TIIK OUECOV STATESMAN WEDNESDAY. MARCH 0, Iff IS
AUSTRIANS DO
SOI ASK FOR
ARMY DISCHARGE
t.
Although Entitled to Dismis
sal, 50 at Camp Lewis
. Stay Soldiers
EX-PROFESSOR IS BUSY
Former Harvard Man Declines
Government Money to Sup-
port Family
CAMP LEWIS, Wah., March '.
flecond Lieutenant Stanley K. U'alk
er, whom Seattle police have been
re.qwwted to . arrest on a charge or
paMffig bogus cheeks, has Ieen ab
sent 'from camp since January. It
was ald today at the division Jndg?
advocate' office. H obtalnd leav?
from duty with the 3(JJt Infantry to
visit his fiance who reports t
dylne; In California and obtained an
extension of the leave. About a wee!w
so be waseen In Taeoma by a fel
low officer and advised to return to
camp Immediately Shortly after
this he disappeared and checks hg
had given a Taconia hotel weie re
turned to the note1 by the bank on
: which they were dtawn.
Walker wan a product of the Pre-
ldlo officers' training aehool and Is
aald fo have been a potion picture
actor before entering the army.
AuKtrfjui Hiav In Armr.
Although there are at Camp Lewis
fifty Austrian of Jewish faith, en
titled, to honorable discharge from
the army a enemy aliens, .only one
ef the men obtained his discharge
from the army under the provision
entitling them to discharge for this
cause, Klmon L. Wienlr, field repre
sentative at camp of the Jewlah
: l oard of welfare work. Thin rnn
did his best to get back Into the ar
my, but the law prohibiting- accept
ance of enemy 'arlens. into the army
prevented his rejoining his old com
rhy. .-, jv
- A former Harvard professor Is one
of the non-commissioned officers at
Camp Lewis. Enlisting In the 222nd
field signal battalion. Company n.,
as a private, Francis B. Duveneek
has won promotion to master s'nil
electrician, the highest non-comml-sioned
rank, lie was Instructor at
one time In electrical engineering
8t Harvard university and has been
employed "by large electrical hous'ii
lnceiJeavlng th university. ' i
1 ffoTrtumrnt Money TeHnel. '
Wli'Dnrenef k was asked wheth..
er he desired the .roverhmentsl allot
ment for his wife .md. four children
he said nev He-told hla commander
his family 'has Independent .means
and that the- government could us
the money which d does-not need.
Mrs. Duveneek has made her home
in Tacoma so that she can visit her
husband Wednesday tand Saturday
afternoons and Sands.?". '
: Tacoma Is (rtn? --up one night of
Orpheum vaudeville bo that the so!
dleds at, Camp Lewis may enJov the
best in entertainment at the Liberty
theater," conducted at Camp Lewis
under the direction-of the war dcr
partment's- commission on training
camp activities. Colonel E., A. Bra?
den, director of entertainment; an
nounced today that the Liberty thea
ter has been Included .In the vaude
ville circuit playing Wednesday-matinees
and Wednesday and Thursday
nights , starting March 13: . Sm'le
age books, provided by'patriotic citi
zens of the northwest, will give the
men admission to the theater at the
performances and the prices will be
25, BO and "75 cents" To enjoy this
entertainment heretofore the soldier
has had to pay $1 bus fare, the same
admission irua.h and the war tax.
Noted KlngevR to Entertain.
Arrangements have been; fnade to
play at 'the Liberty tho- beet of the
road shdws which' visit' Taconfa and
famous musfclans atid, singer such
e Madame' Melba and Maude Pow
ell,,' will appear for the soldiers. In
' the, hear future, giving the same en
tertainment which would cost them
from t 2 to f '1n the 'cities for 25
and 50 cents. The weekly program
noW Includes two nlghtsand matinee
of vaudeville, one' high class enter
tainment, one program by regiment
al or company talent, and first run
motion pictures. Special matinees
are given for soldiers tinder quaran
tine who cannot mingle with the
nightly crowds
; Teaching officers how to shont
their-commands without Impairing
their throats will be one of the tasks
of Robert Lloyd, San Francisco bari
tone, sent here as singing director
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SATURDAY
LIBERTY
by th commission on ttalnlng camp
activities. Mr. Lloyd arrived today
io teach the soldiers how to sing.
