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?nanee Experts Invited
fop?ri-Ameriean Meeting
A& Nani?* Group of Business
Men to ?A**??, in Conference
at Capita' Jan. 12 to 17
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f^r the se?%?T.?j Pan-American
<*,oni.i conference, which will be
Ek-L January 12 to 17, Secretary
i has named a larrre nunirtVr of
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S ?ith'tVip ministers of finance and ?
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Trade Review
Coltoii?
TUE cotton goods market last week
\vris more active than is usual a<
this timo of the year. Retailers
continued to press jobbers for goods,
and they in turn wont to mill agoni h
and converters for moro merchandise,
Buyers who had goods on order ?risk?"?!
for earlier deliveries. Retailers assort
t h:\t business in cotton goods over
their counters is extremely largo for
the holiday season and are convinced
that many women are buying mate?
rials now which will not be used until
next spring and summer.
The statement of Dr. Herty that
Gorman vat ?lyes will be received in
this country early in January has given
the shirt manufacturers and cotton
goods dealers wiw supply thorn, a feel?
ing of relief. The uncertainty that j
absolutely fas1 colors could be supplied ;
to the trade was holding up operations,
in the shirt industry, which is ready j
to begin its spring production.
A slight softening toward me end of;
the week was noted in the gray or un- !
finished goods market. The standard
64-60 print cloth which had boon sell?
ing at 20 cents n yard, was offered
more freely at 19V4 cents. Several tit'!
the largest converters say they have
not bought 'heir forward supplies of
gray goods but will have to go into -
the market next month.
Silks
Jobbers were tin- most active buyers
v ti e b? k goods market last week. Re
tailers and garment manufacturers for
the most part stayed out of the market.
Some comment arose from the notion
of the latter, who normally would be
heavy buyers at this period. The gen?
eral beliel is that the apparel makers
are waiting for developments in the
garni? it tri de before committing them?
selves to ?urge purchases of silks at
present.
Raw silks eased off a bit. but are
still on levels that preclude large buy
ii . according to mill owners. The raw
silk situation is growing acute, and
mills ave worried concerning the possi
ties of obtaining sufficient supplies
at reasonable figures next year. Some
of the largest mills are preparing for a
:r are ? >n ervative selling policy in the
future.
Several of the trade leaders admit
that the supply of raw silk and finished
goods in the hands of jobbers and]
; ge for a healthy
? of r : ? trade. The continued
made d< alers in all
es ??? the I rade n ore willing to ;
b 5 I ': r ? r i sell, with the result that
.... [uantij of material are being !
? tl.held from actual consumption. It
a u acturt rs are ship
goods as soon as they come
mills and that retailers are
?. ? i ?: g o' the.r stocks as rapidly as
ed. The hold up of goods is tak
een t ht se two trade fa?;- ',
tors.*
Woolens
pring gi Is and preparing
easor foi med the pi inci
pal a ti\ .' ies of I be w oleti . I
.' dvancing prie? ; it i e raw
?? rkei were reflected the
prices i '?? d by yarn makers.
??' ? acturt rs of fabrics declare there
is ? ? possibilit? oi low< r prices for
n n - season, n wir,eh or?
der t wi el ken ft r fabrics to be
us< ; 'in ? ? ? and w nter. Because of
thi ? ecent ha?p advances in the raw
?i yarn markets mil'
ay t cottoi warn fabrics
fur next fall will show sharper ad
\ all woo goods.
Demand, <in -?? far as it exists at
pr? ? at, continues to be centered on
?; quality of fabrics. The j
. ? ? f gn for ?
upon the manufacture!
of appai ''I of piain
bul tantial luality : y the Depart
being v, atched by
?; lucei fabi -. it the cam
: ' ? el op ' point where the
I ng public is di
? ? ird the purchase of the lei
expeni goods, mam racturers of
woi ! ? will have to
i ! ange 7 he < tei of their output.
? m? n's \ ear lines a growing de?
an fabrics of
the cam? our variety,
beitij ? ivelj used 1 y
:; . ifacturers for "cl ...
ii sport models for the spring
Apparel
\ lietln oi ni t '.!?e sanction by
abi ut 30 ? er fi i m all sections of
the ii ? the plan for greater
? >n on the sal? of lowci
irici I'rncni ol ?ruin but substan
ivill i .. ??? any reflex act ion
mu r apparel trades -
tun. While the demand for
outei ' arments apparent Ij
de? : ear ed because of high
b!e vvi ather up to
i ir. r. week, ' I e fact n mains thai
bulk i the demand hertofore lias
bi centered on the more expensive
nur' andis? Manufacturers and
.. ol apparel expect to be
V. . hington ? ?:rly nexl
'o ?rotifer with the Depa
the plan to push the
Manufacturei of women's outer gar
hing the coming
'. it h more mist'i : ;
for many ? ??. on pai t, Reports
ind cate thai ? pi sent fall and win
ison fr m both wholesale and re
ii dp I r not been as suc
antici] ated. Fairly
large : ock ol dresses, coal and
;-i:: is rue or ' ' he n tail stores
and mai rs'stock rooms, and un
ess consumo b ??'?:? . nc i eai es during
? ' ' ? ore radical price
. i. have been made so
far v. H e tie, ? ccoi ?i!r;;y to I rade lead?
ers.
irders med ?uni priced
ran? m $2\r> to $50
d by retail?
ers ;;. fail quai according to
manufacturers. Road salesmen's re
1 rt< indicate a good advance busi
I cially through t e South and
Middle Wei t.
