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Test of Wood
Boom Due in
South Dakota
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Primary There on March 23 j
Also Will Show Altitude;
of Returned Soldiers on
a Military Candidate
Lowden Men Are Aetive!
Hope to Get Four of the Ten i
Delegates?Gerard Likely
to Win in Democratic Vote j
This is the seventh of a series of or- !
(irles by Carter Field on the political \
outlook in the various states.
By Carter Field
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., Jan. 29.?A
clear and convincing demonstration of
whether the returned soldiers are op?
posed to any military man for Presi?
dent, and also of the personal popular- j
ity and running qualities of General
Leonard Wood, will be given here in
?he primary on March 23. This is ;
really the rarometer state, since the
only primaries which come ahead of it j
are in N'ew Hampshire, details of which
are yet to be determined, but which is
reported filled with native son enthu- ?
siam for Wood, and in North Dakota,
which will not demonstrate much of
anything in the national political sit?
uation.
A canvass of the situation here indi?
cates that General Wood is going to
carry the primary, with Lowdcn a good
second and Hiram Johnson third. Men
who have canvassed the situation care?
fully say the returned soldiers will not
vote either for or against Wood en
masse, but will divide pretty much as
they would have divided if they had
not served in the army. If this is true,
Wood will win the primary overwhelm?
ingly. He was first in the field, ob?
tained the indorsement of the state
Republican convention and is benefit
ting from hard work by the regular
state organization. He is also being
supported strongly by the morning
newspaper of Sioux Falls, "The Press,"
which happens to be owned by Repub?
lican National Committecman Willis
C. Cook.
Lowden Entered Fight Late
General Wood is also being strnogly
supported by Governor Norbeck, who is
a candidate for Senator and whose nom?
ination and election arr practically con?
ceded by all factions and both parties.
Lowden got into the fight late, but
has rallied s surprising amount of
support, including that of a few of the
old Roosevelt crowd. Among these is
A. V. Ringsrud, of Elk Point, who is
tremendously popular with the Scandi?
navian element, very strong in this
state, and who suffers the distinction
of being the only Republican candi?
date for Governor ever defeated in
South Dakota?he ran in 1896, free :
silver year.
Charles H. BurV.e, candidate for Sen?
ator in 1914, nnu defeated for election
by Senator Edward Johnson, Democrat,
as the result of t.h*> deflection of the
progressive Republicans who had bat?
tled for the renomination of Senator
Coe I. Crawford, is also working for
Lowden. These two men illustrate the
extremes brought together in South
Dakota in the Lowden organization,
and give a better idea, perhaps than
any mere statement, of the fact that a
very real tight is being made here for
the Illinois Governor. Burke is tre?
mendously strong in what is called up
h?re the -"Rosebud country," which lies
in the Second Congressional District.
Lowden Men Hope for Four Delegates
South Dakota is divided sharply into
two parts?that west of the river,
which includes the gold mines, and is
the Third Congressional District, and
that cast of the river, mostly the farm?
ing section of the state, which includes
the first and second districts. In the
tight for delegates in the Third dis?
trict it is pretty well conceded that
Wood will have things his own way.
The Lowden people seem to be put?
ting more of their efforts into the
farming sections and in Sioux Falls.
: Though, of course, they do not admit
this, it would seem to ?he observer that
their plan is a confession that Wood
will carry the state, getting the four
delegates at large and the two dele?
gates from the First District, and that
they are working to have the delegates
from the First and Second districts.
This, if it worked out, would give Wood
six delegates and Lowden four. Such
a result would result, of course, in the
i en delegates being bound to Wood on
the first ballot, but with four delegates
who would stampede to Lowden at the
first signs of weakness in the Wood
line-up.
What the Lowden people say, of
course, is that the returned so'ldiers
will not vote for a military man, and
that therefore Wood is out of the
running.
