Working Investments Times-Dispatch Want Ads Reach Those Who Buy. SicJpnond ?tne5-jBi:5)iatrij Keep in the Lead You Can Do This Best Through The T.-D. 69TH YEAR. VOI.UMK 69 / >"I'M HF.lt 2 JO RICHMOND, VA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1919. ?TWELVE PAGES. WF.ATUKIt PAC.K 4 -FAIR PRICE, THREE CENTS HOUSE REFUSES THIRD TIME TO TAKE UP SCHOOLS FOOD PRICES BEGINNING TO FALL, SAYS PALMER WILL REPORT COMMISSION BILL TO SENATE TODAY RETURNS INDICATE RAILWAY WORKERS WILL REJECT OFFER I Plan for Reorganization of Rail Lines Offered by Judge Anderson. LABOR LEADERS TO MEET AND DISCUSS SITUATION President Gompers and Other Officials Gather in Wash ington Today. NEW 8TATUS FOR EMPLOYEES Said Now Plan Would Assure Public Interest In Operation of NutJonul Carrier System. Washington. Auiru;,t -7 & > z'r'tn -?>?> o^r?rrivnv, Per hour waSe increase .f .h. railroads tirablc (actors" nf 1 , k n"Jtt d. and prlvai- ownership government I connecUonr wAh* fact., in i tonight. r.tiJroud situation tha^Gno*"annVuncelns'a 1 * said toda>" vote would be made w h^7 C a< n K the progress. Tliey f Uw w:is in ? hit the vote of th* Tihif ' ? hoWev?r, , reject the i'resirt nfl #?shop/nen to ! ?l*nlflcant ln 7hit ?t u mer 151 v^r>" : the majority ,,r , v>' JUustratl ve of concerned. * ?'OO.OOO shopmen j noii'lmportl*,1} maUtt?r?3n',S ^ ?f the' consideration awaftine /??r Samuel UomutM a"?val of American Federation of 7?"* ot ttu-' Gompers wlll irrtv. V 1-a.hor. Mr. ?' i""'- i Council ,o Hold scion. I labor a?lYuauton0f * t"hu urKe,,cy of the a full membe?r?hllnofCXral >?* J,; ^ OI council U'lll hi ^ere are jl??" ,Who wl? Probab y Mass ? JosephF* v","01"- o( Qulncy, I cinnati; Frank Dtiffl- i"**! of Cin" "William Green ln?7iVn, i. anopo,is: Trn"hr"lh?"""',1. J' ToWn?""?"' an I Inasmuch 3^ rcnorrts r\t # w. _ ^d'e^b? wire ^ a result will bo known wit hi if'? weik,h" ten days at the most. eeK or , r> 1. 0,T*r" VcvT Control I'lnn. ownership a an"Vp'eriuSS' ??'?!'' "? 5a%rAS!.-i?^rTf^-i Commerce Commission ' w h a *n,,lrsl"te j before the Int.SVmt^^r, com^'nt-U with?fbrSadF^wtrs. Tnclud- . ing ^tTannportation" w statna for L,abor. wissx Tsy.Vnjw* ?' SSL"''SS '?? local questions such ?? ? Purely asj iif'S """J5"'.?nr'oVec^'.T',^ bonds wo?linbe Srnii h^Vl^e "fo?^| era] company, and iru irmfnJ ? ? PlHS-g to" ?3uHnb|?"?-eKtrarc5^;"" re I fSSUB!!? T'i!' ??? "'?i* wjssts & sggF'? saaw r?.a |M?? 0( ne*i,nadtoclk ??nt? S"! nr? Senrrf I^uc in<1.PriI^ be i~ur?a"?TO,1'?a, & SS | rate. Stock certificates of ?i :i"lSrost i company, he pranosf^i ivf i> , e<'p'"ul ?tnS?r an? t7,o aoorued fkivcrnmp-nt contrv: of >. durlnf? the war was defend^ ,ra,ITro'ids Anderson, who ^cr, 'i 1 ,y JurtSf s fsttx ment- " r.r?Jo,?^U^,ll?lirs7:"t!: ??J*'" Bl? ?""M In appeiirliiK hTfor?'""i,o^comm*l't I re'11?ild8 sold to thrt vomn'iii m ?? Prices he I \re.rrT?""?2^pri;c\r?"d? by Sonator "l^onroot11'Hrmuilii,Uroduce<' consln, provi?linK for unHl^Vi * ,Wls railroa-da into one t l of tho tem. with mln?rni.m nla,y.owned a>'s anteed and management ??1 -Suar security holderS*??,b,If., Poor Nlffro Chirrche* Ilurn. KA8TMAN, OA., AiiRunt 21.?Four netcro churches nt Cadwcll, on the SVriffhtHvlllo and Tennille Railroad, were burned last nlcrht, prcstimahly by Incendiaries. Dodpre and Laurens Connty offlclals are investigating. Warren Stone Threatens Expulsion From Union f By Assoslal-nl f'r?85 1 I.OS 4\.N(iKl,10S, I'AI... AukuM ITT. ??? I iilrn!? (lifrc l? dcclilril Improve ment, the government will lake hlrpn to uprrnlr tlie linen," maid n Mntement concerning tlie ronlrond Htrlke reeei\ed from Warren S. Stone, olilef of the locomotive en - jrtneern, and nuide public here to nifcht. Mr. Stone'* ulntcment, nd drenned to the enxrlneerM, follows: "ICffectlve at once. Inform nil member* of division thnt strike Is llleKnl from ntnrt to (lniNli. -All members of the Brotherhood of I.o eumotlvr EnKlncn will he required to nhlde by the la?? of the ornnnl r.ntlon nnd carry out the rontrnot* mnde In good jnltli, lioth by the In divid unl roads nnd the Federal ic?v rrnmenl. Falling <" d?? ?o, they will he expelled inside of twenty four houm. I'nlenn there In derided Improvement the government will tnke steps to operate the road*. Vnu nil know what this will mean. Impress on everyone the necessity of anlng ?ol>er