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Evening star., 1919-10-05
What Congress Is Doing.

lation until the peace treaty has BEEN
disposed of by the Senate.
Tho House bill to, regulate tha
height Of buildings and creating
building zones in the District was
favorably reported by the Senate Dis
trict committee.
The House passed q bill providing
for an increase of Is per cent IN rev
enues collected from the Panama
canal.
A resolution directing the Federal
Trade Commission to investigate the
wholesale and retail price OF sugar
introduced by, Representative Tink,
ham Of Massachusetts,, was passed
by the House.
Conferees on the bill to enforce
wartime and constitutional prohl-
bition left in the measure ,pf pro-
on the possessor OF liquor. to estab-
lish that he obtained it and used 1t
according to law:
Chairman volstead of the House
judiciary committee, which framed
the prohibition legislation. declared
thax In no ClICuAuS1kANSSS S&O4AN
President Wilson lift the ban on
liquor while industrial disturbances
and strikes exist and threaten. He
claimed that absence Of violence IN
the steel strike Is due largely to Pro-
hibition.
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Chairman Mapes Of the Honse Dis,
trfct committee introduced q bill to
reKrade the local fire department
force and to. provide for general In
creases In salaries.
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Tho House passed the bill recon-
mended by President Wilson to lower
the high cost Of living by regulating
the cold storage Of foodstu3s.
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A subcommittee Of the Senate agrf-
culture committee, appointed to in
vasti4ate the sugar shortage ana
prices Of sugar, was told by oMcaals
Of the sugar equalization board and
Of thA food administration that the
failure of the President to authorize
the purchase of the Cuban 1920 crop
of sugar would result in . sharp M
crease in prices early next year. The
sugar shortage was declared to ba'
due to abnormal demands for sugar
in this country and to the recent ma
rina strike.
Evening star., 1919-10-05

The Senate adopted the conference
report on the food control bill
carrying as q rider bin to
regulate rents in the District OF Co.
lumbia and prevent profiteerang. The
law would remain in effect for three
years and is based upon the consti-
tutional authority Of Congress- to con-
troll the seat of the federal govern
ment. The House late yesterday re-
3ected the conference report on a
point of order that the conferees had
eceeded their authority. The House
then asked a further conference.
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The first test votes on the proposed
amendments to the German peace
treaty in the Senate developed a ma
jority Of approximately twenty-eight
against amendments. The next step
will be to submit reservations to q
vote.
That Germans had enlisted in the
United States Army several years be-
fore the war in order to obtain In
formation as to this nations military
strength was asserted by Maj. Gen.
William NJ. Black. chief Of Army en-
gineers, before the House military
COMMITTEES.
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The Senate passed the House bill
appropriating $17.00o,ooo for compile
ton Of the Alaskan railway. rz
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A bill passed the Senate, having
previously passed the House, increas-
ing the amount national banks can
lend on bills OF ladinG and sight
drafts from. 10 to Is Der cent Of their
capital and surplus.
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The Senate committee investigating
the steel strike completed its hearing Of
representatives Of the steel company
and Of organized labor here. II may
resume inquiry At the scene Of the
strike this week.
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The Senate committee on interstate
commerce adopted an amendment to
the railroad reorganization bill to
provide that rates be fixed 30 as to
yield the roads q return of 81 per
cent plus one-hah of l per cent for
maintenance.
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Tho Senate finance committee de-
cided to postpone all revenue legis-
Evening star., 1919-10-05
Berlin GAMING UNDER
BAN, STILL FlouR|SAEs
By Cable to The Star and New York
World. Copyright, 1913.

BY Cable to The StAf ana New 1O1K
World. Copyright, 1913.
: BERLIN, October 4-The suppress
sion of gambling clubs in Berlin has
turned some Of them into exclusive
dancing clubs. But the gambling
fever has spread to many outside
towns and to small and obscure inns.
bars and dives in this city.
Numerous new gambling clubs have
been opened in Potsdam recently,
their patrons going from and to Ber-
lin by taxicabs. The suicide OF
Thuringian cattle dealer, who lost
$50, geo in his own region. testifes to
the gambling spirit of the provinces.
The Berlin police have adopted an
American method in having photo
graphs and descriptions OF Grim
inals shown in the movie theaters.
Sergt. Dahlmann, who Is wanted foF
killing his sweetheart in q butter
shop, was the first shown here to the
The revolution ana the reaction that
peace brought, while booming the
gambling clubs, seemingly are play
ing the mischief with the churches.
Recently numbers Of members have
been leaving the churches. In Gotha
twenty members left the state church
in one day.
Evening star., 1919-10-05
MAH0NlNG VALLEY MILL
OWNERS STANDING PAT

