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. <NNE PAilS SHOES F FOR PERSHING MEN GENERAL ASKS FOR LARGE FOOTGEAR SUPPLY FOR SOL DIERS IN FRANCE. AIRPLANE MISHAPS ARE FEW With Hundreds of Men Learning to Fly, War Department Records Show Number of Accidents at Military, Avi ation Fields Comparatively 'Small. Washington.-(.en. P'r'hin hais requested1 shipment of 1S9!41 hair. of shots for each ' ai0121 ,u'n oit2 lily. wlhich is l i- lI I lv iii il airs of shoes p~er inn er ys'fav"r. ii (1 :aU tity Is IiI excess of ~n:i oIns 1112 it and Is b ing tIst l to bIutib' l i i h tup n re serve fur t llt i n (' 'Iriii Iana . helt t Tsuch in'sup ly is n tuultil.. the qu 'fnities -ry iiiinun will Ie rduI ill. Ter uan i ('rtns tir generitl's le fplnient nw hats on hnel and th nn outs)tanin tg (onitrin ts. 7. t01.000 field thilts Iti i( 7.57;. 0))0 ct i rhinit shoes. It will be necessary to semur( muore than a million i tional shoe during the year. j RIecords of the war t1eanrtmnent show that from the hegilunlint1 of training in Tmne, 11t17. to b 211111 :2. 191~. the fo tnlities at military aviti(on fideh' 1ni this country have bn51 ti : 11i of fl(fers ann i 2i0 cnd ets kilnl in training flights, 10nd1 1: ' iien k 'illed i'(n unnuihior ized flights nnel groundl nevit!hns. Since ih trniing he il in Ioh Uite ain(iites. stuenl anilators ttve flowri eonn rit abIIrIl inli Khin 10lui000 titles. Ihrndirt lis of hitherto liii' p ertieer i11.nen lyve bttn lenrnini to fly. Te(air early Rlights aire mnther the guidane e of rs. rnd prior to these flights two or limit i(t ii are nt) ar spent in relim nary grounde work. Tenre orn eIt ife. howeer, w hen every student ivinr liit 0tke his nehiet up ialo In and overy11 pifrenU tionttihal hee it to re dit. thie tn er of fc rilngtts and afegtlard the aviator 1n his solo flights. fuhe fuel adaitnit'stralion {s carrying on series of ionferenies covering nil Ii dust ries hitteh use large quanItit'les of fuel, wilth a ylew 1I lerning the re - quiremoents of tht lear in (luing 11 T!he I ustries hetselies ar playini a leadling parl in these dliscussions k' The alim of the fuel adlministr~ation It to arrive at a percentage of prodlue tion whio under the iet rumostanetis wyll he snlisfrietory to the tmanufne turtrs and curtr wlorklmden. bu t whli ill not represent '11umpt' t (ii (o fuel for the m'aufturet of stutpli not needed dluring the 1urrent- y111ar. The order which hits Dien Issue( limiting the use of fuel for the pro duction of window glass to fd0 pear e"en of the imon t e i'ntie fitu1(1red in l1it Is the result of one of these confer ences. A survey of the field indiente< that while not 0ore that 5'.0.00,0 hoses of window glass would he uist( iiat 118,.ome00v wondiutiobn wera glie X'i'~y treutIlla thermailniunetulr of atfle nti 2,000,00 b'oxles. Togtr itiont Jtgeri ~ anithilage economiey .wne tet aethodsiof uin fuelg thath nn 10vrment thehrodlit afnal ti n pitely howped trilros eengte ctre anufacture.ha Ordwi ae ssb tityt Ifcn this yearrtr tihan last but l i~s hrmg thse method eqlfp~ weuin tcionsumtheons thatareetrifltion ofth yer's shraesepetdtob.r Uthed Sttes hiasdeveope in pvluh aIn uaity ornmr a troo s'.urindt te inetiryeipn of the armliene e evotedin to Amsee net authorized h~ theail i'rearyof r.to b~ 4 ol nebleveiheb ie nnd omunlittio0 proublctiforogram th le goi'ernm'llo hsExpnorths obl g ad ftsefeed exe uing 1 0( 20iifntilti monthsIO5' hf-wn bmen, taid t0.000 wmen have't' been er, grnded excluhiv in its thie anusetr ofurifles.aderrde.Togvr mentpolat adthei drvtory ownei plante re engaged clinils makiln rif any tne goeninents pit andli'e tin corridge toanufatre Ornancorn perso n tionny (andi t'in'Europ areh tn aropmen t thaCilt the