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The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-26
Paiama Parties With Fox Trots, Not to
Mention the Tango to Jazz Music
Dsobng Begins After Dinner Then Comes Pace
Dancing Set by Gaby Desys.

Paris, July 26,-"You are invited
to pajama party on Saturday night.
Disrobing begins after dinner. There
will be fox trots. waltzes and the
tango. A Jazz band will be in at
tendance"
These are the terms OF invitations
being sent out by the wealthy
smart set Of Paris who, after
lengthy consideration, concluded it
was the most appropriate way to cell
ebrate peace. The pajama dance was
hit upon as the gayest and most
novel.
Since July IA several such dances
have been given, the first by Gaby
Deslys, former friend Of ex-King
Manuel of Portugal. The host at
the second was Jacques Fournier,
cotillon leader. Another was given
by the young Countess De Remy
MaXimo Paulette. One OF the young
Murat princes arranged still another
of the unconventional affairs.
Club men, wealthy and aristocratic
youths, race track frequenters, cell
ebrities among the painters, sculp-
tors and writer's and actresses have
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WILD SCENES ENSUE
DURING SOCIALIST MEET
ERZBERGER'S SP EE @ H
CAUSES OUTBURST.
Assemblymen Shout Murder.
ers" at Conservative
Members.

London. July 26.-Wild scenes. during
which socialists jumped to their feet
shouting "murderers" at the conserva-
tives marked the speech of Finance
Minister Matthias Erzberger in the Ger
man national assembly at Weimar, said
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Copenhagen today.
There was tremendous uproar when
Erzberger declared that for four years
Germany has been under a military
dictatorship" The conservatives were
charged with responsibility for the con-
tinuation OF the war and the ultimate
defeat Of Germany.
DR.. Karl Helfferich former minister of
the German treasury, delivered a sharp
attack against DR.. Erzberger. whom he
accused OF favoring his own personal
interests at the expense OF the coun-
try. in an article in the Reichs zeitung.
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NEED $4,000 OFFICERS

March and Baker Tell OF Obstacles.
Washington, July 26.-Obstacles in
the path of the war department caused
by the reduction of the sarmy by con-
gress were laid before the military af-
fairs committee of the senate today by
Secretary of War Baker and Gen.
March. chief of staff. There will not
be sufficient officers after Sept. 80 to
carry on the work of the army, Secre-
tary Baker said. and he declared there
would be a great shortage of staff off,
GERS necessary to wind up the business
of the war department He urged the
passage of Senator Wadsworths bill,
which would allow $4,000 commissioned
officers during the current fiscal year.
Under present conditions. less than
10000 are allowed
Enlistments are being made at the
rate of 1000 day now, Secretary
Baker said. No progress is being made
in the organization Of a national guard,
he declared, adding that immediate
steps must be taken to organize ma
tional guard in order that federal
troops need not be called upon to do
purely local duty. Shortage of officers
in the air service and the medical corps
will be most serious, he said.
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FIND TWO STILLS

Huntsville, Ala, July 26.-tSpecial.) y
Deputies on the force of Sheriff John
Lowe made a raid yesterday and found
two stills on the plantation of r. o.
Shreve both the property Of negro ten
ants. One still was completely equip
ped and had been in operation beside a
spring on the side of a mountain. -Four
hundred gallons of beer was destroyed.
Another still was found in a tenants s
barn where it had been dismantled and
hidden. The deputies found this still
In looking for liquor which they be-
lieYed had been concealed there.
The legal points in the new prohihi-
tion law of Alabama providing for the
seizure of lands upon which stills are
found is being investigated and the big
Shreve farm of more than a thousand
acres seven miles southwest of Hunts
vile may be taken over by the state
and a test case made.
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UPs ENT APPEAL
" lDE TO MEXICO
naping of American Youth
From Fathers Ranch Stirs
Washington.
BOY HELD FOR RANSOM
Bandits Ride Off Threatening
to Kill Lad if 1900 Pesos
Are Not Paid.

