St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 29, 1919

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COMIC PAGE MAY 28, 1919. (Copyright, 1919, by R. L. Goldberg.) a 1919, by H. C. S. Pat. — | Fisher. Office.) Copyright, Trade Mark Reg. U. OUGHT, ADVICE 0 DOLLARS MAI<KES ive. Calling Her. Propinquity ts what brings about rriages,”’ declared pa in didactic od. Huh?” It works this way. From among men who call most frequently at ouse the daughter of the house urally selects a husband.” In that case,” said ma, “I fear daughter ts doomed to marry @ collector.”’—Kansas City Journal. 1 a tion Daya ZAR fectos.......5c. 2ecials, 6 for .35c Bankers, ) 5 for 35c ALS , .Box 50, $3.95 — . .Box 50, $3.95 tos. .Box 50, $4.90 | ; ie 25, $2.77 ......Box 28, $1.75 Ton... Box 25, CIGARETTES WITH EVERY PACKAGES — Value, )OLPHE ver e 415 N. bee! Next to Gariand’s| Employers, Attention! teturned scidier, applicants the head of the if you have a job see the officia) Printed at Wanted Column of today's consult the DemoDilization list of onta tore Post-Vispatch, or Placement of Soldiers, Sailo 905 Locust street. Teleph — —~— “VOL. 71. NO. 276. one ee for jobs Employment Bureau for the rs and Marines, Olive 7240, SFAMAN’S CAS AGAINST THE U. CLOSED BY CAPLAN ie The Only Evening Paper in St. St. ‘FAIR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW ; Attorney for Beggs Will Ask Lamm to Hold That Judg- ment Can’t Be Found | Against Directors. ~ RIGHT RESERVED TO PRESENT MORE DATA ' Priest Indicates Defense Will Be That Plaintiff Voted ’ for Directors’ Acts Which He Now Complains Of. The New aileged of John W. demanding funds certain the led, in part, a receiver was closed before Special Henry Lamm at noon _ today Ephrim Caplan, Seaman's counsel. Theodore Rassieur, who has been representing John I. Beggs, a direc- tor and a defendant, gave notice that upon the resumption of the hearing in the afternoon he would argue a motion asking the Master to hold that upon the evidence there can be no judgment rendered against the individual directors. Sam Mitchel], attorney for Festus J. Wade and the Mercantile Trust Co., announced that he would join in the motion and Ras- sieur expressed his belief that coun- sel for other defendants would join also. case York. wasted of of a’ of Railways Seaman recovery from and directors United accounting by conditions in which ment of to the appoirt- upon his petition, by Individual Defendants. The individual defendants in the case are Beggs, Wade, the Mercantile Trust Co. as trustee of the estate of James Campbell, a director; Richard McCulloch, Henry S. Priest and Annie E. Huttig as beneficiary and trustee under the will of Charles H. Huttig, a director in 1908, when pow- er contracts complained of were ex- ecuted. Priest, representing the company, also stated he would submit a mo- Master |~". : ' mitted by Uncle Sam | their tion to strike out parts of the evi- dence as irrelevant and improperly | admitted. Capian, in closing his case, re- perved the right to later introduce | data asked of the United Railway+: | and the North American Co. To Show Milking Process. That from the North American | Co. is a list of stockholders of 1908, 1999 and 1918, desired so as to es- tablish the community of interest of the North American Co. and ths United Railways at the time the power contracts of the company were negotiated, those contracts, it is alleged, being the means of tho alleged milking process to which the North American Co. submitted the United Railways. The data asked of the United Rail- Ways includes the cost of the mill tax litigation from the date of the decision of the United States Su- preme Court in 1908, including pay- ments to attorneys ahd court costs. Seaman's petition alleges this to have exceeded $1,000,000. In this connection, Caplan stated that he believed there were expen- ditures to attorneys in this case other than the total of $823,745.57, which it has been testified, has been spent for attorneys’ fees subsequent to 1908. Adkins “Doesn’t Remember.” Caplan, when James Adkins. treas- urer of the company, was on the stand today, stated that he had re- quested this information of Adkins