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Carranza Betrayed, As.a_.uu.ted by Jlis OwnTroops;
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Wires
Wilson for
Recognition
Of Ireland
Colby Tells Senate Presi?
dent Will Not Oppose
Passage of Resolution
Declaring for Republic
Republicans Charge
Trick lo Win Votes
Shift m Policy Declared
To Be Designed to Get
Irish Back Into Partv
By Carter Field
f~_.. j-, 7 .{.UHtf's TT(i_>iin<7f cm Rttreau
WASHINGTON. May 22.?Presi?
dent Wilson told Secretary of State
Colby he has no objection to Con
gres. passing a resolution calling on
him to recognize the indep_ndenc_
of Ireland. Mr. Colby so informed
Demoeratic members of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee in con
versation to-day. after writing a
very carefully worded letter on the
subject to Chairman Porter of the
committee.
? ' ough they have watched with
1 ' satisfaction the recent efforts
of Prc ident Wilson and the Adminis
? at generally to placate tho Irish
voters, many of whom virtually walked
oul of the Demoeratic party on tho
peace treaty issue, Democrats in the
I were surprised to learn the
esident and Secretary of State were
not opposed to the Irish resolution.
Floping to be given an argument
; st any action which would antago
! Greal Britain, Chairman Porter
ol the committee wrote to Secretary
Colby asking him to appear before the
1 >reij_7i Affairs <- ommittee. Mr. Colby's
re; ly in part follows:
"It seems hardly proper for me to
pt to guidc the action of your
committee by an expression of
opinion on legislation which is at this
Btage.
Rcfuses to Adrise Committee
?I am certain that I should not
to do so or to infiuence you,
either in my reply to your letter or
r,y P1 ' >nal appearance before your
committee, were I in a position "this
""??? ng to accept your invitation
to the meeting of your committee.
rhe department is in receipt of im?
portant dispatchea which require my
instant attention, and I am regret
fully obliged to ask the indulgence
nf your committee in not attending
. which it would give me
much pleasure to do.
? ? ? say this, however, in my
reply to your inquiry of a day or two
ago, that there are no facts in con
'???? tion with our forei_;n relations
which should deter yotir committee
from any action which is dictated by
gnod judgment and which it may fee"l
conscientiously impellcd to take."
Mr, i olby, :ii personal conversation
with a Demoeratic member of the com?
mittee, said he had talked over the
whole situation with tho President:
that Mr. Wilson was thoroughly in?
formed as to what was going on and
that the President had no objection to
Congress pai sing the resolution.
Plaj (or Irish Vote Charged
Most surprising of all to the Demo?
crats and such Republicans aswere
told the storj by their colloagues, the
President > cognizant also of the
atorm of feeling which has been
ar?used in Britain against this coun?
try as ? result or thp making pubiic of
his cable to Admiral Sims, criticizing
the British navy. Republicans in Con
fres* have charged from the day this
jelegram and the President's speech on
jhe Pennsylvania were made pubiic
'hat Mr. Wilson was deliberately seek
!n_ the Irish vote. regardless of the
{?nee paid for ii in loss of friendly re?
lations with the British people.
Failure to oppose this resolution is
a complete change of front bv the Ad
Winistration on the Irish question. The
Kepublican Senate was condemncd
*igoroualy a year ago for adopting a
resolution of sympathy for Ireland and
r?q_esting the President to see that
representatives of Ireland were ac
corded a hearing by the peace confer
?nce. At that time supporters of the
*aministration said the adoption of
??CI? resolutions might lead to strained
relations between this country and
Gl_eat Britain.
