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The Washington times., 1919-09-21

Samuel GomperE president Of the
American Federation Of Labor Mr..
Rubin announced he would leave for
Warrington az once.
The Washington times., 1919-09-21
GREY SAILS FOR u. 8.

LONDON. sept. 21.-Viscount Grey
dor to the United States. sailed for
New York from Southampton yester-
day.
The Washington times., 1919-09-21

which he expressed the. belief that
q majority of them are against q
strike, today were circulated through
the Shenango valley.
The Washington times., 1919-09-21
In the Stocking Shop

Women's Black Full
fashioned, Silk and Fibre
Boot Hose; reinforced heels,
toes, soles and garter grips.
Special valueS-Monday at
81. IS pr.;3 prs. 81
The Washington times., 1919-09-21

Bows and Girls School
Proof" Stockings, black and
white, ribbed, all sizes; eX-
ira quality and extra wear in
every pair. Monday-Special
price
Soc pr; 3 prs. 81
The Washington times., 1919-09-21
School & College Sale Timely Offerings

mteHSyey devoted washington
hHenS dollars
possibly
a 10
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CMART Street and Dress Boots
y are presented as special in
ducement for women to buy their
Fall Shoes here, tomorrow.
"a black glazed kid 9-inch boot, with
welted sole and leather Louis heel,
stitched across tip, $500.
"a black dull mat hid dress boot,
with hand-tuned soles and covered
heels-a gIove-fitting dress-creation,
$1,000.
"a black calf street boot, made with
welted soles and Military or Cuban
heels, $500 and $3.50.
"a gray kid boot, glaze finish, is
offered as especially attractive, at
S9.GO.
"a gray kid welted, leather-Louis-
heel boot, with gray cloth tops pro-
vides extra value, at $500.
The Washington times., 1919-09-21

PLAN STRIKE ON GREAT LAKES.
CHICAGO, Sept. 2l.-Eighteen thou
sand sailors employed on Great Lakes
ships will strike tomorrow in SYM
pathy with the steel workers, it was
reported yesterday.
The Washington times., 1919-09-21

DROWN Boots-from light
- tan to deepest mahogany
solid colorS and two-tone effects
here are 4 few representative
numbers:
Ia brown ldd hand-turned boot witE
covered Louis heels and stitched
across tip; 6eld-mOuse kid top; priced
at S140O.
"a brand new arrival: Tan calf boo.
with .welted sole and military heels:
has field-mouse gabardine buttoned
top; priced at S12.O0.
"a fieId-mouse boot, Of soft kid, O.
inch height, covered heels, light
Yelted sole. self stitched tip, S12.50.
"a tan calf English walking boot,
$3.50.
"a field-mOuse kid boot with cloth
top, S7.O0.
The Washington times., 1919-09-21
TLLUSTRATED-above, to the
1 left-a snappy new boot in our
NEW DEPARTMENT FOR
"JUNIOR WOMEN"

1t is a tan boot, wlng-hpped' with
a Hght-colored top-an all-leathef
shoe Of style and distinction.
The same pattern is presented in
black, and black-and-putty combipa-
ton.
There are also plain black, tan and
brown walking boots.
Brown, black and combination dress
novelties.
Most any kind Of a boot young
women in their Junior" years really
want.
S5.OO-snd a comprehensive range
TO $1,000.
The Washington times., 1919-09-21

Il % % yOuF best interest - put
youF Liberty BOad Interest q W. 9. 9.
The sun., 1919-08-20
Our Frenzy OF Imitation.

In this excruciating problem of the
high cost of living. consider the hum
BILE potato.
Our national requirement, produc-
ton and consumption of the white
potato will average now in round
numbers a million bushels a day.
Time was-and not so far back
when the potato started from the
farm at thirty cents to half a dollar
n bushel Transportatlon-co
hauling, rail freight, city trucking
and retail dellvery-had to be added
then, as they must be added now, to
the consumers cost, The other labor of
handling had to be added. The selling
expense had to be added. The profit
Item had to be added. The economic
wastage had to be added. Consider
here only this item of wastage.
The potato dries out in certain pro-
portions; it rots and otherwise spoils.
II gets sold, but not paid for. 1t gets
destroyed by accident and fire; 1t gets
lost; 1t gets stolen.
But the purchaser. or various pur-
chasers-Jobber, wholesaler and re-
tailer-must pay the farmers price,
must pay the country hauling charge
to the railroad, must pay the rail
freight, must pay the trucking charge
from the railroad on all the potatoes
that go bad from whatever cause, as
we'll as on those that stay good, are
sold and get paid for, every penny.
If, in the old days, potatoes, farm
price 80 cents to half a dollar n
bushel, reached the metropolitan re,
taller at 80 to So cents-includlng all
transportation charges and all middle
mems profits-then an added charge by
the retailer of about 20 per cent, OF
about 10 to II cents, bushel to cover
mere economic wastage might seen
to be an extra profit on top Of his
selling expense and regular profit still
to be added. But 1t wouldn't be.
For every bushel OF potatoes the re
taller lost through rot, accider theft
The sun., 1919-08-20
Recent Opinions About Tobacco.

