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Evening star., 1920-01-11
FEARS SHORT CROP
OF PERZSHABLE FOOD
ALL OVER COUNTRY Y
F. w. Bolgiano Tells Agricultural
Council Less Than Half Usual
--~- a An1Ou11t of Seeds Are SOLd.

i bers. expenses being paid by the
! treasury of the association.
With the membership completed, 1t
! is expected that the greatest home
| garden drive ever inaugurated in
| Washington will be launched.
Regarding this, Mr.. Bolgiano said:
| I'VE need more than we ever need
ed before, more than we needed at
/ the outbreak of the war. the produc-
ton of foodstufrs. And the home gar
| dener- must work to keep prices from
reaching eXorbitant levels"
| The council will he a clearing house
for all agricultural activities in the
District. Through the state relation
service of the Department of Agricul-
| ture. cooperation with similar or
! saniZationS throughout Virginia and
Maryland will be Forthcoming. W. r.
/ Beattle. extension horticulturist OF
the Department of Agriculture. is rep
resenting the Department of Agricul-
| ture on the council.
! viii BE Independent Body.
| 1t is made clear in the constitution
and bylaws adopted yesterday that
] the council will be an individual and
| Independent body. with no commercial
affiliations. but foslered ard aided by
| the states relation service.
Article II of the constitution reads:
| THE object of this organization
shall be to advance the agricultural
and allied interest of the District of
! Columbia and the territory surround
ing it:
sisting organizations and Individuals
within the District of Columbia with
problems relating to the production
! of food:
"(a) BY stimulating the cultivation
of the back yard, vacant lot and COM
! munity home vegetable gardens
4 r11 q ri irl
gardeners in better growing, grading,
packing and marketing of their
j products.
| go. BY cooperating with and as
! tions and civic bodies of the District
! for the purpose of improving home
i conditions, especially pertaining to
| lawns, flowers and the identification
| of the hom,.
! "3. BY cooperating with and as
sisting the District Commissioners
and all branches of the District gov
i ernment in any work relating to ag-
riculture and home economics.
"a. BY cooperating with and as
| sisting county agents and other mem
bers of the state extension forces
! and Virginia that border upon the
District or that have special Interests
centering therein"
Article " declares that the govern
ment shall be vested in board OF
twenty-one directors.
The board of directors shall have
the power to enter into co-cEeratiy
agreements with the federal Depart
ment of Agriculture and to employ
! skilled or technical help.
Those appointed to tentative chair.
manships of the principal committees
are: E. F. Colladay,, membership
former Representative Albert Dougla:
of Ohio, legislative; Cuno H. Rudolph
finance F. B. Tiggins, gardening
Henry E. Cash. dairying, and A. }
Driscoll, marketing.
The next meeting of the council i.
subject to call.
Evening star., 1920-01-11
MR.. BRYAN DENIES SPLIT7ING|
WITH THE PRESIDENT ON PACT
Conamoner Says They "Agree in Purpose" and
Differ Only Over Method-Both Want
Immediate Ratification.

licans a constitutional two thirds
vote by which the treaty and the
league of nations covenant would
be ratified with reservations and
allow "the people TO pass jucs-
ment" at the polls.
Mr. Bryan very emphatically
stated that there had been no
split" in the demo cratic party.
and that such a conclusion should
not be drawn from the addresses
of himself and President Wilson at
the jackson day banquet.
The Presidents letter read at
Washington" continued Mr. Bryan.
"contains words open to construc-
ton tIlat f"ate to me that COM
promise - Jcssible. The Presi-
dent did well at Paris. He did more
there than we could expect any
man to do
Mr. Bryan said his plan of COM
promise or the alternative of al
lowing the republican majority to
record it's will was Just the SIM
pie old American plan of majority
rule" With ratification accom-
plished, he said. then we will
have peace and the league of ma
tions and we can go to work"
Mr.. Bryan said that there is no
real difference of opinion as to
article X, that the issue has be-
come c1ouded by words and much
argument, and that all men must
agree that the right to declare
war cannot be removed from
Congress.
"When I get through Mr.. Bry-
an said. the republicans and
those who are anxious to believe
that there is democratic split
will find nothing in my actions or
speech hostile to my party's well
fare
Evening star., 1920-01-11

