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Palmer Ruled
Federal Price
Fixing Illegal
Opinion, Dated April 1, Is
Made Public by Red
field After Resignation
of Industrial Board
Unauthorized, He State
Indicates It Violated Anti
Trust lav/ and Stat?
ute Demanding Bide
A.'?/' York Tribune
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, May 10.?That every
phase of the activity of the Depart?
ment of Commerce's Industrial Board,
which until its resignation yesterday
was responsible for the price stabilizing
effort of the government, was illegal,
was indicated in an opinion given by
Attorney-General A. Mitchell Palmer in
a letter to Secretary Redfleld dated
April 1 and made public to-day.
Secretary Redtield yesterday men?
tioned and gave his interpretation of
Attorney General Palmer's opinion as
simply meaning that the course of the
Industrial Board was without authority,
of law, but not necessarily illegal. He
said yesterday that nobody had ever
assumed that the board was created by
any legal authority, and took the po?
sition that the Attorney General had
not asserted that its purposes and pro?
posed functions were illegal. Taken
part by part, however, the conclusion
seems inevitable that the Attorney
General regards the whole undertaking
as positively illegal. Summarized his
opinion is:
First?If the proposed plan of des?
ignating prices were simply an ar?
rangement between private producers
it "would be in violation of'the anti?
trust laws."
Second?The legal status of the
proposed plan would be the same if
carried out by the Industrial Board.
Third?Concerning the proposed "
plan as simply a plan for arriving at
prices at which government estab?
lishments shall purchase their re?
quirements, the Attorney General
said: "I am equally clear that the
plan is unauthorized." He declared
A Soldier Says
44V7TSS, I am for the league of ns
tions, or any league of nations,
as long as it prevents war," said Pri?
vate W. C. Y. Jones, late of the 69th
and now residing in Brooklyn. "You
i see," he continued slowly, "I thought
that was one of the things I was fight
j ing for."
"We finished this war all right,"
! continued Private Jones with a decisive
j gesture, "and the reason I'm for the
1 league of nations is because I hope it
will finish war for all time. You don't
know how much the men who have
come back hate war. It's something
you can't explain.
"I am for universal military training
so long as it doesn't interfere with
school, and for that reason I favor the
Swiss system of training. I believe in
military training, but not too much of
it, because we went into the war to
abolish militarism, and I don't want to
see it started anywhere.
"I've found it to be the feeling
among the boys that they think they
should have had a voice on this prohi?
bition question. Personally, I think it
is a good thing, but I am in favor of
i light beers and wines.
"I don't know much about General
Wood, but I once heard him speak at
City College, which I attended before I
joined the 69th. There's no question
about his Americanism; it sticks out
all over him. No, I don't think I would
vote for a military man for President.
! I'd prefer a statesman, someone who
I knew more than military things."
that no fewer than thirty statutory
provisions direct that the purchase
of government supplies shall be by
competitive bidding.
In view of these citations, it is held
that the Attorney General was merely
stating his position in a negative in?
stead of in an affirmative way. The
concluding sentence of the opinion
reads:
"I am of the opinion, therefore, that
the proposed plan of the Industrial
Board of the Department of Commerce,
viewed in any aspect, is unauthorized
; by law."
In view of the Attorney General's
; opinion, it is recalled that Walker D.
! Hines, Director General of Rail
| ways, whose consistent opposition to
thj Industrial Board finally brought it
to an end, has steadily maintained that
its programme was not only econom?
ically wrong, but actually illegal.
New U. S. Loan to France
WASHINGTON, May 10.?Establish?
ment of a new credit of $50,000,000 in
favor of France was announced to-day
by the Treasury. This makes France's
total credit from the United States
$2,802,477,000, and credits for all the
Allies $9,288,829,000.
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Have Assembled All
Their Single Pieces of
FINE FRENCH
HANDMADE
UNDERGARMENTS
All odd pieces that Were
formerly 8.00 to 1650 *
5.00
All odd pieces that were
formerly IcT.OO to 37.50
10.00
Included in the above groups are a limited
number of silk undergarments of French
and Bonwii Teller & Co. origin.
