the bottom and traced to their re?
spective origins, the better I shall be
pleased. It is entirely possible that
Mr. McFadden, for reasons known to
himself, will not be so well pleased
with the results as I will be, but I
challenge him distinctly to proceed."
Education Bill Urged as
Life Saver in Industry
Knowledge of Language Need?
ed to Insure Success of
Safety Movement
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.?Members
of the House Education Committee con?
sidering a bill to appropriate $12,500,
000 annually for work in cooperation
with the states to educate native illit?
erates and aliens who cannot speak
English were told to-day that the Bu?
reau of Mints has progressed to such
a point in its safety movement that
further improvement will be difficult
unless foreign born workers are taught
the language of the country.
Herbert ?uKuffman, special assistant
to the Secretary of the Interior, pre?
sented statistics showing that 62 per
c?nt of miners employed in this coun?
try are of foreign birth and that many
thousands of them cannot read safety
instructions or understand directions
spoken in Fhiglish. They were declared
to be a menace in an industry which
annually kills an average of 3,200 men
and injures 300,000, or one-third of the
total employed.
There were said to be 8,592,000 illit?
erates and persons unable to speak
English in the United States, of whom
1,006,000 lived in New York and 621,
000 in Pennsylvania.
Commissioner of Education Claxton
said model text books on everyday
topics were necessary to give instruc?
tion in Americanism along with an
elementary education. By making edu?
cation of illiterates from sixteen to
twenty-one compulsory he believed the
problem of adult illiteracy soon would
be solved.
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Passaic Elks Would Depart
Aliens Who Refused to Fight
PASSAIC, N. J., Feb. 16.?A bill pro?
viding for deportation of aliens in this
city who refused to fight for this coun?
try or their own countries is asked o
Congress in a resolution passed by the
Passaic Lodge of Elks. Copies of the
resolution were sent to-day to the New
Jersey legislators in Washington.
There were one thousand of these de?
linquents, according to George L. Leon
hard, chairman of Local Draft Board
No, 1, many of whom have left the city
B THo Ori?mt?l Stor?,
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Announce, Beginning Tomorrow
A Sale of Chinese Pongee
Silk, 33-in. Width
At $1 Yd.
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BELATED shipment of 10,000 yards,
purchased at pre-war prices, and sold
regularly by us at $1.85 yard.
An unusual opportunity to secure at a
radical reduction this fashionable Oriental ma?
terial that is so popular for women's summer
dresses, blouses, children's rompers, draperies, etc.
Samp'cs mailed out-of-town on request and mail
orders filled as long as supply lasts.
A-A-VAirnNE-8-CO- Inc.
Fifth Avenue & 39th Street
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Wilson Approve?
RedfielcFs Price
Adjustment Board
Plan Is to Stabilize Condi?
tions in the Post-War
Period; It Is To Be
Constituted Immediately ?
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WASHINGTON, Eeb. 13.?Approval !
of the proposal to establish a govern- I
ment price adjustment board to stab?
ilize conditions during the post-war j
period was cabled by President Wil- :
son to-day to Secretary Redfield.
The organization, to be known as the !
government price conTerence board, :
will be constituted immediately. As ?
devised by Secretary Redfield and his
commercial advisers, the plan calls j
for an investigation of the costs of j
production of basic commodities under
conditions as they have changed since
the war and the determination of
prices the government will pay.
Early adjustment of prices will be
sought to avoid the period of stagna?
tion and commercial depression with
consequent unemployment that might
intervene if the process is left to the
ordinary operation of supply and de- !
mand laws.
Secretary Redtield indicated that the
personnel of the board would include :
a large number of men who served <>n
the War Industries Board prior to it
dissolution.
The first product for which prices
will be recommended, it is thought,
will be steel. The board will work
through a series of sub-committees in
each industry which will report find?
ings for the approval of the general
body.
I.. S. Troops Showered With
Flowers by Throngs in Genoa
GENOA, Italy, Feb. 14. (By the
Associated Press). -The 332d Regi?
ment of United States infantry ar?
rived here from the Italian front to?
day. The streets through which the
?oldicrs passed were decked with
(lowers and crowded with cheering
throngs, who threw bouquets. Italian
troops which lined the streets pre?
sented arms as the Americans
marched by. The Americans will be
entertained as guests at the Hotel
Miramare until they sail for New
York.
