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Xiphoid Baker's
Use of Mails
Against Ansell
Attorney General and Post
master General Decide
He Had Right to Frank
Col. Wigmore's Letters
Chamberlain Is Aroused
Asserts Decision Opens Way
to Flagrant Abuse for
Vurelv Selfish Reasons
VTaaMngton Bureau
WASHINGTON, May 1. ? Attorney
General Palmer, ruling on the right of
Colonel John EL Wigmore to circulate
under government frank propaganda
favorable to General Crowder in the
Crowder-Anscll court-martial contro?
versy to-day stated in a letter to Sen- !
stor Chamberlain, of Oregon, that
members of the Cabinet aro given the
widest authority under existing law to !
circulate under government frank virt- :
pally any material which, in their judg?
ment, serves the interests of the gov?
ernment.
Maintaining that Colonel "Wigmore's
action -was taken "at the direction of
the Secretary of "War and can in no
gense be said to be the personal or self
asserted act of Colonel "Wigmore." Mr.
Palmer said, "there is nothing further
that this department can do in the
matter."
Postmaster General Burlcson in a
similar letter to Senato Chamberlain
on the same subject mied that "ihc
postal regulations were not violated by
the circulation of the anti-Ansell prop?
aganda, although he admitted hat the
personal tone of the Wigmore letters
was "somewhat unusual in official
letters."
Chamberlain Attacks Ruling
Senator Chamberlain, whoso protest
to both departments against the circu?
lation of the Crowder side of the con?
troversy under government frank was
the occasion for the expression of opin?
ions by the Attorney General and the
Postmaster General, took vigorous ex?
ception to the official rulings in a state
ment to-day, adding that if they arc
to hold, the law covering the uso of the
franking privilege should be amended
at once.
''The Attorney General ami the Post?
master General have in effect an?
nounced that every executive depart?
ment has full license to carry on, at
public expense, by the printing and
distribution through the official mails,
postage free, of any writings or docu?
ments, any propaganda that its then
chief may favor," said Senator Cham?
berlain. "Ail he ha3 to do is to certify
thai it is in the interests of the de?
partment. All the weight of in- |
trenched government influence, all its
power of publicity, may be used to
serve the personal interests of the head
of the department or of any of its
bureaus.
More "Gross Representations"
"In considering the result of these
opinions of the Attorney General and
Postmaster General, it must be borne
in mind that the official communica?
tions from the Secretary of War. both
written in fact i v Colonel Wigmore,
contain, a3 I have already pointed out,
gross misrepresentations o fthe facts
In the cases cited, and were origina!ly
promulgated for the express purpose
of answering attacks upon the existing
system of military justice, made, by me
upon the floor of tha Senate- ' They j
?w^re given freely to the press and !
were read into the Congressional
Record,
"Not satisfied with this legitimate
publication of the Secretary's defence
and the outrageously unjust suppres
sdon of the reply thereto, the Secre?
tary established his propaganda bu?
reau, headed by Colonel Wigmore and
manned by other officers of the de?
funct Provost General's office, and had
printed at public expense and as of?
icial documents 70,o0'> copies of these
Eaker-CrcrwdbT letters.
"Relying upon his supposed reputa?
tion tn the law school world. Colonel
Wigmore sent out under his own sig?
nature upon letter-heads bearing the
imprint of the Committee on Educa?
tion and Special Training of the War
Department, many copies of the vari
cus schools of the country.
"In Interests of Department"
"And now both the Attorney Gen?
eral and the Postmaster General say
that thev were powerless in the mat?
ter, because, forsooth, the Secretary
has determined the publication and
distribution at public expense of
Colonel Wigmore's personal letter to
be 'in the interests of the War De?
partment-'
?'The force of their decisions is that
whatever communication, official or
I rsonsJ, public or private, which the
Secretary of War decides to be 'in
, the interests of the War Department'
may ?c printed at public expense and
distributed through the mails postage
free That the Statute allows free dis?
tribution through the mails of such
c'.mmunic&tior,? only as rrelato ex?
clusively to the business of the gov?
ernment' does not seem to Mr. Pal mot?
or Mr. Burlcson to be import-..'..
"Colonel Wigmore's letter does not
r- ate -?/<:?; hrely or at all to the busi?
ness of the United .States. It is o per?
sonal appeal by Colonel Wigmore, not
as an officer of the army,'but i
number of the bar, ;. private citizen to
?ther members of the bar as private
citizen*, ar?d not upon a matter of
government business, but \ir,un a per?
sonal defense of the conduct of tue
Secretary and General Crowder."
I . S. Wooden Steamhhips
Trembled in the Last Year
WASHINGTON, April 28. Tho out?
put of wooden steamships from Ameri?
can shipyards increased from 22,171
groa? tons during the nine month".
