Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 253, 6 August 1919 — Page 1

RICHMOND PAIXAB VOL. XLIV.NO. 253 i,dB1uTT5a.U8m"i1?n5oUdat,1 RICHMOND, IND., WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6, 1919 SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS CONGRESS TO HEAR WILSON EXCESS PROFIT CAUSE OF HIGH COST OF SHOES

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UNION CHIEFS SPEAK BEFORE cor.ir.nnEE to SUPPORT RILL Stone and Frank Morrison Declare Labor Has Faith in Sims Bill to Change Rail

Poland Has Own Battalion of Death; Women Take Part In Terrific Battles and Hardships of Ukrainian War House Investigator to Gather Data in Europe

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ON LAWS FOR H.CJL. WAR President Will Give Address on Friday on Needed Legislation to Combat High Living Costs.

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TO TRACK PROFITEERS (By Associated Press) BULLETIN

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. All dtttrlct attorneys In the United State were ordered today by Attorney-Gen eral Palmer to proceed immediately in the proBecutlon of all persons guilty of hoarding food stuffs and to libel the food stuffs for condemnation. "This is the most important business before the country today," Mr. Palmer said in announcing his action. "I propose to have the law enforcement machinery of the government Bide track everything to this Job." Anti trust suits against the five big meat packers will be Instituted immediately by the department of Justice. WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. President Wilson will address congress in person Friday to make recommendations for legislation designed to aid in reducing the cost of living. This was learned today at the White House. Agents of the Department of Justice throughout the country today already were at work to carry out the order of the attorney-general issued late yesterday that profiteers and hoarders of food and other necessities be tracked down and prosecuted under the Lever food control act. Recommendations for additional legislation necessary .to effect a reduction in the cost of living, formulated by the special sub-committee of the cabinet, were In President Wilson's hands and he was expected to make these recommendations the subject of an early message to congress. Their nature has not been disclosed. That one of the president's recommendations will be "more teeth" to make existing laws effective, to adequately cope with profiteering 1b the general belief of officials In the absence of definite information from the white house. The president, it was suggested also might ask congress for a modified licensing system under which margins of profit could be controlled so as to bring an immediate reduction In prices. Justice Agents Busy. The country today faced the definite promise of some cut in bread prices following the announcement yesterday by Director Julius H. Barnes of the grain corporation that an immediate effort would be made to place on eale In every community where prices are found improperly high standard export flour at $10 a barrel. The ruling price during the last four months he said, has been at least a dollar above that figure. The announcement was made at the same time, however, that the grain corporation had decided to maintain the government's guarantee on wheat at $2.26 a bushel. The prospective world wheat 6upply, Mr. Barnes said, dictated this action as a "reserve protection against a higher price later." HOARDING PROBE . IS MADE HERE Evidence of sugar hoarding on the part of a local wholesale grocer has been brought to the attention of Prosecuting Attorney Gath Freeman, and he has announced that a thorough investigation of the charges made against the grocer will be made, in an effort to prevent any food profiteering that might be going on in Richmond. According to the story, a local wholesale house refused to sell sugar in any quantity to a retail grocer, shortly after a shipment of five cars of sugar had been received. Several witnesses have already been interrogated by the prosecutor, and every effort will be made to sift the matter to the bottom. Weather Forecast For Indiana, by United States Weather Bureau Showers and thunderstorms probably tonight and Thursday. Cooler in north portion today. Today's Temperature Noon 93 Yesterday Maximum 93 Minimum 61 For Wayne County by W. E. Moor Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Occasional showers and thunderstorms. Conditions favorable for cooler weather tonight. General Conditions Weather continues unsettled and warm from the lukes southward with showers and thunderstorms in many places over the Mississippi Valley due to low barometric pressure east of the Rocky Mountains and west of the Appalachian mountains. Weather will be cooler tonight over the Great Lakes and the cool wave may be felt in parts of Indiana tonight.

Commanders of Polish women's battalion, In foreground, and some of the female soldiers. Russia is not the only country that can boast of having had a women's Battalion of Death. A similar body of women, commanded by female officers, has been organized in Poland. This battalion recently took part in a terrific battle with Ukrainian forces at Lemberg, in which they lost many of their number.

