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E Labor, Capital, and Probably Public Represented in Pro posed Parliament. A great industrial cong-ra???with ??irii to 1,000 delegates, including representative? of every form o*f labor and every industry in the United States?probably will meet in Washington in the near future, and draft an industrial code. Senator Kenyon plans to intro lui c a resolution providing for such a congres?, which is framed as a ? logical outgrowth of the present na tional imi u tua I conference, which ; reconvenes here today, with Sec retary of Labor Wilson preuiding. Would Meet Soon. The congress Is metnt as a forum for discussion of the proceedings of th? industrial conference and as an instrument of getting the formal co operation of both labor and capital to the machinery for induatrlal read lu.ttni? tit created by the conference. If the reeolutlon la adopted by Con gress, the congress will be called to meet In Washlagton tn the near fu ture. It will be the greateat meeting of labor and capital evar held In the Pun ? .1 States and Is expected to have . results of far-reaching Importance. Oa I anadian Hla*. Following the Canadian Idea, the bill will call for a general industrial parliament to draw up a code for In dustry. Thla is to be the basis for future legislation to be recom.nended te Congress by the Industrial body. Tentative plans call for 100 la bor members, to be chosen by unions and other groups of employes, and one hundred repreaentatlvea of capi tal, to Include business and probably professional men. A third group probably will be. added to represent the public. This part of the plan has not bean worked out definitely. The BUI Itaelf will authorize the Prealdent to call an lndostrlal par liament as described. It is then ex pected that the parliament will make Itaelf a permanent body. Drafting a code of principles relating to recog nition of collective bargaining, living wages, and peaceable settlement of disputes is the first task the organ isation would have, according to present plans. It is also contemplated that a body ?Imllar to the War Labor Board?as the executive body to carry out principles approved by the congress and enacted Into law?would be set up. All Inloiu t? Participate. All of tbe international unione In the American KMermon of Labor would be represented at the congress, ?Bd it is planned to invite State labor commissioners, members of various groups of conciliation and arbitration, and a representative selection of the employing Interests. The national Industrial conference reconvenes today to dlgeat the criti cisms of its recently framed plan for adjusting labor disputes. Both labor and capital have been frank in point ing out what they believe to be de fects in the proposed system, and a large sheaf of proposed amendments will be placed before the members to day. The conference expects to wind up its work in another three weeks, and will adjourn then subject to the ivishes of the President. It will not undertake the work of framing legis lation which makes effective Its rec ommendations unless it is specifically requested to do so. There is little hope that its plans will be enacted into law at the present session of Congress. FIGHT DUE IN STREET AS WOMAN LOOKS ON NEW TOKK, Jan. 12.?Two men approaching orie another at Seven teenth stre. t and Ninth avenue last night., came to a halt about forty feet apart. Rach drew a magazlno pistol (rom his pocket and began to blaze away. About ten shots had been fired when the sound of a police whistle brought the duel to an end, both marksmen fleeing. A woman who had been watching the encounter with Interest also ran. Patrolman Jabllneki, of the West Twentieth street police station, found Edward Bennett, of 468 West Eight eenth street, psnting in a candy store near the field of honor and picked up a magazine pistol