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Job of Feeding
Europe Nearly
Ended for U. S.
Hoover Wires Administra?
tion Here That Devastated
Countries Are Ready to
Stand on Their Own Feet
The Work Is Outlined
Thonsaiuls Are Saved hy
American Relief; Na?
tions Now Self-Snstaininc
America's job of rcvietualling thc
peoples of Kurope will end soon after
June 30, when the last ship to bc
loaded with foodstuffs by the American
Relief Association will sail fro/r. New
York.
After this cargo of provisions is dis
tributed lhe Kuropcan countries, with
thc harvest of their first summer crops,
. will bc required to maintain them?
selves. It will be tlie first time since
the war began that America has not
been called upon to send food relief to
Europe.
Edgar Rickard, joint director of the
reli ?' administration, yesterday made
public cabled advices from Herbert j
Hoover, the director general, that the
devastated European countries are al?
most ready to "stand on their own
feet" so far as food is concerned. Mr.
Rickard said that the summer crops
in Europe, although necessarify sub
I'ormal, would he sufficient to tide the
people over part of next winter, when.
it i5 hoped, they will have recovered
commercial!y and so will be able to get
foods through the usual trade ohar.nels.
Belgium Self-Sustaining
Belgium, the first of the countries
to be ravaged by war. is the first to
become self-sustaining, Mr. Rickard
said. The last relief cargo for Bel?
gium waa shipped on April 30.
Purchase of relief toodstuffs have
practically ceased. At the ports of
Boston, Philadelphia. Baltimore and
New Vork yesterday fo.rty-four ships.
including some former German bot
toms, were loading and were fast clear?
ing away thc foodstuffs already on
hand. The Grain Corporation, coSperat
ing with the relief administration,
announced that there will bc no fur
thei purchases of condensfd or evapo
rated m lk, oils, fats or nork products.
Rye flour and cereal flours will not
bi ' . ment from the m ills
after June l". Mr>st of thc mills aro
alreadj sold up thal far. so that buy
:ts, foilowing the
di3co Hour pur
chases ten days ago, already virtually
has i
\m.!!<: Leads Relief
Up t nul o vever.
? 'dented
1 ? ' ;?; loover,
'?' ' ' '? ? ? ?' taff and young
ican arrn." fl ci > - appoir.1 sd v"
( ? >m VIr. Hoo jr are ov March.
~'< ???'-." oo I l. . o '
l"nit< .! States,
[: ' ' ?'??:?? through
un :. during
[?' ere 'urnished
? h- '? al of : I 1,000.
. exr- i led f thal month, 599,
' . 'rom A ..-.? . ??;.
. ' '' . '?' are inmroving
'" l'"" ' to such an extent
: ' ? ire estab
" ?'? ' : ' vield 1 hem from
S5.000.000 h month, Mr.
Ric ;ai aid.
i nitcd States Opens Up Markets
When armistice was signed the
lern.tory from the Western front weil
on to th Russian provinces was
f' /enty-one states. Each
F' n embargo against the
Ami rican Relief Adrainis
?: to open up economic
r " mterchanges of com
rr . i .
. r from the Czechs to ;
ylf, 3.v salt from German
;. .'" Jugo-Slavia; oil from Gali- -
?ato German Austria and the Czechs;
epal from Czecho-Slovakia and Prus
? into German Austria; fur
from German Austria to Jugo
.-?????? tools from German
ilovakia; pigs and
S"" Barrat and the Batchka
'n.:: Gfe?an Austria; oil and oil prod
">ia into Jugo-Slavia
l;....'-??;-"?? ': retura for food Prod-.
otives out 0f repair in
l ? for repair to be i
and diatribnted; matches
r,;.'. " i.';1 '"'? P:^ and maize in ;
l3f? ??'? ?teel for bridge
"nd H ructions from Vienna
llln?\nfLlnt0 uJu8?-S?avia; tele
( nd telegraph equipment from
.?'.-.?nto Jugo-Slavia; and;
tl "! ?o!a"<i for sugar fron
noover's Work Snmmarized
*r; Hoover's pictures of America's
? ? -ork, as contained
":?'?''? ?<*. were thus
SS85 b'l?>"$ ?"'??frr
?' ' sections of critica
famine are now under successful re?
lief and us high as 4,500 tons of food
a day have been transported by rail
from Danzig to Warsaw.
