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FOOD CONTROL BY "BIG FIVE" PREDICTED IN TRADE REPORT Domination of All Important Foods in United States and International Control of Meat Developing. ILLEGALITY IS CHARGED

"BUMP" HALF SITUATION IN Leader of Koreans in Struggle for Freedom President Home From Six Strenuous Months in Europe Passes Through Applauding Crowds at Hoboken; School Children Shown Cheering Executive WAY ACROSS ATLANTIC ON RETURN TRIP MEXICO FIRST IN ATTENTION OF PRESIDENT

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WASHINGTON. July 11. An ap proaching packer domination of all Important foods In the United States and an International control of meat products with foreign companies veems a certainty unless fundamental action Is taken to prevent it, (the federal trade commission declared" today In part In one of Its reports to President Wilson on the "extent and growth of power of the five packers In meat and other Industries.' "A fair consideration of the course the five packers have followed and the position they have already reached," said the report, "must lead to the conclusion that they threaten the freedom of the market of the country's food Industries and of the by-product Industries linked therewith. The meat packer control of other foods will not require long In developing." Declaring "the history of the packers' growth Is Interwoven with illegal combinations, rebates and with undisclosed control of corporations" the report urged the importance of full publicity of corporate ownership for all Industries. Lack Adequate Law "As to devices for securing control, there does not exist adequate law" the report said. "In its absence unfair competition may run Its course to the goal of monopoly and accomplish th rulu of competitors without the secret ownership being suspected and consequently without complaint to the commission or investigation of facts. The competitor is In jeopardy so long as he has not the knowledge of true ownership and the public is entitled to such knowledge." Alleging that the "big five" packen Swift & Co., Armour & Co.. Wilson & Co., Morris 4 Co., and the Cudahy company Jointly or separately wield controlling Interest in 674 com(.inies, minority interest In 95 others. and undetermined Interest In 93 a tocal of 762 companies and that they produce or deal in some 775 commodities, largely food products, the report gives this picture of growing packer invasion into related and unit.Ktnd indus:ries. "In addition to meat foods, theyi iroduce or deal in such divers commodities as fresh tomatoes and banjo siriitgs, leather and cottonseed oil, breakfast foods, vinfiz, curled hair, pepsin, and washing powders. Their

branch houses are not only stations j Bavaria, for the Sarre basin and Prusfor the distribution of meat and poul- Bia for territory restored to Poland try. but take on the character of may be required. wholesale groctry stores, dealers in it may be said, the newspaper 6ays, various kinds of produce and Jobbers that the new constitution has been to special lines of trade. j only partially accepted when the treaty Dominate Produotton j was ratified, but it adds: "It is im"They have Interests large enough perative to avoid giving German legal to be a dominating influence In most experts a pretext for proclaiming the of the services connected with the!tuimy 0f the treaty." production and distribution of animal

foods and their by-products and are reaching out for control, not only of abstitutes of animal foods but of substitutes for other lines into which the Integration of their business has led ! them. They are factors in cattle-loan j companies, making the necessary loans to growers and feeders of livestock. are interested in railways and private car lines transporting livestock and manufactured animal products; in xuoBt ol ut iiuiiunMi 7" companies the public market for the bulk of food animals, and In live stock

trade papers on which growers andtnQ attitude on the fiEal aue6. feeders rely for market news n f th BUrrender of elther to. "They are interested in banks from f k his eldest 60n which their competitor packing houses , , felt in conference circles generborrow money; in companies supply- u and m Amerlcan quarters partlc ing machinery, ice, salt, materials. ul - Jt J(( understood( that tne Dutch

DOxeB. etc.. io wiemseiv auu men competitors; they are principal dealers on the provision exchanges where future prices in standard cured animal proaucis are aeiernuneu; iney or wie.r Buusiaiary luiupiiniPM ucai jn iuucj, oleo, fertilizer, material and other orude animal by-products, and themselves carry the manufacture to a further stage than most of their competitors. They are important factors In the leather industry, in oleomargarine and lard substitutes, in cottonseed oil. In fe rtilizer, In soaps, in glue, etc. Vast Distributing System "Their vast distributing system, v. ith the advantages arising from the control of private cars, cold storage, and a network of branch houses, has enabled them to extend their activities on a large scale into poultry, eggs, cheese, butter, rice, breakfast foods, canned vegetables, soda fountain supplies, and other lines. "Individuals of the Armour family are owners of grain and elevator companies and J. Ogden Armour is a prominent factor In the American International corporation, with its shipping and shipbuilding interests, its import and export companies In various lines, its interest in a company organized to develop cattle raising, meat packing, quebrache extract and allied business in Paraguay, Its con trol of a large tea importing company an1 a sugar machinery corporation, and its minority stock in the United Fruit company, Some of Swift and company's subsidaries are growing tropical fruits in Hawaii; a subsldary of Wilson and company has reached into the salmon fisheries of Alaska, and a Morris concern cans shrimp taken in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. "In England, France, Italy, Holland, and other European countries, large (Continued on Page Two;

