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AUSTRIA RAISES PRICE
ON BREAD AND CEREALS
Government Will No Longer Pay
Expense Incident TO Purchas-
ing and Selling.

VIENNA. Marcia 1.-THE Austrian
government has refused longer TO bear
the burden OF the loss of about 49,
100000 crowns week to cover. tho
difference between the purchase and
selling price OF cereals and. con-
sequent;y. has raised the price of bread
and flour.
This problem of providing bread and
Hour II prices whith the people can
afford has been made much more diff
change value OF the crown. In tho
latter part of January the treasury
was paying 260 crowns to dollar,
while in some private trades as high
The food problem has been made
worse by the failure of ncighboring
and contracts. For months Jugo
Slavii has had some 5000. 600 real dol
lars of Austrian money. which was
given TO pay for stipulated food sup
plies. In not one week. it is said, has
more than small percentage Of the
agrecd-upon amount of foods;uffs been
lied investigators. there Is n food sur
PLUS in Juso- Savia.
the representations Of the subcommis-
sion OF the Preparations Commissions
nor the visit of Chancellor Renncr to
Prague has brought Czecho- Slovakia
mcnts. The proportion of the agreed
upon coal deliveries from that country
uecn nes ana Is regarded
as the principal factor in Austria's
present plight.
The DISRUPTION or the railway sys-
tenn OF the OLD empire also plays u
vital part i'll present conditions II
WAS designed as II single system and
adapted to the needs of the then exist
into separate systems in each country
AMStria Bohemia and Jugo- Slavia
each is attempting. to operate its por-
a
out in vain that none of them can be
made efficient under the circum-
distribution of cars and locomotives.
and while the entente representatives
ana ana commissioners are struggling with
rolling stock and motive power, each
country charges the other with Divert
ing its cars when sent across the
their return.
Frontiers remain drawn with rigid
restrictioaes throughout this part OF
food import and export. limits to the
amount OF money the traveller may
TAX with him out of the countries.
pallinS strictness. all carried almost
to the Do!nt OF absurdity, CALLING per
sonal and baggage examinations at
and armed men.
The toregoing applies to Austria as
vinces. II JugoSlavia and Bohemia
Will not send food and supplies into
vinces send them TO the capital They
too have utterly failed TO live up to
their agreements OF last summer TO
furnish certain quotas of foodstuffs.
They restrict the visits of Viennese
within their boundaries. while the
pcasantry refuses TO sell for value
less crowns at official prices. and deals
through the smuggling trade at
enormous profits.
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PARIS. March ll.--Presiden; Will
sons charges against France made in
The letter ne sent early this week TO
Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock Democratic
leader in the United States Senate, are
ssaid by "rertinaN" political editor of
abe Echo dc Paris. to "be aimed at
France by name, but at Marshal Foch
by Implication
The so-calied imperialism of
France" says the writer. in discussing
Mr.. Wilson's letter. consists in the
conviction, fortified by all the lessons
of history that to guarantee herself
against attacks from central Europe
She must hold the Rhine bridrcheads"
I'm the course OF his article Per
tinaX," says President Wilson, went to
the session of the supreme councils on
May -, 1919. much pertrrhed, and
read TO Prclniers clemenccau and
Lloyd George a letter from Picrrepont
T. Noycs American member Of the
Rhineland commission. who declared
the agreement reached on May IL for
the administration of the Rhineland
was more brutal than it's authors
themselves would desire as il pro-
vides for ntolerable oppression of
100000 inhabitants of the region
during many years.
MIR. Moves letter added that Amer
lean officers with whom he had dis
cusScd the question, strongly support
ed his view, and WAS accompanied by
a plan OF occupation involving min
mum of military domination, it is
said.
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FOOD SMUGGLING REACHES
PROPORTIONS OF SCANDAL
Old story Is Hnr,fc out Thar ,,v,.,
'an lie n"nEh. for Price
IN Vienna.

