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The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-07-17
TO RESUME TRADE
WITH FORMER FOE
BARS TO COMMERCIAL INTER
COURSE WITH FORMER FOE
WILL BE LET DOWN.
Direct Steamship Lines to Hamburg
and Bremen Will be Established
BY American Shipping
Board.

NashingtOn.-iN it'll the lifting OF the
blockade against Germany trading be-
tween thar country and the United
States, as " I'll as the other associated
powers. will begin.
Acting Secrc,rry OF State Polk an
n0unced Friday that blanket licenses
would be issue for transactions OF
american firms and that Details would
be given within forty-eight hours after
decision by legal experts as 70 whether
formal proclamation by the president
would be necessary.
Trading in ali commodities. except
dyestuffs. chemicals and potash. con
troi over which will be exercised by
the repantions commission set up by
the peace treaty. will be- unrestricted.
il was said. American firms doing
business with Germany must send
their agents into that country without
passports. however. as these can not
be issued until the proclamation Of
peace. II also was said at the state
department that there was no certain
~ when American c0nsuls would be
seuI TO Germany.
Payment for the goods which this
country sends 10 Germany must be
made under a system Of credits 10 be
arranged later through private capt
tai. officials said. Details as 70 this
system have not been worked out.
While Germany has large quantities OF
goods ready to be exported officials
doubted that there would be any great
demand for them In this country and
consequently the trade balance In IA
vor Of the United States j. expected
to be large.
Germany was said 20 be IN immedi-
ate and pressing need OF raw materials
Vf almost all kinds. particularly cotton
and copper. In order 10 rehabilitate
her Industries. Large amounts Of food
have been sent into that country I'M
der direction Of the interallied relief
commission. but II is believed that the
demand for grain and other cereals
viii be great Clothing Of all kinds
also Is needed.
THREE ships for Germany already
have been loaded In American ports
one with cotton and two with general
II was said m the ship
ping board. and they viii start over
seas as soon as licenses Tor their car
goes have been issued
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-07-17
MANY DEAD IN A
CHILEAN STORM
EIGHTY-SEVEN KNOWN TO BE
: DRoWNED-PRoPERTY LOSS
TOTALS $4,000, 900.
Fourteen Vessels OF Various Sizes
Were Sunk and About a Hundred
Lighters and Other Small Craft
Were Destroyed.

Valparaiso Eighty-seven persons
are known TO have been drowned and
the loss Of life may have been much
greater. In hurricane which swept
this port Saturday and Sunday.
Among the steamers lost was the
Don Carlos. TIA net tonnage. The
German steamer sails. which was
washed ashore and pounded TO pieces.
lost ten of its crew.
Seven other vessels. including the
steamer Tanis of 600 tons, were re-
ported lost in dispatches received Sat
urday and yesterday.
Government reports from Buenos
Aires show that 100000 sheep and
10000 cattle have been drowned in
floods in the southern part of Buenos
Aires provinces. The railways and
telegraphic communication have been
interrupted and several sections in
that region have been completely isO-
lated for more than a week.
The floods were due TO month Of
the heaviest rainfall ever recorded
here.
over on the Chilean side OF Argen-
tine there have been further heavy
snowfalls along the Transandine rail
way, causing new damage TO the line
The snowfall in this region has been
nearly continuous for a month and in
some places is more than twenty-five
feet deep.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-07-17
SOLONS DISCUSS
NEW DRY LAWS
UNTEaYER DENIES RioAT OF
CONGRESS TO DEFINE IN
ToxicATfNc DRINKS.
Debate on Prohibition enforcement
Bill N the House Has Many Acso-
Gates ard Opponents % the
Measure

Washington. The right Of congress
70 define Intoxicating beverages was
denied Saturday By samuel Untermyer.
a New YORK lawyer. In testifylng be-
fore the senate judiciary subcommit.
tee which Is considering prohibition en-
forcement legislation
AR Untemyer told the committee
that neither under the wartime pro
hlbition act nor the constitutional
amendment could congress say that
any particular p~rcentaee Of alcoholic
content constituted an intoxicating H.
quor Both the act and the amend
ment. he argued. left this a. q CUES
tion Of fact which could be- determined
only before q jury
Debate on the prohibition enforce
ment bill continued Saturday Ia the
house with many advocates and oppon-
ents OF the measure awaiting the read
INK Of the bin for amendment TO
launch their final arguments.
Representative Kahn. Republican.
Of California. denounced the bill as one
which appeared 10 be made for "a
nation OF inebriates." and urged that
the wine industry Of his state BE- saved
from -unwarrsntcd destruction
Mr.. Kahn explained that the expert
ence Of American soldiers In France
had proved that light wines could Be
drunk without harmful effects
The California representative pre-
scented figures 20 show that prohibit
ton increased crime. rather than
causes a decrease"
In this city be said. crime was
increa-sss fully 3 per cent since 1915
and fines collected are greater than
ever before
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-07-17
ASKS LIVING WAGE
FOR WORKMEN
PROTESTANT CHURCH ISSUES
PRoNoUNcEMENT ON SOCIAL
RECONSTRUCTION.
Laborers' Right to Share in Control
Of Industry Is Set Forth at Meet
ing Of Federal Council OF
Churches

