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1 ." " v '" . 7 - : w " 1 r. i m ' i " ii , 1 . . - 5 5 In tho House lata next wee! and consid ered the following week, ho said. W'ASHiNOTOM.'Aue. 30. A bill to enrry' out one of President Wilson's recommen dations for reducing tho cost ot living prlco marklnjr of merchandise was In troduced to-dny by Senator Jones (Wash.) and referred to the Senate In--ferstato Commerce Committee. It would provide n -fine of $1,000 and one year's Imprisonment. RELIEF IS EXPECTED ON PRICES QF FOOD Defence Council Sees Also Leather Gouging. .Washington, .Aug. 30. High cost of living, .which tho Government Is seeking to combat. Is duo primarily to the cur tailment In tho production of nearly nil. commodities, hoarding, profiteering nnd Inflation of currency, -the Council of Na tional Pefenco said In an exhaustive re 'port acnt to Congress. 'The report was made public to-day through Secretary Baker, chairman of the council. Suggestions of the council for meeting the situation include stimulation of pro duction, repression ot hoarding and profi teering, Improvement In the methods of distribution and marketing and the dis semination of more exact news concern ing probablo future national require ments. Qrpss profiteering In tho yool and shoe Industries through conscious curtailment of production was alleged In the report. The shortage of housing accommoda tions was attributed to a shortngo In building material caused by certain con ditions vnd to labor disputes. 'The report said the shortage probably would "con tinue for some tlm4 to come." A national standard of living higher than that existing during tlio war or be fore can be maintained, the report satd. If production Is placed on an efficient basis. The1 distinction between npparent pros perity, which Is expressed In terms of dollars, and real prosperity, -which Is expressed In terms of .production, -was made clear. The high cost of food was ascribed not to a shortage, since on the whole the nation .Is producing more than In pre-war days, but to the abundance of circulating medium. Relief of the food situation -was predicted. DAY'S SALT FISH CAUSE $23216 SUIT Owners Demand Herrings' Frice From City. The plunge in the salt Kcrring mar the', by Jonathan C. Day, Commissioner of larke.ts, In his efforts to bring down' tho high cost of living early in June, If IS, has resulted in tho city of Now York being made .defendant In a suit to recover $25,216, summons and complaint of which wero fllcd yesterday In tho Supreme Court. William Wlllord Howard and Albert C. Maclnnls are the plaintiffs. They allege that the Board of Estimate and the Board of Aldermen authorized Com missioner Day to bring nbout a better condition of purchasing .and distributing food, and acting on this authority he bought from the plaintiffs tho cargo of the schooner Elizabeth" Howard, con sisting of 348,666 pounds of salt herring.' It is stated that the schooner was moored at the foot of Stanton street by .order of the defendants agent and from there, after the cargo had been passed by the Board of Health, the food was distributed. According to tho plaintiffs the city has paid only $2,801 on account for tho fish, tho value ef which Is said to have been $26,356. To this Is added the reasonable value of the schooner's rental while tied up at tho dock In pur suance of Commissioner Day's order, bringing the amount up to the sum sued for. The Corporation Counsel has twen ty .days in which to file an answer to the complaint. COLD STORAGE MEN INDICTED. y Twelve Cumpanlea and Their Mnn- "i 4 altera Accused In Indiana. j Indianapolis, Aug. 30. Indictments Charging -twelvo companies and commls Mien merchants with violation of the In- - diana cold storago law were returned to-day by the SIdrlon county Grand Jury, which has been investigating tiie high ; cost of living. The Indictments were against the fol- lowing companies and persons said to be responsible for their management: Indiana Refrigerating Company and John Gano, superintendent: Holt Ice and Cold Storage Company and Vernon C. Shacffer, superintendent; Crescent racking Company and George Gardner, superintendent ; Armour & Co., local branch, and Harry O. McConkey, super intendent ; Besslre & Co. and Paul Bes .sire, treasurer: Meier Packing Company ? and Louis Meier, president; Klngan & Co. and William H. Patrick, assistant superintendent ; Benjamin F. Hltz, S. T. Hltz end A. D. Hltz of George Hltz & Co., and E. F. Shtdeler, Prank U Hart- sook, Paul Besgessi and Leroy Keach, the latter four being commission mer- chants. VOCATIONAL DIRECT0B QUITS, Lay Members to Continue Federal Board's Work. Washington Aug. 30. Dr. C. A. Prosscr, director of the Federal Board for Vocational 'Education, has resigned nnd plans to return to Dunwoody Insti tute, Minnesota, within possibly two months, It was said to-day at the board's headquarters Jiore. The office of director probably will be abolished, with the lay members of the board assuming active direction of the work. Dr. Prosser, it was explained, origi nally intended to serve as director of the board for only six months, but was Induced to continue In that office for two years. He feels now that he must return to the Dunwoody Institute, of which he is & director, BIG PEORIA STRIKE GROWS. Street Cars llult nnd Icemen and linkers Quit. TEoniA, 111., Aug. 30. After bringing The street car service to a complete stand still and reaching every home of the city through the walkout of ice handlers and bakers, leaders of tho general strike against a manufacturers' "blacklist" confined their efforts to-day to Influenc ing workers in the factories of Peoria to join the demonstration. Tho general strike began yesterday and Is to continue until Monday night. VERMIN and Disease Germs EXTERMINATED IN FOUR HOURS Thro Hydro-Cyano Gas FUMIGATION! JTIIE edorlesa. fe. mont rapid and mol . modern method of freeing hornm, offices, factorial or ihlpa from Cockroaches, lied Win a. Uinease Genoa and plmwrorable (Mora. tAIso Itata and Mies scientifically exterminated. 1 Ilesulu guaranteed. Out-of-town work solid tod. EMPIRE EXTERMINATING CO., Inc. 334 Fifth Ave., N. Y. C. Telephone Mad. Sq. 1748-1749. WILLIAMS CATCHES PROFITEER IN SUGAR United Company's Books nt Vnrianco With Trico Charged Retailers. IS FORCED TO DISGORGE Searchlight of .Publicity Is Turnod On by Federal Food Administrator. Somebody told somebody else that the United Sugar Company, wholesaler, 471 Ninth avenue, had sold sugar toUvans Brothers of Hurleyvllle. N. T.. at 14 cents a pound, much In excess of the lawful rate, and tho last somebody told Arthur Williams, Federal Food Admin istrator for tula city. Mr. Williams had nothing deflnito to go on at first, and when he asked officials of tho United Sugar Company about it and they denied very emphatically that they had over charged anybody an Investigator sent by the Food Administrator td look over tne company's books reported .back that he was .unable to find anything that In dicated wrongdoing. Then Mr. Williams asked .Evans Broth ers for United .Sugar Company's bill and documentary evidence was returned showing that the Hurleyvllle firm paid 14 cents a pound for the sugar, just n wo original somebody said It had. Further inquiry developed that Evans Brothers bought the sugar through M. F. Prince & Co.. sugar brokers, at 104 Wall street, and that the United Sugar company shipped It to the Hurleyvllle retailers. Mr. Williams again sent for officials Of .the United Sugar Company, .con fronted them with tho bill calling for 200 pounds at 14 cents a pound, or a total of $28. '"They admitted the charge -which they originally denied," "Mr. Williams said, "and begged that the matter be kept out of .the newspapers. Here Is a -photograph ot the companyts check tor $9, representing the amount of the over charge, or -tho difference between 14 fcents, the unlawful, and SM cents, the wholesalers charge, which they refund ed. -They also agreed to refund to any other person In case there were any other overcharges. Jf anybody has been overcharged by this firm, or any other concern, ,wo (would be glad to know about it." Mr. Williams received yesterday nine complaints, one of which was from an irate Brooklynlte who said that her child put a cent in "tho chicle box at Cort landt street, Weehawkcn, New York side, first box to the right," but tho ox was empty nnd the youngster didn't get any gum. The complainant took revenge on the slot machine concern by plug ging up the button" -with a piece of -wood. Iho Food Administrator djdn't eay what ho la going to do about It, If anything. Mr. Williams will, meet, during the coming week, the wholesale dealers In eggs, butter and cheese, and also the wholesalers In meats. He said he la con fident that both groups will agree, as did the wholesale grocers, to accept a fixed margin of profits which they will re ceive from tho retailers. "We hope that we will be able to get six groups of dealers In foodstuffs In this arrangement to fix margins." the Food Administrator continued. 