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Hines' Plan Met With Surprise and Protests by Mill Owners. Director General Walker D. Hines, of the railroad administration, has definitely decided to employ the President's war powers to com¬ mandeer all possible steel rait pro¬ duction to supply the need* of the roads instead of bidding in the open market for the product of the mills This became known today, as the de¬ tails of Mr. Hines' new policy as it affects big orders at the varioul mills were announced. Seised At Mills. Tonnage of steel rail* comtnan- deired at the various mills by the War Department, at Director General Hines' request, will be as follows; Mldval* Steel and Ordnance Company 26.000 tons; Bethlehem Steel Com¬ pany, 10.600 tons; Carnegie Steel Co.npany, 12,000 tons; Illinois Stee' Company, 12,000 tons, and Tennesset Coal, Iron and Railroad Company. 12.000 tons. Steel manufacturers have met Mr Hines* latest move with surprise, and irom some quarters protest was reg- istered. Some of '.hem regard Mr Hines' move ^disapprovingly, because it Is believed that It Is aimed particu¬ larly at those manufacturers who ar- asking $57 a ton for open hearth rails. This figure is an advance of Sid a ton over the stabilization price agreed upon between the Indus rial hoard and steej manufacturers a year ¦tgo. The reason for Mr. Hines' new pol¬ icy was clear when it was shown hut the Railroad Administration Is sorely in..need of 2S0.000 steel rails, nd this amount it would like to have .ofore the roads go back to private ontrol March 1. Ralls laatead of Cash. With orders previously" placed by- Mr. Hines for 42.500 and the 72.600 Sure Relief >.^l INDIOfSTIOffJ Sure Relief BURNSTINES 'ESTABLISHED s*ye \ i. r " . V. Gold Silvui no'IVtmum Pub. hastp . Ft* MA«UTS£-ri/iymi Puoposcs . I 361 PENNA.AVE. PHONE MAIN 5382 BRITISH THROTTLE SMALL NATIONS, HE SAYS rARIl. Jmm. Mb.TkuU «. Ik* i urmIkj «f Ikt ¦ rr»l ¦rlllak <lflMuil*u at Ikt laklr. ike llttl« uUmu .( ikr IM Ikrlr MUHIM tkrwt- IM k|r wkldl '¦ l»f»tp«wtl»g la ikr irvaljr a . Ilaalailaa Ikal m atakfr .» tk« ¦raaar kr r*ralll(4 ta accallaie .»rrlal ctaarrfUl Irrallra »¦»- arlac mm/ partlratlar aatlwa. Hraee, raatlauaaa ¦¦all aa- tlaaa, aark V> ikr Ualkaa atatra. w kirk n*«M dran a4«aala|r* tr»m rtrlpnral acrawralt ta will kr akllard ta trair wllk rark alkrr aa Irraaa M«latr4 by Kaglaal wltk kcr alar vatea. tona which will' be forthcoming un- ier the commandeering order of Sec¬ retary Baker, the RiUrotd Admin¬ istration still will 9»« the roads 103,000 tons, as a replacement Item. Mr. Hlnes would rathet give rails than cash before the data for the roads to go back. Under the co.nmandelr order the price to be paid Is lo be Axed at . conference later to be held between Director General Hlnes and heads of the companies Involved. Some of the compnoieaaKmonK which the com- nundeer orders were allocated have not raised their prive above $47 a ton, and it Is believed that Mr. Hlnes will hold for this price. He will re¬ sist stubbornly any effort to fix a higher figure. The Government's order. Invoking .var-tlme powers to supply the need for steel rails, will have the effect of giving that product a priority on the V>ooks of the mills, ahead of othir naterials for privtffe consumers. Cer¬ tainly. with the tremendous demrnd upon the mills, it will result in mills nodifylng their promises of dollv- ery under private contracts. Even In the face of these conditions, how¬ ever. Director General Hlnes Insists that the needs of the roads are para¬ mount and his program of better¬ ments Is. to be carried out If it Is possible to perfect it before he re¬ linquished control of the roads. Y.M.0A. MUST RECEIVE $18,000 IN FOUR DAYS With only four more days left in which to raise approximately $18,000, the workers in the Washington Y. M. C A. campaign are bending avery effort to raise the desired $25,000. A general appeal was sent out yes¬ terday to former contributors and supporters of the T. M. C. A. to seiid donations to Clifford L* Johnson, di¬ rector of the campsign. Central Build¬ ing, 1736 G street, northwest, and thus obviate the necessity of a member of the committee calling on them per¬ sonally. A great many of the workers for the campaign have been taken ill and this accounts in a way for the slowness in collecting the fund. BILL SEEKS REPEAL OF EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT ALBANY, N. Y.f Jan. 30..Repeal of the Federal prohibition amendment by a Federal constitutional conven¬ tion is sought In a bill Introduced In the legislature today by Assembly¬ man Louis A. Cuvilller, of New York city. The bill proposes the legislature petition Congress to call the Federal convention for this purpose. Mothers VVho are contem¬ plating p u 11 i ng their sons into long trousers have a chance