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?U. S. Business
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Chamber of Commerce Elini
inates Request for Presi
dent's Immediate Return;
Demanda ISevt Legislation
Exterior Bureau L'rgcd
Secretary to Harmonize Ef
forts lo Foster Foreign
Trade Is One Suggestion
ST. LOUIS, May 1.?After adopting a
rcsolution urging President Wilson to
hasten back to America and call an
cxtra session of Congress, tho United
States Ch.atn.ber of Commerce, at to
day'a sc-ssiou of the convention. recon
sidered its action and eliminated refer?
ence to the President's return. The
nmended rcsolution said it was hoped
"that the President, immediately upon
his return, will assemble Congress in
extraordinary session for enactment of
legislation necessary to safeguard our
social and business structure."
The convention also adopted resolu
lions declaring that "our government
should scrupulously refrain from enter
ing any of the fields of transportation,
communication, industry and commerce
or any phase of business when it can
be successfully undertaken and con
ducted by private enterprise."
The rcsolution added that the ten
dency of the government to enter such
lields "should be carefully weighed in
the light of its possible effect upon the
very genius of our institutions."
Prompt return of telephone and tele
graph pioperties to their respective
owners was asked in another resolu
tion. It urged legislation which would
permit consolidation of companies or
joint utilization of faeilities when in
the public interest.
To Relicve Uncmployment
To relieve uncmployment. the gov?
ernment is asked immediately to pro
?eed with all public work. The con?
vention also adopted resolutions urg?
ing the appointment of a Federal high
way commission to handle all govern?
ment highway questions; urging gov?
ernment encouragement of foreign
trade, and recommending investments
abroad of American money.
George C. Vedder, of the Chester
Shipbuilding Company, advocated a
United States Department of the Ex
terior, headed by a Cabinet offtcial, in
his address.
The speaker, who has been active in
rxport eireles for fiftccn years, ob
jected to what he terms loose talk
about the nationalizing of foreign
trade, trade wars and the conquest of
foreign markets.
Mr. Vedder's specific recommenda
tion follows:
^ "The duty of the Secretary of the
Exterior would bo to promote the wel
fare of other peoples in so far as this
depends on their actual or potential
economic relations with the United
States.
"The Department of the Exterior
would, through economic ministers ap
pointed to each important foreign
country, and eventuaily to all coun
tries, gather information and formu
late plans by means of which we might
help each alien community to realize
more quickly or more fuliy its eco?
nomic destiny, at least to the extent
that this depends on relations with
the United States.
Harmonize Organi/ed Efforts
"The Department of the Exterior
would correlate and harmonize the or
ganized efforts now being made to fos?
ter our foreign trade."
While the United States Chamber of
Commerce was meeting the Associa?
tion of Commercial Club Secrc-taries
faced squarely the problem of unem
ployment among returned soldiers.
Robert II. Manley, of Omaha, told
the conference that it was becoming
increasingly difficult for industries to
absorb returned soldiers and rccom
rnended concerted action by all com?
mercial organ izations.
In discussing adjustment of govern?
ment war contracts at a group meet?
ing Goldthwaite H. Dorr. assistant di
rector of munitions, said disposition
of the enormous quantities of war ma
tenal held by the government will be
made through the producers over a
period of timo and at current market '
prices. To dump these materials on ?
the market would demoralize the trades I
and saenfice the government's inter- ''
ests, he said. More than half the war
contracts have now been adjusted, he !
announced.
Automotives
The hearing on automobile legisla
tion now before Governor Smith for '
his signature has been postponed from '
next Monday until May 13 because the
Governor will be busy on May 6 re
viewing the parade of the 77th Divi
sion in this city. Among the measures
which representatives of the New York i
Automobile Association and other or- I
ganizations will discuss with the Gov- !
ernor is one to eliminate toll bridges ;
at Albany, Troy and Schenectady,
which are said to be the only remain
ing toll gatcs bctwoen Montauk Point
and San Francisco. The other meas?
ures concern the so-called discrimina
tory licensing bill for New York City
motorists only and the considerable
increases in rogistration fees for all
cars.
The new clubrooms of the Automo?
bile Dealers' Association. at ] 815
Broadway, had a highly successful in
formal opening yesterday, many of the
prominent tradesmen along Automo?
bile How attending the first luncheon
served. Among those who put in an
appearance on opening day were
Charles M. Brown, president of the
association; William ('. Poertner, A.
G. Southworth, Roger J. Gilmore, Harry
?I. De Bear, E. S. Partridge, Fred J.
Titus, Fred J. Wagner. J. C. Nichols,
!. E. Roskam, F. A. Phillips, Walter A.
Woods, A. J. Picard, Joseph Stern, A.
?1 Clark, Rodncy K. Haines, George S.
Mcriow, D. H. Roguin, C. H. Larson,
VV. I. Fickling, VV. R. Char.dler, A. J.
Diefenderfer, G. W. Garland, Albert
Hirsl and Charles E. Millcr.