'They are the wholesalers nnd the retailers of meats, groceries and buttes, eggs nnd cheese; the wholesalers and retailers represent ing groups by themselves. "When this is done and prices are pub lished by tho aerAAmAntn of ti the Fair Price" Committee and the'meri In the trade will havo accomplished something. This really will complete the cycle as far as food Js concerned. It will give the housewives of New York an opportunity to purchase their staple foods Intelligently." FOR U.S. 'TRANSPORT RESERVE' Department M'jints to Be Able o Ship 200,000 aren nt Any Time. Washington, Aug. SO. Organization of a permanent "transport reserve" ca pable of carrying 142,000 troops Is pro posed by the War Department as a part of the army reorganization plan. This reserve, with the regular army trans port fleet, would make It possible to move an fxruriltlnnnrv- rr. ..-- AAA AAA ' J HI J I L t V I I JT 200,000 men immediately on the out- The plan, as outlined by Brlg.-Gen Frank T. Hines, In charge of the army transport service, contemplates reserv ing title to fifteen of the former German passenger ships and a number of cargo carriers with their allocation to commer cial lines on tire condition that the crows be enlisted In the transport reserve and that no structural changes In the ves sels bo made by the operators. All of the ships are now In perfect shape for army use, ana uen. Junes would have, them subject to periodical inspection by iirmy tiismwra in insure ineir Delng kept in that state. The Leviathan. OcnrirA U'.DlilmHAn Mount Vernon and Savannah arc among uie snips usieu to oe retauiea lr Con gress approves the plan. 65,913 U. S. TROOPS ABROAD. 07 Per Ceut. Overseas,, 71) Domes tic Force Demnlilllzed, Washington, Aug. 30. Ninety-seven per cent, of the overseas forces and 73 per cent, of those in the United States on the day of the armistice havo been demobilized, the weekly War Depart ment reports to-day showed. Only 65,313 men remained In Europe on August 26, while in the United States there wcro 324,000 and In Siberia 8,500. Voluntary enlistments to dato were announced as 107,634, of whom 3,657 enrolled for Siberian service. A. F. 1. ORGANIZER ARRESTED. Held for DUtrlbntlni- ITnnrilillla of Steel Workers' Meeting. Pittsbuko, Aug. 30. James O, Bause. organizer of Oie American Federation ef Labor for the bollermakers' union, was arrested at Duquesne, a suburb, last night for passing handbills advertising a federation meeting for steel workers to be held to-day. Ho was charged with violating a city ordinance and held In $25 ball for a hearing. Mayor James E, Crawford of Dunuesnc. nart owner of the Port viiv Tin Plate Company, which the federa tion Is said to liave organized, ordered Bause's arrest. The meeting scheduled for to-night at Duquesno, it was an nounced, -would be held notwithstanding Sauce's arrest. WALLACE DINES P0INCARE. Anilmaaatdor'a Ilanqiict Given as Fitreivell to I'rraltlnir. Paris. Ausr. A0.T7u)i n -waii . --- v-, niiaLC, American ambassador to France, to-night nave n dinner in nonor 'Of President Polncare on the occasion of Gen Persh ing's departure for the United States. Premier Clemenceau. Fnrelini Minioio- Plchon. Marshal Petaln, Premier Venlzolos of O recce, Tomisso Tlttonl, Foreljn Minister of Italy, nnd several ambassadors were present. CHMGES PACKERS COERCE WITNESSES American Livestock Associa tion Also Says Others Got Ikcir Expenses. INDORSES LICENSE TLAN Tennessee and Kentucky Stockmen Assail Both Reg ulatory Bills. Washington, Aug. 30. While West ern and Southern -stock raisers appear ing' before the Senate Agriculture Com mittee continued to-day to attack tho Kenyon and Kcndrlck .bills to license