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PITS PEACE IIP TO U. S. SENATE '•President Wilson Says Body Must Act on Treaty to End • - the War. , ttPLIESTO FALL'S QUESTIONS |Wv pMwtivt Declares That He Hi* No to Declare Peace by Pro®, jl* lamation--German Colonies Taken in Trust. • ^Washington, Aug. 22.--President Wilson has not the power to declare peace by proclamation, nor could he consent in any circumstances to take mch a course prior to the ratification of a formal treaty of peace by the senate. The president so wrote Senator Fall In answer to one of the 20 written questions the senator presented at the White House conference Tuesday. Replying to another question, the president said the provision of the treaty that it should come Info force after ratification by Germany and three of the principal associated powders operated merely to establish peace between those ratifying powers, and that It was "questionable whether It tap be said that the League of Nations Is In- any true sense crt-ated by the association of only three of the allied and associated governments." To Senator Fall's questions relating to the disposition of Germany's possessions, the president said the arrangement in the treaty conveyed no title to the allied or associated powers, but merely "intrusts disposition of the territory in question to their decision." .» "Germany's renunciation in favor of the principal allied and associated powers," the president continued, "of her rights and titles to her overseas possessions is meant similarly to operate as vesting in those powers a trusteeship with respect to their final disposition and government." Here Are the Twenty Queries. the 20 questions answe^d by Pres- Mant Wilson, which were submitted to him by Senator Fall at the conference held at the White House Tuesday, are In brief as follows: "*• Questions I to IV--Could not the president, with the assent of congress, proclaim a status of peace with Germany and permit the resumption of • trade? Question V asks th& president to define the establishment of the League of Nations and state "how many nations will have to ratify the peace treaty before such establishment will be perfected." Question VI--Will the League of . Nations reduce the high cost of living the United States? Asks About Neutrals. \l"t Huestion VII--What do Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland a^d Switzerland think of the League of Nations? Will they join, and when? Questions VIII and IX deal with ' resumption of commerce with Ger- Qnestion X asks If certain committees as stipulated in the league have been appointed and Inquires to whom they make report. Questions XI and XII--To whom does Germany renounce certain territorial rights which it is required to renounce under the treaty? Question XIII inquires as to the disposition of overseas possessions by the United States. Question XIV--What disposition Is made of Germany's foreign posses- .•lons? Questions XV, XVI and XVII ask far interpretations of certal^ phases at the league and the reason for the appointment of certain commissions. Questions XVIII, XIX and XX-- Why was the United States made a party in the appointment and fulfillment of certain missions in the settlement of foreign plebiscite questions? The President's Reply. * President Wilson's letter to Senator Fall, replying to the senator's 20 questions on the treaty and the League .of Nation-?, is a« follows: . >/ "My Dear Senator Fall: ;V "You left yweterday in my hands fit j^Mlrtain written questions which promised you I would answer. I am ."'.'fctstening to fulfill that promise. "I feel constrained to say in reply to your first question hot only that In . : my Judgment I have not the power by ' proclamation to declare that peace ' exists, but thet I could In no circum . stances consent to take such a course prior to the ratification of a formal treaty of pea^e. I feel It due to perfect frankness to say that It would In , Wy opinion pnt a stain upon our nafcv' • tlonal honor which we never could efface if, after sending our men to the hnttle field to fight the common cause, We should alandon our associates In tl)£ ^var In, th? settlement of the terms 1; of peace and dissociate ourselves from all responsibility with regard to those terms. "I respectfully suggest that, having said this, I have In effect answered also your second, third and fourth questions so-far as I myself am concerned. Peace When Treaty Is Ratified. "Permit me to answer your fifth question by saying that the provisions of the treaty to which you refer operate merely to establish peace between the powers ratifying, and that it la questionable whether it can be said that the League of Nations is In any true sense created by the association of only three of the allied and associated governments. "In reply to your sixth question. 