YouNGsToWN. Ohio. October a.
The Mahonins Valley will enter the
third week Of the steel strike with
no attempt on the part Of companies
to omen their mills, olosed since the
second day Of the strike, according to
statements OF company officials to-
Expectations Of an attempt to begin
production at the Ohio works Of the
Carnegie Steel Company, which has
been taking men into the plant and
keeping the machinery in readiness
for operation. came to nausht, With
an announcement by the superintend-
ent tonight that "there is no par
tioular hurry about starting the
plants here. and everything depends
on Developments Of the next few
days"
All s*siksys' meetings fer tomorrow
have been canceled to give the nep
opportunity to hear Eamonn de
valera, who Is to address an open
air meeting.
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failure Of PARLEY
WOULD TIE UP DC
If Union P. E. P. Co. En-
pIoyes. and Officials Do Not
Agree Men Will Strike.

Unless q settlement is reached in
the controversy between the union
labor men employed by the Potomac
Electric Power Company and the
company officials. the city may be
plunged into darkness and cars of.
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company. the Washington, Baltimore
and Annapolis line and Alexandria
line cease running.
Ask Change in Conditions.
The employees at the power plants
Of the company are asking for an
increase in wages. and an eight-hour'
day. with time and a. half for over
time. They. are demanding at least
the minimum wage paid to other men
similarly, employed in Washington.
The employee include the stationary
engineers, stationary enginenen's s
assistants, operators Of substations,
oilers and helpers.
A conference yesterday between of
fcials of tha company and commit
tee OF the company's employees, who
are members Of the various unions
was without result At tie-up Of the
plants. with all the Inconvenience and
peril which it would bring to the city,
appeared imminent, it. was declared.
However. the union men placed the
case ia the hands of the adjustment.
servicA division Of Cancellation Of the.
Department OF Labor. Rowland B.
Mahany. interdepartmental commis-
sioner, viii act in the case. The OH
cials Of the company also agreed to
place the matter in tho. hands Of tho
adjustment service, The final answer
is to be given the union men at II
o'clock Wednesday morning, 1t was
said.
Evening star., 1919-10-05
DUTCH PAPER FEARS
BELGIAN D'ANNUNzD'
By the Assoctatsd Prses,

By the Associatsd PrasA
ROTTERDAM. October 4.-The
Amsterdam Telegraaf under the head
line "Is Belgian DAnnunxio Com
ing?s publishes dispatch from
Maastricht, saying the Dutch govern
ment is taking measures to dispatch
forces to the Belgian Lmburg from
tier and that the Maastricht garri-
son has been dispatched to Eysden,
the most southerly frontier village Of
Limburg.
The Associated PFsss learns that while
some military precautions have been
taken. the feeling IN Dutch official
circles is that an agreement with Bel
gium over the province Of Limburg
and the Scheldt river will be reached.
Fear ID expressed in some Dutch
quarters of the possibility that ex-
cited Belgian annexationists might
seek to emulate Gabrielle DAnnunzio
and take over the disputed territory.
Evening star., 1919-10-05
BRUTALITY IN PRISON DENIED
Warden ZeRbst Of Atlanta y. q.
Pe1itentiary Gives Statement.

ATLANTA. Ca. October Wars
dem zsrhst af the Atlanta federal psn-
itsntiary. in Q lengthy statsHent
pFtntsa faasy, entered . complete do
NAL te charges Of Alexander RsFk-
maa tnse prisoners thsrs are brQtslly
treeted Mr. zerbst asserted he
would not have replied to the "ridicu-
ious statement" except that he de-
sarsa to eefsnd thu prison officials I'M
or aim. Asrkman made the ohafges
on eeing released this week from the
peniteatiary, whore Ne served . two
year sentence on conviction Of con
sparacy 70 ohstruet the DAFT
Evening star., 1919-10-05
NORTH DAKOTA BANK
OFFICIALS ARE ARRESTED

FARGO. N. D., October Ajresi-
dent H J. Hagan and Cashier p. r.
Sherman Of the Scandinavian Ameri-
can Bank Of Fargo were arrested
here late today on warrants issued
upon a complaint filed by p. e. Hal,
derson. temporary receiver Of the
bank. The men ara charged with hAv-
ing made false statements to the
state bank examiners.
Hagan and Sherman we're arEafgned.
pleaded not guilty and were released
on $1,000 bonds each. The bank closed
it's doors Thursday.
Evening star., 1919-10-05
UPRISING IN ARKANSAS
REGARDED AS PUT DOWN
Five Hundred Troops on Duty at
Elaine Probably Will Be
Withdrawn Tomorrow.

