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Points to the Disturbed Condi* tions in World *

HE OPPOSES AIR MINISTRY

Dtclarea Cantraltzatlon Of AviaUon Wauld Tand To Dlooour«t« Oovalapmant—U. #. Haa 10,-

tlS Alrplanaa.

tandod botore UU Sonata SnbcommUtoo on Military A {Taira hi* rocotnmandntion for an army of BTi.OOO man by wyln* that In “rlow of the dlaturfced condition* in the world” ho did not wl*h tbo ••reaponalblllty of —kiny for r ' a amali force. Soaretary Baker Indicated aoreral Umao that MU a* preaantad. iccludir« It* prorlalon for compuloory uniTaraal mlHUry tralnln* for l»rear-old youth*, wa* that of military eapartc rather than hie own. although -it had his approval. Ha said that Us ova “«*•••" »** that an army af 5T6.W0 wa* perhaps Bomewhat larger than Becaaaary. but that he did not wish' to taha the reaponslblllty of oppotln* the opinion of the country 1 * *re»te*t mili-

tary

R***tding the prorldon for maintenance of throe divisions In the Insular poaaaaalona the Secretary admitted that the force appeared to him enmawhat large and agreed to the suggestion of Senator Wadsworth, of New Yorfc* that native troop* might he used to advantage. The Senator had remarked that at present it seemed that ovary American soldier kept in the Philippines was there somewhat in the nature of a "hostage of faith." Secretary also considered worth while a suggestion that a part of the youth of the country might be given the opportunity fo.- naval trainlag. possibly as a substitute for the training he otherwise would receive in

the army.

' - Th* Interrogation of the Secretary Oered the opportunity for aecurlng hia opinion on the proposed establishment of an air ministry. Senator New. of Indiana, presented argument* for the separation of the military and aeronautics, but Secretary Baker was frank in his declaration of opinion that it would make tor inefficiency. fMUkuUy would be ezpeneaced. Mr. Baker said. In maintaining the proper coordination under separate heads and If a more adequate air service is desired, he suggested it would be more practicable to utilise Urn existing mili-

tary organisations.

Another reason given by the Seerwtary for opposing a centralisation of aviation was that it would tend to discourage competition in the development of aerial appliance*. Aviation, be said. Is yet so new-that all the htgenuKy and inventions that can be bad are needed. He also explained to the committee the difficulty an etr ministry would have In handling Its pilots whan separately trained. Indl

is niiO II. S. am Mil

SI5,000 n Gold Demanded By the Uexictee

DEATH UNLESS SUM IS PAID

•••Mge Reporting The Capture Over The Signature Of Th# Aviators BhougM Te Marfa By A WalS-

Icwoe,* Bandit.

Marfa. Texas.—Letters purporting to be from Lieutenant* Paul N. Da via and Harold G. Peterson. American Army aviators missing since last Sunday, were received here at military headquarters, the tetters stated the aviators ware beiug held by bandits for (15,000 ranssm somewhere in Mexico and wer* threatened with death nnleaa the ransom was paid. Th# demand for the ransom waa received hire and a report made at once -to Major General Hickman, commander of the Southern Department. An unconfirmed report also waa received here that the aviators were being held ct a point cloce to the Amcr^ lean border and that Chico Cano, a famous bandit of the Big Bend-OJiiuga district, waa the leader of the bandit band holding the aviators. The full text if the state sued at military headquarters by Gen-

eral Erwin follows:

A telegram-maa received by Major L. A. Walton, commandsr of the Aerc Unit at Fort Bliss, repeating a *dg» signed by the two aviators who have been missing egice Sunday, slating they had been captured by Mexicans and w^re being held tor 115,000 ransom, which must -be paid by August M or they will be kUed. message was brought into a town la the Big Bend district by a well-known bandit OolonU C. T. tAnghome, commanding officer of the Eighth Cavalry and the Big Bend district wired thv commanding general of the SI Paso district that the message Is authentic, and that be Is taking all necessary measures to setbe release of the aviators, and presented this matter to the proper authorities. Th# came of the place from which the message was sent as well a# the place where the raneotn is to be paid, is not given, a* !t might Interfere with the release of

the aviators."

