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The sun., 1919-09-21
GERMANS TO QUIT LETvIA.
Eastern Prussian Frontier 1
Closed to Volunteers.

BERLIN, Sept. 20. - The Lettish
Frontier of eastern Prussia has been
CLOSED to volunteers enlisted In Car
many. according to the Vorpderts. The
herman troops on the frontier have
orders to stop. by use of arms II neces-
sary, all attempts to cross into Letvia.
At Mitau. the General commanding
the German troops called together the
heads of the units in his command and
pointed out to them the difficulties which
would arise IL German troops remained
in Letvia, contrary to the expressed
wishes OF the Allies He requested alb
solute obedience from his troops and
outlined plans for the evacuation of the
country. the newspaper adds,
The sun., 1919-09-21
$75O,OOO WILL GO TO U. OPP.
william Irvine, EN-Treasurer Of
Philadelphia, wiIIed Fund,

PHILADELPHIA Sept. 20-Through the
will of the late William Irvine, a t5rme-
Treasurer of the city of Philadelphia,
the UniveI sity OF Pennsylvania is &c re-
ceive a gift of almost S75O,O0O.
This announcement was made by
Provost Edgar F. Smith The uniye'.
sity comes into possession Of tic iuni
through the death of Miss Mary Irvine
on September II. She Was' the sister
and only heir of Mr. Irvine, who del
about five years ago. Mr., Irvine wlled
his estate to the university, with the
provision that during the life Of his sis
ter the income should go to her. Miss
Irvine also left her estate to the univeT-
sity.
The will gives the university the al
tentative OF using the fund either for an
auditorium or a school of mines The
former will probably be sanctioned b.
the trustees
The sun., 1919-09-21
WEALTHY MoToRIsT HELD.
Former Railroad Man Accused of
Manslaug liter.

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Sept. 20.-Timothy
b. Byrnes, formerly vice-president OF the
New York. New Haven & Hartford Rail
road. was arraigned on a charge OF
manslaughter at East Providence to-
day following an automobile accident in
which two girls were injured, one ia
tally. He was driving his car up War
rem avenue, in East Providence, when
a heavy moving van turned across his
path into a side street. In order TO
avoid a collision Byrnes drove his ca-
into the side street and against a retain
ing walk on top of which Ethel L. Ray;
6, and Eva Read. 9. were playing.
The forward wheel of the machine
was forced up the wall, striking the
children and dragging the Ray girl back
to the pavement. She died later in a
hospital Byrnes and his wife were not
hurt. He pleaded not guilty and fur
nished $1,000 bail for trial October 4.
The sun., 1919-09-21
NAVY YEOMAN HELD
ON GRAFT CHARGE
Took Money From Men Who
Wanted Shore Duty, He Says.

Andrew Branigan, 27, a chief yeoman
of the naval reserves. before a court
martial in the Brooklyn navy yard yes
terday pleaded guilty to two specifica-
tons charging him with accepting mon
ey from men who wished to be enlisted
and assigned to shore duty, and pleaded
not guilty, to n third specification which
charged him with accepting a bride of
$780, He also pleaded not guilty to GER
tain parts of a fourth specification
which charged conspiracy with Lieut..
Benjamin s. Davis. formerly a lieuten-
ant in the medical corps.
The alleged offenses took place while
the war was on. In the first two
charges Ralph F. Mulligan, an artist, of
152 West Fifty-eighth street, and Harry
Puck, a song writer. of Freeport, l.. l..
were named as the men who offered the
persuasion money. Mulligan $500 and
Puck $500.
The specifications and pleas were
forwarded to Washington at the close
of the hearing by Judge Advocate L.
]. Matteson with a request for instruc-
tions as to proceedings. Lieut.. Davis
has already been convicted in the naval
graft investigation.
The sun., 1919-09-21
BEER SMUGGLERS
HELD IN CHICAGO
Federal Judge Calls State
Officials to Hear Proof.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2O.--Federal Judge
Lands held sixteen men to the Grand
Jury to-day on bonds of $4,000 each
in smuggling cases which arose from
the alleged transportation of beer across
the Wisconsin and Illinois line. The
case is the first sweeping effort to stop
the sale of alcoholic drink in Chicago.
Included in the list of men held was
Jim" O'Leary. famous Chicago saloon
keeper and bookmaker. The other men
ARE drivers of trucks in which beer was
transported and saloonkeepers and bar
tenders implicated in the seizure Of
thousands of bottles of beer at Zion
City.
The court issued a subpoena for Pat
rick J. Carroll. a former State Senator
arrested at Zion City last week when,
IT Is charged, beer was found In his
automobile. Subpnnas also were issued
for more than fifty saloon-keepers, who
were alleged to~have bought beer from
Milwaukee breweries.
Judge Lands summoned Chief OF Po-
lice Clarity and States Attorney Hoyne
into court and when Garrity appeared
Judge Lands said:
Il have just stumbled onto some
thing very interesting, Chief, and I
think yoy ought to know about 1t. That
is, the Importation of beer in Chicago"
He said later:
You see here to-day in the court
what made this country dry. This utter
disregard for the law is what put the
brewers out of business"
Jacob Frank, one OF the saloonkeepers
held. admitted he had sold beer. where
upon the Judge addressed Chief Clarity
"Stand up, Chief"
Then to the saloonkeeper
Jake, I want to introduce you to the
Chief of Police"
The Judge asked the Chief how II
happened that beer could be sold with
policemen on patrol duty. The Chief
said the saloonkeepers hid the beer
when the policemen entered the bars.
Chemical analysis OF the beer seized
showed that 1t contained from 2.9S to
334 DeH cent alcohol
The sun., 1919-09-21
BERLIN TO ANNUL ARTICLE 81.
Austria VIII Have No Represen.
tative in Reichstag.

