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that the army had suffered from snort
age Of shells up to that time
Mr.. Asruith began by speaking con.
temptuously Of what hc called Loro
French's Journalistic serial" with lts
attacks both upon the living ana inc
dead. He accused him Of fragrant con
tradictions OF his own utteranccs IN the
past and characterized tho ~hole per
formance as a fagrant breach or inc
best traditions Of public service ana
rcpugnant 10 the elementary ruIes oI
fair play. With this tho c1-Premicr
uent on to defend himself with great
heat and energy from tho charge OF
calculated and callous neglect or inc
SUPPLY of shells in tho first year OF the
war" Incidentally he promised lna'
all the contemporary documents rclat-
ing 10 kitchcners visit to Paris are 10
be published. He indicated what they
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SERIOUS WRECK ON
SEABOARD AIR line

RICHMOND. Va. July A Seaboard
Air Line passenger train which left
Richmond for Washington at Z =. m. to-
night was wrecked near Milford, 3S
miles north Of this city. Details are
meager. railway officials reporting
wires down. Doctors have been sent TO
the wreck
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With this hard blow Mr.. Asoulth
sat down. amid tn" triumphant ap-
plause Of his followers.
Documentary Evidence.
Mr.. Asquith spoke with a riSor OF IN
dignation unusual with him. 1t was
obviously the outcome of strong feet
inc. Supported by many Of his old
collea eagues-including Mr.. Runciman'
Lord Beauchamp. Lord LincolnShnc ana
Lord Gainford-hc took tho opportunity
Of tho luncheon TO mako a full and
documentary reply TO Lord Frcnch's ac-
cusa lions This was Of great HISTORICAL
importance. and the facts he produced
must be reckoned with in any account
of the great shell controversy. HIS
chief score of Lord French was the
letter quoted above. Another was inc
fresh evidence ne gave bearing on the
Newcastle speech. IN which he denied
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necessity OF increasing she'll proouct'oh,
In his speech Mr.. hsquith rSAbeu
this assertion with great bitterness aho
scorn. and finally. after expressing sur
prise that Lord FRENCH should 'nihN
that he had anything whatever 10 90
/ with the formation II the Coalltlon
government he produced letter which
] Lord French wrote to him from heao-
quarters In France on May ~ l'A''
three days after the new government
was cFeated: Lord French w.. pa no~
follows TO the statesman whom ne no"
accuses Of lethnrgic indifference TO his
demands:
am sure in the whole history Oh
war no general in the field has ever
been helped in his difficult TASK as
! heve been supported and strcnstheneo
By your unfailinS sympathy ana en-
couFaEenocnt.
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Cancel Meeting When
' Bomb Threat Is Made

NEW YORK. July :.-Anonymous
threats made to the police that bombs
would be thrown in Carnegie Hall IL the
advertised meeting on July of the
American committee for the relief and
salvation OF Russia was held. caused tho
management OF the hall to cancel the
engagement today. Senator William II.
King OF Utah. was to have been the
principal speaker and Cha Stewart
DAWSON. chairman Of tho board of
trustees Of the American defense soci-
city, was to have presided.
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UNCOVER PLOT TO
BLOW Up U. S, FOOD
IN PORT OF HAMBURG

8BRLm. July Any The AssocL
a4ed Rress)-A plot TO blow mp ele-
vsAors containing Amertcan food ship
mentS has been uncovered at Ham
burg. according 70 the Lokal AnRetS-
a. Those involved, It was said, were
sorns OF tho convicss released from
the Hamburg jail by mobs during tho
recent riots there. TIE authorities
gained knowledge OF the plot through
mem6erg OF the Seamen's Union
whose AID was soughs by the eonspir-
A$ors.
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NEW YORK. July Some Of thf
saloon keepers in New York who art
keeping their bars open for the sale OF
o.75 percent beer and light wines Prob
ably will be arrested and tried In order
to provide a test case according to On
announcement made today by United
states district attorney Caftey. who was
ono OF the government prosecutors n
thc baltimore case which resulted In .
decision nv United States Judge John Z
Rose. which the liquor men have inter
preted as permitting the sale 10
beer pending a decision by the Supreme
court.
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Giant Diriqible Soaring Above the Clouds
ONLY ONE AMERICAN REGIMENT REMAINS ON THE Rhine

2CByt
tvw when the
with certain "
otaGug approx
will be followed eventually
First
the
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/, {, SLEUTHS
tn PROSECUTE
V|OLATORS Of
THE DRY Law
MANY ARRESTS SOON
AT ATLANTIC CITY
Seashore Resorts Continue
Flagrant Violations Of
National Law
Snecia1 n The JntclliCencer.

