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V 11 EF UG HT IEEZY BITS OF NEWS SLEEPS FOUR WEEKS, AND tNOW AWAKE, FEELING FINE. . tort Worth, Tex., March 17.. B , -Lieut. Clark Wright of the 4, ,;345tu field artillery is awak after a wfour weeks' sleep. Physicians who had failed to arouse him, agree that 'cither an attack of the influenza, or - else too close study in the army caused Uie long sleep. He appears to be in fairly good health after the . 'lojg pap. h . - INCOME TAX LAGGARDS , MUST PAY IN FULL. , : . . Washington, March 17XPersons who'neglccted "to pav the first in stallment f income .taxes last Sat urday have lost the installment pay yjnenf privilege and must now pay their entire tax upon demand of a Revenue collector." g. To avoid the penalty of 25 per p.cent in addition to the regular (ax, .persons who failed to file returns "Saturday may now submit belated , returns with a sworn statement of k,thc reason for delinquency. With out this the penafty will be imposed. VETERANS OF RECENT f WAR IN ORGANIZATION. V Paris, March 17. The three days' caucus of representatives of the 'iAmerican expeditionary force held o form a society of the veterans of the war ended today. An executive 'committee with Colonel Milton fForeman of Illinois as chairman, was elected. This committee, working in co operation with a similar committee '.named by the troops in the United" , Mates, will, arrange for a national convention to be held November 11. X'hicago is favored as the place, but tvthis has not been decided. The dele gates will be elected for states and counties. '88,000 MEN MARCH $H NEW YORK PARADE. X. New York, March 17. Pic turesque costumes and banners de manding liberation of Ireland and jjhe release ol Jeremiah A. O'Leary, .anti-British editor, now on trial ijjere charged with violating the es pionage law, marked 'the SU. Pat rick's day parade in Manhattan to-day of 38.000 "wearers of the green." .About 7,500 marchers turned out for '4 parade in Brooklyn. ;J England, damn your concessions 7-we want our country" was tie .'legend on one of the largest ban ners displayed. Others were let tered: , .... "We stand for a free and inde- pendent Ireland," "A True Amer ican is a True Sinn Feiner," "Our Country for Ourselves," "We De mand the Release of Jere O'Leary land All Other "Political Prisoners" arid "Perjury, Bribery and Persecu tion against jere O'Leary." John W. Goff, retired justice of -the. New York supreme court, was grand marshal of the parade, and several scores of Irish organizations with many lands were in line. The 69th New York Guard1 and several" hundred returned soldiers, including many wounded men,..par-"'ticiptcd.- The Irish --cowboy cav'" ; Malry from Idaho also were in the '.fSne. , TRANSPORTATION LINES JN ENGLAND IN BAD WAY ' London, March 17. Sir Eric Ged ties, minister without portfolio, in introducing in the house of com- . thons today bill to establish a ministry of transportation, said that Vdth the exception of the street rail ways, the transportation system of the country financially was in a temi-paralyzed state. f ' ' -Only the municipal 'street rail ways were prosperous. Before the war, railway capital returned 4.2 per cent; today there was a loss ot from 2 in 3 tier cnr. Betore tne war canals were earning Vi per eentywhile today they were worked lit a loss, and were heavily subsidiz ed. Roads which cost of country 20, 000,000 pounds. a, .year, were earning practically no' income; while har bors arid docks were earning 3 per cent C . - , , Ib the present conditions, said the jninister, it would be ycriminal to permit the old system of competi tion. One block of capital must do the work'and not two, in competi tion. This would be bad news for some interests, but it was a cold bath which the country must take. POLICE WANT WILKINS WHOvHAS DISAPPEARED "Long Beach, H. Y., March 17. District Attorney Weeks" announced today that he would apply for a war rant. for the arrest of Dr. Walter K. .Wilkins, whose wife was murdered cuiside the Wilkins' home here the fright of February 27. District At torney Weeks declared that his men had been Searching for Dr. Wilkins nhd had been unable to find him. The attorney did not specify the tliiarge which would be placed against Dr. Wilkins. - The night of the murder, Dr. Wil kins reported to the police that he . Kid his wife had been attacked by three robbers while entering their home. Mrsr Wilkins was found dead " ft Ahei sidewalk with her head f rushed in ' by blows from a blunt instrument. Diy Wilkins claimed that he had been attacked and ex lijbited a broken derby hat, which he eaid. was damaged when he- was r struck over the head in the hallway . of his home. ' AMERICAN RED CROSS MISSION WORK IN RUSSIA , Washington, March -17. The American Red Cross Mission, which ' the inter-allied military commission Uow4 to enter Germany, is,now ac tively engaged in relieveing the suf fering of thousands of Russian prts ' oners being held in that country, re ports to headquarters here today ' taid. The dispatch said it was hoped that all the prisoners would be pro vided for and: repatriated within three months. v Food, material supplies and sup plemental comforts are tyring 'dis tributed to the Russians by the mis sion from supply bases which have been established in Berlin, Dresden, Stettin, Madgeburg. . Hanover ana "Murmhiirff. Karh nrison camo win Jive a Red Cross store managed by b.