PARIS, Sept. 20.-Paul' Dutasta, secre-
larry of the Peace Conference. has re-
ceived a long note from the German
delegation at Versailles advising the
conference of the acceptance in the name
OF the German Government of the de-
mand for a declaration annulling Article
LXI. OF the German constitution, which
would give Austria representation in the
German Reichstag.
Kurt Won Lersner, head of the Ger
man delegation. says in the note he has
been authorized to sign the declaration
that Article LXI. is null and void, but
1akes occasion to complain at what he
Strawberries as the "ironical tone" Of
the last note from the Entente Powers
The sun., 1919-09-21
ENTIRE NATION AIDS
GULF GALE VICTIMS
Need for Funds Has Not Been
Met, However, 1t Is Said.

CORPUS CRIsTI, Tex, Sept 20.-Ac-
tual funds or assurance of financial
support for rehabilitation of storm
swept Corpus Christi are coming in
from every part of the country, with Of
ficials estimating that the total at the
present rate might reach S5,000,000.
Roy Miller, chairman of the Citizen
Relief Committee, said the countrywide
response to the appeal for aid had ex-
ceeded expectations but cautioned
against any impression that the need
for funds had been entirely met.
WASHINGTON. Sept 20.-Army relief
work in the Corpus Christi, Texas, storm
is, or will soon be turned over to civil
control a message received to-day BY
Quar- erma ster-General Rogers reported.
Conditions are improving rapidly.
The sun., 1919-09-21
FRENCH CANALS OPENED.
Along Waterway
Is ReestabIished. Report Says.

PARIS, Sept. 20.-Water communica-
ton between Belgium and the liberated
regions along the old battlefront may be
considered as reesta blished, according TO
a report made to President Poincare by
NJ Claveille, Minister OF Public Works
and Transport. The report states that
navigation is almost normal once more
along the Aire. Deule, Sensee. St QUEEN
tin and Somme capals; that since the
armistice approximately $50 miles of
double track railroad and 900 miles of
single track line have been reconstructed
and only twenty-nine railroad stations
remain to be opened to traffic. Among
other works completed, it is stated, are
s67 bridges which were destroyed dur
ing the war.
The sun., 1919-09-21
MOTOR CARS HURT CHILDREN.
Three Injured In Harlem; Aged
Woman knocked Down.

: Three children were injured yesterday
afternoon in automobile accidents in
Harlem. Milton Kehlmann, 4. of 10
West 18th street was run down in
front of his home by car driven by
Ivan Holmes, 2104 Seventh avenue and
injured internally. James Morris. 8, 1927
Amsterdam avenue, was cut about the
face and body when he was knocked
down by car at Convent avenue and
130th street. He was taken to Knicker-
booker Hospital. The driver was Alex
ender Lang of III West Tenth street.
a Harold = Brinck. 5, 533 West 133d
street, was struck at Broadway and 1891
street and attended for scalp wounds
The car was driven by Louis Tietzen OF
T35 East 179th street. Loretta Flynn,
65, OF 1925 Seventh avenue, was struck
while crossing Seventh avenue at 1l6th
street, and taken to Harlem Hospital
suffering from shock. The car was
driven by Abraham Chapoff, 5Os West
176th street.
The sun., 1919-09-21
NC-4 STARTS TOMORROW.
Seaplane to Make First Leg of
Recruiting Trip.

