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! ... ..... o. ^ ^ A, C?r^ ^ aO TO "From Prem to Home 7 /i *11* ti inr+tm sbt^t ! m *?*>*'?'?' > U/l |v ^JUvUlUJW JDAvlX# 1? ?' ' ~ J VsM I T l / <w?m Set Cfreulatloa. Month off Orfofcor. CLOSING HEW YORK STOCKS PAGE 16. ^ 1*,*? Da,,y Atertfe, 70.0011 Saaday. 6W1. ______ WASHINGTON, D. C.f MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1916.?TWENTY PAGES. ONE GENT. ROMANIANS FORCED TO GIVE UP LINES ON THE RIVER ALT Teutonic Campaign Developing Rapidly. With a Converging k Drive on Bucharest. ENEMY HELD IN CHECK ON THE NORTHERN FRONT Russian Advance in the Dobrudja Apparently Has Been Brought to a Halt. i j The i eutonic campaign again-1 Rumania is developing rapidly with a converging drive on j Tlucharest from three directions; in progress. The immediate threat to the capital seenb to he greatest on the south wot. where the invaders have approached toj within less than titty miles after! Field Marshal von Mackensen had; forced the passage of the Danube at two points and effected a junction with the armies of Gen. von Falkenhayn. which are pressing rapidly eastward after having broken the Rumanian resistance on the lower \lt. Rumanians Flanked on Alt. The rapid Teuton'o advance southeast i lit ?*raiov:i turned th#> flank of the Ah ! position, as did the Danube crossings, j These factors, together with the con tinued pressure on the northern end of j the line, also theoretically outflanked, have now resulted in the Rumanian abandonment of the Alt line. Bucharest announced this today, reporting also a Ru- f inanian retirement a little to the east of : the Topolog river, a tributary of the- Alt j on the east. ! This retreat apparently places the important town of Rimnik. on the railroad from Craiova to fleimannstadt, in Gen. von Falkenhayn's hands. In Check on North. The threat on the north and northwest from the border passes east of the Alt j ' still is being held in check by the Russo- ; Rumanian troops, and entente military]' writers assume that the Russians are ] j sending lurther forces to help out the j : Rumanians defending the more im- j "mediate menace farther south. Sofia today gives some details of the] ? rossing of the Danube The crossing at j Zimnitza was made by Bulgarian troops, who are said to have captured a large quantity of grain in the town. The Ger- . mans effected their crossing near the mouth of the Alt, occupying Islacz. In TVthrmlin. north of the Constanza- i Tchernavoda line, the Russian advance j' appears to have come to a halt. The ' Bulgarian war office announces that the hostile forces which had been attacking : have now intrenched before the Bulgar- 1 ian positions. Rumanians Admit Retirement From Positions on the Alt ULTHAKKST. November 1*7. via London. 11:31 a.m.?The Rumanians have retired from tin lim ??f the River Ait. the war office announces. The Rumanians also have retired a little to the east of the Topolog river. The Topolog is a tributary of the Alt. into which It flows at a point about forty miles south of the Hungarian border, below Rothenthurm pass, it runs parallel to the Alt over most of its course, about i ten mile.- east of that river. This sec- | tion of the front is northwest of Bucharest. and its abandonment by the . Rumanians was forced bv the Au.stro- i ?Jerman nb'.ance farther south, flank-; in< the Alt lire Rumanians Are Driven Beyond River Topolog, Berlin Reports Jly tlie I'rv--.. UKKL1N. November 17 < by wirele.-:to .Say vill->. -bermari and Austro-Hun-' krarian troops, under command of Lieut, j 'Jen. Krafft von I nimensingen. advanc-l leg on both side- of the River Alt. in I Wallachia. yesterday, pushed back thej Rumanian fore. s beyond the Topolog, river, says the official statement issued by the Herman army headquarters. Alexandi , Rumanian town forty-' seven mil. - -outhw* st of Bucharest.' was captured yesterday by Teuton forces. The Rumanian force.- which had l? tired from tin Innribe town ?>f Orsova were push'-d farther to the southeast > by the A U - tl lerrr;;. lr?>ops. the, -Tate- ; has now hi by the approach | uf oth? r 'IVUI..U forces in the I'-ai. Its; this i' i tor olfi'-ers and 1.2??o nifu: have bttii '-aptured hy rh Teutons, who also have taker.", three cannon and a great quantity ?.f munitions. 1 Von Falkenhayn Is Confident j Teutons WiH Take Bucharest J'.jr t!,.