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Dangerous Delay in Making Peace. HE delay in making formal peace is extremely harmful in many ways. It works to the disadvantage and peril of the allies and to the advantage of the enemy. Every one recognizes the fact that far-reaching and complicated problems confront the peace conference, and there is a disposition to be patient while the conference is carefully considering these problems with a view to settling them properly and once for all. The populations of allied nations are becoming restive, nevertheless, because they are convinced that s'ecure peace with Germany is not being made as speedily as it might be.

The peoples believe that this delay, which seems to be unnecessarily prolonged, is working hardship and loss to individuals, perplexity to communities and irritation to armies and nations. In the single matter of demobilization the delay in making peace is pilinfc up trouble for each of the allied governments. The soldier boys are loyal to the core, and so long as there is fighting to be done there will be no grumbling. But when they are held in camp week after week while the Paris conference labors with questions which are not strictly a part of the program of settling this present war, the boys become impatient, and their relatives are likely to become troublesome. Not an American soldier should be brought back from France while this nation is at war against Germany and while the peace terms are undecided, for there is danger of disputes and Hun treachery which would surely lead to hostilities if the Huns discovered that the allies had unduly weakened their forces.

The strong hand of brute force must be held over the skulking Huns until peace terms have been imposed upon them. When Genru -y has-been brought to terms the American soldiers-must be brought home, every.one of them. If an American army should be kept in Europe pending the debate on the league of nations, after it is clearly seen that peace can and should be made with Germany, a situation will be created which might well alarm the government, for its position, would not be supported by the American people. Already there is a rapid drift of sentiment toward bringing the boys home without further waiting for peace adjustments. The twilight zone in which Americans are now living is mot unwholesome.

They know it is a state of technical war and practical peace. Technicality rules to the exclusion of common sense in many matters. There is a clamp upon free speech which does not harmonize with peace, and yet there are traitors and enemies who are misusing free speech to make war on the flag. This is a dangerous condition, tending to split Americans apart when they are at heart ardently desirous of the same thing, namely, true liberty. Some honest have been made indignant by the suppression of free speech, while others have made furious by enemy propagandists masquerading as martyrs to free speech.

In the business world the no-peace-no-war conditions are bad. The government has relaxed its grip in some quarters and holds it in others. War prices prevail without war activity. Peace demands cannot be met because peace conditions have not been established. All industries and all communities and all commodities are more or less firmly linked together.

No one industry can "go it alone," however optimistic it may be or however badly its products may be needed. The only relief that the home government can give is the creation of a medium for aiding industry and labor to ascertain what prices should prevail. That will do some good; but while the home government is doing this the Paris peace conference is delaying peace in this and every country and thereby adversely affecting industry and commerce throughout the world. So far as this situation is unavoidable all Americans are willing and able to accept the delay; but it is difficult to convince them that it is unavoidable when the only matter actually agreed upon by the peace conference is the preliminary text of a proposed league of nations to preserve a peace that has not yet been made, and regarding which there must be considerable doubt if the making ol it is so tedious and so difficult. Bulgarian Lies.

After a silence of some weeks we again hear from the Bulgarians, tliis tiifie in a dispatch from the Swiss capital giving the impressions of a correspondent in Sofia. A few weeks ago M. Bobtcheff, former Bulgarian Minister to Russia, sent out a proposal that Bulgaria should join the Serb-troat-Slovene kingdom and should ask King Peter to assume the crown of Bulgaria. This proposal, which was probably only a "ballon d'essai," might have been taken as indicating that King Boris had ceased to please. This, it would appear, is not the case.

"Young King Boris," we ace assured, "has democratic tendencies, being very unlike his father. The socialists and agrarians acquiesce in the monarchy, thus showing their confidence in his progressive If this is true, King Boris must be an admirable actor. For ten years past he has been a reactionary and a friend of autocracy. There was not even a shadow of a suspicion of his "democratic tendencies." A young man possessing these uncanny talents will bear careful watching. We are further informed that Bulgaria's virtues have even hypnotized the allied armies of occupation.

They were so convinced of Bulgaria's good will that they let her keep aad run her own railways. Further, a commission has been formed for shipping to foreign countries millions of pounds of cigarette tobacco accumulated during three years of war. As the Bulgarian railways are being run with rolling stock stolen from Serbia and tbe cigarette tobacco is plunder from the Greek tobacco fields round Kavala, the generosity of the allies is calculated to excite our astonishment rather than our admiration. Consul General Dominic I. Murphy also, it would appear, made bis little contribution to this policy of kiss and be friends by giving a dinner at which the guests were officers of the allied armies of occupation and members of the Bulgarian government.

The correspondent is silent as to the presence of Serbian officers at this banquet. The idea of asking the relatives of the victims of Bulgarian cruelty to sit down at the same table with the men who had the blood of thousands of helpless women and children on their hands could only appeal to a Bulgarian. The subjects of King Boris are confirmed optimists. They try to look only at the bright side of things. Thus they express their pleasure that the allied armies occupy Macedonia and Dobrudja because tbe people of those provinces are able to appreciate "the order and tranquillity obtained after long turmoil and peril." Seeing that the "turmoil and peril" in these countries was due to murders, massacres, burnings and-other acts of fiendish cruelty practiced by the Bulgarian, army and government, this expression of their satisfaction is a monumental piece of impudence and mendacity.