Judging from the attendance yestcr
rlay. the association is going to be a
popular place for the motor car Iocal
trade. Members of the Motor Club
have been admitted to associate mem
berships in the A. D. A. and have the
privileges of the clubrooms. The as?
sociation will work toward fusing all
the elcments of the trade into a single
group, instead of having sevcral small
struggling organizations working rath?
er at cross purposes, as now.
"It is to be hoped that the engineers
who will be cmployed to design the
new tunne'. to New Jersey will bear in
mind the serious efTect which may be
caused by having the two entrances
to the tube, the eastbound and the
westbound one, too close together,"
said T. D. Pratt, executive secretary of i
the Motor Truck Association of Ameri
ca, yesterday. "The entrances should
be sufficient distance apart so that ,
great traffic congestion will not occur
at these points. Assuming that the
traftic through the tunnel will be as
great as that across tho Manhattan
Bridge, which is a conservativc esti
mate, it will only result in establishing
another bad traffic spot in the city,
such as the congestion at the Manhat?
tan end of this bridge, which is very
bad. All our efforts should be to re
duce and eliminate where possible
such spots. The Motor Truck Asso?
ciation intends to watch this situation
very closely." C. E. T. S.
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Thtsexcltisive
feature gives the
utmost strength
where other
collars are weak.
It prevents the
Heavy Tax 011
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Wealth Continued
In British Budget
Business Men Coinplain
That Scheme Discourages
Enterprise; Estates Must
Pay Higher Rate Now
LOXDON, May l.-The features of
the goverinment's budget, which was
discussed in the Houso of Commons
yesterday by Austen Chamberlain,
Chancellor of the Exchequer, that are
exciting most discussion here are the
continuance of the policy of heavily
taxing wealth without an increase of
taxes for people of moderate means
and the launching of the scheme of
preference for imports fronl the domin
ions and colonics.
The taxation on wealth and business
is illustrated by the increase on inheri
tance taxes, beginning with 5 per cent
on $75,000 estates, so that they pay 10
instead of 5 as at present, while an
estate of 85,000,000 pays 30 instead of
20 per cent. Business is taxed by the
retention of an excess profits tax of
40 per cent, which is half the existing
rate, but which brings complaint from
business men, who argue that it dis?
courages enterprise.
The policy of imperial preference on
imports begins, alier years of discus?
sion with the colonics, without any ar
rangcment for reciprocal favors by the
colonies for British products. This is
the first wcdge for the introduction of
the protective system, because prefer?
ence for the colonies means a tariff on
goods from other countrics.
Free trade scntiment, however, is
far from dead, and the old line free
traders promise a strong light. The
popular demand for more and bettcr
beer is granted, with the allowance in
crcased by an output of 50 per cent,
which, with a 25 per cent increase
sanctioned in January, means 75 per
cent more in 1919. This means a total
of 20,000,000 barrels a year, which
many consider to be favorable to the
profiteers.
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More I'olice Promotions
Eighteen Lieutenants and 18
Sergcants Added to List
Police Commissioner Enright added
yesterday eighteen lieutenants and
eighteen sergeants to his list of pro?
motions, which includes thirteen cap
tains made in the last three days. The
new lieutenants are Louis Schauberger,
John Reddan, Hugo Wunsche, Floyd
Horton, Frederick Ilinners, Ira Ferris,
James Cunningham, Joseph Hemleyj
Edward Lennon, Andrew McGrattan,
Charles Van Buskirk, John McCarthy,
Edward Hanley, William McGowan,
Thomas Wynne, Timothy Sullivan, Peter
Hanlon and Charles Ernest.
Linoco'rd
Unbreakable
Buttonholes
are found only
in Ide Coliars
collar from
spreading at the
top, and insures
againet button
holea stretching,
breaking or tear
ing out.
ty/io a/f-ijoat-'tound so/t drink
Retailers and consumers are not required to
pay any U. S. Revenue Tax on Bevo, as
Anheuser-Busch pays all revenue taxes
thereon direct to the Government.^
ANHEUSER-BUSCH
ST. LOUIS
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Nine Are Hurt in Auto
Crash Near Hackensack
Camp Merritt 'Bus Collides
With Limousine; 7 Sol?
diers and 2 Girls Injured
HACKENSACK, N. J., May 1 - At
ieast nine people are known to have
been hurt in an automobile crash la'e
to-mght on Cedar Lane Koad, about
half a nine from the city. This is the
second accident of the kind within s
week The first occurred last Friday
night, when seven persons were killed
Seven soldiers and two girls ar?
known to have been so badly injured
as to require their removal to hospitals
here and in Englewood.
The accident took piace at what is
Known as Cedar J.ane Crossing, where
the road ascends a slight elevation to
cross over the West Shore Railroad
>racks. A sight-seeing automobile from
Camp Merritt. in which there wereeight
soldiers and fifteen girls, collided with
a limousine bound for Camp Merritt at
a high rate of speed and with seven
soldiers as passe?ger?.
Both machines were badlv damaged
and the occupants were tlirown out
along both sides of (he roadwav Word
was brought here by an automobilist
Ambulances were sent at once.