not far away. Ac cording to the police. Bennett had in his pocket a spare clip of cartridges which fitted th? pistol. Un was locked up, charged with violating the Sulli van law. The police believe that the w.inun who ran away had something to do M Ith the duel. NEW ZEALAND VOTES WET. WELLINGTON, New Zealand. Jan. IS.?By reason of the failure of the prohibitionists to obtain a majority nf the votes in the recent "no license" eforendnm New Zealand wll remain vet and the present llcnsa system ? III continue. EAGLE HAS 8-FOOT WINGS. WINSTED. Conn.. Jan. 12? An American eagle having a wing spread Of nearly eight feet is In captivity at the farm of Byran Strattnn at llarl land Hollnv.. having been caught In a trap He has offered th?? bird to the I'tty Park at Springfield. Mass. Sure Relief B_\.VKH |J.DN5fSTr0?.J B? 6 BCLL-ANS Hot water Sure Relief E LL-ANS POR INDIOCSTION /^?OUlfTEBB OF WAB ^-* WICK, who u "aoekuig electiuii to th? Hum?? of Common* a? the first woman candidat? of the Labor party. NEWS OF ALEXANDRIA AND NEARBY VIRGINIA January Term of Corporation Court Is Opened?William Wools Buried THE TIMS? BUREAU. 70] Kins Street. ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 12.?The January term of tb? corporation court. Judge Louis C Barley presid ing, opened at the court house, on Cameron street, this morning. The following grand Jurors have, been summoned for this term: Thomas I. Carter, Carroll H. May, Julian T. Burke, Thomas K. Dyson, J. T. Pres ton, D. ? itiilM-li Alexander 8. Donl pha.li. J. M. Heed, and W. E. Stone. The errand Jury today had the fol lowing cases presented to It by Com monwealth's Attorney ?toward W. Smith: Sidney Harris, colored, charged with ?hooting William An derson, also colored, on the evening of December 27 last; Walter Smith, charged with violating the prohibi tion law; David Crockett, charged with violating the prohibition law. The funeral of the late William Woolls was held from St. Mary's Catholic Church this morning at 9:30 o'clock. The Rev. L. F. Kelly, assist ant pastor, sang a mass of requiem, and the funeral was attended by many friends of the deceased. The burial waa In St. Mary's Cemetery. At the Methodist Church South yes terday services were conducted??*!)? the Rev. H. M. Hamm, presuhng ; elder, the pastor, the Rev. E. V. ftas- j ester being III. Thirteen new mem bers were received Into the church. The funeral of the late M? . Elsie Campbell was held from her home, 707 Pendleton street, this afternoon. The Rev. ?. G. Lloyd, pastor of the Second Baptist Church, conducted the funeral services. Judge Samuel O. Brent, of the cir cuit court. Is confined to hie? home by illness. The Lyceum basketball team will play a game thia evening with the team from Camp Humphries at Ar mory Hall, on South Royal street. ML Vernon Council. Daughters of America, at its meting last Thursday, installed officers. The Installation was conducted by Deputy State Coun cilor-Mrs. James H. Mansfield, and the following officers were installed: Councilor. Mrs. O. S. Cradlin; associ ate councilor, Mrs. Nettle Coflln; vice councilor, Mr?. W. A. Shlnn; ast-oclaU vice councilor, Mrs. John Allen; war den, Mrs. Annie Davi?; conductor, Mrs. Loula Meckler; assistant record ing secretary, Mrs. John Clapdore: Inside sentinel, J. H. Mansfield, trus tee, Mrs. Annie Dodd; representative to State council, Mrs. Mary Beach; Junior past councilor. Mrs. Annie Dodd; associate past councilor, Miss Matter Turner. The fire department wa.? called out last Saturday evening to extinguish a fire In the chimney of a house on North Columbus street, between Prin cess and Oronoco streets. The Alexandria chamber of com merce will meet at . Its rooms, on Cameron street, this e'vening. * The city council will hold its first meeting since the Christmas holiday? j at the city hall tomorrow evening. Vacancies caused by the failure of