A Collection of
Single Pieces in
NEGLIGEES
At Greatly Reduced Prices
A11 odd pieces in Negligees
Formerly 25.00 to 35.00
15.00
A11 odd pieces in Negligees
Formerly 50.00 to 95.00
35.00
Emphasizing longf slenderized vamp
models in Women's & Misses'
Low Shoes
DRESS OXFORDS 12.00
? In patent leather, black satin, brown or black
suede; dark brown, gray or black kidskin.
Hand turned sole?, slender Louis XVI. heels.
DRESS PUMPS 11.00
*n patent or dull leather; black, dark brown or
white kidskin. Hand turned soles, high arch,
Louis XVI. heel?.
Put6 Dry'Issue
Before Nation,
Is Challenge
De?aie Between Bryan and
Windle in New York Is
Suggested by Association
Opposed to Prohibition
Law Called 'Un-Christian'
New 'Wet' League Launched
With Slogan, "1,000,000
Members by January 16"
Challenge to take the whole subject
of prohibition and its future national
status before the people for ordered
consideration was issued to the Anti
Saloon League yesterday by the As?
sociation Opposed to National Prohibi?
tion.
William Jennings Bryan, as presum?
ably the foremost prohibition advocate,
is suggested by the anti-prohibitionists
as the man who should uphold the
Anti-Saloon League position in open
debate. Against him the opposition
proposes to pit C. A. Windle, of Chi?
cago, editor of "The Iconoclast." The
subject of the debate is given as:
"Resolved, That the prohibition of
the manufacture, sale and use of aleo*
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holic beverages is wrong in principle
and un-Christian in character."
It is suggested that the debate be
held at Madison Square Garden in con?
nection with the forthcoming nation?
wide speaking campaign to be launched
here; by the Anti-Saloon forces.
A full schedule of procedure accom?
panies the challenge, which is ad?
dressed to the Rev. Dr. P. A. Baker,
J general superintendent of the Anti
Saloon League, and is signed for the
Association Opposed to National Pro?
hibition by James Arthur Seavev man?
aging director of the organization
here.
Start Anti-Prohibition League
Simultaneously further opposition to
j the impending prohibition r?gime
\ manifested itself through the fil in*
: yesterday at the County Clerk's office
of a certificate of incorporation of a
new organization, to be known as the
Anti-Prohibition League. This body
which in a preliminary statement di?
Ciaims ail conrection with any "brew?
ing, liquor, tobacco or other industrial"
interest has adopted as its slogan- i
lS?T" Members by January 16, i
Its objects, as itemized in the certifi?
cate of incorporation, are to promote
temperance through mass meetings
organization of state, county and local'
branches, circularization, etc., to discuss
the rights of states; "in all properancL
lawful ways to influence public opinion
to the end that the standards of per?
sonal liberty of thought and conduct
which were established by the founders
ot the government of the United States
shall be maintained and safeguarded-"
to secure the repeal of the Eighteenth '
Amendment by "unifying opposition i
thereto'; to conduct an educational!
campaign as to the essential differ?
ences in spirit and value between the
American governmental system and
that of "imperialistic systems," and to
establish active cooperation in the anti
prohibition cause with workingmen and
all the other forces now lining up
against prohibition.
The directors of the Anti-Prohibition |
NO FEDERAL TAX ON
WOMEN'S OR MISSES'
GOWNS, SUITS, COATS,
WRAPS and MANY
OTHER ARTICLES OF
WOMEN'S DRESS.
S
Summer Modes in
FROCKS and GOWNS
For Women and Misses
The social activities of the Summer season
demand special types of frocks and gowns.
Bonwit Teller & Co. designers have devel?
oped originations in Summer style-themes
that are distinguished by refined simplicity,
restraint and elegance.
COLORED LACE FROCKS
PASTEL NET FROCKS
LINGERIE FROCKS
GEORGETTE CREPE FROCKS
BEADED FROCKS
EMBROIDERED FROCKS V
HAND-MADE FROCKS
PRINTED CHIFFON FROCKS
FOULARD FROCKS
TAFFETA FROCKS
HANDKERCHIEF LINEN *
TUB SILK FROCKS
COTTON VOILES
GINGHAM FROCKS
? ORGANDIE FROCKS
All of which express charming variants of
the mode in exclusive Bonwit Teller & Co.
interpretations. ?
