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The sun., 1919-11-03

loss OF export trade. which carries with
II the inability 10 purchase much neegfl
foreign raw materials. In order to az.
sist In forcing wedge into foreign
markets the German manufacturer has
concentrated on new mechanical device,
and novelties. which, were much in ev.
dence at tho fair.
Most OF the German Representative.
inclined to the opinion that they would
recover their export trade THROUGH
American and neutral buyers. and tha,
much as they would prefer to reestah
lish their pre-war trading oonnectior
with England they felt that at present
due to the hostility Of the English TO.
ward them, they had better conoentrat,
on America and the neutral nations sur.
rounding Germany"
In the following points the technical
section of the exhibition is summed up.
al. The prices are approximately ooO
to 400 per cent UP on the pre-war
basia
20. International banking regulations
with England have not yet been rees.
tablished in the unoccupied area. al.
though for the last six months a con.
siderable amount Of business has bean
transacted with Holland, NORWAY
Sweden, Spain and North and South
America
-. A very high proportion Of IN.
goods sold during the last six month,
has been for export.
~. The chief factor limiting output Ia
coal.
"b. Patents--Much specialized new
machinery was seen. and In many casss
the Germans are only too willing to soll
the covering patents to foreign manu-.
facturers."
It IL cited that the German merchant
and manufacturer IL anxious to acauira
In trade any staple product that will
remain fxed in value. There Is an over.
whelming desire to transfer marks into
jewelry or fine porcelain and the like
OF the Jewelry exhibit the report says
that heavy purchases were made at In.
fair by both Germans and foreigners Of
expensive sllverware and jewelry. Her,
again the buyers were anxious to turn
their paper money into something NOR,
tangible.
OF the porcelain and crockery exhlba
the report says:
This industry was well represented
and on all sides 1t was stated that they
had sufficient orders. particularly from
America, to keep them going for month";
but that the bulk Of their factories wen
closed down due to shortage OF coal
which they see little hope of obtaining
IN the luxury TRACE tnere was very
good business done. both German and
foreign buyers purchasing the most Ell
pensive Nielsen class Of porcelain, par.
ticularly colored and enamelled ware
figures. &C.. the home demand probably
being due to the desire OF every Ger.
man to transfer his marks into jewels
or any such permanent articles OF valw
as fine porcelain.
There was heavy demand for tabh
and kitchen crockery of both the cheap
and better class, which the trade was
hopelessly unable to meet, due again to
GOAL shortage"
The textiles exhibits were poor. Ma.
Mia paper was not TO be seen at all
The typical German prediction to sub
stitution was evident everywhere. And
all In all the fair indicated that while
Germany Ii in a deplorable way Indus
trially, certain OF her foremost manufac
tirers were bending every human effort
to save something from the wrecEags
that the war has accomplished.
The sun., 1919-11-03
LA CUARDIA ANGRY
AT FORUM QUESTION
Anonymous Note Brings Chai-
isnge by Candidate.

An anonymous note passed from the
audience at a public forum In the Church
Of the Ascension last night angered
Florello II. La Guardia, Republican can
didate for President of the Board of AL
dermen. 30 much that he challenged the
writer to identify himself and then fight
in the street. There was no response
to the challenge.
The question In the note was: why
did you fight in the Italian army"
As soon as the candidate, who was
born In New York and served In the
aviation branch with Pershing. read the
note. he was In rage. That's a lie,"
he exclaimed. land the man who wrote it
knew It to be a lie. He's a coward. for
he has not signed his name. Further
more. he's a rat. I fought in the Amer
loan Army. and he knows It. 1 ask him
to stand up"
There was moment Of suspense which
ended In cheer for la Guardia as IL
became apparent that there was not to
be an exchange OF personalities The
forum Ia an annual reelection custom.
There were other speakers, but none rep
resenting the Democratic party. The
Rev. Percy Stickney Grant, rector. said
that he regretted that his own party
had not been spoken for. Among those
In the audience was Mrs Philip Lydie
and others socially prominent.
The sun., 1919-11-03
FOUR ACCUSED OF
SYSTEMATIC THEFT
TWo Bioomingdaie Bros. En-
try Clerks Arrested.