several weeks ago. Adkins “did not remeniber”’ the request. Caplan also is awaiting a state- ment of the total amount of inter- est which the company piled up bv delaying the payment of the mill tax by litigation. He desires these figures to’ support a charge of wast- Age in the legal department. Mention of these charges during the hearings always has aroused the ire of Priest. Today he exclaimed: “Are the directors to be impaled upon across of bad faith because they prosecuted a suit which thres| Judges of the Supreme Court appar-. ently held that they ought to prose-| eute’” Caplan Not Satisfied by Figures. Priest reiterated a statement he Previously has-‘made: “It took the Supreme Court 18 months to decide that case.” Judge Lamm, who was a member of the Missouri Supreme Court at the time the decision was rendered, Temarked mildly: “We had a good many other cases during those 18 months, Judg-.” Caplan also stated that he desired a statement of the amount of judg- ments held against the company and a total of the amount of suits now Pending against the company. Figures which Adkins into the hearing today did not satis- fy Caplan on these points. “They do not show what I have asked for,” he brought} said, and Adkins was instructed to prepare the figures as desired. Priest, in cross-examining Adkins, in reality opened the defense. He produced a certified copy of resolp- tions passed at stockholders’ meet- | Centinued on Page 3, Column 2. rying & baby. LITTLE TEMPERATURE CHANGE — pee tor-; ATURES. eo 1S gots pe P ene Official cast for St. Louis and vicinity : Fair tonight and tomorrow : fore- + oe WHEELS WENT PLAT. not much change in temperature. Missouri and lllinois: Fair to- night and tomor- row: not much change in tem perature of the river at 7 a. 18.2 of Stage m., feet, a fall .b of a foot _——— — — _ SOLDIER BRINGS HOME BRIDE, HER 3 SISTERS AND HER PARENTS re “You Certainly Have Nerve.” Offi- cer Tells Sergeant at Brest: Gov- ernment Pays Expenses, Correspondence of the Associated BREST, May 183.—-American sol- diers who escaped from the embrace T’recs of Mars but who fel! before the darts of Cupid and married giris are per- to bring home brides at Government. Recently there appeared at the troop movement office a big Ser- geant accompanied by a woman car- three other yvoung wom- en, an elderly woman and an old gen- tleman. They were respectively and father-in-law of the Ser- He wanted them to return law geant. to America with him. “You win.” said the desk officer, ‘“‘vou must have been the greatest sol- dier of them all; nerve.’ you certainly have a ene POLICE ORDERED TO STOP BOYS ‘GRAFTING’ ON AUTO OWNERS —_—_—_—— + ——-— —— Chief O'Brien ways That Soliciting of Payment for ‘“‘Watching” Ma- chines Must Be Ended. The system of petty graft to which automobile owners are subjected bv amusement and damage machines, the owners of which refuse to hire them as watchmen, must be stopped, according to an order issued by Po- lice Chief O'Brien to Captains of the various districts. the pretense of 'biles while the owners games, stopped. The order reads: “The practice of collecting fees on watching automo- are at ball picture shows, etc., must be I have issued several or- ders on this subject and I want this to be the last. This nuisance is especially bad at the ball parks. It is nothing more nor less than solicit- ing bribes for not damaging ears. You will demand action on this sub- ject from every officer in your com- mand.’’ The order was issued following complaint to the Chief that the prac- tice was being carried on under the eves and with policemen the full knowlege of and Sergeants. who had taken no steps to stop it. _——— —-—— ee ne “| WANT TO SEE MOTHER FIRST ‘War's Greatest Hero,” OF ALL,” SAYS SERGT. YORK floor. in| ee ee Again Tennessec, Given an Ovation When Train Stops at Knoxville. By the Assoclated Press. Sergt. of the world war. nessee today and was given an ova-. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 29.