thought and exorcis ing common sento nnd not he car ried nwny by n wave of mob law." congressman mob MAKES SUFFRAGE PLEA "Urges Karly Ratification of Federal Amendment by Virginia's legislators. ANTTS PIjAN INNING TODAY Is Expected Miss Charlotte K. Rowe, Opponent of Votes for Women, Will Address Ilonse of Delegates This Afternoon. Following closely upon the hoe's of President WiLson'a urgent appeal to tT.e special cession of the Virginia General Assembly to ratify the Fed eral equal suffrage amendment. Congressman Edward. T. Taylor, of Colorado, yesterday addressed the Sen ate, pleading that this State approve the action giving women the ballot. Ratification was urztd by Representa tive Taylor in behalf of the President, the National Democratic Committee tend the women of the. Went. While the vis.tlng Congressman was speaking it ws^s announced that to day a resolution will be Introduced in the House of Delegat&s to Invite Miss Charlotte K. ~"K?T?fc; fleltTTfeOWhry' of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage, to present the case against the ratification of the Federal amendment before the Goneral As sembFy at 1:45 this afternoon. Congressman Taylor was given gen erous applause at the close of his ad dress in the Senate. Lieutenant-Governor Buohanan. In introducing Mr. Taylor, caJled atten tion to the fact that he is the only Democratic Congressman from Colo rado and. in fact, from the large west ern section which surrounds his State. TelLs of Colorado's Kxperlcnce. Mr. Taylor told the Senators that Colorado had had suffrage for twenty five years and that the people there would as soon think of excluding women as baJd-headed men from vot ing. He declared that Colorado had had a long way to go, that -it was wild and woolly at one time, but that, due to the beneficent influence of woman suffrage, ii had progressed to a point of prosperity and civilization that was of the highest and that its humane and enlightened laws were In great measure due to the influence of the baJlot in the hand of the women of the State. The speaker declared that both par tie3 were now on the dead run to get the favor of the women of the nation by advocating woman suffrage, and he declared that the Democrats of the nation looked to the Democrats of Virginia to ratify the amendment. The effect of such action, he declared, would mean much in the close States of the West, where a change of a few votes In a few precincts might determine a national election. Ilennons for Amendment. In conclusion the Congressman said that the amendment should be ratified for three reasons One was that it was right, the other that woman suf frage was an unqualified success wherever tried and tha? last was that "it's coming." as ratification In thirty six States is in sight. Miss Rowe. who is expected to speak today, is reported to be one of the leading ant isufTrage speakers of the country. She hr.s spoken before tlie legislatures of Maryland, New Jersey, Texas and Connecticut, as well ;>.s be fore the people of all the States that have recently defeated woman suf frage by popular vote. She Is also associate editor ?f the Woman Patriot, an ant isufTrage weekly, published at Washington. BELIEVES ASSEMBLY WILL END ITS WORK BY SATURDAY NIGHT This Prc Chicago, chairman of the committee, 1 1 and win concurred In by Judge William R Byniim. of i^pnshoro, N. C..the other minority member. Jn iiis report Mr. Gregory said: "A careful consideration of the case of Miss Kdith Civefl. one of the most pathetic and appealing victims of the great war. whose unfortunate fate has ! aroused the sympathy and excited the indignation of two continents, has led me to the conclusion that she was executed in accordance with the laws and usages of what we are pleased commonly to refer to as civilized war fare. A?prrt of Cnse Not Altered. "This being so, it has seemed to me quite inconsistent with our condemna tion of those who thus took her life to retain in our own system of militarv Justice those provisions of law which were relied upon by the German mili- ; tary authorities in ordering her execu tion. The mere fact that her trial was attended by the brutality and duplicity ! which commonly marked the exercise , of military powor by the German com mand does not alter this aspect of the ease. This