Community singing will fee taught,
with entire regiments . gathered to
gether as one big class. Lively tunes
which can be used as marching songs
are to be used, the purpose being
largely to keep up the morale of the
men.
HUTCHESON GOES
TO PRESIDENT
Heady of Brotherhood of Car
penters Says Strike May
Be Outcome
WASHINGTON, March, 5. Fallng
today to get the approval of repre
sentatives 'Of the navy, the Emergen
cy Fleet corporation and the metal
trades unions of his proposal to put
a bpokesman of the carpenters on the
wage adjustment committee in sh'p
buildlngdlsputes, William L. Hutch
eson, president of the Brotherhood
of Carpenters, announced tonight
that an appeal would be taken to
President Wilgon.
:If he does nothing, tlen we are
through, " Mr. Ilutchesoii Clarcrf,
"and it Is up to the government to
keep the men In line."
- "Does that mean a striker' ,he was
asked. '
"How do I know?" was the an
swer. "They struck last time and only
returned to work in response to the
president's appeal in the belief that
the matter would be adjusted to their
satisfaction."
v Hutcheson said there were 50,000
Idle carpenter who eOtttd bo tiut to
work building ships Jf the. work was
available. He indicated some of
these men would find work in Cana
da by announcing that John J. Ate
Gee of New York, has been offered
the! post of director of shipbuilding
in Canada by the imperial munitions
board, which asked him to furnish
5000 woodworkers and 6000 Iron
shipbuilders.
"Mr, McGee hs asked and received
permission to accept the offer," he
added, "and the-men he wanU doubt
less will be glad to get the work."
The conterene.today, Jn which As
sistnnt Secretary Roosevelt appeared
forftna hayy, dliiuHed.the vacation
for! pearly 'ft?.ht fc5u'rs, then Hd
joumed, without agreement or ar
ranRement for a continuance of ne
gotiations.' "'.previous negotiations
likewise were unfruitful of results
the striking carpenters having re
turned to the shipyards when Preni-.
dent Vilon declared the war pro
gram was neing delayed and refused
to see Mr, Hutcheson.
f i
r 1 -
Mrs. George MadIort i.ft of Den
ver, who Is to serve on the woman's
national advisory committee of the
Democratic party. H a Mlcbiran
woman who settled In Colorado after
her marlraKe, and has since been
prominent In eo,ual suffrage propa
ganda work and as a leader in the
women', club' organization.
WAR BOARD IS
REORGANIZED;
BARUCH IS HEAD
Powers to Control Output of
American Industry Are
Increased
NEW DUTIES PRESCRIBED
Competition Between Depart
; ments for Supplies to Al
lies Cut Out
WASHINGTON', March Reo--ganlrafion
of the war lndustrie-4
koard with lsernard M. Harnch of
New York nn chairman, and with
vastly Inert tfnoil powers to control
th- output of American industry dur
ing the war was' announced today
by President Wilson.
Final determination of all ques
tions of priority in deliveries to any
department of the I'nlted States rov
ernmnt and to the allies In vented In
the board, and It is harged with
coordinating and anticipating the
needs of any of these, creating or
f;f!provlnf facilities for production
and advilnir a to prices?.
-Much-' of the power Is r;lvn to the
Chairman, with the board acting In
an adviwry capacity, and her 'the
president says, should "act as the
Rm-rnl eye of isll supply departments
In the field of industry."
i Through the board it f proposed
to eliminate all copmetltion for sup
plies between the vartooa 'depart
ments and the allies, thus meeting
In a meaxure at laat, the domand In
congress for centrallzatIon', of power.
, The president prescribed 'th pew
duties of the board In a letter to Mr.
Raruch. rrinestlng him to . accept
the' chairmanship as successor to
Daniel Wiilard. who recently renlgn
ed to devote his entire attention to
Ms datlen a -president of the Raltl
more and Ohio railroad and as chair
man of the advisory commission of
the council Of national defense.
The president's letter to Mr. Ra
rueh follows:
"I nm writing to ask If yon will
ont accept appointment as chairman
of the war industries board, and I
am going tc take the liberty at the
same time of outllaglng the func
tions, the consti't'tion and action of
the lKard as I think they should
now bo established
"The functions of the hoard
should be:
"(1) The creation of new facili
ties and the disclosing. If necessary,
the opening up f new or additional
sources of supply; .