Lieutenant Peterson Is K year* oM and is from Hutchinson. Minn.; Lieutenant D»vU is n years old and is from Strathmore, Cat

GUNS PRESENTED MONS. Those Firing Last Shots At Huns Gift Of Canadians. Moo*. Belgium.—Canadian cannon which fired th* last shot at the Germans on armistice day, November 11. were presented to the vlllago of Mous With eisbursts ceremonies. Colonel I«owy. of the Canadian forces, said. In presenting thr pane that they would ‘be a aouvenlr of th--kladneas sbosrn by tbs native* of the town to th* soldiers " The Mayor of Mons spoke of the m-U jecriOc# of the Ceuadisps. who. "without profit, came to fight for the liberty of itvlgtum " BONUS FOR OIL WORKERS. 1S.200 Employes To Rscslee 10 Per Cent. Estra. Bay >nna. N. » Th. htaedard Oil Company of New Jersey and the Tide

PAYING THE RANSOM.

El Paso. Tex.—An official atatemeol aa Issued at military headquarters uw. signed by Brigadier Censiwl James B. Erwin, district commander, announcing that Major l A. Walton, commatider of the Aero Unit at Tori BUaa. had received a me««.j» from the tv o missing sTutors saying they ►sen captured by Mexicans and

, w , being held for 515.000 ransom, eating the necessity from the point of | TUe rsnaom must be paid by Angus! vlsw of the mlHUry men of having the i IS, according to the message,

air men so drilled with the army men that there would be the least p^sttblr change of failure when it esme to

Oo-ordinatlon.

The testimony deveJope-i that the United Stau-s now hat. 10.715 alrpUnes. of which, however, only 3.SM are service planes The major part of tne present equipment now Is obsolete. but. It waa araened by the bscre Ury. the types are better the.. . In Europe a utilisation of those types, co-ipled with the experience In production that has be-m had. would, be believed, serve to save much time it It should again Worn, necessary to bring that branch at the service to a

War basis

The Secretary said that If the Gov. •nunect wished to develop the air industry either for commerce or for war the solution was simple— r spend the money to buy more

PBESIDEHT KILLS DU DEPEKL

Vetoes Bill lor Second Tine With Reluctance

APPEALS TO THE FARMERS

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AvUtors Peterson and Dari* are • pan of the personnel of the Port Bits* AvUUon Corps, hut srere on detached duty with the Big Bend district milltary headquarters at Marfa. T#*.. when they disappeared. They left Marfa Uat Sunday morning for the usu.l purol of the border, planning to follow the North Bank of the Rio Grande te

ad of the district

It la believed by aviation officer* here they confused the Concho# River. which flows into Us Rio Grande, near Presldo. Teg, with the Rlc Grande, and followed the course of this river Into the interior of Mexi co. Another theory advanced here by fellow aviators Is that they wer forced to land, either on the Araerl can or Mexican side of the border li ■ he wild country of the Big Bend district and were mad* prisoners by ike Mexican bandlu, who make i r tuding trtpr across the border fiequent intervals in search of -cat<1# and other property which they

carry off to Mexico.

When it become known at Port Bites that the aviator* were reported held by Mexican bandits there was much discussion among Army officers of the possibility of American troops crosslug th# b-rdrr la search of the bandits. This was discredited by higher officer* for two reasons. The principal one advanced was that the American aviators would be hilled If an c-spedl-crossed In purrilt. The other wa* that order* for expedition* to rrues the border tl the Big Bend district apply only to the pursuit of bandits who have stolen property on the American side, and then only to

iollo* a "hot trail."

SITUATION bECOMES GRAVE. Washington Secretary Bake diapalfhiw telling of the huidl

b) Mesican bendlta i n aviators had been r

after

Th* President Remixes Th# Ineor venience To Which Th* Daylight, saving Law Subjects Farmer* Of Th# Country. Washington.—Tbs President vetoed th* bill repealing th* dayligut-eavlag President Wilson said he returned ‘.he bill wlthou. hia approval with “the utmost reluctanae,' he realised "tht very considerable mad. In some respects, very serious Inconveniences to which the dsylight-eai law subjects the farmers of the coun-

try."

Declaring th* pressing need of the country was for production by industry. the President said he ’sad been obliged to "balance one set of disadvantages against another" and decide which was the more serious for the country. This was the second time the President had vetoed repeal of the law by which the clocks are set forward an hour on tht last Sunday to March and turned back an hour the last Sunday In October. The first veto was several weeks ago. the repeal being attached U a rider to Th* annual agricultural

hill.

