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VOL. xxvm
NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 10, 1919
MRS. HENRY R. REA.
Only  Field   Director of American     Ked     Cross.
Mrs. Ilcnry U. I!cm. wife of a iiii'in- ber of llio Wnr Imlusirlcs Hdunl, is ilie flrst nnd only field diivi-loi-, nf ilie Anierienn Ked Tross. Slie niiilvs ns mnjor nt Wnlter Itei'd IIu-<|iiliil.
AiiJAwiRiissir
IMPERiLLED BY REDS
Greatly Outnumbered by Bolshe¬ vlki, Britain Now Fears Tragedy Like That of Kut or Khartoum.
l.nndiin.—The curtiiln lias been raised for tlie British luildic on the position of the nllied nrmies in North Russin for tlie tirst time. The serious situation In tlie Miiriiiniisk region unci the ntteiiipt hy the Hnlshevilii to drive the nllied troops on tiie Archangel front intd tlie sea nre the cause of much anxiety.
The London afternoon papers cir¬ culated posters throuKli the streets with the startlin.i; iiiirnses, of \vhich "the British army Imperilled" was typical.
The puldlc liouuhf the papers easer- ly, hnvlii}.' no idea wlilcli army "'as refeni'd lo. Some of tlie papers de¬ clared that anoiher Kut surrender or Khartoum   tr!i).'edy  llii'eatened.
Sir Ernest Shackli4iiii, the explorer, who lins just retuiiuMl from Uussia, where he superintended the winter OUttittiiiK' nnd feeding of liie expedi¬ tion, eonlirmed tlie daiiKer lo the al¬ lied position and armies. lie Is cred¬ ited Willi slirriiii; Hritlsh otiiiials Into B lieeiier realization nf lhe seriousness of the position In Uussia. . Sir Ernest declares In an Interview that hoth fronts are In danger, nnd that tlie Bolshevist peril is a very real one because the entente forces are outnumbered hy disciplined and well armed and well equipped troops In ciose touch Willi the allies extend¬ ed, but by no means strong, front.
"We must .avoid the possibility ot mother Khartoum," says Sir Ernest He urges the need of sending rein¬ forcements immedlntely. Tliese, lie asserts, can ivacli Murmansij from England In less than a week.
The situntlon is giving the British military authorities conslderablo anx¬ iety. Announcement was made that British reinforcements will follow Ini¬ tnedlalely the Amerlcnn troops now on the wny to Norili liussla.
Hegarding the .\rchniigel front, It It pointed out that during the time the allied troops are Isolated by Iho Ice the Bolshevlki are likely to make a determined attempt to drive Ihem Into the sea. The linlslieviki liave su¬ perior forces nnd ns Ihelr section of the Dvinn river iluiws sooner thnu the part occupleil by the allies, they have   an   importnnt   iidviiiitn;.'e.
The allies, therefore, it is lielieved In military circles, nre likely to hnve » hard time and it Is felt to be essen¬ lial that the troops be reinforced.
JOHN   D.   AIDS   PREACHERS.
Contributes $250,000 for Northern Bap. tiat Aged Ministers' Fund. New York. -- .Annoiincemeiii was made here that .Fohn r>. Uockefeller had contributed ,'i!2.'in,(K)0 to a fund be¬ ing raised by the Nnllnnal Committee Df Nnrthern I'.apllst l.nyiiieii to rare for aged ministers nnd missiona'-les. Mr. Uockefeller nlso has offered to contribute S.'iOO.OOO more, it was said, tf the committee raised the rest of a fund sought for rei'onstruotloii work «t home and nhrond.
STILLMAN   LEFT $40,000,000.
U. 8. Will Qat $9,000,000 and Stat* $1,381,561 as Inheritance Tax. New York.—James Stillman, cliair nan of th» Board of Directors of the National City Bank, who died on March 18, lOlg, left an estnte of tha rnss value of $tO.;i;tS,l21.40. Debta, funeral expense* and executors' com- BUslons nmount to «2,RS7,00«7'2, leav- ^S IX net taxnblo estaie of $:i7,4.')l.. K2.77. The Ktnte Itiherltuncu tax will *• »l.a8l,5ei.29 und the funeral tax 19.000,000.
GENERAL  BLANQUET.
Said   to   Be   In   Mexico to Oust Carranza  Ring.