7' at'-itude of the AdministratTon
Z%.}"?. resolution of sympa_hy, coupled
?tu the President's insistence on this
"utitry entering the league of nations
'thout reseivation, hnd the effect of
lurning the great bulk of Irish sym
part -ZCrS against thr President and his
Irish Defection Alarms Democrats
Demoeratic leaders months ago he
to ,. alj.rni,'*i at the big drift of Irish
i... Republican party. They began
' ,u;' ,K tne Kround work to get back
to n v?tes. Their first move was
Present a reseivation to the league
t.J. .ns in ,hc closing davs of the
tion ',g ,ast March- The* reserva
nRtv reT|ewed the expression of sym
tl-i. V? Irpli'nti. expressed the hope
_o?i_ prmclI'le of self-determination
th_. app!y ua t0 that country and
wa, M?nue U vva* Canted freedom it
nat; arimitted to the. league of
Sen ? Although Administration
2??W? supported the resolution it
d7nt a?,Ught at" that time that Presi
?* Wilson considered the reservation
direct affront to Kngland.
b. hT * stu<*ied effort was being made
' in< Adminstration to win back the
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Solving the Housing Problem
THE first real attack on the housing problem, with its
accompanying evil of high rerits, was launched last
week when the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company,
through Walter Stabler, its controller, advanced $1,150,000 to
the Rickert-Brown Realty Company. with which to erect two
hundred dwellings in tho Astoria section of Long Island City.
This loan is the first of a series which Mr*. gtabler will
make to builders of small dwellings and low-priced apartments
in outlying sections, in accordance with a plan prepared by
The Tribune and accepted by the Metropolitan Life.
The loans are**Tor tiftoen years, and it is the promise of
the Metropolitan to put not less than $20,000,000 into low
priced housings for New Yorkers this year, with equal
amounts to be made available yearly as long as necessary.
Details of the Metropolitan's plan will be found on
Page 3 Part 11
Wilson Insists
Anthracite Men
Stav at Work
Letter to Operators and
Miners Says There Must
Not Be Strike During
This Critical Period
Suggests Arbitration
ReaWy to Name Commis?
sion as Soon as Both
Sides Accept Authority
WASHINGTON, May 22.- Anthracite
operators and miners were warned to
day by President Wilson there must be
no strike in the anthracite roal fields
during- this critical period in the read
justment of the country.
Writing to members of the Joint
Scale Committee, which has been con
riuoting negoiiatlons ?or two months.
the President said that if they should
; bc unable to reach an ag-rcement hc
j would insist that the quostions in dis
' puto be submitted to the determination
i of a commission, to be ajipointed by
him, and that work be continued in tho
mines pending the decision of the com
! mission. He added that the award to
! be made would bc retroactive lo April
. 1, tlie date of the expiration of the
i old agreement between operators and
j miners.
The President said he would hold
! himself in readiness to appoint a com
i mission "similarly fconstituted to the
| one which I recently appointed in con
! nection with the bituniinous mining in
; dustry as soon as I learn that
j both sides have siirnified their willing
j ness to continue at work and abidc
I by its decisions."
No Strike, Says Labor Head
In making public the President's let
! ter, Secretary Wilson, who has been in
? conference with the wage scale com?
mittee at the Department of Labor for
1 the last three weeks, said ho was con
lident that when the committee recon
vened Thursday it "will either reach a
! mutual agreement or the question in
dispute will be submitted to a com
1 mission, as suggested by the Predi
: dent."
"There will be no strike in the an
\thracitc coal fields," he said. The Sec?
retary added that representatives of
the miners would present tlie Presi?
dent's letter to their convention at
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Monday.
The President's letter follows:
T have watched with more than
passing interest your efforts to nego
tiate a new wage scale for the an?
thracite coal fields. The-arrangement
to continue work at the mines after
April 1, pending the adoption of a
new agreement, which you entered
into when the previous wage scale
was about to expire, was higrfly com
mcndable and filled us all with hope
that a new contract would be
mutually worked out and the sup?
ply of' anthracite coal continued
without interruption. ! sincerely
, trust that the hope will be fully
realized.
"I have, however, been advised that
there is a possibility you may not
1 come to an agreement. 1 am sure I
i need not remind you that we have
i not yet recovered from the economic
| losses incident to the war. We need
the fullest productivity of our people
to restoro and maintain their own
economic standards and to assist in
j the rehabilitation of Kurope. A
strike at any time in a great, basic
'? industry like anthracite coal mining
would be a very disastrous factor in
j our lives and industries. To have
one take plpce now while we are
actively engaged in the problems of
! recon%truction woulcLJ^a serious
disaster. Anthracite crol is used
principally in domestic consumption.