Body of Murdered Woman
Still Remains Unidentified
STAMFORD, Conn., May l.?The
woman s body found in a patch of
woods on Mahackemo road, near New
Canaan, yesterday remains unidenti?
fied. An autopsy was performed to
day, but the rolice refused to make
its results public beyond saving that
death was due to n criminal act
Relatives of Mrs. Grace Dwyer, of
Pittsfield, Mass., examined the body
and said it was not that of Mrs, Dwyer,
who has been missing for two months!
The body is that of a woman 25 or 30
years old.
56 Jews Are Slain
In Posrrorii at Pin?k
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Military Authorities Said to
Have Asked 100.000 Marks to
Spare Lives of Leaders
LONDON, May 1.?Fifty-six Jews
have been killed in a pogrom at Pinsk,
according to an announcement from the
Central office of the Zionist Associa?
tion, which received ita information
trom the orgar.ization's Copenhagen
i bureau.
Forty persons were imprisoned tncl
! brutally treated, it is said, and three '
women j^-ere flogged, one schoolmis- ;
| tress beinp: rendered insane by ihe tor
| ture. The synagogues at Pinsk are
reported to be closed and the Jews
have. been impressed at forced labor.
Military leaders are said to have
demanded 100,000 marks, threatening
to shoot Jewish leaders if that sum
is not paid within twenty-four hours.
League of Nation Dinner
Postponed Until Late in Mav
The New York Comrnittee for the
League of Nations has postponed its
dinner from May 5 until later in the
monlh, the date to hc announced later.
The change is due to the non-arrival
of sevcral distinguished guests who
are expectcd from Europe and who will
not arrive until the end of the month.
The list of speakers will inchide V.'ill
iam G. McAdoo, former .Secretary of
1 the Treasury; Homer S. Cummings,
j chairman of the National Democratic
: Committee; James W. Gerard, former
| Ambassador t.o Germany; Miss Eliza
beth Marbury, president of the VVom
1 m s National Committee American De
t'ence Society; William H. Wadhams,
judge of the Court of General Sessions.
and Laurcn Carroll. president, 15th
Assembly District' Republican Club.
Martin T. Manton, judge. of the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals, is to
ce toastmaster.
Hampton Institute Has
Its Golden Jubilee
HAMPTON', Va.. May 1.?Commemo
ration of the fiftieth anniversary of the
founding of Hampton Institute, orig
inally planned for the spring of 191S,
but twice postpened because of the war
and the infiuenza epidemic, began to
day with many persons prominent in
the educational and public iife of tho
nation in attendance.
To-day's programme included dediea
tion of the Robert C. Ogden Memorial
Auditorium, with addresses by Dr.
James H. Kirkland, chancellor of Van
derbilt University; the Rev. Wilton
Merle-Smith, pastor of the Central
Presbyterian Church. Xew York City,
and Isaac Fisher, of Fiske University.
A memorial service, conductcd by the
Rev. Dr. Francis Greenwood Peabodv.
of Cambridge, Mass., was held in the
school cemetery. where Ceneral Samuel
C. Armstrong, founder of Hampton. and
Dr. Hollis B. Frissell, principal ef the
institute from 1893 * to 1917, are
buried.
William Howard Taft, president of
the Hampton Institute board of trus
tees, is to prescnt candidates for di
plomas to-morrow, and with the Rev.
Dr. M. Ashby Joncs. of Atlanta. and
Dr. Robert R. Moton, principal oi'
Tuskegec Institute. will speak.
Alexander B. Trowbridge, of Xew
York. president of the National Hamp?
ton Association and a trustee of the
school. is here .vith a large party of
friends, which include many active
members of the Hampton aiid Arm?
strong associations from Xorihern and
165th Wins Another Battle 4 Kept Seat During Anthem
It Is Fought in Ballweg Home.
Then in Court
Rudolph Ballweg cv.V.cd a patrolmar.
to his home at 687 West 177th Street
last night to arrest his son. George,
who got back from Frar.ee with the
165th Infantry. The elder man had
made remarks concerning the exploits
of the 165th which had brought a fam
ily crisij.
In night court George Ballweg con
sented xo forget all that ha.i been said
provided his father acknowledged the
gallantry of the 165th and promised
never again to mention the Kaiser.
Both complaints were dismissed.
Ruj^ian Arrested in Bronx
Motion Pieture House
One man remained seated last night
| at Loevv's Boulevard Theatre in The
? Bronx when the orchestra played "The
' Star-Spangled Banner" before the mo
! tion pieture '"Bolshevism on Trial" was
shown. He was Max Friedman. a Rus
; sian, of 1447 Wilkins Avenue, The
| Bronx.
-1 don't have to jret v.p.-* he said
when Leopold Toetz. of 1322 Prospec
Avenue, The Bronx, remonstrated with
; him.
ToetZ succeeded in having Friedman
ejected and arrested.
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Liggett Stores?followed by prompt, atten'
tive, solicitous service.
If you do not receive it in any Liggett Store
you enter, won't you please let us know?
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