It's mighty comfortable to feel that if a problem is too tough for solution it can slide over to the next Congress. Twenty years will be abundant time for Victor TUerger in which to repent the folly of being an enemy of his country. Max Harden says the kaiser stimulated hatred of the allies. Very true, but His big stimulation stunt was hatred of the kaiser. Will Hays speaks of the political self- determination of the South, but he' does not commit himself to the policy of no annexations.

THE WASHINGTON POST: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1919. i World Trade Outlook. If tbe present plans of tbe Republican congressional leaders are carried out, tbere will be laid upon President Wilson's doorstep witbin a few months a new revenue bill, containing a high protective tariff upon foreign importations and probably lowering tbe tax 'provisions of the law for 1919 as voted into tbe act which Is now awaiting tbe President's signature. Tbus the President will be face to face with the alternative of approving a Republican tariff or of maintaining the high rate of direct taxes which have been decided upon by this Congress: The Republicans in framing a new tariff law will proceed upon these reasons: To meet tbe-revenue requirements of the Treasury. To the action of foreign governments In resorting to high tariffs and embargoes.

To prevent the damping of foreign cheap labor goods upon, tbe American market. To stimulate Industry in the United States and thus provide employment for tbe returned soldiers. It becomes ttie tariff, therefore, is to be a live issue in the next Congress end may prove a big factor in tbe presidential election of 1920. It will be urged not only as a of protection to American industries and American labor, but also as a method of largely increasing the government's revenues, and to this extent reducing the direct taxes which otherwise would have to be collected. In the old days protection was advocated for tbe purpose of building up infant industries in the United States and shielding tbem from tbe competition of like industries in foreign countries which bad grown to a position of strength and productivity.

Later, when the infant industries had reached tbe stage of adolescence and were able to stand alone, protection was adhered to by the Republicans for tbe defense of American labor against the competition of the cheap labor of foreign countries. The Democratic party has consistently opposed the Republican policy by proposing a tariff "for revenue only." Thus it appears that in the next Congress the Republicans will urge not only their ancient arguments of protection to American industry and to American labor, but in addition will adopt the Democratic argument of a tariff for revenue-raising purposes. Economists, many of whom do not subscribe to protection as a fundamental policy, see plausible reasons why the American markets should be shielded from an influx of European-made goods during the next few years. In to place the surplus of labor which, now exists, the industries of this country most be kept going at full capacity, and a market for their output must be provided. That market is materially curtailed by the action' of foreign governments which are making the same consistent provision for their workingmen, and consequently it is apparent that it is necessary to reserve tbe American market for American products.

There Is nothing unfriendly in this course; it is merely a wise provision to take care of internal conditions. Having placed a "reserved" sign upon the American market, the next step is to go, out into the world'-s markets looking for trade. As Europe is closed by protective walls, the Orient, the Near East and South and Central America furnish the most attractive fields, and there the United States must be prepared to compete with England, France and probably Germany for business. If Germany finds a righteous prejudice against her products, she will falsify the labels; anything to sell goods. America's first step is to protect her home markets against dumping during this reconstruction period, even though party policies may have to be waived in the emergency.

After that she must hustle for her share of the trade. Liberty Bond Prices. Discussion in the Senate has developed the fact that many senators are impressed with the desirability of maintaining at par, if possible, the liberty bonds now held by the billions by the people of This country. They realize that it is a hardship upon people of small means, who have paid par for the bonds, to find that if they are obliged to sell them they cannot get what they paid for them. And yet it seems impossible to fiajd a remedy for the situation.

Congress cannot by enactment fix tbe price of liberty bonds; the price is fixed by the demand for them in the open market. Also it is not feasible for tbe government to take them up at this time at par. The war finance corporation has purchased about $200,000,000 of them, buying them in the open market, and to that extent helping to strengthen their price, but it could not pay more than the market price. Tbe large holder of these bonds is not so directly affected by the fact that they are selling below par as the poor man invested his savings in them. The former can afford to keep them until the price goes up, which undoubtedly it will long before they become due.

But the poor man whom sickness or death or some other emergency forces to realize upon his holdings is obliged to make a sacrifice by disposing of his bonds at whatever price he can get. If any one is able to devise a practical plan for maintaining liberty bonds at or very near par, It will be a welcome proposal. Expert financiers have given the matter their thought, but as yet have not found the remedy. That league of nations proposal takes on a different aspect when they begin to talk about internationalising the Panama Canal. The two-fisted manner in which Lord Robert Cecil fought Germany makes him persona graUssima to Americans.