of a life¬ time to buy the boy a handsome all-wool suit at less than whole¬ sale cost during this great sale of closing out all our Ready - to - Wear Suits. A Good Assortment of Sizes In Strictly Young Men's Suits 33 to 37 SUITS MI.D FP TO tso. par .85 17 II* M«rr Whnlraalr SUITS SOLD IT|» TO $ .85 24 Wcrtk lit More Wktlmlf M. STEIN & CO Quality Tailors and CMkltn 810 F Street N.W. OpM Evnlyi Until I P. M. Daring Sal* SALE Of LEGION j TICKETS FILMED Vioe President Marshall and Speaker Gillett Aid Vet¬ erans' Circus. sr'aws T«r d-x- t£K houKi o' ? buv ticket# to a official du"**0'%dbSy u moving Plc- clrcua. *« r**° ,h. .lepB of the Cap! turts qamera oU the atepa « tol today- K . .D<x 2 for Th' ff'Xl Which win be tha Doi/fhboya clrfu'i>bruary 14-20, h6lh i* .hi District of Columbia |oal« to help the Dlatrii i to i-are |or wound-dTnd alck .oldie. In the h»- glials here. Mill Hrl* »*l4l,nk K i^Btrr Jones. Dlatrlct com- b«ierof«: AjMrtc.n^on. the aalea. *-,^'"Jn0»iraa «tar.-d committee of V** to .very Individ- °Uf .l° .hi Dlatrlct With the worthy Ut\ t , , « » refu.al will be per- object In view, no purchaaera mltted from P'®*£c^ r./uutlon P»r- The clrcua will be » "»ng formance down to the red and every '"^#bed° UK.,ented with lemonade It win fe.,lonai tale.U some of the beat p h Bar. ,r°ro r'Xu"y SSTiS. o. A.ee IS; the conatruction J*' th. aren*. ^e.WlUBoTarne o^'tlmera at the 3 general committees were today an¬ nounced aa follows. \ kmc at ( aaaaaJtta*. Honorary committee.rh« Vice ! a'm'C" S Mrs Justice I. McCoy. Koyal lives. Mrs^ Justic 0eorKe Har- C. Johnson. Maj. Nlblack. g-£fs "=:£ir, sr. &.sra.r^^>.,K,?r1srg! Manufacturers A» president Fed- sx;:-'" . Itoland S. Bobbins. E tester Jonoa, Genera, committee-"U J J ^ chairman; John t C ^ | :2S'Ti. " "".¦<?». «>" *>».«. * ' wi a \f arv A. Bliss. J* 15. Cover . p .. j powd. Jaipes A. Donovan. Cec" J- " William J. Drain. Frank r HarT«.y, Henry Ml- Adelaide g y^rddBrMr.. H0^ Knl^WerW-ker. Roy S. I-m"e;h^_e"D Alexander M">nn. WmUU M Peter Julius I. Peyser. HOW*L ,Ml. ^ Purdy. Mrs Blanche M1BS Estelle R- M,g(, R(lSC C. Slater. Alfr "1, B' Thompson. F. Stokes, Mrs. char ,, . wilanr. Mrs. 8. F. Tillman and H;. U wua ^ Ticket hem4n«rteran vanla ave- SfiTSS*2t'coXl Jones' Office. «S Fifteenth street northwest.^ CITY FLOODEOWTTH BEER. PITTSBURGH, Jan. hundred gallons water from ar«\.:.n nr° PL The beverage was dumped lnto the river by revenue agents. PRINCESS RADZl WILL, formerly Miss Dorothy Deacon, of Bos¬ ton, who ha* appealed to the Pope for an annulment of her marriage to the Pol; iih prince of that name. The princes* bases her plea on the ground that she was forced into the marriage. SOCIALIST PROBE VIEWED AS FARCE (Continued from First Page.) baum Is assistant to the chair of hls- tory In Columbia University." Seymour Stedman. for the Socialists, brought out through Algernon Lee the dl/fcrence between the Ilolshevikl and the Menshlvlkl In Kussia. He raid the BoUhevlkl were given that name because they were In the ma¬ jority. L*e described the various branches and brands of Socialism In Russia, going back to the Russian revolution in 1005. ' "In Russi^," said Lee. "no party that was progressive would have re¬ pudiated physical force. ATI oppo¬ nents of Caarism were driven at time* to use force." "We don't need to go into this Russian thing," Insisted Judge Suth¬ erland. Ktrrmk; Regime Collated. . "Did the Kerensgy government col¬ lapse or was It overthrown?" asked Stedman. Ignoring the protest. "Did the Kerensky government col¬ lapsed. It cut from under Itself the support of the people." said Mr. Lee. "Didn't the' Bolshevik! overthrow the Kerensky government with Ger¬ man money?" demanded Assembly¬ man Cuvllier. "That's untrue." said Lee. "It's not untrue," shouted Cuvllller "I have It from the State Department in Washington that It Is true." Chairman Martin, at this point, ruled that no more questions be asked about the Russian situation because l>ee had no first-hand Information. "All right," said Stedman. $4 and $5 Hats $1.85 ' -Pre-Inventory Sales TT7TE have gathered 458 W Soft Felt Hats, of makes that we haye discontinued to stock, and set $1.85 as a price to replace $4 and $5. I There are hats of several col¬ ors in varying styles to suit men of all ages. There are 458 Hats.but there are not enough for 458 men. Men will be buying these in twos and threes. Here is head- on value! Nationally Known Storm forMtn and Boy THE AVENUE AT NINTH Daily 8:30 to 6 PNEUMONIA DEATHS INCREASING IN D. C. Eighteen Deaths Recorded in 24 Hours, at Against 15 From Influenza. <Cootlnn«d from First Page ) town Hoaplul. Alfred Fautb, 46 323 o street northeast. Heaths reported from pneumonia vere: Charles Schiller. 