U> not a subject upon which 1 desire to reason at any Jength, for it ( is one as to whlclr the in?j>ulse.s "of the . heart can much better be relied upon ' than any sophisticated and artificial 1 reasoning. "For us to take any other course, ! It seems to me. >s to impeach our sin cerity and good faith in criticizing the German authorities in this regard, and 1 to warrant the suggestion that such j i criticism is inspired rather by the fact : that they, our enemies, were responsi- j ble for it, as well as sympathy for a 1 good and worthy woman, than any well 1 considered judgment in the matter." j The majority of the committee. An- j drew A. Bruce, of Minneapolis; Martin i Conroy, of New York, and John ITink- j ley, of Baltimore, declared they could ' not "concur in the suggestion of Mr. j Gregory that th?re should be a pro vision prohibiting the death penalty I in the case of women spies." Indict Penalty In Severe Onaes. "It would certainly bo inadvisable unless such a provision were in the codes of all the nations wit]) whom we would be likely to be at war," they said. "We could not afford to be thus handicapped We agree thoroughly that th? penalty should not be in flicted except in the most extreme cases, but that it should be abolished entirely we cannot agree. Experience has shown that on account of the ' sex lure women are the most danger ous of all spies, and our chivalry to j wards some should not allow us to i jeopardize the national cause or the liveis of thousands of the sons of oth- \ j er?" I The majority also declined to concur in recommendations of the minority | I that enlisted men sit on court-martials ! i and that special courts be abandoned. j ! The majority report asserted that al though "we believe some changes should be made, we are satisfied that ; the errors which were committed dur ing the recent war and the excessive ! penalties which were no doubt often j imposed, were largely due to the in j experience those in control, and to ! the fact not only that we had of nee i essity to train an oflicer class over night for our voluntary army, but that our practice iq the past of scattering our regular army, divided into bat talions and even sma ler units over the country had made it impossible to train properly even our West I'oint ofiicers." Fnvor Mililnry I.mvyer. "We are thoroughly in accord." the majority report continued, "with the idea that there should be with each division, 'brigail? and perhaps regi ment, a thoroughly trained military lawyer with the rank, perhaps, of a lieutenant-colonel, who should serve either as a presiding judge or as aides at all court-martials." The members also favored having a lawyer on court-martial, saying that "'president juds?e-advocates should be appointed by the President with the rank of major or higher, who should be lawyers of suitable qualifications." The majority members' report rec ommended that more care should be taken in obtaining counsel for accused soldiers. "We are not satisfied that the de fendants have not been guilty in the cases which we have examined," it said. "We are satisfied, however, in many of them that they were not ade quately defended and that the exten uating circumstances were not prop erly brought out." JESUS RENTERIA NOT DEAD Reports Headline 101 Paso Sny That Mexican Outlnw Wn* Seen After t'linse Ihtdnl. (1!y I'nivt rx:il Service.) 10Ii PASO, TUX., August l!7.?Jesus Benteria is not dead. According to a report reaching here today the ban dit who held Lieutenants Peterson and Davis for ransom was seen in Chihua hua City yesterday. When Benteria was reported killed by machine gun fire from an airplane south of Cande laria, it was expected by Americans along tho border he would "como to life" as soon as tho chase subsided. New llumcnrlnn Cnlilnet. . BUDAPEST. August 27.?A nonpar tisan Hungarian Cabinet was formed hero today with Ilerr Helnrich. a manu facturer. as Premier. .The allies aro expected to give tholr assent to tho now government. PUBLIC 10 NOTICE CHANGED FIGURES Insists Criminal Penalties Are Needed to Stop Profiteering. FIX LIMIT ON SHOE COST Attorney-General Condemns Pro paganda to Induce Purchases Before Threatened Advance. hit AJMocUt?d Press 1 WASHINGTON, August 27.?Prices are beginning to turn downward in various parts of the