That the fight for Lowden here has
made real headway with the voters is
shown by the fact that one of the
workers for Hiram Johnson, who
helped in getting the Johnson petition
to go on the primary ballot, and who in
so doing canvassed the voters to a con?
siderable extent, told me the man
Johnson would have to beat in South
Dakota was not Wood, but Lowden. In?
cidentally, ho said, manv of the other
Johnson workers who circulated peti?
tions were of the same opinion
Means Much to Wood
So that the primary in South Dakota
is rot the walk-away for Wood which
it is generally assumed to lie in the
'?it-', particularly in Washington. A
\ Ctory by either Wood or Lowden will
?be tremendously significant, as niark
I :ng the outcome of a real campaign,
with good bruins, good organization
and good publicity on both sales.
From what I have observed in sur?
rounding states a victory by Lowden in
primary would be pretty nearly
i isastrous to General Wood'-' campaign,
: ite the small number of delegates
at stake. A victory by Lowden will he
taken as a demonstration that the sol?
diers are against Wood, and Republi?
cans in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota
W. coi n am! Michigan, judging from
conversations 1 have had with repre?
sentative members of the party, wil
turn against the general. This is pur
ticularly true in that every Republi
can, ?'i matter how enthusiastically h?
?s for one candidate or another, in fa:
more anxious to have a Republicat
President '??an for any individual can
dldate to be nominated.
This in trill- because Republicans ?i
the surrounding states, with do ex
'??'Ion, of course, of the Lowden peo
pie themselves, have more or less writ
ten South Dakota down in tin' Woo
column. A Lowden victory, therefor?
would canse them to ??" considerabl
thinking. The next primary aftf
South Dakota is that, of Michigai
where the battle is rather oven betwec
Wood and Lowden, with Wood ju.st
i little In th" lead,
Gerard May Win by Default
A victory by General Wood, on 1.1
; other hand, would do far less mjui
i to Lowden for the very reason thi
. 'in'h Dakota had been more or le
conceded k> Wood. It would not bo i
disheartening t?, Lowden workers
other states, ??>?< a defeat ?>f Wood wou
be ??? the Wood workers.
13At u sweeping victory by Woe
! | wltX* -m big majority, would be tx
mendously helpful to the Wood na- |
tional campaign in demonstrating that j
the returned soldiers are not against ,
a military candidate, or at least, not
anti-Wood. There is the unusual polit- !
ieal condition, this year, of a class of I
voters ?the returned soldiers- who
comprise the same percentage of the
electorate in every state, with the ex?
ception, of course, of the difference be?
tween suffrage and non-suffrage states.
In the Democratic camp it would sur- ?
prise no one if New York's "favorite
son,'' former Ambassador James W.
Gerard, would win South Dakota's t?jn
delegates almost by default. The Dem?
ocratic convention indorsed Wilson, not !
knowing what the President wanted,
and declined to indorse McAdoo for
second choice. Both McAdoo and Pal?
mer seem to have very little strength
with the people in this state. Bryan ?
is very strong here, outside Democratic
organization circles, and the voters
seem to think he is absolutely right [
about compromising on the peace treaty |
and getting it out of politics.
Hoover is being talked about hy the ,
Democrats, but the situation apparent- :
ly is going to be that the Democratic ;
organization will pay little attention
to the primary, letting Gerard win over
George D. Monroe, a Chicago man who
has also entered, or Monroe win over
Gerard, which is unlikely, the or?
ganization merely being careful that
it controls the delegates after the first
ballot.
Then the delegates will be thrown
probably to the bandwagon, particular?
ly if President Wilson favors the can- j
didate who seems to be in the lead.
Perhaps it should be explained that
down in their hearts the leaders of
the Democratic organization are not
very confident of Democratic victory,
and therefore the little remaining pat?
ronage which the President will have
between now and March 4. 1921, is as
tho proverbial bird in the hand, as ,
j compared to four birds in the bush, j
which the next President, if a Demo- ?
crat, would have to distribute.
President Wilson himself would be
very weak in South Dakota should he
run for reelection, though he can
easily get the delegation to the San
Francisco convention if he wants it.
South Dakota is a strongly Republican
state, as evidenced by the fact that
i only one Democratic Governor has been
elected since the Civil War. The elec?
tion of the present Democratic Sen?
ator, Ed Johnson, in 1914, as has been
pointed out. was a survival of the 1912
split. There are no evidences of any
split to-day.