?">d?4 March 31, V?lH, to 674,166 gross
tens inrir.v the corresponding months
o" 1919. These figures aro given by the
**nr?!ao of Navigation, Department of
Sommere?, und show the total nutpu*
of American ?hi^yar/J? was three t mi
greater thaft a ..,.?,,. aJ,(i> wiUi w,,,??,.n
sft.'ps showing thtt greatest rate of ln
Cu^**V H."1 of * Krund total of 1,409 i
?Bips, both wooden and metal, built In
tbo nln? months ended March 81, 1910,
??*!? oT V,"J0',? *" ?ddifcion to the
aowe, there were bnilt for foreigner?!
earing (&? sens? nice month's period
?V wooden vegscls of ?01 'riH e-?<,;?? >!,/??
16 Die Trying to Save
U. S. Saiiors in Storm
2 Officers and 14 Men of Tug
Drown When 3 Mine
Sweepers Founder
WASHINGTON, May 1.?Two officers
and fourteen men of the crew of the
naval tug- Gypsum Queen were drowned
when that vessel struck a rock and
sank near Armen Light, off the coast
of France, on April ?3. while return?
ing to H rest after assisting a fleet
of mine sweepers in distress.
Throe of the sweepers, the Court?
ney, Douglas and the James foundered
during a severe storm. All members
of their crews and seventeen officers
and men of the Gypsum Queen were
rescued by tugs and destroyers.
The mine sweeping convoy was re?
turning to the United States from
Brest. When eight hours out it en?
counters! severe weather and turned
back. Tugs and destroyers answered
calls for assistance, but in spite of
their efforts the three sweepers went
down.
Tho names of local men among the
drowned follow:
Charles E. Drake Mills, gunner, Stam?
ford, Com:.
]'. .- mond Vincent Punch, engineman,
Hcnlock, N. Y.
Perry Rosenheirn, seaman. 6'>0 Four?
teenth Avenue, Paterson, N. J.
Walter Dem is O'CozmeU, seaman,
S046 Keith \ venue, New York City.
Oorge Montgon ery Coleman, oiler.
Huntington, I, 1., N. Y.
,.
jrisis" Magazine
Held Up in Mails
Pending Inquiry
l*nVi\ ?cation Is Devoted to
Negroes; Article Relating
to Treatment of Black
OfScers in France Cited
The publishers^ of 'The Crisis,'" a !
monthly magazine devoted to the in- ?
teresta of negroes, received notice
from the Postoffice Department yester
day that their May issue of 100,000 i
copies was being held up in the mails j
pending a report from Washington.
W. E. Bunchardt du Bois, the editor, !
70 Fifth Avenue, said yesterday he at- ?
tributed the delay to articles in the j
magazine related to prejudice alleged
to have- hen shown toward American
negro officers in France by white offi- ]
cor-;.
One ?.rticlc is a copy of an order
? ! 1 o have hern issued by the
French military mission stationed with
the American force?. It is dated Au?
gust 7. 1918. and ;s headed "Secret In?
formation Concerning Black American
Troops." It contains this paragrapn : ;
"We mast prevent the rise of any;
pronounced degree of intimacy between
French officers and black officers. We |
may be courteous and amiable with
these last, but we cannot deal with j
them on the same plane a? with the I
white American officers without deeply !
wounding the latter. We must not eat
with them, must not shake hands or
seek to talk or meet with them out- i
side of the requirements of military ?
service."
Another document purports to he a
letter sent by Colonel Allen J. Greer ;
i white i, chief of staff of the 92d Divi- j
sion ! colored ), to United States Sen- j
ator Kenneth D. McKellar, asking that
negro officers be not sent to France.
Mr. du Bois was instrumental in
calling tho Pan-African Congress in
Paris last winter. He said American
officials opposed holding the congress.
Tokyo Paper Scores
Japanese Premier
In Chinese Issue
iefers to An "Act of Betray?
al'' in Attack Upon Hara
for Suspension of Con?
tracts With Peking Gov?
ernment
.Yrtr York Tribune
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, April 30.?The Japan- j
ese newspaper '"Yamato,"' according to :
! advices received from Tokio, publishes
an attack upon Premier Hara for sras- t
! pending Japanese contracts with China i
I The "Yamato" says;
"To break international agreements is ;
an act; of betrayal which all the nations !
| shun. Because Germany trampled the '
neutrality of Belgium she becomes the !
target of criticism in the world. The !
Denims government exposed secret
treaties o? Kossia with the powers and '
repudiated all these treaties, so that '
government was not recognized by the '?
Allies.