Any shortage in the supply would
(Continued on page three)
AntiXynching Bill
Reported to House
Provides for Appeals From State
Courts to U. S. TYibunals and
Prisoii for Mob Members
WASHINGTON, May 22.?An anti
lynching bill was reported to-day by
the House Judiciary Committee and
placed on the calemlar for early con
sideration. Under the measure, any
resident would be entitled to appeal
to Federal courts for protection on
the ground that he had reasonable
cause to believe that equal protection
of the laws would be denied him in
atate courts. Partieipants in mobs
would be subject to line and ltnprison
ment, and counties in which lynchings
occur would be subject to a forfeiture
of $10,000. ,
"Lynching 18 a crime fidespread
throughout the country." said the
majority committee report, drftfted by
Representative Dyer, Republican, of
Missouri. "In many states the state
authorities havo almost wholiy failed
to prevent or punish it. It is a chief
cause of unrest among negroes."
WHKKK TO GO TO-NIGHT
All-ctar concerts at tho Century Theatre
ftca Wiator Garden.?Atlvt,
Johnson Leads
Wood in Close
*e m Uregon
Senator Has a Margin of
5291 in Returns From
Less Than Half the State;
Hoover Polls Bii? Vote
Lowden Next With 8,341
Hoover Registers 6,508;
Chamberlain Is Ahead
for Democratic Senator
PORTLAND. Ore., May 22. Senator
Hiram W. Johnson wns leadinp- Major
General Leonard Wood by 5(19 votes at
!t o'clock to-night, with somewhat less
than half the precincts of the state
heard from, according to returns from
yesterday's Presidential prefcrence
primary' comnilcd hy "The Portland
Oregonian" and "The Portland Tcle
gram."
The vote at that hour stood:
Johnson, 23,117; Wood, 22,548; Low?
den, 8,-110; Hoover, 7,913.
In tho Democratic Senatorial con?
test United States iSenatoil1 George F.
Chamberlain was leading Harvey ('.
Starkweather hy 1,7;>7 votes. This
count was from nineteen counties. In
the contest for the Republican nomi?
nation for United States Senator R. X.
Stantield had a majority over Albei't
Abraham.
Representative C. N. McArthur had
a, substantial lead over both of his
opponents m the race for the Repub?
lican Congressional nomination in the
Third District. Representative W. C.
Hawley in the First District was nom?
inated without opposition. ln the Sec?
ond District Representative N. U. Sin
nott led his opponent, the Rev. Owen
Jones.
Dr. Esthcr Pohl Lovejoy, candidate
for the Democratic Congressional nom?
ination in the Third District, was lead
ing her opponent, Mrs. Alexander
Thompson, by 213 votes, based on com
pilation of 101 precincts.
Truculent Cat Routs
Whole (ioldstem Family
(lliawa Mamma, <'laws Grand
pop, Sprinjjs at Gustave, Bat
tle-. to Death Witli Policeman
Only the timely arrival of the police
prevented a black cat of large physique
! and truculent disposition from licking
j the whole Goldstein family to a stand
: still last niirht. The creature wandored
? unbidden into the flat at 165 Glen
i more Avenue, Brooklyn, and was chased
1 by the Goldstein cat out into the hall.
Emboldened by their cat's example,
the Goldsteins took up the chase,
I whereupon the intruder, after making
I noises like ti combination steam kettle
| and coffee mill, turned around and went
I to war.
He made a pass at Gustave Goldstein,
; ,who ducked, and then attacked Mamma
! Goldstein, tearing her dress and
j seratching her. Grandpa Goldstein was
i being hadly clawed when Patrolman
I William (.'ordes came rushing in look
j ing for trouble. Ile attacked the
I animal and had to shoot it live times
before it gave up. The Goldsteins had
their wounds dressed by a surgeon from
i St. Mary's Hospital.