Gerard and Monroe will have the
joint debate provided for by the South
Dakota primary law on March 2 here
at Sioux Falls. Governor Lowden is
coming to the state for three days,
February 18, 19 and 20, and his sup?
porters are counting heavily on the
' impression he wiU make. Senator
Johnson is expected to make his char?
acteristic whirlwind campaign some
! time in February or March. Alto
; gether, politics is humming, with much
more interest-that is to say, on the
Republican side -than is apparent in
most of the nearby states.
Plan for Air Director
In Cabinet Abandoned
Smool's Effort to Cut Salary
From S 12,000.to $8,000
Fails, of Quorum
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.?The new
independent air department bill suf?
fered its first serious alteration in the
Senate to-day when the proposal to
make tho director of the service n Cab?
inet officer was eliminated on the mo?
tion of Senator, Smoot, Republican, of
Utah. A second amendment by the
Utah S?;nator, reducing the director's
salary from $12,000 to $H,000 a year,
failed of action for lack of a quorum.
Sharp opposition to the bill developed
during the debate. Senator Borah, Re?
publican, of Idaho, contended it would
increase air service expenditures, and
Senator Gerry, Democrat, of Rhode Is?
land, asserted that it would fosl/:- red
tape, while Qhjiirman Wadsworth,. of
the Military Committee, which reported
the measure, argued that it would in?
crease efficiency and cut expenditure
from $50,000,000 to $60,000,000 a year
on the separate air services.
British Labor Leader
Hints at Coal Strike
Impending Walk-Out Suggested
as Basis of Plea for Increased
Subscriptions
LONDON, Jan. 29.?A hint that a
national strike of miners soon is pos?
sible was given, by Frank Hodges, one
of the miners' leaders, at the meeting
here, of the ?Miners' Federation to-day
to consider its dealings with the govern?
ment. Mr. Hodges gave the hint in pro?
posing an increpe in the subscriptions
of the members.
"In our progress toward unification of
the present wage system in the coal
fields and our struggle for national
ownership of the collieries, with joint
control by the workers, we may." In
said, "become involved in a national
strike. This in itself proves the- neces?
sity of increased contributions."
Compliance with Premier T.loy?!
George's request that they postpone fur?
ther action with reference to their re?
cent demands was decided upon by the
delegates. They bad asked that the gov?
ernment reduce immediately the price
<>f industrial and export coal; proceed
with limitation of coal owners' profits,
the limitation to be retroactive, and take
steps ;?i reduce the price of food and
clothinj.: to a reasonable basis, the alter?
native being a threat by the miners to
demand an immediate all-around in?
crease in wages amounting to five sliil
? lings daily.
The postponement agreed to by the
miners was for the period of one week,
in order to allow the chartered account?
ants sufficient time to report regarding
the figures of the government's profit
on coal. Robert Smillie, the minera
leader, declared to-day that 4hese
amounted to ?50,000,000 to ?60,000,000
annually.
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U. S. Denies Prize Offer
For Helicopter Airplane
Krir York Tribune.
W lahington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. No priz?
has been offered by the government
for an airplane which will rise an?
land vertically, technically known as ;
helicopter, the War Department an
nounced to-day. A priz?? of $50,001
has been offered, however, by tb'
Michelin Company, of France, throup!
the International Aeronautical <''>m
mittee. f?>r the invention of a success
ful machine of this type.
The department's nnnounc? men
points out that one of the main fea
tures of a helicopter is the necessit;
of a practical helicopter propelle
itself capable of raising the plan
vertically.
Japanese Tra?lc Agent for N. Y
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. Japan i
planning to appoint, a commercial at
lach?'- to the United States, with office
in New York, a dispatch to-day froi
Tokio to the Department of Commerc
stater.. The Japanese government'
plan? als?? call for ?? commercial al
tach? to China, it is reported, but th
matter await-? the appropriation ?
j necessary funds.
I Poincare to Celebrate League
PARIS, Jan. 'J!> (French Wireloi
Service). President Poincar? will pr?
sill?? at a solemn ceremony at the So
bonne on January no, to celebrate tl
establishment of tin- league of nation
School teachers throughout thq counti
j will read to their classes the duelan
| tion? made ut the t?otboiino.