"When Mr. Roover.'s investigators
went to Poland in 1!>1!> they discovered
that the people had just enough food
? to exist. The adult death rate was
; double and triple the normal one and
[ that of children was four and five
I times th s normal.
"The city of 1-omberg, for instance,
would have capitulated to the Ger?
mans but for tne American relief ad?
ministration, which made it possible
, for the defenders to hold out a little
longer. The town had boen surrounded
l on three sides when Captain Chauncey
McCormick arrived with the first ar
mored relief train on January 23.
; There was no food for children in the
, city and no water. Women stood at
the city drinking fountains for three
| hours to get water and then stood
again for hours in the bitter cold
| waiting for one litre of barley soup,
'?, which was their only means of exist
| ence.
One-third of People Sick
"In the middle of March at Brest, in
, the Brest-Pinsk district of Poland,
'? there was no milk nor meat whatever,
i the American relief administration in
1 vestigator found. One-third of the
population was sick in bed. The sick
were receiving no medical attention.
Nothing in the way of soup kitchens
or milk stations were operating, be
cause of the entirc lack of foodstuffs.
"At Pinsk the priest told investiga
! tors that all of his time was taken up in
performing burials. The soup kitchens
were all closed because there was noth
i ing with which to make soup. The
'< prison inmates had nothing to eat out
frozen potatoes. Refugees were herded
| together in churches and gathering
places. In one room visited 200 people
were living and cases of typhus and
other sickness were -kept without any
attempt at isolation.
"Ono old lady visited by the Ameri?
cans was given a twenty-mark note.
But as there was r.o food to be bought
she simply looked at the bill and said,
'What am I going to do with this?'
Inhabitants Kiss Americans
"Two weeks after the Americans first
went to Pinsk they returned with five
cars of American food. Soup kitchens
which had been closed the week before
were openod and fed 3,000 people. As
the Americans passed tho inhabitants
kissed their coats and thanked them for
the flour which they had sent. The old
lady who had wondered what she could
do with the twenty marks given her
greeted the party with smiles. She
arose from the stove where she had
been cooking gruel, supplied by the
Relief and hugged every member of
the party. In the hospitals where the
patients before had had only infre
quent rations of war bread they were
eat ing a weii-made white bread and
drinking caps of not condensed milk.
"The same rapid rehabilitation which
is iirintr accomplished by the American
Relief Administration in Poland is be?
ing duplicated in the other countries
which need American food and Ameri?
can aid?in Armenia, Rumania, Czecho
Because so successful in
other seasons, practically
all of our stiff straws this
season are made flexible
where they fit the head.
Require no conforming.
The result is comfort
along with the customary
smartness that goes with
stiff brimmed Splits and
Sennets.
Of course we've the other
k i n d s, too ? Panamas,
Bangkoks, Leghorns and
Milans.
Lighter clothing requires
the highest type of tailor
ing if it's to hold its shape.
We've no fear for ours
because we're our own
manufacturers.
Rogees Peet Company
Broadway Broadway
at 13th St "Four at 34th St.
Convcnient
Broadway Corncrs" Fifth Ave.
at Warrcn at 41st St.
jj^ORTJJTsiNCE 1866JJJSPJSIS
IX>NDON
PARIS
McGibbon & Co.
3 West 37th St.
ONE OQOR FKO.M FIFTH AVENUE
LACE CURTAINS?IMPORTED PRINTS?
COLORED MADRAS
UNUSUAL PRICE OPPORTUNITY
CURTAINS?WORTH DOUBLE
)nc ?nd two p?ir lot*?Real Lace, MarauiseH.. F.
52.00 to 50.00 pair
IMPORTED PRINTS?HALF PRICE
<:RETONNES for 3UP COVF.RS and .SUMMER DRAPERIES
Good ?election of pattern* and color combinationa
50 in. wide 35c?-45c?50c yd.
SO in. wide 75c?$1.00?1.50 yd.