Farmers and produce growers are
buying less than so per cent of the
seed for spring planting that they
bought in previous years. The whole
country faces the lowest production
year on perishable foodstuffs since
the outbreak of the war in 1914. Inc
coming summer the prices being paid
today for cabbage and other vege-
tables will seem dirt cheap" The
situation is declared to be "despor-
ate"
The authority for this statement is
F. W. Bolgiano, Washington seed
merchant, former president of the In
ternational Association of Seed Dis
tributors Mr.. Bolgiano has his finger
on the pulse of production. By the
distribution of seed the quantity OF
crop is determined.
He made these statements yester-
day afternoon at the organizat,on
meeting of the District of Columbia
Agricultural Council. fostered by !ns
Department of Agriculture. Wf1ch
will conduct campaign OF nome
growing in gardens this spring in an
effort to avert sky-high prices.
THE law of supply and demand
regulates prices" declared Mr. Bolgl-
ano in his address stop taking
about profiteering and start produc,
tion on the right scale and prices will
drop. ,o thin,
that Clarence r. Wilson, with the
fair price committee, has brough.
down in price. If the money spent
by the fair price committee had been
prices would be dropping ifis sum
mer instead of rising. as it IS con-
fidently predicted they will.
II am director of the iarsest
Columbia Where the case once was
that we would reply to wires oHer-
ing us carloads of produce for sale
with the answer: We can't nandie
it. The market is filled! today COM
mission men are going across e., rEe
as commission merchants call any
thing they handle-to sell.
THE situation is as desperate PIC
ture as can be painted. A typical in
stance is the case of man VINO buys
beet seeds from me every year lr
than fifty pounds for the season: This
year he has bought only fifteer
pounds. Farmers will not plant be-
cause of the prices of labor:
We've got to do something. The
country demands it. Things must be
produced"
Omcers Are Elected.
Following his address the officers fol
the first year of the District Counc1
of Agriculture were elected.
Mr.. Bolgiano was chosen chairman
E. F. Colladay and Joseph Bradley
vice chairmen; T. w. Walton, secre
tary. and Mrs. Frederick Brooke
treasurer.
The next step in the campaign or
canized by the council will be a mem
bership drive for 1000 members. Ont
of the features is the group member
shin. whereby citizens association:
NAV enter the council with 100 mem
Evening star., 1920-01-11
ADMIRAL KOLCHAK
IS UNDER ARREST
Ordered to Hand Over Con-
troll of Affairs-Reds Make
New Military Gains.