Special 70 The JntcITISFHVFT.
BALTIMORE. Md, July g
Following tho decision Of tho
United States court yesterday.
favorable 70 tho Standard brew
cry. all saloons in Baltimore are
suddenly finding their stocks of
light" wines and o.75 per cent
beer quito abundant and up 10
tho big demand from the drink
ing public. The government has
taken an appeal today from tho
decision of the federal court and
will fight the case to finish.
! Several hrewrrics have started
again. making 2.1J per cont beer.
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ATLANTIC CITY, N. J- July a.
United states district Attorney J. L.
Bod1ne Announced here today that
agents Of the department Of JUS
tice have been sent here to gather
evidence against the saloon men who
ar violating the war time prohibition
law. He stated that he looks for ar
rests at any time and that the guilty
mon will be prosecuted to the full
extent Of the law. Detectives began
gathering evidence here yesterday
and continued to DO 30 today. Mean
whilo the saloons are running wide
open, although some have stopped the
sale Of hard Liquor and are combining
their sales to beer.
Mr.. Bodtno said tho government was
proceeding cautionusly In tho matter
and would make no move until It has
thoroughly jsiftsd the evidence and
made sure OF the facts.
ono noticeable feature Of the wide
open town L. tho increased number Of
arrivals by tr1ins from NOW York,
PhNadelphia and other points.
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ALL : WELL" ;:
WITH BRITISH
, .R-34 IN It's
OCEAN FLIGHT
Expected to Land at Hemp
stead, Long Island, Soon
After Noon of Friday, the
Fourth Making Thirty
Knots An Hour

LONDON, July 2-(By The Assoc1-
a&ed Press).-The air ministry has
received . report from Commander
Scott that at 2o:l5 Greenwich Mean
Ttue (4:15 p. m, Now York ttme)
the dirigible R-aA was flying west-
ward At 80 knots, 1000 feet above
the sea-
A. this height tho R-s4 was above
+hs clouds and enjoy1ns brilliant sun
shine. Commander Scott expects TO
arrive Friday morning.
wAsHMoToN, July Am official
rspors to tho British air Rttache here
today, sald tho British dir1gtble R-SA
was due At ,Henpstesd Long rSland,
At noon July 4th, on her round TIP
aiEht across tho Atlantic
LONDON, July AT noon today
it WAS announced tho R-S4 had trsv-
sled 43o miles at an average speed Of
- knots an hour.
The R34, answering wireless
question by East Fortune a. to
whsthar It was receiving adequate
wea*her reports, replied: Eyes. We
IN touch Points Del-oada. st. Johns
and Clifden trrsland)."
LONDON, July 2-Tns British
dirtginle R-34 at 6lo O'Clock raIs
evening, Greenwich Mean Time, had
reached SO degrees so minutes north
latitude, and 40 degrees west longd-
fude,
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r.nw prrw cAprunen

LONDON. July 2-Thc capture Of the
city Of Perm from the forces Of the Kol-
chak government Is claimed by the Boil
shcyiN in a wireless despatch from Rus.
sia received here today The occupation
Of FERN took place Tuesday. 1t 10 de-
clarcd
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rKB wHATH11.

wAsKNaToN, July 7.-Yorsoasti
West Virginia, Ohio and WsstsfA
Psnnsylvan1A-Rair IliursdAy and ri
day, continued warm.
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Chicago Bone Dry.

CHICAGO. July 2.-ChcaEo's bone
dry lid was securely clampcd down to-
dav after yesterdays brief respite when
about half tho citys six thousand sa.
looms sold 20 percent beer ana Hsn'
wines.
Today about 1000 saloons were open
hut only soft drinks were sold. The
noIicc have been ordered rigidly 20 en-
force the state search and seizure law
which prohibits the sale Of beverages
containing more than one half Of one
percent alcohol
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FIVE TRUNKS
OF ". Va. BONDS
FOR V|RC|N|ANS
Deposited in Richmond Bank
By Officials Of the Two
States