MEX CONGRESS WILL CONSIDER OIL LAWS SOON To Base Consideration on Carranza's Message Ameri cans Ask Damages. (By Associated Press) MEXICO CITY. Aug. 6. Oil legislation win be taken up about the middle of this month by the extraordinary session of the Mexican congress, which will base its consideration of the subject on the message sent to congress last November by President Carranza, according . to , a., statement made today to the Associated Press by Leon Salinas, acting head of the Oil bureau of that department. Senor Salinas declared that, in so far as his department was concerned, the question of new oil legislation was closed, saying that the department is issuing provision permits for oil Interests to sink wells and had turned the whole question over to congress for final disposition. Discussing the reports that Japanese interests are securing oil lands on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Mexico Senor Salinas declared his department had no official record of such transactions and that Japanese oil men had made no inquiries at the department. He admitted, however, that it would be possible for them to secure holdings from private individuals and that his department would not be advised as to these deals. Since most of the oil teritory along thfc Atlantic coast is held by American, British or other interests. Senor Salinas said it semed hardly probable that any newcomers could acquire important holding by purchasing small tracts from Mexicans. Investigate Claims. Louis Cabrera, secretary of the treasury, stated today that should the American Btate department present claims of Americans for damages suffered during the revolution, they would be placed in the hands of a commission for investigation, according to newspapers here. Senor Cabrera's statement was made in connection with a discussion of special dispatches received here, saying that the American state depart ment would present claims against the Mexican government for about 27,000,000 pesos. MEXICO CITY. Aug. 6. Unofficial reports received here today stated that Ouillermo Mainusiro, a rebel leader whoh as been carrying on an insurrection in the state of Oaxace for more than five years, had surrendered witlrseven of his principal lieutenants. It was reported that he had surrendered to forces under General Pablo Gonzales, but there has been no confirmation of the rumor. PENNSY OFFICIALS EXPECTING STRIKE AT ANY MOMENT A high official of the Pennsylvania, Richmond division, said Wednesday afternoon that he was looking for a strike order to stop the trains running on the division at any time. The official said hat while there had been no break in train service yet, but that he expected the service to become crippled. When asked about the latest developments, he said there had been several "complications," but would not commit himself further. Profiteer Regulation Bureaus In Germany BERLIN, Aug. 6. "Profiteer regulation bureaus" are to be established throughout Prussia, according to a plan of the Prussian state commissioner of food in an attempt to regulate illicit trade, a task which the so-called price examination boards have been unable to accomplish.

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Hungarians To Hold To Laws Of Karolyi (By Associated Press) COPENHAGN, Tuesday, Aug. 5. The new Hungarian government according to Budapest despatches received here today Is determined to maintain unaltered the suffrage law Introduced by the Karolyn government and to call elections immediately for the constitutent assembly which would determine to what degree landed property should be socialized. Lieut. Col. Romanelli. chief of the Italian mission, who is acting here as the representative of the allies, in addition to demanding a reduction of the Hungarian army has also demanded that the civil population surrender all arms and ammunition. HENRY'S CHARGE"CLUMSY" STATES GERMAN PRESS (By Associated Press) BERLIN, Tuesday, Aug. ' 5. Commenting on the letter written recently by Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of former Emperor William to King George, in which he asked the British monarch "in the name of justice and in his own interests" to desist in demanding the extradition and trial of the former emperor and declaring that the truth about the war mlkht be had from allied statesmen, the Tageblatt says It is an exhibition of unsurpassable clumsiness. The Vorwaerts remarks that Henry's charge that the principal guilt for the war may be attributed to Great Britain is without a jet of evidence. This newspaper, which is the socialist organ, terms, Henry a danger to the German people." Die Frieheit considers it a disgrace that a action of the Hohenzollerna at this time has the impudence to use such language, but the conservative Tages Zeitung says the letter "with refreshing clearness pointed out British guilt." RUMANIAN KING AT HEAD OF SOLDIERS (By Associated Press) PARIS, Aug. 6. The Intransigeant's Geneva correspondent says that according to a Bucharest dispatch King Ferdinand of Rumania is with his army in Hungary. BUDAPEST, Aug. 6. Rumanian military authorities have requisitioned all automobiles here, including those of the Hungarian ministers. General Holban of the Rumanian army has been appointed commander of the city and has ordered that the Red Guard police be disarmed. Tram cars are stopped at eight o'clock In the evening. A few workmen who were unable to return home at night have been shot while attempting to pass a Rumanian patrol. A French regiment is arriving here today. There is a food shortage due to the necessity of feeding Rumanian soldiers quartered here. COPENHAGEN, Aug. 6 A dispatch from Budapest says that a weak force from the Czecho-Slovak army crossed the line of demarkation Monday and is marching toward Budapest. Council To Send Allied Commission To Budapest (By Associated Press) PARIS, Aug. 6. The supreme coun cil devoted most of its time today to a discussion of the Hungarian situa tion. Instructions were framed for the inter-allied military mission in Budapest, which is ordered to effect a withdrawal of the Rumanians from the Hungarian capital as soon as the Hungarian Red Cross is disarmed. After hearing Herbert Hoover on the coal situation the council decided to create a coal importation committee for Europe.