LONDON, January 10 (by the Asso-
ciated Press) Admiral Kolehak,
head of the all-Russian government
in Siberia. has been arrested at
Irkutsk by Col. Pepeliayev, according
to a Moscow wireless dispatch dated
Friday. Col. Pepeliayev ordered his
prisoner to hand over control of all
affairs. it is added.
(The Col Pepeliayev mentioned in
the foregoing may be Victor Pepe-
liayev. the premier Of the all-Russian
government. which removed its head
quarters to Irkutsk after the capture
of Omsk Possession of Irkutsk was
reported to have been seized recently
by insurgent forces. Admiral Kol-
chak was reported early this month
to be considerable distance west
of Irkutsk. a dispatch January re :
porting him at Achinsk, 220 miles
cast of Tomsk.)
Odessa Surrounded.
The city of Odessa has been sur
rounded by Ukrainian insurgents. it
is declared in a wireless dispatch
from Moscow today.
Gen. Denikine'S troops, the MESA go
reports, are retrea ting in the direc-
ton of khersen, eastward from Odessa.
The red forces have taken the town
Oh III lut lcTIltOIy VI
the Don Cossacks. and entered the
outskirts of Rostoff-on-the-Don, ac-
cording to Moscow wireless message.
In the advance on Rostoff. says the
dispatch, the reds took IL 900 prisoners.
seven tanks. thirtythree guns and
10 machine guns.
Poles Continue Advance.
PARIS, January 10 {F-ench Wire
less Service).-Polsh trooos are con-
tinuing to advance in the Ukraine, ac-
cording to advices from Warsaw. A
Polish battalion has just occupied
the important railway junction of
Zmerinka.
STOCKHOLM. January 10.-Gen.
Wannerheim, former Finnish premier
and commander of the Finnish white
forces in the struggle of 1918. is soon
to have under his command all the
anti-boshevik forces on the western
Russian frontier, from the White sea
to the Black sea. it is asserted in d
Helsingfors message to local news
paper today.
Evening star., 1920-01-11
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. January 1O.-William
Jennings Bryan told reporters to-
day that he and President Wilson
agree in purpose"
I'VE both want immediate rati-
fcation Of the peace treaty and a
speedy establishment of the league
of nations" he said. TT is simply
difference of opinion over
method and not a purpose.
There Is no reason why ad-
vocacy of a compromise should be
interpreted as opposition to the
President. Mr. Wilson is an Of
fetal and his recommendation
travel by their own weight.
THE Constitution gives the
President the right to make rec
concentrations to Congress. 1t
gives Congress the right to dis
regard these recommendations, just
as it empowers Congress to pass
laws and the President to veto
Them
Mr.. Bryan said eighty-six sena-
tors favor ratification of the treaty,
but differ as to reservations. He
advocated a compromise so as to
keep the treaty from becoming a
campaign issue, adding:
"If the republicans insist upon
reservations that the democrats
cannot accept. then the democrats
will be in a good position to take
it as an issue before the people"
Addressing the Iroquois Club,
Mr.. Bryan said:
"If no compromise can be
reached we must acQuiesce for
the present with the republican
majority" He proposed that in
that case enough democratic votes
be Withdrawn to permit the repuh
Evening star., 1920-01-11
MAKE LEAGUE REAL,
|. ACT QU|CKLy-CEC
Success of New Order, Says
British Leader, Depends
on Peoples Attitude.

LONDON, January 10 (by the Asso
ciated Press).-Whether the league
of nations is to be 1.-The real thing or
an imposture" depends upon the at
titude of the peoples, and not least
the British people, in the opinion of
Lord Robert Cecil, who, as chairman
of the executive committee of the
league of nations union, issued the
following statement:
"The peace treaty comes into force
today and with it the league of ma
tions. We of the league of nations
welcome it's advent, but we must not
think that we have yet achieved our
ends.
The league exists, but what is it
to be; the real thing or an imposture?
Are we going to make 1t an efficient
instrument of peace, or is it to be-
come a meaningless addition to the
cumbrous forms of old-fashioned
diplomacy.
"No Time to Be Lost"
"All, depends upon the attitude of
the peoples, and, not the least, of the
British people. Are they going to
show themselves worthy of this great
opportunity or not If they are, there
is no time to be lost, for there is
much to be done. Schemes for the
limitation of armaments must be
worked out; terms of the mandates
must be settled and mandatories ap-
pointed: an international court of
justice must be established.
Beyond these and other duties di-
rectly imposed upon the league by the
covenant and treaty, there are many
circumstances at the present time
which. in the words of article XI.
threaten to disturb international
peace or the good understanding be-
tween nations upon which peace de-
pends.
There is the Russian situation;
economic chaos in many European
countries, and controversies left unset
tied by the peace conference, defects
in the peace treaty itself and particu-
larly it's financial provisions. All these
ma tiers are within the sphere of ac-
ton of the league
Must Formulate Policy.
1T will be the duty of the league of
nations union to formulate policy
on the matters and to urge it upon the
government. But it would be prema-
ture today to lay down that policy in
detail.
Certain points, however, such as the
early admission Of former enemy pow
ers to the league. democratiZation of
the assembly and insistence on pulicity
as the great international antiSeptic,
have been enthusiastically indorsed by
almost every meeting held on the Pc
cuniary contributions to aid US in de-
stroying these powers"
King George Felfcirates.
LONDON, January 10.-Replying to
a loyal message from the citizens of
London on the occasion OF the rati-
fication of peace, the king has tele-
graphed the lord mayor of London
as follows:
With all my heart 1 reciprocate
their hopes and fervently pray that,
please God. this day may be the dawn
Of q new era, in which the people of
the British empire may forever live
at peace with itself and with all men"
Evening star., 1920-01-11
HEARING TOMORROW
ON RENT COMMISSION