RICHMOND. Va. July 2.-Bonds
filling Ave trunks and worth sl".S66,SOo.
were today deposited in the First
National bank here by representatives
Of Virginia and West Virginia as part
payment on the debt owed by the latter
70 the former state. w. ). Johnson.
state treasurer: J. S. Darst. state audit
or and A. A. Lily. former attorney
general. represented West Virginia
,Judre ". r. Rnca acted for Virginia.
state Insurance Commissioner Colonel
Joseph Button and Attorney General
John R. Saunders witnessed the lranS-
action.
Tho West Virginia officers came
here from New York today on a char
tered Pullman. J. w. Harrington OF
the Republic Bank Note company &C
companied the party.
Proceedings are pending In the N'y
Circuit Court here, wherein master
ia asked 10 distribute tho bonds and
cash. comprising the debt. The matter
now awaits the appointment or INC
master which will not likely take plsce
until after the vacation period
CHARLESTON. W. Va July g.
secretary OIL o'a'e 1tooSN' -
/ leaves tonight with the great seal ano
| small seal Of the state Of West VIZ
ginia for Richmond. where they Will be
used in stamping the transfer papers
| in connection with the turning over
Of sla.5oo.o0o worth Of bonds due on
the Virginia debt
State Treasurer W. 8. johnson caileu
/ Mr.. Young over long distance telephone
this afternoon from Richmond, teiilns
him that the seals were necessary III
! the delivery Of the bonds. Mr. Johnson
and State Auditor John s. Darst COM
pleted signing the bonds last SATURDAY
| in New York and arrived In Richmono
Monday to transfer them to the .ElF-
Sinia debt commission.
This Is the first time the seals have
evcr been taken outside Of the state.
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Raised The Rates.

BOSTON. July 2.--As a means ol
making M in part the loss I" revenue
from their bars. tho hotels here today
raised tho rates for rooms 81 cents a
person, Proprictors said that SOFT
drinks found few customers and their
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SaloonIkta Arrested.

PITTSBURGH. July 1.-Two moro
saloon keepers wcer arrested by federal
agents this afternoon charged with vio-
lation of the wartime prohibition law.
They are alleged 10 have sold liquor con-
tanning more than "a percent alcohol.
Two others were arrested last night.
United States Attorney r. l.. Craw-
ford said this afternoon that more ar
rests were expected in the next rev
hours. A complete investigation he de-
clarcd will he made of the conditions
under which the saloons. now open are
operating.
There was a notable decrease today IN
the number Of saloons open for sale OF
oX percent beer as compared with yes
terday.
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Will He ArreStSA.

losses for the day were said to be $500
in ono case to $1,000 in another. 90
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Will Arrtve Friday.

MNEOLA. July 2.-Lieutenant
Colonel Frederick ". Lucas, in charg"
Of the British admiralty arrangements
for the reception Of the dirigible R-s4.
after its flight across the Atlantic. an
nounccd tonight that. unless unusually
heavy winds or storms were cncoun-
tered. the dirigible would arrive over
Roosevelt field early Friday afternoon.
No attempt would be made TO land,
nc said until about o'clock In !he
evening. because TOO much hydrogen gas
would be wasted in making. landing
during the hot hours Of the day. There
Is a bare possibility. however, that with
favorable winds. the giant craft will
arrive Friday morning and land.
Everything was in readiness toniSnt
<or the dirigible's reception. Two hun-
dred mechanics. trained in the handling
Of lighter than ain craft. and seven
provisional army balloon companies of
three officers and 100 enlisted men
(continued On PAge Ten-)
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Everyone Of the Is, 900 Hotel
Beds and Cots Reserved.
With the Overflow Crowd
in Improved Lodging Places
Boxers End Their Tram
ing y
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Premier Asoif Tears Lord FrenchS 1914 10 Fragments

not disposed to let his case 80 hy de-
fault any longer.
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BY hight Memorable Herbert AsQuttA
(Formsr Prime Minister Of 1r1tAt1 81
Leader OF the British Iibsrl YaztyJ

LONDON. July 3.-The full text OF
Mr.. Asauith's address: -
Let me first OF all thank you. sir. Tor
your kind and generous hospitality 9no
MY many old friends whom ] am GLAD 20
sec around me for their kindness In
coming here TO take part in this ntLS
gathering. I suppose II is probably the
case that VIC should not have mse 10
this way at this particular momeat u It
had not been that we have just eosne to-
the end Of a journalistic serial Ia which
The late commander-in-chief OF our
(conH1usd On Yals X1a1A
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(conttnued Prom %ags Ht1s.)
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Fair rnursday and Friday, CONTINUED
Warm.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-04-20
ALAMOGORDO DECIDES
TO BUILD REGARDLESS
OF COST OF MATERIAL
'-.ser.l oosHssposospes 70 aopr,.o Iooas.,r