VIENNA, March 1t-y,,,n,,I.,e
iood and Other necessities or iuxuries
this hungry city. ="
IS me crown approaches the disuD-
pcarinE point in value the operations
I ht 1rcae iilicit or left hand" traders.
become boldcr and more extensive 7,
- an old story nov that anvthinp CAR
DC bought for price in Vienna. The
" nn h, new pR ., IS That the price goes
cnit to supply the bread ration or =
loaf o. coarse black stuff. the com.
nonents OF which il would lake a
,.nmr,F 1@mnhl" he pricc OF early an
.nnn; Whii" Tour can DO bought "hy
me iefi hard" at about 100 crowns
American and Argentine ,irraa
corned beef can be had but dcrivaraG
70 ono room, IT costs abcu, So or 90
f fro,o hF ,he pound G Whit" loaf sugar
from tZech" -SioHakia Is available at
a price that means about one weeks
wage OF I'll: average Office man or NO
man for a kilo.
Nenison. mutton chops. goose. duck
and other meats are here, hui thev
represent three figures Of crowns for
thousand persons fought for 50. O00
pounds OF salt meat in a marker Snic
the other day.
For such things as shoes 20 order
iailored clothing and similar things
the price is no longer quoted In crowns
The correspondent bought a sui, in
October for 200 crowns. This week
the same tailor asked the couiyaIcnt
Of 5000 crowns in pounds sterling.
In the shops pric" marks have been
removed from articles. The whole re-
tail trade is trying to adjust prices 10
foreign exchange, and that fuctua. ns
so RAPIDLY that each sale is calculated
on the days quotation from Zurich
dhc Swiss franc rate governs local
when the passenger train service
throuEhont the country was suspended
for ten days. the bills Of fare in Tho
restaurants and hotels furnished cvi-
dence OF the extent OF the SMUGGLING
business. Not only did meats diyan-
pear, as well as green salads. but INC
prices went up correspondence Mo-
tor cars are scarce, and gasoline gov
ernment controlled SO even the accom-
plished and resourceful smucclrr
found himself al loss
In the queues that formed in from,
Of ticket Offices when train service re-
sumed 1t is said that by far the Iare-
est proportion Of applicants were
smugglcrs anxious TO reach the prov.
fnces and secure the top prices for
fresh food supplies. How they cvadc
the food control permits at provincial
borders is not explained. Only there
remains the evident fact they do.
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BITTER ENGLISH COMMENT ON
PRESIDENTS HNDISCRETION'
i"ndnn Globe Terms Wilson Letter. IN
senator Hitchcock as am "Un-
mSnncrfy 0utburst"

LYNDON. March 1.-THE Globe /.
me irst newspaper in this country to
nreak the editorial silence rernr;lin.
HrstShtaeni Wilson'S letter TO Senator
president Wilson's letter to Sena-
~ iitchcock raises the query as TO
whether it is indicativ. OF his beinr,
so lar estored TO health that he must
WhH'her IT shows his condition 10 be
SuCh that he can not rt strain bineair
from in3nitesAng his private natnI;ncn
ny public lndeseretions he that as /,
dnN me PRESIDENTS trre friends VIII
uePIoFe an unworthy and almost nm
manncrly outburst. which vii l,y rim
omen 70 pointed retorts on the part of
our French allies"
Must Give and Take
,HcNewing the position of President
wilson In peace making. the clone de-
,,n,it;o, thot ne is tempcramentally
sition demanding certain measure OF
give and take. The world has suf
fered and is suffering.
won't enter into any detailed
IN writing publicly that the F-ench
rliltariet party is now in control for
we know that our friends across the
chahnel VIII deal faithfully with thar
nelp wondering wha; would be said
IN the United States should presidnnt
l'eschancl write to Premier Ajiliarnnd
asserting that the money mnkfn. clo-
meht Is IN control OF the United states.
we fancy that tho shrill American on
cry would be distinctly heard ncrn..
the Atlantic '''" across
1t is no cxaeGcration 10 saw ina,
the illness, Of president, wilson has has
nroN,oked me sincere sympathy Of the
ebmllitions clicl, certain dSrrc ueeI ~ +
sympathy for the United Staics"
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1T sIgTTsslI,c E'5I Tn
AID germany FINANCIALLY
Alarmed by Recommendation of SUI
prcmc Economic Council and
Britain and l.. $. Arc Berated.