Hearings before the Senate District
James F. Oyster, A. Leftwich Sinclair
and Guy Mason to be members of the
District rent commission and of Dr.
John Van Schaick, jr., to be District
Commissioner, will be held tomorrow
morning.
The committee plans to act upon
these nominations as soon as possible.
Whether the hearings can be conclud-
ed tomorrow will depend upon the
number of witnesses asking to be
heard.
Senator Dillingham;, chairman Of a
subcommittee appointed to draft a
bill to prevent reckless driving of au-
tomobiles in Washington, will call his
committee together during the week,
he said last night.
Evening star., 1920-01-11
$500, 900 "Slush Fund in Chicago
Liqu0r LQW Violations Is Charged
Federal Agents. Policemen and Politicians Among Those
Inuolued-Fake Robberies of Wholesale Liquor
Houses Run1ored Incidents.

CHICAGO, January 10 (by the AS
sociated Press).-Illegal movement
and sale of liquor in Chicago has net
ted federal agents, policemen and
politicians 100000 or more since
July ], according to evidence which
it is reported, has been turned over
to Daniel c. Roper. internal revenue
commissioner, in Washington.
Reports about the federal building
here were that George Murdock, spe.
cial Investigator, and Charles +
Clyne. United States district attor'
ney, gave the information personally
to Roper.
Mr.. Clyne is due back in his Office
tomorrow, and it was intimated thai
Evening star., 1920-01-11

grand jury action was an almost i'm
mediate prospect.
Included in the rumored evidence
were stories of fake robberies OF
wholesale liquor houses, removal OF
the liquor to clearing houses" of the
graft syndicate ana payment OF fixed
sums for protection" to police and
federal officials.
Some of the larger city cafes are
said to have been assessed $500
monthly. and one vender of Illicit
drinks is said to have justified his
price of S1.5O for a mixed drink by the
large amount he was compelled to
pay for protection"
Eight federal liquor agents have
been relieved or taken leaves OF alb
sence since the investigation started,
and when the new prohibition com
missioner takes charge next week
other members OF the local force may
be ouSted.
Evening star., 1920-01-11
Socialists Again Name Berger
Half Hour After His Exclusion
"JViN Keep on Until Hades Freezes Ouer," Declares
Wisconsin Committee, Which Threatens
Vengeance in Ballot Box.

gress continues to exclude him. de-
clared q statement issued by the com
mittee.
1--WE want every person in this coun-
try to understand that the voters of
the fifth Wisconsin district know eX
actly whom they want as their repre-
sentative in Congress and we do not
purpose to let Gillett and his bunch
of Wall street fawners dictate to us
on the subject.
Berger is our Congressman and the
action OF Congress in unseating
him a second time only starts the real
fight that will not end until every
one of the reactionarie,s who voted
in today's disgraceful proceedings
have been retired by the ballot to the
oblivion thew so richly deserve"
Evening star., 1920-01-11
7OO-LNES ARE LOST
WITH SHIP, IS REPORT

LONDON, January 10 (by the Asso-
ciated Press)-An Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Genoa today says the
Italian steamer Principessa Mafalda is
renorted to have struck a mine and sunk
with the loss of seven hundred lives.
The owners of the steamer have no
confirmation of this report. and it is
discredted by Lloyd's Shipping Agency
here.
The Principessa Mafalda has not been
reported since she left Buenos Aires
December 81 for the Mediterranean. She
is not due to pass Gibraltar for several
DAYS yet, however, the average time for
the run from Buenos Aires to Gibraltar
being twenty days.
The Principessa Mafalda is steamer
of 9,210 tons gross, built in 1909. She
is owned by the Lloyd-Italiano line.
Evening star., 1920-01-11
.FAVORS MEXICO OUST|NG
AMERICAN LEGION MEN