New York. July I3-The Protest
ant church Of this country represented
In the Federal Council OF Churches OF
Christ in America issued a declaration
that the state should attempt 10 Sc
cure 20 the worker an Income suffi-
Client to maintain his family as a stand
ard Of living which the community can
approve
This was part Of a announcement
on the attitude OF the church toward
social reconstruction which was drawn
up by the commission on the church
and social service Of the federal coun-
acil. The federal council Is a congress
Of thirty leading Christian bodies for
The statement asserts that 1t Is a
false idea that the churches are only
concerned with religious, educational
and charitable enterprises. They are.
or should De, vitality concerned with
civic. economic and other social inter
ests~
Rights Of working men 70 share IN
the control Of industries are set forth
IN this statement az length I'VE have
come upon times when people are not
submissive 20 injustice or 10 unneces-
sary privation and suffering declares
the church commission. They are
deeply and Justly ia earnest II those
who are the actual industrial. politi-
cal and so-ial leaders 81 the nation
will not act upon the principle that the
greatest shall be the servant 81 ALL
then the people themselves. with In
diguation and bitterness, are sure %
take their destiny and that o. the
world into their own hands.
Glass consciousness and the use o.
are not confined 70 the revo-
iuronary groups. The possession ~
wealth and education tend o. the for
nation u CLASSES. and Industrial own
ership and management 20 a class con
scious ruling group. We observe the
dangerous tendency 81 many state and
officials 70 deny fair hear
inEs 20 radical offenders and % Use
unnecessary and provocative brutality
during strikes
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-07-17
Court Stops Brewing.

Pittsburg. Brewing OF beer in
Pittsburg will end for a time at least,
as the result OF Federal Judge Thorn
sons action in overruling demurrers
OF officers and directors OF the Pitts
burg and Independent Brewing com
panies to charges of violation OF the
wartime prohibition law according to
announcement late Tuesday by At
torney William ]. Bremen. counsel for
brewers and saloonkeepers in Ale
Sheny county.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-07-17
Electric Railway Holdings menseed

Washington. Representatives OF
the American Electric Railway associ-
alton told the federal electric railways
commission Tuesday that traction sys-
TENS of this country were in serious
condition and that many OF the com
panies must go out of existence be
cause Of increasing costs without off
setting revenues. unless the situation
was met lin a spirit Of fairness" by
the public.
II was the first hearing held by the
commission appointed by President
Wilson to investigate and make i'm
partial recommendations to meet the
situation.
Entirely without power to enforce
its findings. the commission neverthe-
less is expected TO clarity the public
mind as to the causes for the present
conditions and in that way assist in
reaching a solution.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-07-17
TWO DIE IN U. p. TRIPLE WRECK
Fireman ssff0eated ard Engineer Sue.
eurhs 20 seaIas

Cheyenne. WyO Two men are dead
following a triple wreck which blocked
the main line Of the Union Pacific
near Granite canyon. seventeen miles
uest OF Cheyenne sunday morning.
one Is Fireman J r. Mccarthy OF
Denver. lie was cauEht beneath an
overturned locomotive and suffocated.
Peter Jessen. Of Cheyenne. engineer Of
wrecking crane that overturned
while working on the wreck. was %
badly scilded that be died later.
The wreck resulted from a broken
rail which dltched six cars % east
bound extra freight No. Sd Ten Of
the cars toppled over upon the Sest-
bound track Ia front Of westbound ex-
ira freight No ~. which crashed into
them. The locomotive Of No. ~ over.
turned and Mccarthy vas caught be-
meath Il. Engineer u. ID. FAIR Of thif
locomotive was hurried forty feet. but
escaped virtually without injury
While q wrecklnx crane from Chcy-
enne was clearing the vreckaxe q
overturned and slid down an emhank-
ment. lessen aBs the only member
OF the crew o. the wrccker Injured.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-07-17
PARIS EN- FETE
ON 'BAST|LE DAY
FRENCH NATIONAL HOLIDAY WAS
CELEBRATED WITH UNUSUAL
BRILLlANcE.
American Soldiers Participate in Great
Victory Parade Units and Individual
Heroes Represent Each Of the
Allied Armies.