— Alvin C. York, “greatest hero ‘?, tion when his train stopped at Knox- ville, enroute to Fort Oglethorpe, where he will be mustered out. want to go home to see York we! mother first of all,” my committee which invited him to re- turn here for a reception leaves the service. the expense of the. jutes after life imprisonment for ithe jail here the | wife, baby, sisters-in-law, mother-in- | turned ‘names of eight other powered ' took gone ‘and he was guilty ‘arose and returned to Ten-'! person told a) | he had anything after he |-— —— ctunmeatlieeeman — eee ee ee PROSECUTOR HAS NAMES OF 9 MEN IN LYNGH MOB Barton County Official Says He Will Make Vigorous In- vestigation of Hanging in Lamar. SHERIFF DESCRIBES ACTION OF LEADERS Overpowered When He Tried to Protect St. Louisan, Slayer of Sheriff Harlow and Son. Maff Correspondent Post-Dispatch. MO... May 29 Prosecut of Post-Dis- By a LAMAR, ing Attorney, Hi. W. Timmonds Bartdn County told the patch correspondent this morning that he investigation would institute a of afternoon vigorous the Ivwnehine here of Owens, vesterday Jav Lynch, alias George W. a few min- he had. been sentenced to. the murder in March 3 of Sheriff Walter. last “sohn H. Harlow and his son. Timmonds stated that he saw a re- soldier of Lamar climb the tree with the rope with which Lynch was hanged. Timmonds also has the men who over Sheriff William his prisoner. Sewell and how to “But I proceed,” am ina quandary said Timmonds, sentiment is running igh in pathy with the outrage and, through a very strenuous day night, I have hardlv had time to collect my thoughts. I must have “as public SVin- having itime to confer with the Sheriff and boys who loiter about ball parks, pic- others before stating the plans I ture show houses and other places of | CX- pect to pursue.’ Lynch's body was placed a train for Joplin at 6 a. m by Sheriff Sewell, who Mrs. Leola Lynch and her 5-months old baby, wif daughter of Lynch, to the train. Lynch's mother and sister. who were here to attend the trial, were taken out of town last night bv friends. Sheriff's Account of Lynching. Sheriff Sewell gave the following detailed account of the Ivynching to the Post-Dispatch correspondent to- day: “Sheriff Joseph W. Baker of Bates County, Sheriff Fred Daws and Dep- uty Sheriff George Stonum of Ver- non County and I reached Lamar from Butler at 1:18 p. m. vesterday. Several hundred people, men, en and children, the crowd was orderly and sageway to the Surrounding the still larger crowd, hostility toward us. into my office on the then by a winding stair G. Thurman's office the second The courtroom was jammed. “At 2 p. m. I called the order and Prosecutor Timmonds read the information against Lynch. Judge Thurman then asked Lynch if or not guilty. Lynch answered, ‘IT am guilty.’ “Some one in the eourtroom shout ‘String him up.” But there other demonstration, the spectators that who started any would be put in jail. “Judge Thurman to abdard today also escorted and { Wonil- The pes for us was was no met train. made a automohile Courthouse but there We took iynen first floor to Judge PB on was and I the first disorder ed, no warned asked Lynch if say before sen Continued on Page 2. Column 2. 4 Ask any merchant which He knows by experience. the rule. Post-Dispatch alone Why? oe NRE EE - —the Merchant's Choice —the Shopper’s Guide him the most profitable advertising results and it is 99 chances to one that he will answer ‘‘ The Post-Dispatch.’’ Ask any shopper which newspaper he or she depends on for store-news (or any other news) and 99 to one the reply will be ‘‘The Post-Dispatch.”’ Every day furnishes an illustration of this merchant and reader confidence, and yesterday was no exception to Wednesday's St. Louis Advertising Record: Three out of all four of the other papers combined 69 Cols. The POST-DISPATCH Guarantees a circulation in St. Louis, every day in the vear, week days or Sundays, more than double that of the Globe. Democrat or any other newspaper. = St. Louis newspaper brings nf and 'territory court to! al , ; ition of the United States Government nounced LOUIS, SIX PLANES ON CROSS-COUNTRY TRIP PASS OVER ST. LOUIS De Haviland Bombers Cover 270 Miles From Kansas City in 3 Hours: Stop at Secon Ficid. squadron of six Haviland lanes which is making a cross- tour to stimulate enlistments left Kansas City, Field at 10:30 a. m and passed