"(2) The conversion of existing
facilities where nfeeseary to new
Off;:-w- ... f -
"(3) The studious conservation
of resources and facilities ' by sclen
MfUv commercial and Industrial
ectfnorriles;
i '4) Advice to the several pur
chaplnK aeercles of the srovernment
with regard to the prices to be paid:
"(5) The determination wherev
er necessary of priorities of produc
tion and of delivery and of the pro
portions of any given article to be
made Immediately accessible to the
several purchasing ""agencies when
the . supply of that article is insuffi
cient, either temporarily or perma
nently; Purchases for Allies Provided.
"(6) The making of purchases
for the allies.
"The board fhonld be constituted
is at present and Fhould retain, so
?r as necessary and so far as con
sistent with the character and pur
poses of the reorganization. Its pre,s
nt advisory agencies; but "The ulti
mate decision of all questions ex
fpt the determination of prices,
ihonld! rest always with n'echair
man. the other members, ltu4 In a
-o-operative atid advisory rap! city.
The further organlfatlon of advice I
will lnd?eate below.
:"In fh determlnatioC'of prterltles
of production, when it Is not possi
ble" to 'have the fair supply of any
article that is needed, produced at
once, the chairman should be assist
ed, and so far as practical guided
by the present priorities organization
or Its equivalent.
'In the determination of priorities
of deiery when they must. be. de
termined he should be assisted when
necessary in addition to the present
advisory priorities organization fcy
the advice and cooperation of a com
mittee constituted for the purpose
and consisting of official represent
atives of the food administration, tUe
fuel administration, the railway aJ
mlniatration, tho shipping board and
the war trade board. In order that
when a priority of delivery has been
determined there may be common,
consistent and concerted action to
carry It Into effect.
"In the-determination of price the
chairman should be governed by tire
TO BELIEVE CATARRHAL
DEAFNESS AND HEAD
NOISES
If you hurt Catarrhal Deafness-
ot I t-ii'i n s . t- your tlrtg.
Ut and tft 1 oitBii ! I'urinitit
l.-ubJ- nrrnlhl, .-in-l nrlil t It
h'.t t-T in.J jtiKl n littl.- suiTfif
H directed on earh pat kk' . Tnhe
1 t blespoonfn I four linn's a drijr
Thin will often Unna quick re
lief from th . dltresinK head
nc.lri. ("Iaifd nostrils ho'ilJ
cpd. hreathintt, become eay and
1h) mucfi'jit np drouptn? into th
thrrat. It- in tnj' t preare,
costs little and In ttlennant to tse.
angone wlio hcta i'atarrhnl t)f
nn or hod "Tolm irioiild- kIvb
thl prescription a trial. For sal's
by, Capital .Drug iftore.
advice of a committee consisting, be-side-
-hHnBelf, rvr tbe members of the
tKaruV.inyy-jjat(:ly .chanted with the
Joady of rarr triaterlals"and or man
ufactured products, of the labor
memtx'r ef the board, of the chair
man of the federal trade'eommi.ssiou,
the cljairman of the 'traffic commis
sion, fuiui'tho fuel administrator.
"Trie cbafman should be constant
ly and systematically lufonued of all
contracts, rmreahses and deliveries la
order that he may have always be
fore hiine a systematized analysis of
the progress of business in the sev
eral suplly divisions of the govern
merit in all departments.
Chairman Dirties Outline.
"The duties of the chairman are:
. "(1) To act for the jint and
several benefit of all the supply de
partments of the government.'
"(2) To let alone what is being
successfully done and Interfere as
little as possible with the present
normal processes of purchase and do
livery in the "several departments.
"(3) To guide and asslrt wher
ever the need, for guidance or a;
sfstance may bo revealed: For cx
anrpte fn the allocation of contracts
in obtaining access to materials in
any way pre-empted or in the dis
closure of sources of supply. .