- !'r. 1IJ-:I1MANNSTAI>T. Transylvania, No- i veiriber via H<-r!ia and wire^ss to. Say ville. N V. November 27.?At a] luncheon which (a n. von Falkenhayn, J commander of the for* on the nor th- [ ern Rumanian front. Kiive today to a J small Krouii of neutral correspondents | lie remarked to the Asso< iated Press ! representative that, "although nothing In this world is so certain that one date predict anything with safety," Bucharest will be an uncorn fortahle place for any one to be in when the tkrmaim get their guns trained on It." Although <Jen. von Falkenhayn declined absolutely to commit himself to any prediction as to when this might occur, and even questioned the purely military advantage of possession of Bucharest, with its thousands to feed, when the same result might be accomplished gradually decimating the Rumanian army, he left not the slightest doubt in the minds of his hearers that he considered it a possibility of the immediate future. Gen. von Falkenhayn was reticent as i to the probable length of the Rumanian ' (Continued on Second Page.) I bifek^x MJtik- . FIGHTING RESULTS I IN HEAVY LOSSES Outcome of Battle Between, 1 Villa Bandits and De Facto Troops Not Yet Known. j CLASH AT CHIHUAHUA CITY ^ By the Associated Press. Jl'ARKZ. Mexico.. November 27.?The s final result of the fighting between the s tie facto grovernmcnt forces defending t Chihuahua City and Francisco Villa's t bandit army was unknown at the Amer- $ ican border early today. Wire commu- a nication between Chihuahua City and b .fu?ri'? Y.rAl/Mi nrpunmijltlv hv hnildits ! ;i I" Saturday, had not been restored. Car- w ranza officials here e press the convic- a tion that Villa's efforts to take the city n had been defeated, although the last news received directly from the battle- | \\ field indicated that the bandits, during it tin- lighting Saturday, carried the con- jo lliet into the city proper, and that they j it wer?- finally ejected after heavy losses | h by both sides. | ?; * i e Saturday's Fighting. An account of the lighting early Sat- I n urday from an Associated Press repre- j fj sentative at Chihuahua City was de- j j, livered by courier at Marfa, Tex., last ) s? night. ; The battle Saturday started soon after ' ^ the telegraphic communication with ' lie. i.-.iu ,.i?r Ttw. wir.' rlowi: :it ]<? o'clock a.m., and the battle was raging by 1 1 :*>? a.m. The bandits' att:i?-k covered the entire southern front, '.vith flanking operations to tlm east and west. The most desperate lighting / occurred on Zarro avenue within theji' city. The bandits threw th< ir best \ oi equipped forces against the intrench- ia nients, which had been thrown up! across this street, and street fighting;1' followed. j a: The Villa forces made every possible j tj effort to take these intrenchments. which were the key to the defenses of'a: the city proper. ! ji The de facto infantry met these j w charges with counter-charges, and the j battle waged back and forth in this j0 narrow street until the Villa bandits 1 were driven out of the mouth of the i rn avenue onto the plains, where they I ^ were raked with machine-gun fire from j the housetops and the artillery fire ;'r which had supported effectively the in-j a fantry efforts. |ti The account also said that at) auto- , mobile in which Villa was directing the | bandit attack was riddled by the lire ; is of the government troops and the ban-j ei dit leader was forced to flee on horse- i . back. _ J18 Report of Heavy Losses. j t The losses on both sides are reported i j"* to be heavy, as some of the fighting I si had been almost nanci-to-nand en- j counters. The wounded who fell out-!*11 side of tre city could not be rescued 1 tt from the "no man's land" beyond the 1" first line trenches because of the? firing by both the bandits and the govern- ir ment forces. The wounded who fell a, within the city are being cared for at , the municipal hospital. Women are cf serving as volunteer nurses in this and j other hospitals of the city. i Villa Officer Wounded. loiter advices received by Carranza j officials here from a station north of ! , oi Chihuahua City said that Jose Ynez \ t Salazar. Villa's second in command, ! ., i 01 was seriously wounded Saturday. This w report also stated that the fighting ! v< continued late Saturday. ? . .American army officers at El Paso I ^ received a report last night that Villa I released the prisoners in Chihuahua! prison before he was driven our of the ?J city. Carranza oliicials said tiiey had received no such advices. u ' f) Official Advices Received Here. jt n official advices received here today say that Saturday night the Vifla S1 fdm? : ttnrk 11: i_r < *hih?i:t Hum h:uJ .1 t rated into the city and established a . r>: line of trenches. Prisoners from the ^ penitentiary were liberated, the dis- j it patch said, and the guards joined the i Tl Villa forces. News dispatches have ^ later reported the repulse of the at- i ta< kers, hut nothing olficial on that ' ^ feature had reached here today. I REPORTS NIGHT ATTACK BY FRENCH ON SOMME' Berlin Announces the Enemy Was ! ^ Repulsed in St. Pierre |t< Vaast Wood. j* j" HKKldN, November 27, b> wireless to ^ Savvlllc, N. V.