Brazil Lifts Ban on
Exportation of Sugar
100,000 Tons Released as
(irowers Have Surplus
Stock
BUENOS AIRES, May 22. The ban
j on the exportation of sugar has been
, lifted for ninety days and with a limit
j of 100,000 tons by a decree issued by
President Irigoyeli. To prevent an un
' due advance in the domestic price
j through lifting of the ban the decree
! tixes the maximum price a't the equiva
! lent of eleven cents, gold, per pound.
j If this price is reached exportation
must immediately ccase.
The present.decree is understood to
[have resulted-from a petition of the
\ Tucuman su^ar growcrs, who b_ve sur
I plua stocks.
When you
leave town
this summer it's a good
move to have The Tribune
follow you to your vaea?
tion home. Let us mail it
to you?both daily and
Sunday?just phone Beek
rnan 3000, or write our
Subscription Department
and well see that it comes
to you regularly.
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Nation - Wide
Freight Jani
SeemsBroken
Roads in All Parts of ihe
Country Begin Process
of Untahgling Under
Pressure of I. C. C.
4,000 Cars Moved
In New York Port
Traffic Conditions Not Ex?
pected to Become Nor?
mal for Many Weeks
WASHINGTON, May 22.?The edge
appnrently has been broken off the na
tion-wide freight jam through joint ef?
forts of the railroads, the. Interstate
Commerce Commission nnd shippers.
Advices to-night from the principal
congested seetions showed a slight and
continued decline. in the number of
Ioaded cars awaiting movement, while
| reports to the American Railroad As?
sociation indicated a general publ'c
i awakeniiiET to the need of thorough co
operation if the blockade was to be
liftcd. This, with drastic steps taken
by the government in ordering com
i plete disregard of the usual routing
I rules and the swift exchange of cquip
i ment, was counted on as a "starter."
Despite vhls more hopeful view of
] the situation, however, ofiicers of the
I association and railroad men said the
great bulk of freight tied up over the
i country had suffered only a few dents
! and that roads were so badly snowedI
; under that it would take weeks, perhaps j
. months, to get back to normal.
Expected action by the Interstate:
Commerce Commission with respect to !
; suggestions of the roads fo. wdrding
: off a continued offoring of all classes
! of freight was not. forthcoming. The
I commission, it is said, is not disposed
to place a country-wi.de embargo and
; is opposed to some extent to the use
j ef oriorities until it can ascertain the
] effects of measures already taken.
Railroad officials here announced
I last night that the freight congestion
I at the local terminals was being un
tangled in accordancc with the orders
of the Interstate Commerce Commis?
sion. It ..as stated that the yards in
? the vicinity of New Vork were" cleared
? of more than 4,000 cars within the last
two days.
The best showing so far is being
r.._.de by the Pennsylvania Railroad,
which reported that it sent out 800
jempty box cars and 400 Ioaded cars
yesterday and expeets to move 20,000
more in twenty days. In addition, room
was made for 1,000 cars of perishables,
which arrived at the terminals of this
line .iring the day. The Pennsyl
! vania managers say that proportionate
progross was being made on other lines
in the port.
Robert E. Parsons, general manager
! of the*Erie Railroad, declared that ap
; prcciable benetits of the Federal pro?
gram would not he felt for some time.
"The carrying out of the plan of the
Interstate Commerce Commission," he
said. "will have the effect. of moving
only essential commodities at first. It
will enable the railroads to collcct un
loaded cars from shippers and move
[ them to points where they are needed
i badly. Under the existing system a
: concern receiving a shipment has the
: privilege of holdi_g the cars at its sid
, ings for reloading.
Automobile Industry Hit
"Automobile manufacturers will feel
the priority regulations the most, as
their product wil! probably be placed
? at the top of the list of luxuries.
: They use thousands of specially de
signed cars which now will be released
for more essential cargoes."
ln the untangling process going for?
ward in the .Iersey yards, 100 cars of
; fertilizer were found for which Long
' Island farmers had been waiting for
weeks. Many potato crops were planted
. without it. More than 160 cars of seed
potatoes were also found.