Washington.—The stnte department hns been Informed Ihat (!eii. .\urello Blanquet, who was lliierUi's minister of v.nr, hns arrived In .Mexico nfter a sojourn of four years In Xew York, nnd Is now co-npcrniliig with Gen. Felix Iiinz In nn elTort to overthrow the Carranza government.
ITALY INSISTS SHE MUST GET THE PORT OF FIUME
WAR DEBT JULY 1 $24,000^00,000
Representative Good Warns Con¬ gress and Nation of Need of Economy.
OVERME.4  nv  DIRIOIHIiE
IS NAVV'H OBJKCT
47      BILLIONS      FOR     WAR.
New  House  Appropriations  Head   Re¬ views   Financial   Difficulties to  Be Overcome—Government Needs $3,800,000,000 Coming Year.
Premier Orlando Says His Gov¬ ernment Will Fall if Jugo¬ slavs Win Seaport.
Parls.^Interest as regards the Iieace conference is centered largely upon the Italinn sITUntion. The Itnlian propngnndu, always very active, show¬ ed a new burst of vigor to the extent of 8prea<ling reporis that the Italians might withdraw from the peace con¬ ference If their demands for Flume are not grnnted. It can be stated that neither the Americans nor the British attach much Importance to these reports.
Nevertheless, it Is admitted that f'remler Orlando was aroused by the action of the conference In hearing the Jugo-.Slnvs, ns he contends thnt to Italy they are the same as lier- nians. Although he lett the meeting as a protest against tliat hearing li» was present at the session of the Coimcil of Four, but the Italian ques¬ tion was not toucheil.
The [irolilem now has renched n point where it simply must he settled in the next few dnys. Italy has re- Jei'ted the idea ot making Fiume an International port. Premier Orlando says that If he does not get Flume his government will be overthrown immediately.
A most awkward situntlon appears to have renched a head through the President's IndlsiHisition to give Flume to Italy, while at the same time he ap¬ pears fearful of the consequences of a refusal of her demand. One of the highest   authorities  staled:
"Tlie sltuauon has much Improved. Tlie fnct is tiint the trenty now is be¬ ing nctunlly drafted. The Council of Four decided to co-ordinate the draft¬ ing of committees of each nation by appointing a ceiiirnl drafting commii¬ tee working directly under the couu¬ cil. Many articles of the treaty are finished already; these cover trade re¬ lations and many economic matters."
A great advnnce In settling the troublesome question of reparations lias been made by the acquiescence of llie French In the proposal to have the amount Cermany must pay fixed al approximately $,')0,000,000,000. The lepnratloiinl sections of the treaty will give (Ieruiany between twenty-six and ililrty years in which to pay this amount on condition tliat $.'>,0(X),000,- (H)0 he paid In cash and the rest under I rovlsloiis by which Germany shull contribute a percentnge of her surplus annually.
Wnshlngton.—Unless the Amerienn people nre aroused to the need for a businesslike ailniiiiistratlon of (lulillc affairs an<l the strictest watch over the government purse string even .$4,- 000,000,000 Congresses will be noth¬ ing compared with the annual aiipro- prlntions wliich will be necessary. This is the forecast made by Uepre- sentatlve Good (lowa), who will be chairman of the House /Appropria¬ tions Committee when Congress is convened.
In Mr. Good's opinion the country will never return lo tlie basis ot lire- war expenditures and appropriations. Tills, he snid. Is Inrgely due lo the necessnry contlnunnce of some war nctivities and the strong pressure cer¬ tain to be brought to keep in existence many others whose usefulness is ex¬ tremely doubtful. Inierest on the debt of the uaiion alone wili amount to more than 91,000,(X)0,000 also, he de¬ clnred.
In a comprehensive review of the apiiroprlations of the government dur¬ ing the war period Mr. Good says that the total for the next fiscal year, as nearly as it can be figured before the appropriation bills which failed nt the lust session are enacted by the next Congress, wili be more than $10,(XX),- 000,000 and that the net appropria¬ tions during the war and for the fiscal year 1!)20 will be just beyond $47,000,- 000,000.
Mr. Good estimates the receipts of the government from customs nnd in¬ ternal revenue for tlie snme period nt $16,6.'57,82,3,503 nnd the sule of bonds, notes nnd War Savings Stamps at $25,888,9o4,4S5, a tolui of receipls ot $42,546,777,069. He says July 1 will flnd the United States wltli a wur deht of $24,000,000,000.