f?eorge E. Warflcld, Harry Hammond, and T. C. Howard to quallfv, after they had been elected to the school board, will be filled. At St. Mary's Catholic Church ye? | terday morning the Ht. Rev. D. J. O'Connell? bishop of Richmond, ad ministered the Sacrament of Confir mation on a cinse of fifty-throe tflrls, thirty-eight boys and a number of | adults. The confirmation took place after the 7 o'clock mass At 11 o'clock the bishop also delivered a sermon taking for his subject the gos pel of the day. Alexandria Lodge ?. G. O. Elks will hold a meeting at its hn'll on Prince street this evening. At the meeting of the Salvation Army last evening addresses were de livered by Adjutant and . Mrs. Kos? Boucher. The Rev. Father Flt_geral?*t. of th? Dominican House of Studies. Br..nk laad. D. C, delivered a sermon to (he members of the Holy Name Society at St. Mary's Church la?t evening. This evenytg Father Flttgerald will deliver another sermon, and th.-re will be a reception Into the Holy Name Society. DODGES OUT OF DANGER. NEW TORE. Jan. 11.?Horace Dodge, multimillionaire autoraobll? manufacturer. Ill with pneumon?a at th? Rlts-Csrltnn hotel, was reportr-d out of danger today. His brother, John Dodge, suffering from grippe at the ??in?- hotel, waa said to be in a aerloti? condition, but confidence ws? expressed In his rscotCM. PROVE BALKY Bituminous Operators Refuse to Accept Commission's Rul ings Without Reservations. Bituminous coal operatore repre senting all the district? of the coun try declined to accept, without raa ervation, the authoQ^y of the Coal Commission to inquire into wages and fix prices at the initial t>e>~ion of the commission today. The operators ttsked ten questions on which answers are desired from the commission ami which may be a condition precedent to the operator? going ahead in the hearing. Miners Agreed to Accept. Miners agreed to accept the commis ?ion's wage award without reserva tion. The statements of both miner? and operators were pre.sei.ted to the com mission, appointed to brlng^about sat 11? m? m of the coal controversy, as the ln<iulry opened, John Lewi*, acting president of the United Mine Workers, spoke for tho miners, and Thomas Brewster, for the operators. QuestlBBB ?.f Opa-ratvr?. Brewster in a long statement raised the reservation? in the form of quei lions. The questions he propounded are: 1. Will the investigation be con fined to the central competitive field only? 2. Will the award be final and con stituting a new wage contract? 3. Will the commission provide a way to enforce the decision? 4. Will the commission investigate and consider the "check-off" system? fi. Will tbe commission fix a basic principle by taking evidence rela tive to wages? ?. Does the commission hsve the power to adjust wages upward or downward? 7. Will the findings of the commle aion on wagea be retroactive? 8. Will the commission determine the cost of producing coal In ion?. and adding 14 per cent for wage In creases, determine fair prices now? 0. Will the award apply simultane oualy with the expiration of the Lov er act? 10. Will the commission take in due consideration improved devices In mining as factors in the cost of op?ra tion'! Clalsaa < laaal?rattoi>. Mmrtl There was a wordy exchange be tween Chairman Robinson, of the commission, and Brewster, during whleh Robinson demanded to kt.ow If answers to these questions by the commission are a condition precedent to the operators submitting to the final award. Brewster said they were to clarify the issues, and if anything Is to be ?submitted to arbitration they wanted a ?clear ?tatement as te what was being submitted. Hoi.? ti sor wanted to know If the answers were not satisfactory to the operators, what would they do. Brew ster stated that in anything submit ted to arbitration by them they would abide by the award, and he added that those matters should be sub mitted by stipulation. Take? I Bder ?onald?