UniteI tates rmn is beieruped greti twn o th he Rie. ttrerie nt world. A Swis' commercial paper states that there is a great shortage in coal of all kinds, an insuflictent supply of wood for fuel, and small reserves in oils and grease throughout Switzer lan(n. Fresh eggs have (iSal)ieared' from the market. Dry vegetables are becoming more scarce. A project to manufacture flour from potatoes had to be abandoned because sutllcient sup plies of potatoes could not he secured. In Holland coal and coke prices have been advinced. In Americat terms, the maximum price for anthra ("it is about $22 a ton ; coke, $10 a ton coal briquets, $25 a ton. )istribution is enirefully reguai tel by ('a'ds, in sprCifled quat ilies. The alount al 4wetll. ('speelnily to residenceS, is so-t'h sIualler Ihlin in peace times. Newv Ire('neh food reguiltions forbid e1"1ng houses to serve of const'ue. fi-sh or paeked 1butter otherwise than in the4 prepaorat ion of food. Curdled or sour milk is prohibited as well sS ctrn it and spls'ftli kinds of choese. ' mi a king of past ries, biseuits, andl conf'ctionery is prohibited1. Only in I (liling ('ars5, ( ntutee$ns nini railroad re freshm~tent staitions masy fresh or col den'ased millk :or re:am h1e Served after 0 In hit' 1int ening, by itself or iixed with ("offee. 'en, or utht-r prep arationt. No solid foralis ma hb servel hetween 0 anti 11 in 111' torning :Intl between "i :30 It( 5:311 iIn the evening. When the pir'11' of n mtt'al (xt'eiels $1.20 the ut(' mr411101' 1111y be SrI'veI Whit not o11('e than two iishes with or without vege tabl's, or it(ore 1i111i1 on' smiiall lonf of ortliist:ry brnu'd0l. The 1read is litited to tlutlt . (n1111es5 . All groin wlse1h ro:y' b4' ne fi's'or In5tking bread( is re strvedi4'4 for binnaan food. A ( (h ' nonn11 itt t in the iTnited Sitates :a school has been estallished w her'e 4very olictr nnl 1111111 receive:( inst r1("t ion in gasi dI('efnst'. The Amer. enn gt s tansk, si m11la r to the IBritish, Is a5s 1e0('htani('tilly pe'rftet 8s the best I ('xp('rts have ('(heen able to produce. The face 1Ieve, with glass or celluloI(1 4'y)'1 le('s, is (o.snnected by a flexible tu11' wI Ith a ('IIIistet ('rI ed in a k Iinap Sn ck. The Iinconing bretth ('ome'S; through the nniter. whileh is filled with several layers of chemin('tis whle'h ne lit':a 1'ze or render harmless the gas l:duen ait'. Outgoing breatlh passe'S outside the fac't pIecer through a small vale'. The si dtlent in gas defense soon lesat rs to got his mask nn in a hurry, six 50(4 aids being the standard time whnl the knapsnck containing the mask is honging at his chest In the ''lert" position. Aft or int ensive training a gas attac' Is arranged. The (lass is put in trenches, and 11 without warning. clouds of Smoke and1 chlorine are lib ' (rated by the instrucItors, mtasks are 1 hurriedly put on, alarms sounded, and 14(sling me1(1 in dugouts aroused. WV hen the attick een1ses the trenches are elenr'd of gas, the air is tested, atind 1(1permtlssion is given to remove smasks. 9 DIescrbling the Alri'h'in It : ('ross as it body nuthorized to do everything possible for the con fort and wel fa r of the sol(liers, 81(1 to nuike use of su(h1 agencies as are suthorized and I'are in a position to contribute to that end in addition to the provisions mad' by the government, a general state mnent by the wsr dlepatment ouitlinsic -Tro dlIstrtliute sweniter's, mumliers, hel .mets, socks, ecomnfor't kIts, etc'. . To rende(4r ('mer'tgcyl' re'llef of everys SkIn uponil~l requliest of tan oflice(r In ..icharge'. .. lTo ri'Ie'e ansxl ety stnd sutstua in the asnori'el( of soldie'rs who are'( 'orried e abhout thtelir fasillies sat hiome,4 andso to - rtomote thle cotifor't