'1 he wholesale market in men's over
coal ha softened perceptibly in the
w< i ??. ??'. .' .'. conscq iienl reaction
in the retail fie d. Price reductions
were current, Some retailers assort
" "' the men's clothing business is
' ming along slowly and that present
' r su;t- and overcoats,
although below normal, will be suffi?
cient to fi?mh out the season. Buy?
ing of spring clothing for men is not as
active as it wni n week or two ago,
according to some manufacturers, who
say the nigh price- are effectively cut?
ting down consumption.
Jewelry
The backbone of the strike which
stopped production in the jewelry in?
dustry for three months was practical?
ly broken last week when a considera?
ble number of workmen, in response to
a letter sent them by manufacturers
stating that if they so desired they
could return to their benches on the
old basis of a forty-four-hour week
and the principle of a.i open shop,
accepted tire conditions and came back
to work. In order that no shop may
obtain any advantage in hiring the re?
turning workmen, the Jewelry Crafts
Association notified its members that
they would not be allowed to take back
more than five men, no matter how
large or smnil their factories may be.
To avoid this five-man limit, however,
many of the smaller manufacturers
have employed men to turn out piece
work on their benches at home and
in this manner have had considerable
stocks of jewelry manufactured.
While the local manufacturers are
quarvolintr with their workmen over a
shorter working day schedule, Ger?
man manufacturers are making stren?
uous efforts t.i capture the South
American trade which America now
holds. Five German salesmen have
arrived in Buenos Ayres and are quot?
ing very low prices on rings, watches,
pins, silverware, etc. As an added in?
ducement they are offering almost, any
terms for payment and are willing to
send orders subject to cancellation if
the jewelry does not come up to the
American standard. According to a
large local jewelry manufacturer
closely associated with Latin-Ameri?
can trade activities, the increase in
deliveries to South America from
American manufacturers came at a
fortunate time. About 75 per cent of
jewelry ordered in this country by
Latin-American merchants is now be
ingvdelivered, which c? mpares with an
average for a few months ago of 10
per cent.
Fur?
Wholesale raw and dressed skin
dealers last week began purchasing
heir new season stocks from the big
dealers and collectors. The demand for
muskrat, mink and raccoon was par
ticularly strong-, with prices advanc?
ing on these particu'ar articles. Furs
of tire new catch continued to arrive
'rom the trapping sections. Receipts
>f muskrat are still short of normal,
indicating that higher prices will pre?
vail for this fur, so widely used in the
manufacture of Hudson seal.
Some manufacturing furriers who
have specialized in Hudson seal gar?
ments are turning their attention to
other fur; because of the short supply
and extremely high prices of muskrat.
For this purpo.se marmot, squirrel and
nutria are being take-7. Experiments
to make the various types el rabbit or
coney, m??re durable when made up
irrt'i sealine, near seal, electric seal
and the various other substitutes for
Hudson s< al are being coiiflucted with
some measure of success, according to
and dressers.
The holiday season has stimulated
retail business m furs to some extent,
alth ugh not abnormally. Jobbers and
manufactur rs expect additional busi
ness next month, but declare that the
usual end of the season low priced
'jobs" of surplus stocks will be absent
tins year.
r i r>ces for muskrat, mink and
n ii than the trade anticipated.were
r?gi ' red at the auction of J. L.
Prouty's Sons late m the week. Rav.
mtiskrats brought a record price of
1.20 a skin. Little interest was shown
in the offering of skunk.
Leather
The hide market was quiet and lower
last week, with little business trans?
acted. Dry hi,Us continued on the
nominal basis of 48 cent; for mountain
1 '. otas and Orinocos, although buyers
apparently were not willing to pay
more than 42 cents. Importers faced
iosses at that price, however, and con?
sequently only a few small sales are
known to have taken place on the lower
basis. When the hides held by im?
porters were purchased the exportation
outlook was extremely bright. The
general idea was that Europe would be
glad to take everything in leather that
? along, International credit con
di <:..- have curtailed- the foreign de
owever.
A little activity was reported during
the week in wet salted hides at steady
prices. It was rumored, that the Ger?
m?n Minister of Economics had placed
; i ? mbargo on the exportation of bide
leather shoes and leather belt-,
ing, except when accompanied by a spe
ci n e, but this statement could
noi be ci i :' ; med.