Paris.-The c0nquerors in the great
I war marched Monday in a victory pa
rade under the Arc d'Triomphe
I through which only yictOrs may pass
Picked units and individual heroes
J represented each of the allied armies
Several million grateful persons,
mostly French. bur with many thous-
ands Of their allies. struggled forward
along the line Of march for an OppOr-
tunity TO wave and shout their graft
tude 10 the men who saved them from
German Imperialism.
The great triumphal arch. conceived
by Napoleon TO commemorate his vic
tory AT the battle OF Austerlitz. took
on new historic importance when the
allies marched through the massive
pile OF masonry which dominates all
Paris and moved down the Champs
Elysees toward the Place de la Con
eorde
The place Of honor in the procession
was not accorded TO the generals and
the smartly equipped troops II was
given 10 a thousand mutilated soldiers
who passed under the arch and In
front OF the reviewing stand. where
stood President Poincare. moving halt
ingly and out Of step. as best they
could.
Many were injured, some were blind,
some We're in wheel chairs and others
were on crutches or limped along with
the aid Of canes Few Of them were
uniformed. They represented all OF
the provinces Of France as was indi-
Gated by the variety OF their civilian
attire. They made no effort 10 main
tain military formation, but marched
as well as they could 10 the airs play
ed by the military band which led
them.
A thousand wounded soldiers with
crutcheS or in wheel chairs and clad
for the most part, in civilian clothes
led the parade. being preceded by
drum corps. Guns began firing az
minute intervals as President POincare
placed a wreath at the foot OF the
cenOtaph at the Arc d'TriOmphe this
AAlNA AhAN NAnHA. NN"f@N~H t-NANNH
there In memory Of the allied dead.
was also decorated by other wreaths,
these being placed by Premier Clemen-
ceau. a French soldier a French sailor,
an Alsatian girl. a girl from Lorraine
and Colonel Edmund eros This last
wreath was in memory Of seventy-two
members OF the Lafayette escadrille
who lost their lives during the war.
Marshal JOffre. the victor OF the
first battle Of the Marine, passed under
the. Arc d'Triomphe at SAB O'Clock.
He rode alone. Behind him came Mar
shall FOch. the commander in chief Of
the allied forces during the final cam
paIgn OF the conflict. A storm Of APP
plause arose from the vast thrOng as
the TWO marshals passed the presi- I
denC's stand and moved down the bril- /.
liant avenue
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Denver Gets Convention.

Chicago.-Denver was chosen as the
next convention city for the Interna-
tional Association OF Lions clubs.
which Is in session here. The organ
ization adopted resolutions Tor an act
i've campaign 70 promote the cause Of
patriotic Amerlcanism as opposed 10
radical propaganda
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- 49, 3 -.

I4ondou Major q. IT. Scott. con
mander ~ the R-1l iu Us successful
Trip acruss the Atlantic. which ended
60 Pulhnm sunday morning. and Brir
adler General Edward n Maitland
representative % the British air min.
istry on the diri-ible. were greeted
sith rousinx ciaeers FROM a huuirc'
or more officers % the RIVAL air fore
and representative % the war officf
sud the air ministry when they arrived
IL Loudon this afferuoon from Pulham
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-07-17

Mount Clemens. Mich.-A great
change has come over Henry Ford's
.iew Of international relations since
he blOssomed out as a pacifist prOpa-
gandist in 1915. for now, according
to his testimony in his 100000 libel
suit against the Chicago Daily Tribune
he favors another great war without
delay IL the present plan for league
Of nations fails.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-07-17

Philadelphia - A masked burglar
~as shot and killed by Professor Ben
jamln Franklin Shappelle. head OF the
department Of Romance languages Of
the summer school Of the University
OF Pennsy iyania. in a fraternity house
here Monday.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-07-17

Paris Tuenty .five Thousand French
soldiers aied from tuberculosis during
the war and $4,000 men uere ex-
ssupted from service because u the
disease. K was stated Ia the senate
during a discussion on a bin 20 -
tahllsh tuberculosis sauitariums-
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- Na.al offlcers Adranesd.

waShiugroD.--Ten naval officers
have been promoted 20 the permanent
rank of,rear admiral and seven others
10 the temporary rank upon recon-
mendations of the naval selection
hoard approved BY President Wilson.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-07-17
American Soldiers Home From France

New lork.-The transport Santa
Malta arrived Tuesday from Bordeau
with 1924 troops. including detach-
mnets Of the 23Tth military police
company. headquarters company OF the
i2ist engineers. 459th and 6e0th motor
transport companies, S12th repair unit
and raSuaiS
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-07-17
s.rIln ssrl.s }. rsrraInasss.