"In. Paris the Chinese peace delegates :
exposed tht agreements with Japan
wamouly, which was the samo as that.
of Lcnine. It ne-ed not be wondered at
a'i act of the Chinese, who are charac
teristieally deficient in loyalty and
sen^c of justice, while seeking their ad?
vantages. Bat for the Japanese empire .
of her own a.:cord to refuse to carry
out 1 ? : . reement which she has made
Is au outrage indeed. It is reported
that the empire is trying to repudiate
tJ e agreements regarding the loans for
and for war ^:?rt:cipation entered
in no v. ith ( Ihina,
"The Pekin g-jvernment, participating
in the war with Germany, earae.-.t!y
urged ou by the Imperial government,
felt the r.eed of organizing an army oJ
national defense which it may direct
or itself. In January last year an
agreement was reached whereby the
i hi?ese government was to obtain
arma for Taihei KumiaJ for Y30,OQQ,000
$15,000,000, Then an agreement
?? . I ade for F20,000r000 ( about $10,
I of a loan to be made from the
Bank of Japan as expenses for estab?
lishing the new army. Two agreements
have been entered into between China
and the Japanese government which
are known aa the arms loan.
"Some part of tho arma contracted
for has been ?hipped, and because the
Southerners in China object to further,
shipment .of arms the Imperial Japan-,
e ie i;o re rament is reported to ahve in- j
s true ted the cessation of the shipment. ;
o? arm? and payment or tho balance of
the loan, after YS.OOO.OOO has been ad- I
vanccd. That may be because the gov- !
eminent is afraid that the Shanghai
conference may bo obstructed because
of the carrying out of tho contract?.
"That the money secured and arms j
(applied from Japan shall not be used;
for political purposes against the South !
has beon clearly set forth in the agree- '
monts made. The Southerners agitate
1 gainst .Japan and in Paris try to
'throw Japan Into the ditch.' Peace
between Northand South is all right.
But the attitude of the Southerner!?
?Ward Japan cannot bo excused.
"But now comes the Japanese Im
serial government with Its own Inten
ion to repndiata the contract?. What
m act o? betrayal indeed!" '
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Hosiery Special
All Pore Thread Silk Hosiery
of a very superior quality in fashion?
able shades cf ?
BroTun Faun
Castor Bronze
Beige Suede
Taupe iYtrvij
Smojpe Pearl
Natural Crey Battleship Grey
Regular Value $2.75 pr.
2.25 6 al 2.15 pr.
Subscribe Liberally to the Victory Loan
c/Wno?D, Gmoto?Ce ce Co.
^tficAwentte at 40tfutfto*t
Glove Special
Novelty Silk Gloves for
women. In Grey, White,
Pongee and Black. Strap
wrist ? gauntlet effects.
Very smart and the last
word in advance styles.
Special at
1.50
pr.
UNUSUAL VALUES OFFERED FOR MA Y 2ND AND 3RD
A Very Important Sale of
Women's Summer Negligees
Specially Priced for
To-day
It has been a long time since we have been able to offer such
adorable Lounging Robes and Negligees at the price
quoted, which brings the assortment within the reach
of the most limited purse. Of the finest crepe
in shirred trimming effects or tailored models
finished with washable satin ribbon. Extra
sweep. Colors embrace Pink, Laven?
der, Lt. Blue, Rose, Copen,
Grey and Wistaria ? the
ideal tints for summer.
Truly exceptional values that regularly sell for $5.00
Exceptional Values to be Found in
The Clearance of Spring Suit
s
For Women and Misses
In order to make room for incoming stocks of light summer
dresses and sports costumes we have reduced our
entire assortment of smart spring suits and will
place them on sale at the following prices as
long as they last. Included are selected
Serges, Poiret Twills and Tricotines in
semi or strictly tailored models?
contrasting vestees in choice color
combinations. The newest
silhouettes are featured.
$3.45
3.45
Regularly $37.50 to $135.00
A Mohair Sweater Priced at 10.75
Featuring the very newest Tuxedo and Slip-On models v.ith attractive collars that arc
different from those heretofore shown?the fancy belt is an added style note. In Navy,
Buff., Flame, Grey and Lavender..
Now
33.75*121.50
%4 5.00
Nor?
$40.50
$49.50
Not?
$44.50
An Unusual Cape is Priced at 29.50
A strikingly handsome model of finest men's wear serge with coat front and sling tie.
Back has rows of black silk braid that lend an air of distinction.
CAPES
at
An unusual opportunity
to secure Serge capes of a
quality and finish that
would ordinarily ' ring
twice the price now quoted.
We are enabled to sell
these capess at this extraor?
dinary price only as long as
the present assortment lasts.
Regularly 16,50
A Remarkable Offering of
Couch Hammocks
An order placed
months ago makes
it possible for its
to sell this Ham?
mock at a price
that cannot be
duplicated later.
The model illustrated
is very strongly con?
structed with steel
frame ? the tufted
mattress is covered
with canvas in khaki and grey?finished with canvas windshield and
magazine pockets?hung with galvanized chains?28x72 inches long.