Buying of leather gloves for the holi?
days has attained record-breaking
1 ?:: its, and both wholesalers and re?
tailers are experiencing great difficulty
in satisfying the demand. Shipments
from France continue to be very slow,
and m; ny importers have- been forced
to change their plans for the delivery
of late December goods. Optimistic
manufacturers, however, assert that
with the arrival of several large ship
ents of high grade cape.kins now on
r ? way to '?his country from South
Africa the situation will crear rapidly.
Austrian s Storm Trains
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VIENNA, Dec. 21.?The cancelling of
passenger trains during Christmas
week to conserve coal led to wild dis?
orders at all Vienna stations Friday.
Th usands of persons broke the police
cordons and invaded the trains, which
were jammed with passengers, many of
them clinging to the footboards. As a
result, most of the cars soon were in
a deplorable state, inside fittings being
torn off and many windows being
smashed by the clamoring passengers,
some of whom had stood in line for
twenty-four hours waiting to board
trains.
At tho western slat ion alone 5,000
people stormed the last train. Several
of them were injured.
Newest Planet
Likely To Be j
Seeii Dec. 30
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Astronomers Expert Un?
known Heavenly Body,
Furthest Distant and About
Size of Earth, to Appear
Photographs To Be Taken I
Believed To Be Seventy
Times as Far From the
Sun as Is Our Sphere
i
On December ,10 the tubes of giant I
telescopes iri different parts of the j
\ United ?States will be slanted toward |
| the sky in an effort to discover a new
planet, which is thought to be respon
| sible for the irregularities that have
? been observed in the motions of the
' planet Neptune.
Harold Jacoby, Rutherfurd professor
i of astronomy at Columbia University,
\ said yesterday that the belief that the
| world is on the verge of the discovery
i of another great planetary body has
? caused a stir among astronomers, rte
1 declared the best dates for the discov
1 ery of this planet, which is supposed
r to be about the size of the earth, are !
December ,'i0 and January 31, l?e is
confident that this great body, farther
away from the earth ?han any of the j
; other planets, eventually will be found.
There is a possibility that the observa?
tions made this month and next will
fail.
No attempt to locate the new planet
will be made at Columbia because of
lack of facilities. Professor Jacoby de?
clared that systematic efforts to find
j the unknown body will be made at tie
Harvard Observatory, at Mount Wilson,
; near Pasadena. Calif.; at Mount. Ham?
ilton, California; at the Yerkes Ob- j
servatory, Williams Bay, Wis., and at
the United ?States Naval Observatory,
Washington,
To Photograph New. Body
Exposure of photographic plates, as
well as telescopic observations, will be
made. If there appears a star in the
sky which has not been charted, and
which, after a lapse of several day?,
show- motion with respect, to the sur?
rounding fixed stars, astronomers then
will be convinced that they have located
the new and nameless pan? t.
"Astronomers," said Profe -sor Jacoby,
"have for some time been thinking
about the possible discovery of another
bur plane! traveling around the sun in
a huge orbit far exterior to the outer
most limit of the solar system as now
known. Such a discovery, however, wi 1
' not come as a great surprise, because
the manner in which we expect to make
the discovery is ?juite similar to the
method used in finding our present
farthest planet, Neptun?'. The matter
is o!' the greatest importance to astron?
omers just, now because existing con?
ditions are most favorable to the dis?
covery.
"Calculations indicate that the end
of the present year, or very early in
1P2?0, will be the time when the new
planet will be visible. The best da;?'
probably would be January 31, if we
take the most favorable position from
: the known orbit of Neptune, or on '
December 30, if we take ti e date from
the roughly approximated orbit so far
.calculated for the imaginary planet.
"However, the discovery migl t com?1
; at any time near these two dates, or
any time between the dates. If the dis?
covery i- not made in this period it
! will probably be because the new
! planet, on account, of its uroat dis
? tance, will be too faint to lie seen even
! with our largest telescope, which is
sixty feet in length and forty inches in
diameter."
Name Not Decided
"If it is found what will be the name
i of the new planet ?" Professor Jacoby
: was asked.
"That will be left to the discoverer,''
?he ieplied.
"The new planet, if located will like?
ly be about the size of the earth and
will be seventy times as far' from lire
sun ns the earth ?s, which would In:
more than twice the distance between
Neptune and the sun. The discovery
will mean that the diameter of the
solar system will be twice as great as
it lias been known to be.
"If the attempt to locate the. new
planet is successful," continued Pro?
fessor Jacoby. "it will lie a repetition
of what happened in 184C, when Nep?
tune wa< irrst seen at the Observatory
of Berlin by Professor Galle. The
events that preceded this discovery
were of unique interest. In 1845 a
young Englishman named Adams, who
had just been graduated from Cam?
bridge, made calculations which
showed discrepancies in the motion of
'? the planet Uranus. He was somewhat
excited. He had a right to lie. He
? immediately wrote to the Astronomer
?Royal at Greenwich and gave him a
?position of a point on the sky where
a new planet could be seen.