country, but the slump has not yet gathered momentum tuflicient to alfcct purchases being made for immediate use. according: t'J reports to the department of justice. Attorney-General Palmer asked to day how soon results could be expected from the campaign to reduce the cost of living, the outcome of which rail road employees have been requested to await before pressing demands !or wa?e increases, said all the govern inent wanted was a fair chance to show what coukl be done to take the art'ficial inflation out of the market. He said officials were well pleased with the success so far attained and that cumulative results were expected when Congress enact." amendments to the food control law, by which crimin al penalties can be imposed on profi teers and hoarders. To Fix Limit on Shoe*. "We hope the public will begin to reap the benefit of our efc'orts before long," Mr. Palmer said. "Kor instance, we are making progress in obtaining promises from shoe manufacturers a* to fixing a limit beyond which prices shall not go." Propaganda, which apparently is nation wide, on the part of shopkeepers seeking to induce purchases now on the pretext t.hat prices will be materi ally higher next season was condemn ed by Mr. Palmer as one certain thing which would make prices continue rising if heeded. His attention was called to advertisements in various papers in which it was stated that straw hats, clothing, and other non perishable articles should be bought before next years prices become effec t tive. "'Jt is very unfortunate that some merchants take that attitude and we have been studying the situation the attorney-general slid. "Extensive purchases now, reducing the supply and Increasing the demand would make their predictions come true, whereas I we hope for a normal price level if the people do not stampede into a buying hysteria." Ton Indictment* Returned. Reports received from several cities indicate that the tight to cut the high cost of living prices is still proceeding. At Cincinnati, Ohio, ten indictments were returned against persons charged with violating the cold storage law. Testifying befcre the grand jury at Ltarusing. Mich., W. K. Jackson, assist ant head of the produce department of Swift & Company, today took excep tion to t.he statement of the Fedfir.il Trade Commission that 65 per cent of the poultry, butter and egg business was controlled by the big packers, de claring tney did not handle over 15 i per cent. PRICE OF PORK DROPS $1 PER 100 POUNDS AT CHICAGO YARDS Substantial Slash Also Is Made in Cost for Beef Cattle. fBr Associated Press.1 CHICAGO. August 27.?A drop of $1 per 100 pounds on the average for hogs, with lower prices for beef cattle at the stockyards today was nscrlbed to several reasons, Including the gen eral protest against the high cost of living. Market men said the tendency W33 for still lower hog prices, par ticularly after the fall marketing, and they professed to see a break in high Jiving costs. The public has curtailed its buying of pork and beef recently while live stock receipts are large. The ICastern market failed to act as an emergency outlet, and the packers virtually with drew their buyers from the pens to day. leaving thousands of hoirs and cattle without buyers. Speculators were hit hard. Idve-stock men say export business has been depressed by the foreign ex change situation, arid that this, coupled with receipt of hogs that accumulated on farms during the railroad shop men's strike, and the prospect of a strong run of hogs, helped to cause the weak market. While the average drop for hogs was at $1, difference between today's lowest point and yesterday's highest point was fully $1.50, live-stock au thorities said, while the average drop for beef cattle today ranged from 50 to 75 cents per 100 pounds. Sheep also sold lower. PRESIDENT WILSON PLANS SWING "AROUND CIRCLE" Kx ported t'lilef Incentive Will Spend Twenty-Klvr Day* Speaking d Press. 