HELENA, Ark, October 4.-Normal
conditions having been declared viz
tually restored following the negro
uprising launched eighteen miles
south Of Helena late Tuesday, it was
announced tonight from military
headquarters at elaine, hotbed Of
the disorders, chat the SEQ troops on
duty in the county probably will be
returned to Camp Pike Monday.
The announcement added Hthat
quiet prevailed in southern Phillips
county, the section in which Elaine
Is situated.
Approximately 225 negroes. several
OF whom are women. were being held
at Elaine today. according to Army
officers in charge. 1t was asserted
that large number of these prob
ably would be released before Sunday
night, since the majority were in Gus
tody merely for the purposes of ques-
tiening and Investigation OF charac-
ter.
AS rapidly as leaders. asitators and
possible tnformantS are discovered
they are forwarded to the county Jail
here. Including men taken locally for
investigation. 1t was estimated about
sixty were held in Helena. One white.
o. S. Bratton of q Little Rock law
firm. was in custody pending tnvesti-
cation.
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FORMER OFFICER ACCUSED.
a. r. 'Martiney Faces o. s. charg,
of Stealing Arms aud Ammunitien

MACON Ga, October 4.-Alaxa nday
H. Mafti1ey of Great Hend, N 81: Er-
merry Lieutenant IN the erdnanoe az
partment Of the Army and at one
time an accountant for Wall street
concern. was arreigned before United
States Commtasioner w. p. Martha to-
day on . charge Of stealing 500 cases Of
ton, the property Of the United statss
government and Of the value Of SEQ, cod
Martiney was 2rrested Ii New York
state ThursdAy;-foileWfng AN aHeeea
effort to dispose Of the property to 3
munitions company In Connecticut
Evening star., 1919-10-05
September Circulation
90,739

THE EVENING STAR does not
print a forenoon edition.
Its paid circulation in Washing
ton and suburbs is believed to be
between two-and-one-half and three
times that of the corresponding edi-
ton Of its afternoon contemporary
in the same territory.
District Of Columbia, S.:
FLEMING NEWBOLD, Business Manager Of
THE EVENING and SUNDAY STAR, does SOL
emnly swear that the actual number Of copies
Of the paper named sold and distributec dur
ing the month OF September. AID. 1919. wa a.
follows:
Evening star., 1919-10-05
Decide to Stay at Work.

BALTIMORE, October 4.-The tim
plate workers ct the Sparrows Point
plant Of the Bethlehem Steel Cor
at q meeting tonight to remain at
work. They represent 80 per cent.
The striktng workers will hold q
meeting tomorrow and decide wheth-
or or not to 60 back to work.
Evening star., 1919-10-05
OFFENSIVE IS PLANNED
AGAINST BOLSHEVIKI

STOCKHOLM, October 3.-The or
der of the day for the Russian
northwestern army on October q
stated that after soma further prep.
aration a general offensive against
fhe bolsheviki would begin, large
oMantities Of provisions and war
supplies having been received from
the United States and England
"The enemy" it added. has been
driven into the marshy districts.
where he must perish or surrender"
A French Wirless Service message
from HeIsingfors received October 3 re-
norted that the Russian northwest
ern army had started 2 general Of.
psLoy. near the Esthonian frontier
In the region southwest Of Petro-
was hsns dsSlarsd that hat, n0swith b,
The hoisheyiki eleven villages mad
been captured and that the offensive
WAS continuing.
Evening star., 1919-10-05
president QUOTED
: BY SENATOR REED
Statistics Used in Denver
Speech Against League
of Nations.
HEARD GY $4,000 PEOPLE