An Investigation OF systematic rob-
berry OF goods from Bloominsdale
Brothers department store. Third ave-
nue. and Fifty-ninth street, which de-
tectives said amounted to $1,000 or
$4,000 In the last three months, led to
the arrest yesterday OF Max BabitslSy
10, and Harry Shapkin, is, employed
as entry clerks in the store Louis
shapiro. 10. and Charles Dobbes, Is.
The last two were accused Of criminally
receiving stolen property.
Thcfts from cases OF goods consigned
to the store from manufacturing houses
were undiscovered until the hauls be-
came OF considerable siza Then minor
shortages Of goods which had been Va
explained were, 1t In said, traced to the
operations OF entry clerks, The four
young men were held In 81, 900 bail each
for examination tomorrow.
Henry Isaaos. proprietor OF the WASH
ington place laundry. SO Washington
place, who was shot Saturday night,
died in st. vincent's Hospital yesterday
Half an hour before his death Isaacs
told detectives he believed the shooting
grew out Of trouble with employees
over the laundry strike. Isaacs was
46. and lived at 329 East Twentieth
street
The sun., 1919-11-03
NEBRASKA GERMANS
HALL BURNED DOWN
Returned Soldiers Suspected
After TeutonS Party.

OMAHA, Neb.. Nov. 2.--3ermania Hall
in Stanton, near here, which was a
storm centre during the early days OF
the war, was burned 20 the ground FRI
day night. presumably by returned SOL
diers.
Thursday night the hail. which had
been closed for two years, was opened
and a Halloween party was held by
German societies. II was decorated in
German colors Fifty returned soldiers
ooasted in the street during the evening
that the hall would never again be used
by the Germans.
About Q o'clock the building was found
on hre. The Fire Department, composed
or American boys, was extremely slow in
responding. When they finally laid a
line OF hose the rubber was found to have
been cut and water could not be thrown
on the building. which was burned to the
ground.
Early In the wer the German flag
that had noated over the building was
torn down and forwarded to Washington
Stanton county Is largely settled by
Germans.
The sun., 1919-11-03
COLBY RIDICULES
UNTERMYER OFFER
Continued from First Pogo.

charges that relate to your question
naire."
The charges had been made as long
ago as October 81. Mr.. Colby said. ''Of
course" he added, you do not need my
cooperation In giving consent to the re-
lease OF facts In your knowledge and
rontrol which bear upon this question.
For nearly two weeks you have been
standing pat on stunning and evasive
denial, refusing to answer questions from
your friends TO whom you have appealed
for support"
"Do you realize that this campaign
closes in less than twsnty-four hours"
Mr.. Colby asked. ''Or do you realize II
only too well when you make these time
consuming and, shall say, self-pro-
tecting charges?"
Mr.. Colby asked the direct question
as to whether or not Mr.. Untermyer re-
ferred to his summer home as bringing
him within the exemptions of the draft
law.
Mr.. Untermyer addressed a letter to
Mr.. Colby at IL o'clock last night in
which he said he had just heard that Mr..
Colby had declined ITO accept my Offer
TO produce my QUESTIONABLE for public
inspection" His representative. he said,
had interviewed an official In the War
Department during the day, but had
been told he could not get the document
on Sunday
"He will continue his efforts to-mor-
row." Mr.. Untermyer wrote. land then
will be made upon the proper authorities
due demand for that document 30 that
it's contents may be made public. This
action on my part shows that I desire
to have the truth made public"
Mr.. Colby enclosed copy Of letter
from the military clerk OF Local Board
1876, George Lee Carr. He said he had
advised Mr.. Untermyer to state in his
QUESTIONABLE the facts as to his owner
ship Of a farm in Warren county.
"A few days later you returned with
the QUESTIONABLE" Mr.. Carr said, ''to
which you had attached a rider showing
your ownership of the farm, but ex-
plicitly showing also that your interest
in Il was financial only and that you
earned your living by the practice of
law.
TN view OF the fact that your ques-
tionnaire showed that you owned q farm
it was not passed upon by the local
board at all, but under the law went
direct to the district board. which upon
your own questionable classified you
under "a. l know OF my own knowledge
that no appeal was ever taken by you
to the district board"
The sun., 1919-11-03
G. O.P.LOOMS STRONG
IN KENTUCKY RACE
Vets in Louisville in Doubt as
Both GubernatOrial Candi-
dates Are Dry.
Special pespatcA to TIE spx.