You're all right, Ambassador Bob! Career Glass can count on the unbridled patriotism of the. people- in pushing the loan, over the top if he will only put up some enemy that they can hit. SUGGESTS GIFTS TO AMERICA PROCEEDINGS OP CONGRESS OF EMBASSIES BY THE ALLIES AND COMMITTEES IN BRIEF Foreign governments, especially those of the entente, have the opportunity of paying a very graceful compliment to the United States for the roir' which it has played in the great War. and which perhaps some of their representatives a Washington may draw to their attention The American embassies and legations abroad are homeless, and quite recently the congressional committee of foreign af fairs declined by an overwhelming vote to provide official residences for Uncle Sam's envoys in foreign lands. Most of the great powers own the offlcia abodes of their envoys in foreign capitals Great Britain's palatial embassy in Pads with its spacious gardens, represents a value of $2,000,000, while the quarters of her Ambassador at Washington, which shi ofvns, have also cost a tidy sum.

In each case the site has been acquired by purchase. It would seem that the oecaslonr-wouU propitious for the governments of Great Britain, of France, of Italy and of Belgium each of them to present to the States either'a site or asite with a man- sjon in their respective capitals as a gift free of cost, to serve as a permanent residence for the American Ambassador. Kaiser's Embassies Available. They, might even use the sites and buildings formerly occupied by the kaiser's embassies for the purpose, in Borne, where the bideous Caffarelll palace, which has long been disfiguring the capital, is now being torn down in order to remove what was at once an eyesore and a most insolent piece of vandalistic presumption The expense to the entente governments in presenting these tokens of friendship and appreciation to the United States would be insignificant compared with the sums furnished by the American people in the shape of war relief funds alone, aside from any other assistance. Moreover, would give to the citizens of the United States a bit of real American territory In these foreign capitals.

Officially and figuratively, the premises occupied by United States embassies are American soil. But it la rather a tax upon the imagination to regard a mere apartment or flat rented for a short period as an American imperium in a foreign imperio. Premier Duke Wins Cross. Louis de Crussol, "fourteenth Duke of Uzes, who has just been invested with the cross of the Legion of Honor for his services at the front throughout the war as a captain and later on as a lieutenant colonel of the First regiment of engineers, is the premier noble in France. True, there are older dukedoms than his, but it is indebted for its precedence over all others to a ttecree bearing the signature of King Louis XIII.

That monarch, tired of the eternal squabbles for precedence at the court of Versailles, -which he was always being called upon to decide, and entertaining, moreover, doubts as to the validity of some of the titles borne at his court, ordered that all persons possessing nobiliary dignities should register them at the office of keeper of the great seal at Versailles after proving their right thereto by documentary evidence. The king also commanded that the dukes should enjoy their precedence in accordance with the order of the registration, and that the one who recorded his name first was to have the "pas" ever afterward dukes who arrived later. Raced for Registration. On being apprised of this the dukes of Uzes and of Luynes set forth almost simultaneously to drive from Paris to the office of the keeper of the great seal in the palace of Versailles, and each strove to get there before-the other. Toward the end of the journey the Due d'Uzes, finding that the Due de Luynes was likely to win the race, caused his coachman to deliberately drive into the De Luynes equipage, upsetting it, with Its horses and occupant.

Into the ditch. Then, having hla own horses whipped up, he reached the office of the keeper of the great seal In time to be enrolled and registered as the premier duke of France and the first peer of the realm. From that time forth a bitter feud always existed between the two great ducal houses of d'Uzes and of De Luynes, which was finally ended when In 1854 the Duke of Uses married Marie de Luynes, sister of the late Due de Chaulnen, while his own sister, Slmone de Crussol-d'Uzes, became the wife of the present de Luynes. The present Due d'Uses has three children--a grown-up daughter and two sons-the elder of whom, Geraud, came of age a couple of weeks ago, and has spent th'e last three years of the war at the front. Hla Mother Is Social Leader.

The duke's mother may be regarded as the matriarch of the French aristocracy, and has long been the recognized leader of the great world of Paris in all charitable undertakings. In sports and in the world of art, while at one time she played a leading role in royalist politics. Prior to the war her great chateau of Bonnelles, on the outskirts of the state forest of Rambouillet, of which 'she has long rented 6O.OOO acres for use as preserves, was" celebrated throughout Europe for the splendor and perfection of its stag hunts. On the outbreak of hostilities in 1914 she converted the entire chateau into a hospital for the very "badly wounded--for those who were known as the grands blesses--and later on, when the scarcity of food commenced to be felt, she did away with all the wealth of flowers, many of them of great rarity, in her immense gardens, devoting them to the raising of vegetables. The dowager duchess la enormously rich, and at her death her only surviving son, the present duke, will inherit her large fortune, as well as the- great champagne business of Clicquot at Rhelrns which she inherited from the old widow of that name.

The widow Clicquot in question was the daughter of a Baron Pensardin, who had acquired a fortune as a cloth manufacturer. In the midst of the revolutionary turmoil at the close of the eighteenth century she married a banker of her) native city of Rhelms bearing the name of Charles Clicquot. She was left a widow at 28, and being an extremely clever and energetic woman, developed the banking business of her husband and converted his vineyards from a rich man's hobby into a regular- wine growing concern. MARQUISE DE FONTBNOY. SENATE Met at 11 o'clock and remained in session until a late hour In the expectation of passing: the legislative appropriation bill.