Summer Modes in
SEPARATE SKIRTS
A most comprehensive ensemble of skirts
in tricolette and paulette of plain or fancy
weave, moire silk, all-over embroidered
chiffon, tucked Georgette crepe, vari-col
ored printed chiffons, Chippendale prints,
French voile, faille silk, crepe de chine,
stenciled net, striped chiffon, organdie,
open work knit wool skirts, embroidered
organdie, wool plaids, cotton gabardines.
SUMMER FUR FASHIONS
Two-Skin, Animal and Novelty
Scarfs are featured in perfectly \
matched pelts of Russian or Hudson 4
Bay Sable, Fisher, Stone Marten
and Natural Silver ?r Blue Fox.
Fisher.(Large Animal).. 95,00
Japanese Sable-(Two Skin). 85.00
Stone Marten.(Two Skin). 85.00
Hudson Bay Sable. (Two Skin).,?0.00
Russian Sable .... (Two Skin).350.00
Natural Blue Fox., (Large Animal).. /35.00
Lucille Fox.(Animal Effect).. 45,00
Silver Fox.(Animal Effect). ,350.00
League are Samuel McMillan, a builder
and ex-Congressman; Joseph E. Corri?
gan, city magistrate; George Hiram
Mann, a lawyer, of 51 Chamber? Street;
William J. Ellis, ex-Assemblyman;
Monte Cutler, a newspaper man, who
will direct the publicity, and James O.
Stack, managing owner of the Hotel
Majestic.
In the preliminary statement Mr.
Mann announced that the league has
already arranged to have Representa?
tive Reuben L. Haskell, of Brooklyn,
introduce a bill for the repeal of the
Eighteenth Amendment in the special
Congressional session called for Maj
19 by President Wilson.
"The majority of voters in th<
United States are opposed to the prohi
bition amendment," said he. "Thi
league was organized in response ti
the overwhelming popular deman
which ha? been voiced already b
three great groups of citizens?labol
the Catholic Church and the return
ing soldiers and sailors."
Mr. Mann characterized the leagu
as "absolutely non-partisan and nor
racial and all-American."
Plan "Dry" Demonstration
From the other side at the sarr
time came a counter blast to the ant
prohibition demonstration set for Jur
14 in the form of an announcemer
from the Anti-Saloon League headqua:
ters here that that organization
"perfecting plans for a general demo:
stration" in favor of prohibition,
be held on June 8 "in the church<
throughout New York State." This
the Sunday immediately following tl
national convention of the Anti-Salo<
League at Washington.
"At such time," says the Anti-Saloi
statement, which is given out und
the name of William H. Andersc
state superintendent, "the pastors w
protest aganst the desecration of Fl
Day by the 'wet' demand for a repe
of the law passed to protect the m
who have fought to vindicate the flaj
In its debate challenge sent to t
Anti-Saloon forces yesterday the Ass
ciation Opposed to National Prohibiti
said:
"If the challenge is accepted it
proposed that Mr. Windle open the de?
bate with a speech of one hour, that
Mr. Bryan follow with a. speech of one
and a half hours, and that Mr. Windle
be given thirty minutes to close the
debate and rebut Mr. Bryan's argu?
ments. This will give each speaker the
same amount of time. The Association
Opposed to National Prohibition will
defray half of the expenses of the hall
and the music.
"The Association Opposed to Na?
tional Prohibition suggests, in order
that the winner of the debate may be
decided upon without bias and in a
thoroughly judicial manner, that Jus?
tice John Proctor Clark, presiding jus?
tice of the Appellate Division of the
New York Supreme Court, First Ju?
dicial District, be asked to preside and
give the decision. This association
has no knowledge of what Justice
Clark's views may be on the prohibi?
tion question. Or, if the Anti-Saloon
League prefers, we shall be equally
satisfied to let the question be decided
by a rising vote of the audience that
listens to the debate.
"If your organization has any fear
as to what the decision may be, we
shall be equally pleased that no de?
cision be rendered, but that the winner
be left to public opinion, as expressed
in the newspapers and by the individ
i uals who may hear the debate. It is
j high time that both sides of this ques?
tion had a hearing on the same plat
I form, and here is the opportunity for
j that hearing."