"(it To determine what Is to ht
done when ther Is any competitive
or other conflict of interest between
paitiiients in the matter of sup
I'Hes: For example, when there is
not a sufficient Immediate supply for
all and there must be r. decision a
to priority of ned or dellreKy, or
when there U competition for the
Fame sourc of manufacture or sup
ply, or when contracts have not been
placed iti such a way as to get ad
vantage of the full productive capa
city of th country;
" ) To see that contracts an l
deliveries are followed up where.
srr hi assistance Is Indicated under
(3) and ( ) above has proved to be
ncessary; ;Sg
."(6) To anticipate1 the prospec
tive needs of the several supply de
partments o. the government and
their feirlble adjustment to the In
dustry of the country as far In ad
vance as possible, In order that as
definite. an outlook and opportunity
for planning as possible may be af
forded the business men of the coun
try. "nl brief. h should art as the gen
eral eye of all supply departments In
the field tf fndnstry."
MURDER CASE
IS COMMENCED
Prosecutor Seeks to Show
Main Acted Suspiciously
After Deed
CllKHAUS.;YrAHJI.t March C
Five of the important witnesses for
th state' were-put on the witness
ftland this afternoon by Special Pros
ecutor Samuel White In the murder
trial of Oscar Wain, charged with
killing Jtrert Hwpyryo, Naimvlne gro
ver. on iimuavytis .
?The special osecut or sought to
show through Che testimony that Os
car Main acted it a suspicious man
ner after th3 finding of the body of
the murderel man and about the
time that the murder is supposed to
have . been committed.
The wltneeses'called Were Robert
Myers, Itobley Evans, Sheriff J.
Berry, Dr. II. I.. Petti t and C. T.
Lloyd. The sheriff will he recalled
later. t .
The teftlmonv of . C. T. Lloyd
brought forth the statement that
Main was "up town" at the hour in
auestion and that he acted "In a
hurried and suspicious manner, as
thou Eh something were on his mind."
Sheriff Berry ' testified to being
called to Napavine by. Dr. PetUt, who
told him that Fred Swayne had been
murdered. On cross-examination. He
admitted that the bag In the safe,
containing $70. was secreted In such
a manner that It might have been
overlook ed In a hurried search. Other
drawers In the safe were opened, he
said, though nothing was scattered
about the floor. The cash drawer
stood open with abont $2 In cash In it.
A detailed explanation of the con
dition of the body at the time of
his arrival was given by Dr. Pettlt.
who wa called from his home at the
request of Mrs. Swayne. He said that
life had - been extinct for several
hours when he arrived.
"Main said he called the coroner
nnd the undertaker," testified Dr.
Pettlt. "I fold him he'd better no
tify the sheriff as this was a sus
picious case. He told mo to do It
myself as I was nearer the tele
phone." Mvrn and Evans, boys sent to find
out what was detaining ber husband
bv Mrs. Swayne, testlfjeed to finding
the body. Mrs. Swayne waa not in
court this afternoon.
Cornell Professor Assails
Fixing of Price of Wheat
WASHINGTON". March . Idle
farm land and labor scarcity were
given as the causes for a shortage
of crops by 3. Y. Warren, professor
of farn management at Cornell uni
versity, todav. In testlfy!rsr at the
senate aerletiitnral committee's hear
In on the food situation. "
The method of fixlnsr prices for
wheat was iseaile! bv Mr. Warren,
who saJdAh food ant horltle" do net
take into ron?lik ration tmfavorab'
conditions fnWbeft p'odueMO'l.
"The Tnort effective thins- that
can be done, fo st!ni'!rife nrodur-
tlon." Mr. Warren said. ' i to hav
the tforemtrjent definitely anroijnce
that It will allow -the fanner to soli
hi products en a free market with
out price control. If the price con
trol Is to be conMnhd. we should
pay the farmer a much higher price
for the product.
"They onsht to put a tax on get
ting angry."
"How would you collect?"
''Well, you couldn't stamp youi
foot without using a government
stamp." Lonlaville Courier-Journal.
ALLIES' HEARTS
BEAT TOGETHER
UNTIL VICTORY
Mighty Forces of Three Coun
tries Are Fighting for
High Purpose
PILGRIM SOCIETY MEETS
French and British Ambassa
dors Are Guests at New
York Banquet
XKW YOU K, March 5. Tird
Heading. British high commissioner
to the Fnlted States, the Most Itev.
Cosmos Oordon L.nng. archbishop of
New York, and pflmate of Knsland,
end Juls J. Jusserand, French am
basa!or, were honored guests to
night at the annual dinner here of
the. Pilgrim society. Women wen
present for the nrft time at a ban
e.uet of the organization.