and( w'ell beIng of tthese famitlies. g T'o conduc15t enn ateenl servIce stistions afor furnsilshing refreshmients to soldIers v hens travel Iitg thIroughs thIe coutsrsy; to futrnlsht emti'rgencly trelief to the4 sI'li and1( wo'(tmded4' when 'n r'ote and11( to 54'S Stha t the are3 t onv('15)eye'd to a hospi tal e when'i nece'4ssary and1( re'quted (' y th'11 e commiillianing ofil('er. A repriseset'ative of thle Iteds Crsos: y may13 he'nsat 5achell to ('ach1 batse hospltan to fuiish emtlergenc(y supplies w'her t lies of ratIenits, to rende(1(r home ser vice to pat(titM antd such'1 other atssls tacea per'tainis to Red( ( 'rs's work. Wheni the first Llber'ty motor wnt t6 read~y to he tested It wats tasken tr - PIke's Peak that It might heo studIe( 1 whsIle ruanning under aitmtospher'ale con Ft ditionis ohttining nt hIght atitudes C' ThIas dI iiut y of bringinig the mtuor t( 5the mtounitains is now' ov'eomse at list - iepirirtetnt of c'ommer(''4ce' hur5eaui of statndairds at WashIngton,. byu brminging the miounttini to the amotorii. I. AIrplane tmotors tare ntow tested i C' the butreaiu of stanidstardss i labornt torly 'her'e 'ariouts coinits corre spsondinsg to high aitltittues and( lowt f temperas'tulres are securedQ~. Trhe enigine Is1 lacedt'l sin air-tIIght conc(re'te rootm, r provIded aimoiig othter t hIigs with re -frigera tor ('oils and~ s ns h'ir put njs to red1u1(e the prestre of the4 311r. Hy u1se of I tis appasratu s amotor's smaiy heo ob ) serv1ed1 und(er' condit ions sI ililatr to I hose at dIifferent salt Itude4s, witleh - m~isight other'wlse be done51 0only by acttual ailane51( flightts. Plants of then Amerlenni Libr'ary as ' soelation include the estabslishmnent of 'book and5( libratry ser'vice itsn nrmy and navy hiospitals Itn Amserlea nnd( Frianc' The golvernmhtenlt Is tothsty the great est employer' of labor In the lted - tates, nsot conslder'ing railrtoad cam - plOye(es. In normaiiil tImes aspproxliately 400, .000 elv'ilinss are einlployedl and In the last yeasr the number has increaised to P 600,000. In comparisons one steel cor poration emJiployR 800,000 meni, and one ra~1ila 250,000 1 -i t :syb m a n s o f h e a v y g . .1-lt is by means of heavy guns ,tons along the River Plave that it li(rs aI continually rtepairing the I ira file. 3-The result of a trench r the wire-fenced prison camp. NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK Japan Offers to Land Troops in Siberia If Allies Say the Word. EMBASSIES LEAVE PETROGRAD 'ravellrg Through Bandit-infested Si beria to Reach Safety--Austria Cannot Break Away Frorr Her Alliance With Germany. .apan has asked for permission to land troops In Siberia to prevent the vast quan t It les of muitl ions and oth er military stores at Vladivostok and along the lines of the Siberian rail road from falling into the hands of the Germans. It wits feared that the G ermuns might attempt to force the bolshevili to leliver these stores to the Germans as a part of a .peace agreement. .Japan announced her wil lingness to undertake such an expe dition by herself or in connection with troops sent by other of the allied na tions. Vhile all oflicials at Waishington ar silent and disposed to minile dis (ussion of the subject it Is known that exchanges of opinion are going on wil the object of a perfect understandini between .1apan, the United States an< the other co-belligerents which wouli make the plan of joint action wholly accept aide to all and thoroughly detin its extent and duration. itussian representatlves at Washing toin oppose action by the Japanese Ii Riberla, but the co-belligerents are thor outghly alarmed lest the vast quantitle: of sup~plies pIled up at VladIvostok bought and1( 1paid for wilth Amnerlent