fssEehL CONSEQUENCES TO MORNING JOURNAL
Alamogordo, n. NJ, April l9.-The
Alamogordo hotel was this week sold
to ID. a. Mcdonald, who came here
last winter from Novia Scotia. The ho-
tel has, been leased to w, t. Norris.
The Alamogordo hotel was built by
the Alamogordo Improvement com
pany when that company first entere
the town some years ago, 1t is three
story building on Tenth street.
Mr.. Mcdonald also bought twenty
residence lots and has let the contract
to A. NJ. Horn of FL Paso, for brick
bungalow on one of the lots. Mr.. VI =
Donald has returned TO Dartmouth,
Novia Scotia, mis- former homo, but
just before leaving he said that from
the present outlook Alanogordo was
destined to become one of the prin
ciple cities of the state aud that IL
building activiucs continue as they
are at present he will return ard erect
houses on all of his lots. This Is the
finest climate | have ever seem said
Mr.. Mcdonald, but the residents here
do not realize what they have or th7y
would let the world know of the de-
lightful year-round climate and in n
few years thev would have a city OF
10000 people"
Building operations continue to be
active in Alamogordo and new homes
and business houses are going UP ev-
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-04-20

| that the new issues will he popularity
! subscribed instead of being taken by
! financial institutions, as that would
/ result in tying up credit.
! Lewis +. Franklin, director of the
I war loan organization said today that
as an incentive to the average inves-
/ tor, ali subscriptions of $1,000 and
| less would be accepted in fun and that
| any Over-suhscription of the issue
! would be deducted from the larger
| purchases. He explained that this was
| expected to create an imme 1iatc de-
! mand for the notes, which are regard
ed is highly desirable Investments be-
cause of the liberal interest rate and
tax exemptions. In this way it ii is
expected that the price viii be kept
! well up after the campaign closes.
Thirty Special Trains,
Preparations for conveying the Vic
tory Loan appeal forcihly to the pub
lie are said to constitute the most
elaborate and far-reach'ng publicity
methods ever undertaken. Thirty
special trains are touring the country
with speakers and exhibits. including
F, the far-famed aerial circuses. Six
thousand films, 100000 feet in
length are being shown throughout
the nation. Two hundred and twenty
tanks are ambling over various soc
tions of the country and are attract
ing the greatest attention.
Direct appeals to New Workers will
he made by Vice President Marshall,
Cabinet members and other public
men on every day of the campaign.
Speaking into a tube arranged at loan
headquarters in the treasury here,
their voices will be conveyed electri-
cally to New York and "amnliCied" by
scores OF horns placed on Fifth ave-
nue. corners, 50 that 10000 persons
may hear each speaker.
The campaign in the y strict of CO.
lumhia, was inaugurated today when
a delegation of 115 Belgian soldiers.
accompanied by machine guns drawn
by dog teams paraded Pennsylvania
avenue. Later they visited the White
House. The Belgian delegation will
be guests at ceremonies at Richmond,
Va, tomorrow and will help open the
loan Monday at Atlanta, Ga.
The New York federal reserve dis
trict will open it's campaign Sunday
midnight with a speech by Governor
Smith in Times Square On Mondav
New York will dedicate the Victory
Way which has been turned into Il
scene of warliSe triumph, banked with
war felcS from the battle fields.
The St Louis district plans meet
ings on Sunday with parades of re-
turning soldiers in every big city.
San Francisco will combine the
opening of the loan with the triumph
al return home of the %63rd regiment
of the 91st division. Portland, Ore
gon. will open the loan with n flying
circus and Seattle will feature a pa
radc of school children IoS Anpnlns
will stage a big military parade on
the opening day. The Chicago feder-
al reserve district reports that many
communities in the mid west are an,
nouncing the completion of their quo
tas the first day. Iowa eXDectS to
complete its quota within the first
week. big coast defense ORDINANCES
train will be exhibited in Grant Park
and help to dedicate the Chicago
victory Way which will be opened
at noon Monday.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-04-20