The naval seaplane NC-4. first across
the Atlantic in the air. will fly from
the Rockaway Point Naval Air Sta
ton to Absecon Inlet, Atlantic City, to-
morrow on the first leg of a recruiting
trip which will take her to most of the
important seaports from Maine TO
Texas.
Her crew will be composed OF seven
men. OF these Lieut. Commander A. c.
Read, Lieut.. Walter Hinton. pilot
Lieut.. Herbert c. Rodd, radio man, and
Chief Machinist's Mate Eugene c.
Rhodes were aboard when the NC-4
made the transatlantic fight. The other
members are Lloyd B. Moore, chief ma
Ghipist Lieut.. Peter Talbot, pilot, and
Gh4rles j. Kessler. machinist
The sun., 1919-09-21
DRY u. S. BIG FACTOR
IN SHRINKING FRANC
Wine and Brandy Figure
Largely in American Imports.
Special Gable Despatch to THE Sun from n
London Times Servics.

CopHri0ht, 1918. Az rights r6SerCed.
LONDON, Sept. 20.-The United States
going dry is an important new factor in
the recent heavy depreciation of francs
French wine and brandy are always nor
mally a very substantial item of French
produce for export, and the fact that
American purchases which used to be
very considerable, direct or indirect, have
received this serious check is a pecu-
liarly embarrassing matter for the
French balance of trade.
1t has been noticed lately that the
monthly totals of French exports to the
United States have fallen below
even what they had been a year or so
previously, when the war was raging
and now that the war is over II is Pc
culiarly in France that one of It's staple
industries for export should have met
with this additional blow. The pussy
footing OF the franc in New York is un-
doubtedly very serious blow to French
trade.
The sun., 1919-09-21
NAVY SEEKS LOST STEAMSHIP
Lake Conpay Left Philadelphia for
Havana September 2.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.-The Ship
ping Board steamship Lake Conpay,
which sailed from Philadelphia Septem-
Der for Havana coal laden. has not
been heard from since her departure.
The Navy Department was requested to-
day to make search for her. The Lake
Conpay carried n crew of 81.
The sun., 1919-09-21

FRANKFORT, Ky, Sept 2O.-The So
Cialist party filed to-day list of can
cidstes for all State offices in Kentucky
a. the November election except for
Acknowledgement and superintendent Of
public instruction.
The sun., 1919-09-21
Belgium Takes French Leader.

PARIS, Sept. 2o.-Belgium has agreed
TO the proposal of France that French
general have supreme command OF
Allied forces on the Rhine. according
to the Journal
The sun., 1919-09-21
MAKES PORT AFIRE.
British Liner Lands Passenger
and Cargo at Barbadoes.

ST. THOMAS. Virgin Islands, Sept. 20.
The British steamship Tennyson,
bound from Brazil to New York, arrived
at Barbados on September II with
her bunkers afire. 1t was learned here
to-day The flames have spread to the
cargo in No. 2 hold. According to last
advices. the cargo was being discharged
and the passengers landed. Y
The Tennyson has been beached to
avoid her total destruction. The British
light cruiser Yarmouth assisted In the
work.
The Temyson, 5000 tons gross. Is
owned by the Lamport & Holt Line,
owners of the Vesoris, which put into
St. Lucia last week with fire I'm her
hold, while on the way from New York
to South America with more than 400
passengers and cargo,
Representatives. here of the line said
the average number of passengers car
ried by the Tennyson on her north
bound trips is between thirty and fifty,
and the cargo consists mainly Of coffee
The sun., 1919-09-21
:l.2oo U. $. Troop. Leave siberia,
By the Associated Press.

VLADIvosToK, Sept IL (delayed) -
The transport Logan, with 1880 Ameri-
ran troops. principally members OF the
.Twenty-seventh Infantry, left for the
United States to-day by way of Manila
and should arrive in San Francisco
about October 81. Replacement troops
Arrived here on September 6.
The sun., 1919-09-21
PEACE SOUGHT
BY PETROGRAD
Copenhagen Hears City Soviet
Has Authorized Plea
to the Allies.
DEATHS NOW 800 DAILY
BOlshevik Robbers Loot State
Bank. for Third Time,
Get $1,0OO,O00.