The present agta lion against to-
bacco gives especial Importance to
recent observations concerning the eff
fects Of smoking.
The anti-tobacco crusade itself Is
not new; among other movements Of
the kind, one was started hundred
and fifty years ago when a German
professor wrote treatise in Latin on
the supposed Ill effects of the plant
In the sos of the last century, when
the cigarette. came into fashion, its
use was violently opposed by smokers
and non-smokers alike Yet some
good judges of the time, like Lord
GosoHEN, predicted that cigarette
smoking after dinner would diminish
the consumption of wine, an opinion
which many others have since held.
That the cigarette is milder than a
pipe or cigar cannot be doubted by
those who have followed, the re-
searches of lehman, BRUNToN and
Russian and Italian chemists.
The war has shown the fallacy of
the main argument against tobacco,
that 1t is this plant and no other
which is at fault. In Holland and
Germany, where the scarcity of gen.
uine tobacco has been. most marked
the substitutes used have had worse
effects than the pure leaf, and the
absence of tobacco has not put an end
to mans taste for smoking.
The war has, however, increased
both the taste for and the amount of
smoking. A London Journal, the Hos
, pifdi, In recent issue complains that
English women, and particularly Eng
fish nurses, have become very largely
devoted to the enjoyment of smoking,
and 1t deplores the custom among
women, while leaving the question of
smoking among men to the readers
judgment. This is a fair specimen
Of present opinions regarding the use
Of tobacco.
The use'of cigarettes has increased
S.OA A-ouSiS uhObS sOiuiSiS- IL has
been observed that aviators smoke
cigarettes excessively. Probably the
most valid objection to tobacco is
based upon observations of the effects.
They appear to be both good and bad,
according to the temperament of the
smoker. In an impartial and well
reasoned book, just published, 1.-THE
Medical and Surgical Aspects Of Avi-
ation," there is no evidence that the
moderate use Of the cigarette should
be avoided except by the peculiarly
susceptible, and there is much evil
dence that the cigarette has been of
great assistance In soothing the
nerves after a eight.
The antl-tobacco theorists have al
ways made the cigarette the main OBJ
! ject Of their attack, although the evil
dence shows that it Is not the to-
bacco which Is the injurious element,
but the abuse of the form Of smoking.
1t Is this abuse that has led TO
nerves." as has Just been pointed
out by European surgeons. AS this
Is the most serious objection to smok-
ing. 1t seems best TO note the fact, and
advise caution. not prohibition. which
is not cure.
The sun., 1919-08-20

THE WEATHER

For eastern New York and New
Jersey-Partly cloudy today; tomorrow
fair. rising temperature; moderate var!.
able winds.
For northern New England-Partlv
cloudy. with showers and thunderstorm,
to-day and tomorrow; moderate south TO
southwest winds.
For southern New EnEiand-shower, and
thunderstorms to-day; fair, With rising
east TO south Winds.
For western New York-Generally fair
to-day and tomorrow; slightly warmer.
moderate west wiRds.
wAsHINGroN. Aug. 1s.-Prsssure #,
lower over the lower 81. Lawrence Valley
and above normal In the Mississippi Val.
ley and the Gulf States, while a low pres.
sure area of considerable intensity Is cen.
trail this evening over Manitoba. During
thunderstorms have occurred in the east
lower lake region. the upper Ohio Valley
and the Atlantic and east Gulf States
Elsewhere throughout the country tho
peratures are below the normal in the
north Atlantic States and considerable
above the normal in the north plains
States and the extreme upper Misslssppi
Valley. The outlook 10 for generally faIr
weather Wednesday and Thursday except
that local showers and thunderstorm are
probable Wednesday In New England ths
east Gulf States, Florida and the western
upper lake region ana on Thursday in the
south Atlantic. s.rr east Gulf States, the
Ohio vali~I the upper lake region and
western lower lake region. The weather
Will be somewhat warmer Wednesday In
the Ohio Valley. the lower lake region and
Atlantic States and somewhat cooler V' ON o.,
Thursday in the upper lake region and
lower Ohio Valley.
The sun., 1919-08-20

