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DUTCH OIL REPLY CANTSATISFY U.S. Washington Threat Hast ens The Hague to Deny In clusion in Sumatra. CONCESSIONS SHUT OFF Only Netherlands Subjects Can Manage Exploitation in Djamhi Fields. 'NO CAUSE TO COMPLAIN' Holland Hopes to Keep Amer ica's Good Will, as Japanese Aggression Is Feared. Special Despatch to Tics New Yc-hk Hbkald. New York Herald Bureau. 1 Washington. I). C., May 5. The Netherlands Government has | taken cognizance of the American threat of retaliation concerning the J Dutch Government's policy of barring! Americans from participation in the I exploitation of the DJambi oil fields of 1 Sumatra. The statement explains the j situation in Sumatra and denies policy of exclusion. It is known that! tho Dutch Government is greatly con cerned over the attitude of the United Rtatcs, whose friendship it greatly re lies on in protecting its East Indian possessions against Japanese aggres-1 slon. No official comment was made here to-day on the Dutch statement, but it Is believed that it is regarded as un satisfactory. The statement in part follows: "The primary object, therefore, of the Netherlands In opening the so-called DJambi oil fields on the island of Su matra Is to make these actively pro ductive as soon as possible. In the mat ter of marketing the finished product the most liberal policy toward the con sumer is to be followed. Holland has consistently maintained an open door policy both in the mother country and in her colonies. With regard to actual mining operations the Netherlands Gov ernment has to maintain a considerable amount of control. This is imperative on account of the nature of the country, where conditions are vastly different than in other oil producing countries, for instance, the United States. "No more concessions will be giver for the exploitation of oil fields, but the Netherlands East Indian Government will either develop the oil fields or else do so by contract with persons or pri vate companies having previously been authorized to do so. Thes? companies must be incorporated either in the Netherlands or in the Netherlands East Indies. No limitation is put on the ownership, the holding or the control of the stock of such companies. The man aging and directing boards are to be Netherlands subjects or subjocts of the Netherlands East Indies. Every for eigner can claim residenceahip soon after arrival in the East Indies. "With reference to the obtaining of a contract of exploitation it is thus seen that the regulations do not prejudice In favor of companies of Dutch own ership as against companies which de rive their capital from the United States. "With regard to the present DJambi contract it may be useful to point out that the decision to work the DJambi oil fields through a company in which the Dutch East Indian Government and tho Rataafshe Company work together does not In any way mean tho granting of a monopoly In all the East Indian oil fields to either the Bataafshe or to the purely Dutch corporation which controls tills latter company, the Royal Dutch. In defending the bill concerning tho DJambi fluids in the States General the Dutch Minister of the Colonies has strongly spoken against such a monopol> and has pointed out that within a short NO MORE GUESSWORK AS TO WHAT FILLS STORE PIES Standard 'Stuffing' Agreed On by Master Bakers of Nation Who Feed Near Million Daily, Chicago Leading New York by 75,000 Cuts a Day. Special Despatch to Tin New Yosk IIebai.d. Chicago, May 5.?America's pie la to be standardized. Piemen from all over the country gathered to-day at the Sherman Hotel and organized the Na tional Association of Master Pie Bakers. After an all day session of the sev enty-five pie magnates It was the unani mous verdict that Chicago was the greatest pie eating city In the United States. "Chicago consumes 75,000 pies every day," declared I. M. Stlckert of Cleve land, one of the organizers of the new association. New York comes second, with 60,000, and Philadelphia third, with close to 50,000. The largest ten cities In the country are eating a half million pies daily. "One billion pies are eaten every year time other oil fields of even greater Im portance may be opened up. "The Netherlands Government has openly declared to be in favor of an open door policy and considers that the interest which foreign capital takes In the development of the East Indies can only work to the advancement of the colony. It must, moreover, not be over looked that the DJambl contract has been the subject of negotiations with the Hataafshe Company for a consid erable time. Serious offers from other companies were received only after the contract with the Hataafshe had been signed. Some of these other offers were made a few days before the public dis cussion In the second chamber of the States General of the bill?i. e., at a time when the only action possible was the rejection of tSie bill approving the DJambl contract and tho subsequent holding up of the bringing Into active production of these important fields un til new