During consideration of the legislative appropriation bill the Senate restored the appropriation for continuance of subtreas- urtes at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans and San Francisco. An effort to increase the annual bonus to all Federal employes on account of increased living cost from the $240 allowed by the House to $360 went out of the legislative bill on a point of order by Mr. Underwood, in charge of the bill. Senator Gore introduced an amendment to the army bill prohibiting the use of any of the funds appropriated in military operations against any nation against which war Is not formally declared.

Senator Smoot, of Utah, prevented consideration of the conference report on the oil land leasing bill, and asserted that the conferees had written new matter into the bill. Interstate commerce committee practically concluded Us hearings on railroad questions, and members said there would be no effort to enact legislation at this session. Samuel Rea, president of the Pennsylvania system, advocated private ownership and Individual operation with Federal incorporation and regulation of security Issues and important construction expenditures. Senator Fall (Republican)', of New Mexico, member of the foreign relations committee, telegraphing from his home, declined the invitation of President Wilson to attend a White House dinner where the league of nations is to be discussed. Brig.

Gen. C. I. Martin, of Kansas, told the military committee that many officers 0f the American expeditionary forces were unjustly treated. The seeking light on the forced retirement of national guard officers.

Senator Gore announced he would submit as a rider to the agricultural bill the repeal of the daylight saving law. Secretary Baker informed the commerce committee 50.000,000 gallons of fuel oil will be required by the army during 1919. Miss Bryant, wife of John Reed, of New York, told the propaganda committee of her activities in Russia and her personal relations with bolshevik agitators. Judiciary committee ordered favorably reported a measure combining proposals in several bills and designed to check unlawful agitation and propaganda In this country. It is aimed at activities of the I.

W. bolshevik and similar organizations. Before the banking committee Senator Weeks, of Massachusetts, in opposing confirmation of John Skelton Williams as Comptroller of the currency, reviewed his official conduct throughout his past term and charged him with having a "quarrelsome disposition'' and ruling the national banks with a "heavy hand." Administration leaders Wave practically abandoned hope of.passing the naval appropriation bill at this session. CONDENSED TIME-TABLE OF TRAINS TO PRINCIPAL CITIES HOUSE Met at noon and adjourned at 6:47 p. m.

until 11 a. m. today. Considered bill appropriating $750,000,000 additional to the $500,000,000 revolving fund for the Federal railroad administration. Vote was deferred until today.

Maj. OSert. Peter B. Traub, who commanded the Thirty-fifth army division In he battle of the Argonne, made emphatic denial before the rules committee of charges made by Qov. Allen of Kansas that soldiers from his division were slaughtered by the misdirected fire of their'own artil- ery.

Representative Gallivan's bill to repeal he war-tttme prohibition measure, effective July 1 next, will be considered by the agriculture committee within a few days, but with little expectation of action In the closing days of this Congress. The military affairs committee would investigate the office of the judge advocate eneral of the army and all major court- martial sentences imposed during the war under a resolution introduced by Representative Hicks, of New York. Representative Walsh, of Massachusetts, offered a resolution providing for appointment of a congressional commission to arrange with the State of Massachusetts for the observance of the 300th anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers on Plymouth Rock. Open Cables to Alsace and Russia, New York, Feb. messages for Alsace and Lorraine now are admitted un- Uer the same conditions and at the same rate as for France, the Commercial Cable Company announced today.

Messages may also He sent, subject to censorship, to the Black Sea ports of Russia, via Odessa. SUFFRAGE ACT FOR CANADA. Governor General Proposed Votes for Women and Prohibition. Ottawa. Feb.

Duke of Devonshire, governor general of Canada, declared in an address at the opening of the Canadian parliament today that a bill enabling women to vote and conferring upon hem the privilege of sitting In parliament would be introduced during the coming session. The opening session was held without the usual social formalities out of respect for the memory of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the former premier. The lower house adopted resolutions providing for a public burial for the dead statesman. The Duke of Devonshire paid a high tribute to the part taken by Canada in the war, declaring "that none of the forces engaged played a more valorous or heroic part than those of Canada." In addition to the suffrage measure, the duke promised that legislation would be introduced to validate In parliament the orders in council prohibiting the importation and exportation of intoxicating liquors, to assist returning soldiers In establishing themselves upon the land, to encourage desirable immigration and to promote better housing conditions throughout Dominion. The Washington Post offers the following condensed time-table for trains leaving Washington for principal cities of the country Trams leaving Washington for Chicago connect in that city for all points West.

Changes will be made from day to day as new schedules are announced by the railroads. The time of departure of trains given here is based on information from the railroad administration. ATLANTA--a 8:80 and a. 3:46, 10:00 and 10:46 p. m.

CB- A. a. p. m. BALTIMORE--(B.

Jb and a. 1:10, 8:00. 8:00, 7:15 and 10:86 p. m. p.

R. 8:00, 8:16, 10:00. 11:00, 11:10 and 11:40 a. 1:00. 1:51.

8:00, 4:00, 4:07. 6:40. 6:46, 7:00. and P- ySTON-- (P. R.

8:16 a. 7:00 p. m. CHICAGO--B. 9:80 and 18:40 a.

18:80 and 8:00 p. m. (P. R. 7:40 aad 11:40 a.