"Unfortunately, the .Astronomer
j Royal put Adams's letter aside. Some
! months later, in August, 1R-16, a
j French astromoner by the name of
Leverrier, who hail just completed cal?
culations of his own. wrote to Profes?
sor Galle just as Adams had written
to the Astronomer Royal. Galle at
once examined the sky in the place
indicated by Leverrier and found a new
planet almost exactly at. the spot which
: had been calculated. Credit for the
! discovery was divided between Adams
and Reverrier.
"The planet became known as Nep?
tune, and it is Neptune whose irregu
? larities of motion may now lead to the
discovery of still another planet. The
i mathematical work of Adams and Le?
verrier has been regarded as one of
the greatest triumphs of the human
intellect. Certainly it constitutes a
j marvelous verification of Newton's law
of gravitation, or. which it was based.
"To further understand the problems
concerning the discovery of the body,
? ?et us suppose that all the planets
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travel around the sun in perfectly cir?
cular orbits at d that a correct diagram
of all these orbits could be drawn on a
piece of paper, where they would ap?
pear as circles all having tri/e same
center, where the sun is situated. Such
a diagram would not be perfectly cor?
rect, but it would be a close approxi?
mation to the actual facts. Anything
that would be true if the plan.?ts
moved as indicated in this diagram
would be equally true in a diagram
representing the actual motions with
perfect exactness. The difference would
be merely a matter of math^rr.atical
detail, not affecting the general prob?
lem.
To Appear Near Neptune
"Considering our planets as moving
in their circular orbits, we can glance
at them at some particular moment of
time, say. January 31, 1020. On that
date we should see each planet in a
particular point of its orbit, and astro?
nomical ra eolations show that on that
date the earl h and planet Neptune are
so placed that Neptune will be visible
to us practically all night and will rise
very high in the sky at midnight. This
beinp understood, let us consider how
the force of gravitation controls or?
bital motions of the planets. This con?
trolling force conies almost entirely
from the sun, but in a slight decree
each planet a so exerts a gravitational
pull on each of the others. We can
imagino that there exists this sup?
posed unknown new planet, whose orbit
is far outside that of Neptune.
"We may also suppose that the new
planet is so placed in its orbit that it,
too, will be high up in the sky at mid?
night, like Neptune. In that case we
should see Neptune and the new planet
in the same direction from the earth,
so that they would appear quite close
together. The new planet will, of
course, be further away than Neptune,
and if conditions were right it might
be directly behind Neptune, so as to be
eclipsed from our view. In that case
the gravitational pull of the new planet
exerted upon Neptune would tend to
pull Neptune away from us. This
could not be observed because movie,;;
Neptune away n little would not. change
the direction in which we see it. In
the same way a man walking directly
away from an observer does not change
his appearance when he takes a step
or two, but if he is not walking ex?
actly away from the observer a single
step may change his position per?
ceptibly with respect to surrounding
houses and tree3.
"In the case of Neptune and the new
planet the two bodies will presumably
not be exactly in the same direction as
seen from the earth; therefore the new
planet will noi merely pull Neptune
away from us. but will pull it to some
extent in a sidewise direction.' And
there are excellent surrounding ob?
jects by means of which we con d de?
tect a sidewise motion of Neptune be?
cause we have in outer space a back?
ground of stars with which to compare
\Teptune's position. ?Such comparisons
have been mad?; ever since tne discov
ry of Neptune, and in late years Nep
une has shown indications of being
subjected to just such a sidewise pull
? i we aie imagining.
"Sometimes Neptune is pulled to one
-ide and sometimes to the other, or. in
othei words, its orbital motion is Bome
ii ? retarded a little and sometimes
acci ' rated This is just what w?.
should exp? 't bi cause the suppos?e
iter planet would alternately brin);
bo it just these two results."
Changes in Federal
Budget Bill Urged
Institute of Public Service
Against Exempting Judiciary
;uu\ Legislative Branches
The Institute for Public Service, o
which J-'lius H. Barnes is chairman
made public yesterday a letter to Sen
ator Medill McCormick, suggestinj
changes in the pending budget bill.
"Among other defects in the McCor
mick bill." the letter continues, "thes.
are mentioned:
"Exempting the estimates of the ju
diciary and legislative branches fron
study by the budget bureau; requirinj
written permission of the Secretary o
the Treasury before departments ma;
even estimate increases for either' ol?
or new work; limiting the estimate
for the District of Columbia to doubl
. the amount which the district itsel
raisi i, instead of requiring commis
| sioncrs to tell the whole truth abou
the District of Columbia's needs; fail
ing to provide hearings for Cabine
heads with the budget director befor
he cuts their estimates; exemptin;
ten persons at a salary of $5,000 fror
any qualification test and thus sub
jecting the budget director to tremen
dous pressure in favor of pol?tica
sinecures; requiring every departmen
to appoint two special budget officer
for each division, instead of using hi
present organization so that the me
responsible i<>y work programs will b
held responsible for the spending pre
gram."