COPENHAGEN, via London, Sept. 90
The city Soviet of Petrograd has en-
powered the Peoples Commissaries to
begin peace negotiations with the AL
lies on the basis of conditions fixed by
the allied Powers, according to reports
received here from Petrograd Peace
Is wished at any price by the Petro-
grad Soviet, the reports declare.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.-No peace Of
fer to the Allies has been reported from
the Central Soviet Government at Mos
COW. and an offer by the Petrosrad City
Soviet would therefore appear to be in
the nature OF a separate peace proposal
by the Petrograd district
Swedish press reports from Petrograd
by way of Helsingfors to-day say deaths
at Petrograd from cholera and dysen-
terry have risen to 200 to 300 day.
Sanitary conditions are reported intol-
cradle and many of the hospitals have
closed for scarcity Of food and medicine
A band of Bolshevik robbers for the
third time in short period have sacked
the Russian State Bank. taking more
than $1,000 900 in cash and many valu-
Ables
. According to another report from Hell
slrgfors, Admiral Kolchaks headquar-
fers have been moved from Omsk to
Novo Nikolajevsk.
According to the Stockholm press a
manifesto by the Moscow Soviet calls
npon the Red Guard and worlmen to
observe the utmost vigilance to protect
abe city. A state of siege was to be pro-
claimed, 1t was stated, and all youths
from Is to II years Of age had been
called to the colors by the Bolsheyik
Eiovernment.
A cable. from Omsk received at the
Russian Embassy to-day said Admiral
Koichaks offensive against the Boil
shevik forces in western Siberia was de-
Yeloping successfully. but that 1t was
not prudent to give details. Many
prisoners were reported taken by Kol-
chak's forces.
The Petrograd section is the most i'm
portant region of Soviet Russia exposed
10 hostile attack, and it has been under
Threat for a considerable period through
Operations by the Esthonians, Let's,
qithuanians and Firms. At one period
q hostile attack was driven to within
little more than fifty miles of the city
on the east. and for a time there seemed
q possibility that the campaign against
the Bolsheviki in north Russia might
bear down upon the former Russian cap
5tal. The decision by the British, how
ever, to withdraw their forces from
north Russia apparently eliminated this
latter possibility, although it was limited
in London that there might be plan
f,nder way for the british to Withdraw
Through Petrograd. This suggestion was
Fevived as recently as yesterday, when
p London despatch summarizing War
iOfiice statement which reported a sue
tcessful operation by British, Serbian
ssnd Russian troops on Lake Omega,
about $50 miles northeast of Petrograd,
added that the allied activity was re-
garded in some quarters as indicating a
movement toward Petrograd, and possi-
sbiy confirming the suggestion that 1t
was the intention to evacuate the Arch
angel district by that route.
The sun., 1919-09-21
Traction SnarIs solved.

1t was his remarkable success with
the problem on the Isthmus that caused
Mr.. Shonts to be picked by Thomas +.
Ryan and other traction heads In New
York for the task of unravellinR the
snaFls In the transit systems and de-
veloping the present elaborate system Of
PETERBOROUGH subwnys.
Again Paul. Morton played an i'm
portant part in Mr.. Shonts's life drama.
Mr.. Morton was then president Of the
Equitable Life Assurance Society, and
after conference with the traction
heads he went TO Washington to see
the head OF the Canal Commission.
They want YOU up in New York."
he said.
"Who wants me?" asked Shonts.
THE men who control the New York
traction interests.
What do they want me TO dor"
There Is a desperate traction prob
lem up there,S Mr.. Morton told him. 1T
is the biggest transportation proposition
In the world. 1t is a mans job. and the
traction owners want somebody big
enough TO coordinate the whole situa-
tion."
81 can't touch it now" Mr. Shonts
declared IT haven't finished the work |
started to do in Panama. Besides, l
NOulu nOl unucIldht tic new 10TH posi-
ton unless l were given absolute au-
thority."
TT is because you demanded auto
cratic power in Panama that they want
you" Mr.. Morton replied. "The trac-
ton people in New York have been
watching the things you have done
down there" A o.
Mr.. Shonts was firm in his refusal. 81
promised to stay with the canal until the
work was being carried forward in all
departments under full Roadway" he
said, 80 don't see how l can go up to
New York"
Wen walt for YOU" was Mr. Nor
tons promise; and wait the traction
heads did until Mr.. Shonts was fully
satisfied that work on the canal had
been launched so well. that the intricate
system had been so perfectly organized.
The sun., 1919-09-21