Tables given hy Mr. Good show ap¬ propriations enacted by the iast Con¬ gress totaled $1,193,804,914 in regular bills; in miscellaneous acts $1,117,71.'?,- 436 and In permanent and liulefinlto measures .$2,074,280,880. He suys this is the status of approprlallou bills that  failed  of enactment:
Agrrlculture (passed House)..!     31.r.73.022
Army   (iia.sstd   House)  1.070.529,088
Piptrict   of  Columbia   (ii.^ssed
House)   	
N'a\ y   (jiassud House)	
Sundry, civil CPassed House). Third   deficiency,   fiscal,   1919
(pa.ssed  House)   	
Indian   (ronference)	
Railroad appropriation (passed
>Iouse)   	
14,01)3.71)1 72U.7U3,000 851.171,849
26,337,265 11.066,597
While three of the four big N. C. Iplanes  of  the  navy  aer  being  tuned jup  tor    the transatlantic    flight,  ar- jrangemenU   are   being  quietly   made for a  Jump across  the ocean  in  an American navy dirigible. I     The proposed    fllglit by    a lighter jthan air  machine   Is  not    imminent. With a groat British Zeppelin report- ,ed   virtually   ready   for   an   overseas 1 flight, it may be that our smaller dir- jlgihlo will not have a cnance for the I honor  of  being     the   first     to  cross. iOne    American    non-rigid    dirlgitile jhas made an endurance flight of ap- ,proximately 1000 miles wiihout stop. I     The British are laboring under on-i jbig  difflculty  in  connection with  the proposal to send a big rigid dir'^^'bli across the  Atlantic-     While this  ma¬ chine is said to have remained in the air 100 hours and behaved well   even in     a  blizzard,  fhere  is   no   suitable place for a landing on this sile.     A landing place could be provld d,  hut no       hangar     nearly       enough     to hoid  Pirch  a  ship  of  the  air  1ms  yot beeu huilt on this sido.
Op the contrary, there pi-' in Eng¬ land and Ireland a considerable iium- b"r ci' hangars for the sma;i;r non- rigid dirigibles such as the navy wiil jsend across. The fliglit from this jside to England, on account of pre- Ivailing winds, also will he much les.s difflcult than coming in the other di¬ rection.
II is entirely possible thai the British rigid airship can carry suffici¬ ent fuel, nil nnd other supplies to make a round trip across the Atlantic Ti.ere is reason tor believing, how¬ ever that our British friends wouid greatly prefer making a landing )U i'his side, owing to the uatir-al ua- ^certainties of aerial navigation in un- 1 tried fields.
i Navy Depariment officials and avia¬ tion experts would not conflrm th3 j report, published on authority ot the I Aircraft .Manufacturers' Associatioa. that the first N-C airplane will start jfrom Rockaway Point, April 15, for fhe base in Newfoundland from which jit wili make the jump-off in the Ir&ns- atlanlic flight. The tact that the base which our planes are to use in Newfoundland has not yet been defi¬ nitely chosen, It was pointed out, nat¬ urally makes the date of the depart- ture of planes from the Bay Shore station somewhat uncertain. Ample notice will be given of the date on which the start is to be made.
Naval aviators do not expect to stop between Rockaway Point and the Newfoundland base. Arrangements will be perfected In advance for a stop should one become necessary, Ihrough engine trouble, a sudden change iu the weather or any other cause.
The transatlantic flight of the navy planes will not be a sporting proposi¬ tion. It was undertaken deliberately and with a view to contributing some¬ thing of permanent value lo the science of aerial navigation. It is on this account that every detail is being studied with the greatest care and every safeguard provided that human ingenuity can  foresee
Commauaer J. H. Towers aud hia associates in the transatlautic aecUon grow wore conhdent aa llieir plans de¬ velop thai the Uigut will prove suc- cesBiul and blaze a iiail ilirougu tlie air acioss llae ocean ior miUlary, iiai- al aud commercial flyiug meu t > lol- low in the fuiure.
750,000.000 Total    13.476.264.522
Mr. (!ood points out that in addition to tlie.se measures an appropriation of $8'Ji)..'!7.'i,293 is necessary to meet a deficiency In the general apiiroprla¬ tions in the quartermaster depnrtment and Hint $l„''i0O,(KlO,0n0 will be needed f<ir additional appropriations to dis¬ charge wnr contrncls and mnke loans nlready authorized to the allies. This brings fhe total up to $10,191,505,- 049.