- A VA rrncs wnrkrr who Will be responsible to the Red Crossf Official in charge of thej&mcu J VOL. 48. NO. 234. WOREC FOB SOLDIERS PROPOSED BYC01CIL Government Agencies at the Capital Confer With-Colonel Wood and Outline Plans for Organization, Washington, March 17. Govern mental agenciegrcalled together by the Council of National Defense or ganized today the emergency com mittee on employment for soldiers and sailors as a step toward filling .the gap caused by demobilization of 80. -per cent of the field force of the United States' employment ser vice for which congress failed to provide funds. A committee on plans was ap pointed to collect immediately all available information as to' work being done and prepare j compre hensive plan of operations. GrOsven or B. Clarkson" director of the coun cil; is "chairman. Other members are Arthur Woods special assistant tQ.tbe secretary of war; John W. Hallowell, Boston and E. H. Green wood, of the" council. "In entering, into the situation, the council seeks merely to act as a clearing house. for utilizing rapidly- all agencies dealing with the unem ployment problems," Mr. Clarkson told the meeting. Ihe councils function is not in any way to tran scend the function of any depart ment concerned." Duty of the Government. Colonel Woods told the commit tee that it was the 'solemn obliga tion'.' of the Government to help ser vice men in returning to civil life, a problem which he said concerned the minority, not the majority of discharged soldiers and sailors. "Manyof the men felt that they have been improved by their ex perience in the army and are ambi tious for something better than be fore," Colonel Wood said. "I feel that this ambition should be en couraged. However, during the per iod of readjustment these men should resume their old employment if nothing betfer shows at once and I think they will all find their old employers glad to have thtm again.". Colonel Woods said it was not intended to create any elaborate ma chinery for the work, but to us the skeleton organizations of the United States employment service and the existing 2,000 volunteer bureaus for furnishing jobs to service men. He asserted nothing could be accom plished by creating sentiment for ruthless discharge ot worthy civil ians and said readjustments could be hnade which would make unneces sary any such action. Appeal to Employers. Elliott Goodwin, general secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of the- United States, announced that an ap peal was being made to employers, on whom rests the responsibility of hiring discharged soldiers and sail ors to assist in the work. Other members of the emergency committee are Franklin D. Roose velt, assistant secretary of the navy; EN. Hurley, chairman of the Ship ping board; Natham A. Smyth, as sistant director general of the United States employment service; G. I. Christie, assistant secretary of agriculture; B. S. Cutler, chief, and R. E. Macelwec, assistant chief of the Bureau of Foreign Domestic Commerce; Mathew Woll, American Federation of Labor; D. J. Ayers, Department of the Interior; A.L. Brunson, Federal Board for Voca tional Education, and D. M. Rey nolds, assistant to the director, Council of National Defense. Forty-five Thousand Said to Be Without Food of My Kind Washington, March 17. Advices from Tiflis, in trans-Caucasia, Rus sia, . received at the State depart ment by naval radio today, state that the conditions, owing to lack of food in that' region, are becom ing Jrighnful. In Erivan, it is re ported that .45,000 are without bread, and there is 'not even a dog, cat, horse,! camel, or any living thing in all the region about Igndir. New Cabinet Organized ; for German-Austrians Copenhagen, March-17. The new German-Austrian government, ac cording to a telegram from Vienna, includes Dr. Renner as chancellor, Herr Jodofink as vice chancellor, Herr Schumpeter as minister of fi nance, Dr. Julius as minister of war, and Otto Bauer as minister of socialization. Herr Bauer also con tinues temporarily as minister of foreign affairs. The main, committee of the Aus-V irian national assembly has unani- moiisly charged Ui no to form a nwcaict ur ncciioT Kennct THE ONLY NEBRASKA PAPER WITH A' ROTOGRAVURE PICTURE SECTION EACH SUNDAY The Omaha Daily Bee InUni m Merai-cliu tutttr May 21. 