terday. II his personal interpreta-
lions are accepted by the Senate he
Is now willing that those interpreta-
tions shall be made; but not in any
case in the regular form Of amend
ments or reservations attached to the
treaty itself.
1t Is the view of THE SUN, and we
believe 1t will be the view of the
Americans In the Senate, that this
nebulous sort of Interpretation, /"
supplied by highly interested inter-
prefer, In crisis of his enterprise,
will not afford sufficient guaran-
tees. Diplomacy is not conducted that
way. International compacts Of far
reaching Importance are not thus
completed. The voices In the air may
become silent, the visions on the hori-
zon may melt into gray vapor, the
Presidential Interpreter may pass into
private life and thus be relieved of
further responsibility for his "inter-
pretations," but the written letter
will remain.
The sun., 1919-08-20
CALL FOR A HALF CENT.
Would a New Coin Be Of Help In
Keeping Prices Down?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN Sir: II
during recent years. say ten. cost in
creases OF one-halt cent each were
made to the retailer of an article,
presumably each time he advanced his
selling price. There being no circu-
lating half cent piece he had to ad-
vance his price full cent, 50 that
though the article now costs him Ave
cents more. the customer has to pay
ten cents more for it.
Undoubtedly there have been and are
!nnumerable instances of the above, and
considering the millions OF daily retail
sales. one clearly sees how the absence
of a half cent piece materially In
creases the cost of living.
Tho retailers customer because of
this increase IL forced to demand In
creased pay for his labor. The increased
cost OF his labor at once increases the
cost OF the article he produces in part
or whole, 20 once again the retailer has
to pay more for II, and SO must his
customer later on.
As the Government is trying TO re-
duce the cost OF living. why should It
not Issue half cent pieces as an aid
thereto? The half cent coin was never
more necessary than at present.
ADoLPH OPPENHKIMER
New York, August 10.
The sun., 1919-08-20
PRE-NUPTIAL SHARE
EXEMPT FROM TAX
Ruling Made in DiUision of
Estate With Widow.

Surrogate Cohalan handed down q de-
cision yesterday which settles point OF
law affecting the imposition OF the State
transfer tax upon that portion of an
estate disposed of in a pre-nuptial agree
ment He upheld the appraiser In the
exemption from tax OF that portion Of
the estate of Edmond Schmoll. million
alre importer and dealer in furs and
hides, who died in December 1917, in so
far as 1t relates to the sha"e received
by the widow, Mrs. Emma Schmoll OF
2170 Broadway. and causes to he. taxed
the shares received by Arr nd, Robert
and Therese Schmoll. chi'dceI of the
decedent.
Prior to Schmolrs marriage in Switz-
erland In November, 1891, he made an
agreement that In the event Of his death.
his wife was to receive two-thirds Of his
estate and the children of their marriage
the other one-third. He made a will,
however. disposing of his property one
half to his widow and the remainder to
be divided between his three children.
The pre-nuptial agreement was upheld
by the court and she received the bulk
OF the S1,30s.264 estate.
In fixing the transfer tax. the widows
share was exempted by reason OF the
pre-nuptial agreement and the children,
through the executors, thought that their
share also should not be taxed. This
was taken before Surrogate CohRlan.
who refused TO set aside the appraisers
ruling. saying:
The transfer of the property to dece-
dents children under the terms of the
agreement Is entirely donative in its
character It is a gift to them by their
parents, and as the gift was not In
tended to take effect until after the
death OF the decedent. II comes within
the classification OF taxable transfers
The order fixing the same is affirmed"
The sun., 1919-08-20
PRIMARY TICKETS
ARE NOW MADE UP
Ballots Completed at Midnight
as Time for Filling Va
cancies Expired.
LA GUARDIA HEADS LIST
Republicans Substitute G. II.
Hayes as Candidate for Mu-
nicipal Court.