"The revenue out of wbich these ex- trnordlnary expenses must he met," snid Mr. Good, "will be obtnlned from our eusloms duties. Income tuxes nnd nlher liiteriinl revenue receiids. posta! receipts and miscellnneous receipts. In¬ cluding Intiu-est from foreign govern¬ ments and <niial tolls, whlcb In the ag¬ gregate should yield ubout .'fo.l.'iO.OOO.- IKJO.
"Tbe appropriations to supply de- flcleiicles In tlie various departments nre chnrgenlile agaiust the fiscal year ended June .'iO, 1919."
Former  Ueputy  Comity  Clerk  De.til.
I Jouii J. aeip, u lormer secrelury of lUo Easiou cjchool Dislrici uua De¬ puty Couuiy Commissioners' Clerk, died   suddenly   ou   Salurduy   o\euiug
;lust al his home, Easiou, ol acute iu- digesiiou. He had been ahout as usual duriug the    day and    evening
I and was about to retire for the night when    he was    stricken.     Lately Mr.
jSeip hud been   employed    aa a book
IN RACE AO^I ST GERPiMARCHY
Government  Exp'oits Arrival of
First Food From United
States in Berlin.
HALTS BOLSHEVIST CAMPAIGN
Special   Food   Cards   Issjed   for   Flour and    Fats—Hamburg    Gets    First Supply—Mining  Strike  Situa¬ tion Worse—Bad  Harvest.
Berlin.—Tlie situation In Germany Is developing Info a iieek-an<l-neek rnee between .Vmerican food and Bol¬ shevism. To <lie(k the Spartacan un¬ rest, the governnieiit liegnii nn Inten¬ sive home propiignnda exploiting the nrrivui in Berlin of the first food frnm .-Vmerlca—300 Ions ef ll.uir. The gov¬ ernment also predieied the arrival ot large sliipi'ients of tuts and bacon, for which the lenn Teutons most yearn. Thc government promises in- cren.sed rations of fats us nn Easter present.
The first beneficiaries will be tha industrial centers, cities of more than ."lO.linO inhnhitnn'.s. Speeiul new food e;,r(ls will lie issued entitling the holders to buy American foodstuffs. The per cniiita weekly rations will be, leiiiporarily, four and a haif ounces of
LATEST m^^ IN ABRIDGED FORM
Events That Concern the  Two
Hemispheres Recorded So as
to Be Read at a Glance.
big trade flelds. Jle.iiurme the dispute that lius urlseii over the power of the board tlireatens tlie entire price flxing policy.
Fiiriiuil announcement of the termi¬ nation of the negotiaiions between tho Unired States government and the In¬ terna tionul -Mercantile Marine Com- puiij Lor tile purcliHse by the govern¬ nieiit ot the ships of the company un¬ der British registry was made by P. A. S. Franklin, president of the com- puny.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS EPITOMIZED.
GENERAL
Paragraphs   Which   Picture   Executive
and Legislative Activities at the
National  and  State
Capitals.
bacon    and    one    nnd    three-quarter I ^5^^,^(011 as it appeafs in the   Art Clu.b  at   Philadelphia  and  which  give   our ounces of fat, distriluifed through the !correspondent the idea of his suggestion.
e.xisting food control system at a min- 1 ^ _     '  	
imiini cost of 62 marks a pound (about $1.44). There will also be a weekly per capita flour ration of nine ounces af a mnximum price of 2 murks nnd n hnlf u pound (nominally about 00 cents).
The underfed Germans were also very glud lo learn that Hamburg wns the flrst G«rninn city lo eat American food since the United States entered the war, Amerlcnn flour having been dlstribufed in that city.
The Berlin Tageblatt, wbich is plaj'- ing pro-British politics and has hecome bitterly anti-American, suys, however, that the price of American flour Is so high that fhe proletariat and the mld- <lle cinsses cannot afford to buy It, so the effect will be thnt It will beneflt only the wenlfhy, who are already able to obtain an adequate food supply by Illegal  means.    The Tagehlntt adds:
"Thus America thanks us for the surrender of our slilps, whereby Americu will do a splended business at the expense of our exhausted na¬ tion. This is nothing but scorning us."
