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Bombsheus Proposed
to Annihilate H. c. of l..

Senate adopts Myers resolution
requesting banking committee to re-
port whether reduction of currency
would be advisable.
Senator Kirby's bill reduces prices
25 per cent below present market
rate.
Senator McKellar's resolution
urges probe by coalition committee.
Representative Igoe's resolution
orders the Federal Trade Commis-
sion to probe food prices.
Representative James wants Pres
ident to purchase necessities and
market them to consumer at cost.
Representative Kelley proposes U.
s. commander food held in cold
storage more than three months.
Senator Thomas wants taxes cut
down as starter.
Representative Huddleson's bill
limits prices to amount charged No
vember IL, 1913 (Armistice Day..
Proposal, much echoed, that Will
son use the billion dollar subsidy
wheat to pay the farmer the differ
ence between the 81. 26 price guaran-
teed ami the market, as regulated
by supply and demand.
Administration names committee
to propose ways and means.
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league of nations or to the decision or
recommendation Of any other power.
"Foulth. The United States does not
bind itself to submit for arbitration or
inquiry by the assembly or the council
any questions which in the Judgment of
the United States depends upon or
involves its long established policy COM
monty known as the Monroe Doctrine,
and it is preserved unaffected by any
provision in the said treaty contained"
! Bernard NJ Baruch. economic adviser
to the American peace delegation, told
the foreign relations committee today
! that no purchase could be made in the
United States or elsewhere by German
concerns except through the repara
! tions commission to be put up under
the treaty of Versailles.
This provision was put in the treaty,
Mr.. Baruch said. so Germany could not
evadc any part of her indemnity obliga-
tiOns by sending money outside the
country privately and thus reducing her
I industrial resources 'to Il mere shell.
i. W. Taussig, who advised the
! American delegates on customs provi-
sions, was questioned by the committee
as to the part the American delegates
: uuu III lht N'ohoiii' ~ oS '''''
/ included in the treaty. He said that
lin some respects the Americans eXer-
eiscd a greater influence than any other
group because they frequently were
called upon to arbitratc the proposals
of the other nations. lie declared there
was no foundation for the suggestion
that the British delegates had "domi-
mated" the financial decisions of the
! Peace Conference.
The Senate yesterday adopted reso :
luton specifically declaring that while
: the international labor board created III
the peace treaty can be invited to have
! its first meeting rs planned i'll Wash =
ington next fall. the President shall not
appoint any American representatives
to sit in the conference unless the treaty
! has been ratified by that time.
President Wilson yesterday told Sen
ntor Watson, Indiana, that should the
United States adopt reservations the
peace treaty would be held up until next
winter and there would be danger that
some of the European powers would
crumble before the treaty could be er =
forced.
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"TIGER" HOLDS UP FINANCES
Wants to Let Chamber Elected In
October Act on Proposals

Paris, Aug. 2.-(By a. P.)-Pre-
mier Clemenceau has given his opinion
that consideration of the new financial
proposals by the Chamber of Deputies
should be postponed until after the
parliamentary elections.
This was brought out in a report
made by Raoul Peret to the budget com =
mittee of the Chamber of Deputies,
of which committee he is president, re-
garding an interview he had had with
the premier on the subject of the de-
bates on the proposed new taxes.
NJ. Peret said the premier declared
1t had been decided to hold the parlia
mentary elections ON October 20, and
that, consequently, it seemed to him
It would be difficult for the chamber,
meanwhile, to examine into and vote
upon the financial proposals.
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remote. especially when Mr.. fines. III
his letter to the President placed The
estimate at $500 900 900.
The opening Of the wage srhedulc
by any one of the four train brother
hoods automatically rpopcns the other
three. so that. despite the fact that
Warren s. Stone. chief of the cnei~
ncers, is opposed to holding the threat
of n strike over the head of the gov
prnment. and that William s. Carter.
formerly leader of the firemen. Is a
member of the director generals staff,
il IL considered n forcgone conclusion
that demands from the 120.000 engi
ncers and firemcn for about 500 900, 900
additional wages will be forthcoming.
This would bring the immediate dc-'
mands up to $500. 900 900. covering the
four brothelhoods and the shop crafts.
Director General Attacked
w. G.. Lee. president of the Brother
hood of Trainmpn. in a statement before
the government wage board this week
said QFf
The railroad administration is not
paying its way. II Is up to the director
general to quit begging the question:.
The deficit is due to Insufficient revenue.
from natural causes, or Administrations
failure. There is no business in this
country that is asked to operate at a
loss except the railroads. We don't
agree with the director generals plan
of waiting to see what will turn up.
1t makes it too long between meals
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RAIL CHIEFS SEE
NATION-WIDE STRIKE
Predict Every Road Viii Feel
Order Today