1 can only express the confident opinion that the Immediate adoption of the •treaty, along with the aSrticles of the covenant of the league as written, would certainly within the near future reduce the cost of living In this country as elsewhere, by restoring production and commerce to their normal strength and freedom. "For your convenience, I will number the remaining paragraphs of this letter as the questions to which thfcy are intended to reply are numbered. "VII. I have had no official information as to whether Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, or Swltzec-' land will join the league. "VIII. I answered your eighth question in reply to/i question asked me At our conference the other day. (This question referred to licensing of exports to Germany.) IX. In February, 1917, Spain was requested to take charge of American Interests In Germany through her diplomatic and consular representatives, and no other arrangement has since been made. 'X. The committee ,to prepare plans for the organization of the league, for the establishment of the seat of the league and for the proceedings of the first meeting of the assembly, has been appointed, but has not reported. "XI. Article 118 of the peace treaty, part IV, under which Germany renounces all her rights to territory formerly belonging to. herself or to her allies was understood, so far as special provision was not made in the treaty itself, for its disposition, as constituting principal allied and associated powers the authority by which such disposition should ultimately be determined. It conveys no title to those powers, but merely Intrusts the disposition of the territory in question to their decision. "XII. Germany's renunciation in favor of the principal allied and associated powers of her rights and titles to her overseas possessions is meant similarly to operate as vesting In those powers a trusteeship with respect to their final disposition and government. League to Pass on Disposition. "Xm. There has been A provisional agreement as to the disposition of these overseas possessions, whose confirmation and execution Is dependent upon the approval of the League of Nations, and the United States is a party to that provisional agreement. "XIV. The only agreement between France and Great Britain with regard to African territory, of which I am cognizant, concerns the redlsposltion of rights already possessed by those countries on that continent. The provisional agreement referred to In the preceding paragraphs covers all the German overseas possessions In Africa as well as elsewhere. "XV. *No mention was made in connection with the settlement of the Saar basin of the service of an American member of the commission of five to be set up there. XVI. It was deemed wise that the United States should be represented by one member of the commission for settling the new frontier lines of Belgium and Germany, because of the universal opinion that America's representative would add to the commission a useful element of entirely disinterested judgment. League to Pick Saar Commission. "XVII. The ehoice of the commission for the Saar basin Was left to the council of the League of Nations, because the Saar basin is for 15 years to be directly under the care and direction of tl : League of Nations. XVIII. Article 83 does In effect provide that five of the members of the commission of seven to fix the boundaries between Poland and Cze< ho- Slovakia should be nominated by .;«»rtain countries because there are Ave principal allied and associated powers, and the nomination of five representatives by those powers means the nomination of one representative by each: of those powers. "XIX. No such commission has yet been appointed. (The commission referred to Is that for the fixing ef the Polish boundaries.) "XX. It was deemed wise , that the United States should have a representative on the commission set up to exercise authority over the plebiscite of Upper Silesia for the same reason that I have given with regard to the commission for settling the frontier ltoe of Belgium and Germany. "Sincerely yours, "WOODItOW WILSON." YANKS GIVE IIP H BANDIT CHASE U. S. Troopers Quit Mexico When Trail Is Blotted Out, FIVE OUTLAWS ARE KILLED Contact With Federals Also Engaged in Hunting Robbers Who Held 4merlcans for Ransom Results in Decision to Stop Hunt. Haifa. Tex.,. Aug. 25.