Cable messages of greeting were
exchanged with King George. The
one snt the British ruler, signed by
F rederick Cuncliffe Owen, vice pres
ident of the society, follows:
"The Pilgrim society of America,
gathered today at dinner of welcome
ti the archbishop of York and to
vour maiearv n nmriaunnnnr
Lord Reading, also In celebration ct
the rmeenth anniversary or meg so
ciety, the 1000 guests. Including the
ambassador of France, hall your
majesty as America's honored anl
glorious . ally and offer respectful
and heartfelt rreeflngs as well as
prayars for the victory of our united
c
This was the king's. reply:
"The message from the Pilgrim,
society of America has been received
by me with feellnes of prld and of
gratification. I warmlv thank those
who have Joined In thi occasion of
grettlngs to myself and of hope for
that victory for our common eatis
by which the future peace of the
world ran alone be secured. My
countrymen, with me. ail appreciate
the honor done the British ambassa
dor and to the archbishop of York
bv the distinguished gathering. In
cluding the French ambassador,
which this evening commemorate
the fifteenth anniversary of your so
ciety." When Iord Beadlncr was Introduc
ed he. n greeted with three Ameri
can cheers.
"Now that you . hare entered the
war." the amVissador declared. "w
fully understand there can be no
halting no hesitation, no want of
decision and that the war will eon-,
thn .m1 tint It the-nrlncltde
of liberty for which America ' has
ever drawn the sword nris oeen vin
dicated and set up on high l-yon
the reach of all the despotism which
mav be nrra3d against it."
Referring to, the entry of Great
Britain into the war. Lord Reading
said: . -
"Knowing what Is now known of
the cost In men and treasure. If that
amount In August. 1914, were ti
come today. Great Britain would d
just what Fhe did then."
The archbishop of York paid trib
ute to the high Idealism which
brclueht the United States Into the
conflict.
"What hrrmirht us Into this war?
he asked. "It w"s Belgium. We
never stopped to calculate what the
icnniri We realized that hon
or and duty made essontlaTthe keen
- ai 1 v. r
llig or our nanoiiiii r
"Your entry Into the; war was
strikingly different from ours." he
continued. It was deliberate; It was
based upon conviction and principle
"I believe that but one end of thH
war Is possible, and that there has
been borne Into life new hope. Peace
and freedom are bound to come to
the warring nations of the world.
The high idealism of America is cer
tain" to lead to an ultimate victory
which will result In a concert of na
tions In which the peace of the worll
shall' he secured." t
Ambassadar Jusserand said th.t
France and Kngland finally found
they always bad fought for the Bam
high ideals and that they were na
tions with hearts which beat In uni
son. . . .
"When we were outnumbered, he
raid, "we won the battle of the Mar
no. vow, with the tnlghtly force
of Britain by our side and with th.
United Stat! coming in with long
f-trid.es. we know we shall battle un
til the end. When the end will come
we know not, but we ill triumph."
FOODlHff MENTS
OF U. S. HUGE
Exports Enough to Furnish
Balanced Ration to 16,
000,000 Men --
WASHINGTON", Matrh CcKdod
sv.friclent to furnish a balanced 1a
tion to an average of more than 16.-
f000,000 nif-n yearly was shipped
from the United Ftates to the olll r
from the beglnniiig of the war to
last January, the food administra
tion announced tonight in making
public an analysis of the nation's
enormous exports of foodstuffs to
Great Britain. France, Ita'y and
Russia. In addition there wai a sur
plus of some 625,000 tons of pro
tein and 268.000 tons of fatse.
Russia received less than one per
cent of the total. Great Britain
took more than half of the entire
total or enough to feed about 8.
000,000 men. France was next with
enough for 4,200.000 men, and Italy
sufficient for more than. 2.000,000
men. The thrte together reoeld
aniL exrcKK of protein capable of sap
plying this portion of the diet to
ftome 20,000,000 additional men.
The total exports of wheat and
flour to Great Britain, Fiance and
Italy was equivalent to .384,000,000
bushels, or an average of HO.OOU,
000 bushels-' per Cr. ; Exports, of
pork and pork products totalled al
most two billion pounds.; while sugar
export to those countries showe-1 a
early average cf6 8,000.000 pounds.