Rowan to Ignore H.W.Wood
Pica for President's Impeach?
ment Not taken Seriously
Representative Joseph Rowan, of
New York, sai?; 1? st night he would
not take official notice of the letter
written him by Henry Wise Wood ask
ing for the impeachment o President
Wilson.
"The only reason I was singled out
by Mr. Wo id, 1 imagine," said Repre?
sentative Rowan, "is that I represent
his dis'riet in Congress."
Mr. Wood asked that his charges be
read on tire floor of the House,
American Electricians
Lead Way in Invention
General Squier Says Climax
Came With Perfection of
Aerial Telephone
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.--American
experts in electrical invention more
than held their own in competition with
the expert- of the Allied and Central
powers, Major General George C.
Squier, chief signal officer of the army,
assert,; in his annual report, made pub?
lic to-day.
Invention in telegraphic and tele
phon c science is declared by General
! Squier to have reached its apparent
! war-time climax in the perfection by
i American officers of the airplane tele
; phone apparatus, whereby an aviator
: can communicate vocally with the
earth or with other airplanes.
The report mentions that possibility
of the enemy cutting all cable lines
caused much concern in the early
montl s of the war, and led to work
being pushed on auxiliary radio sta?
tion i,
Discovery of the fact that it was pos?
sible to "tap" 8 ?rabie without detection
increased the anxiety of the govern
ment to complete the air communica
fion lines.
The report records the unsuccessful
search made in 1917 of the Atlantic
coast for the secret enemy cable, which,
apparently authentic information .->aid,
! ad been laid by German submarines.
Eggs 55 Cents in Nebraska
2.000 Women of Lincoln Claim
Credit for Drop in Price
LINCOLN, Neb.. Dec. 21.?Fifty-five
cents a dozen will be the retail price
of eggs here to-morrow, which sold ten
davs ago for 85 cents.
Two thousand women who united to
fitrht the high price claim ?the credit
i for bringing about the reduction.
Denikine Dismissed
From Command of
Army,London Hears
Reported Action Is Be?
lieved To Be Forerunner
of Peace Parley on Lines
of Prinkipo Conference
Nev> York Tribune
European Bureau
(Copyright, 11)19. New York Tribune Inc.)
LONDON, Dec. 21.?According to aj
report received here to-day, General i
Denikine, leader of the anti-Bolshevik ]
army in South Russia, has been sud- j
denly dismissed from command.
This action, if it really has been j
taken, ig expected here to be the fore-1
runner of a peace parley arranged on
the lines of the Prinkipo conference,!
which was called by the Versai.les con- ]
ference. but never held. It was re- !
called that General Denikine recently'
reiterated his determination not to ne-]
gotiate with the Bolsheviki in any cir?
cumstances. Previous efforts to call a
conference of rival anti-Bolshevik fac?
tions have been negatived by the op-j
position of the leaders, as it was im?
possible to proceed in the face of flat
opposition from the anti-Bolsheviki.
Genera! Denikine'? dismissal, there?
fore, following the defeats of General
?Yuodnitch southwest of Petrograd and
of Admiral Kolchak in the East, would
leave the field for negotiations open,
with more prospect of success.
Contrary to reports widely circu?
lated, the conference at Copenhagen
between James O'Grady. the British
emissary, and M. Litvinoff, the Bolshe?
vik envoy, have not yet entirely broken
down. Mr. O'Grady has returned to
London to consult the Cabinet, but will
return to <'openhaeren soon after
Christmas. Meanwhile, Litvinoff has
gone to Russia aboard a British war?
ship to discuss the situation with
L?nine and Trotzky.
Litvinoff's exorbitant demands dur?
ing the negotiations on the return of
prisoners?particularly his contention
that Great Britain should be respon?
sible for the Bolshevik- prisoners in the
hands of her "allies" General Deni?
kine. Ceneral Yudenitch and Admiral
Kolchak?caused n temporary deadlock.
but a solution is still believed pos?
sible.
Reports from Petrograd indicate that
Bolshevism is becoming redder and
redder, in a political sense, under the
influence of the Soviet's military tri?
umphs. L?nine already is considered a
reactionary by the aggressive; red,
military Bolshevism which is gaining
ground under the leadership of Trotz?
ky, Peters, Zinovieff and Litvinoff.
LONDON. Dec. 21 (By The Asso?
ciated Press). No confirmation has
ben received here of the dispatches
Iront Reval announcing that General
Denikine had been d>rmis ed as com
mander-in-chief of the South Russian
army and was to be replaced by Gen?
eral Wr?nge 1. Officials in London do
not attach credence to the report.
13. S. Consuls Imperiled
As "Reds" Capture City
Kolchak1 s Army Continues to
Retreat; American Woman
?s Imprisoned in Petrograd
TOMSK, Dec. 21.?Tiaga, the' city
situated at the junction of the trans
Siberian Railroad and the branch line
running north to this place, has been
captured by local Bolsheviki. Many
trains on '.he trans-Sbierian wo^i of
Taiga have beer, cut off, and Polish
: troops fighting in that region will be
forced to fight their way out.