1 W A S II I X G T O X, August 27.?The itinerary of President Wilson's swing "around the circle" with addresses in behalf of the peace treaty in at least fifty of the principal cities of the country Is expected to be announced tomorrow at the White House. After weeks of uncertainty concern ing the proposed trip, which will ex tend to the Pacific Coast, definite an nouncement was made todav that the President would leave Washington as soon as arrangements could bo made It was Intimated that the start might bo made within ten days or two weeks. According to plans now being worked out in connection with I he itinerary. President Wilson will spend twenty-ilve days laying before the peo ple of the country his reasons for the Immediate ratification of the peace treaty without change. UlMMlxNlpnl Prlmnry Iteniilt*. . JACKSON, MISS., August 27.?Re sults of the second primary of yester day for Democratic nomination for Governor of Mississippi were still In doubt tonight with L>leutennnt-Oov ernor Russell's manager claiming a majority of 5,500 and Oscar Johnston's manager claiming a majority of 1,000. Neither side gave out totals. By 47 to 42 Delegates De feat Adoption of Con ference Report. DIVISION OF ROAD FUNDS AGAIN IS IN LIME LIGHT Debate on County Feeder High ways' Part of Levy to Be Today's Feature. GOVERNOR'S SAGACITY PRAISED i)plf*Kate Xorris Admires Executive's Wisdom in Refusing to Call As sembly on Own Initiative. With the House of Delegates irre vocably committed agalnBt considera tion of the school question at this session, the fight to have one-third of the funds, realized through levies for construction of highways, diverted to use on county roads will today take again the center of the stage. When the body adjourned yesterday afternoon there was pending an amend ment. offered by Delegate Hudglus. j whtch would have the effect of re- i serving 5 cents of the 12-cent levy for appropriation on a fifty-fifty basis to the counties wishing to build thorough fares of their own. This would be in addition to the $3ou.000 a year which is now con- j tributed to this purpose as State aid, ami will make an aggregate amount of (1*25,000 annually to be available ' for constructing these "feeders" to the State highway system. Tnrnn Down Conference Report. Consideration of the tax measure carpe late in the day. after the House, ucting for the third time in this mat ter, had refused to adopt the con 1 ference report calling for consideration at this session of the school question, In so far as if related to the raising, of teachers' salaries for the school j year about to begin. The report lost ' by a vota of 47 to 42. Delegate Shackelford, of Orange, was bluntly outspoken in his opposition to opening the doors to schools. "Don't let your judgment, twice ex pressed. be swayed under the adroit leadership ot the Senator from I.ynch 1 burg." he told the House. "If we take 1 this matter up at all, it must be done In a broad, comprehensive way. not simply to an extent that will appease public clamor. Kurther, I believe, it Is a fact that most of the cry for ac tion in th.s m.vter at the special session has come from within these halls, rather than from the public gen j erally." \orrl* Taken Snme Stand. Delegate N'orri.s took practically the ' same stand that has been taken all ; along by the Delegate from Orange, 1 and that is that this session of the ' General Assembly is for the sole pur pose of enacting legislation to meet | the Federal road aid. "The more 1 observe the trend of I events here," he declared, "the more I I admire the sagacity of the Governor in declining on his own initiative to call the Legislature In extraordinary session. It seems to me every depart ment of the State government is clam oring for something. I agree with other members that schools and many other matters deserve our careful and thoughtful attenUon. but not at this session. We have confused the issue. We came here for a single purpose, and must not drift afield." Delegate Davis, of Norfolk County, told the House that, as a good roads advocate, he is in favor of granting needed legislation to schools, for only to the extent that the citizens of the State are educated will she ever have an adequate highway system. (iuldcrt by ilnrt's View. Delegate Gilmer, of Pulaski, who was one of the conferees bringing in the report, said he was guided in his action by the positive statement of State Superintendent Harris Hart, who says most emphatically that an emer gency exists in the school situation. By voting down a resolution offered by De'egate Kasley, of Halifax, to have ihe. Committee on Privileges and Klectioris discharged from further