over St. Louis shortly after 1:30 o'clock this afternoon making the 270 miles in three hours. Thev will stop at Soctt Field for gas and ther proceed this afternoon to Indian: polis. Refor re taking off at Lieutenant-Colonel H. B, Claggett, anding officer, said the adron probably will return to St Touis earlv next week to make exhibition flights which were to have but rain leaving 7 ie untry the air service, Mo., for Scott Kansas City, the squ the heen given here were cancelled vented the planes from SAS CIty The squi at St. Louis of getting to for the automobile races to- After returning to St. Loute the aviators plan ‘to thence to Minneapolis which pre- Kan- vesterday when the adron was unable to stop because of the Indianapolis today necessitVv In time mor and Springfield go to Chicago. and St. Paul ROGET'S FLIGHT TO MOROCCO NOT AS LONG AS NC-4'S JUMP Air- row, Constructor of Frenchman’‘s plane Points Out He Went Only 1116 Miles. {esociated P May 20 mistaken in recent. flight Rv thea ese PARIS, press was that the get, the The French its statement of Lieut. Ro French aviator, who flew to Morocco last Saturday, had beaten the record of the American seaplane NC-4 in flving from Newfoundland to the Azores, according to M. Bre cuet, the constructor of the airpl in which Lieut. Roget flight M. Breguet points out tance trom Faris to Rabat is 2200 kilometers (1865 but 1800 and that several ale made his that the dis- not miles). AS WAS (11156 fron) stuted, kilometers miles), a point Paris Rabat Roget started south of reaching kilometers and landed before The NC from Trepassey nautical miles, or U, S. WITHHOLDS PERMISSION -4's flight on the long } Hiorta Was S880 statute miles unmip to ean FOR PASSAGE OF MEXICAN FORCE Government's Decision Based on Re- lief Small Force Could Not Protect Americana. Associated Pres WASHINGTON, dent Carranza the mission R24 the May 39 Presi has heen notified bys that per Mexican Anierican Government for the through Amert withheld for the had asi®d to be permitted to 2000 men from Agua Prieta Juarez operation against passage of troops An territory Will be present Mexico move to for Iran cisco Villa’s forcees, officially that the Government was that the force proposed to move New Mexico would not be able tion to American Mexico had curt Juarez and Chi It was +n Departinent, h President ¢ It was snid the de cision of based upon the belief which through Texrs to furnish protec North revolution- it Was Arizona, ana citrvens tn the road ern hbecuuse the huahua ists between State the ‘arranza could show the owever, that in ade clear at event there was gr: for men than at where Inimediate of the force of border at the Indians the posi ater neces- sity the presence of the Agua Prieta, in the Yaqui becoming troublesome, "000 eouth Juarez are might be altered lated Vrees Tex., Dudley Thomason, of Hlouse of Representatives, wired Gov. Hobby, modification of the intention of preventing the movement of Mexican troops through Rv the Ageso: Bl PASO, Senator SS. M. Speaker May 29 State and R. EB the Texas last (;overnor's an Texas. Dudle, declared he party to a repetl- Santa Ysabel affatir.’’ and a State department the senator “would not tion of the said that ‘‘to protection ly of no importance.’ be a GERMANS SAY 198 U-BOATS WERE LOST DURING WAR. oxpressing friendship for the tnited! inted Prees NIay 24 during statistics . » Aone BASIE, 19% cording of the German lished in the Berlin Vossische ung. This number included Submarines interned in foreign ports and 14 destroyed by their More than 30900 lives in the submarine statistics show, while sand others lost their reason committed to lunatice TOWBOAT MAKES NEW RECORD IN GOVERNMENT RIVER SERVICE for ient River (,ermany lost the war, this A | submarines ac- to on naval vice pub SeVeET Sailors lost sinkings, thou and had asyilunis several] to be Records ernn were broken al of the towbeat 1O8S tons of sugar and after her departure with 1090 of This time contains a round Service ny N\ © ss yesterday the Go. Orleans by the arriv Barrett with coffee. 