Whit# House officials and members of Congress could not recall a previous Instance of a Presldebt haring twice vetoed the game bill. Efforts to pass the agricultural measure over the veto failed In the House, and then th* separate House repeal bill then pending was passed by the Senate. Leaders in Congress doubt that the twothird* vote necessary to pass the resure over th* President's head can be obtained. The President's message vetoing the

bill follows:

“To the House of Representatives: "I return this biU. H. R. 8855 'An act tor the repeal tor the ds ilght taring law.’ without my signature, bat do so with th* utmout reluctance. I realise the very considerable, and. in some respect*, very serious In conto which the daylight-saving law subjects '.he farmers of the country. tn whom we owe the greatest consideration, and who have distinguished themselves during thea-t recent years of war and want by patriotic endeavors worthy of all praise. 'But I hare been obliged to balance • set of disadvantages against aner, and to venture a Judgment as which were the most serious tor the country. The Immediate and pressing seed of the country is production. increased and increasing production. in all lines of industry. The disorganisation and dislocation caused by war have told nowhere so heavily ss at the industrial centers—In manufacture and In the many industries to which the country and the whole world must look to supply needs which cannot be Ignored or postponed. It Is to ikes# that the daylight-saving law is of most service. It minister* lo economv vnd efficiency. A ad the Interest at the farmer Is not in all respect* separated from these interests. He needs what th* factories prodete along with the reel of the world He Is profited by the prosperity which their aaccoas brings about. Hts owa Ilf# and mrth more easily a*jus tad. I venture to think, than those of lb* menu larturer and the oer-haat "These see the -cm»ld.r*Mous which have led me to withhold my signs tur* from this repeal. 1 hope that they are cwnaiderstlosa which will ap peal to th* thoughtful Judgment of th* Housy and ha the long run to thr thoughtful judgment at th* fanners of th# country who hare always shown aa admirable public spirit."

^~~ c - B- R- MlsslaalppL obi# of the Pacific Abet passing through th* Gslllard cut of tbe Panama canal. 2— Act re see* In New York who took part In the strike of tbe Actors' Equity association. 8—Nelson Morris, nee of the “big five*- packers whom the government charges with profiteering and violation of the fond laws.

NEWS REVIEW OF HORRENT EVENTS All Government Foreee Concentrating on Fight Against High

Cost of Living.

FOODS M STORAGE SEIZED

rest Case Agahat Alleged Buga. Hoards**—Labor Situation Is Uttie Improved—Kolchak's Siberian Armies In Flight—H*uminlans In Hungary Defy Allied Cem-

■y EDWARD W. PICKARD. Spurred oa by the welcome. If longdels ved action <* the chief executive, nil available forces of the federal government are devoting thdcoeelves to the teak at .reducing the .cost of living. and they are receiring the enthusiastic co-operstlou of state and mcmctpa) bodies and official* all over th* country. Geoerhl Palmer sent out and authority to confiscate at once boarded fbou stocks, and Urge quantities of foodstuffs In warehouses wera seised in Chattanooga. Tampa. Jacksonville, Fla.; Fort Sam Houston. Tex, and othe. places. In every case, Mr. Palmer’s testrnctlon*. 'be name* of the hoarder* and the amounts of food seised were tnsde public, for It was thought tbe publicity would result In the Immediate reiearof excessive amounts of foodstuffs that have been withheld from consumption. The attorney general cenlered bis attentloa especially on Chicago. not only bees use it is Bra great ■at food storage center of tbe world, but because be had learned tbe spec ulatora therehi>d been particularly and peraideuaiy active. Tbe Chicago packers, naturally, art the chief Urgeta, because they are alleged to be la esstrol at l be cold storage business, not only there bat all over tht conntry. This they deny. Senator McKellar Iras Introduced a bill for federal regulation of coldwtorsg* plants and la sapparting It be told of the vast amount* of poultry, sgga an-' batter in storage and of th* apparent exort.l-

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(tea by a

Louis Swift

NO tl. 8. FOOD TO THE SOVIET. Report That American Ships Docked At Petrog'Bd Denied. Stockholm —Tbs Americas Legation denied tbal two American ships had strived at Petrograd wtlfc toodstuffs for the Soviet GovernsaeaL *» was rr poried August < by the Roc 1*1 Demob At tbe lime th* Rtockholm new* {taper report mentioned above was published, tl was pointed uut that It probably sat erroneous, as there had no reports of American blockade runne-s In Northern European waters. BIG STRIKE TIES UP IS TOWNS I Si. Loulr Carman Go Out For Higher Wag*. sat 81. L«u!* Motonnen and rontor* of the East St. Louis and Soban Rahway t> and subsidiary s aeni on strike, tying up street service In 18 nearby cities and

s and th* Tlds-

•uld it

«bather tdvbv» as to th* plight of It. aviators bsd reach** th# War IV paMment. Th# Klaie Department. i| wa* said, by officials there, had received no Infurmaiio- on the affair.