Tbe Tageblatt says further that in the prr>cess of unloading an .-Vmerlcnn foodship "an ungodly amount" of food was stolen and thut already 40 long- sin iremen have been arrested for stealing flour.
So that ibeGerman people will not be led to squaniler food by excessive optimism aroused by tlie arrival of .\iiiericnii supplies, the government Is letting if be known widely that the next liarvest will be a very poor one, claiming that with most favorable weather,   fbe  harvest  cannot  possibly
PEACE   BULLETINS
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keeper  in  the offlce  of  the  William i'-•'¦ Wharton, Ji^.,  Company.
Deceased wus a son o£ the late .Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Seip aud was horn at Seipsville, Palmer township, 63 years ago.     Ho wus educuted in the publio
exce<Ml ono-hnlf the normal
Kespite liie salisfaction that the arrival of .Vmerican food Is causing, I unrest among tiie masses Is Increus- Ing. The internal fate of Germany cdntinues to tremble in the balance and the struggle between the forces of order and anarchy will be protract- 'i'lie flnul decision probnhly will not come for five or six weeks. The subsidence of Germany's Chauvinistic attitude on the Pnnzlg question caused Incrensed confldence on the Berlin     Bourse,     prices    showing     a
scliools of that township and later eu-! ""¦""*'   upward   tendency, tered Trachls Academy, Easton 1     f^" f'"' """''" '"""'• "'« most serious
l-or    somo     ycuia    uu^r     Uo     i^j.,.   news of the day is the outbreak  of a Trach's  ue  was emyiojed  aa u  licik   -^-'i^'™'   '•'<'^^''  '"   -^HKshurg,   Bavaria,
by  the  bridge duparlmeui  ul  the Le-
WORLD'S   NEWS   IN CONDENSED   FORM
TO    TAKE    SYRIAN     PLEBISCITE.
Dr. H. C. King and C. R. Crane Named  for America.
Paris.- I'r. Hetiry O. King, president of (Ibi'MIn College, und Charles R. (^rnne have been named as tbe Amer¬ lcnn members of the Interallied Com¬ mission designated hy the peace eon¬ ference to investigate conditions In Syria, take a plebiscite and submit rpcommendatlons on the disposition of iiy ria.
The delegates from other nations hare not been a'nnounced.
SCORNS GERMAN UNION.
PaderewskI Says Poland Must In Jus¬ tice Get Port of Danzig, j.^rl,—Premier I'nderewskI of Po¬ land, In nn Interview declared thst there cun be no union lietween Ger¬ many and Polnnd. The question ot the flnal disposition of Pnnzlg, he mi¬ lled. iiiii«l bo solved The port must be given to one conntry or the other. „nd It wonld be an act of Justice to give It bnck to Polnnd, fo which I>nn- xtg bad belonged li; years gone by, he said.
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NEW YORK.—John R. Hegeman, president of lleiropolltnn Life Insur¬ nnce   Conipniiy.   dli's   suddenly.
WASHINGTON.—Charles F. Rea vis, Uepulillcnn representative in Congress from Nebraska, says Greut Britain Is acquiring n monopoly of South and Central Amerlcnn trade.
PARIS.—Under Bolshevist pressure tbe .VlTles nre about to evneuafe Odessa,  the Pnris  Mnfln  snys.
WASHINGTON.—The   Army   Signal Corps hns devised an "audible bencim," and  a  phonograph,  to  guide  aviators In landing nt night or In a fog. a   combination   of  wireless   telephone
PARIS.—Allied troops en the Arch¬ angel front repulse Hve Bolshevist at¬ tacks In two days. Amerlcnn ofll(«ers In Purls regnrd the sitUKlion ns grave.
BERLIN. — Tha Empress Augusta regiment, which became Infected with Spartacan Idens, wns disarmed hy Ger¬ man government troops.