1906. it DailM P. 0. HM act ! Minn S. U73 MEM Legislature May Allows - .From $50,000 to $75,000 To Remodel Auditorium . . , ; N Chamber of Qommerce May Send Delegation to Lincoln to Argue Before Lawmakers Amendment to Char ter Empowering Omaha Commissioners to Vote Bond Issue Without City Election. Chamber of Commerce members would have city offi cials sell $50,000 to $75,000 bonds to complete pr remodel, the Auditorium. ' i As a, result of an informal discussion at a "Good Fellow ship" luncheon Monday, the executive committee1 will today pass on the recommendation to send a committtee to Lincoln to amend the charter bill, authorizing the issuance of the above, bonds. ' - . - Sentiment expressed by Mayor Smith, Commissioners Zimman and and Towl as well as many others at the meeting Monday, is that the municipal building be completed im mediately. A ceiling, improvement to acoustics and. the huge pilasters on the Howard street side, grovided for in tiv original plans, are the chief necessities, it was brought out. - No Funds TJjis'Year. There are no funds this year-with which to do this, Mayor Smith pointed out, otherwise than r the amendment to the charter bill, "Mn less a special election is held to vote on the question. This could not be done under an expenditure of $15, 000 to $18,000. "The building in its present condi tion creates a, most unfavorable im- Auditorium in Its Present State is Worthless to City , "The very same idea, expressed in Views and Reviews' column in Sunday's Bee regarding the pos sibility and practicability of making the city Auditorium artistically at tractive in contrast with its custo mary barn-like appearance;, struck me at the time o the auto show," said Clarke G. Powell, the manager of the show, yesterday. '"I don't know whether to advise the citizens of Omaha to tear down the old auditorium and buWlTnew IRELAND STANDS OUTSIDE DOORS ' OF BIG COUNCIL Edward G. Dunn, at St. Pat 'rick's Day -Celebration, Points to Position" Occu . pied by Emerald Isle. "The bloodshed and sacrifice of the last four years will have been in vain if the voice of Ireland for. self determination is not heard and need ed at the door of the nation of the world," said Edward" G. Dunn, Ma son City, la., last night in an ad dress in celebration of St. Patrick's day, in the Creighton auditorium. Mr. Dunn was the principal speak er On the program given under the auspices of the United Irish socie ties of Omaha. Louis Kavanagh presided and introduced the speaker, who paid eloquent tribute to the his tory of the Irish people and lauded their contributions to civilization. Not Making Threats. "If Ireland is not given her rights," said Mr. Dunn, "t will be hard to explain why we fought to liberate Belgium while Ireland re mains in bondage. "We make no threat, but we say earnestly and solemnly to England, (Continued on Vng Two, Column FK-e.) Paperny flings Tight . to His Money and Men' Who Beat Him Flee His head swathed in bandages, M. Paperny, 2045 Davenport street, came to Central police station last night and reported that he had been violently beaten by two young men, whose motive he believed to be rob bery, 's. The attack occurred at 7 o'clock last night m the pld Milder scrap iron works, now owned by Mr. Pap erny. ' "I was just leaving the place," said Paperny, "when two young men ap proached me. One of them, asked nje if I had any money. I , had a large roll of bills in my' hip pocket, but thought they were joking and said. "Yes, but not for you." ' Then one of them pulled a heavy piece of iron from his coat pocket and struck me. He struck me sev eral times on the head. I shouted as loud as I could for the police and the men finally ran away 'without getting my money." ' Paperny staggered to the Lister hospital where a number of sitches were taken .in his scalp. He is a small, "wiiddle-aged, Tnild appearing man. He described his assailants as being youthful about 20 years of age. One of them, he said, was dark. Police are at a loss to understand how he escaped robbery, and express the belief that the youths were inex- mark, South America and the Near i who is on duty at the War depart perienced ju their attempted game. l.East . , ment . t OMAHA, TUESDAY, rvn pression anitrng visitors and is too large for' gatherings of about 2,000, people, the mayor brought out. He advocates a smaller auditorium in connection with the proposed new library building. J. M. Gillan of