Oats exports, for the three and one
half years totalled 212,751.000 bush
els, corn 24,310,000 bushels and ro
3,61St,000 bushels. - - f
PACKERS' CASE
THROUGH TODAY
Argument to Be Concluded
and Case Will Be Taken
Under Advisement
CHICAGO. March 5. Argument
for counsel In the packers wage ar
bitration will be concluded sf tomor
row, and-the case taken under -advse-J
ment by Federal Judce Samuel Al
schuler, the arbitrator.
In his opening address to the ar
bitrator today Attorney Rrank P.
Walsh t in behalf of the employes,
urged that each of the six demands
made by the men be grantej. The
questions under consideration at the
hearing are for a baric eight, hour
day with time. and . half for over
time and double pay for Sundays and
holidays, an Increase of $1 a day for
all hourly rate workers with a for
responding increase for all piece rate
workers, equal', pay for men and
women performfng the same work,
and a guaranteed number 6f hours
fan King from 40 to 45 hours as the
minimum week's work
Attrney Walsh read a minimum
yearly budget for a family of five
amounting to I128S4, which he
asked the arbitrator to consider In
making his award. He said the
pay of packing house employes could
be doubled without Incieaslnsr the
price of meat to the consumer more
than one-sixtieth of a cent a pound.
Atorney Carl Meyer will dellrer
the opening argument for tho pack
ers' side tomorrow morning.
haigIxplains
cambrai fight
Heavy Bombardment Contrib
uted to Success of Enemy
In Recovering
LONDON, "March 5. The war of
fice tonight madf public a dispatch
front Field Marshal Sir Douglas Halg,
covering the, much dlseiiKsed battles
on thfrCambro! front-last -November.
It relates how the . operations were
carried 'out, tells of the successes at
first achlevwl and - alludes, yuite as
frankly to the subsequent reverses
which compelled a withdrawal from
territory that had been captured, no
blame being Imputed to any one for
this later occurrence. .
The attack, the field m rash a!
notes, was started at 6:30 o'clock on
the morning of November 20. The
spectacular successes which first at
tended It have been told In the cor
respondent's reports written at the
time. It was onfthe last day of No
vember that the triumph began to
give way to disaster.
"At the northern end pl the Bon
avis ridge and in the Gqnnelleu sec
tor." the commander relates, "tjie
swiftness with which the; advance tf
the enemy's Infantry followed the
opening of his bombardment appeals
to have overwhelmed our troops,
both in the line and the immediate
support, almost before they had re
alized the attack had begun. The
nature of the bombardment, which
seems to have been heavy enough 10
keep our men under cover without
at first seriously alarming them,
contributed to the success of .the
enemy." .. " ." . ,'
PACIFIC COAST
LEAGUE IS BUSY
Managers of Baseball Clubs
Are Making Preliminary
Arrangements
. -
SAN FRANCISCO. Calif., Feb. 2.
With practically onhr three weeks
berore them ere they: will line up
for early pracice.;- their Catidldates,
the various managers of the Pacific
coast league baseball clubs are ac
tlvely enegaged in, making the pre
liminary arrangements.
Practically all of these managers
will be more or less hard put to
It to find the new1 material necessary
to bolster up the holes In their line
ups made by the draft and volun
teer service occasioned by tho war.
In some cases frantic letters are go
ing out to managers of major league
clubs asking for aid.
AJust what the prospet for each
club will be it still Is too early to
determine and It Is not likely that
much prophesying will be done until
a more definite lineup of the men
is had. A score of names ot good
playe.rs in other leagues have been
mentioned as probaly obtainable for
the Pacific Coast organizations but
until contracts are signed and the
men appear on the ground, nothing
definite will bo available.
Followers of the fortunes of the
league appear to think that the Salt
Lake City team will start off with
an edge on Its rivals In the matter
of material but this, like all other
advance criticism. Is consider as of
the hit or miss variety.
Ture food for thought Is another
thing we shall need when -the war Is
over. ' p '.: '
PROHI BRANCHES
ALLEGE EACH
OTHER DISLOYAL
National Convention Unal!
to Decide on Merger With
New Party
COMPROMISE IS LIKELY
Nationals' Stand in Favor cf
Single Tax One Cause
of Objection
CHICAGO, March 5. After a day
of bitter debate during which cau-
tic epithets and cbargi of disloyal
ty to the party were hurled from oo
side to the other, the delegates to S
the national prohibition cenventica )
weie deadlocked tonight on the ques
tion, of merging with the new Na
tional party; formed at Bt. Louis by
Socialists who disagreed with that
party's stand on the war.