--Three hundred American cavalry troops made their way back to the Rio Grande through a driving rainstorm after an unsuccessful campaign )>eguu last Tuesday to overtake the bandits who captured and held for ransom Lieuts. Harold G. Peterson and Paul H. Davis. The first of the expedition, the pack and supply trains, reached Ruidosa shortly after 8:30 o'clock last night, according to telephone advices. The remainder of the expedition followed. Contact with Carranza soldiers also on the trail of the bandits and a heavy rain, which wiped out the fresh trails, resulted In decision to abandon the chase. / . Meantime the rnin had also wiped out the trails of the bandits, who were only a few hours ahead of the Americans. The punitive expedition re making the return Jin single column with three cavalry troops leading, pack trains, machine gun troops, and other units following. Two troops are Acting as rear guard. The six days below the border resulted in tlie killing of four bandits by troops • and death of one by machine gun bullets from an airplane. Galveston, Tex., Aug. 23.--Seven of the Mexican bandits who robbed sailors from the United States cruiser Cheyenne off Tampico last month have been apprehended and put to death by the Carranza authorities, according to an official report from Gen. Pueblo Gonzales to .Mexican Consul Meade Fierro, here, made public. The report states the bandits had property of the sailors In tbelr possession. : SOLDIER KILLS TWO AND SELF 8hoots Wife and Her Escort Crowded Chicago Cafe--Was Wounded in War. in Chicago, Aug. 26. -- Entering the Royal Canton cafe. Private William E. Stewart, a returned overseas soldier, shot and killed Ills wife. Mrs. Emma Stewart, Charles Schools and then himself. Mrs. Stewart and Schools were dining in .one of the booths. v Wearing his soldier's uniform and with his right hand, injured In n battle, In a sling, he walked directly to the booth and with his left hand drew an army revolver. Aiming carefully at Mrs. Stewart's head, he fired, the bullet entering back of the right ear. Before Schools could arise the soldier had fired at him, the bullet entering the right temple. Then Stewart turned the revolver on himself. BILL IN TO CURB IMMIGRANTS Deportation of Allen Slackers Also Asked in House Measure • Other Provisions. Washington, Aug. 22.--A bill to stop all Immigration for two years and a bill to deport all aliens who drew their first papers In order to escape military service during the war were Introduced by Chairman Johnson of the house immigration committee. After the end of the two-year suspension period aliens would be entitled to admission to the United States only under a passport Or on their written declaration to become an American citizen. m nobow HOHEK:^ & / CHIOAQO DAILY NSWfe KILLS DAYLlGHf 'LAW IN FOOD 8ENATE FOLLOWS HOUSE IN PAS8ING REPEAL OVER VETO. Hour "Gained" in 1918 Will Be Permanently "Lost" in OctobeV-- Ends Hot right. Washington, Aug. 22.--Repeal of thi daylight saving act has been accomplished. The senate voted to sustain the house in passing the repeal measure over President Wilson's veto. The vote was 57 to 19, The repeal of the law, which now takes its place among the very few which have been passed over a presidential veto, becomes effective/after the clocks are turned back to normal in October. It will go down in legislative history as one of the very few measures which twice have been vetoed by a president and become law by the vote of more than twd-thirds in both houses of congress. Agitation for repeal of the daylight saving law first came from farmers, but recently was buttressed by labor nnlons, mothers' clubs, rural school authorities and many other interests. Urban opinion also became divided and officials of many cities and smaller towns demanded repeal. Congress was flooded with petitions for repeal and with petitions Urging retention of the statute. Loss of time in farm labor was the principal objection Raised to the law. This complaint came principally from farmers employing "hired hands." The complaint of loss of labor was based principally on the shortening of the working day on the farm by the advancing of the clock one hour from March to October. The farmers declared they could not adjust farm work to the advanced time because, with the clock advanced an hour, farm work could not be begun as early In the morning as under the normal time schedule and must close un hour earlier. This is because the dew on the ground in the early morning prevented plowing and other farm labor under the advanced time schedule. KOU8E PASSES BILL TO JAIL Cifc FINE VIOLATOR8. Five-Thousand Dollar Fine or Two Years' Sentence Provided--Rent Clause Barely Beaten. . Washington, Aug. 25.