| from«l to 45 rents an hour oa city, abd I cent* on lotei-uriMn runs, and are 1 demanding k* reals aa hour on city and *1H cent* on Intercliy run*. They racontly rejected a 12 per cent In rrsaa* awarded them by the war labor

aays be haa beeu and i* In favor cf regulation of storage methods; and President Horn of the American Refrigerating association sasrrts hit orgaalsutloa would not object to reasonable regulatory measures, but that most of the suggested plana are too

drastic.

The government's fight against the sugar boarders also centered In Chicago. and the first test case Is that again*? tbe officials of tbe Central Sugar company who were arrested « weuk or more ago. Henry H. Rolapp. b'ad of the sugar distribution committee of the food administration, said the situation was serious, as canners and dealers were clamoring In rain for sugar. The railway shopmen's strike entered into this, aa 20.000.fsHD |w>unds of sugar was delayed In Oall-f-irnls by lack of earn. Mr. Kolapp said that In a few days tbs arrival of cane sugar from New Orleans and beet sugar from the West would flood the

marttsL

Tbe antin- food crusade bad Us effect on retail prices, tn some Instances only alight and In other*, notably potaloes, ve;y marked. The federal Agents Intend to go after the retail grocers and hutebers for profiteering, as well as after the bigger game, and before long live suffering consumer may get relief that will actually affect ills bonk roll.

market for their goods in Germany. The witnesses In Boston said their margin of profit was no larger than when shoes were selling at much lower prices, and that a decline might be expected, per ha pr a year hence. The British, too. are attacking the eoet of living problem with vigor. The house of commons had before It a bill to curb profiteering, and after a hard fight the measure was amended to empower the board of trade, after an iDTCtUgatlon. to fix wholesale and retail prices. Sir Auckland Geddes. minister of national service, said this would operate in cases where communities were likely to be bled by any combination, national or Internstlonsl. for the purpose of raising pricer; and Andrew Boosr Lew ms tie It dear that the goSemment had no Intention of establishing a general system of pricefixing throughout the country. Belgium Is suffering, like most of the rest of the world, and the labor party there has suggested to the prime minister a aeries of measures to arrest the Increasing price* of necessaries, to encourage the home growing of food and to Insure the equal distribution of Imports. The party wants the government to fix the price* of foodstuff* and to control the price* of coal and cloth-

ing.

Paris was the scene of romr lively scrapping last week between the food vendors In the markets and the price vigilance committees and would-be purchase™. The committees endeav-o-ed to prevent foodstuffs bought by the hotels and other large consumers ivlag the markets, asserting that the willingness of those buyers pay any prices, however high, resulted In the raising of all prices. During the fighting many stalls and shops wer* looted. Tbs labor situation In tbe United States did not show marked Improvement. In spite of all efforts to make them mure to work, the striking railway shopmen In many localities wer* obdurate, and the officers of their International onion wer* compelled to threaten them with expulsion from tbe union If they did not resume their la bo™ Then delegates representing 500.000 shopmen met In Chicago and voted to go back to work. Before August 25 a general strike of steel workers throughout tbe country may be declared. The men have Seen taking a vote on the question In *U the plant*. They demand 81 ar hour, a 44-hour week and better aorkIng conditions. Such a atrike will affect more than a million men. Aa congrea* has not yet acted on the Plumb plan, the railway brotherhoods are waiting. Meanwhile the Plnmh plan Is getting some very hard knocks from Industrial and railway expert*, some of whom assert It would Increase the cost of living. Chari re Pie* ssya the Plumb Mil |* about as bad si It could be made, adding: “As a shipper and rittoro. I should like te he told what adrantag* or profit the public will get outside of the privilege of paying the yearly deficit." Mr. Plumb told the house committee on toUrstate commerce that he either had — could procure evidence proving that a systematised plundering o? ril the railroads has been conducted under the direction j-f the Morgan and Rockefeller banking Interests. Mor* Interesting than Important was th# atrike of the member* of the Actors Rqully association, which, starting In New York, spread to Chlrago. A number of theaters In both cities wer, forced to Hose their door*. IHie actors demanded recognltto: of their association and various rVorros In fix? conditions of working The dispute was carried Into court by Injune- *•-«. proceedings.