- French forces last nitfht si attacked the Herman positions in the southern portion of St. Pierre Vaast U wood, on the Kiver Somme front, says ,J today's Herman olticial statement, hut fi they were repulsed by the Herman ar- ,t tillcrv and machine Ktin fire. h Paris Reports Quiet Night. fi PAKIS, November 27.?The French '* ofticial announcement 011 the progress ^ of hostilities on the French front at ^ the war office this afternoon reads as *} follows: "Thcrh li?. ^ thi- Minfnmapw r> , n _ n nonuding at various points on the J tl Sonirne front and iri the sectors of j li houaumont ami Vuux. The night b passed quietly on the remainder of the 1< front. o "A gr??up of French aviators Jast T night bombarded the aviation fields at 1 duizancourt and Matignv. The mis- t. siles thrown down reached their mark." British Artillery Active. I,< ?NI>uN. November 27.?f'Our artillery was active last night in the neighborhood of Da Hassee," says today's 1 official report from the Franco-Helgian front. "Otherwise there is nothing to , report." , K Eight Sites From Which to Choose. J1 DOS ANGELES, Cal., November 27.? j Hear Admiral J. M. Helm, head of the v commission on naval yards and naval stations, took under consideration to- c day data assembled In the inspection j of eight proposed sites for submarine ? and aviation stations near this city, t One of the sites visited was Catalina r island, about twenty-five miles off the a California coast. The commission will e depart late today on the destroyer x Paul Jones for San Diego, where a t number of sites will be Inspected. h <ii BLOW SAFE OPEN; GET I119IN CASH feggmen Also Take $190 in Checks From Moreland Bros.' Store, /iUFFLED EXPLOSION HEARD Safe-blowers last night visited the tore of Moreland Bros., 1113 15th treet. blew the combination lock from he safe without making noise enough r> alarm neighbors, and carried off 1 1in cash and rheeks* fnr various mounts aggregating 5190. ^ neighor heard a slight noise in the store bout S:30 o'clock. She said the noise i as such as would have been made by j box being overturned and she paid : 0 attention to it. It is the belief of the police that the ork was done by professional yeggten, possibly the ones who, the night f April 30 last, blew open the safe i 1 the store of P. J. Chaeonas, Louis- < ma avenue and !)th street, and stole , 2,500 in cash and $1,000 worth of jew- j Iry. Arthur Moreland, member of the firm, cached the store this morning shortly fter 5:30 o'clock to open the place for le day's business, and found the safe ad been blown open and robbed. As :?on as he discovered what had been one he summoned the police. Inspec- ; ?r 'Irani, chief of detectives, visited ie store and made art examination of *e safe. Was the Work of Experts. Infectives Grant. Armstrong. Mullen, 'Brien and Cornwell were detailed to. ivestigate the robbery, and the police j f the second precinct also are taking 1 hand it it. They are all of the opinion/ lat the work was done by men who re experts at handling explosives, and j te small amount of noise made, they ssert, shows that the yeggmen knew 1st what quantity of the explosive j as necessary to throw the tumblers i me iocK. A heavy instrument, probably a ham-' ,er or hatchet, was used to break the nob off the lock, a handle of such an I istrurnent being found on the roof of . shed during the course of the inves- ! . iration of the affair. In order to gain access to the prem- | I es it was necessary for the robbers to : iter the yard of the adjoining preines. climb a brick wall and drop a j stance of ten feet into the store yard. : here is no rear outlet to the yard, it ! squired considerable force to knock a I tnel from the rear door, the police j iid, and it may have been the noise \ ' ade in breaking the door that was ! sard by the neighbor. Having knocked the knob off the safe, ' <e yeggrnen proceeded to soap the ! ck and put in the explosive, firs? j king precaution against the noise of : le explosion being great enough to ; tract persons from the outside. This , as done by gathering several old * -I Vi n rn >ais ana sacas awn ; <ainst the sale with an office stool. ' he coats and sacks were Mown from . ic safe, and the stool was shattered, j Hod Light Lunch First. Pieces of cheese bearing the imprint j f teeth in them were found on the floor j ear the safe, suggesting to the police that ne of the yeggmen partook of the cheese ! hile his companion was preparing the jap preparatory to igniting the explos e, and the imprints, the police say, may ; rove to be a valuable clue to the iden- ' ty of one of the robbers. Another possible clue was furnished in to finding of the gold bridge of a pair f spectacles. Tin bridge did not belong , > members of the grocery firm or any of leir employes, the pofice were told, and ' may have belonged to one of the yeggten. A number of pennies dropped by i le men were found in the rear of the ore. Payment of the checks taken from ! te safe has been stopped at the banksn which they were given, and the police ave asked the police of other cities to j ssist them in an effort to capture the! len. A stranger was seen loitering about : te neighborhood last night and the police ! ave a