--Rent profiteers narrowly Escaped being Included in the food control act amendments which passed the house Friday after five hours of debate.' Exemption of farmers from penalties and hoarding as provided in. the bill was the subject, of attack, but the representatives of rural districts carried the day. Without any change more Important than the insertl6n of a semicolon, the measure finally was passed as proposed by the attorney general. There was no roll call on any of the propositions. As passed, the scope of the food control act is extended to Include wearing apparel and containers of food, feed and fertilizers, a penalty of $5,000 fine or two years' Imprisonment is provided for hoarding and profiteering, and the department of justice is given authority to go after the small as well as the large retailers. Representative Huddleston of Alabama sponsored the amendment applying to rent profiteers. He won In committee of the whole, his amendment being adopted by a vote of 79 to 63, but in the house proper it • was rejected by a vote of 77,to 134. YANKEES TO STAY ON RHINE TRAIN BANDITS TAKE MAIL Masked Robbers Hold Up Louisville A Nashville Passenger No. 7 From J V Cincinnati to Montgomery. ^ Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 22.--Masked bandits held up Louisville & Nashville passenger train No. 7 from Cincinnati to Montgomery, Ala., between Columbia an<4 Pulaski, and carried off the mail pouches. None of the passengers were molested. The robbers, four In number, forced the engineer to cut off the mail car and run some distance with it. Covering the crew, the robbers sent the engine running wild and rilled the ihnll car. The amount of loot could not be determined. V I, St; J, %. I Am Not Poor. • Pray hold me not in scorn. I am ;l|ot poor. Poor rather is the man who 'jiesires many things. Where shall I Sake my place? Where in a little time from henceforth you shall know. Do fou answer for yourself! From f lienceforth in a little time.--Leonardo '; <la Vinci (translated by Edward Me- I from her in the street car. They were peculiar-looking children, but also I much alike In feature. At dinner that j night she said, "Daddy, you ought to j have seen those boys on the car today, j One looked just exactly as bad as the other." , » ^o Difference in Degree. Dorothy was very much Interested In watching twin boys who sat across Cash and Carry. Mrs Crawford--Why aren't you going to have your marketing sent home? Mrs. Crabshaw--I'm only buying $20 or $30 worth, so L ean carry It.-- Life. A Se^en Thousand Officers and Men 6f U. 8. Regulars in ' 'Germany. • > " Washington,- Aug. 25.--American forces which will remain In Germany nfter September 30 are the Eighth infantry, Eleventh machine gun battalion, Second battalion of the Sixth field artillery, Thirty-fifth field signal battalion, First supply "train, First mobile ordnance repair shop. Company A of the First Engineers, field hospital No. 13 and ambulance company No. 26. This was announced by the war department. The aggregate strength of these units will be nearly 7,000 officers and men. The Infantry regiment, comprises 3,800, the machine gun battalion, 775; the artillery, 750, and the engineers, 250, giving a total \ combatant strength of 5,575. U. S. FLEET AT HONOLULU Secretary and His Party of Officers and Men of Dreadnaught Given Warm Welcome by Natives. Aboard the S. S. N'ew York, Honolulu Harbor, Aug. 25.--Secretary of the Navy Daniels and his official party of officers and men of the dreadnaught New York, arriving here, were treated with the hospitality that long has distinguished the Hawaiian Is lands. The New York and four destroyers were tied alongside their piers almost in the center of the city. Off WaiklijJ beach ,the great dreadnaught was met by scores of small craft, including outrigger canoes, inotorlaunclies, sail and row boats, which accompanied the great ship Into the harbor. From they time he went down the New York gangplank Secretary Daniels' time was fully occupied. From the ship he was taken to a hotel at Walklki beach, where he was received with all the pomp of a visiting monarch, according to the old Hawaiian custom, by the sons and daughters of Hawaiian warriors. WARNS Mem Declares Bolshevism Has Brought the Workingman to Ruin ill •Russia. Member of the 8econd Duma, Who Recently Escaped From Russian $Prison, Writes a Description of yi 3 f Present 8ituatlon There. PKESIOEIfT ASKS FOR WAGE TRUCE Shopmen Are Offered 4-Cent^'?,/ , Raise; Greater Increase ^ CaUed Unwisat > WAGE BOOSTS RAISE PRICES! ASKS COURT TO BAR PACKERS GERMANS AND YANKS FIGHT U. 8. Sailors Wound Several Teuton 8eamen and Civilians at Neufahi^ wasser, Near Danzig. Copenhagen, Aug. 28.--Collisions between German and American sailors nt Neufahrwasser resulted in. the wounding of several civilians ami 6ne German seaman, according to Danzig dispatches received here today. Neufahrwasser is a seaport four miles north of Danzig. The disorders grew put of a qunrrel in a dance hall Monda/* night, according to these dispatches. Americans Involved In the disturbance, which was continued In the streets after the sailors left the dance hall, returned' to their ship, the destroyer Hale. Mississippi State Revenue Agent Applies for Perpetual Injunction Against Big Five. Jackson. Miss., Aug. 22.