Wood Pressed
To Resign by |
Party Leaders
Conference To Be Held in
Chicago Monday, When
General Will Be Urged
to Quit Army, It Is Said
Gould to Attend Meeting
Reports Favoring Command?
er as Republican Presiden?
tial Nominee Pouring In
The pressure to induce General
Leonard Wood to resign from the army
in order to give all his time to the
movement to make him the Republican
nominee for President is so sus?
tained and widespread that a confer?
ence of the Wood malingers and the
general has been called for Monday
in Chicago.
Significance is attached to the an
nouncement by Representative Gould
that General Wood was the guest
overnight last nigh' in LouJ3ville of
A. T. Hert, Republican National Com
mitteeman for the State of Kentucky.
General Wood made an address m
Louisville last night. Mr. Hert called
on General Wood in Chicago a few
days ago and invited him to Louisville
Mr. Hert is credited with large influ
ence in both Kentucky and Indiana
Until recently he was not classed as
a Wood man. because he was not or
close political turra.-- with John T
Kin-.:, General Wood's first fiebl man?
ager. With George W. Perkins, o!
New York, and Dan R. Hanna, 01
Cleveland, he stood aloof from tin
Wood movement.
Outlook Good, Say Leaders
Guy Murchie, of Boston, a Wood lieu
tenant, was in conference yesterda;
with Representative Gould in Nev
York. It is understood that the friend:
of General Wood will make an activi
canvass for the Massachusetts dele
gates in view of the statement of Gov?
ernor Coolidge that he is not seukiii)
the nomination.
Norman J. Gould, Eastern manage
for the Leonard Wood Campaign Com
mittee, said last night at. tho Imperia
, Hotel head(]uarters that he expected t
be at the Chicago conference on Mon
day, along with Colonel Procter, chaiT
man of the committee; Fred M. Stanlej
of Kansas, and James J. McGraw, o
Oklahoma, the Western and South
western managers.
"1 don't know whether the generr
will resign before the meeting of th
Republican National Convention i
June or not." said Mr. Gould. "Som
weeks ago I am certain that the gei
eral was debating with himself the mal
ter of resigning. When he was in Ne
York recently he said that, he was nc
thinking about it. The matter wi
come up in conference on Monday, ?
which time we shall have the benefit c
the views of men from various pari
of the United States. I have been i
communication to-day with Wood mr
in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Ne
Jersey and New York and 1 am glad 1
say that everything is looking fine fc
General Wood.
Law Students PI?-dged
"Horace E. Bronson, dean of the
Syracuse University Law School, wrote
us to-day that he had sounded the stu?
dents in the law school there with rcf- ,
erence to General Wood as candidate
for President. lie says that he started
with the senior class in the law school
and that out. of a total of thirty-nine
he has pledged twenty-one to support
Genera] Wood actively and to form a
Wood club in the college. Dr. Bronson
says that he is confident more than
half of the students in the university
are favorably disposed toward General
Wood, lin says that upon the closing
of the college in June it .s the inten?
tion to have each member of the law
school enlisted for Wood go out and
organize Wood clubs all over the coun?
try. He doubtless assumes that Gen?
eral Wood will be the Republican nom
inee."
The Leonard Wood League of Maine
reported a state-wide organization yes
..... i.,.. .,;.., .i,,, following general of?
ficers: Harold M. Sewell, of Bath, mem
? ir ... tioiiai ? ommittee; Governor Carl
E. Milliken, William T. Cobb, Frank':
E. Guernsey, honorary chairmen; |
Charles B. Carter, Lewiston, chairman
for the State of Maine; secretary, Dan- !
iel s. Dexter, of Lewiston. Heac?quar- ?
lers. Manufacturers' Bank Building,
Lowiston. The state committee num.- i
hers ;!9.
Favored in Jersey
Former Governor E. C. Stokes, chair?
man of the Republican State Commit- j
tee, of New Jersey, yesterday sent to
Gem-ral Wood from Trenton, where
there was a meeting of the state and
county Republican chairmen, a tele?
gram as follows:
"At a joint conference of the mem?
bers of the state committee and the
county chairmen (if New .Jersey, held
yesterday in Trenton, your name was
received with great applause atld was
practically the ?inly name mentioned
for the Republican nomination for
President. It was the only name for
which any individual declared, and the
applause showed a large majority of
tin1 conference was for you.'