description of him. 0 USE HYDRO-AIRPLANES IN NORTH POLAR REGIONS _ j Loald Amundsen, Explorer, Goes to j New York to Purchase Two Machi lies. NEW YOKK. November -7.?Koald j mundsen. south polar explorer, is here ! > buy two hydro-airplanes for use in j i- 1 Vt 1 "S expedition into north polar gions, 11^ said on his arrival at this ort today on the 1 vanish steamer reredick VIII, from < 'openhagen. The ying machines, he said, would be conLrucied so as to travel over smooth ? as well as on water and will be sed for interior explorations starting roin the ship whieh will carry his arty. The vessel will he constructed, e said, so that the planes can rise roin and land on its decks. The exlorer added that another purpose of is visit here was to buy food supplies r>r his trip in this country because rices in Kurope were prohibitive. Amundsen said his ship would be rady for launching in March, and that he work of equipping her would begin ri July. 1917, but that no effort would e made to get away before the fol>wing year, so he might have plenty ftime to complete his preparations, 'he start was originally planned for 917, but was delayed on account of he war. TO FIGHT FOR MORE PAY. federal Employes to Concentrate | first on Nolan Minimum Wage Bill, j Government employes, aided by the ' euerai u?nv>n auu uiuur oranizations, will make a determined ight for increased wages at the comrig session of Congress, according to J. M. Mcl^arin, president of the union, vho has just returned from the scslons of the convention of the Amerian Federation of Labor in Baltimore. Efforts will be concentrated at first n the Nolan minimum wage bill, as his affects a class of employes who iced increases more than any other, ccordlng to Mr. McLarin, but every ffort will te made for a general revision of salaries upward. He said that he pMMpodfc looked very bright to dm for o yoral Increase. I > V\J A \ \\ \ \\ \\ / v\\Vw * mvxW m m M' IN Av SHIPS NEARING PORTS FEAR GERMAN U-BOATS Two Submarines Said to Have Broken Through Cordon of Allies' Warships Off Coast. _ : ; ?- -: I 15v tie: A?.s>><.iared I'r?*sw. NEW YORK, November 27.?Appre- I hension is felt, in shipping circles here, in view of the large number of passen- j ger and freight steamships nearing this ] port and the reported proximity of j German submarines. Rumors of sev- i eral days to the effect that two German submarines have broken through the allied cordon and were on their way to the Atlantic coast received olli- . rial recognition in the general warning' sent out hfv t night hi' the British cruiser Lancaster. The warship, stationed fifteen miles southeast of Sandy Hook, cautioned all steamships living , the flags of the. entente allies to beware of hostile subsea boats on this' sicle of the Atlantic. Th? British wireless read: "Cernuui submarines may bo met ' ;uiy wlicre in the Atlantic, especially; west of sixty degrees west. Show no unnecessary lights. Avoid ail trade: routes and converging points." Vessels May Not Leave Port. Not since the l"-53 entered Newport; harbor. October 7. and on the follow- j Ing day sank several British merchant vessels, has there been so much un- ; easiness in marine quarters. It is be- i lieved that the merchant vessels of the ullies now loading in this'port will not venture out until the British government gives assurance th/it the seas are j clear and the danger remote. Among the steamships belonging to tin- allied countries dm to arrive this week are the Cunard line steamers La-j conia and 1'annonia, with passengers, from Liverpool and London, respec- : lively; tin- Anchor liner Tuscania, from j (Jlasgow; the White Star liner Lap- I land, from Liverpool; the I>uca I/Aos-j ta. from ( Jenoa and the Hermudian, , from Bermuda. The freighters <iue include the Celtic and Bovic of the White J Star line. Almost a score of French and British I merchantmen have sailed from this | port within the last two days, and all of the vessels are within the zone which is supposed to he most dangerous. A number of lurg<- steamers also are approaching Boston and Philadelphia. No Submarines Sighted. Six steamships arriving here today from Karopean and West Indian ports reported they caught wireless warnings yesterday to keep a watch for belligerent submarines, but all brought word that no craft of that typo had been observed. The Incoming vessels took such precautions as shrouding the lights during darkness and having the lifeboats swung out. The arrivals today included the American liner l^ipland from Liverpool, the Italian ship Duca d'Aosta and Napoli from Mediterranean ports, the Danish vessel Frederik VIII from Scandinavian ports, the Brazos from Porto Rico and the Hermudian from Hermudu. The Frederik VIII put in at Kirkwall, Scotland, where the Rritish authorities removed the mails. She brought here Roald Amundsen, explorer of south polar regions, who said he came on a private mission; IJeut. Asger