COLORED FIGURED MADRAS
45 iochoa wid_Color??Greon, Ro.e, Blue, Gold, Brown, R?d
35c yd. Wfire 85c yd.
50c yd. were $1.00 yd.
75c yd. were $1.60?1.75?-2.00 yd.
b" wxon* anen ? a, w, t<> n-.zn v. m.
r
Slovakia, Serbia, FinUnd and the Baltic
States.
Thousands of Children Saved
"One pf the most remarkable phases
of American activity of the present
day in Europe is the way children who
have suffered'all through the war from
malnutrition are being restored to
health. In some parts of Rumania
and Poland the men of the Relief Ad?
ministration found that many children
were born weighing slightly over four
pounds. ln some places the children
were too weak from lack of food to go
to the soup kitchens which had been
provided for them. They were onlv
able to sit weakly on the street curb
ings and beg for help. During the
month of April the child feeding work
of the administration has been gen
erally distributed over the liberated
countries of Europe.
"On return boats from the Near East
to the United States arrangements
have been made for cargoes of rugs.
carpets, tobacco and licorice. To
further this work control of the rail
roads in Austria-Hungary and other
states was given over to Mr. Hoover,
who operated through trains to carrv
food from coast states into the interioV
when needed. He also borrowed cars
from different nationalities in proper
proportion, guaranteeing to return cars
after peace was established and inter
communication between coi.ntries was
put on firm and lasting basis."
? -
Training for New Officers
Camps Are To Be Opened This
Summer
WASHINGTON, May 14.?The six re?
serve officers* training corps camps to
ce opened on June 21 are not for
officers now tjcmmissioned in the Army
Reserve Corp? but for members of the
variou3 educational institutions having
reserve officers' training corps units.
These camps are intended to trairi
future reserve officers. There will be
a six weeks' course at Camps Devins,
Lee, Zachary Taylor, Custer and Funs
ton, and at the Prcsidio, of San Fran
cisco.
Reserve officers w.ill not be called
for training this year. Owing to the
absence of legislation affecting the re
organization of the army, nothing more
definite concerning the annual training
for the reserve officers now holding
reserve commissions can be announced
at present.
lr<z
on
reres
Russian Sable
Canadian Marten
Cloth Coats
for Motor ancl Traveling
Silk Wraps
For Afternoon and Evening
5th Avenue at 53d Street
New York
| Berlin Schools to Oust
Ex-Kaiser's Pictures
i BERLIN, April 29 (correspondence of
! The Associated Press).AJVlarble busts
paintings, lithographs and chromos*
calculated to keep green the memories
of the dethroned Hohcnzollerns are to
be rcmoved from public administration
buildings, schools and other oflicial
premises in. Berlin, as a result of the
resolution adopted by the Municinal
Council. ' j
The Democratic Deputies attompted i
to shame the Radicals bv telling them :
that even the French refused to stoon
so low as to remove the likenesses of
the Bourbons and that Napoleon's tomb
was still a rcvered shrine.
Just to what extent the resolution
affects the long rows of marbled Ho?
hcnzollerns which flank both sides of !
the Avenue of Victory, in the Tier
garten, is a matter of conjecture.
Tariff Wall Needed
To Save Industry,
Warns Marcosson
German Dumping System
Declared to Menace New
Production Built Up as
an Outgrowth of the War
Unless a tariff wall is built up to \
safeguard them, America's new infant
industries of the war will be perpetu
ally at the mercy of a German dumping
3ystem, according to Isaac F. Marcos
son, war correspondent, who spoke at j
a luncheon meeting yesterday of the |
Xew York Board of Trade and Trans?
portation.
"We can have no permanent dye, op
tical glass, nor any other war-born in
dustry in which we have begun to
make ourselves independent of the !
Germans, unless we gi>e them ade- !
quate protection,' he said. "This pro- !
tection may be embodied first in a
system of licensing imports for the
next ten yeara, as England has done;
or preferably by rearing a tariff wall
around these industries. Whatever po?
litical party may be in power, it is a
national necessity that such industries
be protected."