Complete primary tickets were made
Up last night at midnight when the time
for filling vacancies expired. The proofs
OF the ballot will be corrected this morn
ing and sent to press during the day II
no court orders intervene.
The drawings for place, on the ballots
were made in the course Of the day.
Representative r. II. La Guardia won
first place In the Republican contest for
the nomination for President OF the
Board OF Aldermen. William M. Ben
nett will have to be content with second
place.
Reuben L. Haskell. Representative
from the Tenth district in Kings, who IL
running against the two organization
designations for County Court there, Will
be third on the ballot.
Charles II. Hayes was substituted as
the candidate for one of the nomina-
lions for the Municipal Court In the
Third Manhattan district by the Repuo-
lican organization. He takes the place
of Anthony z. Ludden.
The Democrats filed the name Of John
N Knoesel as the designee for the NOM
nation for the Board Of Aldermen in
the Eighteenth Manhattan district. he
takes the place of Alderman Edward v.
Gilmore. who died recently. Mr.. knoe-
sci, who is a coffee merchant. lives at
800 East Eighty-ninth street. He Is the
founder of the Nut Club, which Is q
we'll known social organization In the
Yorkville section.
In Kings county the name of. Warren
/. Lee was substituted as the Republican
designee for the nomination to the As
sembly in the Twenty-frst district. He
takes the place of wilfred Earl Youker,
who announced he could not afford to
go back to the Assembly. Mr.. Lee has
previously served Ave terms. He has
been a Deputy State Comptroller and
Assistant District Attorney in Kings
county and an assistant counsel to the
Public Service Commission.
Charles A Grifiiths, one or the -FOUR
men who filed petitions for the one
nomination for the Municipal Court In
the Fifth district, has withdrawn. Those
left in the field are Alexander L. Zinke
and Abram Ellenbogen. both OF whom
have the good wishes of the organiza-
ton in their rivalry, and Mark Ellison.
Justice Cropsey in the Brooklyn Su-
preme Court denied the application OF
Reuben l.. Gledhill for a writ OF nlanda-
mus to compel the Board of Elections TO
accept his petition to enter the primaries
for the Republican nomination for the
Board Of Aldermen in the Sixth Assem-
bly, district.
Kenneth F. Sutherland failed to get
a mandamus to compel the Board OF
Elections to place his name on the pri-
mary ballot for member Of the Democratic
State Committee from the Sixteenth
Assembly District in Kings. The court
held that elections for members OF the
State committee would not take place
until the April primaries and In the
meantime the State committee itself
would fill the vacancy caused by the
death Of John j. Ryan. r
The sun., 1919-08-20
B. X. T. OFFICIALS
GET MEMS DEMANDS
Say They Will Require Com
siderable Study"

Frederick p. Royce, general manager,
and George D. Yeomans. chief counsel
representing the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company, passed three hours in confer
ence yesterday with the committee of
the unionized employees OF the system.
The committee was headed by Chairman
Edward Smith. p. J. Shea OF the execu-
tive committee OF the Amalgamated As
ISOLATION accompanied the committee
The committee presented the demands
the resulted In the recent strike. They
consisted Of a new wage scale and better
working conditions Mr., Royce and Mr..
Yeomans simply listened to the demands
and entered into no discussion as to their
merits. At the close OF the conference
they said they would consider the re-
quests made by the committee and when
they have fully disested them and are
ready to make an answer they will notify
the committee,
Mr., Shea, the union leader, announced
that he was well satisfied with the
course OF the proceedings. Mr.. Royce.
for the company said the demands of
the men would require conslderabl
study. The only question definitely de-
cided yesterday was that OF the relnstate.
ment of employees alleged by the union
TO have been discharged for their union
activities. 1t was agreed to refer this
to a third party for individual consider
alton OF each case.
A meeting OF the general body OF the
union will be held Friday evening in
SaenEerbund Hall, Schermerhorn and
Smith streets. The COMMITTEES will re-
port.
The sun., 1919-08-20
TRADE BRIEFS.