consideration of the primary bill, the Home probably finally disposed of this measure. The bill provides that all nomina- I tions to Congress shall be made by j primaries, and would break up the j convention plan as followed in the I doubtful Fifth and Ninth Districts, its | patron in the Senate is Marshall Hook- j er, who, It is reported, will be a candl- ! date fur Congress against Colonel | Ttorer A James In the event that Judge 10. W. Saunders is nominated to the vacancy on the Supreme Court of Ap peals., to be made when Judge Staf ford O. Whittle retires on December 31 of this year. Ilnri Knlled of Iteporl. ( The bill has failed to be reported out i in both the Senate and House. Delegate Uoschen. of Kichmond, fa vored bringing the bill up on the floor of the House, since, he slid, there is { entirely too much inclination at this session to stifle legislation. In discussing yesterday afternoon j tbft Hudgins' 'amendment', reserving j a fi-rent levy to he appropriated for I county road purposes. Delegate Ozlin 1 declared that proponents of such a plan are not opposed to the State high way system, as harf been intimated In many quarters, since the discussion began. "The counties," he said, "are not or pa nixed as are the cities, with their chambers of commerce and their Coun cils. They are not prepared to voice their sentiment and their desires. I know they want this distribution of funds, and I am pleading their cause. There Is no conflict between the cities and the counties. Their Interests are identical. We must not array one against the other. We are contending slmp:y that, whereas every city In the Stat? will have the benefit certainly i of one of these State highways, many taxpayers In the counties will live too i far awny to benefit from them." Wants Progrnm t'pheld. Delegate J. Sinclair Brown asked the House to stand by the program of the Virginia Roads Association, (Continued on Second Page.) Secretary Glass Wears Suit Five Years Old .Sfrrclnrj- (ilnfrn, In 111* Kpeccli be fore tin* J>rnii(i- jrntfrrtny, drt'lnrrd (lint lie no* ivrnrln i; a ?ult of clothe* live ycar.M old nnil n nhirt of ct|iial iik<*. lie (Irclnrcil tlint lie would not k<> Into further detail* us to IiIm clot liinu; lint believed that the people nliould practice frugal! tjr nnd tlniM overcome the clothing profiteer. The Secretary laughingly referred to former Secretary >leAdoo'.i nd vlce to wenr patched hreeclien and nnld that n Chicago linnkrr hail nnld that he ivotild have rcli.xhed the ad vice better If it had not come from a man riding In a private car. SECTOR* GLASS USEES PEOPLE PRACTICE THRIFT Addresses Members of State Senate on Economy and I wessons of the War. SAYS EMERGENCY NOW EXISTS Asserts It Will Take Exhibition of Great Thought, Patriotism and Courage to Deal With Problems of Present and Future. Secretary of the Treasury Glass yes terday addressed the State Senate, mainly on matters of thrift and eco nomy and some of the lessons taught by the world war. Mr. Glass visited the Senate chamber while the Senate was in session, and Senator G. Walter Mapp moved thai he be invited to ad dress that body. "Nothing' that I could say would give you the measure of my apprecia tion of your welcome. In this Senate chamber I first heard the sound of my voice above the ordinary tones of daily conversation. Here 1 first ex perienced the real sanctity of public service and its gravity, along with the -/.est of public combat. Tnere is no satisfaction greater than this de rived from the sense of duly, doing and feeling what is right." Mr. Glass further &aid: "Practical things now confront us jn the greatest emergency which haa confronted the country, not excepting the world war. It Is going to take an exhibition of gr~at thought, patriotism and courage to deal with tno pioblen'is of the present and future. The nation i Has had to exnend -$23,500,000,000 to l save human freedom, and the only way to replace t'he money Is do more, work than ever be/ore and more saving than ever before. "In my opinion France, torn and devastated, will pay off her national Indebtedness before our nation. This will be because the statesmen of that country have for generations Inculcated lessons of thrift and saving. There is not a particlo of doubt in my tninu uut that Germany will