18 from S&8&t merchandise oscar FF days Louis tons subtraction of 18 hours in port at! can naval authorities and The average time of! is from 22 to 23 days. New Orleans the trip } ‘less message picked up here by the Navy £ Se Sy | pass night | protesting against Lieutenant-Commander P. N. L. Bel of Americans Is seeming - | ‘States and branch ! | Portugal Zeit- own crews, | their | the | | United M. AY 29, 19190 a0 ) PAGES. . alec -<yeeeinartenn ae RRO — NC-4 HOPES 10 REACH PLYMOUTH MEMORIAL DAY Message Picked Up at Brest Says Commander Read Probably Will Start From Lisbon Tomorrow. BRITISH PREPARE TO ACCORD HONORS Seaplanes Will Escort Ameri- cans Into Harbor—Crews of NC-3 and NC1 to Arrive Later. Rv the Associated )'ress BREST, May 29 Th States naval seaplane NC-4 probabil, will start from Lisbon tomorrow. weather permitting Li Read, to eutenant-Ciam- mander A. C, in charge of the craft, wishes reach England on Memorial day, according to a wire- the U.S. S. George Washington from the U. S. S. Rochester, which is lying in the roads at TLisahon ' Rv the Aexociated Prees WASHINGTON, May 29 Further ‘than the brief message received late last night from Lieutenant-Com mander Read, of the craft, the Navy Department early to- day was without information cerning resumption of the transatlian the flight bv the seaplane NC-4, now at Lisbon That filed at 9:10 p. m., Lisbon time, stated “NC -4 will not start tomorrow,’ but gave no reason for the delay. ~— How previous reports had ind}- cated, the machine and its personne] were in fit condition for continuing the flight, the assumption was that weather start had developed. Delayed messages coming through to the Navy Department ves showed that Commander Read not intended starting for Plymouth, Mngland, vesterdayv as was expected His cabled report of the arrival of the NC'-4 at Lisbon stated he expect ed to resume the flight today. De velopments later altered this plan as the message last night experienced be commander Con. INeCSSAR®, ever, as shown by Considerable in communications tween the Navy Department bon both bv cable and Commander Read Department yesterday said left Ponta Delgada 10:18 (6:18 a. m., Washington Wind about 240 de grees, speed 23 miles, visibility good. Sighted all deateoyvers except No. 3, which was missed on account of com- larring out. first knots Run uneventful. 4:91 p. m. Washington time and excellent delay is exchanged and IL.is- wireless to in a message “NC -4 time), May 27. Speed SS Lisbon, lersonnel eeaplane condition.” A dispatch from follows: “NC-4 arrived crew was enthusiastically offictals of Portuguese and diplomatie onl chester NC .4 to continue flight. depending upon weather Ro chester will depart for Plymouth May 28." Admiral Plunkett safely received by and f;overnment corps §. S. Ro ready Towers, Read and Bellinger Decorat- ml by Portuguese Government, the Aganciated Preas LISBON, Wednesday, May 28, Coramander John H. Towers, Lieu tenant-Commander A. C. Read, and Ry A THe T were commanders of the reaplanes, President Canto 4 Castro, who was formerly an ad triiral in the Portuguese navy The Amertean officers thanked the Presi dent for the act of the Portuguese Government in bestowing upon all three of them the Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword The municipal council of Lisbon today decided to award a gold medal to the aviators. The newspapers print long articles the transatlantic today by inger, ican received all reproduce the phrase “Vou have done what the Portuguese did ago, but they reached America sea, while you centuries by by alr.’ reached Machines to WFacort Into Plymouth. the Aasoctated Press PLYMOUTH, May 29 nounced here that the British Air Ministry ia planning to give the States naval seaplane NC-4 crew a great boats, in go the British By It Was an reception addition to eacort Air (‘att and tts Three flying two airplanes, Americans mooring the mouth of the Plym Ti Americans will be guests at the Royal Air probably on the day arrival out to Royal the will te etation in the Force water, The honor Force sta tion following their Arrangementa for the reception of} and | Lieutenant-Commanéder Read the crew of the NC-4 were completed at a conference between the Amert-- the Mayor. | The Mayor and the Town Counell Continued on Page a, Columa 