-?ilion. Robinson announced the commission would consider the operators' ques tions and would make a statement later. In opening the hearing. Robinson urged speed in the matter of bringing evidence before the commission. Rob inson declared tha tall fields would have an opportunity to present their __M before the commission and that th? action beginning with the cen tral competitive district would enable the commission to form a basis in dealing with other district?. Mlaers Will Abide. Robinson then proceeded to ad dress the miners and bluntly a*ked them if they came prepared to abide by the commission's decision. "We are here to assist and co-op eratc in reaching a decision," said Lewis. "We have no reservations to make and shall abide by the ?commis sion's decision." . RAH MEN'S DEMANDS ARE REFUSED BY ITALY Government Deems Ultimatum of Employee "Unacceptable" Be cause of Burden. ROME. Jan. 12.?The government has announced that the demands of the railway unions were 'unaccept able." There is every indication the unions will carry out their threat to .strike. The government's statement de clared the men's demand for a new wage -. ni. would entail an addi tional burden of nearly seven hun dred million lire, thus bringing the railroad deficit to over one billion lire. All this, the statement pointed out. muat be borne by the people. After an all-night meeting the cabinet announced today the gov ernment Is Krostly preoccupied with the Internal situation resulting from Increasing agitation now In progress. There It ? grave possibility, the ?ablnet statement said, thit extrem ists will seize upon unsettled con ditions to foment a general strike, plutielnit the Ignorant and disap pointed masses Into sanguinary con flict. PLAN SAVINGS CLUBS IN ALL U. S. BUREAUS The organisation of savings clubs In Government departments, loca' stores and factories Is the aim of fh?> National Thrift Week committee as ? part of Its campaign in the District. It waa announced today. Such clubs would make It conven ient for members to deposit savlnga or to purchase savlnga stamps and would also provide ?mind Investmente for the protection of members by giving ready ao.ee?? to hunkers competent to advise on the matter of invest ments. The central T. M. C. A will fur nlah speakers and nrgatjlxers tn as sist in the formation of the clubs. Scientist Invents Reloading Rocket That Is Capable of Reaching As Far As the Moon 'T ' ' ' Prof. Robert H. Goddard, of Clark College, Fab ricate* Multiple-charge Mechanism That Will Go Higher Than Any Other Instrument A method of sanding apparatus . to the hitherto unreached higher lay- I ?ra ?f the air to tbe ragions beyopd the earth's aimoaphera. and even as far aa the moon Itself, Is described by Prof. Robert H. Ooddard, of Clark Collage, In a recant publication for the Mmltnaoiilan Inalltultuu. ? Th? new apparatus 1? a -nvulttpl? ? liara? high efficiency rocket of an entirely new design. "The great scientific value of Pro fessor Ooddard ? experiment?," say? ihr announcement, "II?? In tbe possi bility of sending recording appara tus to moderate and extreme altitude? within the earth's atmosph?re. The nature of the higher level? uf the air haa for a long time been a subject of much speculation, as to their ch?m Icsl composition, temperature, elec trical nature, density, oxone content, etc. The highest level that has ever been reached up to the preaent lime with recording Instruments Is auout nineteen mile?, accomplished wlih a free balloon. Aa the earth'? atmo?-. phere extends some -00 miles out. there la a great unknown region, knowledge of which would greatly benefit the science of meteorology. Thirty a.r Milea a Mlaat?. "The time of ascent of the rocket will be very short, only ?'