More detaile.d and closer scrutlny of
local transportation problems will be
(Contlnuod on pa.e four)
Wilson Armenia 9s
Boundary Arbiter
Council of Amhassadors
Gets Official Notice of
Decision at Washington
PARIS, May 22.--Ambassador Wal?
lace informed the Council of Amhas?
sadors to-day that President Wilson
has announced that the United States
would accept the role of arbiter in tix
ing the boundaries of Armenia.
The annuuncement of the President's
decision w"s received with great sat?
isfaction bv the members of the coun?
cil.
From The Tribune's Washington Biii-mu
WASHINGTON, May 22.?In accept
ing the invitation of the San Remo
conference to act as arbitrator for the
settlement of the Armenian frontier dis
pute President Wilson will be guided
by the suggestion of the Allied Pre?
miers that he do so without regard to
what the ultimate attitude of the
United States may be concerning the
request of the powers that this country
assume the mandate over Armenia, it
was otfieially stated here to-day.
No intimation was forthcoming as to
the steps which the President will take
in handling the task. It is assumed
that he will appoint one or more com
missioners or investlgators to collect
the necessary data, and probably grant
hearings to, representatives 6f tho in
teresterl powers, including Armenia,
Turkey, France, Greece and Italy.
THE C'ARI.SBAn* SrRlDEL SALT
ls the beat natural saline npertent, pre
S'-rlbed by ph> stclans all over ths worM.
Write for booklet to the Carlsbad Products
Co., Agenu. 90 West 8t., N-wJTork.??.__?**?i
BergdollGot
Freedom by
Tale of Gold
Won Furlough by Say?
ing He Had $150,000
in Maryland Cache;
Ansell Indorsed Plea
Seen in Hartford
HoleL, Says Woman
Visit to Home, Which
Enabled Him to Flee,
Violated Leave Terms
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
PHILADELPHIA, May 22.?A tale of
buried gold, reading like a romantic
novel, was unfolded to-day by the in
quiryi into the disappearance here yes?
terday of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, I
millionaire draft dodger and army con- i
vict.
The War Department, after negotia
tions with his counsel, permitted him |
to leave Fort Jay, Governor's Island, i
where he was serving a five-year sen
tenee, to go on a motor car trip under I
guard to seek $150.(100 in gold buried
/'somewhere in the hills of Maryland,)
Pennsylvania or West Virginia."
Responsibility for Bergdoll during j
his/furlough from prison rested with i
D. Clarence Gibboney, head of the Law I
and Order Society and personal counsel
for Mrs. Emma C. Bergdoll, wealthy
brewer's widow and mother of the fugi- i
tive.
Lawyer To Be Questioned
Gibboney, who said to-day he would
not shirk responsibility, is expected to
be summoned to Washington to under
go examination by War Department of
licii-Js.
Several arrests on Federal warrants
are expected *s a result of the escape,
which has aroused ofiicials of <thc War
Department and Department of Justice.
The only trace of Bergdoll since his
escape in a touring car from his
mother's home in Wynnetield after he
nad eluded two soldier guards \yas re?
ported to-day from Hartford, Conn. A
woman empl'oyee of a hotel notifiod
the police that she had seen a man rc
sembling the fugitive writing letters
in the hotel this morning.
While Gibboney to-day refused to
disclose the "secret mission," for which
Bergdoll was freed, the War Depart?
ment and Bergdoll's Washington at
torneys gave all details of the "ex
peditios" for the "not of gold" and
made public Gibboney's correspondence
rclating to it.
This showed how Gibboney eniisted
the aid of Lieutenant Colonel S. T.
Ansell, former Acting Judge Advocate
General of the United States Army,
and his law partner, Colonel Edward
S. Bailey, to obtain t*ne permit from
Adjutant General P. (". Harris.
Colonel Ansell, who left the War De?
partment after a controversy with Sec?
retary of War Baker over the treatment
hy the army of conscientious objectors,
had been retained by Gibboney to at?
tempt to obtain a revir-w of tho court
martial proceedings under which Berg?
doll was convicted.