8:00, 7:16 and p. m. CINCINNATI--(B. a. 4:00 p.

m. P. R.f7:40 and 10:06 a. 8:00, 8:60 and 7:16 p. m.

(C. 8:00 and 10:16 P. rn. CLEVELAND--P. R.

7:46 a. and 7:16 p. m. (B. AT 12:40 and a.

8:00 p. m. COLUMBUS--(P. R. 8:00, and 7:16 m.

DETROIT--(P. R. 10:05 and 11:40 INDIANAPOLIS--See St. Louis. JACKSONVILLE and FLORIDA--(A.

C. 3:16 a. 2:30, 8:00 and 9:00 p. m. (S.

A. 8:26 a. 7:60 p. m. LOUISVILLE--(B.

12:45 a. 4:00 p. m. a. 3:00 p.

m. (C. 2:00 and 10:15 p. m. MEMPHIS--S.

3:10 a. 2:10 p. m. NEW ORLEANS--S. a.

10:45 p. m. (S. R. and N.

9:46 p. m. NEW YORK--(Pi R. 12:10, 12:20. 12:40, 8:00, 8:15, 9:00.

10:00 and 11:10 a. 2:40, 4:00, 4:07, 8:45 and p. m. (B. ft 12:25, 7:40 and 9:80 a.

1:10, 8:00 and 5:00 p. m. PHILADELPHIA--(P. R. 12:10, 12:40.

8:55, 8:00, 8:15, 9:00. 9:10, 10:00, 11:00, 11:10 and 11:40 a. 1:00, 1:65. 2:40, 3:00, 6r40, 7:00 and 9:25 p. m.

(B. 12:25, 7:40 and 9:30 a. 1:00, 1:10. 8:00. 5:00 and 7:15 p.

m. PITTSBURGH--(B. 12:40 and 9:20 a. 12:30 and 10:40 p. m.

(P. R. R-) 7:40, 10:05 and 11:40 a. 3:60, 6:00. 6:05, 7:16 and 9:30 p.

m. F. 3:16, 9:25 and 11:30 a. 8:00, 7:60, 8:00 and 9:00 p. m.

ST. LOUIS--(B. 12:45 a. 4:00 p. m.

(P. R. 7.40 and 10:05 a. p. m.

HEARD IN CORRIDORS OF WASHINGTON HOTELS TAKE RAILROADS TO COURTS. State Commissions to Test Exclusive Federal Control Rules. Several State railroad commissions, in cooperation with the railroad administration, soon will Institute a friendly suit to determine whether State commissions still have power under the railroad control act to regulate interstate rates. Director General Hlnes and representatives of the State commissions in conference yesterday were unable to agree on this point, the director general holding that rates Initiated by the railroad administration were subject to review only by the Interstate Commerce Commission. They agreed, however, to expedite a decision through a Federal court.

Mr. Hines last night issued instructions to railroad managers recognizing the authority of State commissions in police regulations States. Traffic directors were Instructed to keep State commissions fully informed In advance of any proposed rate changes and to file records of new rates or regulations i the commissions in the -n business and financial circles indicate continued prosperity in spite of the I. W. W.

or any other discontented element," remarked A L. Mills, president of the First National Bank of Portland, at the Willard "Our soldiers are returning to their homes and resuming their peace-time occupations with a remarkable absence of disorder Long ago prepared for the return of the men. and without hardly a single exception the men are getting their old jobs back. Tbe record made by Oregon soldiers is something we are cherishing, and the State is unanimous in making the homecoming real. "It is not boasting when I say that our citizenship is high in quality.

Our boys ready to go out and fight, and are now coming back home rather than remain in tbe East. Many of the Oregon so- diers are married and have families and have a State pride that Is second to no body of ttoons. The ties of home necessarily bring them back to us. I am proud to nay there has been no disturbance industrial lines where the soldier has been Concerned. Employers kept open positions for them, and the took jobs are willingly relinquishing them.

"Oregon is not without the agitation that was engendered by the I. W. W. and the unmistakable bolshevik gang, but oui officials are dealing with the discontents in a vigorous manner. If a man does noi work, he is promptly and street meetings and public assemblies are not tolerated for a minute.

The menace of ting a lot of foreigners spread their i i i tous doctrines Is recognized by the authot Ities, and there must be some good reason for a meeting or it is not held. "Bank clearances in Oregon show the quality Of citizenship. We have not millionaires, but the man for man bank account will compare most favorably i any State. I personally know the i oC our soldiers and their families Econom; has been practiced to the limit, and the war burdens will not fall heavy URGES KNITTING FOR REFUGEES. Red Cross Wants at the Rate of Million a Month.

Garments, both i and sew el, are needed at the rate of 1,000,000 a month for destitute refugees In northern France, Belgium, Italy, Roumania, Serbia, Greece, Montenegro, Palestine. Albania and other ountries, according to a request to Red Cross headquarters from Harvey D. Gibson, American Red Cross commissioner to Europe. As a result the Red Cross has requested its division organisations to have Red Cross chapters continue production on as large scale as is practicable under present conditions. "Distress throughout the world presents a picture of great despair," says Mr.