. minutes being required to carry the apparatus up 230 miles, somewhere near the outer limit of the earth's atmoephere. The too rapid descent of the record ing Instruments could easily be checked by the use of a small para chute. "Professqr Ooddard Is at present, under a grant from the Smithsonian Institution., perfecting the reloading ?t.?. ?.??. ?o wli?r?by ?uccaaalve charges are laseried lu the explosion ? hainbei during Its upward flight, and Il I? hoped shortly to be able to dem onstrate tbe practicability aad value of thia new type of rockst." The inalltutlon'e statement con tinues: "An miei i-ating ?peculation de acribad in tli? publication arising from iixi Ooddard'? work I? on the p.iaaibllity of ?ending to tbe surface of tbe dark part of the new moon a ?ufYlcient amount of the mo?t bril liant flash powder wbleh, being Ig nited on Impact, would be plainly vis ible lu a powerful telascop?. Al? la ?.aia?, K.re. ?... "Till? would be tbe only way posai ble of proving that tb? rocket baa really left tbe attraction of tbe earth, aa the apparatu? would nevar com? back once It haa escaped that attrac tion. While thia experiment would be of little obvious aclentlflc value, Its auccessful trial would be of grea4 general Intereat ,aa the first factual ?ontact between one planet and ?*>? other." Weather forecasting, for Instane?, could ??? greatly Improved If 11,? ?? higher regions were known. The present method of sending up a bal loon Is uncertain, but with Prof. Ot>d dard's new apparatus, which will go atralght up and come straight down, the whole operation will not con sume more than half an hour. Balloons cannot be depended upon, because they may descend miles from their place? of aacent. and the weather bureau Is compelled to r?ly on whoever finds a balloon to Inform It of the fact. Many times the find ers pocket the delicate recording ap paratus the balloon carries and say nothing more about It. ? Pre-Inventory Sales of Boys' Clothing; ELD as a companion event with the sales of men's clothing, prices are reduced with the same pur p o s e?t o reduce stocks before inven tory. Prices on like merchandise for spring and fall must be much higher than present regular prices; we are paying more. So while they can, thrifty mothers should buy boys' wearable at these reductions: $13.50 and $15.00 Suit? and Overcoats -u.$11.75 $16.50 and $18.00 Suit? and Overcoat?.$13.75 $20.00 and $22.50 Suite and Overcoat? .$17.75 $25.00 Suite and Overcoat?.$20.50 $30.00 Suite and Overcoats.$23.50 $35.00 Overcoats.$27.50 $16.50, $17.50 and $18.50 Macki naw?.$13.75 $13.50 and $15.00 Mackinaws.$11.75 $12.50 Mackinaws.$10.25 $2.00 and $2.50 Plush and Velour Hate .$1.65 $3.50 and $3.75 Plush and Velour Hate ./.$2.85 $5.50 to $7.50 Plush and Velour Hate .$4.85 ? $8.75 to $10.00 Plush and Velour Hate .$6.95 $3.50 Sweaters.$2.75 $4.50 Sweaters.$3.50 Odds and Ends of Boys' $1.50 Union Suits; fleece lined .$1.10 Boys' $2.50 Wool-and Cotton Ribbed Union Suite.?.$1.95 Nationally Known Slors for Men and Boys THE AVENUE AT NINTH Daily, 8:30 to 6 COLLEGE HEAD FAVORS BUDGET PLAN FOR ?. S. ? ?. hola? Murr?. Butler ei (?.--.bla V.uu-1 Havr < ?bine! Off! cere Kr ??*? ? ? ibi?. fc.? tab n ?h m ?mi ? ef a budget ?yaUm with ? provisto? retiuirinc Cab?a?! oITlcar? te attend aesaton? of Confrr?. ? ?d anawri .JUC?llul.? floUl th? filKir was urged today by l'rraldant Nicho las Murray Butler, of Columbia Us.1 varaity. before the ?eoate Budget Committee. This would Ax upon the President and his administration complete re sponsibility fer errors an? dellinf-?n elea In spendin?; Oovernnient fund?. Butler ??i.i "Under auch ? system only those men i-ould maintain th??selve? aa Cabinet ofTlcers who had administra live ability and knowledge of their departmental bualna?? with which to maintain their poaltlone before Con ?,?. aa," Butler added. Thomaa K. Ulle, ?apart accountant, formerly An-nclal adviser to Carran sa. toltf the committee that monthly comparative operatine statements for each Government department "will do much more toward aecurins economy and efficiency in the Ooeeniinent than any form of budget which may be d? vtaed." He recommended reforma elm liar to some adopted in Mexico. WOMEN'S HIGH TOP SHOES DOOMED, DEALERS SAY BOHTON. Jaa. 12-Marked change? ia w?m<?a'a footwear mere for.