Washington, July 26.-
Urgent representations have
been made to the Mexican for
eign Office, the state department
announced today, following the
kidnapping of an American
youth from his fathers ranch at
Miraflores, thirty miles from
Mexico City.
The boy, Philip Thompson,
ID, was near his fathers prop
erty Thursday when the bandits
rode up, according to advices to
the state department. After taxi
ing from him his horse and a re-
volver, they carried him off,
holding him for a ransom of
1,50O pesos. The father, John
w. Thompson, was informed
that the lad would be slain if the
ransom was not forthcoming.
Mirahores is in the federal
district of the state of Mexico,
territory dominated by the Car
rama government.
Double Ban on Smugglers,
Efforts to prevent the smuggling
of arms and ammunition into Mex
leo from the United States are to be
redoubled. This was made known
today at the state department after
publication of a proclamation signed
by the president on July IL restoring
to the state department control over
shipments of munitions to the south
ern republic which was vested in
the war trade board during the war.
President Wilson in his proclama-
tion referred to conditions of domes-
tic violence in Mexico promoted by
the use of arms or munitions of war
produced in the United States" and
warned citizens of this country that
any violations of the laws passed by
congress in 1912 and 1917 regulating
shipments of munitions would be
vigorously enforced"
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caught up the craze.
The newspapers are beginning ia
print the details of the pajamas worn
by the guests in the fashion notes.
Gaby Deslys was described as
wearing a pair of black silk pajamas,
embroidered with hearts, stitched in
red and gold in various places. The
Prince of Murat came in a pink
sleeping suit remarkable for its gold
and silver trimmings, An artist wore
a costume with cupids paint d on 1t.
One piquant actress, Mile. Marise,
had a row of opium pipes painted
upon her pajamas.
While there are some protests
against the latest fashion, the idea
is not condemned so much Az the
inclination towards extreme decol-
lete. which has crept into the styles.
1.-THE parties are very successful. 4"
says one writer. But are too much
like a sensational modern lingerie
exhibition"
At the meal preceding the dance
the guests wear traditional dinner
dress which Is taken off in special
dressingrooms as soon as the jazz
band strikes up.
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cox ORDERS PROBE
INTO OHIO FOOD PRICES
0HIO'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE
SEES CRISIS AHEAD.
Declares There Exists Unlaw-
full Practices in Traffic
of Foodstuffs.

Columbus. O.. July 26.-Gov Cox to-
day ordered a statewide probe of food
prices.
Declaring that "a crisis is ahead"
demanding drastic action upon the part
of the state, the governor in a letter
to Atty. Gen, Price ordered him to set
in motion all agencies of the state in
a. general probe Of food conditions and
prices.
The governors action followed a pre-
liminary investigation as a result of
which Gov. Cox declared
II have no hesitation in saying that
there are in existence unlawful prac-
tices in the traffic OF foodstuffs.
The war is over" he added but
too many interests do not seem to rec
ognize it."
AS a first step in the probe. Atty
Gen. Price directed every prosecuting
attorney in the state 70 meet him in
Columbus next Wednesday. This gave
rise to a rumor that wide prosecutions
may be imminent.
Gov. Cox, referring TO the coal situa-
tion, warned that prices in prospect
are so high that no man can Justify
them"
He also called special attention TO
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TWO KILLED IN
! AUTO COLLISION
IN. R. Thomas and Miss Pearl
Camp Have Necks
Broken.
VIM. MORGAN INJURED
Automobile and Work Car on
Signal Mountain Line
Crash Together.
WIN. MORGAN INJURED