opinion; soreIy tried by many sncSSS-
stice. is now gravitating between In
tense alarm and equally intense irdi%-
nation, the latter emotion being al.
rected alternately against the United
States and Great Britain.
The feeling. which just now is show
ing signs OF gaining the npperhand is
that against Britain. Accumulated by
British advocacy OF economic and hnan
cial aid to Germany, Franco is eesin.
friends; and the bittercst Thought ex-
pressed in public is that of suspicion
that her chief ally. Great Rritai~. is
common enemy under her protective
wings.
Huge Proat< for Britain.
on England, SAYS:
The Germans will soon realize that
e,itnin Is the 9ny c9mntry deriyins IN
clauses of the peace treaty Already
former German ships flying tho Brit
again. filled with manufactured articles;
for export. thus reaping billions in
detriment Of France and Relgium. he
cause the rates detract from the value
of the Preparations due.
Then the Germans. now engaged in
strating Frankreich.' instead OF their
former. hahit Of 'strafing England viii
laugh at the French and say: We told
fire
France must tell Britain straight
out that this policy might nrovr :,
uanScrous strain on Anglo Frcnch
fTiendShip---a friendship which can last
only if ii is disinterested''
"Acmc of Stupidity."
Yves GuEot. former Minister OF FL
nance. SAYS: The allies financial man
Nesto. ISSUED by the supreme council
at London. is the acme OF stupiditv,
onvionsly drawn up by men who do
nnoi possess the slightest notion OF
finances and economies
me eHects of this manifesto will
ne NJ, except for further loss of time
on the part of all governments Tho
exchange rate will not be afTectnd anv-
where, but If France and England ac
inma!N pay America the loan due in
SctopeE; the dollar rate is likely 10
drop slightly, but not before. Tho
string OF msipid platitudes ana -iit
aerlnE seneralitieS thar tho London
fundamentals ''t
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MAJORITY WANTS
rs PER CENT RAISE

continued From First ragc.)
WIN costs Of production. AccordjDr
10 some calculations. the general AZ
vance probably would amount 10 ~
per cent or moro.
IrtSi!cnt John l. Lewis OF tho
hlied Nine Workers Of America. who
mas been IN New York ATTENDING, the
negotiations between the anthracitc
miners ana operators for a now wage
scale. came TO Washington tonight to
'tuutint himself with the situation
ana 10 confer with other union officials
WI o had preceded him to Washington.
re refused TO make any statement in
"dFance OF the fling OF MIR. Whites
report.
The existing contract between The
miners and the operators will cSpirc
on April l. II was made during the
War for tho duration OF the conflict,
hnt vas not in any event to run be-
H"nd the end of this month The
miners. in presenting their original de-
Hands. insisted that the war had
ended. and that consequently the con-
tract had expired.
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French Statesmen Resent Charge That
Militarism Is in the Saddle There

BT l.. \. Sr. EYRE, Member of
Chamber of Deputies.
N0bodS here understands why the
United States allows itself to bc
governed by sick man. II TX re-
Grct'ahic that the treaty should he
nnde the preteNt for thc further
ancr of personal ambitions and
part! politics. France. IN merely
seeking the repatriation due hey.
President Wilson'S attitude Is APP
rnrcntiE calculated to prevent the
rchicth of our republic.
ny &. DE IAMACIEitE, Member OF
CaaaIbrr OF Deputies.
France asks oniy Rur the appIica-
ton of thc treaty which was signed
by President VEiiSN;.. &C the United
states does not it:;"nh 10 honor the
signature of it's President, Ii Is
Americas fault, not France'.
France feels that thr majority OF
the American people Jacs not share
President Wilson'S OninIon That
Frances dc:sirc for protection
against Gcrmnny'S wish for re-
NenIe can be characterized ms i'm
pcriaiisn,.
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IBy Universal service.I

PARIS. March II.-I'residcnt Will
SoH'S letter to senator Hitchcock In
which hS charges, infercntiaIiy. thai
militariSts and impcrinliStS are In
the saddle In France has caused IL
profound stir throughout the conn
try. Here nrc sumo views ON it by
leading FreEchncn;
Df RENE EINIANI. Former Premier
of France.
President Wilson's letter to soma
tor Hitchcock is too grave n mat
ter Ia comment upon until the
American Scn1tS has expressed nm
opinion showing whether IL does or
does not back his views. 1 think
IL better for France TO take nn at
titudc as Ii the letter has never
been written.
BY &. BONNEEOU, Mcmbcr of
Cha'abcr of Deputies.
President Wilson evidently docs
not realize what he says. The sltics-
ton * how long Americana will
stand for an irresponsible Presi-
dent.
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Odd, Interesting and
Out of the Ordinary
Paragraphs Called From
NeaVs Of q Day From All
Parts Of the World.