BY the AssociatAd Press.
DENVER, Ctrlo., October 4.-Senator
James A. Reed of Missouri. at the
conclusion of his speech in Denver to-
night. announceNl that he had cancel
ed remaining arrangements and plans
70 return east aN once.
Senator Reed. A'ho spoke here to-
night, read from vhe early writings
Of President Wilson and presented
mass OF statistical and quoted
matter In support oi his argument
against the league OF nations cove
hant Senator Reed he'll his audience
closely and was greeted with gener-
GUS applause despite oHs or Two at
tempts at hacking.
His arguments were tn ose he has
been presenting throughout his tour.
Gets Enthusiastic Reception.
Senator Reeds audience com fortably
filed the main fioor of the municipal
auditorium. which seats 14,0NO per
sons. and overf1owed into tina, nrst
balcony. He was given an enthusiAs.
tic reception when he appeared an the
Gov. c. H. Shoup spoke briefly! re-
ferrfng to the address Of Presidan
Wilson here in support Of tho lea& ue
of nations about q fortnight ago. "A e
said he believed no Colorado audi
ence would be other than courteous
and he hoped all those present.
might lsarn something Of the other
side Of the question
Senator Reed opened his address
by saying that the size Of the audi
encs was evidence Of the interest the
people take in public questions. He
elaborated on tho doctrine that DOW
er rests in the people
This is not . one-man country,
he said: "but 1t is q 100000 men
country"
Heok1ers Cause Confusion.
Persons in the crowd started to
.heckle the senator and were greeted
with cries of "Put him out!" Con-
fusion ensued, but ended in laughter
whom the speaker said: The braying
great meeting"
Referring to the Oklahoma Incident,
he said:
II never voted for suffrage, but at
that meeting, when 1000 women sat
quiet when the lights were cut of,
/ about came to the conclusion that
they were good enough to vote"
Personal Tribute to President.
The speaker paid personal tribute
to President Wilson and expressed an
earnest wish for his early recovery.
Senator Reed said he denied that
America entered the war either to
regenerate or democratize the world,
but that German acts of aggression
drew it in.
Evening star., 1919-10-05
Retired Officer Assigned Here.

Cal Charles H. Heyl q. s A. re-
tired. has been assigned to duty In
the once of tie, inspector general Of
the Army, thlsttty. s-a----
Evening star., 1919-10-05
Hope to Avoid Walkeut.

Thomas H Jones Of the engineers
union said last night that the men
would do everything possible to pre-
vent a walkout, with the resulting tie
up of the plants of the power COM
pany. He said they were we'll aware
Of the hardshiDs which the general
public would suffer, not the least of
which would be the danger from.
thieves and hold-up men IL the streets
Of the, city ara dark at night.
Evening star., 1919-10-05

storation of the rate-making powers
of the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion, for revision Of the food con
troll act, and for continuation OF
work on the Alaskan railway. Az
though the measures systematically
would become law ten days after
fall to act, it is possible he may be
permitted by Dr.. Gfayson to attend
to them.
Evening star., 1919-10-05
Physicians in Attendance. >

In addition to Dr.. Grayson. the phy-
sicians present at the consultation
yesterday were DR.. r. x. Dercum. a
Philadslphia expert on nervous ALL
ments; Rear Admiral e. R., Stitt of
the naval hospital; DR.. Sterling RUM
of Washington, and DR.. George Schei-
nitz, an eye specialist of Phfladelphia.
It was said the eye examination was
made because impairment of the si9ht
disorders. and it was desired that the
diagnosis be absolutely compiete.
Again yesterday the Presfdenta
heart action was declared to he roo5
and his mind keen, symptoms in viich
his physicians placed much ,raliance
His pulse was said to be normal and
there was no fever.
Evening star., 1919-10-05
URGE EXTENSION
Of SUGAR BOARD
Dealers Fear European De-
mand Will Unsettle
Prices in 1920.

Unless Congress acts within the
next few weeks and adopts some
measure to establish the sugar eQuah-
zation board for the calendar year Of
1920. the European demand for sugar
is reasonably certain to interfere
seriously with the price and supply of
that commodity in the United States.
it was said last night by prominent
local sugar dealers.
The equalization board, organized
by the food administration during the
war, has apportioned the sugar crops
of Hawaii, Porto Rico and the conti-
mental United States, and controlled
imports from Cuba It has prevented
I boarding by producers or rehnerS
under the jurisdiction OF the United
States and has given every section OF
the country its share of the available
supply.
Board Expires at End Of Year.
| Under the present law this board,
Of which 9. A. zabrisleie Ia. chairman.
| will cease to function at the end OF
I this year, and wholesalers and large
retailers fear that this will result In
! success for European countries now
bidding 90 strongly in the wor'd'a
market for sugar. For a greater part
| of this year sugar has retailed in Eng
land for 5 cents more Der pound
| than in the United States, and in
France the price has been 10 cents
higher.
Chairman Zabriskie also has asked
Congress- for authority To- purchase
the 1920 Cuban crop of sugar and q
bill embodying this provision is now
being drawn up at the behest Of the
Declaring that candy manufacturers
had been ''bountifully supplied With
sugar while household consumers were
rationed. Representative Fitzgerald.
democrat Massachusetts,, offered q
resolution yesterday calling on the War
quantity Of candy it had in storage
when the armistice was signed and its
present stock.
Try to Cut Local Supply.
In the meantime Chairman Clarence
r. Wilson Of the fair price commit
| tee Is endeavoring to meet the local
| situation by having wholesalers here
| cut down the supply of candy, cake
per cent Of their normal needs. and
the ice cream manufacturers to 70
per cent. In addition, dealers who
are boarding sugar or are selling at
| abnormal prices will not be supplied.
and no resales will be made to the
trade. Sales to out-of-town retailers
| will not be made unless the buyer has
been a customer Of a local wholesale
house in the past
Householders are asked by the fair
price committee to buy only enough
sugar for their immediate needs. If
this is done the retail stores can keep
a small supply on hand and no family
need be entirely without sugar on its
table. What the committee fears
most is selfish attitude by some who
want to get several months supply
ahead and thus clean out the local
| supply.
Evening star., 1919-10-05
Raid Negro Headquarters.