M. r. Thomas, Market street
business man, and Miss Pearl
Camp, his niece, were killed,
while William Morgan, we'll
known druggist, sustained seri-
Gus injuries when an automobile
in which they were riding and a
work car of the Chattanooga
Traction company crashed to-
gether at the Valdeau road
crossing on the Dry Valley line
Saturday morning about 10
o'clock.
An examination of Thomas
and Miss Camp after their
bodies had been brought to the
undertaking establishment of
the Harry f. Chapman company
indicated that their necks were
broken. The skulls of both
were fractured. Morgan was
rushed to the Woolford-Johnson
infrmary. He is unconscious.
The automobile, which belonged to
Thomas, was completely demolished.
Its occupants are reported to have
been hurled several feet.
Immediately after the, collision
there were calls for help, and Chap
mans ambulances soon arrived on
the scene.
News Spreads Rapidly.
News of the accident spread rap
idly and caused general concern un-
til the identity of the victims be-
came known, as many Chattanoogans
are summer residents of Signal
mountain and the Valdeau section.
According to relatives, Thomas, his
niece and Morgan were en- route
from Signal mountain to Chatta-
nooga when the collision occurred.
Miss Camp came here from Kansas
City, Mo-, her home for, the past two
years, to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas.
She had planned to return to Kan
sas City on sMonday. Mrs. Thomas
was urged by her husband to accom-
pany the party TO the city. but she
decided to remain at home.
Although Valdeau is some distance
from the center of the city, a large
crowd soon gathered on the scene of
the tragedy. Hundreds of people
viewed the wrecked automobile dur
ing the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas went to Sig
nal mountain to spend the summer
on account of IL e i'll health of their
baby. Mr.. Thomas was a well-known
merchant and had been in business
here for years. He is survived by
his wife and three children.
Morgan was formerly connected
with the 10 Anderson drug store. He
had been a druggist here for several
wears.
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Blockade Council Leaves Issue
AS to Russ Trade i'm Air: Quits


The informed that the
against boshev Russia and bshv Hungary No action
that the
blockade for the the most important that
cesons No blockade could be air tight as long Germany could trade
with bolshevk
back forth between the
allied
policy regarding Russia particular has left where
Austria officially blockade
to meetag ain In an emergenc
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TWELVE KILLED
ABOARD ship
Boiler ExpIodes While Mel
vile Was Being lowed
Through Panama Canal.
ARMY FLIERS COLLIDE
Unknown Army Aviator Is
Drowned, Two Others
Injured at Ellis Bay.
fav FRANK n MENkEl
(eY Drank g. MENkE.

On Board the U. s. s. Arkansas,
With the Pacific Fleet, July 2s)--
(By Wireless via Colon and New
York. ID. N. S.)-Twelve men were
killed on board the United States
navy ship Melville on Thursday night
in a boiler explosion. ai =
The Melville was being towed
through the Panama canal at the
time by the auxiliary cruiser Prai-
rie.
An army aviator lost his life when
the army. plane N-9, collided with the
navy plane f45S, over Ellis-'bay on
Friday. His name was unknown and
his body had not been recovered
when this dispatch was written. Two
other fiiers were injured. They are
Austin, crank, name and address un-
known, who was on the naval ma
chine, and l.. Dugan. of the army
craft
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STARTS ON FLIGHT
ROUND RIM OF AM ERICA

Augusta, Me-, July 26.--
Lieut.. Col. Rutherford S. Hartz
and his four mates left the
state muster field at noon to-.
day in their Martin bomber for
Cleveland on the second leg
of the around the rim" of the
United States 5000 mile flight.
The plane was delayed four
hours in starting while II was
being tuned up, and while four
electric light poles were being
removed to permit II to have
clear take off.
The machine headed due west
crossing the White and Green
mountain ranges at a high
altitude and then lined a course
for New York state.
Col. Hartz said he intended
TO turn Off at Niagara Falls and
follow the shores Of the Great
lakes to Cleveland. a distance
of 6e~smiles from Augusta. The
airp came here yester-
day.. m Mineola. L. I.
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Americas Bid for Leadership
In Ocean Traffic Elicits Interest

London, July 25.-(By Telegraph
From N. Y. World, Copyrighted.)- -
Americas bid for pre- eminence in
transatlantic passenger carrying
traffic Is seen here in the shipping
boards plans for 1000 foot liners.
Great interest has been ELECTED In
shipping quarters in this latest de-
velopment of Americas gigantic
shipbuilding program.
Although ship designers Vrophesy
the day of "superlners," the big
British shipping interests have prac-
ically vetoed any such plans being
passed forward in England. They
assert II would cost more than twice
as much to build another Aquitania
and that what must be done here, in
view of the decisive output of work.
ers and the depleted state of Brit
aims merchant marine. is to build
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PLANES TO FIGHT FIRES
Gov. olcott Accepts Governments Offer
Of Patrol Machines.