the Chamber of Comnierce, former manager of the Auditorium, presented a plan for partitioning off part of, the present Municipal auditorium and the con struction of a portable stage to fill this need. John T.' Opie of Kansas City spoke in favor of the Auditorium. "It must be retained in its present form, with improvements, in order that hOmaha may retain its title as 'the 'convention city of tli west, he said. H. O. Willielm presided. one," said Mr. Powell," or just spend a lot of money and remodel the building. The structure in its present state is "absolutely worth less to the community. ". . Acoustics Bad. "The acoustics are so, bad , that it is practically impossible for a pub lic speaker to make himself under stood in all parts of the structure. The same thing applies to concerts, conventions and similar undertak (Contlnued on I'afo Two, Column 8ix.) PERSHING BIDS RAINBOW UNIT GODSPEED HOME Presents Decorations to Many Members of the Forty Ninth Division Soon to Sail for States. Coblenz, March 17. (By the As sociated Press.) General Pershing said goodby to the boys of the' 42d division today. In a farewell ad dress to the troops of the' Rainbow unit, who are preparing to start for lome the first week in April, the American commander-in-chief wish ed them all good luck in the peace ful occupations into which they will go on the other side of ihe Atlantic. The inspection and review of the rlivision took place in a great field near Remagenon, on the west bank of the Rhine. From theheights across the river hundreds of Ger man civilians assembled and watch ed the review through field glasses. General Pershing spoke from' the rear end' of a wagon, with the sol diers gathered about him. Before his address ,the commander-in-chief presented one congres sional medal of honor,1 two dis tinguished servicq medals and 46 distinguished service crosses to oflicers and men of the division. Manning Decorated. The medal of honor was pinned by General Pershing on Corporal Sidney Manning of the 167th infan try for leading his platoon during an attack on the Ourcq after its com manders had fallen. JJespite wounds he had suffered, Manning led the men forward and gained and held an important position rh the face of terrific enemy fire. All but seven members of the platoon were killed or wounded. Manning him self was wounded nine times in this attack. When t' e United States en tered the war Manning was a farmer boy near Brewton, Ala. The distinguishedservice medals went to Brigadier General Douglas MacArthur and Colonel William Hughes, jr. Sunday morninz General Pershing inspected the troops of the Thifd, corps near Vallendar. After ' the review of the 42d division General Pershing went by automobile to Coblenz, where he had dinner with Major General Dickman. England 'Organizes 4p ""ReaclvOut for Trade London, March 17. The federa tion of-British industries, represent ing 16,000 manufacturers and 15, 000,000,000 capital, is organizing a great system of trade ambassadors as pioneers for the extension of Brit ish trade overseas. By July the fed eration expects to have an arfibas sador in every imp'ortant center. It is already represented in Spain, Den MARfcH 18, 1919. MM BILL FOR POSTPONED Advocates Lose Out After Hard Battle;, Charge Mis representation of Facts - by picture Interests. From a Staff Correspondent. Lincoln, March 17. By a vote of k62 to 20 the Nebraska house this af ternoon indefinitely postponed H. R. 355, providing for censorship of the "movies" by a state board com posed of seven members. The death of the measure came upon a motion to postpone after a motion to advance the bill to third reading had bgen defeated. Several speakers claimed, the fight against the bill had been engineered from Omaha, but there was no sentiment for it. : -Grossly Misrepresented. "No other bill introduced in the legislature has been so grossly mis represented over the state as this one," J. R.-Green stated in his de fense of the measure. It was in troduced, hesaid, at the request of Lthe Federation of Woman's Clubs and is similar to laws now on The statute bopks of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Mary land and Kansas. The only mater ial difference between it and. the Kansas law was declared to be that it provides for a censorship board of seven four men and three women where Kansas has a board of three. Antagonists of the bill have mis represented the situation, Mr. Green told the house, by referring to the federal censorship as sufficient, when in fact there is no such censorship by the United States government. This, he characterized as camouflage tactics by moving picture interests. "We have,' had good, moral and 'wholesome pictures in the Lincoln houses