Chicago, Aug. 2.-(By A. P.)--Local
leaders of the Federated Railway Shop
mems Union today predicted that the
strike. which started yesterday. would
spread and become the nation wide
movement that it was expected to be
when it was called.
Early today. the strike was. for the
most part. confined to points in the
Middle West and Southeast. with some
craftsmen out at points outside these
generally described sections.
In the Middle West. chiefly in the
Chicago district, some 10000 men were
reported out. with like number In
the South and Southeast sections. They
demand n wage increase from the present
scale of sixty eight cents an hour to
eighty five cents, with sixty cents an
hour for helpers. and that the increase
be effective from January /. 1919.
EVERY railroad system in the coup-
try will be affected by night John d..
Saunders. secretary of the council di-
rcrting the Chicago strike situation,
said. "The strike was ordered as a
protest against the many delays in meet
ing our demands. Negotiations in
Washinsi have been without avail.
We will make a clean sweep of every
road in the country"
1t is asserted the men on strike acted
against the instructions of the inter-
national officers. who are in conferences
~ WaSh ngton with railroad administra- :
ton off, ials and who are expected to
settle II" strike, under an agreement
that had already been reached between
Director General Hines and the union
representatives.
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STRIKE FAILS TO HIT
PHILADELPHIA SHOPS

The nntion- wide strike order which
was issued by the Federated Shopmen' 9
Union to take effect at 10 O'Clock to-
'ar in nl Iai'road shows in the country
aDnarcntlv has not affected PhiladeI-
nhia Inquiries at the Offices of the
Ponnevlvnnia and the PHILADELPHIA and
Reading Railroads brought forth replies
that the newspaper DISPATCHES of the
order had been read but that none of
the shooworkcrs had stopped working
in tNi; district.
eve know nothing about it here"
said p. +. Kcrns. foreman of the en-
zine house Of the Pennsylvania. There
is no disturbance here. None of the
nm in 0ur &hoDs has stoNned working.
We read in the panprs Of the strike in
Chicago, but nothing has happened
here
Similar rrr'inS We've given out last
night from the Office of the dispatcher
of the Philahclnha division of the
Philadelphia and Reading Railway.
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RENNER STILL HOLDS RE!NS
Message Reporting Resignation Re
ferred to Jugo-Slav Upset

Berne, Aug. 2.-(By A. P.)-The
announcement of the impending resig-
nation of the Austrian ministry, re-
ceiyed here from Vienna Thursday, was
erroneous, it has developed.
A mistake in the transmission of the
dispatch from Vienna was responsible,
The message originated in Belgrade, il
appears, and referred to the Serbia
Croatian ministry.
The dispatch referred to in the fore
going was received in Berne from vi
emma. July 81. 1t stated that the Aus
trian cabinet had decided to resign. A
similar message reaching London, via
Rerne. said it had been semi officially
announced that the cabinet reached the
decision to resign at a meeting held
Tuesday.
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NO HARRISBURG STRIKE
Wages and Conditions at Capita
Yards Satisfactory

Harrisburg, Pa. Aug. 2.-(By A.
PD-Local members of railroad shop
mems unions said last night that there
would be no strike of employees in the
yards here.
"All local railroad men are obeying
instructions and remaining at work.
Local wages and conditions have been
satisfactory, said N. M. Jones, presi-
dent Of the PENNSYLVANIA System No. 90,
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to give railroad employees from that
date the benefit which the tribunal may
think they were then emitted to-. In
this way the delay necessarily incident
TO the creation of such tribunal and its
interests of the railroad employees"
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Evelyn Greedy In
Bringing Up Betty
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SATURDAY.