On one of several trips to Washing?
ton Gibboney broached tho subject of
tho treasure and Bergdoll's desire to
get it. Colonel Ansell at first said it
sounded like a "fish story" and a "pipe
dream,'' but Gibboney overcame his
skepticism by professing belief in the
prisoner's deelaration, despite his hazi
ness as to the exact location of the
treasure.
Ansell Obtains Permit
Colonel Ansell took up the proposition
with Ceneral Harris and the permit was
issued. Major Henry J. Hunt, com
mander of the disciplinary barracks at
Fort J?y, was instructed to write a let?
ter to Gibboney to identify him to the
guards when they arrived with Berg?
doll at. North Philadelphia Thursday
morning. ."
Gibbomjy, by the terms of the agree?
ment under which the furlough was
granted, was to stay constantly with
Bergdoll, it was said. There was to bo
no drinking of intoxicants and no di
(Contlnued on nage fourteen)
ManyHurtin Crash
As Car Brakes Fail
Trolleys in Brooklyn Col
lide After. One Runs
Away and Hits Auto
The brakes on a Gates Avenue trol?
ley car failed last night as it ap.
proached Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn.
Instead of stopping at the intersection
the car plowed ahead into the Nostrand
Avenue traffic.
lt struck an automobile driven by
John H. Kenny, of 235 Bainbridge
Street, Brooklyn, flinging it against
another automobile driven by Louis
Holland, of 905 Lafayette Avenue,
Brooklyn, and crashed into the rear of
a Nostrand Avenue car.
The Nostrand Avenue car was pushed
off the tracks and against the curb.
Its rear platform was demolished, as
was the forward platform of the Gates
Avenue car. Windows in both cars
were shattered, and scarcely any of the
many passengers escaped injury.
Those most seriously hurt were Fred
Archer, of 291? Lexington Avenue, who
was injured internally and taken to St.
John's Hospital, and William Cod, cf
91 Vanderbilt Avenue. whose left wrist
was broken; Mrs. Rabecca Holland, of
905 Lafayette Avenue, who was bruised
severely, and Florence Le Mien, of 295
Clifton Place, who also had severe
bruises.
All except Archer went home after
their injuries had been atterded to.
NEW JERSEY CENTRAL
FOR THE SEASHORE.
Sandy Hook rout? fron* \V 42nd St. ?.r?d
Oedar 5t. All rail rout<l r*rom W *Mrd St
ttnd Liberty SC Phone '.-'100 Baot<v^A.(iv^
Mexico9s Late President and His Slayer
venustiano Carranza, on his favorite horse. The fugitive Presi?
dent of Mexico is official ly reported to have been killed. In the insert is
General Hftdolpho Herrero, who is said to have'been leading the forces
that slew the deposed executive.
Price Cutting
Ignor.ed l>
y
Textile and Shoe Jobbers
and Manufacturers Fail
to Follow Example Se*t
by Retailers Over Nation
Reduction of prices of many com
mcWties by retailers throughout the
country has not brought down prices
in wholesale and manufacturing cir
cles, according to reports received by
The Tribune from textile and shoe
producing centers.
It is admitted in some quarters, how?
ever, that if the retailers persist in a
lower price campaign and both they
and their customers buy less merchan?
dise than formerly, production wiil
have an opportunity to catch up with
demand and cause price drops in the
primary market.
Even such a course, some manufac?
turers assert, wil! not prove of lasting
benefit unless raw materials decline in
price and labor will produce more
goods or accept smaller \yages for the
present quantity of proddction.
Wholesalers and manufacturers in
this city ave inclined to lay the bur?
den of high prices on high wages and i
the disposition of workers in all trades
to produce less. ln some quarters the
closing of plunts is considered to be
the proper answer to demands for
higher wages or shorter working hours.
Raw Materials Watched
Manufacturers are now keenly w_tch
ing the raw material markets and the '.
temper of the buying pubiic. Evidence ;
of possible softening in prices of raw :
materials is beginning to be apparent.