RAIL STRIKE WOULD CAUSE LARGE LOSS TO FARMERS-MACEY Tremendous inconvenience and much loss are seen to the farmers If a general railroad strike Is called, by Harry Macey, head of the Wayne county farmer's federation. Such a strike would be hardly short of a disaster, he said. Farmers, unprepared to hold grain, are already facing large losses through having to hold it up in buildings and bins not prepared for the purpose, says Macey, becauses of strikes and car shortage, and the flow of fertilizer to the farm, which almost entirely occurs in August, would be cut off entirely, Macey says. v-whot-jWutM Rapidly-" No farmer wants to hold wheat as a speculation, says Macey, and many farmerB have already brought their grain to the elevators only to find them closed. Wheat, even in tight bins, which very few Wayne farmers, unaccustomed to holding the crop, have, depreciates and wastes rapidly, he says, and with poor storing facilities, the loss through leakage, mice and weavils may be very large In a short time. August is the month when almost all fertilizer is taken to the farm, says Macey, and in a tie-up on the railroads, with the fertilizer not in, would rest.lt in the farmers being very late with this part of their work, and a consequent loss and delay next year. The situation from a livestock point of view is not so serious, Macey says. The farm truck can be used to take stock to points as far away as Indianapolis, Dayton or Cincinnati, so that the railroads are not absolutely needed for this work.

HENRY HOOVER, SON OF PIONEER, DEAD Henry Irln Hoover, 55 years old, died at his home in Spring Grove, Wednesday morning at 5 o'clock, of diphtheria, which he contracted about a week ago. He was born in the house in which he died, January 15, 1S64, and lived there his entire life. Mr. Hoover was the son of David Hoover, a well known Wayne county pioneer, and the grandson of David Hoover, the first settler of Wayne county. He had always been a farmer, at one time being a truck garden er. For three years he operated a dairy. Surviving relatives are three daugh ters, Mrs. Harry Gallagher, of India napolis, Mrs. Roy Kirkman and Ethel Hoover, one son, David Hoover, and two brothers, Andrew Hoover of Richmond and Simon Hoover of Ok lahoma. Funeral arrangements have not been made. PLAN FOR TRIAL OF WILHELM UNCHANGED (By Associated Press) LONDON, Aug. 6 The allies have not altered their decision to hold the trial of the' former German emperor in London, Andrew Bonar Law, gov ernment leader, announced in the House of Commons today. He said no action in the matter could be taken until the German peace treaty is ratified. POLICE DISPERSE BOLSHEVIK RIOTERS (By Associated lress TRIESTE, Aug. 6. A group of Bolshevik! appeared here today on the streets and attempted to start rioting. The disturbers, however, were dispersed by the police with the assistance of the population. As the result of the demonstration 700 arrests were made.

Packers Begin Pyramiding of Prices, Claim All Take "Unusual Margin. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Aug. 6. The high price of shoes was declared to be due to excessive profits taken by every factor in the shoe production Industry in a report by the Federal Trade