Fears for the safety of T. R. Han
sen, United States Vice Consul at
Omsk, and Joseph II. Hay, Consul at
Irkutsk, who are west of Taiga, are
felt here. Nothing has been heard
from them for more than a week.
Siberian troops are still retreating,
and Admiral Kolchak is expected to
no to Kransnoyarsk, farther east, in a
few days.
Novo Nikolaevsk, in the Russian
Maritime province, fell on December
13 following a local uprising of Bol?
sheviki after the last Polish forces
had left the city. Irkutsk is reported
quiet.
RIGA, Dec. 21.--Former members of
the American Embassy at Petrograd,
who are now in this city, are anxiously
awaiting word of the fate of Mrs. Z.
M, Kennedy, who is reported to have
been imprisoned in Petrograd in con?
nection with a counter-revolutionist
plot.
War Goods Sale Abroad
Declared Good Busme?s
Jiidjie Parker, in Charge of U. S.
Liquidation, Says More Than
50% of Cost Wa* Realized
The United States made a fine busi?
ness deal in disposing of it? war ma?
terial abroad and sold out to the Allies
at more than 5? per cent of what it
cost. This statement and a denial that
costly motor trucks were "let go by
i the board" in France was made by
Judge Edwin B. Parker, of Houston,
Tex., who arrived here yesterday from
Brest on the transport Powhattan.
Judge Parker, who is chairman of the
United States Liquidation Commission,
i was accompanied by five other mem?
bers of that body.
Within ten months he said the com?
mission had disposed of ah America's
war stock abroad. All motor transport
material that was sold, he said, had
been used, and some of it was worn
out. One British syndicate bought au
. tomobiles for $1,01)0,0000 and another
paid $15,0000,00?J for motor trucks in
Germany.
"The army material in France, in?
cluding autompbile, was sold in byik
for $400,000," said Judge Parker. "We
got $700,000,0000 for all the material
: disposed of in England, France, Bel
; gium, Italy and Germany. Some of
? the material was nothing more than
? junk and was more of a liability than
j an asset. It was stuff that could not
; be transported here through lack of
ships, and i it had been brought home
| it would not have brought as good a
1 price as it did in Europe. What we
sold was disposed of on credit for in?
terest bearing notes and bonds."
-.-.
To Reopen in January
MEXICO CITY. Dec. 23.?The Mi'i
? tary College of Chapultepec, the West
Point of Mexico, will be reopened dur?
ing the tirst week in January next,
j after being closed since 1914. This
i leidoscopic change of political events in
the republic made its operation impos
| sible. was reckoned as one of the best.
its faculty being recruited from Mexi?
can military m? n who had received
; their training in similar military acad?
emies in Europe and the United States.
Chapultepec Castle, a huge ornate
structure that overlooks the Valley o?
' Mexico from a high hill, for several
years has been the nominal home of
President Carranza, but the Chief Ex?
ecutive prefers to live in a more mod?
est home in ^." center of the city.
2.75 Beer Ruling
Expected To-day
Decision in Test Suits ;
on Prohibition Amende1
ment Also Scheduled
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.?The Su?
preme Court to-morrow. It Is expected,
will hand down a decision on rne legal?
ity of 2.75 beer. Should the decision
not come to-morrow, however, it will
not be handed down until the court
meets again, on January 5.
The Supreme Court may render de?
cisions to-morrow aso on the appeals
of New Jersey and Rhode Island to test
the validity of the prohibition amend?
ment to the Federal Constitution.
Three cases testing the legality of
2.75 beer have been argued before the
Supreme Court. One was brought by
Jacob Ruppert ?6 Co., of New York; an
other by the Standard Brewing Com
pany, of Baltimore, and the third by the
American Brewing Company, of New
Orleans.
The brewing interests contended that I
Congress lacks power to limit the ?
amount of alcohol in beer, and also j
that the Federal government tacitly j
recognized that beer containing 2.7?
per cent alcohol is not intoxicating, by
permitting its sale under war-time pro?
hibition.
Mexico Plans 'Dry' Zone
To Halt Border Trouble
U. S. Soldiers Said To Be Stray?
ing Across Line and Smugglers
Doing "Alarming"" Trade
LAREDO, Tex., Dec. 21.?Mexican of?
ficials contemplate restricting the sale
of intoxicants along the United States
border, in nn effort to prevent "unde?
sirable incidents" caused by prohibi?
tion in the United States, it was learned
to-day. "Excelsior." of Mexico City,
under date of Friday, declares the Gov?
ernors ol the live Mexican border s'.ates
met with the Minister of the Interior
to study means of making proposed re?
strictions effective.