4. ST. LOUIS rOST-DISPATCH Louis With the Associated Press News Ser vice THU RSD. AY : V ENING, NIGHT EDITION e ——————— Gap —; ~ PRICE TWO CENTS sage to the American people “My Fellow Countrymen: evitably suggests our own country. life of men were ever exposed this war of liberation with great thoughts and purpose now radeship of liberty and of right scientiouslvy offered their lives dav They the high spirit and pure heart of crusadere “We must never forget the duty that their sacrifice has laid upon us of fulfilline their hopes and thetr purpose to the utmost. acems to me. is the impressive lesson and the inspiring mandate of the President’s Memorial Day Message to American People WASHINGTON, May 2%. RESIDENT WILSON has cabled the following Memortal day mes Memorial dav weara thie year an added significance. and I wish, if only by a message, to take part with vou in its observance and in expressing the sentiments which it fm- “In observing the day we commemorate not only the reunton of put also now the liberation of the world from one of the most serious dangers to which free government and the free “We have buried the gallant and now tmmortal men who died in a new sense of consecration are consecrated to the maintenance of the liberty of the world and of the untfon of its people in a singe com- It was for this that our men con. came to the fleld of battle with Thi WOODROW WILSON.” Our a, ft conditions unfavorabie to a | terday which dow herve bres lin had) iT epartment to dispose of } Ry the ' mobile ee + ee we we ee WAR DEPARTMENT TO BUSINESS SHOWING — | SURPLUS MEATS. AN UPWARD. TREND From Large State Institutions on Invites Bids and Other Canned Goods Ry the ated Tre WASHINGTON, steps bv the Wat ing to the disposition in this countrs of part of the enormous surplus stock and cured meat held by tt with the maltiling hides to some 1200 municipal charitable Invitations Sal {cenc lirst look May 29 Denartment of canned were taken today of invitations af hospitals, a penal institutions aleo were sent to officials of the Roard York tor larger state and evylims the and 9 nal Purchasing and the New Army, the York Cits Roard wwere held recently hetween War Department officials and the industry, and it was agreed to export as much of the 142,000,000 pounds of surplus of meat as possi- ble. Institutions in .. this ocouptr) vited ter b vation of Now State Tlospital (‘onferences wae are t« the meat were aclected, it because their large purchase in carload “While it ia on requirements te them said, permit lote eufficient)y of the War ifs «ur the desire all plus foodstuffs in the Lnited States, said an official statement equipped to “not heing eonduet a retail hue ness, the department muat seek pur sufficiently io enahlo it chasers whe can buv in to make that surplus large quantities ation of sales through the organiz it bas created to dispose stocks The great and Canned 1” ICaatern meat ta atored tn Warehouses located in Midwestern cities ‘MAYOR KIEL SAYS HE WILL BE part: Landed | CANDIDATE AGAIN IN 1921 Kiel. in eonversation with 5) id he Nia Len reporters he 4 today, would third 192) ton April, fei i eleetion Mayor if candidate term as thre election elec the next like and I “TT will run again at this NIavor “—_ had people tion.’ said the a good time, like recent! and have think the lie said he compilation of he addressed 1449 meetings in his first cla’ | the and a meeting of under the Mavor 7 than Mayor eh | play eeace 7 lob me’ completed a figures showlng public and semi four. ver nddreseaed a hat public "On term qrrie Preabyvterian assembl) heer tlere’ U takers,” people lined 1 have more half a million St ans sinee I have in offiee’ Since the ma’ tferiy four the late Mavor has ey three terme only one other, Rolla Wells, In the dave William Carr served alx one nioen efaial know more Louis eves fhan louie been oraits wae made venre in (Os. no ved ana served two eariv Lane BULL SELLS FOR $125,000 Aeanmociated Preae FFALO, N. ¥ the f bull was year terms May 29 ling ‘reat, year-old Hal eold for $125,900 at of the etock farm veaterday the highest Rtohert FE ia Apple atein the of Oliver The price ta evel dispersal sale Cabana Jr to he aire here eald paid for a i pointer of Detroit wars the buyer NC-4) Another record was made when the Pairs J. T. Shanahan 00 Hhe ie a pounds of butter a got the apirited againet A.W ¢, of Oho of Coleman Tbupont of lew of Htuffalo for $45 producer of 47.11 Shannahan hidding and a cow, a Cek cow after reerre representative Delaware Auto. Party Killed tu ht ’ ¢ A, oar mt er } ‘*- POOTRTILANIT? fire 7 Z| were Killed and five Two in Movie Two persons injfured auto of a overturned near here yesterday when an hue carrying membere company the 13 passengers Mies Edna (Claynor. 