during the past two months," said Mr. Green, "and it is due to this bill that we have had them. When the legislature adjourns, if the bill does not pass in the meantime, the bad ones will come back." "Do vaudeville bills come under this bill, too?" inquired Mr. Lam pert. "No," responded Green. ' "Seems to me the vaudeville thea ters need inspection and censorship more than the movies,"' remarked Lamport. Ihspector'sJSalary $2,000. ' While the bill was being read, Mr. Green offered an amendment raising the salary of the secretary of the censorship board from $1,800 to'$2, 000 a year. The moving picture houses, he- said, have to pay the salary, as it comes out of the fees to be charged them for inspecting films. "That's not.the case," retorted Mr. Jenison. "The patrons of the movies will pay for the whole thing." Messrs! Hardin and Miller also op posed the amendment. The motion to adopt it .failed. Another amendment, by Mr. "Van Patten, to change the inspection fee, was carried by virtue of the fact that threq or four members voted for it and nobody against. Instead of charging $2 for each reel or film, this was changed to read "$2 for each film of 1,000eet." -' Van .Patte'n proposed two otiier amendments, which were adopteoVn the same manner, one requiring post ers to conform to the story of the movie play, and the other permitting the board to do part of itsce'nsorujg at Omaha. One bill was passed by the house on third reading, after it had failed to go through with the emergency clause. It was H. R. 235. raising the salary of the deputy election com missioner in Douglas county from S1.500 to $1,80D a year. The vote was 55 to 35. " Ludendorff Tells flow , He Refused Kaiser tQ Command a Battalion By H. J. GEENWALL. Vniveraal Snvlce and the London 4 .uxprtss. Berlin, March 17. Gen. Erich von Ludendorff, back 'from Scandinavia, v.here he wrote a book on his part in the "war, told me today. Field Maishal von Hindcnburg had been "peeved" because of ' his, Luden dorff's rough treatment of the kaiser. He said he had refused to al low the monarch command a bat t:bon during the pfisis." . Ludendorff's book is largely de voted to military technical matters. It is not sensational, though i throws occasional sidelights on the relations between the kaiser and the general staff. Metcalfe in Washington. Washington March 17. (Special Telegram.) Richard L. Metcalfe of Omaha is In Washington on a visit to his son, Capt. Buchlcr Metcalf, CENSORING MOMS IS By Mall (I yaar). Dally. S4.SH: 8udv. II m: Dally u4 Sua., U.M; ! Nak. aoitaa antra pin French Lieutenant on Way Now Flying Across the Southern Atlantic i London, March 17. It is reported among airmen that a flight across the Atlantic ocean is now being attempted by a French lieutenant, Fontan.N He is reported to have started from the French African port of Dakar, Senegam bia. for Penambuco, Brazil, by way of the Cape Verde Islands and the St. Paul Rocks. .,- Fontan arrived at Dakar from France by air a few. days ago. He is using a cauder on the machine. A supply of petrol is said to be awaiting him at St. Paul RocRs. , The aviator is reported to have escort ships with him. The weather is said to be unfavorable. ' The foregoing was related tonight by British airmen. School Girls Use Powder ' While See Dean of Young-Women of Central High School Tells "Inside" Stories of Their Lives Urges That Com munity Take Over Social Life of Young People Advocates Support of Some. High school gifls will continue to spill face powder all over the school on the hill so long as they see per fectly nice women powering their noses on Sixteentn and Farnam streets, Miss Jessie Towne, dean of gifls in Central High school, told members of the Omaha Woman's club Monday afternoon. "I. can't teach my girls it is not proper to powder their noses in the school halls without attacking the respectability of all. the otherwise splendid women who do the same thing on our most prominent cor ner." said Miss Towne. "The same thing applies to geor gette waists worn by high school girls of 16. Why should they not wear to schookwhat they see grown .women of their acquaintance wear downtown. Slouchy Fashion Figures. "Sometimes we, have to recom mend a gym course to teach the girls how to stand properly, put that s not surpfisirfgr-when every fashion plateJ pictures a girl in a slouching pose. Some of the inappropriate geor gette' blouses are worn because they were given to girls who have nothing else to wear and have to be content with what is given them. The ideal serge dress for the high school girl CHEYENNE POSSE SCOURS COUNTRY FOR 2 ROBBERS i - Two 'Japanese Scared Away When Attempting to Hold Up Wyoming Loan, and Trust Company Bank, Cheyenne, Wyo., March 