American soldiers, the pewspaper
says, have crossed the border frequently
and demanded that Mexicans sell them
liquor, while smuggling of intoxicants
into the United States "has grown to
alarming proportions."
"In Tampico," the newpaper contin?
u?e, "more than four hundred Ameri?
cans confessed they went there for the
purpose of drinking."
In Juarez, opposite El Paso, and Pie
dras Negras, across from Eagle Pass,
large stocks of liquor were discovered
by Mexican officials, the newspaper de?
clares. These stocks, it s ys, were
ready for smuggling across the border.
Orders have been given for seizure ol
the stocks, and those "who appear
guilty will be punished with vigor.*'
Boy Burned, Woman
Saved in Tenement Fire
Father Strives in Vain to Rescue
Sleeping Son in Park
Avenue Blaze
An overheated oil stove set fire last
night to the home of Abraham Yankel
owitz on the fourth floor of 1486 Park
Avenue. Joseph Yankelowitz, eight
years old, was awakened by the flames
and aroused his parents. .Abraham
Yankelowitz mustered the children, who
slept in the rear of the flat, and started
them down the fire escape under con?
voy of their mother.
Then he undertook to find his six
year-old son Samuel, who slept in an
alcove off the front room where the
fire started. Numerous attempts to
penetrate the shifting wall of flames
failed an<l at last Yankelowitz gave up
the task, persuading himse f that
Samuel must have gone down with the
other children. When he reached the
street Samuel was not there, and Mrs.
Yankelowitz was on her knees prai . ??
for the safety of her husband and her
child. Firemen foui I Sa uel's body
later. Ile had been burned to death.
The fi?mes shot up to the fifth floor,
the top story of the bud ring and
trapped Mrs. Ida Lubin. widow of a
?'ierman actor, in her home. Firemen
of Hook and Ladder Company 26 ran
a ladder to the window where s!r?? was
perched and Fireman William Leahey
carried her to the street. Other tei
ants escaped by way of the roof,
Yankelowitz. who was severely
burned in his efforts to tind his son.
was taken to Harlem Hospital. The
two top floors of the building were
burned out with a loss of $5,00 ?
Two Bombs Hurled
At Egypt's Premier
Student Who Attempted Assas?
sination Arrested in Fight
With Yussuf's Guards
CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 15 (Delayed).
An official communication issued to?
day gives the followirg details regard?
ing the attempt made this morn
assassinate Yussuf Wahba Pasha, the
Premier:
"As the Prime Minister was motor?
ing from his home toward the min?
istry a Contre medica) student named
Arian Youssuf Ma I? -???. ped int the
roadway in the Median Silesman Pasha
and threw two bombs.
"The chauffeur saw the student a.?
he was preparing to throw the first
bomb and stopped the car. The bom!,
exploded several yards ahead of it.
The student hastily threw the second
bomb, which went over the car and ex?
ploded in the road. Nobody was injured.
"Yusbashi Selim Effendi Zaki. who
was in the car with the Premier, jumped
? ut and ran toward the student, whir
' was trying to draw an automatic pistol
With the aid of constables Zaki dis?
armed the asasilant be ore he could
1 draw the pistol.
''The student had two loaded auto.
matics and twenty-four cartridges
He states he had been seeking foi
i seven days to kill the Premier. An in
; quiry is being conducted."
Campaign for Pershing
Launched in Ntdiraska
Committee Is Organized to
Boom General for Presiden?
tial Nomination
"Nebraska nominates G neral John
I. Pershini? as the next Republican
candidate for President," says a pub?
licity letter received here yesterday
rom Elmer J. Burkett, formerly
United States Senator, who has oriran
Ized a Pershing-for-Prcs;dent national
committee in Lincoln. Neb.
"If Nebraska seems presumptuous in
claiming him as her own" the letter
continues, "she may be pardoned on
1 the ground that his life work is tied
I 2ip with the history of our sta*e and
j ,'ur educational institutions, and that
we fee! wc know him better than any
"her section of the country."
The Pershing committee, which i.<
headed by Mark W. Wood-, is now
tending postal cards throughout the
country urging support of its omni
paign.
Irish Prelates
Assail Effort
To Kill French
Letter From Archbishop
Walsh, Read From Dublin
Altars, Strongly Denounc?
es Attempted Murder
"Dastardly," Says Logue
Mayor of Belfast Joins Car?
dinal in Congratulating
the Viceroy on His Escape
DUBLIN, Dec. 12. ? A letter fron
Archbishop Walsh, condemning ?.he at
tempt on the life ?if Vise? un? F-? nch
the viceroy, was read in all th<
Catholic Churches in the Dublin Dio
cese ?o-day. In his letter trie Arch
bishop sard:
"The attempt at assassination of the
viceroy, which startled and shock"?'
the city yesterday (Friday;, calls for
the melancholy protest of every Irish
man who loves his country and wh?>
hopes to see the present rule o
coercive government in Ireland brough'
to a final close.