--Perpetual Injunction against the five leading pnekers, which would bar them froin doing business in this state, is sought in a petition filed In chancery court by the state revenue agent. The court Is asked to put a statutory penalty of $5,000 a day on the packers. U. 8. Farm Course for Australians. New York, Aug. 25.--One hundred Australian soldiers will arrive hefo from England August 29, on their way to the University of California where they will take a course In agriculture. ' Big Damage by Cloudburst. • Uniontowu, Pn., Aug. 25.--More than $100,000 damage was done In the Con- Tjellsvllle coke region by a cloudburst, which flooded mines, Awept away buildings, street railway and railroad t r a c k s . • >»?» . . To 8ave Charred Documents. ... Documents that have been charred by fire *re rendered readable if collodion L« poured over the charred paper. In a few minutes this dries and a tough, transparent coating Is produced through which the printing can be seen. Bank notes and other papers thus charred h%ve been treated In this way witb success. F k Rubber Preservative. A preparattop that may be used for •Jwoervta* be made by getting a saturated solution of turpentine In denatured alcohol. The point of saturation is known by a drop of undissolved turpentine remaining in the alcohol. A little more alcohol is added to dissolve this drop and the solution Is saturated. Rubber arMcles should be occasionally painted or swabbed with this solution. Big Enough Then. "What small feet your wife has!" "Yes, but they're plenty big enough when she starts to watt- all pY*r me." Blast Danfag«t America* Ship. IUo Janeiro, Aug. 23.--An explosion from an undetermined cause occurred aboard the American steamship Mohegan, which was discharging Its cargo. The vessel and th« cargo were damaged $250,000. Excess Baggage Holds 8hip. New York, Aug. 26.--The sailing of the liner Caronia for Cherbourg was delayed three hours until the baggage of 1.300 steerage passengers could be weighed. Most of thein were returning to Mediterranean points. 700 Acres of Forest Burn. Sheridan, Wyo., Aug. 2G.--Seven hundred acres were burned over In a forest fire In the Big Horn districts near the Montana line, according to information received here. Fire flghtenf Were rushed to the scene. Taken From Sheriff; lynched. Ixjuisburg, N. C., Aug. 23.--Walter Blliott, a negro, who is alleged to have assaulted a farmer's wife, was shot to death. The mob took the negro from Sheriff Kearney, two miles from here, while on bis way to jail. Want Code of Ethics. Mason City, la., Aug. 23.--Traditions and professional ethics are wanted by the auctioneers of Iowa, who opened a two-day conference here. Licensing of auctioneers and legislation to control them will also be discussed. CARNEGIE LEFT $50,000,003 Vast Gifts During Life 8hown ati Filing of Will at New York Nears. New York, Aug. 22.--Andrew Oirnegie died worth $50,000,000, according to ione of his executors. His will is to be offered for probate next week. Mr. Carnegie stipulated that the Home Trust company of Hoboken, N. J., should act as executor without bond, the will Is about 4,500 words long. Washington. Aug. 26.--Official advices here state that the Russian socialist, revolutionary and member of the second duma, O. A. Alexlnsky, who recently escaped from Russia after undergoing ten months' Imprisonment at the hands of the bolshevikl, has written a description of the present situation In Russia. "According to this information," the report says, "in spite of the terrible conditions of life and the fact that the bolshevtst spying system is quite as well organized as was that of the old regime, a great deal of cryptic activity is going on In antl-bolshevist Circles. "At present three considerable organizations have united against the bolshevlsts, namely, the - League of Russia's Regeneration, the National A>nter and the Committee of Public Men. These represent all the groups from Octoberlsts to social revolutionaries, Inclusive. "Alexlnsky is deputed to represent these united organizations, and he states that their policy is to support Admiral Kolchak, with whom they are in regular communication through couriers. They have only one point In view: that those who are not with Kolchak are with Lenine. \ "Frequent attempts of bolshevlsts to relieve their isolation by arranging contact with the socialist revolutionaries and the social democratic Internationalists have failed, and the members of these parties have been Imprisoned, with the exception of two. All the left socialist-revolutionaries are