Hall Gaines Woman
Thou Gavest Me
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Theda Bara In
A Woman There Was
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Alma Reuhens in
A Mans Country
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Mac Allison in
The Uplifter

Hall Gaines Woman
Thou Gayest Me
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Anita Stewart in
Human Desire
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Ethel Clayton In
A SPORTING Chance
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-02

Madalaine Traverse in
Rose of West
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-02

Gordon and Blackwell
In Stolen Orders
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Mary Pickford In
Esmeralda
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nnie Ward in
Common Clay
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15
AMERICA IGNORANT
 OF THE REAL LIFE
 |NFAR-OFF HAWAII
Proud of Being Americans, the Hawaiians Have All the Conveniences Found
 In the States

Honolulu, T. H.. May 19.-Letters re- ceived here by public officials indi- cate that in many sections of the United States there exists a surpris- ing ignorance as to the real status of Hawaii.
 As a territory Hawaii is an integ- ral part of the United States, and its political status is exactly the same as that of Alaska and of Oklahoma before the latter was granted statehood. Gov. c. J. Mccarthy frequently receives let ters addressed to ''The American Can- sul, Honolulu"
 One large mainland paper recently speculated as to the possibility of Ha- waii seeking self determination" ap- parently not knowing that Hawaii Is intensely American, despite it's cosmo- politan population, and that its people are extremely proud of the fact that the territory has gone over the top in every Liberty Loan campaign and war charity driNe.
 A pupil in a public school in Ne braska town, evidently at the instiga- tion of his teacher. recently wrote a letter for delivery to some scholar of Hawaii" describing the game of base
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Buy a Home Or Build a Home and Give Our Heroes Job

ball. his home. and relating the fact that he had his meat cooked before eating it, and asking for description of simple, native life in the Paradise of the Pacific.
 Scores of similar stories might be told, all emphasizing the fact that many Americans have little knowledge of this American territory, 2000 miles out in the tropical Pacific.
 It is apparent that a misleading con- ception of Hawaii has been drawn by many from popular songs and light lit- erature.
 Honolulu, with a white population of approximately 25,000 has more than 5000 automobiles. excellent street car service, electric lights. automatic tele- phones, country clubs golf links and all the other social refnements While 1t is true that many dusky beauties take daily dips at Waikiki beach, they wear made-in-America bathing suits instead of grass skirts, dance the fox trot instead of the hula, and spend their spare hours playing golf at the country clubs or driving their cars over the scenic roads of Oahu instead of strumming ukuleles beneath palm trees for the entertain ment of white beachcombers and tour ists
 Hawaii is in the tropics and 2o00 miles from San Francisco, but is very
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classes, and especially by the poodle fakers'' of so-called high society. An aft ernoon trip to the most expensive hotels discloses the fact that the war has not completely purged us from the idle rich. One may encounter there a new species, formerly known as a lounge lizard, now called soft cootie" A soldier friend pointed me out one of these speci- mems, exclaiming, Think of our brave who have fallen, and a thing like that survives"
 We won this war-why7 Because we needed the law of sweat In the crucial hour our society spewed out of its mouth the idle rich. and the idle poor. We toi- erated only one class, the workers. Vim cent Astor and Kingdom Gould had to step up and do their duty just the same
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CHA|RMEN CALL GROUP MEETINGS
 OF CIVIC CHAMBER General Survey of Condition of City to Be Made at Meetings-Programme
 to Be Outlined