contracts could be negotiated, signed and approved. "There seems to be, therefore, no rea son for complaint at present in regard to the oil situation in the Dutch East Indies, as the fields will now soon be on the point of actively contributing to the world's supply." COL. HAY WARD CHOICE FOR U. S. DIST. ATTORNEY Selection Not One Recom mended by County Leader. Washington. May 5.?Col. William Hay ward, who served overseas, is un derstood to have been selected for nomination as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York at a conference to-day between the President and Charles D. Utiles, New York Republican National Committee man. Samuel S. Koenig, New York county leader, to whom the organization had left the selection of a candidate for United States Attorney In this district, had no information last night that Col. Hay ward had been selected. Although Col. Hayward belong" to the organiza tion. lie was not one of the four men recommended by It through Mr. Koenig. Mr. Koenig has an appointment to talk with Attorney-General Daugherty on the matter on Wednesday. HARDING GIVES PLEDGE FOR U. S. TO MAIMED MEN Says Republic Should Prove Gratitude to Soldiers. Washington. May 5.?President Har ding gave tils pledge to-day to the dis abled soldiers at Walter Reed Hospital that the nation would not fall In making them fit to embrace "the opportunity which is yours" as citizens of America. Accompanied by Mrs. Harding and Senator Underwood, the President vis ited the hospital upon the occasion of an entertainment for the wounded sol diers arranged by the Alabama Society here. In expressing the wish that the maimed before him night be restored by the wave of some magic wand, the President declared that the next best thing was for the republic to prove its gratitude to the soldiers by restoring thrrn to a condition In which they might live as happily as possible. in the United States, which is proof enough that Krrnch pastry and other hi falutin' desserts are not crowding the great American dessert off the table." i ?Joseph C. Hutchison of Philadelphia, 1 who was elected chairman, of the Na tional Piemen, said: "We Just had to organize. There was too much experi menting on the part of these ^foreign horn American pie makers. The Gov ernment has taken a hand In the manu facture of pies. We have been requested to agree on a standard flller for our pies. No more substitutes. Eggs must be eggs and sugar sugar. Peaches must resemble more closely the original prod uct. The cherry made famous by the cocktail la now to be found In the cherry pie. Our meeting to-day has resulted in standardizing the pie along the same ; line as hair cuts, sauerkraut and fliv- ! vers." CHEESE PROFITEERS RULE RETAIL TRADE Dealers Here Get 39 Cents for Varieties Quoted in West at 13 Cents. 1,000 CANDIDATES MADE KU KLUX KLAN KNIGHTS Birth of Civil War Order of Same Name Observed. Atlanta, May 5.?Initiation of more "lian 1,000 candidates into the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan was carried out with all the mystic ceremonials of the order here to-night at l,akewood Park, according to announcement from head quarters here. More than 5,000 members were in at tendance. the gathering being ir. celebra tion of the founding of the order of the same name in reconstruction days. To-morrow the klansmen will stage a parade and in the evening will go to Stone Mountain, sixteen miles east of Atlanta, where the present order, headed by W. U. Simmons, Imperial Wizard, was organized Thanksgiving Day six years ago. TTl? Notwithstanding the fact that whole sale cheese prices have fallen to the lowest levels they have reached In six years, many retailers throughout the city are selling the same varieties for anywhere from twice to three times as much a pound. In northern New York and Wisconsin cheese prices were quoted at IS cents a pound yesterday, while retailers In this city are receiv ing from 84 to 39 cents. Wholesalers In discussing the failure of retail merchants to conform to the trend of the market, declared this course, adopted by many rctatl stores. I Is Inexcusable, in view of the fact that in all food lines the turnover is rapid and at no time is the merchant left with large stocks of goods. Egbert Seymore of Egbert Seyinore. Inc., 39 Jay street, told a reporter for I he New York Herald yesterday that the wholesale produce, egg, butter and cheese industries were back to pre-war levels, but that normal conditions af fecting the cost of living were impossi ble until retailers contributed their part. Freight rates, he declared, were ruin ously high and would also have to be reduced. An investigation made of comparative prices affecting butter, cheese and eggs yesterday showed retailers generally sell ing at prices out of proportion to market trends. The fanciest quality of white eggs, which were quoted yesterday at 28 to 30 cents a dozen wholsesale, were held at from 45 to 60 cents by retailers. Fine creamery butter, which sold yester day at 38 and 39 cents a pound whole sale. was held at 50 to 60 cents by the retailers. Even print butter was sold at retail prices ranging from 10 to 20 cents a pound higher than sold at wholesale. Retail prices for lamb chops yesterday ranged from 45 to 50 cents a pound; j round steak. 