still in prison and Maria Spiridonova is kept in a madhouse. "The prestige of Kolchak continues to grow among the viiprkmen, and a sure sign of their bitter discontent Is the unending commotion among the hands In works and factories. "The economical measures of the bolshevist government have completely ruined the larger industries, and operations have ceased at most of the mills. There are now only 2,000,000 workmen left out of 10,000,000. Twothirds of the Industrial proletariat of Petrograd have disappeared. In this way the idiotic policy of the Russian bolsheviks is destroying the labor movement. "This," says Alexlnsky, "ought to be made known to all socialist parties and syndicalist organizations of Europe and America, hi order that the bolshevist regime may be properly weighed in the balance with respect to the interests ofvthe organized proletariat. "Bolshevism has not benefited the real and true proletariat, but only the rascally proletariat; bolshevist social- Ism isl not proletarian socialism, but a socialism of rascality. This it not understood by the better elements of the Russian proletariat. "Before Alexlnsky left Moscow on May 3 he managed an Important section of the general labor confederation (all-Itussip central council of professional unions of workmen). He is therefore able to state that the Russian syndicalist movement has been enormously damaged by the bolsheviks and that the syndicals. Instead of being a rampart in the struggle for the Interests of the working masses, have become simply bureaucratic officers serving the Interests of the governing clique." Copenhagen, Aug. 25.--The Polish army has administered a crushing defeat of the bolshevikl In the neighborhood of Dubno, the Polish general staff at Warsaw announces. The soviet forces are In retreat everywhere, with the Polish army in pursuit. The fortress of Rovno, in Volhynia, northeast of Dubno, has been captured by the Poles after hard fighting. Ukrainian troops have captured Odessa, it Is announced by the Ukrainian mission. The capture was effected after severe fighting ribrth of the city. Bolshevist naval detachments from the Black sea fleet, who were dispatched in great haste to oppose the Ukrainians, deserted. * . Wants Peace Pact Changed. Paris, Aug. 26.--Roumania's signature to the treaty of peace with Austria still depends upon qualifications of the clauses relating to guaranties to minorities, according to Interaction from Roumanian sources. 4,000 U. 8. Autos to England. London, Aug} 28.--As a result of the abolition of the restrictions on Ijnports an American automobile firm in London has cabled for 4,000 cars to be delivered as speedily as possible after September 1. . " Return 8hlps to Owners.. Washington, Aug. 23.--The American passenger liners Finland, Kroonland and Louisville (St. Louis) will be released from government service as soon as surveys for repairs have been uade. All have been transports. Senator Fletcher Laid (Ipt Washington, Aug. 25.--Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of Florida, who was knocked down by a street car. was not seriously Injured and probably will be out In a - week, physicians announced after an examination. Finn Envoy Prints Credentials. Washington, Aug. 22.--Armas Herman Saastamoinen, the first provision al minister from Finland, presented his credentials to President Wilson. Present High Cost of Living la Tern- « p©rary, the President Asserts, aiid [ Will Fall When Peace Is Rati* fied and Conditions Settle. Washington. Aug. 2T.--President ' ' Wilson submitted to representatives olt > the six railrodd shop crafts a proposal. , ^ to pay shopmen about four cents aniv • hour increase, on a bapis of ten-hours* pay for eight hours' work, retroactive-- to May 1. The president told the committee off 100 representing the shop crafts that; any greater Increase ntAv would great-* ^ ly Increase the cost of living and there* " fore was inadvisable. - " Certain classes of shopmen, repair-^ men and car inspectors, who have been receiving 63 cents and 58 cents, respectively, would be puld 67 cents an hour under the proposed scale. The shopmen's representatives told the president they would submit thrt proposition to their members, whose original demands were for an advance of 25 per cent, c The president requested that th«| men not act on the original proposition to have a congressional committee pass on the wage^^lftratmds. A,' vote of the shopmen on thia^propbsltion Is now being tabulated. 