LITTLE ROCK. Ark. October A.
Headquarters at Winchester, Ark, Of
the secret organisation of negroes
held responsible for the Elaine riots
were raided today, according to dis
Arkansas Democrat DR.. v. 3. Powell,
an organiser Of ths negroes, waf ar
rested and has been taken to Arkan-
sas City and later will be turned over
to Helena o@ctala. n
Evening star., 1919-10-05

of welcome greeted him. He also
visited the subtreaSury and inspected
the vaults.
Guest of Bankers at Luncheon.
At noon he went to the Bankers
Club, where he was the honor guest
of the commission for relief in
address Of welcome the king said:
"Mr. Chairman. In rising to respond
to your gracious words l wish that It
were in my power to make you feel
the emotion that will move all
Belgians when they learn that have
at last been able to bear to this city
Of New York, and to the eminent
citizens who have devoted. them
selves to the work of the commission
for relief in Belgium. testimony of
the sentiments of gratitude of
whole people that they have saved
from famine.
THAT Belgium was able to resist
for four years the frightful morale
oppression Of the enemy is in great
part due to the fact that she was not
wholly abandoned by mankind. and
because she knew that there was
somewhere in the world a powerful
nation that was interesting itself in
her unhappy fate.
'In Belgium the name Of the COM
mission for relief will always be pro-
nounced with gratitude in the homes
of the rich. as well as in the homes of
the poor. I regret that Mr.. Hoover
could not be present today. With the
sentiments that I express to you here
I should have liked especially to asso-
ciate the name of this great friend of
the Belgian nation.
Thanks to you. gentlemen, Bel
gium did not perish. and now she asks
to be able to resume her place among
the producing nations Of the world.
Before the war she occupied the fifth
rank in International commerce. To-
day she Is applying all of her energy
to the work of her economic reconsti-
tuition. and is trying by her labor to
continue to merit that sympathy
which the great American nation
vouchsafed her In her misfortunes."
When the king arrived at the Penn
sylvania station he found there a
crowd of several hundred waiting to
cheer him, on hts way
Just befoFes the special train pulled
out newspaper men approached Ereck-
inridge Long, third assistant secre-
tary OF state. with q request that
they might be allowed to speak to
his royal charge. Permission was
denied. but King Albert, who noticed
the men, beckoned to them to APP
proach. After shaking hands with
them he said:
Thanks Americans.
Il wish you would convey through
the newspapers our sincere thanks for
the splendid receptions we have re-
ceived in your wonderful city and the
beautiful sense Of sympathy your peo-
pie have shown for our country. We
have all been impressed with what we
have seen Of your city and wish to
thank the newspapers for their SYM
pathetic reception"
The king also expressed hope that
the royal party would be able to see
more of New York after their tour Of
the country had ended.
Can we shake hands with the
prince" a newspaper man asked the
king.
why, yes That would indeed be a
pleasure for me to have newspaper
men shake hands with my boy" said
the king, with a smile.
The prince then stepped forwrd and
exchanged greetings with the report
ers, telling them that his father had
often spoken to him about the time
when he was writing for newspaper.
Evening star., 1919-10-05
Prayers IA Pittsburgh.

! PITTSBURGH. October 4.-Pravars
for the FecoxerY ef the hsalth ct
President, Wilson were offered TO-DAY
at the seTvires held IN Jewish syna,
.gegues tn Ptttskvygh M ehsssYsnca
of Atunement day. S.9tss,'''7s-'
Evening star., 1919-10-05
N, T. Epiaeopa1 Church Bray.r.

elect Charles 8. Buroh Of the NJ
York diocese Of the Protestant Hnis.
copal Church announced today ~ 4
special Prayers would be offered IN
all the churches Of the diocese toner
rpW for the speedy recovery Of Prss-
idant Wilson.