tho packing industry, Chairman Gronna put Into the record a telegram from tho American Livestock Association charg ing that In some cases tho witnesses were "coerced" and In other cases hnd their .cxponsra paid by -tho five big packers. "Tho association lias long realized the impossibility of proper conduct of the livestock business when subject to tho entrenched monopoly of the great packer combination," said the message, which was signed by It A- J astro, as chairman ot the Association market committee. "Ve recognize .and Indorse the .general plan for thoroughgoing and Federal con trol of tho packing .business -which .shall In tho futuro prevent the abuses growing out of -worldwide concentrated power preying alike on producer and consumer and wasteful In many of Its methods. "We bellove the licensing system properly places -power nnd responsibility for just and rational treatment In an impartial agency of the Government Wo Indorse as essential the .policy of divorcing the packers from control of the stockyards. Wo believe that re frigerator cars should be rated as com mon carriers. Wo aro awaro of tho desperate efforts being mado ty the packers to"maintaln their unconscion able position. We have -noted their lavish expenditure In, advertising that has' dealt in evasion, misrepresentation and half truths. Wo deplore the recent action of thoso live stock producers who havo passed resolutions condemning cer tain features of the proposed bill." The message was approved by Senator Kcndrlck (Wyoming), author of one of the regulative bills, who also is presi dent of the American Livestock Associa tion. Horace II. Fletcher, president of the Indianapolis Livestock Exchange, one of to-day's witnesses, said that -the "growth of the great packing companies Is part of pur progress." "I believe," he added, "that .political and bureaucratic control of commerce is bad for the public If you are going to havo this regulation I suggest you have a commission Instead of a single commissioner to administer it" C. Jl. Beat, a stock feeder of Clarks burg. Ind., said that the proposals were making feeders "afraid to buy catUc." "We cant tell what effect they will have on -our markets,-" he said. 'Ho also said he thought regulation unneces sary. A group of Tennessee and Kentucky stockmen wero represented by spokes men who assailed both measures as dangerous to tho attempts ot tho South ern States to establish diversified farm ing. E. Richards Shlpp, for a number of Wyoming sheep men, likewise thought tho bills unnecessary and that the regu lation they Involved was "ICalserlsm." Men with brains and vision, lie said, rf.-'.'i - ,..-. v... vAr.nw The committee adjourned until Tues day end announced the hearings would close September 15. LABOR MEN HOLD DP PLDMB BILL ACTION Continued from First rage. standing ot the subject. The sub committee, alter Its examination and in vestigation. Is to report to the executive council of Uie American Federation of Labor upon the entire subject. There were other matters of Importance con sidered, but these by us are regarded hardly of public Interest," The strike of cigar makers throughout the country wan given the npproval o the federation to-day, when President tJcmpers sent a telegram to G. W. Per kins of Chicago, president of the Cigar Makers Union, reading as follows: The executive council of the Amer ican Federation of Labor, having under consideration tlie strikes of the large number of cigar makers of the country, indorses the attitude of the Cigar Makers International Union of K America, The executive council has conciuaea id appeal 10 tut -n-urKcrs and friends for full moral and finan cial support for the cigar makers en t gaged In their Justified contest. The executive council sends fraternal greetings and best wishes for success. It Is estimated that 40,000 cigar work err. Including women and children, are out, chiefly'ln New York and Ctiicago. HOBBY URGES INTERVENTION. Governor uf Texas snya Interests In Mexico Itrqulre Protection, Eu Paso, Teji., Aug. 30. Intervention In Mexico and the adoption of the League of Nations "to mako the world safe for American citizens" wero urged by Gov. Hobby in a speech last night at a dinner given in his honor. The state ment