Will Not Bring Redress
"Is, there any rational man capabli
of deluding himself into the belief t'n ?
such a method of seeking redress fo
the misgoverr.ment of this country ;
likely to help the efforts of the
righteous men who are working earn
estly with the single purpose cf re
establishing in our country a reign o'
liberty and justice ?
"Many among us are old enogh te
remember the feelings with which, no"
not far short of forty years ago, a?
Ireland heard of the murders of Phoe
Park. It was the vain hope of the a
tors in that awful tragedy that th
were making tl novernment ol
Ireland (by England) an impossibility.
"What was the r alt? Wrongly of
course, yet all but inevitably. Th?
prospect of reform, such as it thej
was, became far dimmer instead o
brighter, and Ireland was brough
under a system of coercive government
the like of which we mus' all hope and
.pray we will never be condemned to
: a^-ain."
Cardinal Denounces Act
Cardinal i, ?gue. Archbishop of Ar
magh and Primate of a 1 Ireland, tele
gra] hed Viscount French hearty ?
gratulations on his "miraculous escap
from a dastardly attempt."
In denouncing the ertme Cardina
Li.',. ,.? : a . . . f
"Il is true tha2 \tc are subjected t??
sharp trail and drastic repression
-ucr. as have seldom been parade, in
modern times, even by autocrat.?
Russia, or overbearing Germany, with
out serious effort on the part of oui
rulers to appl. remedies which would
have infalli ? y obviated the presen
oncitions an,? -?..??;-. i tranquillity.
We have been treated like chi diet.
ur nurses dangling toys and taxing
their Ingenuity to keep us quiet b
devising some shadowy d stracti in. But
r people should be parren?, knowing
that such an unnatural and violen
state of things cannot last. Above a?'.
there shouid be no reprisals. Tha.
way lias ruin.
"!l?>y Ireland, the land of St. Fat
rick, shall never be regenerated h>
deeds of blood or raised tip by th?
hand of the midnight assa sii
It is reported that tire man Savage
who was killed daring the attack upon
Viscount French, participated in the
L916 revolt and was a member of the
party of armed men wh ch held th?
High Courts against the military.
Newspaper Office Wrecked
Unknown persons to-night forceo"
their way into the buildinc; of "Th<
Dai'y Independent" and smashed a!
the machines or the newspaper with
crowbars. The raiders are said to have
? ??. Sinn Feim is.
Before sin ?shing the machinery some
of the me entered the editorial - i i
and overawed the staff at work there
with revolvers. When leaving they
said: "You can consider yourselves
? rssed for Mime time."
riie incident is attributed to un
friendly comment on the Sinn Fein
movement by "The Independent."
Attack on Lord French
'Frame-l />,* Says llulsh
Irish?American Envoy Declare*
Viceroy Was Not in His Car
When Bombs Were Thrown
Frank P. Walsh, speaking last night
in the Church of the Incarnation b<>
fore the Washington Heights Catho ie
Club, d re ared thi I I ? 2 to as
sassinate Lord French, \ iceroy of Ire?
land, "was not an att.uk at all, but a
put up job. preliminary to t! e ntro . i
iron in the House oi Commons <>:" the
Honre Rule I
"1 have information," Walsh said,
"that Lord French was not even in the
car at wh ch the bomb was thrown."
The assertion created something of a
Fensation and much enthusiasm among
the ai lienc
Wal h, who was a member of the
committee picked by the convention of
the Irish ?race in America to attend
''.?? peace conference, disclosed what
he -aid was a hitherto unpublished
incident of the committee's trip. He
said he and his colleagues received ar
invitation from Premier Lioyd George
to discuss with him the Irish question
They hesitated about accepting it, he
added, and sought the advice of Colo?
nel II ?use, who advised them to see the
Premier.
Home little Measure
Not Yet Completed
LONDON, Dec. 22 Referring to the
government's Irish proposa s which th?.
Prime Minister will outline in the
House of Commons to-day. "The Daily
Mai " say* the bill itself is not ready,
as some of the de'ails have not been
settled, an agreement being difficult.
"These difficult points concern the
powers of the executive," saya the pa
per, "powers to be retained bv 'he Im?
perial ? imeni safeguards for
Unii nisi of Ulster and finan?
cia arrangements.
"At the beginning of the session a
majority of the members would will
: - ? ave agreed to a very generous
of self government, and
though recen' ??vents have proiluced a
reaction, the House as a whole favor?
a bold po icy of home rule. Th?' Irish
Nationalists, however, are opposed t<
any scheme involving two legislatures."
Distill??''? to Sm? Government
LOUISVILLE. Ky., Dec 21 ? Kentuckj
distillers wil file a suit in an effor?
to force the government to reimburse
them for 35,000,000 ga'lons of liquor.
according to William E. Bullitt, attor
ney :' r whiskef interests.
Mr. Bullitt said the suit might follow
a similar one instituted by the Nations
Distillers' Company in the C?. :rt t
Claims, Washington, and may '53 filed
I late in January.