Kasjean of the Danish army, who plans to purchase American airplanes, and Manuel Calderon, Cuban minister to Norway. Conservation of Paper Every citizen is called upon to see that not a pound of paper is wasted. Demand from every clerk that any unnecessary wrapping of packages be dispensed with. If you have no further use for today's newspaper save it for the school children's playground fund. Call Main 6026 and ask for the nearest public school to your home and the old papers will be sent for. ' . i j | w ^ va \\\ ^ W'V . X v;', foreseeiuble arnilt ciirmamnpc nuuui uuumnmnLU Administration Circles Believe Germany Is About to Evade Her Promises. THINK HUGE FLEET READY I Official statements that there are no sound reasons for believing that the I'nited States is about to have another; serious clash with Germany over sub- : marine questions have not altered the I steadily overhanging fear in admin is- i t ration circles that the future does not ! hold out as much promise as many j predict and that President Wilson's last , four years in otlice are going to 1>?- \ full of trouble for himself and the country. The !?; is for the belief that tier many moans to evade promises to this ! country and shortly begin upon a iner- I ciless campaign of submarine destruc- | tion of the commerce of her enemies is hard to place. There is nothing ! beyond the known feeling that German public opinion is slowly but surely veering around to the idea that in yielding to the United States Germany set aside her greatest and most effective weapon against Kngland and her allies; that the German government has long felt that the submarine is worth more to her than any other arm of her fighting equipment, and that for months she lias been building an enormous fleet of these underwater craft ready for whatever policy that may be later decided on. Fleet to Be Ready Soon. Tic- idea that will not down, despite official hints to the contrary, is that Germany is nearing the time when this great submarine fleet will be ready for starting upon a gigantic campaign, and that this campaign will bring many irritating and aggravating questions as to German disregard of her promsies to the United States that will lead to the long-talked-of break In diplomatic relations. German official and public opinion, while more friendly to the United States than at any time since the war began, is strongly inclined to the view that the only way Germany will be able to bring England t?? ner Knees i is through the steady destruction of J her food and ammunition supplies. If England begins to feel the pinch of hunger her statesmen and people, according to what is said t-o be German opinion, will begin to look with favor upon peace negotiations, and such negotiations are what Germany wants. Germany Depends on U-Boats. The submarine is the weapon Germany depends upon to do this job. Each additional campaign of the submarines is looked upon to bag more and more vessels containing food supplies for the allies. It is not believed that Germany will defy the United States. Her plan will be to permit her submarine commanders to go as far as possible?destroy and explain afterward, if explanations must be made. Each succeeding foray of submarines upon commerce is expected to grow in intensitj-, and eventually reach the point when explanations are no longer to be accepted by the United States. By that time, though. Germany hopes to have frightened England and her allies into consideration of peace that will bring about terms at least as satisfactory to Germany as to the allies. The longer peace negotiations are delayed the worse will be the terms Germany must meet, her people are said to realize. So the submarines must be pushed to the limit now.. EXPECTS SHARP POT= ON RAILWAY BILLS Senator Gallinger Predicts Little Legislation on Subject at Short Session of Congress. ! Tli?- coining struggle in Congress ! over railroad legislation will be a | sharp one, Senator Gallinger of New ; Hampshire, republican leader of the Senate, predicted today. He doubted, he said, whether it would be possible to enact much legislation at the short r session of Congress, about to open, on j account of lack of time. ! "I am in favor of some plan whereby I industrial disputes may be investigat| ed by an impartial body before any | strike or lockout is ordered." said Senator Gallinger. He said that a law of [ this kind has worked well in Canada, ! and that he thought it would work j well In-re. Discusses Labor Attitude. , "1 know that the labor union leaders j are opposing any law which would ! f r\ cimini l .1 rbit r:i I ii?n h#?for?? strike was ordered," said Senator Gallinger. "1 know that. Samuel (jOmjuTS, president of the American Federation of Labor, has been quoted to the effect that tne eight-hour law. so-called, must go into effect January 1, law or no law. Of course, if wo are going to disregard all law in this country in