retrieve her com mercial and industrial fortunes a long time before it is anticipated by the average man. The Kaiser believted that the commercialism of America would prevent our enteriJig the \yar, but American commercialism cannot be mentioned In the same breath with Teuton commercialism." lie expressed the Opinion that the high cost of living could be overcome by the manifestation of the qualities of sacrillce shown in the war. "If we were able to eat brown bread dur ing the war in order to conquer the Kaiser, why not do it now to overcome the prollteer," he said. SEVERE STORMS CAUSE ACCIDENTS TO FLYERS IN INTERNA TI0NAL RA CE One LarMs in Berkshire Hills While Another Falls in Potato Patch. (By Universal Service.} MTNEOLA, N. Y., August 27.?Heavy rainstorms around Albany and along the course between Albany and the local flying fields this afternoon re sulted in the wrecking of two airplanes taking part in the New York-Toronto reliability and speed contest and the blowing of another out of Its course in the direction of the Herkshires. A fourih plane, that of lieutenant If. G. Sohalader, which left Pnffalo shortly before 1 o'clock this afternoon for Toronto, has not been heard from, and ll is feared has como to grief over Lake Ontario. Captain Koy Drown, in plane No. 17. crashed lo earth near Canastota. The plane was wrecked, but the avlatot escaped injury. Lieutenant C. L. G? borne, who set out from here at 1 | o'clock this afternoon, lost his way in a blinding rainstorm, and came down In a potato Held near Jericho. He and his mechanician reported themselves j "sore, but unhurt." The machine, how ever, turned turiie and was smashed. Another machine believed to be that of Lieutenant Reynolds, en route from Syracuse to Albany, was caught in the 1 storm ne.ir Allu.n.v and blown away in the direction of the Herkshires. Lieutenant P. II. Logan and Captain j H U. Chandler arrived from Toronto | this evening, completing the round j trip. Others who have completed the round trip at this end are Lieutenant j 10. J. Plumb. Lieutenant H. II. Maynard, j Lieutenant U. II. MidkitT, Ciptain A. 10.] Slmmonln and Lieutenant W. c. Brown. I SEARCHING LAKE ONTARIO I FOR TWO LOST AVIATORS | Hellcvcil l.leuteaant Slater and Observer I Strickland I.oat Their l.iven I in International Derby. I 11 v A?soc:a(? I I'r. ss. | Hl.'FKALO. N. Y.. August 27.?Lieu tenant II. 10 Slater, pilot; Sergeant j Strickland, observer, and their De llnviland plane No. 59 in the interna tional aviation derby are missing to-] night, and grave fears were entertained by (light olllclr.ls here that they came j down in Lake Ontario this afternoon and perished. I Lieutenant Slater, on the last lap of! his flight, left here at 12:47 P. M. No ilirect word has since been heard of him. although u.11 of New York State! south of the lake and the northern | shore on both sides of Toronto have been covered as thoroughly as tele-j graph and telephone connections would | permit. Lifeboats were also sent out from Toronto anil Nlagara-on-the-1 Lake, but their search, too. was fruit-) less. Pakov neported Captured. LONDON, August 27.?Pskov, south west of Petrograd. has been captured by Bolshevist forces, according to an olticlal statement Issued at Moscow. FAVORABLE ACTION IN COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAY MEASURE Act's Provisions Are ' Changed in No Essential Features. PRINCIPAL DIFFERENCE ON SALARY OF COMMISSIONER Senators Insist Minimum Shall Be $5,000, With $7,500 Maximum. MORE PAY FOR LEGISLATORS Scnute Adopts Resolution to Increase Extra Session Salaries $?"><> and Regular Session's $100. After several hours of discussion the J Senate Committee on Roads and In- , 1 ternal Navigation yesterday evening1 1 voted to report favorably the State Highway Corrlmlssion bill essentially as | it passed the House the preceding: day. Several amendments were added to clarify minor features of the measure, but those did not change the main pro visions. i The big fight in the committee was : on an amendment designed to allow | route matters already passed on by ! the Stale Highway Commissioner to bo 1 appealed to the proposed highway j commission. Senntor Aubrey K. Strode, of Amherst, offered an amendment to allow an appeal in all such matters. Senator W. I* Andrews was willing