Lou1sviLLE. Nov. 2.--Kentucky n on
the eve of an election which, from what
appeared at the outset of the campaign
to be made for the Democrats, has mar
rowed down to a horse race" with
the vets and a handful OF independent
voters in the city Of Louisville holding
the balance Of power"
Gov. James D. Black, Democratic
nominee to succeed himself, who ten
weeks ago was looked upon a. q certain
winner by at least the normal Demo-
cratic plurality in neutrality-suspicious.
mately 15,0o0--is hard pressed tonight
by his Republican opponent. Edwin p.
Morrow, who was the Republican can
dldate four years ago, also being de-
feated then by A. o. Stanley, now
United States Senator. by bare 47l
votes.
There are two factors In the battle of
prime Importance. One is the League Of
Nations. which Gov. Black has Endorsed
vigorously. the other the Statewide pro-
hibition amendment No one seems to
know just why, but the "wets" seem to
regard the Republicans as more liberal
than the Democrats. Gov Black and
Mr. Morrow both have Endorsed prohi-
bition. Mr.. Morrow has declined to dis-
CucS tnc Alcdt uc VI ANdliObcs b&thhB ~ -
a national issue only.
The soldier vote is doubtful There Ia
only one soldier candidate in the race.
seeking minor office on tho Republican
ticket. The Republicans virtually admit
Gov. Black will carry the State. outside
of Louisville, but assert they will have
a majority OF 10000 In Louisville. The
Democrats dispute this. saying the Re-
publicans, II they carry the city, will do
SO by not more than $500 or 5000. and
that Gov. Black will come to Louisville
with sufficient to offset this lead.
Both Democrats and Republicans ad-
nit the race is tight saueeze. for both
Mr.. Morrow and Gov. Black. Neother
side claims victory by more than 5000
or 1000. Both sides admit the inde-
pendents registered In Louisville. OF
whom there are nearly 5000. will decide
the fight.
The sun., 1919-11-03
Congress and State
Elections Tomorrow

One Congressional and four Gov
ernorship elections will be
held on Tuesday. With the OPP
posing candidates they are:
CONGRESSIONAL.
OKLAHOMA, Fifth District-Re-
publican, J. W. Harrod; Demo-
crat, Claude Weaver. The
election is held to name a sue
cessor to Representative Joseph
B. Thompson, who died recent
ly. Weaver is expected I'd be
elected.
GOVERNORS.
Observation-Disclosures
Calvin Coolidge (incumbent) |;
Democrat, Richard H. Long.
KENTUCKY = Republican, Ed
ward P. Morrow; Democrat,
James d. Black (incumbent).
NEW JERSEY - Republican,
Newton A. X. Bugbee, State
Comptroller; Democrat Ed
ward 1. Edwards.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Harry
w. Nice; Democrat, Albert @.
Richie.
The sun., 1919-11-03
LABOR AGAINST COOLIDGE.
Boston Central Union Adopts
Strong Resolutions.

BOSTON, Nov. 2.-The Boston Central
Labor Union to-day adopted resolutions
calling upon organized labor and its
friends, irrespective OF party affiliations.
to cast their ballots for Gov. 'Coolidge's
strongest opponent" to the end that I'VE
may remove this menace to the public
safety and vindlcate the justice of our
cause"
The resolutions charged the Governor
with allowing the Police Commissioner
ITO force upon the police a situation
whereby IL was necessary to go on
strike" and by his lack OF good judg-
ment and tact" with allowing a ,situa-
tion to be created whereby murder, rob-
berry and other crimes have been COM
mittst on the streets OF Boston," and
with having caused by his acts and
speeches n spirit OF antagonism and
hatred against organized labor which
IL contrary to the ethics of an officer
OF the State"
The sun., 1919-11-03
KNOXVILLE POLICE QUIT UNION
Give Up A. r. OF l.. Charter After
Criticisms IN Car Strike.

KNOXVILLE. Nov, s.-Knoxvine police,
ne nrst in the country to affiliate their
organisation with the American Fedora
don OF Labor. by vote OF to l de-
o,ded to-day to surrender their union
charter.
The decision to give up the charter. II
was said by many members of the union.
was due to criticism OF the police ac-
hvities in disorders a week ago In CON
neetiol with the street car strike
The sun., 1919-11-03
PLUMBERS DEMAND SO A DAY.
brooklyn Journeymen Threaten
Immediate Strike.

Brooklyn plumbers. dissatisfied with
~, want IS beginning to-day and $40 a
day after January /. They threaten a
strike unless the demands are met at
once. Officers of the Association OF
Master Plumbers. 2sa Livingston street,
said IL the journeymen plumbers in
sisted on striking they would violate an
agreement which does not expire until
May Is. 1920. This agreement provides
for $3.50 a day. with the provision that
II the Manhattan jougeymen got
raise the same raise would be effective
in Brooklyn The rate was raised to 81
In July.
There are about 1000 journeymen
plumbers ready to strike. They will re-
port for work this morning. but IL they
fail to get the new scale they will leave
their shops.
The sun., 1919-11-03
Two Divisions to Honor Dead.