17. (Special Telegram) Seven high powered automobiles carfying. a posse armed men are scouring the country in search of two uniden tified Japanese who attempted to 4iold up the ' Wyoming Loan and Trust company bank at the noon hour today. ' -The attempt was made -when the cashier, Harry. Henderson, xwas in the bank alone. The men were approaching the cashier's window and drew their- revolvers and cov ered Henderson, demanding money. Henderson threw a paper weight at them and, dodging below the bank counter, made-his way to the Stock Growers' bank in the same building, where he spread an alarm which brought armed bank employes out. They entered the savings bank just as the robbers were leaving. One of the Japanese fired a shot at Hen derson without effect. The robbers jumped into a Ford car bearing a Colorado license number, of which the first figures were 11. They es caped. Henderson believes no money was taken, but is checking up his ac counts to make certain. Henderson is widely known as the former state bank examiner. E. 0. Hamilton Elected School Board Member; Suceeds C. J. Johnston E. O. Hamilton was elected Mon day night to fill the vacancy on the school board created by the resig nation of -Charles J. Johnston, who will make his home in California. Mr. -Har.iilton, who resides at 4151 Davenport street, is a con tractor and builder. His office is in the Bee building. Informed of his election last night, Mr. Hamilton said: "I am very sorry that they "have elected me, because it will only ne cessitate another election. Last week several people, including W. T. Bourktf, secretary of the board, asked me if. I would care for the position. I told them I could not 1 accent it," TWO CENTS. Elders Do It! was too expensive last year for the poor girl, to buy." Miss Towne presented high school girls' clothes budgets for the year to refute the charge that high school girls spend too much money for clothes. The budgets run from $25 to $500 for the year, with an average among th? 1,000 girls of $170 per year. ' The girl, who dressed on $25, spent $10 for shoes and stockings and made all the rest of her clothes - hats, even to underwear. Four were below $75 and nine below $200. "As the world goes now and money is spent so freely, why should the high school girl be criticized for dressing well if she can afford it, so long as she does not splurge and dress inappropriately in school? .What the girls spend is a matter of home environment and social stand ards." . Party dresses are not necessary for high school life, as some believe, because no social features are con nected with the school, Miss Towne said. Dress uniforms would not solve the problem, according to Miss Towne.. "If the price were made as low as $25, it would bar some girls who could not give that much even, (Continued on Pat Two, Column Four.) 1 . RESPONSIBILITY FOR WAR IS UP TO COMMITTEE Draft of Commission, When Completed, Goes vto Peace Conference for Approval and Final Action. Paris, March 17. (By the As sociated Press.) The supreme council resumed its sessions today with President Wilson in attend ance fo'r the first time since he re turned from the United States. v .Paris, March 17. A drafting com mittee to prepare the final report of the commission on responsibility for thewar was appointed by the com mission at its meeting today. The report, after being approved, will be referred to the peace conference. The members of the drafting'com mission are: M. Rolin-Jacquemys, Belgian; Sir Ernest Pollack, British, and M. Damilia, Italian. The corridor which the peace con ference commission on Polish claims has agreed upon shall go to Poland as a means of exit to the Baltic sea is "outlined today by the Journal Des Debats. The report of the commis sion, which is headed by Jules Cam bon, will be xamined shortly by the supreme council. On the west according to the newspaper the corridor will beein on the shore of the Baltic west of Dan-, zig and will include a small part of Pomerania, which is inhabited by Poles. Thence it will run east of Lauenburg ,and,'( continuing south ward, east of Konitz and Schneide muhl. The eastern border of the corridor will run through Frische Nehrung, which it Mivfdes, thence throueh LFrische Haff to the west of Elbing ana usteroae, wnicn are ett to oer many, and thence south to the pres ent Prussian-Poland border. The western border of Poland from Schneidemuhl southward will give Birnbaum, Lisa and Krotoschin to Poland. In German Silesia the Poles will get the regions of Oppeln and Kewpen. The- Polish and Czecli frontiers will meet east of Neustadt, south'of Oppeln. The Polish frontiers on the north, east and' south have not yet been completed by the commissioi. Schooner Chaff ka Goes' Down and Thirteen Saved Buenos - Aires, March 17. Rio Janeiro dispatches report the sink ing of the North American schooner Chaffka. Thirteen vivors, including the captain his wife, have been landed. sur- and THE WEATHER ' Fair Tuesday nd Wednady; Warmer Tueaday ffid in aouthaatt portion Wedneaday. Hourly TrniMtrnturrm Hour. !. 