The well known British soap concern.
Lever Bros, of Port Sunlight, Is to In
crease its capital from $500 ooo.o 900 to
$500. 900. 900.
Declared exports of crude oil and petro.
lsum products from the Tampico district
to the United States In May. 1919
amounted to 4.be1 900 barrels.
Consul Arnold A. Mckay at Antotagasts
reports that there should be a market In
northern Chile for the sale OF meas ready
made clothing OF the Inexpensive. wash
able kind.
Egypts principal crops are cotton, corn
rice, wheat barley. beans, sugar cane and
lesuminous plants, which include clover
lsntils and peas. The following nsurei
show the approximate total cultivated acre
age OF ths above crops: wheat. 1880.
900; barley. 100000; rice. 22o. 900; OAK
10. 900; beans. SOC. 900; leEum'1ous plants
1880. oooi corn. i.sso.ooo; eSttv44. i.T2o. 900
sugar cane. booocA
The sun., 1919-08-20
WELL BEHAVED FANS.
New York Sets an Example Which
Cincinnati Should Heed.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: TAX
ing into consideration the rather severe
treatment accorded the New York Giants
on their recent visit to Cincinnati to
combat the Redlegs for the leading posi-
ton in the National League and the
fact that individual players were sin
gled out by the Cincinnati rooters as
the butts for personal abuse, and that
the team collectively had to be pro-
tected by the police as 1t left the field,
local baseball devotees acquitted them
relves creditably at all the games
Of the double headers at the Polo
Grounds between the Giants and the
Cincinnatis. On fact, the tradition that
tho New York baseball public is the
most nearly non-partisan and the fair
es. of any on either the National or the
American circuits has been upheld.
Losing two games in one afternoon
to the leading team in the league Is
enough to test the mettle of the most
conservative fan, but, despite this set
back and in the face of impending de-
feat, hcal partisans did not indulge in
more than the ordinary amount of root
ing against the opposition. True. one
hoodlum did go beyond the bounds of
rrorriety by hurting a pop bottle at the
Cincinnati players bench. but the cool
headed spectators in his vicinity prompt
~ squelched him. And they would have
had him Elected from the grounds II
he had persisted in his manner of show
ing his dislike for the Redlegs.
What a different method the local
partisans adopted in their enthusiasm
from that of the Cincinnati rooters
They did not indulge in personal abuse.
nor was 1t necessary to have the Gin
cinnati team escorted from the field
after It had captured both games. As
a matter of fact, during the second game
local devotees were quick to applaud
the good plays OF the visiting team. The
climax was reached when after Magee
lad singled and scored the two runs that
won the second game for the visitors the
fans in the left field bleachers accorded
the veteran Magee the glad hand when
he came out at the end of the inning
to resume fielding. Compare this treat
rent with that received by the Giants in
Cincinnati. FAN.
New YORK. August 10.
The sun., 1919-08-20
For n Lodge. Knox Settlement.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-S~: The
effort to stampede the Senate into vot-
ing for the treaty and the League OF
Nations without change by saying that
unless that course Is pursued both the
treaty and the league will fail. as far as
this country Is concerned, suggests the
inquiry: What is there in the treaty
itself that is of any value to the United
States? Senator Moses in his recent
speech In the Senate pointed out very
clearly that the treaty. aside from the
League, attempts to put onerous bur-
dens on the United States that will en-
tangle us in the affairs OF Europe for
generation at least II. therefore.
both the treaty and the League should
fail. as between this country and Ger
many, II Is not likely that Senators
Lodge and Knox would have much dim
Guilty In negotiating q less burdensome
settlement in Berlin. A. II.
NEWARK, n. j., August 10.
The sun., 1919-08-20
FAIR PRICES.
Eleven Cent Sugar Surprises q Citizen
Of PENNSYLVANIA.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-sir: 1t
was indeed gratifying to note that at
last your vigorous campaign to reduce
the high cost Of living is producing sub
stantial results, for in glancing over the
headlines of one OF your contemporaries
this morning noticed on the front page
q headline In bold black type-the larg-
est on the sheet-that read as follows !:
Government Begins Food Seizures !;
Fair Sugar Price Get at IL Cents" &c.
always did feel that the present Ad-
ministration looks at all important ques-
lions upside down and that Woodrow
Wilson is standing on his head most Of
the time, but now am convinced beyond
the shadow of a doubt. for how else
could It be II they think they're reducing
the cost Of living by fixing fair" price
on sugar of IL cents a pound when
wevo been buying II in Bethlehem right
along at 10 cents a pound7 I suppose
tomorrow when Bethlehemites go to
market they will find the price has gone
UP to IL cents pound.
A BErHLEHEMrrE.
BETHLEHEM, Pa, August Is.
The sun., 1919-08-20
Paradise Regslned?

Senator SIMMONS has assured a
distracted farmer, who asked If he
could make cider without fear that
before him yawned the penitentiary
and behind him stalked a revenue
agent. that cider, according to the
Attorney General, SIS not prohibited
by the prohibition law" not being a
distilled. vinous or malt beverage.
1t was of Mother EVE that the
poet sang:
Grapes. they say, hung round her
"a plenty:
Other fruit a hundred and twenty.
But she, I've heard,
An apple preferred.
A juicy one. EVE ate the first
Unless tradition belied her
And as II slaked the iadys thirst
She cried. What a good thing 10
cider r."
II Senator SIMMONS has correctly
quoted the Attorney General and Mr.
PALMER is as set in his opinions as a
Quaker Is said to be there Is q boom
coming In apple orchard property such
as will delight the unregenerate vets
seeking to regain a paradise lost and
dismay the drys fearing the loss of a
paradise gained.