s. D. Cowen, chairman of Group s, will call the first of the Chamber of Commerce group meetings, which are to be held during the next 10 days for the purpose of getting suggestions for the programme of work, tomorrow at o'clock, in the Chamber of Commerce auditorium.
 MT. Cowen has sent notice to each of the following to appear at that meeting: R. P. Daniel, R. T. Daniel, R. W. Daniel, J. L. Davidson, Dr. Marion T. Davidson. W. A. Davies, Ben Davis. c. B. Davis, David J. Davis. G. H. Davis, H. c. Davis, L. H. Davis, Dr. J. D. s. Davis, James S. Davis. Pete J. Davis, w. c. Davis, H. T, Dean. Louis R. Dean. Charles F. DeBarde1eben, Henry T. De- Bardeleben, Frank L. De Mefs, Charles Denegre, Sam Derzis, A. c. DeShazo, John DeShazo, R. E. De Treville, ". H. Dewey. Henry Dietz, T. H. Diseker, A. G. Donahoo, J. M. Donaldson, J. E. Dom elson, F. D. Donnelly J. W. Donnelly, J. T. Doster, L. L. Doty, E.. T. Douglass, J. W. Douglass, W. B. Douglass, J. F.. Dovel, J. E. Dow, W. B. Dowell.
 At o'clock tomorrow evening group 19 will meet at the Chamber of Commerce auditorium, Chairman J. M. P. Otis, who has charge of that group, having issued a call for that hour. His group consists of the following: J. w. Minor, S. A. Mitchell, c. A. Moffett J. l.. Mogford, pr. R. J. Mouette, F. H. Mohns, A. C. Montgomery, James A. Montgomery, A. H. Moore, Edwin l.. Moore, Dr. W. J. Montgomery, J. P. Moore, W. H. Moors, M. Moran. Dr. R. c. Morefield, B. c. Morgan, T. W. Nor gan, W. Barnes Morgan J. K. Morris. T. A. Morrison, Hugh Morrow, H. L. Morrow, A. J. Morson, A. S. Morton, Everett Moses, B. L. Moss, J. F. Muller, Jr., R. A. Mullins P. D. Mungedorff, S. D. Murphy. J. Reese Murray s. B. Murray. H. r. Muse, Adam M. Myatt M. A. Myatt, Sam SMyer, G. M. Myers, S. F. Majors. F. E. Majors, H. & Naff, M G. Nasworthy, c. B. Nelson.
 The purpose of these meetings is to make a general survey of the conditions of the city, as viewed by its citizens, to the end that a comprehensive idea of the things which most need the attention of the Chamber of Commerce may be pre- scented to the directors.
 These ideas will be systematically ar ranged into programme of work so that all the members and the city at large may know the general policies of the organization. This programme will give stability and direction to the regular &C., tivities of the Chamber of Commerce and assures the members of the fact that this great civic body has definite plans for it's future. In other words, like any successful business concern, the Cham Der of Commerce will plan definitely for the future instead of depending upon chance as to what it shah do.
 In the event matters will arise which the programme of work does not provide o1,,arOenniaC which CoJlI6 mt ba fr>re- seen, these will be met and provided for, as they come up, by the board of direc- tors or by special committees appointed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15
Descended From the sun-Goddess

From sPresent-Day Government in Ja- pan" by Walter Wallace McLaren. in Asia" magazine.
 The chief executive of Japan is nom inally an autocrat exercising under the constitution prerogatives the am- plitude of which is not parallelled, nor approached, in any other modern ra- ton. Underlying his enormous legal powers, and serving not only as their foundation but as their justification as well, is the myth of descent from the sun goddess, Amaterasu, whose mythical grandson, Jimmu Tenno, IS said to have founded the imperial house in 66O B. c. Important for po- litical purposes as this myth Is in the Japanese official mind, and as fea- ture of their system of government, as that system stands on paper. the
 constitutional autocrat, the emperor, Is
 in fact completely overshadowed by his active executive agents the Genro and
 the cabinet. The policy of the em-
 pire is formulated by these two grou ps
 and the public support of the goverr-
 ments policy is secured by appealing to the loyalty to the emperor and to the chauvinism of the people. So se- dulously has this characteristic been
 cultivated ever since the middle of the last century that there is not anoth-
 CT race that can De compared to the Japanese in this respect, unless 1t be the Prussians.
 The legislative organ of the govern ment is a mere appendage of the ex- ecutive system But inasmuch as ap- pendages have some weight, the Diet exercises slight influence at all tim es and now and then in the crises of do- mestic politics its feeble powers are sufficient to determine the course of events. In foreign politics the weight of the Diet and of public opinion Is predominantly in support at all times of any measures that the government may take to coerce China into grant ing larger concessions to Japanese traders in Manchuria, Shantung, Flu kien or elsewhere in her dominions; on the other hand. any course which the government adopts to promote fair dealing and the fulfillment of treaty obligations to the other powers inter ested in the far east is execrated by the press and the people if 1t im- pinges upon the Japanese land and money grahbers'. ideas of what Is their right and due.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15
CARRANZA NOT TO
 BE A CANDIDATE
 FOR REELECTION
s, Associated Press