Brazilian Ships at Cherbourg
CHERBOURG, France. Feb. 11. A
Brazilian squadron, consisting of the
cruiser Bahia and four destroyers, ar?
rived here to-day from Portsmouth,
England. The squadron will ????main
here till February 25. Later the ships
will join inter-Allied squadrons at
Toulon. ?'
Total Cost of War is
Plaeeri at 179 Billions
United Slates Expended More
Than 818.000.000.000; Ger
many ?36,000.000.000
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Ex.
of expenditures by Belgium, Portugal,
Rumania, Austria-Hungary and Bul?
garia, the total cost of the European
war was fixed at $179,000,000,1
an official estimate made publie- here
to-day and based on data in the hands
of the Federal Reserve Board, the
Secretary of the Treasury and the
bulletins of the Swis So? ty oi Banks.
The table was compiled on estimated
expenditures to ras-. January 31.
Total expenditures of the Allies and
the United States were fixed al ilis.
581,000,000, exclusive of '
themselves, which totalled
000,
The individual expenditures of the
nations were given as follows: Great
Britain. $37,100,000,.: I'
000,000,000; United States il- 18
? "M): Russia, $18.. Italy,
$10,000,000,000; Serbia, $8,000,0
Japan and Greece, $lj i The
loans made by thesi pow? i - an i in?
cluded in the individual exp nditures,
although not added to the total
separate item, weri
Great Britain, $8,500,.
,000,000; Nnited Kt_f_
000.000. hUte?? ST,_t5..
1 :'' ' ltal expenditures of r '-?
were given as $36,500,000,000 S?n?
k''V ?'-'...000,. makin? _!aa r,Jf
of $59,500,000,000 for IV ''S*1"''4
meml i
U.S.toPaylJ.P.Rori
$38,552,928 Retlkl
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representing the i .. ; '"?"?a?4!,
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tintt^L i) I W tie master hand of a French genius for fine tapestry-weaving reached
T?r . an ?Id 9hateau and, pulling down a gorgeous panel, he threw it across the floor as a rug
nntv ThJ-f WaS mag.lcal!. A rit?- ?s beautiful, as exquisitely artistic as a fuie wall tapestry! Why
tifui L^m-RugTn ttoWcSd? ! ^ *? ^ int? "***"* What haS b?n Called "The m?St beaU"
A Great Philadelphia Mill Brought the Art-Loom Idea
to America
Another genius, this time an American in Paris on pleasure boni, saw this rw* and
recognized immediately its rare excellence and its striking possibilities.
He instantly secured the exclusive American rights to make the Art-Loom Rugs and today
stores all over the country vie with each other to sell them.
These are the Rugs in this Sale?a choice group of patterns that the manufac?
turers tell us are to be dropped from their Lists.
At Less Than Wholesale Prices
All are genuine Seamless Art-Loom Rugs?a
Jacquard Wilton weave?with the beauty of Chi?
nese, Turkish and Persian colorings and designs.
All possess the wearing qualities of the best woven
Wilton rugs. All are superior and unusual value it
the prices we are permitted to make in this event
The Roubaix Rugs are made in one piece
plain colors, with band borders.
The Alexandria Rugs are the same quality
cept they are choice Oriental patterns; also m
in one piece.
The Almeda Rugs aro high grade rugs, m
in one piece, with beautiful Persian designs.
all
ex
ide
Almeda
Figured Rugs
Size.
27x54
36x63
6x9
8.3x10.6
9x12
Sale
Price
$6.75
10.25
38.25
57.50
59.50
Regularly.
$8.75
12.50
48.00
72.75
76.75
Alexandria
Figured Runs
Roubaix
Plain Rugs
Sale
Price. Regularly.
27x54 $8.50 $10.25
36x63 12.50 15.00
8.3x10.6 67.50 90.00
9x12 69.50 94.00
27x54
36x63
4.6x7.6
6x9
8.3x10.6
9x12
$8.50
12.50
31.25
50.00
67.50
69.50
ilarly.
$10.50
15.85
38.00
60.75
93.75
97.50
Holeis, Clubs, Public Buildings should take adcan
tage of this particularly appropriate Rug off,
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