Gibson. "The American Red Cross cannot hope to cope with It adequately with the resources at our command. One of the most effective forms of supplemental aid is In furnishing clothing, which is urgently needed In unlimited quantities." Detailed instructions covering the production of knitted and made garments have been sent to all division managers of the Red Cross by national headquarters In Washington. These instructions reverse the order aent broadcast late In December, "cease knittiag." Taking Care of Returned Soldiers. "Practical hospitality for i "sol diers of the far West is being dispensed the Rocky Mountain Club, which has es tablished headquarters In New York," said Herbert Wall, secretary of the at i Willard.

"The club comprises i i from the 1 principal Western States, and several legislatures already have made a i propriatlona to our expenses in ing our boys a real welcome There i some dellnquents-among the States, do not appreciate the we are i That is the reason I am here in the CapU.il to stir up i among the of Congress. We not only feed the i men, but also are endeavoring to put in touch with their families and Many of the men are i from ovei seas absolutely 'broke' because a i not been paid. These men are I with all the necessaries and such as go with a genuine welcome. "The War Department is a i closely with our officers In New York and here, and we have advance i a i about the arrival of men from our i of the country We are i I of the various welfare agencies but dc not cross their activities. The Red Cross, i is a particular i of and its endeavors Our aim is to ue the men feel a are the minute they arrive in New York 01 some other port of debarkation.

We do Wtttil they struggle back home best way they can We are finding thai many a separated i i would be positively and a tended If we did not locate CHIEF FOR RED CROSS IN PARIS. Lieut. Col. B. B.

Olda Named Commissioner for Europe Representing U. 8. Appointment of Lieut. Col. Robert E.

Olds, of St. Paul, as Red Cross commissioner for Europe has been announced in a dispatch from Paris. For the last year Col. Olds has been chief legal adviser of the American Red commission for France, and he now will assume the functions of the commission, which has been abolished. The announcement said there was great need for an American Red Cross official in Europe to deal with many problems, and that while the''Washington headquarters would remain the supreme power in deciding policies and making appropriations, broad functions would be exercised at Paris.

GALSWORTHY LAUDS LOWELL. Novelist Says War Has Made English Universal Language. New York, Feb. 20 John Galsworthy, English novelist, wasHhe principal speaker here tonight at the memorial dinner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. held as a part of the James Russell Lowell centenary celebration.

The event brought together perhaps the most notable gathering of British, Canadian, Australian and American men of letters and arts In the history of the country. Other speakers included Maurice Hutton, professor of Greek and principal of University College, Toronto, and Frof. Brander Matthews, of Columbia University. Elihu Root presided. Taking for his theme Lowell's feeling for the English tongue, which he described as "perhaps the noblest vehicle of public thought that ever existed," Mr.

Galsworthy asserted that one of the greatest results of the war had been, "the promotion of our common tongue to the position of the universal language." "The importance of the English-speaking peoples Is now suoh," he said, "that the educated man In every 'country will perforce, as It were, acquire a knowledge of our speech. The second language problem, in my judgment, has been solved. Numbers and geographic and political accident have decided a question which I think Win never seriously be reopened unless madness descends on us and we speakers of BJngUsh fight among ourselves. That fate I at least oanitot see haunting the future." Business Chances in Missouri. "St.

Louis ought to of southeast Missouri," said Edward Schofleld, of St. Louis, at the Raleigh. "Although this section of the State Is regarded by many as St Loufs' trade i tory, Memphis, Little Rock, Cairo, Kansas City and Chicago are a i every effort to get the trade from i section. As a a of fact our cotton crop last a i amounted to 53,000 bales, was a keted through Memphis. Kansas through Its chamber of commerce, sent a larger delegation to the Missouri State a i than the State's metropolis.

The trade possibilities In southeastern Missouri are i tually Unlimited. In the last ten years population of this particular section has increased 72 per cent. The mineral wealth too, is practically untouched, and there are 100,000,000 acres of cutover land that ougln to be cleared and cultivated." MEXICO EVICTS ENGINEER. Plot Framed, Declares E. M.

Wilkias; Will Submit Case Here. New York, Feb. he said, bv soldiers and a i i a proclamation to quit Mexico on a charge, Edgar Wilklns, of Savannah, Ga an electrical engineer, arrived here today on steamship Monterey and departed diately for Washington to la his case before the government. Wilklns was employed at Orizaba, a Vera Cruz, by the Pueblo Tramways, Llgh Power Company. He was with only twelve hours' notice, he said, on tin basis of an accusation that he had nished dynamite to blow up the power plant of a rival concern, controlled by Mexicans.

He declared that he established an alibi, but Mexican officials appeared the day after his hearing with a proclamation issued under a law giving the president power of expulsion, without the right, of appeal. ASKS ROTTEN WHEAT INQUIRY. New York, Feb. 20--Chief Magistrate McAdoo, presiding over the district attorney's inquiry into milk distribution, today advocated an investigation by Congress of charges that "rotten and moldy" wheat had been forwarded to Belgium through the relief commission, ultimately causing many deaths. The magistrate said that the accusations, made tor Raymond Smith, a Federal Trade Commission investigator, and Alfred W.