Referring to the significance of the
peace treaty to the world of commerce,
Mr. Marcosson said:
"The peace treaty sterilized Ger?
many's international trade aspirations.
It is the best possible guarantee against
a Teutonic mihtaristic come-back. The
German business machine and the
German war machine were always part
ners. By restricting Germany's trade
colonization a limitation automatically
is put on her preparedness for war.
"The docnment framed at Versailles
3
>Y taking your measure, I
have 99 chances out of 100 to fit
you. By giving you a try-on, I
eliminate the lone 100th chance
of a misfit before the Suit is
finished. By alterations after the
Suit is finished, quantity - cut
clothing tries to re - fit an ad
mitted misfit into a fit. Too late!
You may get a near-fit, or a queer fit, a fit that is comic
or a fit that is tragic, but you cannot get an all-round,
all-compiete Fit except in clothes taped, tailored and
tried-on to your individual measure. Finally I charge
you only $30 to $55, same as quantity-cut clothing.
No U. S.
Revenue Tax On
Civilian,/Army
Custom Tailor ing- And Navy Tailor
Broadway at 39^1
Sl Years On This Corner
is a declaration of world commercial
independence. It proclaims a new
economie freedom for Allied nations
and neutrals alike. No longer can a
buffer economie state like Switzerland,
or a near neighbor like Holland, be em?
ployed and coerced for Germany's self
ish business ends.
"It is no secret that Germany has
accumulated 'arge suppiles of potash
and dyestuffs. The moment she saw
the handwriting on the wall she
framed a scheme to employ them in
wringing moderate economie terms
from the Allies. So far as dyes.are
concerned, any 'dumping' of this stored
up German supply would work serious
hardship on a new industry that we
have built up in this country at great
labor and expense."
Thursday, Friday and
Saturday
A Sale of
at very special prices
High-grade suit cases
and traveling bags, in
the finest grades of
leather, expertly made.
At these remarkable
prices they are entirely
without competition.
At $6.95,
Women's
'Seal - grain
cowhide over-night bags,
lined throughout with
silk. Wonderful value.
Illustrated.
At $495E-mB,
? B 1
a c k
iel week
end cases with separate
top tray, and ruffled
pocket in lid. Lined with
cretounc. Illustrated.
$1 9 M^fc ? Selected
$L?.VO cow h i d e
traveling bags, lined
throughout with leather.
Comers carefully sewn
on, assuring excellent ser?
vice. Illustrated.
Ai $1QQf; ?Gerwine
txi $?o.yo cow h, d e
corners andl
haa soft po<;
chiefs nnd t
Illustrated. j
Liigpagt Dep L Bdsemenl
;th sewed-on
S ndles. Lid
Ji t for 'kcr
li'ilI articles.
Broadway
at 34th St.
In the Heart of New York-Direct hy Subway9 Tuhe and "L"
Limited to Thursdav
An Important
Sale of Women's Smart
Capes at $19.50
Fine
Serge
$ 19.50
A special purchase of the
most distinctive Capes for
present wear, together with
higher-priced models from
our regular stock. The
styles are iu
Circular, Coatee-front
and F 1 a r e Effects
handsomely braid trimmed,
some with throw scarfs
finished with silk tassels.
Fashioned of Serge or Wool
Velour?the most successful
materials for immediate
wear.
Fourtfr Floor
On Sale This Morning?
Boys' Regulation
Middy Suits
Very Special
ut Jfei3
Illustrated. Smart reguladon middy
suits?the kind all boys want to wear?
very carefulJy made. The blo ;^e is of
white drill, with collar and cuffs ot bl.ie
Parr.er linen. Trousers are of Palmer
Linen in color to match collar and cuffs
of blouse. Sizes 3 to 8 years.
850 Boys'
Sport Blouses
Rcgularly $2 lo $4
at 1.35 and 1.65 I
Weil-made blouses in a large va
riety of silk and cotton mixtures,
mercerized fabrics and fine Madras.
The patterns are in clever youthful ^^
effects, and the colorings are guar
anteed fast. Sizes 7 to 13.