cry day. The T, A. Fraser Grain COM
pany has let the contract for a new
adobe building to take care of the in-
creasing business of the company
The building, according to Ed Kream-
er, the contractor. will be 32 by 81
feet with a concrete floor.
Ed Huss, formerly of La Luz. but
who has been making his home in
Alamogordo for some time, has let the
contract for a store building of adobe
which will be rs by so feet with
floor of eastern pine. Mr.. Huss will
establish a grocery and feed store.
Il have contracts pending for
dozen residence houses and store
buildings" today said an Alamogordo
contractor, but | cannot make them
public until everything is settled. But
you can take it from me that enough
houses are going to be built in Ala
mogordo within the next two or three
months to put the place in line to be-
come one OF the livest little cities in
the southwest"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-04-20
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed proposals for constructing
the Tijeras Canyon National Forest
Road project located partly within
the Manzano National Forest, Berna-
lilo County, New Mexico. will be re-
ceived by the Bureau of Public Roads,
L. S. Department of Agriculture, at
Luna -Strickler Bldg. Albuquerque, N.
NJ, until two o'clock p. M. May 5,
1919, and will then he opened. The
right is reserved to reject any and all
bids, and none will be considered ex-
cept those from contractors ascertain-
ed to he experienced and responsible.
The project is approximately 457
miles in length, and the principal
items of work are approximately as
follows: $50 Cubic Yards Rock Ex-
cavation: 1880 Cubic Yards Common
Excavation; 40 NJ. +. NJ. Bridge
Trestling in place; with corrugated
metal pipe culverts, concrete, rubble
masonry and incidental items, Tho
work is to be completed within
eighty-five weather working days, The
maps, plans, specifications. estimate
of quantities and contract forms may
be examined at above address, or 301
Custom house Bldg, Denver, Colo.
Proposals must be made on forms.
and in accordance with instructions,
forming a part of the specifications,
and must be accompanied by de-
post in an amount at least equal to
five per centum of the amount of the
bid in accordance with said instruc-
tions.* j. s. BRIGHT
Acting District Engineer.
*Hondo, Mescalero, Cmarron, Taos.
Highrobls, Weed. Apache Camp. Sol
der Camp Projects being advertised
in Ell Paso Herald,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-04-20
JAPAN SEEKS
CHINA AS VASSAl
Especial Gable Dispatch to the New
' York World and Albuquerque
Journal

Journal.)
London, April 19.-The seizure of
ShantunE by the Japanese forms the
text of vigorous editorial in the Dali
ly News, which points out that the flu
ture not only of the far east but of
the whole world is at stake.
To-day" says the Daily News, ia
pan is practically master of northern
China and potentially of much more.
Unless the peace commission can
right this colossal wrong the Chinese
Will fall like ripe fruit into the hands of
the Japanese to be exploited, devel-
oped and miltarized by that engaging
people.
rs this thing to happen? If it does,
il needs no great effort of magma
ton to see to what goal 1t leads, 1t
will mean the closing of the vast re-
sources and inexhaustible markets of
the far east to the European and
ntoorlcan worlds. .....
China belongs to the Chinese.
Japan has no more right in Shantung
than we have. She must go. If self
determination has any sanctity at all
and the peace conference has any au-
thority at all, this matter must be
settled with unCompromising resolu
ton China demands the evacuation
of ShantunS and ahrogation of the
twenty-one points lin China's treaty
with Japan. This is China's mini
mum demand, and its concession is
the capital duty of the conference.
Failure here would mean failure in
everything
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-04-20
LEAGUE REJECTION
SUICIDE, SAYS TAT T

Kansas City. Mo-, April 19.-Some-
thing equivalent to world suicide, -
and that within ten or twenty years
will be the result, unless the league
of nations plan is adopted, declared
ex-President William II. Taft in an
address in convention hall tonight.
IF we do have another war" de-
clared the speaker. "it will be as much
worse than the war just closing as this
war was worse than its predecessors.
In ten years or twenty years, with the
inevitable competition in armament
which will follow in the absence of a
League of nations, there will be rep
etition of the conditions which led
to this war and the increased destruc-
tiveness of the next war, which the
United States would certainly be
drawn into as it was into this. will
bring about something equivalent to
world suicide"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-04-20
SIXTY THOUSAND MEN REDEEMED COVENANT
OF BLOOD BUT COVENANT OF TREASURE IS
YET TO BE REDEEMED, SAYS THE PRESIDENT

Word Stands Freed of MariSm but as Yet We Stand Only
at Threshold of Happier Times; to Enter We Must Fulfill to
the Utmost the Engagements We Have Made" Says Cable
Asking People of United States to Subscribe the Four and
Half Billion Dollar Liberty Loan in Full; Subscription
Pledges Already Begin to Pour In.