'Hour. trir. ft a. m.. 3M I i. m. . a. n 8H it p. m t 7 a. ni no ! ;l p. m 80 R a. m , ...:IH 4 p. m IMt a, m ..1.1 (I i. in. ........ ,M III a. n . 37 I A p. m 0(1 II a. m .41 I 7 p. m 4 , 1'! in. 44 8 u. m 43 ivili . ' 4 .4 uu BREWERS ACT UPON ADVICE OF COUNSEL Forty-two Concerns in New York and New Jersey Dis v regard Ruling of Internal Revenue Department. ' New York, March 17. The lager beer brewers' board of trade of v New York, representing 42 brewing concerns in New York and New Jersey, announced today that on ad vice of counsel its members would resume at once the sale of beer con taining per cent alcoholic con tent.. This was forbiddan by a rul ing of the internal revenue depart ment, which interpreted President Wilson's proclamation effective De cember 1, last. v Upon a representation by the . board to Elihu Root and William D. Guthrie, counsel for the organi zation, jiat beer of the alcoholic strength specified was not- intoxi- ' eatings the attorneys advised the or ganization today fliatale of 2-34 Per ', Cfnt product would not be contrary to law. ; Assuming that the government "may summarily attempt or threat- en to enforce" the revenue depart ment's interpretation, Messrs. Root and Guthrie advised the brewers, in this event, that suit in equity be brought "to enjoin any wrongful in- , tereference with your business or ' arrest of your ernployes." The opinion held that that inter nal revenue department had acted without authority-, in decreeing that sale of beer containing more than one-half of 1 per cent of alcohol was contrary to the president's proclamation forbidding the use of foodstuffs in brewed products ex- cept those which were noiiintoxi- eating. ' , ' ' Revenue Officials Mum. Washington, March 17. Officials of the internal revenue bureau de clined to' comment officially to night on the announced decision of New York ad New Jersey brewers to resume manufacture of -beer con-' taining-24 per cent alcohol pending examination of the brewers' state-, ment of legal authority for the ac- ' tion. . Beer containing one-half of one per cent, or more, of alcohol by vol ume is considered intoxicating by the internal revenue, bureau. Offi cialsi explained that this standard was based on a number of laws and court decisions in the past and waj not an arbitrary executive ruling. On the fact of the situation it was said officially by some bureau offi- , cers, the brewers' action would con stitute a direct violation of a recent revenue bureau ruling. This ruling, issued February 6, after announce- I ment of the lifting of the president's but before it had actually gone into ! effect follows: ' , Ruling on Beer. v , "If at any time the president' proclamation of September 16, 1918, becomes inoperative as to, near beer, brewers may resume the manufac ture thereof prior to May 1, 1919, where the alcoholic contents during the process of manufacture exceeds one-half of one per cent by volume, but does not exceed 2Y per cent by weight, on the brewery premises, , provided ' the alcohblic content at ' the time of removal for sale and v -consumption does not exceed the limit of less than one-half of one per " cent of alcohol by volume. "Within the intent of the act of November 21, 1918, prohibiting manufacture of beer after May- 1, 1919, and its sale after June 30, .a beverage containing one-half of one per cent or more of 'alcohol bv voJurfle will be regarded as intoxi- eating." The provision requiring dealco holization of beer, it wa pointed out, was not positively stated in the ruling, but was a condition of the permissive clause. Edgar Rickard, acting food ad- i ministator in the absence of Her bert Hoover, said tonight that the' Food administration was no longer interested in the question of brewin of beer from a food standpoint an that the alcoholic content of beef was a matter Entirely up to the bureau of internal revenue to deter mine. . A letter. Mr. Rickard said, has been written Secretary Glass at the . secretary's request, outlining the Food administration's policy regard ing foodsluffs used jn manufacture of malt beverages. r Irene Ricard Sleeps Four Weeks and Dies Calumet,- Mich., March 17. Irene Ricard, Mohawk, is dead after being asleep for 28 days. A second case oi ' "sleeping sickness" in Copper coun- tv was reoorted to the State Rnard of Health today. John Rescman oi Hubbell, has been asleep for a i