House Committee Agrees
On Part of New Army Bill
Universal Training Feature in
Reorganization Remains
To lio .Settled
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 ?Agreement
was reached to-day by the House
Military Committee on practically all
! principles of army re-organization ex
' ccpt that dealing with universal rnil
tary training. Numerous details,
however, remained to be worked out.
Provision was made for an army air
service despite the movement for a
unified government air control under
a separate department whoso head
would have the status of a cabinet
officer. Provisions also were made for
maintenance of the chemical warfare
service as a separate corps for exper?
imental purposes, and for tho construc?
tion and transportation corps, but
these will be a part of tho. quarter?
masters department. It was decided
not to have a separate, chaplain corps,
but to increase the number so as to
provide one chaplain for each 1,7100
enlisted men.
Another decision of the committee
was to leave the details of army organ
1 i/.ation to the discretion of the War
1 n part ment.
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Legislature Asked
To Fix Beer Status
Walker Resolution Urges
inquiry to Establish
''Meaning9 of Intoxicant
Staff Correzpcm?cnce.
ALBANY, Jan. 29. ?A resolution for
the appointment of three Senators and
five Assemblymen to find out just what
is an intoxicating drink was1 intro?
duced to-day by Senator James J.
Walker, of New York, 'Democratic
leader of the Senate.
The resolution appropriates $10,000
with which to conduct a scientific in
| vestigation through college professors
I and other experts who have made lab
! oratory tests of the percentage, of
alcohol required to make a beverage
intoxicating.
Senator Walker declared that the
j committee undoubtedly would be able
! to complete its inquiry in two weeks
at a cost of not more than $5,000.
: Senator J. Henry Walters, the Rep il
lican leader, made no objection to iho
i resolution, but suggested that action
be postponed until after the United
States Supreme Court makes its de?
cision on whether .'..To per cent beer is
intoxicating.
Senator Walker replied that there
would be no harm in making the ?n
, investigation.
"Because Congress," he said, "has
? declared in the Volstead act that one
half of 1 per cent of alcohol is in?
toxicating does not make it so, Why
not settle for ourselves this very de
i batable point. The state should not
? permit Congress arbitrarily to iix a
limit not based on scientific fact.
, "A number of universities have given
? this question of alcoholic content
? scientific study. Laboratory tests have
? been made and we could obtain the
I entire data simply by subpeenaing
these experts. There are now meas?
ures before tho Legislature declaring
4 per cent and even 12 per cent beer
non-intoxicating. We should now ?K?;'
initely take this question out of guess?
work."
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Democrats to
Spare No Cost.?
Says Thompson
Continued from pac? 1
tributions from rich and poor alike.
But no man, though he be worth mill?
ions, will be allowed -will be allowed,
mind you to contribute moro than
? 1,000.
"Five years ago Uncle Sam carried
on his payroll at. Washington less than
40,000 employee?. That number tripled
during the war. perhaps of necessity.
But fourteen months after the armi?
stice there has been no step toward
a return to a normal basis.
"To-day 100,000 employees are on
duty at Washington and continuo to
draw pay from Uncle Sam. Think of
it! Is it too much to say that effi?
ciency -ordinary business prudence and
intelligence?would reduce that num?
ber by half and thus save many mill?
ions to the suffering taxpayers?"
Slashes in Harbor Bill
Called "Peanut Politics" !
Action of House Criticized by
Senator Heed as Misdirected
Economy
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. Sharp de?
nunciation of the action of the House
in cutting down the rivers and harbors
appropriation bill marked the begin?
ning of Senat?' committee hearings to?
day on the measure, which usually is
referred to as "pork barrel" legislation.
Describing the bill as a product of
"peanut politics, gotten out so some of
our friends on the other side can go to
the country saying 'see how much we
saved,'" Senator Reed, Democrat, of
Missouri, warned that the Senate would
have to adopt cl?ture to pass the
measure.