Berlin. As result u lnfervenfion
by the federation % labor. settle
ment q the transportation strike here
has ben effected Traffic was ~
sured Oh Monday. after spspensioo
~ twelve days
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-07-17

Ukiah. Cal--iiermarn J knsesrns.
faEner soldier .confessed % Sher-
In Ralph Byrnss that D. had shot and
killed his uife. Frie,ia knaesehe. q
bride q tuo weeks.
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-07-17

POcatelio.- Inquiries regarding suit
able grounds Tor an aerial mail sta
ton 10 this city have bern received
from the postoffiee department. and
Il seems likely that Pocat-iio win BE-
located 90 oue ~ the air routes 20 b.
established b. the postoffiee depart.
rent FOR mall carrying
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.snr sore On stang =, Llesl Suit

Mount Clemens. Mich.-The third
month % Henry Forti's Si.oe0ooo libel
suit against the Chicago Daily Tribune
got under way In Judge fuckers court
Monday With Mr. Ford GA the stand o.
q witness called by the Tribune.
50 much 81 the evidence consisted ~
editorials from n. Tribune or articles
from the Detroit Free Press that there
was little Testimony from the witness
himself Teday be said Yes or ~Nor
~ It's equivalent q feu times end that
WIS about an
The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1919-07-17

Cardiff. wales.-Twenty-s persons
are reported TO have been killed In
m explosion aboard the British tank
steamer ROseleaf.
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psssrs FIlsd D. Irvestr,sni cornpsny

Poeatello The Lava H0t springs
Investment company has fiied papers
with the county eierk In this city. The
company = capitalized Tor 5000. ths
ful amount u which has been sub
seribed by the incorporation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-11
ALLIED GRAF TSMEN
MAY ASSIST ACTORS
Conference Held to Discuss
Sympathy Strike by Musi-
clans and Stagehands
ANOTHER THEATRE is DARK

New York. Aug. 1.-THE probabil
ity Of the musicians and stage hands
striking in sympathy with the actors,
members of the Actors Equity Asso
citation, who have been able to close ten
New York theatres. added interest to
tho situation today.
At n conference at tho offices Of the
Actors Equity Association attended by
Joe n. Weber, head Of the musicians
union; Charles e. Shay. president OF
the International Alliance Of Theatrical
Stage Employees, and Hugh Frayne, or
gani2cr for the organization. tho ques-
tiOn Of the sympathy movement was to
be decided.
Ono moro playhouse will hc dark to-
night owing to the strike, but two or
three Of the zen already closed have been
reclaimed by the managers, it was an
nounccd today.
A series of strike benefits probably
will begin this week The shows will
be- given by the stars and other players
now on strike. For these entertain =
mcnts of course the actors will not be-
able to secure any Broadway theatres
and may reopen Dalys or appear in
one Of the Hebrew houses affiliated with
the American Federation OF Labor.
In what is said was an effort to make
clear the causes which led to tho strike
the Producing Managers Protective
Association last night issued long
statement reviewing all negotiations that
led up to the strike. The statement
announced the theatres would be re
opened.
Whether tho strike will affect Re
lasro productions will he known today
when the cast of THE Gold Dig =
gers assemblies for its first rehearsal
Bruce McRca and Ina Claire. the prin
cipaIs. arc members of the Actors
Union.
Actors gathered last night at strike
headquarters greeted with cheers an
address by John Drew. who announced
that his nophcwS. Lionel and Jack
Barrymore. had requested him to notify
the strikers that they were with the
Actors Equity Association lie also
read a letter from Ethel Barrymore in
which she allied herself with the Organi-
cation.
A bulletin read Mt headquarters stated
that Al Jolson. Harry Fox. Ed Wynn
and Frank Fay had been appointed
Especial strike deputies" for their work
during tn" present trouble. Officials
Of the Actors MON said they had re
ccived word from JoIson from Atlantic
City that he was willing to aid
tho strikers in any way he could.
The managers last night professed
satisfaction with the result of steps
taken by them to fill tho gaps in their
casts caused by principals going on
strike. Some managers declared much
new talent had been discovered, while
other producers waxed enthusiastic about
the sudden stardOm attained by former
members of choruses called on to take
leading roles.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-11