^-aal b> m?.?? of th?- ? al?oual Shoe Ketallrr?' \? iMM lai l?lt. ?111. Il opened It? HI IK tt annual convention hrre u?l?) Milady'? high lop ?ho?- l? dmim ed. Manufacturers arc dtvollag their pruduti????* to low cuta, ? loth lop?, too, a til ?ovn be paaae." High coat of material? la ihr rauar. Modele of ????? footwear on display hate either long or imdiuni vampa, the es treme ?hoi ? vasap of France not being popular In America. Member? of the convention reti?nalr<t that 6,000 delegate? ture here. Special trains bore delegatea from St Looia, Cin cinnati and t'hicago. Thoae from Milwaukee, Kochester and other ?hoe center? came in private ??ara attached to regular trains. DEATH NOT END CF UFE, LECTURER DECLARES D*c|arm? tuat peycfeic i<.v?*t'a? tvra had reatoved th? -eielofoi? m??. eemeeiuea ?read of the life baraaf ter and that the unmasking of death is on? of the a>e*i ?inking re aulta of the recant war. ? W. boner?, in the Aret of a eottree of lectura? give? at the Kalelgh Hotel, laat ui ,at discussed lite latest Investigan???? of clairvoyants aad paychle?,1 wor-ere "la Australia." aald Mr Unger? "I found soldlera openly expressing ime belief that death Is not the end ef life, end that their comrades ? h .?? physical bodies war? ahol ?w?? are ?till living realities. en Oliver UM*? ?orne liate aso declared that a new continent had buen discovered; chs ewntlurnt uf -n luvialble world, juI thai 'already e baud ut dariug In vealigalora have landed on It? lre?_t. ?run? but promlalng ahur??.' " c Yicifs\? -YOUR tOOYCUAR ROUP Spasmodic croup la usually relieved with one apptuattoii of? ?ODYGUARO" - SOf. The Pre-Inventory Sales E conduct only two general sales a year. They are the Semi Annual Pre-Inventory sales. One before the summer inventory and one before winter inventory. The idea is to reduce stocks so that stocktaking will be simple. This time, it will not be so cheerful to see stocks de pleted. Replacement will cost big money. Yet we must face the higher costs in order to keep stocks moving and selections as to style, up to date. Twenty-one hundred men's suits and fifteen hundred overcoats are reduced. Rever sible leather overcoats are reduced. Fur-Lined overcoats are reduced. Patrick mackinaws and coats are reduced. Separate trousers and vests are reduced. 195 Blue Serge Suit?. Sizes 40 to 50, in recular models and models for stout and tall men. Worth up to $50......$28.50 Men's $25 and $30 Suit* (odds and ends of tfiscon? tinued stocks) .:.. .$1.5.75 Men's ?$35 Suits.$29.75 Men's $40 Suits and Overcoats. .$33.75 Men's $45 Suits and Overcoats.$38.75 Men's $50 Suits and Overcoats.$42.75 Men's $60 and $55 Suits and Overcoats.?$4975 Men's $70 and $65 Suits and Overcoats.$58.75 Men's $75, $80, $?S5 Suits and Overcoat?.$64.75 Men's $75 Dog-lined Overcoats.$69.50 Men's $1?S5 Fur-lined Overcoats.$155.00 Men's $200 Fur-lined Overcoats.$165.00 Men's $215 Fur-lined Overcoats.$185.00 Men's $225 Fur-lined Overcoats.$195.00 Men's $250 Fur-lined Overcoats._$215.00 Men's'$275 Fur-lmed Overcoats.$235.00 Men's ?00 Fur-lined Overcoat*.?_$24500 Men's $80 Leather Overcoat?.$69.50 Men's $90 Leather Overcoat?.$79.150 Men's $100 Leather Overcoats_.$89.50 Men's $110 Leather Overcoat?.$99.50 Men's $125 Leather Overcoats.$112.50 Men's $225 Fur-lined Leather Overcoat*..$195.00 Men's $20 Patrick Mackinaws..$17.75 Men's $25 Patrick Driving Coats.$21.75 Men's $15 and $16.50 House Coats.$11.50 All Separate Trousers and Fancy Vests.15% off Nationally Known Store for Men and Boys THE AVENUE AT NINTH Daily, 8:30 to 6