commission to Congress made pub lic today. The packers were changed with having begun the pyramiding of shoe prices by an unwarranted increase in the price of hides the supply which they were said to control. On top of this increase it was charged the tanners have taken "exceptional profits," demanded an "unusual margin" and while the shoe manufacturers have the retailers have charged prices that are "not Justifiable." The commission's report covering the four year period from 1914 to 1918, Is the result of an exhaustive inquiry into the price of bides, leather and shoes begun more than a year ago, It was said. It has been in the president's hands for some time and it is understood that he urged its speedy printing and transmittal to Congress in connection with efforts of the government to combat the high cost of living. Packers Jump Prices To show that the packers during the last four years have made un warranted increases in the price of "packer" hides, the report pointed out that the price differential between their hides and "country" hides hides of a lower grade has increased "far beyond the usual proportion." Charges of excessive profits against the tanner and the shoe manufacturer were sajd to be supported by "the high rates of return on investments" in both industries following the price increases. "The public," said the report, "hi to pay prices for shoes that not only could not be justified because retail shoe dealers took too much profits, but because the dealer had to pass on to the consumer the excessive profits received by butchers for hides and also the excess pronits of tanners and shoe manufacturers." PACIFIC FLEET ANCHORS TODAY OFF WEST COAST (By Associated Press) ON BOARD THE U. S. S. NEW MEXICO, Aug. 6. The Pacific fleet is fast nearing San Diego being off Rosario bay. The dreadnoughts were to anchor this morning off Los Coronados islands where the various elements of the fleet including six dread noughts, twenty-two destroyers with the destroyer flagship Birmingham, the battleships Vermont and Georgia, the cruiser Montana and the tender Prairie will rendezvous for their entrance into San Diego bay Thursday. During all of today the fleet will re main at Los Coronades to paint and clean ship preparatory to the review in which Admiral Hugh Rodman plans to have the fleet leave Los Coronados, early Thursday morning in line formation passing in review before Secretary of the Navy Daniels, who will be stationed on the cruiser Montana, which will be anchored off Coronados beach. The fleet then will enter San Diego harbor, after which the dreadnoughts will anchor off the beach and the destroyers and other craft in the bay. Three seaplanes from San Diego met the fleet 200 miles south of Los Coronados in mid-afternoon. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels arrived here shortly after midnight and left a few hours later for San Diego, where he will review the Pacific fleet to morrow. "I am happy to be in California again," said Mr. Daniels, "happy to be here to greet half of the new Pacific fleet in its permanent home." Germans Act To Halt Smuggling Of Luxuries (By Associated Press) BERLIN, Tuesday, Aug. 5. The government has taken measures to tighten control of the frontier so that the mass of foreign articles of luxury being smuggled into Germany by the carload and driving German values lower may be halted. French and English merchants especially have stored chocolate, cigarettes and soap in occupied territory and are now shipping it through their own lines nightly on freight cars. The charge is made that the cars are manipulated over the border through connivance of the occupational authorities. English Delay Naming Of Ambassador To U. S, (By Associated Press) LONDON, Tuesday, Aug. 5.-Delay in the appointment of a British Ambassador to the United States was the subject of a question in the House of Commons today. Andrew Bonar Law, the government spokesman, answering said the government felt that at this time nothing could be more important for the future relationship- of the whole world than to get the best man possible for the post. Mr. Bonar Law said that the post had been offered to a man whose acceptance would be worth this delay. He hoped to announce the appointment soon.

Henry D. Flood. As a member of a house investigating committee Henry D. Flood of Virginia will sail for Europe within a few days. He will travel extensively in France and Italy gathering data as to conditions in those two countries. He will be gone about six weeks.

0. S. PLAN FOR NATION LEAGUE NOT PRESENTED Lansing Says American Draft Was Not Pressesd at Versailles by Wilson. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. Secretary Lansing told the senate foreign relations committee today that the American plan for a league of nations was "not pressed" at Versailles and never was presented to the full peace conference. The secretary apeparing at a public hearing of the committee said, he did not know whether a copy of the American draft was still in existence. He presumed, he said, that the league was made by President Wilson and added that a copy might still be in the president's possession. Treaty Was Unknown Discussing the Shantung provision of the treaty. Secretary Lansing said the Lansing-Ishil agreement made to obtain reaffirmation by Japan of the open door policy in China was entered into by the American government without knowledge of the secret treaty between Japan and the allies for a transfer of German concessions in Shantung to Japan. Mr. Lansing said that it was true President Wilson had cabled to the peace commission requesting that the confidential minutes of the proceedings of the commission of the League of Nations be not furnished to tha French senate. NAME CONTEST FOR LOCAL LEGION WILL CLOSE D6DST 18 All names for the Wayne county legion of world war veterans must be submitted to the Legion Editor of the Palladium before midnight August 18, in order to be considered for the $50 prize of furniture to be given for the winning name by Will Romey. Send your suggestions, together with an article of not more than 100 words giving your Teasons, if you wish, before August 18. The winning names will be selected by the full membership of the local legion at a fall meting. "Camp Comstock" has been suggested as a name for the Wayne county organization of the American legion by Verlon T. Ballinger, 213 Richmond avenue. Ballinger suggests that this name be given the chapter in honor of a family of war veterans, Judge Daniel Comstock, now deceased, who fought in the civil war, and his son. Major Paul Comstock, who made a brilliant record in the World war. Mrs. J. H. Rolling. 432 Main street, suggests "Wayne Victory Legion." Earl E. Stitson, 425 Richmond avenue, says: "After seing so many suggestions that do not meet my approval, I suggest G. A. R. Junior. I do not 6ee any difference between the principles for which the world war men and the G. A, R. veterans foughtOne fought on foreign soil and the other at home." Radio Electrician Is Killed In Plane Fall SAN DIEGO, Calif., Aug. 6. Re turning from a flight to the Pacific fleet, a seaplane piloted by Lieut. O. P. Kilmer of the North Island Naval Air Station fell in San Diego harbor last night. S. E. Devere, radio electrician, was killed. Lieutenant Kilmer and Willis C. Baker a newspaper photo grapher who had taken pictures of the fleet, escaped with slight injuries