"The bill results from cheap politics
over in the House of Representatives,"
said the Senator. "We ought to raise
a bond issue of a billion dollars for in?
ternal improvements. Wc do the coun?
try a thousand dollars worth of dam?
age for every dollar we save by cuts of
this kind."
Senator Peed cited wealth increases
due to Western reclamation projects
built out of government funds. Chair?
man Jones, interrupted to say that the
money so spent was returned to the
government.
The commir.ee decided to call in the
engineers anil go over the bill, item by
item, with expert advice.
Protestant Laymen to Hear
Rockefeller and Morrison
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 29_John D.
Rockefeller jr. and Frank Morrison,
secretary of the American Federation
of Labor, were announced to-day as two
o? the principal speakers at a national
laymen's conference to assemble here
Saturday to "consider the whole task
of the Protestant churches of North
America, at home and abroad." The
conference will last three days.
Among the other speakers announced
are Governor Henry J. Allen of'Kansas,
Governor Carl E. Millikcn ol Maine, At?
torney General A. Mitchell Palmer and
I John R. Mott. Subjects to be consid?
ered will be "The Layman and His
? Life," "The Layman and the Evangelis
! tic Program" and "The Layman and His
Money."
ANNUAL STOCK-TAKING SALE
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HAVE YOU INSPECT
THEIR JANUARY AND
FEBRUARY REDUCTIONS
ON PLATES, GLASSWARE,
DINNER SETS, FANCY
GOODS, ETC.. DURING
STOCK-TAKING.
REDUCTIONS ARE FROM
TEN TO FIFTY PER CENT.
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Roosevelt in
Deal to Buy
Brazil Ships
Kerniit is in Rio de Janeiro
to Complete Negotiations
for the Purchase of 28
Former German Liners
French OptionDelaysPlan
American Corporation Will?
ing to Pay 8250 a Ton
for Fleet Now in Trade
? j
Advices from Rio Janeiro and Buenos
Ayres that United States shipping in- ;
terests expected to complete negotia- i
tions soon for the purc>dse of several
former Cern?an liner; requisitioned by
Brazil in the war brought forth the
statement here yesterday that the
'-. ' -.m Ship and Commerce Corpo?
ration, which is behind the deal, con?
sidered the negotiations "90 per cent
: ? mpl to "
Captain Kerniit Roosevelt, secretary
of the corporation, of which Major
General George W. Goethals is presi?
dent, :s with Alfred K. Clegg, the
American concern's representative in
the negotiations with Brazil. He and
Clegg now are in Brazil, trying to
close the deal.
i The corporation is negotiating for
1 twenty-eight of the fifty or sixty ves
' sels taken over by Brazil. The aggre?
gate gross tonnaee 0f the ships, most
of which are in service, under the Bra?
zilian flag, between South America and
France, is 160,000. The American cor?
poration has offered $250 a gross ton
for twenty-eight vessels, it is under?
stood, but the exact amount involved
' in the transaction is unknown.
Option to France Renewed
Shortly after the. United States en
i tc-red the war and withdrew merchant
ships from trade lines to transport
| troops to France, the Brazilian govern
! mont chartered to tho French govern
. ment between forty and fifty of the
I seized German ships under a one-year
agreement which gave France an op?
tion to make outright purchase of the
ships at its expiration. So far France
has taken no steps to uvail herself
of this provision, although the French
Chamber of Deputies voted 110.000,000
francs (normally $22,000,000) to pay
for the use of vessels during the war.
'?'lie option nas been renewed, it is un?
derstood.
It. is understood hero that Brazil's
right to seil the former German ships
has been questioned by tho Allied Rep?
aration* Commission. Advices from
Rio ?c Janeiro say that the public
thi re is much interested in the project
anil that the newspaper are strongly
in favor of retaining the vessels in
Brazil's overseas trade.
Surprise in Pessoa's Attitude ,
Surprise was expressed in the news-j
papers ?hero, it was said, over Presi- j
dent Pessoa's recent statement that it
was his personal opinion that Brazil
was obligated to reimburse Germany
for use of the vessels and that their
salo would probably be necessary to
obtain money for this purpose. It was
generally understood that the peace
treaty contained a clause under which
Germany expressly renounced all claim
for indemnity for detention and em?
ployment of her ships in Allied or
neutral ports.