The memory of the men of the Sew
enty-seventh and the Twenty-sevsnth
Divisions who died In Europe will re-
celve tribute at special services next
Sunday afternoon. Services will be CON-
Quoted by chapalns OF the two divisions
in the armories of the Twenty-third,
Seventy-first and the Seventh Regi-
ments. All local posts OF the American
Legion will be asked to attend the SER
Woes and cordial invitations are ex-
tended to all men who were in the army
or the navy.
The sun., 1919-11-03
FOUR MEN OVERCOME AT FIRE.
Rescued by Comrades From Cellar
of Blazing Garage.

Capt. James Shaw and three 1remen
of Engine Co. rs were overcome by
smoke in the cellar of a burning garage
at Fifth avenue and Ninety eighth street
yesterday afternoon. The men were
Charles Kali. William Mcclure and
James Foster. They we're rescued by
members OF Engine Co. So and revived
in the street.
The fire caused vehicular traffic to be
diverted from Fifth avenue between
4 and O'Clock. Several thousand per-
sons assembled in Central Park N
watch. The flames were held to the
cellar. The garage was run by Patrick
Fitzpatrick.
The sun., 1919-11-03
NEW s. 1. COURT HOUSE OPENS.
justices to speak at Dedication
To-day,

Tho 100000 court house at st.
George, Staten Island, which will dis
place the one that has been used for
a hundred years at Richmond, will be
formally opened to-day with exercises.
The speakers will be Justices William
J. Kelly and Frederick 70. Crane OF the
Supreme Court and George NJ. Pinney
OF the Richmond County Bar Assooia-
ton.
Hactmen. who profited by earring
lawyers and litigants to Richmond be-
fore there was traction service, delayed
the building OF the court house at
st. George for years.
The sun., 1919-11-03
GERMANY PUSHING
GOODS INTO BRITAIN
Agents Sell Cheaper Grades
Despite Antipathy Of Cen
eral Public.
TRADE MARKS REMOVED
Board of Trade Apparently Is
Condoning Deception on
q Small Scale.
sv.e,o, cor.sso.aeuc, 10 TEE sur.

LONDON, Oct. so.-Aided by a few
British shopkeepers VINO labor under
a constant dread that they will be found
and accordingly ruined by the German
hating public, German manufacturers
and their London agents are seeking to
recreate In England a market for Ger
man made goods.
Thus far the German industrial in
vasion has not attained to disconcert-
ing Dimensions. This Is not due to any
inclination on the part of Germany or
her agents to build strongly but slowly.
Neither the German manufacturer nor
his agent here In London favors diplo-
matically combating the prejudice that
40 strongly prevails. London and New
York are not flooded with the cheaper
grades OF German made cutlery, toys.
textiles. technical instrumental, glass.
Jew elry, pottery and leather goods
simply because shortage Of coal and
raw materials and labor troubles are
limiting German manufactures to and
10 per cent. of their possible output.
But those articles that Germany has
maEaeed to get into the stocks Of Brit
ish shopkeepers clearly indicate the
trend Of the German plan Of industrial
rehabilitation, A correspondent for
The SUN went out among the shop
keepers of London IN guest of German
made goods. He encountered no small
difficulty In purchasing articles ad-
n,ittedly made on the other side of the
Rhine.
Without exception these shopkeepers
pleaded that publicity would ruin them ;
that the British public, still nursing
its earned hatred of Germany and all
the latters works. would storm and
wreck shops that offered cheap German
goods in competition with British manu-
facturers that cannot commence COM
peting with the Prussian prices.
Then, too. was the fear of public VEN
eeance II Il became known that British
merchants so much as entertained the
overtures of German agents. THE SUMS
correspondent has received several let
tiers from three different agents in
Lcndon Offering to quote prices on Ger
man goods II he could name a buyer in
New York.
German Toys Cheaper.
Comes one agent with quoted prices
on toys that are so much lower than the
prices asked by British toy makers that
the latter manufacturers would be
driven to the wall were the competition
to be waged In earnest. second agent
promises-given two weeks notice
to produce almost any amount of hard
ware such as knives and castiron prod
ucts of vast variety OF description.
The third agent, claiming to be Bel
CLAN. has on hand n stock OF German
leather goods valued at 100000. He
claims he became possessed OF this enor-
nous stock as payment for machinery
taken from two Belgian factories and
get up in southern Germany.
At least one British dealer has ,nyes-
tigated the Beigian's story and found
The sun., 1919-11-03
TEN HURT IN CAR CRASH.
Wet Rails Cause Surface Collision
Mt 1sIst Street.