Pistol Shots Terrify ?
Shoppers in Lawrence
Armed Stranger Runs Amuck
Through City Streets and
Wounds Three Pursuers
LAWRENCE, Mass., May 10.?? des?
perado threw Lawrence's Saturday
night shopping throngs into an uproar
to-night as he tore through the down?
town streets, a pistol in one hand and
a dirk in the other, pausing now and
then over his half-mile course to give
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FIFTH AVENUE AT 38th STREET
WOMEN'S SILK SUITS
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Featuring
SHANTUNG and TUSSAH
Twenty-Nine to
One Hundred and Forty-Five Dollars
The typically unusual Bonwit Teller & Co. models
emphasized in natural and white shantung and tussah.
The tailoring and finesse of these silk suits are charac?
teristic of the highest order of custom tailoring. Feat?
ured are plain tailored models, embroidered and silk
corded styles and coats treated with self folds.
WOMEN'S SUITS of SILK
FAILLE, TRICOLETTE, PAULETTE
Sixty-Nine to
One Hundred and Forty-Five Dollars
Interesting variants of the mode developed in these
fashionable silk fabrics. Models that are distinguished
by the usual originality and elegant simplicity of Bonwit
Teller & Co. fashions.
m *
rAi Reduced Prices Monday ->
WOMEN'S TAILORED SUITS
Taken from the Regular Stock
of Higher Cost Groups
44.00
Included are suits of tricotine, Poiret twill and gabardine in strictly tailored,
braid bound, belted and silk-waistcoated models.
battle to an ever growing crowd of pur?
suers.
As the result of his gun play and
dirk wielding, two policemen and a vol?
unteer aid in the chase are at the Law?
rence General Hospital. The desperado
is under arrest, charged with intent
to murder. He identified himself as
Harry Hikian.
None of his victims is in serious con?
dition.
Russian Dowager Empress
And Daughter Reach London
LONDON, May 9.?Dowager Empress
Marie Feodorovna of Russia and her
daughter, Grand Duchess Xenie, ar?
rived in England to-day on board a
British warship.
They were met in this city by King
George and Queen Mary and Queen
1 Mother Alexandra.
GDO
?16 FIFTH AVENUE]
EXCLUSIVE FASHIONS
COATS CAPES WRAPS
An exceptional collection of
BEAUTIFUL RUSSIAN SABLES
for one, two and ten-skin
scarfs, at $150 per skin and up
PRIVATE DRY-COLD
AIR STORAGE VAULT
ON PREMISES. FURS
STORED and REMOD?
ELED BY OUR OWN
EXPERT FURRIERS.
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Summer Modes in
DAY CAPES, COATS
& EVENING MANTLES
Particularly emphasized in this collection
of Summer modes are Capes expressing
many fascinating style-diversions and even?
ing mantles of a most sumptuous and? indi?
vidualized type. c'____^,
DUVETYN CAPES " J
SATIN & DUVETYN CAPES
EMBROIDERED CAPES
TRICOTINE & FUR CAPES
TRICOLETTE CAPES
DUVETYN COATS
TRICOTINE COATS
SHANTUNG COATS
GEORGETTE TRANSPARENCIES
EMBROIDERED GEORGETTE
? SILVER & GOLD TISSUES
METAL BROCADES
TAFFETA & FAILLE
PAILLETTE MANTLES
'V. COLORED SEQUINS
Many of these modes are original and ex?
clusive with the Shop of Bonwit Teller & Co.
and are not to be found elsewhere.
SPORTS APPAREL1 and
COUNTRY CLOTHES
Simple, exclusive styles for the country
week-end or general sports wear. Featured
are capes and coats of "Worumbo" pure
natural camel's hair, plaided tweeds, knitted
wool, leather, tricolette and velveteen. Em?
phasized are specially designed skirts for
tennis, sport waistcoats and slip-overs. For
town and country are suits of hand woven
English and Scotch tweeds and Canadian
homespuns, wool jersey and tricolette.
RIDING TOGS
For Women and Misses
?and the Accessories
The observance of the strict code of clothes
etiquette for the equestrienne is accentuated
by the fine custom tailoring of these habits.
Models that follow the accepted standards
of the most approved English riding togs.