Throughout the day the anU
mcrging faction had the better tf
the argument, three times winning
minor skirmishes, but by night lead'
ers of each sloe; though predicting
victory were planning .compromises
to be Introduced later.
Anils" Force Motion.
, The first' victory for tho antl
merging faction came when th?
forced through a motion to wake,
the debate on the question unlimited.
Led by WJHIam A. Brubaker of Chi
cago, and Judge 11. L. Peak, dcler-H-j
from Ohio, ibe delegates favorlsr
the merger attempted to have the de- '
bate limited to thirty minutes eata i
for each side but were verwhelralaf
ly defeated after E. J. IL rrugh cf
Harrisburg, Ta., charged that an at
tempt was being made to-railroil
through the merger. .Tha,. anil
mergers won again a few mlnutei
later when they succeeded In pas.
Ing a motion making two thirds ma
jority necessary to pass the merger
resolution. It wss said to be tho
first time the Prohibitionists had re
quired more than k majority to pa
on any action. ;
The third victory came when the )
merger faction was defeated in an
attempt to have representatives cf
tho National who convene here Xtf
morrow, address the convention after ;
the debate had closed. The an ti
met pers Insisted that the' Nationals
speak before the debate closed, thus .
giving them a chance for rebutta".
The resolution calling , for "the
merger provided that a satisfactory
platrorm must be adopted by the
Nationals. ! .The cuief objection
found to the National platform br
the Prohibitionists wre that it fav
ored the single tax and that it mala,
purpose apparently wis not nation
wide prohibition, thotgh delegates
favoring the merger insisted that
prohibitlonfwas be main thing for
which the K'atlottAllsts are working.
Among the- compromises suggest
ed on was that the Prohibition party
keep Its national , committee Intact
to work for nation-wide prohibition.
Another was that ah agreement first
be reached that the Prohibtlonsta
have a certain number of represent
atives on the National national com
mittee. A third, strongly favored by
the anti-merger faction, was tbtt
each payty retain its own name bet
that committees be formed to co--
operate In obtaining certain legisla
tion. The Prohibtionsts were exception
ally bitter over the fact that Mayor
W. II. Thompson of Chicago, appar
ently refused to deliver the address
of welcome. He was requested to
do so and Virgil Hinshaw, chairman
of the national committee, in opening
the convention said that "promlneet.
Chlcagoans asked to deliver an ad
dress of welcome bad refused." ;
Herman P. Faris of Clinton, Mo.f
was elected chairman of the conven
tion without opposition.
PACIONGHOUSE
INQUIRY QUITS
Adjournment Taken After Ex
amining Letters on Live
stock Man's Work
CHICAGO, March 5. -After delr
Ing today Into correspondence relat
ing to the activities of A. D
Rlcqles of Denver, a livestock man.
who from an dpponent of the big
packerr developed Into iheJ; advo
cate, the federal trade commission
investigation Into the packing bouse
Inquiry adjourned for a few days.
The next session, Francis J
Heney, connsel for the cbmTn5ralon.
announced would be held after the
United States circuit court of appeals
has Tilled on the appeal of Henry
Veeder. counsel for Swift & Co., who
Is seeking to prevent the comiAlsslon
from taking: poHes!on of papers and
documents taken from a vajilt lit his
private office tinder a-search war
rant. Argument on the Veeder ap
peal Is set for tomorrow.
The correspondence Introduced to
day consisted of letters from, to ana
concerning Mr, Tie Klrqles. In them
were appeals for contributions to the
Itoy Scouts of Denver: statements Of
the views of Mr. De Ttlcqles on the
packing house situation: friendly
recommendation of Mr. De Tilcql
by J. O. Armour to'the Naticnal City
bank o New York -and statements
concerning the prosperity of the
Denver man'a livestock and loan
business.
The De Itleqles correspondence.
Mr. Henev said, was Introduced to
throw" licht on the transformstion
of s paker,s opponent into a pack
er's Xrlend. . ..