cash, should fall Into the hands of the G ermnans. Citieismi at home of the failure o Japan to Itlay a larger part In thle wa Is saId to have been inaluential In bri ng Ing about the nego~i~tiations. Our boys haive had theh- first tasti of the deadly Ilun gas. WIthout warin ing of any Id 1gas shll s began but-st lng amiong the mten of an Americani at tIIllery regimuent on thle western -ironi and( tuore tItmn 200) men we-re down he for- they could put on gais miasks. Eligh men died wIthbin a fewt minutes and 201 were taken to hospItals where they sul fired every concelivable torture whi I the dloctors worked over .them In a f(ftot to get air inuto t heir I ungs. WVhiI the Americana troops in ie'raince hav' beenl suiIpled with gais equiippienit an with enus shells for the fIeld guns the hiad never b(en used, Amer-ican con mamitlerts feelIng thait t hey could no 4br ig themselves to so viotlaute till evi donces of civilIzation by sui(hl a met hol oif warfare. Th'le gtissing of Amerieni t roops has, however, convincedl ou cotndii~ers at the front that the must light the Iluni in hIs own way bruttal and ihuiman though that wa; may be, anad thle lHoches wIll be glvei ai tase o'(f thleIir own weaplonts. he strauin bet ween Austia and Ger many is unidoubt edly I icreasing. Aus tria's refusal to aigalin at tack RussIa Ii spite of Germany's renewal of the wia aigaInst the bolshevlIki has incretased lhb tenseness of the sittuatlon exIstIng be tweeni Ithe two gotvernmtenit s, and it wa. repiorted thbat -German ty had practilcall; otrered thle Autstilain governiment ti setnd t roopts ito Rtusslia, aind fliat Aus trh had refused. Austrria also refuse: to cointinute the w~air against Roumanh so long its there is a possIbility of con elutdIig a peac(e arrantgemnent wIth thia nation11. Poor Itoumtaina, cut off fr-on eve-ry po ssibhle- soure- of assistanci fromt the out side, without muntlons 01 udequtieI gun s enni seemningly d11of ot lng mior-e t hana accept such peaiee t ermi as le1 thins tmay offer. The~. most enicoutraging thing for thu fuiturte otf bothP itumai at ad Ruisit Is Itle stattenietnt taide for the alli governiments to thle effect that an.1 tineti( thait may bue forced uipon thesi two couti-es by the Toutonlc nation vill not be consIdered as final, aind par Ienlarly so If such a peace involves thl wessIon o'f any teznitory to the nationi :1 ' {iT Y a- ;. a squad ofterma.;:onr;cp "111 of 'hecenta powers 'i T :alled na-: I ' sctios are ho in this pictu e that ti the tantet h cer tuoh crt ilizatton right iermany leading to the lighting front of Rud sa oquad meof (kraanim plisoneri ng of the etal poles. frTe allied iin tiohs atre contttd to the terms of no tnaexi ions and no indemnities for Germany or her cohorts. To permit (h'rihany to seize the best drovices of Russia woul(l ean sialy protarig the German pens de for a repetition of tei' attack on the world's freedom in the ftuture. The speech of Count von Ilertling. Genan imperial crancellor, beaore the reichstg, in reply to President Wil son's most recent add ress before con gress regaring the war aims of the United States, is not regided by ilea ers in the United States or England as increasing the fhance for peace. Count von Ilertling professed accept anqc' of the four principles of a demo cratic peace en eiated by Presient rilson and discimed any intention of conquest t tese protest athions have not convince President Wilson aind lis adnvisers, it is said, that Ger many is ready to forgo ambitions of co'quest. Other parts of the tne los spu'ei are gromd tsaccitsiv roof that Germany inten s retaiing control, in one form or aiother, of nearlt all the foreign territory that she enow occupies. Court von Ilertling's reference to Belgiutr is far from satisfactory. 