was mado In tho presence of An drea O. Garcia, Mexican Consul-Gencrol, and other Mexican officials, who were guests at the dinner. "Our glorious victory in the great war has mado the world safe for democracy." Gov. Hobby said. "Now we must have intervention in Mexico nnd a League of Nations to assure that uety to every place else in the world. The lives and property of American citizens should be protected in Mexico and all over the world." BERLIN SPURNS ENVER PASHA. WiimU io Take Ills Xnlue Off of Old Cn.de UrldKP. Special Cable DetpatrJl to Tut Sex from tht Lotion Timet Benin. CeipttrigM, alt rlfttt reteneit. Hfklin. Aug. 30. The bridge over the Teuton Canal, formerly known as the Schlnss Bruche, or Castlo Bridge, by exalted desire was renamed some time ago tho Enver Pasha Bridge. The local authorities liave now recom mended that the brldgo should receive Its old nam again, says the Lokai Anteiger. The population Is not en thusiastic over Enver Pasha's heroism, llurs nn Cable to Japan Lifted, Ilcstrictlons on telegrams to, from or in transit through Japan will be abol ithed September 1 tho Commercial Ca ble Company announced to-day. Re strictions on correspondence to or from enemies or enemy countries remain unchanged. FRENCH BEAT SHOPS BY BUYING AT SOURCE Each of 250 in Society -Gets $7 Worth of Food for $5. t Eptdal Cabte Dtipatch to Tits Sex from tht London Timet Service. Copyrifftt, IMS, all riahf ret fried. PAnis, Aug. 30, In the fight against tho high prices '.the people of Asnlercs, Hols de Combes and Ln. Carcnne, outside of -Paris, havo taken a lino which -promises to make tho coat of living much more reasonable than hitherto. A co operative purchasing society ,has been formed by "250 residents of tho three dis tricts. Each member icontrlbutad'tE. and delegates wero .appointed to go to the sources of production and do the mar kctlng of the 260 members. As a result tho buyers took back tho following articles to each contributor of 15: Two camembert cheesos, .about eleven pounds of .potatoes, one chicken, lettuce, hunch of onions, four and a half pounds of string beans, one portion of cress, ono and a half ounces of garlic about eight and a half ounces of garlic and a bunch of leeks, ono" cauliflower, fourteen ounces of butter and one noting qf peaches. Tho total cost of those nr- iicios in me snops would bo it. Each member of tho society therefore saved J2 En,;! CITY HAMPERED IN GETTING ARMY FOOD Officers Xow Busy Shipping From Storehouses Materials for Pershing Parade. . Tho Department ot Public Maikets Is receiving every day urgent requests from tlio five boroughs -for increased supplies In the schools at -which Bales of army surplus foodstuffs are being conducted and Jor the opening ot additional school stores. .The city, ihowcver, cannot get the stuff from tho army warehouses fust enough to meet mliat .nppenrs to be nn overwhelming demand for food at cheap prices. 'There has been a slacking up In thu matter of getting supplies of Into for tbj reason that the War Department ofll clals, by order from Washington, are devoting oil their -energies nt Port New ark In shipping cannon and other things required for the big parade In honor of the return of Oen. Pershing Instead of pushing the loading of foodstuffs in tended for this and other cities. The department Is still handicapped In the work of tlio school stores liy lack of cashiers, city employees who ar? bonded. A gpod cashier can facilitate the handling of a crowd of men and women struggling to pay their bills and get out of a school basement with their purchases, and a poor cashier can gum up tilings dreadfully. As it is necessary to impress city laborers Into service ii cashiers, and o some of these employees are not accustomed to handling much cash and making change in a liurry, the financial operations In some schools pro ceed slowly. Down at the zone surplus property of fice of the War Department, at 461 Eighth avenue, the officers, who are co operating with the city In mailing the city sales a success, declare that their hats are off to Edwin J. O'Malley, Dep uty Commissioner of Market, who worked out the plans for-the distribu tion. They say that his success In such a short space of time In building up an organization, composed largely of Inex perienced I lands, for tho operation of seventy or more "chain stores." 