WASHINGTON.—President Wlleon In a letter and Secretary Bnker In an address to the Filipino mission now in Washington encouraged hopes for com¬ plete Independence
WASHINGTON.—Ne recognition of the Soviet government In Russia Is contemplated.
high Valley ruilroud, iheu uuder su- perviaion of lhe lute William PuscO';- He then becume proprietor ol the ho¬ tel at Seipsville, which he conducted for six years-
From tile lime he mov^d lo Eaaloa, Mr. Seip look au active interest in public aflairs and wua elected to pre¬ sent the Seventh ward lu the School Board, lie was chosen secretary of [the Board and while serving in that capacity he put the offlce on a sound, systematic business basis. The same careful attention to business characterized his terms as Deputy Commissioners' Clerk
-Mr Seip was active iu the affairs ot the DemocraUc party in NorlUaimp- ton couuty aud served as secretary of tho Couuty Commiitee for a number of years
He wns married to Mlss Anna Hel¬ ler, who with one daughter, .Mrs. Floyd Moser; one brother, Peter H. Seip, of Wilson township; two sisters Mrs. Peter Hess, of Bethlehem, and Mrs. O. F. Bowers, of Easton, two half-sisters, Mrs. Joseph Keller, of W'ilsou township, and Mrs. Charles Heinzelma'n, of Easton, and one step¬ sister, Mra. Eugene Krumnacher, of Easton, survlvee him. He was a faithful member of St Lukes Luther¬ an Church and took a great Interest In the Bible class of that church.
us a demonstration In fuvor of the Im- medinfe introduction of a soviet re¬ public in Bnvurin. Thousands of workers ut a mnss meeting in Augs¬ burg were nroused to a frenzy of en- thusinsm by B<ilslievist demagogues who slioiileil in favor of Revolution."
[ China lias asked the I'enee Congress to abrogate ull tlie treaties and uiiiler-
i standings lietween Peking und Tokio, incluiling the 21 demands made by Ja-
I pan iu May, 1915.
I      Tlie French press is much perturbed
' by the agivement of Marshal  Foch to
' send   the   Polish   legion   home  by   rail
: tiirough Germany. The decision is re¬ garded as a Germnn diplomatic victory
j and a  certain  indication  that Polund
. wili not get Danzig.
I     fir. HellTerich, formerly Gernian vice
I chnneellor,   in   bis   book   on   "Pre-Wur
j History," quotes the Kaiser ns saying war w<iuld have been averted  but for
; Russia's mobilization.
I     Tlie   Hungarinii   Bolshevist   govern¬ ment    has   declared    war   on    Serbia (Jugo-Slavia),   says   a   dl.spatch   from i Vienna.     .-VII   Serlda   hns   been   plnced |
i under mun iul law, lhe dispatch adds.
i David l.loyd George, premier of Great   Britain,   dt'iiies   that   lliere  are
\ any dissensions between Frauce and England regurdiiu guarantees for Fiance against (Jermaiiy. He de¬ clares that the Uliderslanding is com¬ plete.
j The League of Nai Ions drafting com¬ mittee-hus compleled fifteen articles of the League of Nations covenant, which  uow  contains  iwenty-seveu  ar-
I tides. It is not known what the ad¬ ditional arlicle is.
I The one-time .Associated Press cor¬ respondent in Berlin tells, afier six Weeks in Germnny, of cunditions there
'Tlie  Tliird 1 "'"' '*'-''^'* '''" l"'"=*l'eet of long continued
. disorders.
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PITH   OF    THE VICTORY   NEWS
I Premier PaderewskI left Warsaw ; for Paris to present Poland's cuse be¬ fore llie pence congress. llif object ot his trip is to sliow the necessity of Bnunciul nssisiunce to re-esiabllsh in¬ dustry and I'liuiii tlie Polisli anny.
Premier Lloyd George In an interview in Paris declares the peace treaty Will be ready by Easter and may be handed to the Germans the last of this month. He declares there are no divergences among the peace delegates.
The Syrians appeal for the United States to be the mandatory for an undivided  Syria.
Japanese delegates to the peace con¬ gress oppose the proposal for a uni¬ versal forty-eight hour working week, and ask a ten year respite for Japan, which the British consider would be too strong competition.
The Rainbow Division which Includes the "old Sixty-ninth," Is all packed up ready te leave the Rhine for home.
New Syrian party wants Ameriea to guard   nation.
peace conference to keep   land  un¬ divided under league pact.
The chief surgeon of the American Ex.
-    WASHINGTON
j      Congress   on   reeonveiiiiig   will   lake i np the matter of greater eoiiipeiisution jfor   soldiers   tolully   incapaeliated   or niainred lu tho war.   li is propi^ed that ! an allowance of $100 a month be made to men sufTering total permanent dis¬ ability.