NEW YORK. March l1.-rfteen-
Eear-oid Robert Kelly. grandson or
Eugene Kelly. wealthy banker who
died in 1911. leaving several millions.
requires $500 annually for his sun
port. according to his mother, Mrs.
Dorothy Kelly. whose application for
this allowance from trust funds will
be investigated by Il referee appointed
today by the Surrogate Court. Mrs
Kelly listed among necessities" S2450
a month for gasoline for her sons car
PITTsBuRGH. PA. March 1l.-""No
smoking" mo shaving" no chill
dren."
Those prohibitions have been dis
covered among clauses Of leases un-
der the probe of the Renters coun-
ell which has been dclvng into facts
connected with rent gouging.
PARIS March lift Marshal Foch
is able to maintain his alert and up-
right carriage. his youthful aicrtness,
1t is not due To fanciful physical cul
ture exercises. but TO jumping rope.
Every morning before breakfast he
practiccS for Il few minutes the art
loved by school children. which is, ac-
cording to physicians. one OF the best
means of maintaining the muscles or
the body supple and Timber. Jumping
rope is also an excellent reduccr. and
ii stimulates the brain, too, by acti-
waiting the circulation.
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CHARGES THAT TUMULTY
GAVE TIPS ON CONTRACTS
Ni,nc~S Tells ~ SitGa00 Profit Tha,
Was 10 Hr Split Fifty
F'ifty.'
~ Assgcimt:d rrcss.l

NEW ARK. y. J.. March i1.--That lie
had used his influence with Joseph r.
Iunulty. secretary TO President Will
son. and others TO set building con-
tracts at Camp Merritt, y. j.. for Will
liam IT, Fisscll, New York contractor,
was the assertion OF James r. Nugeut,
former Democratic leader in New .Ier-
scy. tcstiiYinE today in the Court OF
chanccry, where he is suing the con-
tractor for an accounting.
Ntrsent tested that ne called sew
cral times on Secretary Tunulty and
was introduced b. him to several
persons on an army board. with which
he had to deal" He gradually go;
the firm of l'sssell g. Co. lin Il posi-
Won where II was recognized" he tola
the court.
NuEent alleged that Fissell made
Sli6.ooo on the Camp Merritt contract
agreement" between them the Drofits
We're TO have been on u fifty fifty"
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NASHVILLE. TENN, March IL
Governor \. II. Roberts announced to-
day that he would call special ses-
sion Of the Legislature to extend suf-
fraRc in Tennessee to include women.
in the event that the other two states
necessary ratify the National amend
mont prior To the regular session The
Governor Will take the step to pre-
clude the possibility of election re-
suits being contested in case w6men
vote without any state law provisions
1t viii also be necessary to fix poll
tax aud registration requirements for
women, the present suffrage laws OF
the state making such provisions
The Governor stated.
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win Form New ,I:p,x,,,

BUDAPEST. March 11.-Alexaudcr
Simonyi Scmcdan, 81 middlc-aecd law
ger. and AN ardent champion Of the
Christian movement, has accepted ,hc
task Of forming a new ministry. Karl
Huszar. who has been Premier since
last November. refused the invitation
of Admiral IIorthy, the now regent.
to form Il new Cabinet.
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IIind Inrrc AIrnI,,,c

NF.f " EST, FIN. March NV hal
appears to have been the wrcckagc OF
large passenger airship was found
bottom zap by fishermen last night i'm
me channel off Maruuisc and lowed to
swallow water, but ii could not be as
certaned If there were any bodies in
me machine. Naval officials are in
vcStiEaiinS the wreckagc today 1t
was stated there is no airplanc missing
III this District
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SWEDISH SOCIALIST CALLS
ALLIED POLICIES "INSANE"
Tells scandinavian Workers That Dol
ShcYiSm viii Not benefit by Any
Recruits From Sweden.