1 a rc rr.arhatlc icccnipllchnictit, it un't any -wonder that, there should be slip up 3 here and there. Tho schools were closed for sales at noon yesterday. They will remain closed until Tuesday morning. An ofTer was sent by mall yesterday to the Kev. Dr. Jonathan C. Day, Com missioner of Public Markets, of fifty carloads of storage eggs at 49 cents a dozen for resale through the school stores to the consumer at 50 cents a dozen. Fifty carloads means 20,000 cases, containing 60,000 dozen or 7,200, 000 agges, quite a nestful. The offer came through II. A. Emer son of H. W. Johnstone, Inc., agents for Western shippers, and Is the result of negotiations instituted by Patrick Q. Foy, the market reporter of this city. Eggs of this grade, it is said, are be ing sold in some stores in this city to day at from 65 to 70 cents a dozen to folks who don't know the difference be tween aerfectly fresh and a cold stor ngt egg. "These eggs," the letter containing the offer read, "were stored during April, May aftd June, and we will be ready to deliver the eggs. If we receive the order Tuesday. September 2, to tho various schoolhouses or whatever you would designate In lots of not less than ten cases' containing thirty dozen each." Dr. Day said laBt night ho hasn't re ceived the letter yet. He added with much emphasis that he "wouldn't touch such an offer from Emerson," who, he said, was once associated In business with ex-Senator Henry M. Bennett. Mr. Bennett not Tong age preferred charges with Mayor Hylan against Dr. Day. "If such an offer or any other offer came from a real concern," Dr. Pay added. "I would give It conskleratlon." France Ready for Tourists in October STATE DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZES PASSPORTS FOR BATTLEFIELDS Raymond-Whitcomb Announce First Tour to Europe Since War Began Sailing October 4 The State Department's an nouncement that passports will be issued to tourists going to France, Belgium and Italy after October 1 is followed by the announce ment of Raymond-Whitcomb Company that they will send the first tour to Europe since 1914, leaving New YorK October 4. This exceptional tour will be from six weeks to two months' duration and will allow choice of several remarkable routes, include ing Paris and the Battlefields, Bel gium, the French Alps, tho Cha teau Country, Pyrenees, Pro vence, thc'Riviera and Italy. This is tho last opportunity to see the great Battlefields un changed, before time and restora tion niters them. The Raymond Whitcomb Tour includes all the most important Battlefields: Cha PACKERS' PRESIDENT. URGES SUPERVISION T. E. Wilson 'Suggests Advis ory Board to Regulate tho Supply and Demand. BOOKS SHOULD BE PUBLIC Declares Fanning Must Be Commercialized and All Speculation Ended. CiucAoo,.Aug. 30. Thomas E. Wilson, president of Wilson & Co., packers, and chairman of the Instituto of American Meat Packers, In a statement to-day cave his onlnlons ns to what tho packers need, what Is wrong with them and his views of the futuro of tho industry. In view of criticism ot tho meat packing Industry the Institute put tho throe points in tuo lorm ot questions ior ino cntiir man to answer. Ho suggested flvo needs as follows: An accounting commission, com posed of recognized, certified public accountants, divorced from politics, to nudlt the packers' books every year nnd make public an understandable report. A non-polltlcal Investigative body to examine the meat industry from calf to steak and give out the facts ascertained, with recommendations for Improvements. An advisory conference committee comprising both packers nnd pro ducers, with consumers and the Gov ernment both represented, to try to (stabilize Bomewhat the relation be tween supply and demand, that Is to try to anticipate the demand for meat products and Influence the produc tion and shipment of live stock ac cordingly. A deflnito determination- as to whether producers and other groups aro hurt or helped by packers' Inter ests in stockyards. Some special ngency. composed of recognized economists, to report on the causes of the high cost of living. Violent fluctuations In the prlco