Senator Ixidge has changed his whole line of reasoning regurdiug the treaty making powers of the Presi¬ dent since 1900, according to Homer S. Cummings. who quotes from the sena¬ tor's speeches in Congress of 1U06 to prove It.
Packers announced removal of gov¬ ernment restrictions will cause no tiecllne in  meat  prices.
Moderate,   petition   ,.,^"   "'""'•''   '"'   ;'>;lependence   wa. 4,  ,    ,._j  .._   ; laid before the United State, govern¬ ment  by   the  PlLHIppiues.     A   mission consisting of 40 prominent native, of ^,.,              _ , the   l.lauds,   heuded   by   Manuel    L.
peditionary    Force,   accuses   many j q.^^^^   president of the Filipino sen-
""   ate, presented the appeal to Secretary Baker ui  the  war department.
Appeals bave beeu made to Presi¬ dent Wilson to dectds tbe degree of authority iHissessed by the War In- diistries^ Bptri In^OxlDf prices In tbe
medical officer, of gross negligence in the handling of typhoid and para¬ typhoid fever, abroad. Memorial services fer the American war dead ars held In Westminster Abbey, London.
.\itorney General Palmer la prepar¬ ing his opinion on the Debs caw and his report will be forwarded to the President  shortly.
.V telegram to President Wilson from the sulTrage ineeting in St. Louis told the President that the women Were tor the League of Nations and thanked him for "ids effort. In be¬ half of woman  sulTrage."
Fifty-seven arrests were made by police of Tacoma in tlie jloting which took place when memliers of the Sol¬ diers' and Sailors' Mutual Aid Associ¬ ation attempted to hold a tag sale which  the  police had  forbidden.
\'\ ashiiigton politicauis see an effort to organize a soldiers' party, which, Willi 4,0tX),i»00 meiubers, would be able to sway elections for years to come.
Senator Owen urges international H;;iienielil to liniii per capita circula¬ tion of nioney—wuriis of danger to World  flnance as intiution  increases.
llevenue stamps for 2% per cenL beer will not lie sold by revenue col¬ lectors pending receipt of an opinion from .Vttorney  General Jalmer.
Fxi>erimeuts are being made by nu\y nviutors und sulimarine. near Cape May, N. J. ; aiipluiies are eu- deaviiring  to  detect submersible..
Jolm E. Hegemnn, president of the Meir li 1 Iilan Life Insiiance Conipany, died ill .Mai.inr neck. .\. V.. followins nil illiiL-ss exu'i:ding mer nearly two years He \mis .seveiil.v-fnur yenrg Old. .Mr. Ile^^emaii iiud lieen connect¬ ed wiih tlie Meiropoliian for 49 years. Organized labor at a mass meeling on ilie (."omiiion, Boston, under the auspici'S of tlie Boston Cenlral Labor Union, protested intificatlon of the proliibition umeiidment without an expression of opinion from the peo¬ ple, und adopted a resolution calling upon the President to repeal his proc- lucuniution, eft'ective July 1, provid¬ ing for wurtiiiie prohibition. Leaders esliiuuted the utleudunce at 50,000.
Teiegrupliers order general strike vote afl'eciing 400,tXJO worker, in af- fllinted unions.
A lisl of ofhcers who were awarded the Distinguished Service Medal con¬ tuined the I Mines of Major General. Leonard Wooii, Hugh L. Scott and John  F.  Morrison.
That the slabillzution of business at preseni priie levels rosis within the power of industry itsflf. Is the belief of the National Federation of the Building Industries.
A strike of 10,000 machinists In the Snn Francisco Bay shipyards sine* February ended whon the machini.ts accepted nn offer tiy their employers.
Secrelury oluss will upeu the Lib' erty Loan campaign at Cincinnati.
The Ursi American nurses' unit to go to France after the declaration of war returns to New York aboard ths Heredia, Intact after 28 months' ac¬ tive duty uehiud both Britlah and Anierli-aii front line .renches. Many decorated for bravery under flr*.
Jame. W. Uood, chairman of the House Committee on Approprlstlona, says additional taxes and bond iasuM m^y be niTeisary to mMt ths JnaiMrUI ueeds of tbe government for the next flscal year.
General nirkroan'a SOB of southern tlyliig fleld, and his tlve oflicer are killed when tbe engtaM of their airr>n<Hi ntcrtit nnd th* nMi- <' Ine crasl.js tu earlli lu n '.MU foPt Inll nnin
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