SAN ANTONIO, Texas. January 10.
Warning that Luis Cabrera, chief of
the Mexican cabinet, had suggested
the expulsion from Mexico of more
than two hundred Americans because
they had organized at Tampico post
of the American Lesion was sent to-
day to Franklin D'Olier national COM
mander of the organization, by Charles
W. Scruggs, state adjutant of the
legion.
The report that reached Scruggs
from Tampico was that Cabrera had
instructed the mayor of Tampico to
investigate the American Legion of
Honor" and notify him Immediately
if it were true that Americans had
dared to organize a. military league in
Mexico"
Evening star., 1920-01-11
GOV. YAGER OF PORTO
RICO CRITICALLY ILL

SAN JUAN. Porto Rico, January 10.
Gov. wager is critically ill, follow
ing a severe Intestinal hemmorhage
which his physicians announced was
the result of a complication of dis
eases from which he has been suf-
fering for several months. A bulle-
tin issued by the doctors this morn
ing says:
Gov. Yager'S condition is serious.
He slept for several hours during the
night and his pulse shows some i'm
provement this morning. Absolute
repose is imperative"
Last night the governors condi-
ton was such that Mrs. Wager and
the members of his family, who are
in the United States, We're advised
The heads of government departments
We're also notified.
Evening star., 1920-01-11
MAETERLINCK CANCELS
HIS ENGAGEMENT HERE

Maeterlinck will not appear in
Washington today.
Announcement of the cancellation of
the engagement for the Belasco
Theater was announced yesterday
afternoon by Manager L. Stoddard
Taylor.
AT five o'clock this afternoon 1
received official notice of the cancel
lation of the engagement for Sunday
afternoon of Maeteriinck," he said
Evening star., 1920-01-11
BY the Associated Press.

By the AsSOClattu frtss
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, January 10
INV the Associated Press).-The
WISCONSIN congressional district
within a half hour after receiving the
news that Victor Berger had been ex-
cluded from Congress a second time,
renominated him.
The statement was made that he
would be the candidate Of the party
at a special election to be demanded
from the governor.
I'VE will keep on nominating Bsry
ger until hades freezes over if thu
nnamerican aggregation called Con
Evening star., 1920-01-11
"EXPECT SKATING TODAY
ON BASIN" SAYS LEECH

At the office of the superin-
tendent of public buildings and
grounds it was said last night that
open to skaters at o'clock today.
The cold wind of yesterday froze
the thin layer of water that COW
cred the five inches of ice.
l.. Gordon Leech, manager of the
basin, is prepared for a big rush
and promises a carnival. with races
as one of the features. if the basin
is covered with ice all week Only
very warm weather will kill the
chances of skating today.
Evening star., 1920-01-11
TIGER" MAY COME HERE
TO FIGHT FOR LEAGUE

PARIS, January 10 (Havas).-
Georges Clemenceau is said to in
tend, if he is elected president of
the republic, to cross the Atlantic
to carry IN in the United States a
vigorous campaign" in behalf of
the league of nations, according to
the newspaper Evenement.
Evening star., 1920-01-11
SITUATION GROWS
, MORE FAVORABLE
TO TREATY ACTION
Reservations Which Will Be
More Than Interpretive
Seem Possible.
REPUBLICANS FRAME
COUNTER PROPOSAL
Conditionally Approve Suggestion
Other Powers Need Not Accept
! Senate Qualifications.
VIII Be Ratified Without
Multiplying, Says Palmer

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Janu-
airy 1O.-The peace treaty Will
nc ratifffsl with reasonable in
tcrpre tatiOns or reservations,
said Attorney General A.
Mitchell Palmer, who attended
n dinner of n Greek letter so
ci.ny of SwarthmOrc College
here tonight.
"CaIl them what yOu Will.
they will not nu11ify the treaty
and the document will be sat-
isfactory. 1 personally believe.
TO President Wilson," hfI Said.
Evening star., 1920-01-11
WEATHER.