It is believed in Brazil that com?
pletion of negotiations will be delayed
until diplomatic questions are settled
and until France has had time to take
up the question of making a purchase.
The newspaper "La Fohla," considered
?i semi-official organ, lias announced
that an extension of the option has
been granted at the request of French
officials, anil that the Brazilian gov?
ernment in all likelihood will await
the expiration of the renewal before
completing the sale to the New York
corporation.
?.W.W. Lawyer Required
To Leave Gun at Door
Court Bans Weapons at Trial
of Centralia Shooting
Defendants
MONTESANO, Wash., Jan. 29.?
George F. Vanderveer, counsel for the
defense in the trial of eleven alleged
1 W. W.'s charged with murder in con?
nection with the Centralia Armistic
Day shootings, was ordered by Judge
John M. Wilson to-day to deposit his
revolver in the office of the County Clerk
before entering court hercTfter.
Judge Wilson made the request of at?
torneys for both the prosecution, and
defense, but Vanderveer was the only
lawyer in the case who admitted carry
j ing a weapon.
Bailiffs questioned each venireman
and spectator to-day as to possession
of a weapon before allowing him. to
enter the courtroom.
^WEEDle-dum! TWEEDle-dee! If you know a
good thing when you see it?come here ana
snap your fingers at the high cost of clothing, and
gloat over these English Tweeds, just arrived, way
behind schedule?right plump in the middle of our
Annual Disposal of piece ends! They can't block the
way?our Spring goods are impatiently waiting- at the
door?so we have priced them to move them quickly-,
as low as $55 for a Suit, made to fit your back as royally
as any English lord's! Several fine grays and browns
and heather mixtures to choose from. They make
excellent top coats, too?and golf suits, of course!
If you haven't been in yet to see what we are offering in 0u,
Once-a-Year Clearance of Piece Ends you have a double pleasure
ahead of you. If you seize this chance to lay up a wardrobe for a
year ahead you'll never regret it !
$45 to $50 Values. . .,. . . $39.50
$55 to $65 Values.$48.50
SUITS & OVERCOATS
(including some Spring weights)
' Made io Order by Haas Craftsmen With Their "Accustomed" Skill!
T2 Chambers St
?On? door w?? t ?t B'way.
105 Nassau St.
On? dear aerch ?/ Ana St.
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German Ship Sale
Held Up to Insure
Getting Fair Price
Cost of Reconditioning Ves?
sels To Be Added to the
Amount Bid as Guide to
the Board,Payne Explains
WASHINGTON. Jan. 29.?Delay on
the part of the Shipping Board in
taking action on the bids submitted
for the purchase of the thirty former
German passenger ships was said by
Chairman Payne to-night to be due
primarily to the board's intention to
make certain that a fair market price
will be obtained for each vessel before
bids are accepted.
The ships which the board has offered
for sale were used by the army as
transports, and to recondition them
for passenger service will involve a
considerable sum, the chairman said
i It is proposed to sell the ships as they
stand, and in order to determine' if ?.
' fair price is being offered for a giver
! vessel it has been decided to add the
estimated cost of reconditioning to th?
bid submitted, which will enable th?
board to decide if full value is to b?
received for the ship, in the light o:
present price? for passenger ship:
; ready for service.
Objection on the part of the Wa:
Department to the sale of the ship:
is expected to be waived. Certain o
1 the liners had been designated as par
i of the proposed army transport re
? serve, and Secretary Baker proteste?
I against any transfer of title invalid?t
ing this provision. It is expected, how
: ever, that assurances will be given th
War Department that any vessel sol
will remain under the American fla
and subject to tin- call of the transpoi
service in case of emergency.
Chairman Payne has written Seer?
, tary Baker that no bids would be a?
; cepted until the matter had been full
1 adjusted, and as the board's fair prie
estimates are not expected to be read
before Monday it is understood thi
an agreement will be reached with tl
War Department before the board
1 ready to make its decision on the bid
Among the companies submittii
j bids for the liners were the Intern,
j tional Mercantile Marine, J. Elwel]
, Co., the American Ship and Commer?