Dr. Don Byung HI. Dr. Don Byung HI Is one of the moat Dowerful men in the orient. He was the first signer of the Korean declaration of Independence. It Is es timated that he has a following of three million people. TRADE WILL BE RESUMED WITH HUNS AT ONCE Dyes, Chemicals and Potash to be Excepted rrom Blan ket Licenses. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, July 11. Trade between the United States and Germany will be resumed Immediately, Acting Secretary Polk of the state depart ment, announced today. Mr. Polk said blanket licenses would be issued, but that dyes, chem icals and potash would be excepted Control of trade In these commodities will be exercised by the reparation committee under the terms of the peace- treaty. A formal announcement regarding resumption of trade ' relations was promised within 48 hours. ' REQUIRE FURTHER ACTION PARIS, July 11. Ratification of the treaty of peace by the German national assembly at Weimar may be held not to be sufficient according to the Petit Parislen. The new German constitution provides that in cases where territory is ceded, the ratification of treaties by states which lose territory is necessary in addition to approval by the Central government. Conseauentlv independent action by H0LD DUTCH REPLY MERITED BY ALLIES (By Associated Press ' PARIS, July 11. Feeling in conferi ence circles today was that the curt rejoinder of Holland to the allies note regarding the former German 6nrin rrfvii vfitrdav. yesterday, rA,v ,llat nhnilt whnt mijeht ,avft been expected in the ci re instances. Representatives of the alli'd and as sociated powers are of the opinion th&t thQ &mei communication implied the assumption of some dereliction on the part of the Dutch government and that Its reply was merited. Weather Forecast For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Fair In south, local thundershowers probably In north portion, tonight and Saturday. Somewhat warmer tonight. Today's Temperature Noon 74 Yesterday Maximum S3 Minimum 58 For Wayne County, by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday, probably becoming unsettled. Continued cool tonight; rising temperature Saturday. General Conditions A general fall in the temperature has occurred east of the Mississippi river, but over the west, extremely warm weather con tinues. It was 100 degrees at the following places; Omaha, Neb., Roseburg, Ore., Spokane, Wash., Winnenamuca, and 104 at the following places: Walla Walla, Wash., Red Bluff, Calif., Frenso, Calif. Ninety degrees was registered at Yellow Stone Park, the highest ever .registered there. The weather is becom ing unsettled over the plain states due to low barometric pressure over southern Canada. There brobably will be scattered rains within the next 36 to 48 hours.