the interests of any particular band of men, we might as well move into some I country where there is no law. "If the labor organizations, or any ! other organizations, are to he permitted to come to Washington ami enforce their will upon Oongress, as the\ did last September in the passage of the Adamson eight-hour law. then th?country is in a had way. Personally, I am in sympathy with .the eight-hour day wherever it is feasible to have it. Effect on National Election. "But every one knows that the Adamson law is not properly an eight-hour law, that it was never intended as such by the men who sought it, although I expect the misinformation spread in regard to this law was responsible for hundreds of thousands of votes being cast for President Wilson November 7. The men who came here advocating the law, admitted to us that it was not an eight-hour law, but a wage-increase lav.-, pure and simple." Senator Gallinger attributed President Wilson's re-election in large pari to the "he kept us out of war" slogan of the democratic campaigners. JOSEPH B.ROOKS KILLED IN FALL FROM EIGHTH FLOOR Well Known Theatrical Manager Had Been Suffering From a Nervous Breakdown. NEW YORK. November -7.?Joseph Brooks, theatrical manager, was killed today by a fall from his eighth floor apartment in West 79th street. Several weeks ago llr. Rrooks suffered a nervous breakdown, according to his family. Today his wife left their bed--j room to prepare a warm bath for him. ; and in her absence he went to the open i window. A few minutes later a policeman notified Mrs. Brooks that her husband's body had been found in the courtyard. Mr. Brooks was general manager of the Klaw & Erlanger productions and was actively associated with many of the theatrical successes of that corporation. He was the first producer of "Ben Hur," and at various periods managed Booth, Barrett, Fanny Havenport, Lillian Russell, William 11. Franc and others. In 19uS he went to England. where he arranged to have the Drury Lane melodramas produced in Chicago. Mr. Brooks is survived by his widow and a daughter, Virginia Fox, Ho was born in Memphis* Tenn. NEW YORK TO BAN : EN AND EGGS | I Housewives to Act on Suggestion of Commissioner Hartigan. I TO STRIKE AT MIDDLEMAN I New York city. in wrestling with the j excessive cost of foot I products, is not , waiting for an embargo to l?o laid by ; Congress, but is tackling the problem in | its lair?the wholesale ami retail dealers. The retailers claim that high prices are enforced by the jobbers, th?- latter blame the producers, the producers blame the consumers for extravagance, and so the ; circle is completed. Meanwhile, there are' no reports ?>t" lessening pri< ? s, and the kitchenette nnd lenoment housewives i continue to live out of paper bags. quart ; measures and "air tights." One New York newspaper claims to "have the goods" on the wholesalers, the! article of commerce and consumption in i this case being butter. The newspaper investigators claim that a retailer who was J selling a popular brand of western butter j at a profit of - < ents a pound was "called j flown" by the wholesaler, who intimated J that unless this grocer demanded the same ; rate of profit extracted by his rivals the i supply would he cut off at the source. So \ the grocer was compelled to boost his j price. Under odicial advice, to wit, the sup- I i gestlori of the city commissioner of the j j bureau of weights and measures. .Mr. H.ur| tignn. the Housewives' Ueaeue of New ; ' York city today started a movement for 'a two-week period of abstention from tht i use of eggs in an effort to greak the ("corner" in eggs which is alleged to exist i between New York and Chicago. Would Bar Potatoes Also. Mr. Ilartigan insists thai ." cents is enough to pay for cold storage eggs | | that were put away bast spring at 20 : ! to 22 cents a dozen, and he advises j housewives to "cut out" eggs from the! family menu for a fortnight. After! that, he suggests that similar "absent treatment" be accorded butter and then potatoes, to demonstrate if the law of supply and demand is still working or ; if nature has changed. : Commissioner liartigau said: "1 ha?l a meeting last Tuesday with j twelve of the most impor tant --gg deu?! ers in New York, ami they agreed of> j cents a dozen is a normal retail price for cold storage eggs." he said. "If : the demand for eggs is decreased by > at least one-half it will lead to the : breaking up of speculation in eggs. The success of a household embargo on foodstuffs was proven two years ago,. i U'llfm Veil" ViivL- ? I.iri.-n ? .. f > J !.? ? , meat at unjustifiably 1ml.1i prices ami ' the prices went down HO ]) ? cent in ! nine days." Meyer l.oii'lon, the > o - * Iit n-pre- : sentative in Congress frojn N?w York ; city, addressing a meeting last night on the East Side, toid his audience that 1 he proposes to introduce a hill provid- i ing that the government take ever tVt | cattle ranches and that the govern; ment establish maximum prices- for j food. Representative Fitzoeraid Commended for His Plan to Obtain Embargo on Food Chairman Fitzgerald of the House ; committee on appropriations, who is to J lead the fight in the House for an em- j bargo on foodstuffs to reduce the ex- ' eessiv?