Washington, June 14-Presldent Carranza of Mexico will not be a can didate for reelection, and under no conditions will he continue in office after the expiration of his present term.
 This definite statement as to Car ranza's political intentions was made here today in an authorized statement by his son-in-law. Gen. Candido Aguilar, governor of the state of Vera Cruz, who was sent to this country on a confidential mission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15
The Gosnel of Labor.

'NThe law of nature is that a certain quantity of work is necessary to produce to certain quantity of good, of any kind whatever. If you want knowledge you must toll for it; if food, you must toll For it; and if pleasure, you must toll for it." These words of John Ruskin are especially appropriate now as we are celebrating his centenary.
 This admonition is needed not merely by the manual laborers, but also by all
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as the Fricasinni twins from Lit Italy" Now that the war is won. t.. law of sweat should remain irnperati for all classes. Every man and eve woman owes duty of work to his a and society of the future should be organized as to insist that that debt paid
 Referring to the law of sweat. we mu1 realize that there are two ways in whi a man may fulfil his obligation, eiths by brain sweat, or by brawn swea Rightly speaking, the mental workers b long just as truly among the laborin classes as the manual workers. In tn truest sense both are producers.
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American part of the United States. and the only movement known here that could be interpreted as a desire for "seif-determination" is an occasional suggestion that statehood should be sought
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No More Cooked Hats
 for Naval Officers
By Associated Proas

Washington, June 14-Epaulets, cooked hats. gold-covered belts and highly orna- mented special full dress coats hereto fore worn by naval officers on special occasions are abolished under an order issued today by Secretary Daniels. The discarding of so many articles of uni form will result in economy of space on board ship, ease in travelling and great financial saving to the officers, the Sec retary said.
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The position of Lynn, Mass. in the shoe industry, the center of circle of towns manufacturing fourth of the shoes worn in the United States, is partly due to the chance settlement there of Welshman named Dagys, the most skilful shoemaker in fhe coIOOiesf
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NORWOOD BUNGALOW s55oo-A dandy six room bungalow in good neigh borhood on paved street in Norwcod; house has 9 bedrooms and combination sleeping porch hardwood floors throughout: furnace heat; side drive; Norwood bungalows arc hard to get See our Mir Johnson about this NOW. Liberal terms.
 NORWOOD BUNGALOW $6S00--Buys one of the incest bungalow homes in Norwood; location north of 18th aTenue; the bungalow is modern and most attractive: seven rooms: well built and ideally arranged; posses sion in 30 days; easy terms Phone our Mir Johnson
 NORWOOD DISTRICT ses0o-Mode nine-room home on 22d. north of l2th avenue; downstairs: living room dining room. library. kitchen: upstairs: bedrooms and sleeping porch; hardwood floors throughout and furnace heat; everything about this homo is in Al condition: yes the lot is large Phone our MT. Johnson to see this splendid home; liberal terma
 WEST END Five room bungalow on Fulton avenue: has ro- ception room. dining room. kitchen two bedrooms. and bath; bargain at $2750 terms $S5o cash and rest easy. See John Il. May.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-15

The number of telephones in use in ts United States at the close of 1917 w. equal to one for every nine persons.