' Corporation, the Munson Steamsh
j Company, the Oriental Steamship Coi
; pany and the Compagnie G?n?ra
I Transatlantique, a French steamsh
i company.
?
j Marsh Says Wall Street
ControlsJFarni Bureau
?National Couneil Represent
\ //re. Opposing Sale of I'. ,
Ships, Grilled, by Senato
' WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-?Benjan
C. Marsh, representing the Farme
National Council, opposing the sale
government-owned ships in testimc
before the Senate commerce commit
\ to-day, came in for a sharp questi?
I ing by committee members when
declared that he represented a c?
siderahle proportion of farm i ?-?
tentions "which are not eontrollJ11!?
Wall Street."
Pressed by Senator .lore!. }?
can. of Washington, chairman o ? I
con mittee, to name these farm
zations which Wall Street conli
Marsh said the National Federa: :
State Farm Bureaus was one and
"in a large measure" the Nati
Gratifie was another.
Senator Nelson, Republican, o-" M
nesota, asked Marsh if there wa
alliance between his organization aii?
the Russian Soviets, to which questi
a negative reply was made.
Marsh informed the committee that
it was the purpose of the Farmers' Na?
tional Council to "elect a new Scn'i.'e
and Congress" and that it wau the de?
sire of the council's "750.000 constantly
growing' membership to have the
retained until this new congress tool?;
its seat.
"We want to defeat hills for Id?
sale of these ships." Marsh, concluded,
"because J. P. Morgan & Co. ?
most of them for Great Britain and
the Bolsheviki of Wall Street will gel
the rest."
Day Assails Hirschfield
As "Mayor's Cuttlefish"
Former Markets Commissioner
Enters (Correspondence War
Over Sale of Army Foodstuffs
Dr. Jonathan C. Day, former Commis?
sioner of Publi" """kets, yesterday
joined the corresponde) ce war which
has been waging between Aldirmaric
President La Guardia and David Hirsch?
field, Commissioner of Accounts, over
the investigation into tho sale of surplus
army foodstuffs.
Dr. Day's letter was chiefly devoted
to an attack on Mr. Hirshfield. -?bom
he described as "the Mayor's cuttlefish
Dr. Day said he was certain thi
! fish's "screen of murk" would no- hinder
? Mr. LaGuardia in his demand for an ii
vestigation into the sale of army
plies by the city. Continuing, he said
"You will not need to look up the
records in the District Attorney's office
for 1897 nor the records of the county
court in Brooklyn for 1898, tjor the
records of the United States Court for
the Eastern Division for 1909, nor the
Appellate Division of the Supreme Cour,
for 1910 to discover the slimy trail ci
the Mayor's medium. He holds bit
- place in the Mayor's sun."
Dr. Day said that while he was will?
ing to waive immunity before th<
extraordinary grand jury Mr. H rss
field declined to do so. The former Mai
kets Commissioner said he was ready a!
' any time to give any facts on the "exad
situation of the army sales."
| "1 warn you," he conclude-!. "1
j you may expect nothing but a coi
"frothing from the West End oi Cit?
Hall and from the north end of tw
twelfth floor of the Municipal Bu r.|
as vou continue your efforts. T
, ty-third floor of the Municipal Bu
like a jumping-jack, will dance?on ; ;
i the pull of the string at the City Ha
or the twelfth floor of the Munieip*
Building."
Tho Mayor's office $3 at the west W
of the City Hall. Mr. Hirahfield ont?
north end of the twelfth floor of?
Municipal Building, and Markets Co?
, missioner Edwin J. O'Malley or. u
twenty-third floor.
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9:30 to 6
? Fifth Avenue at 35th Street
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"Made in Our Own Shops"
The I^ast of the Series of Most Important Sales
Offered in Celebration of Our 41st Anniversary
Single or Double-Breasted Chesterfield models,
all products of our own manufacturing shops.
Under the market value at regular price:
specially priced for today and Saturday at
35.00
55.00
Charge purchases made the remainder of this
month will appear on bills rendered March 1 st
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