British Dirigible Gets in Touch

With Clifton Station Early This Morning Washington Gets Report. REPORTED NEAR AZORES (By Associated Press) LONDON. July 11. The dirigible R-34, speeding eastward across the Atlantic at 12:10 o'clock Greenwich time today (8:10 a. m. New York time), had reached 46 degrees north latitude and 39 degrees 60 minutes west longitude, apparently 1.500 miles from her starting point. NAVAL 8TATION HEARS WASHINGTON. July 11. The naval wireless station here reported speak ing to the R-34 at 5:08 a. m. today. It failed to get her exact position but indications were that the dirigible was near the Azores. 1,665 MILE8 AWAY NEW YORK, July 11. The R-34 was estimated to be more than half way across the Atlantic at 9 a. m. today although official advices regard ing the dirigible's position were lack ing. At 4 a. m., Greenwich time (midnight New York) when the last me sage was received, the R-34 was 1,260 miles east of here and speeding at 45 knots. If this progress were main tallied, it was calculated the airship at 9 a. m., would be approximately 1,665 miles east of New York. CLIFTON GETS REPORT LONDON, July 11. The British dir igible R-34 was in direct touch by wireless with the Clifton station at o'clock this morning, Greenwich mean time. It gave its position as 43 de grees and 40 minutes north latitude and 46 degrees west longitude, the speed of the craft at that time being 45 knots per hour. ARGO PLANT WILL DROP ALIENS AFTER DEATHS IN STRIKE (By Associated Press) CHICAGO. July 11. F. M. Sayre, superintendent of the corn Products Refining company's plant at Argo, HI declared today that one of the results of the strike, in which there were threee killed and a score seriously wounded, would be the elimination in the future of all non-English speaking employees from the plant. This will mean the dropping of the names of about 700 men and women strikers from the rolls, when the plant reopens. Officials of the company declare that the strike was caused by foreign language I. W. W. agitators, and they desire to prevent a repetition of the troubles. The plant is still under guard of 200 armed deputy Eheriffa and policemen, and quiet prevails throughout the village today. State Committeemen Visit Floor Mill At Eastkaven B. Palking, superiT.toJd-nt of the state penal farm, and M. O. Shelton, secretary of the statu joint purchasing committee, came to Easthaven Thursday to investigate the flour mill recently opened at the Institution. The mill is the first of its kind to be adopted by any institution of the state. It has been in operation six months, and according to Dr. E. S. Smith, superintendent, is very satisfactory. Both of the visitors were favorably impressed by the Easthaven plan. Delay In Sale Of Army Goods Causes Big Loss (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, July 11. General March, chief of staff of the army, told a house sub-committee on war expenditures today, that the war department's declaration of surplus food stocks could have been made in Febru ary instead of May, and that on July 8 the declared surplus of food stuffs amounted to $121,100,000. Chairman Reavis, in questioning the general, contended that delay in de claring the surplus had resulted in great loss to the government, and had deprived the public of foods for which there was great demands. In a statement filed by General March, the surplus of food stuffs was give as follows: Corn beef, $24,000,000; bacon, $23.600,000; roast beef, $20,500,000; fresh frozen beef and poultry, $20,000,000; corn beef hash, $10,000,000; canned vegetables $23,000,000. Wool Market Shows Stronger Tendency (By Associated Press) BOSTON, July 11 The Commercial Bulletin tomorrow will say: The market for wool continues fairly active with prices showing a constantly stronger tendency, although there has been no material depreciation during the past week. In the west, however. prices are slightly higher and the clip is rapidly moving into consuming channels. The demand for goods apparently is continuing without abatement, but the mills are reculctant to commit them selves flutter.

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Views of President Wilson on arrival in New York from France. Above Is shown presidential machine passing through lines of thousands of school children and grownups at Hoboken. Mrs. Wilson is with the president. In front of them, left to right, are Governor Smith of New York and Mayor Hylan of New York City. Picture shows how closely Wilson was guarded by police and secret service men. Below is closeup of President and Mrs. Wilson riding up Fifth Avenue. President Wilson, back from Franr tore tne senate body and the foreign weaiy anu tne league or nations covenant. rectly to the people regarding the new

tions at the capital and on his trip concerning the general conduct of governmental affairs during the war.

Carranza Officer Steals $60,000 From Government (By Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO. July 11. Theft of (60.000 from the Mexican govern ment is cnarged against a man in custody here today as Carlos C. Garcia, Lieutenant Colonel in President Carranza's army. The arrest, was made following a deposit of 928,000 by the man in a locsi bank, aod search of -hia lodgings resulted in the finding of $6,640 in American gold. Police assert that Garcia, an ofQcer in the Mexican transportation corps, was sent to Nogales, June 30, to get $60,000 from the customs house. U. S. ARMY SUPPLIES STOLEN BY GERMANS (By Associated Press) COBLENZ, Thursday, July 10. A plot involving wholesale thefts of food, automobile tires and other troops' supplies for shipment to Germany has been uncovered by army officers here, it was learned today when several Germans who are alleged to have had a hand in the plans were arrested. Three cars of American bacon and three cars of tires and tubes, which were billed through to unoccupied Germany as empties were returned to Coblenz today from the edge of the Bridgehead. Officers say that shipments under various pretexts have been going on for weeks and possibly months and they estimate the loss to the army at several million mark3. DR. SMITH FAVORS INDIVIDUAL FUNDS FOR INSTITUTIONS In relieving the state Institutions, which are all suffering from limited finances, each 6hould have Its individual maintenance appropriation in creased according to its needs, according to Dr. E. S. Smith, superintendent of the Eastern Indiana Hospital for Insane, who disapproves of the plan suggested by Governor Goodrich to incn-ease the emergency fund. One of the two plans under consideration will be laid before the special Besslon of the legislature, in an effort to obtain more money for the maintenance of the institution, according to Indianapolis advices. "I feel that the responsibility of the appropriations should be left at the door of each institution," 6aid Dr. Smith Friday. State officials are at work to ascertain what each Institution will probably need. Dr. Smith estimates that Easthaven, which is an average sized institution, will need an increase of from 40,000 to ?4o,uoo a year. Governor Goodrich obtained emergency funds to help the institutions when prices were fluctuating and there was no certainty what each would need, said Dr. Smith. Now, however, the governor is inclined to believe that prices have reached a new high and permanent level, and that the individual appropriations to the institutions may be increased. PREBLE FARM SELLS FOR $322 PER ACRE Sale of a 93-acre farm, less than two miles north of Eaton, for $30,000, or a trifle over $322 an acre, sets a record price for real estate in Preble county. The farm has been sold by Charles Michael to William Meeks. The farm is equipped with modern buildings and is raid to be in a state of high cultivation. r