Some of the lower grades of raw wool,
and .even a few of the finer qualities,
declined last week in the Boston wool
market, when Australian and New
Zealand wools were auctioned.
Raw silk is approximateiy 40 per
cent lower than in January. and re?
cently the lower grades of hides and
leather dropped about 15 per cent. It
will be some time, however, before
these declines will be reflected in
prices of finished articles to the con- -
sumer.
The point that most manufacturers j
consider as all important is that the i
rapid rise in prices has been checked.
Whether an equally rapid decline will '
ensue depends upon such a multitude
of conditions that conservative think
ers hesitate to venture an opinion.
Limit of $15 on Shoes
Retailers are telling manufacturers
that the pubiic is refusing to pay the
abnormal prices to which some com?
modities have risen. At a conference
between prominent retailers and manu-j
facturers of shoes at the Union League j
Club a few days ago, it was said that
the retailers told the manufacturers
that $15 was the high water mark at
which footwear will flow easily and
steadily and that. it was up to the
manufacturers to produce shoes that
will sell below that figure. Some
factorie3 are considering usinj. cheaper
grades of leather to meet the demand
for lower-priced shoes.
The first widely announced price
reduction in men's clothing at whole?
sale for the coming fall season came
yesterday, according to the "Daily
News Record," from the Baltimore
firm of Strouse & Bros., in an ap-!
proximate 10 per cent eut on its fall
lines to retailers. Smaller manufactu?
rers in New York and Roche' ter are
understood to have reduced prices on
spring and summer clothing because!
of an overproduction resulting from
cancellations ?ti late deliveries.
Reports from textile and shoe pro
tC.n_nu.. on 9-h tnrca)
House t& Give
Bonus Measure
Right of Way
Rules Committee Votes
Favorable Report, but
No Action 011 Bill Is
Likely Before Tuesday
WASHINGTON, May 22. Republi
;ans of the House Rules Committeeto
lay ordered a favorable report on a
special rule giving the soldier relief
Dill legislative right of way. No date
'or bringing the bill before the House
Aas set, but Chairman Gampbell an?
nounced that no effort to pass the
Tieasure would be made before Tues
lay.
Objections of comm%tee Democrats
?vere based on the. rule's proposal to
leny opportunity to amend the bill on
tho floor. Under the Republican pro?
gram only one motion may be made -
to recommit to the Ways and Means
Committee.
Indecision of the leaders as to a date
for bringing the bill before the House
was understood to be due to a desire to
await the result of a poll of all Repub?
lican members. Leaders said the reso
lution from the Rules Committee would
not be presented until its adoption was
a certainty.
Meanwhile, House Democrats contin?
ued to prepare for a light against the
Rules Committee report, expecting aid
!rom half a hundred Republicans op
posmg the cash bonus proposal. The
L-ombmation of the anti-bonus Repub?
licans with the Democrats caused an
abandonment of plans for passing the
relief bill to-day.
Opposition to another provision of
me bill also developed. The National
Grange protested against the Lane
Mondell land reclamation plan for pro
v-iding farm homes for former service
iien. The complaint was made by A.
VI. Loomis, secretary of the grange, in
i letter to Ch*airma:i Fordney of the
Ways and Means Committee, which
said that the reclamation plan "was a
Manket raid on the United States
rreasury for the vast expenditure of
money on all sorts of good, bad and in
iifferent reclamation projects under the
jjuise and behind the cloak of 'doing
something for tho?soldier.' "
Reds Stir Dissension
In the British Army
London Paper Reports Disquiet
ing Ineidents Affeeting Digci
pline of Certain Regiments
LONDON, May 22.?Disquieting In?
eidents affecting the discipline of cer?
tain regiments of the British army
nave occurred recently, says "The
Daily Sketch." An investigation has
revealed that agents of the Russian
Soviet government have perfected a
plan to make the army a "hotbed of
iissension."
Stern measures to crush this organ?
ization have been decided upon, the
newspaper declares, and important ar
rests are imminent. In addition^whole
rsale deportations are to be expected.
?