Gov. olcott Accepts Governments Offer
of Patrol Machines.
Portland, Ore. July 26.-Airplanes for
use in patrolling the forests of Oregon
have been proffered to state by the
federal government and Governor o.
colt has accepted the offer with the
request that they be sent at once as
they are badly needed. 1t is believed
that two ma achines will be speeded
north from San Francisco at once.
Continued cool weather with clouded
skies and very light air current has
materially lessened the danger from
fires, still raging in the forests in
Washington and Oregon on the west
slope of the Cascade range, according
to forestry officials.
The most dangerous fires In the
state are now burning beyond control
in the Blue mountains and the Whit
man national forest in eastern Oregon
and eastern Washington on the Kett;e
river watershed northwest of Spokane.
where 5000 acres have been burned
over in the last twenty-four hours
In Montana and northern Idaho tho
situation remains unimproved.
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CORN ON BROADWAY

Crop Valued at $4,000 Raised on
Famous Thorouehfare.
New York, July 26.-Broadway is a
much maligned street, according to city
officials, who announced today that the
crops" along the famous thoroughfare
will reap a value this year of more than
$4,000. The crops are real crops, too,
running principally to sweet corn and
peas grown In vacant lots along
Broadway on the eleven mile extent.
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FRENCH WILL RATlFY

Paris July 26-The peace treaty will
be ratified by the French chamber Of
deputies not later than the middle of
August. ii was predicted today by Mar
Gel Hutin, famous French political
writer. in the Echo de Paris.
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FLYING BOAT SERVICE

Passenger Service Now Between New
York and Atlantic City.
New York. July 26l-A regular flying
boat passenger service between New
York and Atlantic City started yester-
day. the first machine leaving here at
: p. m, for the New Jersey resort
The boat carried two passengers, Mrs
John A. Hoagland. Of this city, and
Miss H. Hodges, OF Dallas. Tex.
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COL L0MBiA HAS AGREED

Lodge Says Treaty is Now Salts
factory.
Washington, July 26.-coIombia
has agreed to senate amend.
ments to the treaty between that
country and the United States
by which suggestions of regret
by this country for the partition
of Panama were eliminated,
Chairman Lodge, of the senate
foreign relations committee, said
today after conference with
Secretary Lansing, at the state
department..
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speedy cargo and passenger carrying
itself averaging 10000 tons.
Sir Leo Chiozza- Money estimates
that Great Britain will be more than
100000 tons short here in her build
ing program this year, which was to
be 100000 tons.
Representative of shipyard, en-
gine, shop and foundry trade unions
are now in n meeting here with their
employees to discuss the demands of
the employees for q forty four hour
week instead of the prevailing forty
seven hours.
Under the forty seven hour week.
1t is pointed out by employees, the
output has been much less than in
1913. This agitation for shorter hours
affects the shipyards at Belfast and
in the Mersey. Thames, Bristol chan
mel and at Southampton.
h fHh L.
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Showers, Says Billy 'Possum

The women
now are happy
because they can
vote, and at the
next ele ctio n
they'll get some
fellows goat.
They'll always
remember who
wasn't their
friend and they'll
surely pay them
back when they
vote again.
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PUTS END TO RUMoR
THAT Ex-cZAR LIVES

London. July 25.--(By Teie-
graph From N. Y. World,
Copyrighted.) "A dispatch to
the Daily News from Copen-
hagen says. the Journal Pravda
In Moscow puts an end to the
rumor that the former czar Is
still alive and hidden in some
faraway monastery by pub
fishing a section of report
dated March 10, last, by the
committee of senators. giving
the names Of 164 persons who
participated in the murder.
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STRIKE TO CONTINUE
Telephone Operators Vote Hold Out
With Renewed Vlaor.