45 to 55 cents; lamb roast, 43 to 45 cents; pork chops, 35 to 40 cents; chickens, 45 cents. H Altmrnt Sc (En. MADISON AVENUE - FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK thirty-fourth Street Thirty-fifth Street Men's Spring Clothing' New assortments of Business Suits, Golf Suits audi Top Goats have been assembled on the Sixth Floor Style, quality and workmanship have been carefully considered, with the result that a satisfactory selection is assured to young men who insist on being right up-to the-minute in matters of dress, as well as to men of more mature age who are inclined to?be conservative in taste. Prices: $45.0(0) to 6. BUDGET MEASURE PASSED BY HOUSE Vote Stands 314 to 9 After Attacks Fail in Two Days' Debate on BiD. CREATES 2 NEW JOBS Similar Legislation Already Acted Upon Favorably in Senate. NEW SYSTEM BY JULY 1 Effort to Place New Positions in Politics Is Defeated by a Larffe Vote. Special Despatch to Tub Nrw York Ubiulo. ?w York Hrrald Bureau, Washington, D. May 5. Budget legislation was brought a step nearer enforcement to-day when the House, after two days' debate, passed the bill creating a Bureau of the Budget and a general accounting office in the executive departments.! The vote was 344 to 9. The Senate already has acted on similar legislation, and differences be tween the two houses will be smoothed out In conference. Representative Good (Iowa) feels confident the bill will be sent to the President within two weeks so that nothing can delay the Inau guration of the new system on July 1. The main differences between the two bills follow: The Senate bill creates the Bureau of the Budget as a division of the Treasury Department. In the House bill it la under no department, but is a separate and distinct Government bu reau. The House bill allows the removal by Congress of the Comptroller-General, the chief accounting officer, without ap proval of the Executive It was this provision that caused former President Wilson's veto. In the Senate bill he may be removed by joint action of the President and Congress. Cnder tho Senate plan the removal must be by joint resolution which requires the President's signature, while In the House bill a concurrent resolution not requiring the President's signature is provided. Some attacks on the fur.damental fea tures of the hill were made In the House to-day. but all failed. As passed, it pro vides for the office of Director of Bud get and the Comptroller-General. Each will receive $10,000 a year. The Director will prepare the annual estimates and the Comptroller-General will be the chief auditing officer of the Govern ment, replacing the present Comptroller of the Treasury. Both offices, in order that they may be kept out of politics and rea.i economies effected, axe for tenure during good behavior. An effort was made on the floor to p1a?e these offices in the political field, but It was defeated by a large vote. Likewise the bill brought up a fight on the present civil service system, the attempt being made to remove nearly all employees of the new bureaus from the civil service. This was defeated 124 to D6. FIGHT ON EMERGENCY TARIFF BILL CONTINUED Democrats Centre Attack on Anti-Dumping Clause. Washington, May 5.?Democratic leaders in the Senate continued their attack on the emergency tariff ajid antl- 1 dumping bill to-day, although friends of | the measure, headed hy Chairman Pen rose of the Finance Committee fought j them at every point. Senator Simmons (X. C.), Democrat, charged Republicans with attempting to transfer "a lot <>f commodities from the free to the dutiable list" by use of the ; anti-dumping clause. Mr. Penrose submitted estimates of Government .actuaries shoeing that i tariff items In the hill would produce ap proximately $ 105,000.00? in the six months the law would be effective. He | added that the .amount was $45,000,000 j larger than the revenue received from I the same sources under the present tariff j laws. NEGROES APPEAL TO HARDING. Srck ICnd of Race Segregation tn ?executive Departments. Washington, May 3.?A memorial asking that race segregation be abolished In the executive departments of the Gov ernment was presented to President Harding "to-day by a delegation of negroes representing the National Race Congress of America, which has been in session here. Tho appeal also asked that the Federal Government exercise its powers against lynching, peonage, restriction of negro suffrage and Jim Crov/ regulations. NO STRIKE EXPECTED BY STEEL CORPORATION Officials Say They Have Few Union Men Employed. Spr-ial Despatch tn Tiir. New York JlnuAi n. Pittsburgh, May 5.?Officials of the subsidiaries of the United States Steel Corporation sa)r they have no fear of a strike or any other trouble with the men regarding the 20 per cent, cut in wages. Union officials were loath to talk, but as there are very few union men in the