67 years. Jolted Mates Soldiers' Home; bottle Irooks, 21 years, 1216 One-half street outhwest; Alfred Ward. 1 year, 420 V street northeast; Kvelyn West. 10 Uf»r«, 2204 Kleventh street north- vest; Lena ltogers, 26 years, 702 Aashliiston street northwest; Thomas loul, ;<0 years. 326 Maryland atenue outhwest; William H. Anderson. SO /ears, 1164 Twenty-Brut street north a est: L«ottle Fowler, <17 years, Provi¬ dence Hospital; George Horsey, 1 /far, 4817 Forty-flral street north- vfrt; John W .Kelster, 6 months, 2104 I'ennsylvanla avenue northwest; Irene Cady, 33 years, 000 Morton street northwest; William H. Dlsmey, 33 years, 6411 Klghth street northwest; l.eola l^adson. 31 years. 613 Shepherd Ureet northwest; Florence B. Kem- r>er, 28 years, 1619 Oak street north¬ west; Hattle Hawkins, 30 years, 138 ¦'ranees street southeast; Mary W. Vllllams, 24 years, Oarfteld Hospital: "Vrdlnand DeSota Johnson, 26 y< ars, I328 Q street northwest; Char'es E. llrunthaven, 73 years. 603 Twelfth street northwest. Disease Mpreadlag. Iteports to the Public: Health Serv¬ ice on th*e Influenza situation today showed the disease Is apparently spreading with equal swiftness in both cold and temperate sections of the country. Washington State reported S40 cases, while Texas has #23. Florida reported many cases in ail sections. The disease also has appeared in rural districts. Out of 300 cases re¬ ported by North Dakota more than 200 were In rural communities. A telegram from Public Health of¬ ficials at Honolulu reported that "numerous cases of Influenza are ar¬ riving here on vessels." Mtaatios Xot Alarming. State health officials In South Caro¬ lina reported 35S cases to date, indi¬ cating "a general return of the epi¬ demic in mild form, especially In lo¬ calities not visited by the disease last year." .Surgeon General Blue again today emphasized that the situation is not alarming. No request for assistance Ttaa receot Appeal of tha Joint nc commlllM of lh« Asso¬ ciated Charities and the Cltiaana' Relief Aaaoctatlon for III.#00 baa brought return* of M.OM up to data. Klf to«n thousand dollar* la the minimum amount at 111 re¬ quired by the** family aoclal service afrnclci to ». them through. Thalr worker* are standing guard against Buffering and material dlatreaa .In volume above the usual becauee of the widespread pravalance of Influ* ansa Wage earners who are try- Ing to support families on In¬ comes barely sufficient to make ends meet In prosperous times are being forced to ask for aid be¬ cause of prostrating sickness Contributions may be deslg- ated fo relther charity or for 'both, according to their respective needs. CUNO H. RUDOLPH. Presldant. JOHN JOY KDSON. Treasurer. | Associated Charities. WM. H. KLATH Kit. Treasurer. WILLIAM C RIVKS. President. Cltlsena' Relief Association. MILTON K. AILBS Chairman, H. 8. RKKMIDE. Treasurer Joint Klnanca Committee. Social Service House, 923 H street northwest- from the Federal Government have been received, he said. Reports from some sections are: Michigan. 2.400 cases of Influenia and 202 of pneumonia; New Mexico, 85 in¬ fluenza; North Carolina, 4'.'; Alabama, scattered erases; Idaho, 200; Montana. 142. with 32 In Billings; C'oloi ado. 1.200 cases, mostly In small towns, except 192 In Denver: Missouri, 450 In St. Louis, 215 In Kansus City, 56 in St. Josephs, 25 in Jefferson City, 23 in SpriiiKflelil; Wyoming, 1V5; Penn¬ sylvania, »07, and 05 in Providence, R. J. . JEWELRY STORES CLOSE AS NARK'S VALUE DROPS BERLIN. Jan. 30..Heads of two big Berlin Jewelry shops in the Unter r »n Linden announo-^ today their »t -en would be closed, declaring busl- ne j cannot be conducted under pr« *ent conditions because of the low value of the German mark. The stores art the Friedlander and the Werner shops. Going.going. -Pre-Inventory Sales # TI7E take inventory next /- VV week. Saturday and Monday are the last two days for these reductions. The last two days of selection from entire stocks at these sale prices! Men's Clothing will. probably never again in years to come be offered at prices so attractive as these: ^ $40 Suits. $33.75 $45 Suits and Overcoats $38.75 $50 Suits and Overcoats $42.75 $55 and $60 Suits and Overcoats $49.75 $65 and $70 Suits and Overcoats $58.75 $75, $80, $85 Suits and Overcoats $64.50 $75 Dog-Lined Overcoats $69.50 $185 Fur-Lined Overcoats $165 $200 Fur-Lined Overcoats. $175 $215 Fur-Lined Overcoats $185 $225 Fur-Lined Overcoats $195 $290 Fur-Lined Overcoats $215 $275 Fur-Lined Overcoats $235 $300 Fur-Lined Overcoats $245 $80 Leather Overcoats $69.50 $90 Leather Overcoats $79.50 $100 Leather Overcoats $89.50 $110 Leather Overcoats $99.50 $125 Leather Overcoats $112.50 $225 Fur-Lined Leather Overcoats $? 35.00 $20 Patrick Mackinaws $17.75 $25 Patrick Driving Coats..