'hile hinting that r'may lred. not contemplate annexing Belgium. the chancellor roposes to impose cllui tions wich wotld restrict the freedom of action of the kingdom an dacb it at the stterey of he Teutonic empire. The entente point of vie was ex pressed by one bist aingshed diplomat who declared that von Irotu rtlintg' 51cun('lt has tefl'ctilry tlos the door oto further peace onlik. tBelgium is a I (luestlol of lnor,' hle elored. "It cannot be discusstd. So long as the enemy refuses to doi justice to Belgium they cannot be i cted to performa justice in any other instances." hle ahrmflong-fectaupon dte pbe mtre n tile ale onres. h bThiere comtre has been loterknti uon asitg -l ovno by leaersof thoughtacn dicu. -ountr ton tel twaer thpaationcsfor of neffeming an pthe ony thrinfu acet abet thes dellaed, old be olokhd at tphre ofthe tiepere siee el lagthate therartl con ftinuegcetl opn-3 dhae a eafl ofensve uon the wesit moal fron the aing, eoures.cmn in-r to dnrt fom ermany incae thatiis - one Gemine publlie ly bigt repareef t. forile tireedtill loneiting omi - clare to wt heGermannghwilmman (11t haivena thea offcuive conmmlieestf frtthisespbitg.heiotheniningrma di mest 1e rmn aermiin men.liatr th y trae veron indenbur ise ben ral orn'( L1reultndof suhan esve iutl garatei r' ued.s.iLpades fom tockaolit ie d h eitgare thttlesrand hig berconellent tthe esiv the on iem l ing oef ro tmGgermany tomdo,.ut. tr is laii we . spread feen 1lingdfeityr and honralorh Luwhendvcoryit( hoe gat y gum at e succecs.arede oth le m ajoxrty ha th a rbimilta re sito wie c(onineCr Amteofensive lasm that onlyrmanyi bef ube(tableand to akel~ thi'e iweatwrr awnld amnabetolggsionlvssol e sfri (e -wene conftrenioee'g''iti yb Whil nthfre alliedc enunner erize.i isth li4(.at the dGrmoan ofenive( limil ba bigringti' bliw'to willtad they'il( are aonlhlen tat the westernt lie well h1oild, an thatte tolugneptans foire lt(' (n defeatfoe te enracpwes tAimerl4'ea p wi lln hiiae oaffeniv mill a anen confit tnttle westr t line will Add nieriarWllyoni . half a million r e to her'i vast a rimy unde14r Glenerel Hanig, and wli he 14 iren'eh a rmiy is net ainy larger ini numbers a lino it was, it is stronger in guins anil muni tionis, and~ the (ldtrinaiiftion of ierench troops to dlefeat Ge'rmany is strontger if possl le, than it wvas duinig lie long months o)f the V'erduin cattnhaign. RaBth the Engish, ten rench ndu the ____4?wn 1'Pioto Oc stern Newspaper Union te Italians hope to convince tho 'Teu )nly is might. 2-Laborers and sol cked by German shells and heavy fred by the French and brought into American forces occupy splendid po sitions throughout practically the en tire line. They are in nearly all cases on the high ground, and it is these strong defensive positions against which German ' must throw her shock troops in massed battalions. The price these troops will pay for even an attempt to break through will be ter ritie, and in all probability more than the million men von Hindenburg has prophesied. It is not likely that even the iron discipline of the German army will withstand such losses. Possibility of a disagreement be tween the United States and Spain because of the refusal of the latter country to supply certain war mate rials to General Pershing was remov ed by the signing of an economic agree ment, under wliich General Pershing will get mules, army blankets and oth er materials from Spain in return for cotton, oil and other commodities from the United States. Success of these negotiations was welcomed by officials in Washington as ability to buy sup plies in Spain will save ship tonnage and enable General Pershing to build up his reserve