- cost of the necessaries of life, 1 eturm-d to Washington today from a : j visit to his distriel in Hr<?okl\ii. M1\ i ! Fitzgera Id ioinni . stack of grains j land letters pr.l!\ near as h'nii as he is j j'ali comma nding h;s prc>p< s- d .ouisr . 'These mi.-sivis ?\ :m- M an all ove! thej o'.int ry follow t::ii the !u i.aii.-asi pub- \ ^lieati 'U of .his intention t?? introduce j jviding an^mbargo on foodstuff and it.- : 'id vnciM-i in the early singes of the meeting of i 'ong i . s.- . | "In my own ?ii.sti ?vt." said Mr. Fitzgerald. "1 received nothing hut en-: co ura dement of my coming effort in behalf of an embargo. Tim people are! eager for it. They feel the pinch very severely of the sudden raise in prices and will sanction any course which j will reduce the extortionate prices to j a normal level." As he spoke Mr. Fitzgerald was sur- ' rounded as by a wall with a stack of books from the Library <?f t'ongress j bearing upon the subject of embargoes, j There were scores of them, treating, j with i he question from every cor.- j | ctivable point of view. He will g<? , ! through this mass of data an 1 burn i the midnight oil to gather material to (reinforce his arguments in favor of his. bill. He i< quite aware <-f the eppo-i j sition he will have to encounter from I | the farmers and from the exporting interests of the bfg seaport < iti-*?. bur j is getting re.idy to "take them all on." SAY EMBARGO ON F00P WOULD NOT BE REMEDY i | Senators Gallinger and Smoot Asj sert Action Should Cover All Products or None. i I Tiie proposal to piace an embargo on j : foodstuffs now being shipped in large | I quantities from this country abroad will! I not get very far. in the opinio" of Sen- j I a tor tlallingvr of N?-w Hampshire. : ie re- ! publican leader of the Senate has j ! "The rdea is un-American." ssw> Sen- j { a tor Oallinger. "and if it were extended J I to foodstuffs it might just as well l>e ex- | tended t<? manufactured articles. We tried an embargo on American goods in ; the early days of the republic, hut it. did j J not prove popular and was soon dropped." i j Senator Srnoot of Utah, also a repub- ' I lican. said today that lie did not believe j Congress would give much of its time at ! the coming session to consideration <>t [ the proposed embargo. | "I do not believe that the sent intent in j favor of an embargo on foodstuffs in this country is strong enough i?> force this matter to the hue." said .Senator Sniool. j "it would not he popular with tin* farm- I J .^rs of the country. It would not be fair. [ either, to place an embargo on the prodi uots of the farmers and to continue to I permit the export of manufactured j articles which the farmers must use. ; Certainly, if an embargo were placed on foodstuffs it should be extended to other articles." < a _ Shriners Sail for Panama. NEW uHhEANS, La., November 27.-? Charles E. Ovenshire of Minneapolis, ' deputy imperial potentate of the An- i cient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the ' Mystic Shrine, and Ashley J. Abel!, il- ( lustrious potentate of Osmond Temple, , St. Paul, headed a delegation of forty i Minnesota Shriners which sailed for the Isthmus of Panama from here Saturday on the United Fruit steamer Turrialba. The officers will conduct a I ceremonial ou the isthmus, l CATHOLIC ALUMNAE, 2,500 STRONG, HERE Woman Graduates of Academies and Colleges Seeing Sights of National Capital. EXTENSIVE ENTERTAINMENT About. L'. .".*" <? woman graduates of Catholic academies and colleges are sf-oir?jr the sights of the .National Capital today ami bo!up entertained at reception.*, luncheon and a hall by leader< iti official. * -durational and social of Washington. This army of Catholic alumnae? in eluded more than l.h'O delepat.es t ? tin- International Federation of Catholic Alumnae, which has hoeii hold ii;it - second biennial convention i: Ha llim ore. The delegates came over from Baltimore in a special train tins morning to l'niversity station, Brookland. They were met at tilt; Catholic T'niversity administration building: by mor?* than 1,000 local alumnae. Reception in Their Honor. Headed by Tit. He v. Thomas J. Sh. iian. rector of the <'acholic TTnlversity and titular bishop of < Jermanioopolis. the entire faculties of all the schools of the Catholic Fniversity gave a re cci tion in their honor in McMahot; Hail. \'ery K< v Kdward A. Pace, di?V' tor ot studies of the university facultv. was master of ceremonies. A stii ig?