$21.75 Nationally Knoutn Storm for Men and Boy* THE AVENUE AT NINTH Daily 8:30 to 6 U. S. PROSES B.DS MADE FOB SHIPS Precautions Taken to Prevent Vessels Falling Into Hands Of Gigantic Trust. (Continued from rtrat Pa«« I vervlce Id which the ship will b« placed If he buys It, give iiaur*Dc'> that such service will be permanent llacloae the wiuHDt of American ton-, life he already own*, disclose the pirctnttfe of fordfn ownarahlp or nterest In the company doing the bidding, and provj particular fitness for the propoaed service. The Government * attitude la that It haa taken conalderable time to build up the American merchant ma¬ rine to Ita preaent total of more than 16.000,000 tona. and that every pre¬ caution ahould be taken to prevent a monopoly or foreign Intereata getting control of it. / nan of the innate Commerce Com¬ mittee, which la considering bllla to Ox permanently the atatua of the American merchant marine and l«- fallie the aale of Government-owned hips, said today: "I have heard It charged that at¬ tempt* to get control of the Govern¬ ment-owned ahipa were to be made by certain Intereata, although auch r charge would be hard to prove and T don't know anything about It myaelf." Hritaln May Seek Oatral. Benjamin C. Marsh, of the Farm- era' National Council, told the Sen lto committee today that Brltiah In¬ tereata,* working through J. P. Mor¬ gan & Co.. are seeking to get con¬ trol of the vessels. Much opposition la developing be¬ fore the committee to a provision in the bill whereby a limit would be placed on the time the board baa to sell the ships. "I don't think that would be wise." said Jones, "as it might force the board to sell ships under less advan* tageous conditions than It mlsrht otherwise. We must not allow pri¬ vate parties to take the cream of this shipping and let the Government hold the balance to dispose of at a great sacrifice." «OT TOLD? HTAKT TODAY Taking Father John's Medicine..Advt. WOMEN ENLIST 10 CUT LIVING COST \ Dcpartemnt of Justice Interests Housewives in ifation-Wide Movement Sup* to organize the womm ul tbr District of Columbia as a unit In a nation-aide drive against thu high coat of living were begun at a Inert 'tig In thu Department of Justice thle noon, called by Mlas Edith 0. Mtrauas. assistant to Howard E Klgg, hi ad of tho H. C. L. division. . The District women's division of th» H. C. L. campaign waa organised with Mrs Matthew T. ticoit. permanent D. A. R leader, as chairman. Flfty-fiv« representatives of women's organ!- cations were present. ITnder the plan outlined by Mlt Strauss the women will engage In s campaign to put Into practice b; every housewife In the District th«s« fl*e fundamentals to decrease the cost of living: 1. Decrease the demand in order to let the aupply catch up. 2. Direct the buying energies to necessaries only. 3. Eliminate illegitimate profit by the use of complaint cards to be turned In to the fslr price committee. ?.Use their influence to stabilise the labor condition. S.Run the homo on an efficiency baais. Too ^ ? WANT TO DANCE? This Reason's New Bteps taught by Prat. Cain. America's foremost dancing teacher Teaching exclusively at the RlliHTWAV MMOOI. OF DANCING. Ull New York a<e. (bet: 12th A lltb ate» Only up-to-date Dancing Academy South of Near York. 7ou need not have appolot ment. Private leoaona any hour. Tic Private room for begtnnera Open lam to 10 p. m Phone Fr. 7114. ; I I 1 1 I 1 I'l I I I I'l f I ri TTTTTT . Port Arthur Aaerksa and Chinese :: RESTAURANT :: glg-g!7 Klstk gt. N.W. Business Lunch, 40c, 11 to 2 .. ' ¦ Daily; Special Dinner, 80c. 5 to «¦ ' ' 8 p. in.; Sunday Dinner, 11 a. in. ' ' to 8 p. ».. Beat l«n lee la the City. Phase Fnaklia 381*. " ' Two days longer -Pre-Inventory Sales THESE Men's Furnish¬ ings offers are in ef¬ fect until Monday closing time. Prices go back to normal, then. And "normal" is goihg higher all the time. So buy while prices are below normal. and save like this: Men's $1.00 Neckwear (3 for $2) 69c Men's $1.50 Neckwear $1.15 Men's $2.00 Neckwear $1.55 Men's $2.50 Neckwear $1.85 Men's $3.00 Neckwear $2.35 Men's $4.00 Neckwear $3.15 Soft or Stiff Cuff Shirts; were $1.50 and $2.00; not all sizes. .$1.15 $4.00 Russian Cord Shirts (3 for $10.00) .<. $3.35 Madras Plaited-bosom Shirts; were $5 and $6 $3.35 Discontinued numbers of Full Dress and Tuxedo Shirts; some slightly soiled; not all sizes. . . $1.35 Men's $10.00 Silk Shirts; Fancy or White $7.75 "Irish Linen Weave" Handker¬ chiefs ; were 25c (per half dozen $1.10) per dozen $2.15 Broken assortments of Men's Un¬ derwear, Wool Mixed and Ribbed Balbriggan; not all sizes Vz Price Wool-mixed Half Hose; Black or Natural; value up to 75c; per pair $4.00 Wool-mixed Pajamas; light weight, per suit $2.85 $3.00 and $3.50 Woven Madras Shirts .$2.65 Nationally Known Storm for Mm and Bey THE AVENUE AT NINTH Daily, 8:30 to 6
Transcript of BRITISH SMALLNATIONS, IN HESAYS · 2017-12-13 · turts qamera oU,h.the.lepBatepa of« the Cap! tol...