17. an actress and George C Held. a local camera man, were killed mov ing pictur ° and three out going ts tonight? If #0, the Theater or see Page 6. Are Movies . ‘ vou wa ' i pent “ ‘lower that | Federal Reserve Board Issues Optimistic Statement on Con- ditions for Month of M Ry th WASHINGTON tis eable e® Aesoctated Pree May trend Ma upward in during May, espectally related to the leading retail which have felt the release of power held back by the war, ported today hoard from Federal said to point a summer tumn of unusual activits A warning was added. h against accepting the hey tt. ay. A neo- business, trades buying | wae re the Federal Reserve | Practically uniform reportea! The Reserve agents were) and au- owever, prosperity at ite full face value until conditions become more clarified “The country now penditure or reaction from forced economy and eae timtis of the war by the board said activity ehould prove principally on these causer tien he looked for whe "If the may aeema to be | inatallments passing through a period of free ex- compticed 88 pages the en-! restric- a statement present to he based a reae n these) forces have apent themaelves.” The prie@a and reconatruct tiation was eald continuatton of that April ene y to already 1 to retrograde, one Fede serye elowly adjueting iteelf to the tion that there Ia to be no rap war drop In prices iteclf to the probability that pre-war prices may hever a reached ion sit be practically a ioted In when prices showing no tend ral Re Rank found that “the publite te) eon y\ ic id poat. | and is reconclling the old! gain be Farmers biapected to Proaper. Agriculturally, the rem of the early he stetained In an the etatement aald promirse te degree Reconstruction, effort ta making cash returna to farmere are « to than hefore of are eonsiderably ‘han a venr ago, lie more ever cattle emall. with the priee contin advance Ir) steel] and tron the mont arkalhie | shipping ap unuevual due to organized | prog@resa and Apeote: Pri er | higher | while sheep are | Receipts of hoge have heen to uing h’e out put felt to the lowest Naures in many much better noted but a wae monthe, the market bituminous coal industry wae | ed | be depressed, with an outs than While fone in report out leee 70 per cent of that a year ago operators were sald to be optimiatiec for the future The current fuel lia in exe: After ler eeveral ‘| eekea mn, eligzht the « opper market improvement ewe of aa of production of almoet rie? showed fieneral manufacturing wae eald to decided market waa of the pellet placed fa showing The wool prices in favor orders have heen and finteshed gooda and woolen worsted mille are going back (in the sections had | justment, Mata. waa aold to) ‘establishmenta report a (power, tirmne demand for dary gore Shoe prices are being fall delivery, the for an inerease of 2? n pair for retallers High Retall Prices. Itetail trade te asauming u dented volume, while prices ¢ abnormallv high Hetallers made little or continue to upon ahnoee up for being rents. but prices hased the board sald of business, two-thirda a year ago, wine than Improvement strong with Large | r Yarns and to full | These conditions are reflected | da and marked outlook nprece ontinue in moet no ad-. demand war conditiona., In New York large large vol areater and in Chicago re. turns range from 256 to 60 per cent In exceas of 1018 In the Bouth there i* aale ‘ne contraction in the public of cash sales is reported Irn bulldinge there hase heer tinet revival throughout the e Rea! hardening with enales on the increase estate values were eald of farm 1 to be huying while a