HetruItS E'rONi SWCdCn.
COPENHAGEN March 11.-Hjalmar
l3rantinE, the Swedish Socialist leader
and former Minister of Finance. speak
ing ut the recent Scandinavian Work
crs' Congress. declared that ne had no
sympathy with what he called the lin
sane and destructive entente policy to-
wards Russia" but cdded that our
joining Bolshev!sm will not help the
suffering Russians"
The congress later rejected the Nor
wegian Socialist proposal TO join the
Third internationale of Moscow.
"Anarchial methods will not create
lasting results said Branting we
do not accept the dictatorship of any
The minority Dictatorship in
Russia has shown it's impotence in
solving all really Socialistic problems
The giving up of democratic principles
means laundering i'll the rough sea
of life without compass"
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Inmate. Have strange ,ro,,ax.

alba ny y. Y. March 1.-Two in
mates "i clinton prison nj Dannemore
nave dled hyc have gone totally blind
anu tweHiy -'Nc are victims Of partial
i"HH "i VISION as a result Of the out
bttAE OF some mysterious malalv
"hich tonight is battling state oi,icia liz
ana medical men This was the an
i'ouhccinent tonight by Charles T.. Rat
tlEan, site superintendent of Prison.
VINO returned TO Albany after.a weeks
lnCstiEhtlOn at Clinton nrisnn
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Rap. Legislatures. Action.

..WASlllNGTON, March 1l.-The West
Virginia Senate, in ratifying the sur
senator Montgomery. simply made the
alleged ratification n matter for the
courts To decide" the National AS
declared In a statement tonight.
Refusal to seat Senator Montgomery
WAS said by the association TO BE n
Violation OF the constitutional poo
"ispn for II two-thirds vote to sxpcl
Il member"
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Min larcct Monument.

PARIS, March Hilary pnccr.
former dancing partner OF Gaby
Dcslys, announced today that he in
tends to devote the legacy bequcathcd
to him by his lost friend to the CON
struction OF mammoth dance palace
as a memorial To her.
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sfnrynrd 10 PLAY yoIn,r,,.,

CAMBRIDGE MASS March 1.-THE
Harvard football eleven will play the
University Of Valparaiso. or Valpa
1t was announced today The date was
left vacant By cancellation OF a game
scheduled with Not?e Dame University
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NEW YORK. March 1.-THE first
iataiitN In connection with enforce
inent OF the prob ibition law occurred
tonight. when Henry Carlton. Il chauf-
ieuT. cornered by revenue officers as
an agent for the Illegal sale OF liquor
RED to escape and was shot and in
StantlY killed.
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rInn Air I:xhihitinn,.

LONDON. March 1I.-Snvcrai aerouau,ic
exhibitions aud living meets of note
are being planned for 1920. Among
them are the flying meeting to be held
May 80 and % at Ju"iSr. near Paris
tho American Aeronautical Con-
gross at Havana. February II to
March .. and the British Aircraft Ex-
hihition to be held at Olympia. in
London. next July.
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ROME. March 1.-THE Vatican has
issued denial OF a report that the
Holy See is favoring a union or
bavaria with Austria and ~,e other
German Catholic states with a view
to iSolatins Prussia
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thur q. Lowe. an attachc of n carpiv,l
company. Is under arrest here charged
w!lh inc murder OF another member OF
MI "a, COMPANY az Lexington, Miss, and
VIII be taken 10 that CITY tomorrcw
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pas. veteran Cen.u. ut,,.

Ky vote OF 81 to ]. the House ycs-
terdaY afternoon passed Senate bill
2ol, providing for the enumeration OF
veterans OF the Confederate army and
navy.
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To R.sumc RelntInnx,

PARlS. March IA bill introduced
IN the Chamber OF Deputies this after
noon ny the government, re-estabiish-
ing relations between France and tho
vatican was referred to the Finance
and Foreign Committees
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Lad Save. Three Sister. From Death.

CRoSSNGLLE. TENN. March IL
Dexter Preston, Z, living Il farm
near here played heroic role when
the home cangh. Gre during the, alb
Scnce OF his parents, reScuinG his three
sisters. aged and years and . months
from the flaming structure.
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Wins Over Jack Dillon.

HOT SPRINGS. ARK, March IL
Young FitZsimmonS, of Oklahoma to-
night won Il referees decision over
Jack Dillon. of indianapolis. at tho
end Of ten fast rounds. The men are
fniIdlcWeiPhtS