Hammock 14,65
Stand 7.50 extra Canopy 7.50 extra
Hammock complete with stand and canopy, $29.65
Summer Rugs
New Prairie Grass Rugs?
extra quality?in novel de?
signs and a range of desirable
colorings including Blue, Brown,
Green and Tan-?very service?
able yet inexpensive.
Sue 27x54 at 1.75
to
Size 9x12 at 14.50
Heavy Japanese Oval Rush
Rugs for the Porch or Bunga?
low?in natural color, entirely
plain or plain centre with band
border of Brown, Green, Olive,
Blue or Black. An almost inde?
structible floor covering.
Size 18x36 at
Size 9x12 at
1.25
30.00
Is of 18
1.00 * 1.25 Per 8<iuare
Also in stock in rolls of 18
and 20-inch squares.
Curtains
Scrim, Marquisette and
Net Curtains?some with
lace edges, others with in?
sertion and edges.
A very special plain hem?
stitched Scrim Curtain, 2]/2
yards long, is priced at
1.50 Pr
Flam and fanry Curtain Nets
in White or Ecru in a laigr
range of designs.
From ?J5 per yard up
Umbrellas
Women's Novelty Silk Um?
brellas?a fresh new stock
comprising the very smartest
and most wanted sun and rain
styles.
Values $10.00 to $12.00
8.50
An Advance May Sale of
Men's Fine Negligee Shirts
Neat, allover stripes of fine woven Madras?Separate collar.
Quarter inch equal white and colored stripes?Separate collar.
Mercerized Madras Shirts in neat fancy effects?Separate collar.
Satin striped Madras?entirely new colorings?Separate collar.
Zephyr weight Madras?in newest patterns?Separate collar.
Tennis Shirts of white mercerized cotton Pongee?Attached collar.
Novelty color combinations in neat stripes?Separate collar.
Potaes, $2?S, $3JSO and $3&5
2.45
3 for 7.25
Broadcloth Silk Shirts
A double -weight quality in a new and
vr?l aawarted lot?the moat popular of all
ailk ahirta.
Value $12.00
8.75
Silk and Fibre Shirts
AH arc from onr regular stocks and \
; include some very fine grades. \ *l QC
Value $6.00
Summer Styles in Women's Blouses
"Acco" Blouses?specially reduced for a limited time
only. Dainty embrpidered voiles also lace trimmed?one
model illustrated.
Regulad}) $2.50 Special 1#75
Georgette Crepe Blouses in suit shades and black?
decidedly new, decidedly different, decidedly charming,
with an unusually graceful sleeve effect?embroidered in
contrasting silk?both back and front.
Has all the little niceties of finish of a blouse double
the price.
Regularly $12.00 Special g,45
White Batiste Blouses?hand made, hand
tucked and hemstitched?high or low collars.
Regular^ $6.50 5.75
$1.75
Crepe de Chine Blouses?Tailleur models in
white or flesh?style innovations distinguish
these blouses and make them real values.
Regular^ $5.00
3.95
Bridal Lingerie
We are now prepared io -fill orders far the
F-^rrrrynta? creations in the softest and sheerest
B?tete ?r?ottned -with real Val, Filet, and Irish
Laces asad beat?hfnlry hand embroidered.
The Trousseau display also includes sets in
White, Orchid and Blue and the new sunset
colorings. Very shimmering and very lovely are
the qualities of Satin, Crepe de Chine and Voile
-de Sair that go into the making of these bridal
undergarments and the prices make an inspection
worm while.
Attention is Directed to Another
Great Sale of Silk Dresses
ISour in Preparation
The May Sale
of
Lingerie
Watch the papers for opening date and prices.
The previous sale proved to be such a
great success that we have ordered another
fresh assortment of
250 Dresses
Fine, choice models consisting of Taf?
fetas, Georgette Beaded models?Foulard
and georgette combinations ? Figured
georgette and crepe de chines in Taupe,
Navy, Beige, also white and black com?
binations. Only the smartest advance
summer styles are represented.
Regular Retail Value $37,50
$24.50 $24.50
$24.50
24.50
1
Summer Silks
In the gayest and most delightful patterns or
the more subdued but none the less charming ef?
fects.
Noteworthy Specials
Fancy Crepes, Georgettes and Voiles?a be?
witching assortment in light or dark effects. 40
inches wide.
In Stock $2.75 yd.
2.25
Summer Taffeta?a lustrous, chiffon finish in
a diversity of desirable colorings.
In Stock $2.75 yd.
2.40
Black Imported Taffeta?42 inches wide?an
excellent weave, suitable for various occasions.
In Stock $3.50 yd.
3.00
Twill Foulards?dots, stripes and figures on
Black and Navy grounds.
In Stock $3.00 yd.
2.50