LenoN, I agosto. Andrew Carnie-
gle G morto stamane nella sua villa
cstiva, POGO dopo 10 ore sette.
lie cause della sua morte ST dice
dcbbano attriburs ad una bronco
polmonitc.
Con Ia morto di Andrew Carnipgc
s"ompar" uno del piu' grandi finanzieri
tilantropi del monde. Da semDlcc
opornio n vcnti soldi il giorno cgli con
abncgazonc cd una forza di volonta'
non Comunc rusci' man mano ad cle
varsi fino di"oure pardonc di I'm
patrimonio che gil fruttava una rem
dita di So 900 600 alamo. La sua
vita frugalc, lo sue arghe vedute poIi-
tichc Q rcligiosc le waste opcre al
bcncficcnza da lui compute valscro n
mHntencrgli Iammirazione del pub
blico dial oltrc un quarto di sccolo,
Bcnche' Ia sua fortuna dcrivasSe dal
c0mm"rcio dell arciaio. egli fu uuo
ssrenuo propuguatorc del disarmo. o
iTrcsc partc attiva nei piu grandi mo.
vimcnti.
Andrew Carnicge nacque il 25 no
vembre 1885 in Dunfermlne, Scotia, @
Suo padre era un commensurate di stoffc.
ii padre di tarniPgc per qualchc tempo
CerCo' un impicgo lucrative finalmente
dccisc di segurc 'esempio di motif suoi
amici cd cmigro' nogli Stati t'niti.
La famiglin 81 sSt"mo' in Allegheny.
Pa. mel 1878. 4 qucll'epoca Andrew
avrva appona II ami di eta. ed Il
ami da ScmpIice opcraio passo' i'm
picgato man manO progredi' fu
appreciate per lc sue waste vedute g
per la viva intelligence.
Carnegie ha fattU sorgcrc hibliotcchr
in pnrocchio ctta degli Stati Unit e
dell Inghilterra. Impiego' ingenti
sommc per opore di bonclic"nza. Dicci
milioni d doIlari furono spesi per
llstituto Carniegc in Washington; altri
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-11
THOUSANDS SEE FLEET
Los Angeles People Visit Rodman's
Armada and Hear Daniels

Los Angeles, Calf, Aug. 11.-(By
\. P.)--Thousands Of residents of Los
Angeles and other nearby towns and
cities yesterday for the first time saw
or trod the decks of an American dread
nought when they visited this port
where the Pacific fleet arrived Saturday.
Other thousands gathered in Exposition
Park to hear an address by Secretary
of the Navy Daniels.
"To the west coast" said Mr.. Dan
iels. "the coming Of the fleet is sig
nificant because it has come, not for a
day. but forever. 1t will be a perma
nent defense against any possible ag.
gression from any foreign foe
Later enlisted men Of the feet were
guests at rodoo. with Douglas Fair
banks and Will Rogers in charge. For
Two hours they were thrilled by "wid
west" fcats.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-11
Pull Some Of "Teeth''
From Prohibition Bill

Important changes by the Senate
sub judiciary committee liberalizing
the prohibition enforcement bill fol-
low:
Storage and personal use Of in
toxicants in homes permitted.
Making of Notwithstanding cider
and wines in homes allowed.
Provisions making it unlawful to
be intoxicated or TO drink on public
ConvCyanccs stricken out.
Search warrants forbidden on mere
suspicion.
Limit Of $3, 900. 900 placed fer
first years enforcement.
Near beers given new lease Of life
by allowing dcalcoholizcd wine and
Misunderstanding brcwcd drinks.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-11
BOY DIES UNDER AUTO
Machine Runs Over Embankment Mt
Parents Escape

Reading, Pa, Aug. 11.-Charlcs
William Gerhhrt. ten year old son of
Henry Gerhart, of Fritztown, was in
stantly killed near his home last eve
ming when the automobile in which he
was riding with his parents, ran over
an cmbankment.
The father and mother escaped with
slight bruises.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-08-11
STAMANE f MORTO
ANDREW CARNEGIE
II Grande Finanziere e FiIan.
tropo 81 e. Spento neila sua
Villa Estiva

Published and Distributed Under
PERMIT NO. 341
Authori2ed by the act Of October a.
1917. on Ale at the Postofrice OF PhilR.
delrhla. Pa,
By order of the President.
a. 8. BURLESON.
Postmaster General