stores more rapidly. The United States was able to bring pres sure to bear upon Spain by refusing fuel to Spanish steamers in American ports. The German invasion of Russia mysteriously slowed up and on March first it was reported from London that the forward movement of the Huns had been stopped on orders from Ber lin. At the same time reports from Pctrograd were to the effect that the bolsheviki were preparing to make the best possible defense of that city if it was attacked. On F ebruary 28 it was reported from Petrograd that the allied ambassadors had left the Russian caplItal for Si beria. It is unlikely that they will be able to reach the Pacific coast at Vladivostok ini less than close to three weeks. andi~ the probabilities are that they will be seriously molested by the mobs or armed bandits that are roam ing thle country from the Ural moun talns to beyond Lakhe Blaikal. The bol shevlki have practically no control of any kind beyond~ tile Ural mountains, though it claims to havec suippressed the so-cnlled Siberian republlic. Ev'ery- report receivedl from Austria Iinien ites theat thatt counitry' would willingl'y seek pea(-e on any fairly rea Sonabilei bagis offered by tile alilies, if it were possible for he-r to do so. but she Is so dlominated by German influ enee that it is hardily ~possibile for her to break away. The hohl of Germany Is mtaintainedl thlrotugh the Atustriian uamy w~hakeh hans been very largely Ger mai)nized slice the war b~egan. So it is believedl that Autstria will have to reiima in in her unholy partnter ship dlespite her war- wear-iness. Sihe hits lost 3,500,000~ mien. hter food situ a tiont is idespera te. an11l thIe ftu ire. even if Germaniy could win, is (lark for her, for a greater Germany would onlyv menin a more impotent Autstriia. but she cannot br-eak aw~ny. She tiulst continuie in tihe war tunder paiin of being stampled on by time nation that has her in Its piower-. llThat is how our allies regard the Aust rian itun tion. anad is the ex planation of thiir lukewarmness toward the Ameirlein effort to widen Sthe rift bet weeit ther kaiser a nd Era peror ('ari. TeGerman socIalists have not taken kituly o th Gemangovernment's t tide toward P'resident Wilson's liist peacief miessaige. Duin g tihe dle *bate ini thle relebls5tag on von Hlertling's spot chi Philip1p Schteidemanun, sociali1st, took Ithe emiperor' to task foi- his reply Ito thle etddlress of the btirgoimaster ait I(amnbu rg, it whiieh- t o eimper-or sid: *"We desire to livcelin frLsndshilp with nelghboring peoplesn, butt victory for *time Germtan airms imst first be ree ognizAed." '"T'he Iimlperital chiiancelloc,' fmrankr; Presient Wilson's four priinitpies," said Schedeimatnn. "ThIs declaration is alli thle mlore importatnt wvhen one conmsidiers tha PiiIlresidlent Wilson em Iphnfsiz/edl tht his [princ-iples were ac a'e-lted eve-rywhiere excepit by the Ger Iman millitary anud annexationist party. Well, this pitrty, fortunately, is In this country no longer of deeisive Impor i lne." LIST OF CASUALTIES NO LONGER ISSUED INFORMATION COMMITTEE DIS. CONTINUES PRACTICE ON WAR DEPARTMENT ORDERS REQUESTED BY GENS PERSBING Enemy Able Through This Source to Gain Valuable Inormatlon as to Units In France. Washington.