corporation mills or in the inde pendent mills in this district either, this has no significance. The assertion of men high up in the industry is that inasmuch as the cut by Independents two months ago brought no refusal by the men to accept them it Is not at all likely the workmen of the steel corporation will Jeopardize their inter ests at this time. 1,255 W. Bodies of 1,255 American soldiers who lost their lives in France and Bel gium arrived here yesterday on the army transport Somtne, accompanied by 118 comrades returning from duty on the Gorman frontier. The ship reached Quarantine too late to dock until to-day. BONWIT TELLER &,CO <3f>cetal{jf cSA&pof* Ori^LtaluyxJ FIPTH AVENUE AT 06? STREET m \ Summer Modes in FUR SCARFS *2?fc> TWO SKIN HUDSON BAY SABLE SCARFS 95.00 2S3X> Kolinsky Scarfs . . . . 22.50 Mole Scarfs 25.00 Japanese Sable Scarfs . . 27.50 Stone Marten Scarfs . . . 35.00 Mink Scarfs 39.50 Squirrel Scarfs 45.00 Lucille Fox Scarfs . . . 39.50 Hudson Bay Sable Scarfs . 55.00 Platinum Gray Fox Scarfs . 95.00 White Dyed Blue Fox Scarfs 95.00 Natural Fisher Scarfs . . 135.00 Natural Blue Fox Scarfs . 1/5.00 Natural Silver Fox Scarfs . 350.00 Attention Is Directed To a Large Collection of Russian Sable Scarfs At Very Special Prices m m LAWYERS TO REYISE STATE'S BASIC LAW Gov. Miller Names Nine to Act With Judges in Constitu tional Convention. Spt'-lal Drspatch to Thb New Yoik Hraut d. New York Herald Banto, I Albany, May 6. I Gov. Miller to-day appointed nine law yers who will alt In the convention to meet here next Tuesday to begin pre paring amendments to Article VI. of the State Constitution. This conven tion is authorised to assemble at least once in five years to make such changes hh are needed in the Judiciary article of the Constitution to keep It to date. I* will have power to recommend funda mental changes in the Judicial and legal procedure of the State. Those named by the Governor are William D. Guthrie, president of the New York State Bar Association; Will iam S. Dykman, Brooklyn; Alphonso T. Clearwater, Kingston, formerly presi dent of the Bar Association and Jus tice of the Supreme Court; Erskine C. Kogers, Hudson Kalis; D. Raymond Cobb, Syracuse, formerly County Judge: James Phlll, Norwich, County Judge of ('henango; Arthur E. Sutherland, Rochester, formerly Supreme Court Justice; Daniel J. Keneflck. Buffalo, formerly Supreme Court Justice, and William J. Wallln, Mayor of Yonkers. Other members will bo a Judge of the j Court of Appeals, one Justice of the Appellate Division In each of the four departments, one Supreme Court Jus tice from each of the nine districts. , three State Senators, three Assembly men and the Attorney-General. The I courts will designate their representa- j tives. 'iVJJZ TTjfSJFTflgyr Supreme Beauty of Line has been the inimitable quality that has made I. Jacobs & Co. creations fo widely desired. . . . Nowhere else in New York has the art?the charm?the sheer loveliness of Simple Line seen so high a development. Conns ? Tuilleur". ? Wrap* ? Oriqi* notifies. To Order and far Immediate Wear. Sot Extravagantly Priced. sr. I? JACOBS & CO. | Creators of Gowns. gl 49 WEST 4677/ ST., X. Y. Fur Storage Absolute Protection at moderate cost. Repair ing at special rates during the Summer. James McCreery & Ca Telephone: Fitz Roy 3400 Broadway &ak$ Sc (Ernnparaj at 54th St. Will Close Out Friday and Saturday 121 Women's Smart Suits Formerly 69.50 and 75.00 Reduced to /? t i.dv; for Clearance Suits so beautifully tailored and finished they will appeal to the most critical taste. Fashioned of twill cord, tricotine, im ported tweed, and covert cloth, many tastefully embellished with hand-embroidery. None Sent C. O. D., Exchanged or on Approval. Fourth Floor An Extraordinary Offering Friday and Saturday Imported Beaded Bags at 19.50 Made of Unusu ally Small Beads Those who appreciate the exquisite workmanship of the genuine French beaded bag will be delighted with the rare artistry and charm of these?just arrived from France. Made up of minute beads into richly soft colored designs, they are like bits of gorgeous Old World tapestry. Mounted on shell frames, silk lined and fitted with vanity case. Main Floor Friday and Saturday?Exceptional Values in a Sate of Women's Fashionable Coats, Wraps and Capes Made to sell for 49 50 to 69.50 Special 38.00 Swirling capes that obey the whim of each passing breeze?h andsome wraps with dignity and grace in their every line and the youthful slimncss of demure straightlinc coats these arc presented for your approval?their charm of line enhanced by fringe, embroidery or effective stitching. Developed with expert skill in Bolicia, Duvet de Laine. Tricotine and Men's Wear Serge in the colors of the season, beautifully silk lined. Regular and extra sizes. Tweed and Imported Mixture Coats Special at 39.50 as swagger as they can be' For street, travel, or general utility wear, they arc un-qualed. Tweeds are cravenette-proofed imported mixtures arc London shower-proofed. Silk lined to waist. In brown, heather, oxford and gray. Fourth Floor