Hines' Plan Met With Surpriseand Protests by Mill
Owners.
Director General Walker D. Hines,of the railroad administration, hasdefinitely decided to employ thePresident's war powers to com¬
mandeer all possible steel rait pro¬duction to supply the need* of theroads instead of bidding in the openmarket for the product of the millsThis became known today, as the de¬tails of Mr. Hines' new policy as itaffects big orders at the varioulmills were announced.
Seised At Mills.Tonnage of steel rail* comtnan-
deired at the various mills by theWar Department, at Director GeneralHines' request, will be as follows;
Mldval* Steel and Ordnance Company26.000 tons; Bethlehem Steel Com¬
pany, 10.600 tons; Carnegie SteelCo.npany, 12,000 tons; Illinois Stee'Company, 12,000 tons, and TennessetCoal, Iron and Railroad Company.12.000 tons.Steel manufacturers have met Mr
Hines* latest move with surprise, andirom some quarters protest was reg-istered. Some of '.hem regard MrHines' move ^disapprovingly, becauseit Is believed that It Is aimed particu¬larly at those manufacturers who ar-
asking $57 a ton for open hearthrails. This figure is an advance ofSid a ton over the stabilization priceagreed upon between the Indus rialhoard and steej manufacturers a year¦tgo.The reason for Mr. Hines' new pol¬
icy was clear when it was shownhut the Railroad Administration Issorely in..need of 2S0.000 steel rails,nd this amount it would like to have.ofore the roads go back to privateontrol March 1.
Ralls laatead of Cash.With orders previously" placed by-
Mr. Hines for 42.500 and the 72.600
SureRelief
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tona which will' be forthcoming un-
ier the commandeering order of Sec¬retary Baker, the RiUrotd Admin¬istration still will 9»« the roads103,000 tons, as a replacement Item.Mr. Hlnes would rathet give railsthan cash before the data for theroads to go back.Under the co.nmandelr order the
price to be paid Is lo be Axed at .conference later to be held betweenDirector General Hlnes and heads ofthe companies Involved. Some of thecompnoieaaKmonK which the com-nundeer orders were allocated havenot raised their prive above $47 a
ton, and it Is believed that Mr. Hlneswill hold for this price. He will re¬sist stubbornly any effort to fix a
higher figure.The Government's order. Invoking
.var-tlme powers to supply the needfor steel rails, will have the effectof giving that product a priority on theV>ooks of the mills, ahead of othirnaterials for privtffe consumers. Cer¬tainly. with the tremendous demrndupon the mills, it will result in millsnodifylng their promises of dollv-ery under private contracts. Even Inthe face of these conditions, how¬ever. Director General Hlnes Insiststhat the needs of the roads are para¬mount and his program of better¬ments Is. to be carried out If it Ispossible to perfect it before he re¬
linquished control of the roads.
Y.M.0A. MUST RECEIVE$18,000 IN FOUR DAYS
With only four more days left inwhich to raise approximately $18,000,the workers in the Washington Y. M.
C A. campaign are bending averyeffort to raise the desired $25,000.A general appeal was sent out yes¬
terday to former contributors and
supporters of the T. M. C. A. to seiiddonations to Clifford L* Johnson, di¬rector of the campsign. Central Build¬ing, 1736 G street, northwest, and thusobviate the necessity of a member ofthe committee calling on them per¬sonally.A great many of the workers for
the campaign have been taken illand this accounts in a way for theslowness in collecting the fund.
BILL SEEKS REPEAL OFEIGHTEENTHAMENDMENTALBANY, N. Y.f Jan. 30..Repeal of
the Federal prohibition amendmentby a Federal constitutional conven¬
tion is sought In a bill Introduced Inthe legislature today by Assembly¬man Louis A. Cuvilller, of New Yorkcity.The bill proposes the legislature
petition Congress to call the Federalconvention for this purpose.
MothersVVho are contem¬plating p u 11 i ngtheir sons intolong trousers havea chance of a life¬time to buy theboy a handsomeall-wool suit atless than whole¬sale cost duringthis great sale ofclosing out all our
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SUITSSOLD IT|» TO
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810 F Street N.W.OpM Evnlyi Until I P. M. Daring Sal*
SALE Of LEGION jTICKETSFILMED
Vioe President Marshall andSpeaker Gillett Aid Vet¬
erans' Circus.
sr'aws T«r d-x- t£KhouKi o' ? buv ticket# to aofficial du"**0'%dbSy u moving Plc-clrcua. *« r**°,h. .lepB of the Cap!turts qamera oU the atepa «
tol today-K . .D<x 2 forTh' ff'Xl Which win betha Doi/fhboya clrfu'i>bruary 14-20,h6lh i* .hi District of Columbia |oal«to help the Dlatrii i
to i-are |orwound-dTnd alck .oldie. In the h»-glials here.