greater proportion Ya oie ountry to be lards “The banking postition of the coun- try is reported aa on the sound present circumstances ered.” the board aald. and percentages of the Federal whole conatd Keserve | posals formulated by delegation at Versailiesa have been de- | livered i which would be sent later | ume containing the eounter propoe- ijale ita prospective) holding together the 144 pares ihere tonteht 'Rrockdorfe | the ale | Rane! that the | pt control ef a eommilasion, ‘tier the etipulations of the treaty, imuch further even than the Danish 'Clovernment deaires the | adverearies GERMANS’ PROPOSALS TODAY BEFORE COUNCIL OF 4 oul Enemy's Reply Takes Up 146 Pages—Declares Saar Valley Is to Be “Detached From the Empire Solely Because of Claims Upon Its Coal.” ae PLENARY SESSION ON AUSTRIA SATURDAY States Formed From Old Dual Monarchy Virtually Have Agreed to Pay Part of Indemnity and Italy Will Share in the Cost. TR: *he Asenctated Prese PARIS, May 28.—-The counter pre- the Oerman French authorities. before the to the ‘The proposals witlil go in thoage lines) Counel! of Four today Raron voh Lerener of the German | delegation, informally delivered the ; completed counter proposals to Col Henry. the French liateon offleer. at Versailles, at 12.20 o'clock today. (ierman explained that there had been time for tranelationa, The vol- rey net bound, corner fasteners Delivered tn Installments. The German reply wae received if The firet tnataliment Other tnetali- ments followed thie and it wae un- derstood that the delivery of the document wowld be in the time limit The reply hears the caption: “Obeservationa of the German delegation on the conditiona of peace.” Miniatere Landsaber@ and Celabert« of the Clerman delegation will leave for Rertin Count von Rantzau, chairman of delegation, wlll remain, aa he has to sign three more notes which will be to the secrets. riat of the peace conference In treating on terel- torial questions the German eounter propoenat= to the terme presented by the allies eny, according to a eynep- reaching Partie bw the way of “territery of the Baar, tn- £00,000 peraone, te to be the tlerman Emptre of claime upon tte franemitted the eertian habited by detached from aolely bheeavuse oal.”’ it ie pointed out that during 15 yeare the territory te to be aublert ta “tn the nomination of which the population has no choice” Regarding Schieawia-Holetein. the (erman reply remarke that the fron which will be voted upon under “goes The states formed from the ota Avatrian Empire have virtually agreed to pay part of the Avetrian indemnity, not as enemies of the Fin tente but In reeognition of their lb eration and aleo to redeem propor. tionately thelr shares of the 46.906 nnn 000 kroner Avetrian paper cur reneyv etill in ectreulation in theese states When the peace conference met tn plenary thie afternoon te hear the Auetrian peace terme it wae that the treaty hed not yet been completed It wae decided, therefore, to postpone the session untill Saturday, when the completed treaty ta expected to be ready It ia reported that the presentation of the peace terme to the Avetrian delegation, which had heen planned for Friday noon, has been postponed aoealar announced ‘untl! Monday » to 69 | Atistria's indemnity payment wil be about 2,490,000.0090 kroner An. other 2,600.990,.000 will be propor tioned among Hungary, Crecho-Sie- vakia. Juge Siavia, Rumenia, Poland and italy It declares that. regarding the | colonies, the Allied terme are in e6n- (tradiction to a just peace and are dominated by the principle that might ta greater than right. Italy and Hamania Asealiied. Regarding responsibilities, the document says Germany le reautred ‘to recognize that she and her alifee are responeiblie for all the damages caused to their adversaries, when it is an historic fact that some of thelr such as Italy and Re- mania, entered the war with a view to territorial conquest. The covenant of the League 6f Nations is declared to be in contra- diction with numerous declara of Germany's adversaries and it does not realize a genuine league “reserve | ‘gyatem have shown an ability to hold i of all their own.’ Paw) rrr cn ni, wempe Pye) + Aap ores