Americans Will Aid Loan
London Reports They Will Help
Finance German v
LONDON. May 22.?Reports current
here say financia! quarters in the
United States and in South American
:ountries wil! be the princjpal sub
senbers to any international loan
which may be decided upon to finance
Germany's indemnity payment. It ia
?xpected the coming Brussels financia!
L'onference will fix the amount of the
loan at upward of 300,000,000 pounds
sterling, and that it also will settle
questions relating to details of the
undertaking.
Iron St-amhoat <o.?Con-.v I*?ind Sranoo
56 in Escort .
Of Fugitive
Also Killed
Cabrera Brothers and
Murguia Among Those
Slain at Tlaxcalantongo
on Order of Herrero
General Assails
Cowardlv Traitors
In Message to Survivors,
He Charges They Have
Dishonored Republic
By General Alvaro Obregon
Special Cable fo The rribmie
Copyright. i920. New York Trlbuno Irw.
MEXICO CITY, May 22.?A
telegram was received at general
headquarters here at 1 0 o'clock
last night confirming the death of
Venustiano Carranza and six ot
his companions, together with
fifty other persons. The full de?
tails of the incident are not
known here at this moment.
The principal tacts are that
Carranza was killed at Tlaxca?
lantongo in an attack led by
General Rudolfo Herrero. a for?
mer federal officer belonging to
the forces of General Mariel,
who accompanied Carranza in his
flight from the capital.
We have appointed a com?
mittee, made up of two high mili?
tary officers and two prominent
attorneys, who will go immedi
ately to the place where Car?
ranza was killed and will report
in detail.
The body of Sefior Carranz*.
will arrive in this city at 7 o'clock
to-night and will be delivered to
the former President's family. in
accordance with their wishes.
On several occasions every
kind of guarantee and considera?
tion was offered Senor Carranza
to induce him to withdraw from
the belligerent zone, but he re?
fused to accept the proposition*.
MEXICO CITY, May 22 (By Th.
Associated Press).?Venustiano Car?
ranza, fugitive President of Mexico,
has been killed by some of his own
troops. Six of his companions,
who fled with him May 6 and took
refuge with their leader in the
mountains of Puebla, also art re?
ported to have been slain.
There is still uncertainty ropard
ing-ihe names of Carranza's com?
panions who were killed. It is be?
lieved, however, that they were
General Francisco Murguia, Gen?
eral Francisco Urquezo, Under Sec?
retary of War and Marine; Luis
Cabrera, Secretary of the Treasury,
and his brother, Alfonso Cabrera,
Governor of Puebla; Manuel
Aguirre Berlanga, Secretary of the
Interior, and General Pilar Sanchex.
Killed Thursday
The headquarters here of General
Alvaro Obregon announced Car?
ranza was killed at l o'clock Thurs?
day morning at Tlaxcalantongo by
troops led by General Rodolfo Her?
rero, who formerly belonged to
forces commanded by General Fran?
cisco de P. Mariel. Mariel accom?
panied Carranza in his^flight, but
last weak deserted and joined tho
revolutionists.
Reports received here early ths?
morning say General Juan Barragaij,
chief of the Presidential staff; Ygnaci?
Bonillas, former Mexican Ambassador
at Washington; General Marciano
Gonzales end General Federico Mon
tes, who -c.ompanied Carranza in hi?
flight from San Andres, are safe.
Take Body to Capitai
A train was sent to Beristain. th.
neare3t railway station to the seen*
bodies of the slain President and
others of his party who were killed
to the capital.
The body of Carranza ig due to ar
nve in Mexico Cuy this evening. Tho
six other victims have been buried a*
the scene of the battie.
Permission has been granted r*.a
t_ve_ of the late President for priva-.
interment. Among the relatives aro
his daughter, Julia. and Virginia wiU
of General Candido Aguilar
After a conference to-dav betweea
Generals Obregon and Pablo Gonzale*
a commission was named to pro.eed
to the scene of C*_rfJl__k'_ deat* to
Inveatig-ate and report.*. General 0_r_
gon appointed Attorney Roque E?tr_d__