An eastbound University avenue sur
face car collided with southbound
Amsterdam avenue car at iSist street
and Amsterdam avenue yesterday morn
ing. slightly injuring ten persons, Ave
OF them women. Jane Deyo, 80, Of a
Manhattan avenue and Mrs. William
soden. 20. 1895 Ogden avenue, were
taken to st. Lawrence Hospital. The
others were able to return home without
assistance. Wet rails was given as the
cause of the accident.
The sun., 1919-11-03
saiiinEs Begin

BuESos AIRES, Nov s.-The Ameri-
can steamer Jean sailed yesterday for
Hamburg. thereby reestablishing the
direct service between Argentina and
Germany which was severed fve years
ago. The Jean carried a cargo of
Argentine PRODUCTS
Evening star., 1919-03-27
MESSAGE FROM KOREA
TELLS Of MASSACRES
Country Under Martial Law, Japa-
nese Firing on People, DR..
Rhee Is Advised.
BY the Associa ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. March 27.--News
of massacres in Korea was received
from Shanghai today in cable mes
sage to DR.. Syngman Rhee, represen-
tatiye of the Korean National Associa-
ton. The message, which is signed
by the representative of Korea at
Shanghai, reads:
'Thirty-three officers of the Inde-
pendence Union of Korea. also leaders
OF Christian churches, Heaven wor-
shippers. Buddhists, Confucians. stu
dents, merchants, rising everywhere
The whole of Korea is under martial
law. The Japanese army is firing on
the people. Eleven thousand arrested
Many tortured and massacred.
"One thousand men, women and chill
dren speared. Schools, churches and
shops destroyed by japanese laborers
The strike movement is growing. Mis-
sionaries offering resistance. Uprisings
in Siberia and Manchuria. Demand alb
solute independence from Japan"
Dr. Rhee. who with Or. Henry Chung
is delegate to the Paris peace con-
ference, has been unable so far to OBJ
tain passports. the State Department
having written him that it is inadvisa BILE
at this time to permit his association
to be represented there.
DR.. Rhee has called three-day con-
gress of Koreans from Hawaii, Mexico
and the United States to meet in Phil
adelphia. beginning April IA. He said
million and a half Koreans outside of
Korea. There are about 1000 in this
country, 5000 in Hawaii and number
in Mexico.
Evening star., 1919-03-27
BESSARABiA PR0CLAlMS
REPUBLIC; MAKES WAR
Rumanian Forces Are Compelled to
Fall Back by Operations Boil
sheviki Inspire.

LONDON. March 27-A republic has
been proclaimed in Bessarabia and its
directorate has ordered military op-
erations against the Rumanian army,
a part Of which has been forced to fall
back. according to a Warsaw dispatch
to the Telegraph. 1t is stated that
the movement is evidently engineered
by bolsheviki supported by Ukrain-
ians, who seek to break through Ru-
mania to establish contact between
Moscow and Budapest.
Bessarabia was. under the old re-
gime in Russia. a province lying along
the northeastern frontier of Rumania.
1t is bounded on the west by the
Pruth river and on the east and north
by the Dniester. On the southeast it
is washed by the Black sea. It has
an area of 1854 square miles and
had a population in 1906 of 1892. 400.
Rumania laid claim to Bessarabia
after the collapse Of the imperial re-
gime in Russia and Rumanian troops
have been occupying parts of the
country.
Evening star., 1919-03-27
SENATOR CUMMINS TALKS
ON RETURN OF RAIL WAYS

DES MONIES. March 27.-In an ad-
dress before a joint session Of the
Iowa legislature today Senator Albert
B. Cummins gave detailed explanati
Of his opinion that the railroads of the
nation should be returned to private
ownership, but held under strictest
government control"
Senator Cummins, who was the
ranking republican member of the in
terstate commerce committee of the
last Congress, declared that the rail-
way lines should be consolidated into
not more than eighteen systems and
that the return upon the capital in
vested in railways should be guaran-
teed by the government. He charac-
terized the readjustment OF the rail-
way situation as the most important
of all the reconstruction problems
facing the nation.
Evening star., 1919-03-27
Mr.. WILSON CHEERS
WOMAN SUFFRAGISTS
Cables Best Wishes and Hope for
Success to Women at St.
Louis Convention.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-. March 27.-The fol-
lowing message from President Will
son at Paris was read at the session
of he National American Woman
Suffrage Association convention here
today:
BEST wishes for convention. ear
nestly hope suffrage amendment will
soon be adopted.
. (Signed) WOODROW WILSON,
Primaries for the selection of can
didates to serve on the national exec
utive board consumed the greater part
of today's forenoon session of the con-
vention. How laws defining the legal
status of women can be unified and
the movement toward social morality
and hygiene were the subjects for dis
cussion at the afternoon session.