With Renewed Vlsor.
Atlanta, July 26.-At an executive
session of the telephone operators To-
cal union of the International Brother
hood of Electrical Workers, held last
night at the labor temple, the striking
telephone operators voted unanimously
to continue the strike against the
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph
company and to carry on the strike
with greater vigor than ever before.
Several hundred operators are still out
on strike and voted to remain out in
definitely until their contentious have
been recognized by the telephone COM
Dany.
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1t should be said that tire
Associated Press was fur
snished the letters referred to
Sbv one who received copies of
lAhem and felt himself under
mo obligation to regard them
las confidential.
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|eaIs With Certain Resolution
Adopted by Senate-Facts
Promised Later.
QUARREL WITH TAFT
Believes Former
Executive Was Making Hon
est Effort for Settlement.
TAFT LETTERS ARE
& PRINTED WITHOUT
. HIS CONSENT

# New York, July 2e.--The
Associated Press has received
the following message from
ex- President Taft:
"Your association yester-
DAY gave out two letters writ
Ten by me to Will Hays on
July 20, last. These letters
we're personal and confiden-
|tial and were SO plainly
marked, and were published
without the knowledge or
consent of Mr.. Hays or my
Self. / ask, in fairness to Mr..
Hays and me, that you at
once give this the same pub
'licity you gave the letters.
"WM. H. TAFT"
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CLEARING HOUSE CONDITIONS

CLEANING HOUSE .CUNDI IONS
New York. July 2e.--The actual con-
dition of clearing house banks and trust
companies for the week shows that
they hold $2s.s0a.410 reserve in ex-
cess of legal requirements This is an
increase Of 3,l02.2o0 from last week.
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The weather? Probably showers,
with not much change in tempera-
ture tonight and Sunday.
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high prices prevailing for milk
Several cities, including Cincinnati
and Dayton, have been investigating
food conditions independently
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Commissioners Notice

ESTATE OF JANE II. DAY
The undersigned, having been APP
pointed by the Honorable Probate
Court for the District OF Bennington,
COMM SSlONERS, to receive, examine.
and adjust the claims and demands Of
all persons against the said estate Of
Jane H. Day late OF Bennington, in
said District deceased, and all claims
exhibited In Offset thereto. hereby give
notice that we will meet for the pur-
pose aforesaid. ut the Office OF II. b.
llntchins, In the Village of Bennington
In said District on the 90 day OF Nov
cmher next from 10 o'clock n. m. .un-
til four oelooiS y. M, on said day and
that six mouths from the 80 day Of
May A. ~ 1919, Is the time limited
by said Court for said creditors TO pre-
sept their claims 10 De- for examination
and allowance iIftll I
Dated az Bennington. VT this 30 day
OF May, A. D. 1919.
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BACKS AUTolovEa BANK
Mrs. George e.. cotnwelIo Of Spring
field Plunees as Feet

1919 O~N' - wv VI w
pr field Plunges IS Feet
Springfield, May 2s.-Mrs. Nellie A.
Cornwell, wife OF George Il. -corRwell
CT SO Chester stret. escaped death
in miraculous fashion yesterday
morning at $3.50 when the automobile
which she was driving went backward
down the steep 30 foot bank OF Mill
river at the head of Central street,
and plunged over a 15-foot retaining
wall into the shallow water She was
pined under but was rescued by on.
lockers and hurried to the Hampden
hospital, where her condition was re-
ported as good last night.
Mrs. Cornwell had taken her child
To school. AT the junction OF Central
and Mil streets an automobile truck
blocked her way. She stalled her en-.
CINE. In starting the machine again
It is believed that she accidently
threw in her reverse and before she
could stop, her machine was over the
brink. She has only driven car for
few months.