Second Floor
Six Slunning Models in
omen's Summer Frocks
in an exceptional offering today
Xew in line, new in
fabric, and unusual
ly well made, in
smart foulard silks, (^(p "-" " "' '
Georgette Crepe ft &r
combined with fou?
lard, charmeuse,
satin, and crepe de
chine.
The hest values in
distinctive frocks for
afternoon wear to he
seen in New York.
Fourth Floor.
An Important Sale Todav
Bloomer Dresses
for Children
Sizes 2 to 6 years
Very Special
In two cute little
Empire models?
as pictured?beau
tifully made of [^
fine quality Cham
bray, with cuffs,
collar and pockets
in contrasting col?
or. Obtainable in
Cadet and Light
Blue, Yellow, Rose,
ai\d Brown.
Fourth Floor
Women's
?<S'*?-'S'JaWW*c,.?' ?
:' V'.L^-A,.; :.
Black Enamel Hat J$??|
Boxes at $4.95 SiP#ik
fmV* ;';:'7"7;';7<K
Exceptional value. Well con- SBk
structed of Sea Island duck, coverea
with black enamel. Fitted with two
frames and lined with fancy cre
tonne. Illustrated,
Luggage Dcpt. Basement.
* maWSt* aawnm
Her*ld Squ?r?. Br?ulw?y, Mtti to sStD tt
We Se// Depeadabts
Merchandise at Prices
Lower Than Any Other
Store. but tor Cash Only
Store opens 9:00 A. M.
and closes 5:30 P. M.
Winning a
Birdie?
depends almost as much
upon the clothes one
wears as upon the
clubs and balls with ?|
which one plays the
game. For when one's
sports clothes "take
the honor" for smart
ness, one's mental atti?
tude "follows through"
the game with in?
creased enthusiasm.
|| For a Season
| OfKeepingFit
we propose a season of
keeping smart. Our Fash
ion Sections are featuring
sports clothes that show
I-;. tne way.
|Hj Plan your sport wardrobe
ll NOW! Outdoors is call
\m ing. The wonderful days
'rai C i '
M ot bpnngtimc are here
?|j! with Summer soon to fol
||| low. Ficlds and meadows
jg? are in bud and blossom.
\m The thrill of sport is in
jfi| the air. Can vou resist it?
IrS vi -,
int' .Nttw. can vou.
1
i Ride! ir$
i i
(j Exhilarating
?|
|K \ ou can ride in anv one of
ra seven vanetics of linen if
0 j'ou choose your habit in our
P<; Women's Suit Section.
gi 1 here's coarse and swagger
|jj burlap linen, softer butcheVs
P| linen, jasper linen, canvas
P linen, linen crash, rep weave
Kl linen and snow white linen.
f?i Do you preter a paddock
fc" style habit. one with free
g dom-giving pinchback, or one
p. with the new smart knap
1 sack pockets? $19.74
'B
!fe| Cost umes That
m M\
!g berve for I ennis p
tjj or golf include a sweater. It &S.
|| may be a coat sweater of jfg
t'; luxurious silk in solid sport JQ:
:S[ colorings or dashing. bril- pl
,Jj liant hues. It may be a wool E|
|j sweater of any weight or jfi1
|H weave from the downy chif- fcj:
;Jj fon mohair to the sturdy $3
> camp sweater. Tbe price tfS
'*.< rangc of our sweaters is |k*
?$ $4.89 to $51.75. "
i
I Motor Coats
''On High" for
I
i!
il
Smartness
j|| emulate those the aviators
:g* wear. They are swagger
Pf ieather affairs with military
g belts and great patch pock
'& ets. Some may be worn in
ja1 side or outside, as they are
!r| linen with tweed. oxford,
a| wool jersey or gabardine. In
ijjjjj dull or bright black or
jra brown leather.
ia . $39.75 to $74.75
M What Are the Wild
: Waves Sayihg?
I
ra You can only find out if you
Sj own a bathing suit. Make
iM it a smart one, by choosing
M from our assortment. There
K| are suits of surf cloth, satin,
tatfeta, swimming costumes
of wool jersey, or silk tri?
colette, which is new this
season.
$4.69 to $47.75
fS$$2rS>?Third riwr.
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