McCann. a food expert, as witnesses before him, were as to demand a thorough sifting. Ford Sutt to Be Tried at Moont Clemens. Detroit, Feb. 20--By arrangement of counsel the 11,000,000 libel suit brought Henry Ford against the Chicago Tribune, in which change of venue was recently granted, was transferred today to Mount Clemens, Macomb county.

Mich' Pate for the trial is to be fixed later. Feb! house of delegates of the West Virginia legislature this afternoon adopted a resolution, which already had passed the senate, providing for settlement of the Virginia debt on the basis proposed by Randolph H. Harrison, of the Virginia debt commission. The terms of settlement, as presented to the legislature recently by Harrison, were that West Virginia pay Virginia $1,100,000 in cash and In per cent bonds, less 31,000,000 in bonds to be held in the West Virginia treasury against cer- died here this morning. survives.

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Your far SS PATRICK HENRY HOME BURNS Furniture and Relics Saved; Frozen Pipes Hamper Fighters. Lynchburg, Feb. Hill, the historic home of Patrick Henry, located in Halifax county, about 30 miles from was destroyed by flre this morning. The flre, which started on the roof, could probably have been extinguished in its incipiency but for the frozen water pipes. The old mansion is a complete lass, although valuable furniture and many famous relics on the first floor were saved.

The property is owned by Mrs. M. B. Harrison. OAKLAND CHAPLAIN A SUICIDE J.

C. Ely, Shoots Self on Ship; Recently Back From France. Special to The Washington Tout. Oakland. Feb.

Rev. John C. Ely, 30 years old. a chaplain in the United States army, and son of the Rev. Dr.

John C. Ely, pastor of the- Presbyterian Church at Oakland, committed suicide while a passenger on a boat bound from New Tork to Cuba. The chaplain shot himself, according to an official report from the Navy Department. He Js to have suffered from depression since returning from France. A'wife and- two" children reside af LaricaB- ter.

Pa. MARYLAND --AND THE-VIRGINIAS Succeeds S. Cathcart in Tri- Election. Feb. Rob- the evening the delegates will attend called communication of Alexandria-Washington Lodge of Masons to witness the conferring of the mast master Mason degree by the past master's associaation of this city.

The delegates will make their annual to Mount Vernont at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, to place a wreath upon the tomb of Washington. Meeting of the Grand Jury. A special grand jury will meet in the corporation court. Judge Louis C. Barley presiding, at 10 o'clock this morning, when Commonwealth's Attorney Howard W.

Smith, will present a number of indictments for consideration, among them one charging James H. Lawrence with the murder of Policeman 'Walter Campbell, which occurred last week. A majority of the cases are for alleged violations of the State prohibition law. The following have been summoned to serve on the jury: A. D.

Brockett, W. J. Boothe, Julian T. Burke, Ray S. Cleveland, Harry A.

Bales, Cr Conway Brawner, P. E. CHft, Joseph M. Cornell and A. S.

Doniphan. Hotel Company Chartered. A charter has been granted by the corporation commission of Virginia ton, S. C. The association includes members from Virginia and the two Bryan at the outbreak of thr war made a trip of in- apection of the, military hospitals in France.

Other officers chosen were Clifton M. Miler, president for Virginia; Dr. A. J. Crowell, Charlotte, vice president for North Carolina; Dr.

A. R. Charleston, vice president for South Carolina; Dr. Ralph E. Hughea, S.

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The most noted modistes of Paris and New York represented. Inspection'is cordially invited. Suffragist Action to Save Convicted Negro From Gallows. Special to The "Washington Poet. Annapolis, Feb.

activity is being exercised by the advocates of a commutation in the cafe of John Snowden, colored, convicted of the murder of Mrs. Lottie May Brandon, in Annapolis on August 7 1916, and sentenced to be hung on the last day of the present Mrs. W. Spencer Murray, an suffragist, has taken up the case and has brought Mrs. Grace Humiston, of New York, here to help her.

Mrs. to the McPherson Company, Incorpo- I Humiston, in the employ of a news- rated, of Alexandria, with maxi- Paper, was in Annapolis shortly after the crime was committed, and urged mum capital stock of $500,000 and minimum of $170,000. The incorporators named are H. Rozier Dulaney, president; George Minnigerode, secretary; Joseph N- Thompson and William B. Mason, all of Washington, D.

C- To operate hotels is mentioned as the purpose of the company. Mrs. Howard in Song Recital. Mrs. Howard, the leading soprano a theory of the crime which was inconsistent with Snowden's connection with it.

WILL DEBATE BAIL CONTBOL Hopkins, Virginia and North Carolina Students Clash Orally May 3. of the choir of St. Patrick's Church, Washington, last night gave a delightful sonk recital before the pupils of St. Mary's Academy, this city. She was accompanied by Miss Mary Glen- Special to The Washington Post.

Charlottesville, Feb. have been completed for between nan, director of St. Patrick's choir. The pupils of the academy rendered two choruses. Mrs.

E. V. Henry Dead. Mrs. Henry, wife of Motorman Henry, of the Washington-Virginia Railway, died yesterday afternoon at her home, 517 North Patrick street, after a long illness.