ot live stock- Is one thing wrong with the marketirg, Mr. Wilson said. To remedy .this ho offered his third point a confer ence of representatives of the packers, producers. Government and consumers. "Such a committee operating with Government participation could take constructive steps toward apportioning supply and demand," Mr. Wilson said. The farmers now represent 40 per cent, of the total population of tho coun try, with the ratio diminishing steadily. Two things, according to the statement, must be done: "FlrBt, farming must bo commercial ized. If the farmer becomes a business man tho country must realize it no longer can live off his toll without ade quate compensation. "Socondly, production must have a speaking acquaintance with consump tion wnth demand, it -4s uneconomic to raise moro food than Is needed and then turn nround because prices are low and raise leas food than is needed. In some way demand must be forecast and pro duction measured accordingly." investigation by a non-polttical body and a non-polltlcal economic commission "would advance merchandising by at least one decade," the statement pre dicts. "An economic commission, made up of real experts, could tell us how to reduce the sum which consumers of food pay for items of overhead, which do not ap pear in the package, but appear In the price," the statement continued. mere snould oe one otner investiga tive body besides those already men tionedone to report on tho causes of the high cost of living. If we do not, have such nn investigation we shall crucify a number of Innocent individuals and businesses before we are done with oioro we a g." Mr Wl our blind guessing," Mr Wilson added, WOULD RAISE ARMY PAY. Cowlr VrRrH Third More for Officers nnd Hnlf More for Men. Washington-, Aug. 30. increases of 30 per cent. In tho pay of all officers of tho army, navy and Marino Corps and 00 per cent, for enlisted menare pro posed In a bill drawn by Hear Admiral T. J. Cowle, former Paymaster-General of tho navy, for which Congressional support is sought. Admiral Cowlo in a statement made public to-day said tho salaries of all1 Government employees, civil and mili tary, should be Increased Immediately. Ho suggested advances of 100 per cent, in the salaries of the President, the Vice President nnd Cabinet officers and their assistants nnd 00 per cent, for members ofCongreES. BANS LIFTED IN GERMANY. Berlin, Aug. 30. The Government has ordered the abolition ot purchasing certificates' for textile goods and foot wear. Hostelries are permitted to re sumo tho use of linen napkins in place of course paper. The ban Is lifted on bed linen also. The resumption of free trading In foot near does not Indicate a decreased cost, custom made shoes continuing to sell at from J50 to JfiO n pair. teau-Thierry, St. Mihiel, the Ar gonne, Verdun, Rheims, Yprcs, the Marne and tho Hindenburg Line. The party will visit these scenes on the first anniversary of the Ar gonne Offensive the greatest of all American victories. An advantage of the tour which will appeal to all prospec tive travelers is the assurance of steamship accommodations of the best class, which HBder present conditions aro very . difficult to secure. The party is strictly limited by the steamship space available, and persons interested should write nt once for the company's booklet, containing full information. Ad dress Raymond & Whitcomb Company, 22D Fifth Ave., New i orK. J SLAYER OF SENATOR CARMACK IS KILLED XasIiviJIo Lawyer, Father's Aid in Tragedy in 1900, Murdered in Motor. E013BED OF $10,000 CASH Mysterious Stranger Is.Secn at Victim's Homo Before Crime Is Committed. Special Despatch ie Toe Sex, TfAsnniAE, Tenn., Augr. JO. Three tiours after the discovery of his aban doned and bloodstained automobile the body of Robin J. Cooper, tho attorney who was tried for the slaying; ot former United States Senator Kdward "W, Car mnok in 1908. was found at 10:30 o'clock to-day In Klchland Creek, under the Nashville, Chattanooga ana at. .uouis Hallway trestle at tho Hardlnc 'oad crosslne. tevm.1 miles from here. Cooper drew 110,000 from his bank Just before ho disappeared last inurs day night, when he started mysteriously In his -motor car, which was left on a bridire near h i home In Uie