Mill Hrl* »*l4l,nkK i^Btrr Jones. Dlatrlct com-b«ierof«: AjMrtc.n^on.the aalea. *-,^'"Jn0»iraa «tar.-dcommittee of V** to .very Individ-°Uf .l° .hi Dlatrlct With the worthyUt\ t , , « » refu.al will be per-object In view, no
purchaaeramltted from P'®*£c^ r./uutlon P»r-The clrcua will be » "»ngformancedown to the redand every '"^#bed° UK.,ented withlemonade It win
fe.,lonai tale.Usome of the beat ph Bar.,r°ro r'Xu"y SSTiS. o. A.ee
IS; the conatruction J*' th. aren*.
^e.WlUBoTarne o^'tlmera at the
3general committees were today an¬
nounced aa follows.\ kmc at ( aaaaaJtta*.
Honorary committee.rh« Vice! a'm'C" SMrs Justice I. McCoy. Koyallives. Mrs^ Justic
0eorKe Har-C. Johnson. Maj.Nlblack.
g-£fs "=:£ir, sr.&.sra.r^^>.,K,?r1srg!Manufacturers A»president Fed-sx;:-'" .
Itoland S. Bobbins.E tester Jonoa,Genera, committee-"U J J
^chairman; John t C^ |
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p .. j powd. Jaipes A.Donovan. Cec" J- "William J.Drain. Frank
r HarT«.y, HenryMl- Adelaide
gy^rddBrMr.. H0^ Knl^WerW-ker.Roy S. I-m"e;h^_e"D Alexander M">nn.WmUU M Peter Julius I. Peyser.HOW*L ,Ml. ^ Purdy. Mrs BlancheM1BS Estelle R-M,g(, R(lSCC. Slater. Alfr "1, B' Thompson.F. Stokes, Mrs. char
,, . wilanr.Mrs. 8. F. Tillman and H;. U wua^Ticket hem4n«rteran vanla ave-SfiTSS*2t'coXl Jones' Office. «S
Fifteenth street northwest.^CITY FLOODEOWTTH BEER.PITTSBURGH, Jan.
hundred gallonswater fromar«\.:.n nr° PL The beverage was
dumped lnto the river by revenue
agents.
PRINCESS RADZlWILL, formerly Miss
Dorothy Deacon, of Bos¬ton, who ha* appealed tothe Pope for an annulmentof her marriage to the Pol;iih prince of that name.The princes* bases herplea on the ground thatshe was forced into themarriage.
SOCIALIST PROBEVIEWED AS FARCE(Continued from First Page.)
baum Is assistant to the chair of hls-tory In Columbia University."Seymour Stedman. for the Socialists,
brought out through Algernon Leethe dl/fcrence between the Ilolshevikland the Menshlvlkl In Kussia. Heraid the BoUhevlkl were given thatname because they were In the ma¬
jority. L*e described the variousbranches and brands of Socialism InRussia, going back to the Russianrevolution in 1005.
' "In Russi^," said Lee. "no partythat was progressive would have re¬
pudiated physical force. ATI oppo¬nents of Caarism were driven at time*to use force.""We don't need to go into this
Russian thing," Insisted Judge Suth¬erland.
Ktrrmk; Regime Collated. .
"Did the Kerensgy government col¬lapse or was It overthrown?" askedStedman. Ignoring the protest."Did the Kerensky government col¬
lapsed. It cut from under Itself thesupport of the people." said Mr. Lee."Didn't the' Bolshevik! overthrow
the Kerensky government with Ger¬man money?" demanded Assembly¬man Cuvllier."That's untrue." said Lee."It's not untrue," shouted Cuvllller
"I have It from the State Departmentin Washington that It Is true."Chairman Martin, at this point,
ruled that no more questions be askedabout the Russian situation becausel>ee had no first-hand Information.
"All right," said Stedman.
$4 and $5 Hats$1.85 '
-Pre-Inventory Sales
TT7TE have gathered 458W Soft Felt Hats, of
makes that we hayediscontinued tostock, and set $1.85as a price to replace$4 and $5.
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There are hats of several col¬ors in varying styles to suit menof all ages.
There are 458 Hats.but thereare not enough for 458 men.Men will be buying these intwos and threes. Here is head-on value!