Besides her husband, she is survived by several children, the youngest about two weeks old Soldiers Home From Overseas. Robert J. Poss, B. J. Richards and Harry Bettis, whow served with the American expeditionary force in which will be held Saturday, May 3.

The question is government ownership and control of railroads and wfll likely be stated in form, "Resolved, That the Federal government should assume the ownership and op- ration of the railroads." The first preliminary contest for the selection of the Virginia team will be March 3 VIKGINIA OBITTJAKY. Harnsonburg. Feb. 20. Funeral services held yesterday for Mrs.

Fannie Bowman, who died on Tuesday at Bowmans. She was 76 years old Two sons survive. The funeral of G. Frank Pence, who France, have returned to their homes died Monday at Mechrinicsville, was in this city. i held here yesterday.

He was 54 years old. Qualifies as Administratrix. In the circuit court in vacation yesterday Mrs. Margaret Roberts qualified as administratrix of the estate of the late John T. Roberts.

J. O. Moody, of Frostburg, Dies. Special to The Washington Post. Feb.

Orlando Moody, 37 years old, a brother of Miss Emma Moody, assistant advertising manager of the Cumberland Evening Times, died today of pneumonia. His brother, Joseph Moody, died of influenza, last November. Guatemala Bars Huns at Citizens. Guatemala has appointed an enemy property custodian and has issued decrees prohibiting Germans from becoming naturalized until peace is proclaimed, the State Department was Surviving, besides his wife, are I three daughters. Fredericksburg, Feb.

Washington Tennent of King George, died at "Woodstock," the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Grymes, near Mathais Point on the Potomac River, after several years of ill health.

He wfts 76 years old and a Cpnfederate veteran." James B. Dlllard, a Confederate veteran, died yesterday of influenza. He is survived by his wife and sfx children. S. B.

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Washington, D. C. informed patches. yesterday in official dis- GREAT FRENCH CLASS OPENS TODAY The great French qlass, among whom are to be found bankers, merchants, lawyers, teachers and Washington's most representative business, professional and social people, is to meet for its opening sessions this afternoon at 12:15, 5 and 6:30 o'clock. Professor Basile G.

d'Ouakil L-es-Ll, of the University of Lyons, France, will be in attendance to make the opening address, and lesson 1 will be given by Professor Maxime Montgomery, of Paris. This is the last French course that will be given this year by the Congressional Institute, which is well known to thousands of Washingtonians, and a limited number of enrollments can still be taken. Those who intend to take up the study of French should visit the class today, at one of the three convenient hours, so as not to miss the first lesson. The entire course constitutes 25 lessons. There Will be three lessons each week, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 12:15, 5 or 6:30 p.

m. The same lesson is given each of the three hours and you may attend as you -wish. French conversation is positively guaranteed. The entire tuition fee for the 25 lessons is but $10. No grammar to No outside study required.

Do not phone or write--but call at the auditorium and see for yourself the most practical method used in America today for the teaching of the French language. Congressional Institute 1214 St. N. W. in her room at the home of sister, Mrs.

H. McGuire. The body was sent today to Greenbrier county, W. Va. Petersburg, Feb.

20 --Mrs. Lena May Hawthorne, i of Hawthorne, died at Disputanta yesterday! after a brief illness of pneumonia following influenza. She is survived by four daughters and two sons. VIKGINIA WEDDINGS. Martinsville, Feb.

19--Miss Dorothy Elizabeth English, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. English, and Thomas Martin Ford were married here today.

Charlottesville, Feb. V. Cason and Miss Dora Wood, both of Profit, were married yesterday at the parsonage of the First Methodist Church. The ceremony was performed by Dr. James K.

Jolliff. Petersburg, Feb. Lena Hazel Harding and Clifton Emmett Reese were today by the Rev. H. S.

Osborne. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J.

Harding. The couple left for Washington, D. on a bridal tour. Trundle Estate Divided Among Kin. Special to The Washington Post.

Rockville, Feb. 20. The will of Mrs. Elizabeth Ellen Trundle, widpw of James T. Trundle, who died several months ago at her home, near Daw- somvllle; has been admitted to probate i in' the or pans' court here.

It be- I queaths to John A. Chiswell, a brother of the testatrix, $1,000, and to each of his daughters, J100; to William C. i Chiswell, a brother, and Mrs. Mar- garet White, a sister, $5 a month each, for life; to Mary, Grace and Susie Darby, nieces, each, $100, and to Rebecca Mills, a valued servant, $100. The residue of the estate is left to A.

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The funeral of Charles W. Clark, 46 years old, who with C. Leo Brotemarkle, was killed when the wall caved in on them during the music building 1 fire here, was buried today. Like Brotemarkle, who will be burled tomorrow, Clark a member of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad fire depart- I ment of Keyaer, which had gone to assist the town firemen. THR MOST SAJTITABT DENTAL OFFICES EJT TOWBT Miss Minerva BCagrnder Dead.

Special to The Washington Post. Rockville, Feb. a long- illness. Miss Minerva Magruder, for many years a resident of this county, died on 'Wednesday in a Baltimore hospital. She was 70 years old.

9 and the last of her Immediate family. I The funeral took place today from St, John's Episcopal Church. R. TT. Waters, of Damascus, Dies.

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