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J jmm' ft i. STRIKES SPREADING BULLETIN. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, August 6. Representatives of 14 different railroad unions now have joined in a communication to Director General Hines asking immediate increases In wags. So far as known this is the first instance on record In which all the railroad unions representing 2,000,000 employes have acted as a unit. Mr. Hlnes Eaid today he had not had time to analyze the communication but it seemed a formal presentation of wago demands already made public WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. Some sharp views of leaders of organized labor on economic problems were developed at the opening of hearings todaybefore the house interstate commerce committee on labor's plan for the reorganization of the railroads. Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers said labor might advocate a firing squad for profiteers and declared that unless congress found a solution of the high cost of living problem, within a few months, America would see its very worst period." "The people are not going to starve," said he. "They are going to die fighting." He added that the time would come when all prices would be fixed by the government. Labor now demands that America become the home of industrial freedom as it has become a land of political freedom, said Warren S. Stone. Declaring that American democracy was controlled by an autocracy In industry, Mr. Stone argued that there could be no solution and no lowering of the cost of living as long as consumers had to pay extortionate profits on their own earnings In purchasing the necessaries of life. Labor's belief in the Sims bill, embodying the railroad employes plan for the solution of the railroad problem was declared by Mr. Stone to be profound. In this plan he said, the workers raised the banner of democracy in control of industry and advanced to a new crusade with the faith of the pilgrims." Supported by Labor "At the request of these organizations (the railroad brotherhoods) the 61ms bill is now before you" said Mr. Stone. "I speak as the voice of these two million men, delegated by them to announce to this committee and to the people of this country that they are supporting this measure with all the strength and all the unity of purpose that can move so large a body of citizens. "Joined with us. and represented by Mr. Morrison Is the American Federation of Labor, adding three million and a half men to that body of railway employes who instituted this movement. "In the Industrial development of this country great organizations of capital first appeared as employers. Individual workers, following the example set by capital, organized aa employes. Their purpose was to secure beter working conditions and a larger measure of return for their labors. The full force of capitalistic organizations has been set against labor to hold and to keep all the profits of industries. The strength of the labor unions has been exerted to wrest from capital some share of the profits for the wage earners. "This has been a perpetual struggle by the workers to maintain a tolerable standard of existence; on the part of capital to amass greater profits. At times both sides could ignore the needs of the public. But now the very growth of the labor organizations has brought into their ranks a great mass of the consumers. The large number of the wage earners now constitute a large percentage of the people. The extension qf industry has changed the nature of the previous struggle. Wages Determine Costs. 'Tor whatever the worker receives In wages he must spend for the neces saries of life. In addition, he is always compelled to pay the employer an excessive profit on its own wages. The cost of his living is determined by the sum he earns plus the profit he is charged on his own labor. And as a group, labor is forever prevented from bettering its lot because of the profits exacted by the employer. The hope of a finer life is never realized. So long as consumers are forced to pay extortionate profits on their own earnings to a third interest there Is no s6lutlon of the industrial problem. "We find that this third Interest absolutely controls and dominates the management of industry. It fixes wages and controls working conditions. It fixes the prices of commodities without regard to the needs of society or the necessities of producers and comsumers. We have a democratic form of government but an autocratic control of industry. Live by Industry "We exist under government but by Industry we live. Under such a system the majority of a democracy can through their government enjoy only such rights and privileges as an autocracy in Industry permits them to receive. This country was peopled by a race who sought within its boundaries religious freedom. It was' established by their descendants through (Continued on Page Eleven). .