NationallyKnown Storm forMtn andBoyTHE AVENUE AT NINTH
Daily 8:30 to 6
PNEUMONIA DEATHSINCREASING IN D. C.Eighteen Deaths Recorded in
24 Hours, at Against 15From Influenza.
<Cootlnn«d from First Page )town Hoaplul. Alfred Fautb, 46
323 o street northeast.Heaths reported from pneumonia
vere: Charles Schiller. 67 years.Jolted Mates Soldiers' Home; bottleIrooks, 21 years, 1216 One-half streetouthwest; Alfred Ward. 1 year, 420V street northeast; Kvelyn West. 10Uf»r«, 2204 Kleventh street north-vest; Lena ltogers, 26 years, 702Aashliiston street northwest; Thomasloul, ;<0 years. 326 Maryland atenueouthwest; William H. Anderson. SO/ears, 1164 Twenty-Brut street northa est: L«ottle Fowler, <17 years, Provi¬dence Hospital; George Horsey, 1/far, 4817 Forty-flral street north-vfrt; John W .Kelster, 6 months, 2104I'ennsylvanla avenue northwest; IreneCady, 33 years, 000 Morton streetnorthwest; William H. Dlsmey, 33years, 6411 Klghth street northwest;l.eola l^adson. 31 years. 613 ShepherdUreet northwest; Florence B. Kem-r>er, 28 years, 1619 Oak street north¬west; Hattle Hawkins, 30 years, 138¦'ranees street southeast; Mary W.Vllllams, 24 years, Oarfteld Hospital:"Vrdlnand DeSota Johnson, 26 y< ars,I328 Q street northwest; Char'es E.llrunthaven, 73 years. 603 Twelfthstreet northwest.
Disease Mpreadlag.Iteports to the Public: Health Serv¬
ice on th*e Influenza situation todayshowed the disease Is apparentlyspreading with equal swiftness inboth cold and temperate sections ofthe country.Washington State reported S40
cases, while Texas has #23. Floridareported many cases in ail sections.The disease also has appeared in
rural districts. Out of 300 cases re¬
ported by North Dakota more than200 were In rural communities.A telegram from Public Health of¬
ficials at Honolulu reported that"numerous cases of Influenza are ar¬
riving here on vessels."Mtaatios Xot Alarming.
State health officials In South Caro¬lina reported 35S cases to date, indi¬cating "a general return of the epi¬demic in mild form, especially In lo¬calities not visited by the disease lastyear.".Surgeon General Blue again today
emphasized that the situation is notalarming. No request for assistance
Ttaa receot Appeal of tha Jointnc commlllM of lh« Asso¬ciated Charities and the Cltiaana'Relief Aaaoctatlon for III.#00 baa
brought return* of M.OM up todata. Klfto«n thousand dollar*la the minimum amount at 111 re¬
quired by the** family aoclalservice afrnclci to ». themthrough. Thalr worker* are
standing guard against Bufferingand material dlatreaa .In volumeabove the usual becauee of thewidespread pravalance of Influ*ansa Wage earners who are try-Ing to support families on In¬comes barely sufficient to makeends meet In prosperous times are
being forced to ask for aid be¬cause of prostrating sicknessContributions may be deslg-
ated fo relther charity or for'both, according to their respectiveneeds.CUNO H. RUDOLPH. Presldant.JOHN JOY KDSON. Treasurer.
| Associated Charities.WM. H. KLATH Kit. Treasurer.WILLIAM C RIVKS. President.
Cltlsena' Relief Association.MILTON K. AILBS Chairman,H. 8. RKKMIDE. Treasurer
Joint Klnanca Committee.Social Service House, 923 H
street northwest-
from the Federal Government havebeen received, he said.
Reports from some sections are:Michigan. 2.400 cases of Influenia and202 of pneumonia; New Mexico, 85 in¬fluenza; North Carolina, 4'.'; Alabama,scattered erases; Idaho, 200; Montana.142. with 32 In Billings; C'oloi ado.1.200 cases, mostly In small towns,except 192 In Denver: Missouri, 450In St. Louis, 215 In Kansus City, 56in St. Josephs, 25 in Jefferson City, 23in SpriiiKflelil; Wyoming, 1V5; Penn¬sylvania, »07, and 05 in Providence,R. J. .
JEWELRY STORES CLOSEAS NARK'S VALUE DROPSBERLIN. Jan. 30..Heads of two
big Berlin Jewelry shops in the Unterr »n Linden announo-^ today their»t -en would be closed, declaring busl-ne j cannot be conducted under
pr« *ent conditions because of the low
value of the German mark.The stores art the Friedlander and
the Werner shops.
Going.going.-Pre-Inventory Sales
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TI7E take inventory next/- VV week. Saturday and
Monday are the lasttwo days for thesereductions. The lasttwo days of selectionfrom entire stocksat these sale prices!
Men's Clothing will. probablynever again in years to come beoffered at prices so attractive as
these: ^
$40 Suits. $33.75$45 Suits and Overcoats $38.75$50 Suits and Overcoats $42.75$55 and $60 Suits and Overcoats $49.75$65 and $70 Suits and Overcoats $58.75$75, $80, $85 Suits and
Overcoats $64.50$75 Dog-Lined Overcoats $69.50$185 Fur-Lined Overcoats $165$200 Fur-Lined Overcoats. $175$215 Fur-Lined Overcoats $185$225 Fur-Lined Overcoats $195$290 Fur-Lined Overcoats $215$275 Fur-Lined Overcoats $235$300 Fur-Lined Overcoats $245$80 Leather Overcoats $69.50$90 Leather Overcoats $79.50$100 Leather Overcoats $89.50$110 Leather Overcoats $99.50$125 Leather Overcoats $112.50$225 Fur-Lined Leather
Overcoats $? 35.00$20 Patrick Mackinaws $17.75$25 Patrick Driving Coats..$21.75
Nationally Knoutn Storm for Men and Boy*THE AVENUE AT NINTH
Daily 8:30 to 6
U. S. PROSES B.DSMADE FOB SHIPS
Precautions Taken to PreventVessels Falling Into Hands
Of Gigantic Trust.