to restrict it to routes on which no construction work had yet been done. Senators C. O'Conor Goolrick and A. Willis Robertson opposed changing the j House bill In this respect, declaring l that It would do no good to reopen matters which had been adjudicated under the law. The amendments offered by Senators Strode and Andrews wore defeated when the matter sim mered down to a vote. Dlsngree on Salary Minimum. The committee voted to refuse to agree to the House amendment fixing the State Highway Commissioner's salary at not less than $3,500 and not more than $5,000, and insisted on Its original stand of a minimum of $5,000 and a maximum of $7,500. Owing to the addresses made by Secretary of the Treasury Carter Glass and Congressman Edward T. Taylor, little business was transacted at the session of the Senate with the excep tion of the - passage of several blllsupf a local nature. When the Senate con vened there were but eight members present, but later a sufficient number arrived from committee meetings to make up a quorum. On motion of Senator Cannon the House resolution giving Slate em ployees at tlie seat of government a bonus of 10 per cent on their salaries was concurred In. Conference lienor* I'renented. Senator George N. Conrad presented the report of Hie joint conference com mittee. recommending the opening of the doors of legislation to the con sideration of measures providing for an increase in the salaries of public school-teachers. About this time a report was received from the House to the effect that that body had refused to agree to the report of the conference committee. Senator Canqon moved that the Senate adopt the resolution for the consideration of the bill which proposes to increase the salaries of members of the General Assembly to th-> extent of $50 for each special ses sion and $100 for each regular session. The motion was adopted. May Store Food Ten Months. Yesterday afternoon the General Ijkws Committee of the Senate voted to recommend favorably the cold storage bill, which has been amended, to allow the storage of food for as | long as ten months. The bill orlgl ' nally fixed six months as the limit, j Hefore leaving the. committee the bill i was amended so as to reduce the ' license tax on private cold-storage plants to $5. where the business does ! not exceed $1,000. and $10 where it docs I not exceed $'2,000. Where the business | is greater or the plant a public one j the tax Is $25. A delegation of North Carolina citi zens appeared before the Senate Roads and Internal Navigation Committee yesterdav afternoon and urged the In j cl-.:?lon in the State highway system of a road in Norfolk County, which ! connects with proposed highway con ! struct ion in North Carolina. I'ONtpotien t'oal Tux Consideration. I I.ast night the Senate Committee on Fin.pce voted to postpone until 10 ! 1,'cu -k this morning consideration of ; the tax op coal and other matters re ported bv 'he subcommittee, and which have not vet been finally noted on by the committee. The committee acted | favorably on a bill to appropriate $2,000 for the Legislative Research ttureau arid also on a measure appro priating $15,000 for contingent and in cidental expenses of this session of rh^ General Assembly, other financial matters , were considered. SHIP LADEN WITH MUNITIONS IS BLOWN UP IN ATLANTIC Crew Karapes nnd I* I.nnded at Yar mouth, Their Craft Helng Kntlrely Dentroyfil. fny Assoclati.i Tress 1 YARMOUTH. N. S., August 27.? Twelve members of the crew of the four-masted auxiliary schooner Klmor Roberts arrived here today and report ed that their ship, loaded with ammu nition. caught fire and blew up at sea. The schooner, a vessel of 695 tons net. was owned in Orange. Texas, and was returning from Bordeaux to Ne\v York on her maiden trip A lamp ex ploded In the engine room at midnight Thursday, and the flames spread so rapidly the crew had only time to en capo in one of the boats, losing all their effects. _ The crew, commanded by Captain Jorgensen, was in the boat until 5 o'clock Saturday night, when they were picked up by the llshtng schooner Rose way. of YarVnouth, 110 miles southeast of Cape Sable. Gay Oeenn View. C. & O. Sunday outing. S trains. $1.95 round trip to Old Point and Nor folk. Wllloughhy, |2.0S. Virginia Beach, $2.15.?Adv. ?flu