-Issuanco of daily lists of casualties among the American ex peditionary forces was discontinuod by the public information committee as1 the result of an order of the war de partment under which the names of next of kin and the emergency ad dresses of soldiers whose names ap pear on the lists hereafter will be withheld. The official explanation is that the purpose of the order is to keep information of value from the enemy. On being informed of the order the committee took the position that long lists of men killed or wounded would be worthless to the newspaper corre spondents without the addressses and a notice was issued advising the press that in future all information regard ing casualties must be obtained from the war department. At the adjutant generals' office it was stated that the lists would continue to be sent to the committee and would be available there. While the disagreement between the committee and the department probably will be straightened out soon so that the "expurgated" lists may be made available to all who desire them, the purpose of the department' to withhold the addresses apparently is unalterable. Acting Secretary Crowell said the order was issued at ,the urgent recommendation of Gen eral Pershing and that it would be permanent. Both Mr. Crowell and Maj. General Barch, acting chief of staff. declared that the purpose was to close up a channel through which the enemy might obtain valuable information, and both disclaimed any intention of seek ing to conceal heavy casualty reports. "You may say for me." said General March, "that the war department has not and will not hold up a single name for an instant longer than it takes to get it out. PLENTY OF "BRAINLESS" DAYS SAYS SENATOR REED Says We Will Soon Come to Bread Cards if We Leave It to Hoover. Washington.--Strictures on govern ment price-fixing and the activities of the food administration monopolized one day's session of the senate. Led by Senator Reed, of Missouri. Democrat, a group of senators of both parties madle the attack. Charges that a general policy of fixing prices for farm products, not authorized by the food control law, is being instituted, wvere madle by Senators Reed and Bo rah, who said the licensing power of the law was being so used that its actual result is an unauthorized price fixing program. In a four-hour speech teeming wvith bitter c'riticism, Senator Reed also (de nlounced the fuel admainistration, as sorting that Administrator Garfield had not told the truth regarding re sults of the coallniss days' order, which he described as a "lockout" of certain eastern indlustries. Senator Wolcott, Democrat, of Dela ware, said Mr. Hoover had (denied adoption of a farm produce price- -__ fixing plan, disclalming authority, but he and other senators insisted that acts of the food administratino, par ticularly under its wholesale and r'e tail (lealers' licensing power, was hay tag that effect in actual practice. "We would not have had so many meatless days if there had not been so many, many brainless (lays," Sena-[ tor Reed declared. "A few more acts of th~e fod administration, andl we will have bread tickets. I believe the efficiency of the United States has been reduced 20 per cent * * * by ignorant interference with business methods." RETAIL PRICE OF COAL S0 CENTS TON LOWER Washington.-An average reduct ion of 30 cents a ton in the retail price of all anthracite coal sold for' domes tic use between April 1 and Septem ber 1, was announ-edl by the fuel ad ministration. together with regulations governing the'retail dlIstribution of all/ coal for the year beginning the first of next month. The rules are designed particularly to prevent hoarding and insure the filling of all domestic needs for next winter (luring the summer. GEN. PERSHING WILL GET SUPPLIES OUT OF SPAIN Washinigton.-Under the commercial agreement between the United States and Spain, the formal signing of which in Madrid was announced at the state department not only will Gen. Persh ing get the supplies from Spain which he desires for his troops, but a French credit in Spain is arranged and the Spanish government permits free ex port to the allies of pyrites, minerals