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UNDERBILL GIVEN 2 TO 14 YEARS; ASKS JEW TRIAL Richmond Man Convicted of Assault With Intent Jury Out 1 6 Hours. LIBERTY, July 11. Alfred C. Underhill, of Richmond, was convicted of assault and battery with Intent to commit a felony, by a jury in the Union county circuit court here Fri day. This carries a sentence of 2 to 14 years in the state penitentiary. The Jury deliberated sixteen hours before returning a verdict, going out at 6 o'clock, Thursday, and return ing to the court house room at 10 o'clock this morning. The jury was unanimous for conviction on the first J ballot, it Is said, but several members of the Jury were not in favor of a 21 year sentence, which would have been necessary, had they found him guilty of the original indictment of criminal assault, as alleged. Underbill was indicted by the Wayne county grand Jury last April for criminal assault on a feeble minded girl, whose family at the time lived on the Underhill farm, east of Richmond. The case was brought here from Wayne county, on a change of venue. Attracts Large Crowd The trial, which began last Monday, attracted a large crowd, and the court house was filled every day. Underhill was defended by George Pigman. of Liberty, assisted by John Robbins and Henry Spaan, of Indianapolis. Gath Freeman, prosecuting attorney of Wayne county, assisted by Frank Strayer and Wilfred Jessup, of Richmond, conducted the case for the state. Pending a motion for a new trial, which Underbill's attorneys said he intended to file, Judge Springer placed Underbill's bond at $2,500, and he was held by the Union county sheriff, pending the covering of the bond. This was Underbill's nfaety-seventh trial, according to attorneys for the state. Shipping Board Vessels Are Affected By Strike (By Associated Press PHILADELPHIA, July 11. Thirtyfour ships of the United States shipping board's fleet and privately owned vessels, flying the American flag now at this port loading or discharging cargoes, are affected by the strike of union firemen, oilers, water tenders and coal passers. The strike was called Wednesday. The strikers claim two shipping firms have accepted the union terms. Final Examination Of City's Babes Held The final examination of Richmond babies was held in the social service rooms of e court house Friday afternoon under the direction of Miss Ethel Clark and Miss Gladys Hartman of the social service. A number of mothers took advantage of the last examination day. FRENCH ACE IS KILLED, (By Associated Press) PARIS, July 11. Lieutenant Jean Navarre, one of the leading French aces, fell yesterday in an airplane near Versailles, and died soon after wards.

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Four Thousand Sailors Will Be Rushed To Sea (By Associated Press) GREAT LAKES, 111.. July 11 Preparations were begun today at the Naval training station here to dis patch four thousand sailors to sea within the next few days. The order of the bureau of naviga tion was received yesterday; aiwr the first contingent will be started for the Atlantic coast tonight. It was said that demobilization of reserves had thinned the ranks on the war ships of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets and that the order was made "rush to meet the urgent need for man power. Rear Admiral Victor Blue, chief of the bureau of navagation who under treatment at the Naval hospital at the training station here, said that the order sending four thousand men of the station to sea would dlsor ganize training at the station for per haps a year. CITY RESPONDS TO CLEAN-UP ORDER Citizens of Richmond are already responding to the mandate of the city street cleaning department, board of works and city council, for a general cleanup of Richmond, according to the reports that have come from the civil engineer's office, where many complaints are registered. Persons are calling to ask how they can get trash, rubbish and brush moved from their premises. The garbage collector Is being kept busy. Alleys are nearer. A fresh warning was Issued Friday by the board to persons who did not have lids on their trash boxes and garbage receptacles and who allow large piles of non-combustibles, broken crockery, tin cans, etc., to collect in the alley. Cards are being printed in the engineer's office and will be distributed along Main street, other parts of the city and in the alleys, reminding the people of the city trash ordinance. The board of works will make an inspection tour of the city within the next week. Company "K" Will Go On Experience Hike Tomorrow Company K, the local company of state militia, will go to Starr park at Boston Saturday night and Sunday to give the men experience in guard duty at night and field work. The company will ride to Boston, the first detachment leaving the armory at 7:00 and the remainder, those who work Saturday evening, at 10:30. It is not known when the company will be disbanded since the enlistment papers read "for one year after the close of the war," and local militiamen do not know whether this means the signing of the treaty by Germany or the acceptance of it by America. Wayman Adams, With Wife, Calls On Friends In City Wayman Adams, who with Robert Grafton, both prominent artists, will exhibit in the jiublie art gallery here in October, was in Richmond Thursday en route to New Orleans. Mr. Adams, who was recently married, was accompanied by Mrs. Adams. They are motoring through from New York city where Mr. Adams now has a studio. He and Mrs. Adams spent the day with Mra. M. F. Johnston. While Mr. Adams made arrangements for his exhibit in October and called upon John Elwood Bundy. and Mrs. Maude Kauffman Eggemeyer.