Speaking of unionism he said, "If
unionism is to succeed 1t must do SO by
promoting the prosperity not only of the
men. but Of the companies for and with
which the men work"
During the war many Of Mr.. Shonts's
employees went overseas with the army
and navy, and many OF his technical
workers obtained commissions. All
found their Jobs waiting on their re-
turn.
Making both ends meet has been one
I OF his big problems. and he has had a
severe struggle to continue the de-
velopment and operation OF the railways
in spite OF the ever increasing cost OF
things and the opposition of public SEN
| timent to any increase OF fare.
: Speaking of the extravaganza OF
Government operated railroads he said
that where It is possible to make up
all deficits by taxation the incentive to
economize is naturally eliminated and
extravaganza inevitable.
! Mr.. Shonts believed in educating the
public regarding the transportation prob
! lem, and for the purpose~of presenting
! his side of the eternal traction arglI-
ment caused the publication of those
| three papers, The Subody Sun, The
Elevated Express and The Green Car
! Traveller.
Through the medium of these papers
he caused the various critics OF the sys-
tenn TO be publicly answered. He en-
| lightened the passengers regarding the
increasing cost OF coal and other ne
cessities OF operation. He explained GER
tain difficulties that unthinking passen-
gers had never before realized.
These papers also at times contained
bits Of advice on street car courtesy, for
Mr.. Shonts believed that politeness
should be exercised in the subway as
well as In more elaborate surroundings.
He Urged patience with his workers, and
vigorously rebuked the cranks who criti-
cised the costumes OF the conductorettes.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-08
DESIRES TODON
A SENATE TOGA
"Maior" A. Fl. Mouton, of
EvangeIine Wants to
Serve People

In the political announcement
columns of the star-PrOgress this
week appears the formal bow Of
..Maior" A. H. Mouton of the Mamou
section of Evangeline parish, as
candidate for state senator from
this district. ''Major" numbers his
warm friends by the score through
ont the three parishes composing
this district and no doubt this host
Of friends will rally to his support
at the primary and make him a
formidable candidate in the coming
race. Mr.. Mouton is thoroughly qua-
Ified for the position he seeks and
If chosen by the people as one Of
their two representatives in the up
ner house of the General Assembly
Of Louisiana, viii no doubt ably
serve the more than a hundred
thousand people he viii represent
IN part in that branch Of the ctate's
Iaw-making body.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-08
BORDELON BUYS
FINE BUILDING
Owner of Big Main Street Gar
age to Extend Business En-
tireIy Through Block

Martin Bordelon, the hustling pr6
prietor Of the Bordelon Garage, the
big Main street automobile concern,
local agents for the Ford cars, re-
Gently purchased from P. T. Black
sher the fine brick building on the
corner of North and Union streets,
in the rear Of and abutting the Bor-
deIon garage building.
A force of carpenters are at work
renovating the inside Of the build
ing and making the necessary ad-
iustments and repairs so as to con-
meet it with the main garage build
ing. The two buildings will then
give Mr.. Bordelon the finest garage
building in Southwest Louisiana.
The remarkable growth of the
Bordelon Garage can be appreciated
when it is taken into consideration
that the young proprietor opened UP
with a very limited capital, in 1913,
and today he has the most valuable
piece of property on Main street
and is gradually expanding. His
garage is modern and up-to-date in
every respect. The added space
will give him ample room to ac-
comodate all customers for the time
being.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1919-11-08
LOCAL SHOW is
ONE OF BEST
Princess Ranks Among Best Of
Louisiana's Motion Picture
Theatres

The Star-Progress has from time
to time commented locally on the
many splendid features of Opelou-
sas' moving picture show, the Prin
cess Theatre. We are not merely
throwing gush" at the show or its
genial manager, Mr.. Dietlein, but we
were merely stating facts. The Prin-
cess is unopposed in the local field
of amusements and If its owners
chose, could take advantage and hand
out to their patrons bum pictures.
But the men behind the Princess are
not of that caliber and are constantly
looking forward and planning for bet
ter things for their hundreds of pa
irons. The class of pictures which
they have on their weekly programs
will rank with the best anywhere, and
there are few shows in the small cit
les of Louisiana where the pictures
are as good. Mr.. Dietlein always has
his eye open for the best to be had
and generally gets them ahead of
shows in cities much larger than 0pe-
Iousas. And then the admission prices
charged is small when compared
with what you have to pay at shows
elsewhere. If one doubts this, just
let him travel a bit and enter the
first-class and second-class shows in
other small cities and towns and see
how deep he has to dig into his peans
for the price of admission. Opelou-
scans have no cause whttever to kick
and complain about the local show,
and that it is appreciated is well
shown by the immense patronage il
enjoys.