21 interna tiooal building trades unions begat punning for a national strike because of a dispute there between two unions of pT

Corxidemble unesslness, not to say anxiety, waa caused In the capitals of the allied nation* by the new* that the Kolchak government of western Siberia waa 'on the ran" If not quite collapsed. Tbs bolshevik armies gained repeated victories sear Kolchak's forces, and at last reports the Utter were hastily moving eastward. The admiral's plight was laid to shortage of guns and ammunition, and large supplies of both were dispatched to him from th# Un!t«d Sts tea by way of tht Pacific ocean. Whether they would reach him In time to aave Mg troops from disaster was uncertain. Better news came from both north and south Russia. On the Dvina a force . of British and Russians destroyed six battalions of bolshevik;, taking 1,000 prisoners and many guns and advancing its front 12 miles. In Tolhynla the Ukrainians have taken the railway center of Lutsk and the fortress of Dubno. and the bolshevik! also abandoned the Important city of Vlnnltxa In tbe Ukraine. Oecenl DenIVine's armies were making steady progress toward Odessa and at the northwest corner of the Black aea they were only 50 miles from a Junction with tbe Roumanian forest.

A situation arose i

the Chicago

« poor r

i was pat resi-

st ockyarcl. which may teach union labour* a lesson In the matter of nb-M-rrlng their conti* t*. Federal Judre

Alscbnler. mediator, ruled thnt the sire t

employees who quit work durlnc the

In Boston e grand Jury Investlgrtioa recent race riots had violated their rllcMed the rather surprising Informs- pledge n..t to strike for lion that tne Amrriran {wople detaand thus had lost their Kcnl.ulty Hcht. ►hoe* of high grade and high ptlre ami Union officials objected vlolentl* eern the cheaper grades, at whirl, the j this, hut It seemed likely mmlf , h .

anufarturer. say they have large parking house workers'w™.m .km. I r,„ . T”- "

’present at least. ** f ,be | <J*mage*~fl emt*. Th# trial

of th* case had lasted many week*-

The Roumanians who Budapest were a stubborn lot «m! flatly refused to take orders from th* allied commissin<i there and get oat again, declaring they would remain ontll a stable govern men. was established- Tbe peace council at Parts a bit flabbergasted and feared that If Houma nla were permitted t* defy Its order*. Germany and other enemy countries might be encouraged to do likewise. Th* Roumanians threatened that If they were forced to withdrew they would atrip Hungary of everything portable, and Indeed they are asld to be doing that now. Their representative* in Budapest said th# only {Alley for Hungary was union with Ro. nan Is under a Roumanian king. Antonesco. the Rcamanlan minister to Paris, aay. Uoumacla does not favor tbe Installation of Arohduka Jo•epb In power, considering him reactionary. The situation was strained but the peace council wrs hopeful of

at amicable settlement

According to an edict of the peace conference. Austria U to be known as tbe Republic of Austria, the word “German" being eliminated. There J* • movement In Vienna to reestablish tbe moaarcfcy. hut the entire armed forces of the country, there and In other ettie*. are demanding that th* republican forri of government be re-

tained.

After long delay, the British govermn«e.t ban found a ran a to represent It In Washington, but only tempore^ tly. Viscount Greg has agreed to fill tbs post of ambassador until a peroaoeot appointment baa bean ms da. early next year. Great responsibility attaches to the position just now, for financial and treaty relations between th* two countries must be readjustee. The I-oodoa press predicts that be will have some dlfficulUsa. and th# Dally News says his path wOl not b# smoothed by the British government's “sustained refusal to make any approach ti a solution of th* Irish prob-

m."

iTcarumably Viscount Grey will com” ier soon and will be In Washington when the prince of W’ales rtaits our national capital. That young man landed In Newfoundland and I* now making a trinoiphal tour of Canada. The death of Andrew Carnegie removed one of the few survivors of an Industrial age that ha* passed when men of vIkIoo made Incredibly Urge fc rtunes In ways that were not considered reprehensible. His avowed de-

Ised. for U.-xigh he cave away l»*>re than e5O.U0n.00fl. R Is believed be Uft an relate worth nearly $500,000,000. Henry Ford's Ubel salt against th" Chicago Tribune resulted la a venli' t

storks. In a way this

(he statement at a Berlin paper that American shoe dealers are making strenuous efforts to find a suitable

'^rtor de.-orat- ford.n,"

» quit work; and repraaaotati*.* of