Wilson Holds Conference

With Acting Secretary Polk Over Attitude to be Taken Toward Mexico. PLAN AN AGT1VE STAND (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. July 11. President Wilson made an unexpected call on Acting Secretary Polk today at the state department. The president carried with him a number of papers and it was understood that the Mexican question was among the first he wish ed to consider. The president remained In earnest conversation with Mr. Polk for more than an hour. The undersecretary of state is to go to Paris to succeed Secretary Lansing on the American peace delegation and it was said that the president had acquainted him with the situation there. After leaving Mr. Polk's office, the president walked down the corridor to the office of Secretary Daniels, where he went into conference with the head of the navy department. Many employes in the state, war and navy building who were out for lunch, applauded the president. TO STABILIZE CONDITIONS PARIS, July 11. Dispatches from Washington printed in Paris this morning Indicate that the United States government was about to interest itself more actively in the stabilization of conditions in Mexico attracted much interest on all sides in peace conference quarters. Officially little was 6aid for publication but the sentiment among the representatives of European nations was apparently one of gratification that the prospects seemed better for Improvement in the Mexican situation, tempararily thrust into the background by the war and the peace negotiations, but not wholly lost sight of in Europe nevertheless. COURTS MARTIAL ARE UNDER REVIEW (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. July 11. A clemency board consisting of Secretary Daniels, Rear Admiral George R. Clark, Judge Advocate General and Commander Frank B. Freyer, Assistant Judge Advocate General, now is engaged in reviewing court martial sentences Imposed during the war. Many punishments involving prison ttrms or fines are being mitigated or set aside by the reviewing board. The board found in many cases that punishment, while well deserved in time of war, might be regarded as too severe now that hostilities have ceased. Secretary Daniels announced that rot a man was executed as the result of naval courtmartial during the war. In several cases he said, courts martial recommended the death penalty, but in each the reviewing board commuted the sentence to life imprisonment. APOPLECTIC STROKE RESULTS IN DEATH Charles I. Ruble, 46 years old, died at his home, 217 North Twentieth street, Thursday evening at 8:30 o'clock, following a stroke of apoplexy which he suffered while in his automobile on North D street, Thursday evening. He had been in poor health since December, but was In a normal condition Thursday, the stroke happening suddenly. He was an engineer on the Richmond division of the Pennsylvania. Mr. Ruble was a member of the order of Masons, Logansport, and a member of the Brotherhood of Railway engineers. Surviving relatives are the widow. Ida Ruble, one son Harold, one daughter Mildred, one brother Cleo Ruble, and one sister. May Ruble. Funeral services will be held from the residence and burial will be in Earlham. The time of the funeral will be announced later. Friends may call Saturday afternoon and evening. Gompers To Attend World Labor Meet (Bv Associated Press) NEW YORK. July 11. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, was among the passengers today on board the Mauretania. He will represent the American labor organizations at an Interna tional congress of the trade unions at Amsterdam. Holland. The congress la a revival of similar meetings held before the war, with headquarters In Berlin. Other delegates are Daniel J. ToMn. treasurer of the American Federation of Labor, and J. J. Hynes, president of the Amalgamated Sheet Metal workers' International alliance. The congress will be in session from one to two weeks, after which Mr. Oompers probably will make another tour of the labor centres In France and England. THREE TROOP SHIPS DOCK NEW YORK, July 11. The ransports Valacia, Saxonia and Tolca, all from Brest, arived today with 221 officers and 3,345 men.