Fair. slightly warmer today tomor-
row fair.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending 10 pm. last night: Highest. 81,
at = pm. yesterday Lowest. 80, at
am yesterday. Full report on page g.
Evening star., 1920-01-11
Member Of the Associated Pres

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled 10
the use for republica alton OF all news dispatches
credited to II or not otherwise credited In this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights Of publication OF special
dispatches herein also reserved.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-15
New York Produce Market

b. New York June IA
FLGLR-CnssrLled; spring patents
1906 70 1900; spring clears HOO 70
1z56. winter srralgrTrs T325 TO 1z25
Kansas srrzigi1ts 1850 10 1850.
REEAT-SpOr firm, NO. RED ano
No. hard 305 and No. mixed durum
295 ] : track New Y rk export
C0RN-Spur easy; No. yellow zoe
c { New Fork To-day shipment
9ATS-5po1 Steady. No. white
135 10 T56.
P0EK-DuIl; family 4SoU To 5000.
LARD-S1sady. middle west 2a26 To
2D2Z.
SCGAR-Raw steady: centrifugal
zoos; refined EteaGy; fine granuiared
22D0 70 2a0G- Two refine-s VINO had
been quoting &c 80 Withdrew their
prizes Futures were dull and easier
under liGuidRciun. July 1870 Septem-
Der 1uus, December 17s5. January
r555
BCTTER-Firm; recaipts 5E1S
creamery higher than extras Sc IL 10
- do. extras 81 scnre So; flrsts IS 70
So scores - 70 % L., packing stock
current make No. .. Il.
EGGs-rreEuia-; receipts GIFTS
storage packed extras FIRST 81 TO 4s
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-15
ChicaGn. Junt

ChicEGD, sunE -.
CAT-LE-RsceIpr 15.pee7 pea1
steers Steady ID % cents lower. TOP
roo mixed veArtinEs -G25 bulk ar
weight 4un 70 1856. few cnoIca cows
and tIeIfers s1eatys orhp- she stock
mostly % cents leHer some medium
hetHars on more, bulls and calves
stearv- Smokers auf feeders % cents
lower
EOGS-Receipts s. 600: opened 10
70 % cents higher, closing weak ! Or
lower thar market. rpp 15s. bufk
light and light butchers 15T5 70 15at
bulk ESQ IBIS and over 14J5 to 1525
pigs mostly - cents higher win bulk
a. 1900 10 1225 n"
SEEEP-EecsipLs 12.0DG, mostly d.
rsrr 10 packers; spring lambs strong
80 cents higher other lambs mostly
steady prime Idaho spr!ug lambs
T-5B. native spring mostly 1fDn 10
1850, sheep Strong; choice ewes So 70
ESQ.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-15

FRIDAY : renswal -aIe. easing la..aT 10
: per cent. There WAS No increase u
Tine funds. bun conservative opinion
Inclined II the belief That rates wouiG
east by THE END Of me NORTH Gains
y western tonnage followed improve
mem in freight conditions uu- DUST
ness al leading terminals Il The west
and suU-f7vre continued - wat on
relation II credits Iu-e,lor banks
were reported II be renewing ulaTy
loans maturing a. -ht mid-Tea-
SsmeWnEt II the order named. Oils
especially The Mexican g~oup. equip
menTs. import sTee.s ruDaccos ana ms
ca1iAnenuS SpecIalteS were rne auI-
standing 1earures OF The gay genera
reaction.
Dividend paying rails. espec1ally
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS extended last week s
misses Sales amounted 70 1900
shares
Speculative ra4tWay BONDS. uuratiy
c0rwer-tiD ISSUES. eaSeG Va-IaDly bur
Liberty bonds anu foreign war fiuta-
lions nelc hTn. Total sales par va2ue
$S,-3D, geo Ola Z :. BONDS uucHang-
ed On call.