1 The increase represents a concession amounting to approximately one* fourth of the demand made by the . shopmen. The shopmen ask for a 25 per cent Increase on their basic pay of 68 cents an hour. This increase would have, amounted to 17 cents an hour, whereas the proposal of the president would give thein 4 cents an hour, or 40 cents a day more than the workers acw receive. The president, coincident With *il% « statement to the shopmen's representap ' tives, addressed a statement to thli ' public advising the nation of the situa& tion and the basis of his action. It ifj his first publicly expressed view on th# . • country's labor situation. The 4-oent an hour increase pro* posed, the president's statement said^ represents a readjustment of shop<| men's wages to put their pay on th#^^'1 same basis as other railroad workei-sf that Is, on ten-hour hour pay and eighthour work basis, and accordingly is ' not in the strict sense an increase tn wages. Pointing to the shopmen's argument that an Increase in wages was necessary to meet the high cost of living^ the president said the workers' demands were in effect "that we make un Increase In wages, which are likely to> be permanent, in order to meet a tenvn porary situation which will last ncp body can certainly tell how long, hup. in all probability 'only for a limited' time." The president's statement said "it is neither wise nor feasible to take care of increases in wages of railroad employees at this time by increases ia freight rates." A single paragraph of the statement is sufficient to show how sertous the . president considers the entire situation. He says: ' 'We are face to face with a situation which is more likely to affect the happiness and prosperity, and even the, life, of our people than the war itself," adding: "In such circumstances It seems fflear to me, and I believe will seem clear to every thoughtful American, including the shopmen themselves, when they have taken second thought, nni to to all wage earners of every kin(j| that we ought to postpone questions > tills sort until normal conditions com|» again and we have the oirportunlty f<lf certain calculation as to the relation betw«»en wagjes • and the' cost of living. V 1 "It is the duty of every citizen df the country to insist upon a truce ijjl such contests until intelligent settl nients can be made, aud made peaceful and effective common c-,., gel. *; "I appeal to my fellow citizens "if| every employment to co-operate In 1^? sisting upon and in maintaining such j| truce, and to co-operate also In su|" talntng the government in what It co& . celves to be the only course which conscientious public servauts can pur^ sue. "Demands unwisely made and pa# sionately insisted upon at this tin#; menace the peace and prosperity of tHi country as nothing else could, and thtfer contribute to bring about the very r# suits Which such demands are Intended to remedy." Flies 440 Miles in 250 Minutes. New York. Aug. 26.--All speed records for a 440-mile airplane flight were broken by J. D. Hill of Buffalo, who flew from Buffalo to Mlneola In four hours and ten minutes, it was announced here. House Passes Tariff on Tungsten. Washington, Aug. 25.--By a strict party vote the house passed and sent to the senate a bill imposing a tariff of $10 a unit or $600 a ton on crude tungsten ore and $1 a pound on ferrotungsten and other tungsten salts. Aircraft for BeHIn Pott**: ' Berlin, Aug. 26.-*-The, contemplated reorganization of the police department of Greater Berlin provides for a "flying squad." which Is to have at Its disposal swift airplanes and skilled pilots. Labor Party Meets November 36 Cleveland, <).. Aug. 25.--The national convention of the newly formed Na tlonal Labor party will be held In Chi cago on November 22, with 2,000 delegates froin all parts of the country la attendance. Perehlng Back In Paris. » r Paris, Aug. 25.--General PprsMnfc commander In chief of the American orm.V In France, who has been visiting the Italian battle front and the principal cities of that country, returned to Paris. i Strike Stops Four Coast Roads. Los Angeles, Col., Aug. 27.--Tralfl|t on the four railroads entering Los Ail* geles was paralyzed by the strike aftraiiwnen, who quit their posts lastweek In sympathy with the platform men of the Pacific Electric company. Army Reduction Is Rapid. Washington, Aug. 27.--The present rate of demobilization makes It certa the nrmy will be reduced to 225,000 September 30, the war department a iron need. The estimated strength tfc the army on August 19 was 361,800. Wilson Asks Bar to Aliens. Washington, Aug. 27.--T<» prevent an influx of aliens into the United States after peace Is declared, Presjh dent Wilson In a message to congresf asked that the passport law in effect; during the war be continued. . ' $ * , - ^ Chicago Bars Are Raidetf. u Chicago, Aug. 27.--Fifty tTnftlp States deputy marshals began a serine of arrests for the sale of Intqxlcatllijr. liquors here. Twenty-six, arrests W«6i made without warning in OowntoWB saloons and cafes.