-d orclu-stra played in the assembly hall, and the ?'atholic t'niver;ity band, under the direction of Itrv. P. H. Kelly, played in the lobby on tin first floor. Many of the most prominent women in Washington, including several wiv'-s of .ah:net members and Mrs. Kdward T? White, wife of the f'hiof Justice, assisted in the formal welcome. Shown University Buildings. Following the formal reception ii MeMahon Hall, the alumnae gue-? were conducted about the variou buildings on the university campus b\ a committee of ushers and guides from the undergraduate student body of tinuniversity. This pilgrimage also included a visit to Trinit> Follege, conducted by The Sisters of Notre flame d? Xamur for the higher education o" young women, on grounds adjacent the university and to the monasteries of the . i>otninican and Franciscan orders. A large panoramic photograph of the entire assembly was taken. From J'J to 2 p.m. luncheon for the guests was served in the university dining halls, more than 1,800 guests being served. Many of the most distinguished alumnae of the Sacred Heart schools were participants in this closing feature of the biennial ?-on\ en'tion. Thos? present represented Manbatt-Mcvllbr. Kden Hall, Rochester. Kenwood and '*Washington Dny'- for the Alumnae. This afternoon the army of alumnae i.s visiting: the White House, the Pan American buildin.gr and other points of interest in Washington. An elaborate reception and ball will he held this evening in the New Wilhird Hotel from s o'clock until midnight. Mrs. Edward D. White, wife of tie, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ot the United States, is to stand at the head of the receiving line, and with her will he 1 ho wi\es of the cabinet members and more than .t hundreo pj eminent women in the official am social life of the capital. .Miss J'la liiil Howie, chairman of tie committee i'i "Washington which has been planning for this "plav day" ? ! th" : imi.'.i, will make the intiooinlions > Miss <"l..i- I Cov.au. presided <>l t lie lntei'national Ke?k- rat lot:, who i: tun: will present them to Mrs. W!.;i . . ass Ella Lornine l>ors?-y i.* chairmen of th? committee which hi ranged for the reception. Will Assist in Receiving'. All the international officers will assist in receiving. They are Miss Clare I. Cogan, St. Joseph's, Etnmitshurg, Md , founder and first president; Mrs. Janus i. Sheeran, St Joseph's, Hrnmftsburg, M<1.. founder and chairman of the con mittee on organization: Airs. Hugh Kelly, Lore no Alumnae Association. Toronto, Ontario, lirst vice president; Mrs. Frank Hahne. Notre Dame alumnae. Dayton. ' >hio. second fice president; Miss Irene M. fallen. St. Joseph's Alumnae Association. Bnaitwood. N. Y., third vi? > president; Miss Hesther F. Sullivan. St. Klizaholh's alumnae, Fonvent Station. N. J., corresponding secretary; Mrs. Jehu McKnery. Immaculate Conception alumnae. 1 >avenpor:. Iowa, recording secretary; Mrs. William Muldoon. Mount St. J<?s, pa's ;*lumna?\ Brighton. Mass.. treasurer. and the following trustees: Mrs. Howard L I'ainc. Mrs. T K. Phillips. ATrs. Daniel V. Gallery. Miss Margaret J., liu*t anrl Miss C'ecile | >. Lorenzo. The presidents of the affiliated nu gatiizat ions who will l?e in the receiving lii.e are Mrs. I'Any Melee. Mt-s Mary i arlow. Miss Kunjce K Warn* , Airs. William Roach, jr.; Mrs. G. \\ . Evans. Miss Alary Alaloney. Mrs. Alice AT. Hrow ii, Miss Alargerv Lucas, Miss Hu get tic Liewtawd. Miss Mary K..vanaugh. ALss Hortense Mctlowan, AlisDorothy Rouchet* and Miss Josephino Wimsit t. Chairman of Ball Committee. Aliss Nellie Johnson, one of this season's popular debutantes and a graduate of Hden Hall, is chairman of the committee of Washington young women who are in charge of the alumnae hall tonight. Tim other members of the committer are; Miss Marx Lord Andrews, ATiss ' -i. m Mi?? \d. M..riran Hill. Miss Caldron, .Miss Harlow. Miss Klizaboth Hamilton. -Miss Amy Bennett. Miss Margaret Clark. Miss Kt-evrs Harris. Miss<s Tuttle, Miss .Msry Veeder, Miss I ?.Mores Crawford, Miss Houibo Hamilton ami Miss Roberta Wiley. Ralph Snowden Hill is chairman of the lloor committee for the alumnae ball, ami lias with him Bowie Clark, Warwick Kniile Montgomery, jr., Wills a rr? I'ayne .Meredith ami others. W hile the ball is in progress at the Wiliaid. hundreds of the alumnae aio to .accept an invitation to another reception in the Library of Congress, from s t-> 11 p.m. A number of the alumnae are to remain ovei in Washington for a few days as quests of local alumnae, but the big majority of them will leave th?? capital at 12:25 o'clock on a special train for Baltimore. One of the features of the "Washington Jay" entertainment Is a souvenir program. on the first page of which is a sketch giving: the early history of Patholio Washir.gton, written by Miss Klla J.oraine D??rs?:y, an alumnae of liforp'tnwii Visitation Convent. Tli? work of compiling' this program was in charge of Mrs.. W. N. Roach, jr. Visitors of Note. Among* the visiting alumnae are many women of note, who have