lasnion sbls Belle Meada Park section. The police say an arrest itf Imminent, and that they expect to know tho reason for his orolcctcd nlcht ride, before morninff. I Joslo Sparks, a servant employed in a house' near where tho automobile was rtllMnvrrfr1- anvil hft heard ft heated ar- sumont between two men Thursday night and that it was followed Dy a enou autopsy to-day, however, disclosed that no bullet had penetrated Cooper's body. His death, according to the physicians, was due to blows on tho head from a heavy Blab of stone, which was left lying In tho tonneau of the car. Jlo was struck on tho forehead, tho right temple and at the base of tho ekull. There Is amplo evldenco that Cooper fought his assailants with courage and that at length ho was overpowered. His clothes wero partly torn from his body. His right flst was clinched and drawn up, as though to protect his face. Gov. Roberts has offered a reward of 500 for the arrest of the murderer, and a second JB00 has been offered by Dr. Lucius Burch, Cooper's brother-ln-lawi Jtrs. Cooper Is speeding here from Evanston, Ind., and will arrive to-morrow morning with her son Milton. Her father, Milton It Smith, president of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Is coming with her. Col. Duncan H. Cooper, the murdered man's father. Is on his way here from New York. Jlloodatntneil Atitnmolitle Found. Tho crime was discovered by Samuel E. Parmer, who lives in the Belle Sleade section. Ho was crossing Leako avenue when he saw Cooper's automobile drawn up on the west side of the roadway. Its headlights were burning and there was blood upon tho cushions and a blood stained copy of a Nashvillo newspaper on the front seat. The police wero called and they found that the front seat and floor of the car were covered with bloody clothing and blood stained papers. Lying upon the rear seat was Cooper's pockctbook. empty, except for a small check made out to the dead man and signed by the Illinois Central Railroad. Maude Perkins, a negro nurse in the Cooper home, said that Mrs. Coojver went away last Sunday, taking Milton wltti her and leaving Mr. Cooper and, the two younger boys, Robin and Wl -11am. Other members ot the household were Helen Johnson, a negro cook, a gardpner and the nurse. "Mr. Cooper was in the best of splri'j until Thursday nignt, wnen a strange t ' Wanted 1000 Young Women 16 to 23 years to learn Telephone Operating , and to serve in Ne,w York City THE STARTING SALARY IS $12.00 A WEEK and begins as soon as an accepted applicant enters the Operators' Training Department for the necessary instruction. THE PAY IS INCREASED as soon as the accepted ap plicant completes her training period (generally about three weeks) and is assigned to a Central Office that. is as near her home as the requirements of the business will permit. THE OPERATORS' PAY is based on a working period of eight hours a day six days a week. EXTRA PAY IS ALLOWED if an operator works on a Saturday afternoon, a Sunday or a holiday. 58 West Houston Street, Manhattan 453'Eaat Tremont Avenue, Bronx 8hWilloughby Street, Brooklyn - -1336 Broadway, Brooklyn NEW YORK TELEPHONE man oallcd and asked to talk with him." said the nurso to-night. "Mr. rooper went to the front door, said something In a low tone, slammed the door nnd then ran up stairs to tho nursery. Wnci he kissed tho boys good, night TtK-n ho came down stairs rtnd started to go out tho front door, but changed hi mind and went out tho back way. That waa the last I saw of him." According to D. E. Mctcnlf, the gar dener, the stranger walked around from the front of the house and Joined Mr. Cooper at the garage, where they began arguing. Metcalf says ho heard Mr. Cocper ralso his voice and say sharply: "You could have had moro if you had asked for it." Tho two then climbed Into the automobile nnd drove oft. Ilecnllai G'arinncU Slaylna. It was nearly eleven years ngo that Cooper fired three bullets Into tho body of former Senator Carmack nnd killed him because of a dispute between tho Senator, who was- editor of tho Tennca eean, and Col." Cooper, the lather of tho man who has now been slsln In turn. The troublo nroso over editorials con cerning Col. 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