(Continued from rtrat Pa«« Ivervlce Id which the ship will b«placed If he buys It, give iiaur*Dc'>that such service will be permanentllacloae the wiuHDt of American ton-,life he already own*, disclose thepirctnttfe of fordfn ownarahlp ornterest In the company doing thebidding, and provj particular fitnessfor the propoaed service.The Government * attitude la that
It haa taken conalderable time tobuild up the American merchant ma¬rine to Ita preaent total of more than16.000,000 tona. and that every pre¬caution ahould be taken to prevent amonopoly or foreign Intereata gettingcontrol of it. /
nan of the innate Commerce Com¬mittee, which la considering bllla toOx permanently the atatua of theAmerican merchant marine and l«-fallie the aale of Government-ownedhips, said today:"I have heard It charged that at¬
tempt* to get control of the Govern¬ment-owned ahipa were to be madeby certain Intereata, although auch rcharge would be hard to prove and Tdon't know anything about It myaelf."
Hritaln May Seek Oatral.Benjamin C. Marsh, of the Farm-
era' National Council, told the Senlto committee today that Brltiah In¬tereata,* working through J. P. Mor¬gan & Co.. are seeking to get con¬trol of the vessels.Much opposition la developing be¬
fore the committee to a provision inthe bill whereby a limit would beplaced on the time the board baa tosell the ships.
"I don't think that would be wise."said Jones, "as it might force theboard to sell ships under less advan*tageous conditions than It mlsrhtotherwise. We must not allow pri¬vate parties to take the cream of thisshipping and let the Government holdthe balance to dispose of at a greatsacrifice."
«OT TOLD? HTAKT TODAYTaking Father John's Medicine..Advt.
WOMEN ENLIST 10CUT LIVING COST
\
Dcpartemnt of Justice InterestsHousewives in ifation-Wide
Movement
Sup* to organize the womm ul tbrDistrict of Columbia as a unit In anation-aide drive against thu highcoat of living were begun at a Inert'tig In thu Department of Justice thlenoon, called by Mlas Edith 0. Mtrauas.assistant to Howard E Klgg, hi adof tho H. C. L. division. .
The District women's division of th»H. C. L. campaign waa organised withMrs Matthew T. ticoit. permanent D.A. R leader, as chairman. Flfty-fiv«representatives of women's organ!-cations were present.
ITnder the plan outlined by MltStrauss the women will engage In s
campaign to put Into practice b;every housewife In the District th«s«fl*e fundamentals to decrease thecost of living:
1. Decrease the demand in orderto let the aupply catch up.
2. Direct the buying energies tonecessaries only.
3. Eliminate illegitimate profit bythe use of complaint cards to beturned In to the fslr price committee.?.Use their influence to stabilise
the labor condition.S.Run the homo on an efficiency
baais.Too ^
? WANT TO DANCE?This Reason's New Bteps taught by Prat.
Cain. America's foremost dancing teacherTeaching exclusively at theRlliHTWAV MMOOI. OF DANCING.
Ull New York a<e. (bet: 12th A lltb ate»Only up-to-date Dancing Academy South
of Near York. 7ou need not have appolotment. Private leoaona any hour. TicPrivate room for begtnnera Open lamto 10 p. m Phone Fr. 7114.
; I I 1 1 I 1 I'l I I I I'l f I ri TTTTTT .
Port ArthurAaerksa and Chinese
:: RESTAURANT ::glg-g!7 Klstk gt. N.W.
Business Lunch, 40c, 11 to 2 ..
' ¦ Daily; Special Dinner, 80c. 5 to «¦
' ' 8 p. in.; Sunday Dinner, 11 a. in.' ' to 8 p. »..
Beat l«n lee la the City.Phase Fnaklia 381*.
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Two days longer-Pre-Inventory Sales
THESE Men's Furnish¬ings offers are in ef¬fect until Mondayclosing time. Pricesgo back to normal,then. And "normal"is goihg higher allthe time. So buy
while prices are below normal.and save like this:
Men's $1.00 Neckwear (3 for $2) 69cMen's $1.50 Neckwear $1.15Men's $2.00 Neckwear $1.55Men's $2.50 Neckwear $1.85Men's $3.00 Neckwear $2.35Men's $4.00 Neckwear $3.15Soft or Stiff Cuff Shirts; were
$1.50 and $2.00; not all sizes. .$1.15$4.00 Russian Cord Shirts (3 for
$10.00) .<. $3.35Madras Plaited-bosom Shirts; were
$5 and $6 $3.35Discontinued numbers of Full
Dress and Tuxedo Shirts; some
slightly soiled; not all sizes. . . $1.35Men's $10.00 Silk Shirts; Fancy
or White $7.75"Irish Linen Weave" Handker¬
chiefs ; were 25c (per half dozen$1.10) per dozen $2.15
Broken assortments of Men's Un¬derwear, Wool Mixed andRibbed Balbriggan; not allsizes Vz Price
Wool-mixed Half Hose; Black or
Natural; value up to 75c; perpair
$4.00 Wool-mixed Pajamas; lightweight, per suit $2.85
$3.00 and $3.50 Woven MadrasShirts .$2.65
Nationally Known Storm forMmandBeyTHE AVENUE AT NINTH
Daily, 8:30 to 6
