Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 258, 12 August 1919 — Page 12
PAGE TWELVE
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1919.
SERIOUS UNREST
iriPFfjniNR rays
III kllMIHUJ VII I V A. B. GARRETSON
Energies of Labor Leader Devoted to Sitting on Lid, He Tells Committee.
Washington; Aug. 12. Ninetenth of the energies of labor leaden are given to the Job of sitting on the lid, Austin Bv Garretson, former head of the Order of Railway Contractors, testified before the House Interstate commerce committee, which Is seeking to solve the problem of how best to handle the railroads after the wartime period of Federal control. Sporadio strikes throughout the country, Oarretson said with great arneetness, merely are straws which
ishow how the wind Is blowing over a
sea of Industrial unrest. Rumblings theard fn many quarters do not mean, lie said, that laboring people want to overthrow the government, but indicate a demand that he government
functions. It Is Largely In the power of Congress, the witness said, to allay
the feeling.
"But it can not be done by Inaction," he shouted. "Somehow the American
people are not prone always to do today what may be done tomorrow, unless an emergency forces us to act,
end then wo break all records. Not a Orramer of Dreams.
Describing himself as a man who
11 ad been harried by the press from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, Garrets on .told the committee he had traveled a (long way to speak In behalf of the
Plumb plan, which would give labor a voice In the management of railroads the people would own. But he ild not regard the Plumb plan, he
eald, as more than one factor In still
Jng the spirit of present-day unrest, nor did he think it would change
Ihuman nature or other things than can be eliminated. "I am not a dreamer of dreams," he ,told the committee, which gave unrtisual attention to his testimony, for ,1:1s appearance on the stand put a new breath of life In the railroad hearing, now approaching its second month. The usual method of dealing with witnesses was abandoned, largeay at Garreteon's request. He had no statement In written form; when he tarted to speak, as he expressed it, lie did not know where he would stop, and for two hours he was subjected to a rapid cross-fire of questions from a dozen members, and for each of which he had a quick reply. Opposes Federal Management. Nationalization of railroads la only one of the many questions entering into the high cost of living, Mr. Garretson testified. He contended that the government had no right to demand or permit a profit on transportation. "Prior to 1912 you believed In private ownership of railroads," Chairman Esch interrupted. "A wise man changes his opinion," the witness replied, "but a fool never."
Three Hundred Actors
Are Sued For Damages NEW YORK, Aug. 12. Suits for
$500,000 for damages allaged to have resulted from the strike called by the Actors' Equity Association were filed by the Winter Garden company (the
Shuberts) In the United States Dis
trict Court here late Monday against nearly 300 of the country's most pro
minent stage and screen stars.
The complaint, which charges the
actors with conspiracy, follows the
general line of the famous Danbury
hatters case, in which the hatters.
members of a labor union, were sued
sucessfully for $220,000 and many of the workmen lost their homes through attachments to satisfy the Judgments. Among actors named as defendants werec Sam Bernard, Eddie Foy, Francis X. Bushman. Richard Carle,
Dougies Fairbanks. William Courte-
nay, William 8. Hart, Laurette Tay
lor, J. Forbes Robertson. Crril Maude.
Robert Edesoa, Blanche Ring, Wil
liam Farnum, Dustin Farnum. Elsie
Ferguson. Trlxle Frigansa, DeWolf Hopper, Wilton Lackaye, Frank McIntyre, Andrew Mack, J. Hartley Manners, Robert Hantell, Alia Nasimova, Guy Bates Post, Tyrone Power, Julius Tannen, Fred Stone, Otis Skinner, Julia Sanderson, Julian Eltlnge, Leo Dltrlchstein and William B. Mack.
BRIDE-TO-BE COMES FROM ACROSS SEA TO WED U. S. HERO OF THE WORLD WAR
FIREMEN TO PREPARE NEW WAGE DEMANDS
(By Associated Press) CLEVELAND, O.. Aug. 12 Three hundred local chairmen of the Brotherhood of locomotive firemen and engtnemen, representing more than 100,000 firemen and hostlers throughout the United States and Canada, met here today to discuss wage demands to be presented to the railroad administration. A new wage scale will be drawn up and submitted at the close of the meeting, which is expected to last the
greater part of the week, according to Timothy Shea, acting president of the brotherhood. Further action will depend on whether the demands are
accepted, Mr. Shea said, adding that
the members are firm In their purpose
to obtain better living conditions.
BUSINESS MEN ARE LIARLE UNDER NEW LAW, IS WARNING
Richmond business men who are not familiar with the amendments to the
workmen's compensation act, as pass
ed by the last state legislature, particularly the amendment compelling all businesses to secure a certificate of registreation from the Industrial
board on or before September 1 of each year, should secure the proper registration blank from the board at once or they will be liable to severe penalty. This was the warning -given
ITuesday by local insurance men. Application blanks for the registration Can be secured at local Insurance orifices. This amendment applies to all .employers, whether they hove but one employe or many.
Business men who employ contractors, etc, should see that the con-
' tractor has registered with the industrial board, otherwise he himself will
I bo liable, under the new law, for any .accident that might happen to an emi ploye of the contractor. Firms that are Insured, will in all .probaUity receive the application i blank from the state Industrial boad.
i However, business men, whose bust fness la not insured, should make im mediate application.
Prepare Reception
For Cardinal Mercier
Hoover And Staff Of
Experts Reach Prague (By Associated Press) PRAGUE, Bohemia. Aug. 12. Her
bert Hoover, head of the Inter-Allied Relief commission arrived here Sunday unannounced, accompanied by a staff of experts. Mr. Hoover immediately went Into conference with the
ministry and the president.
It was stated that long discussions
took place on the general necessity
of the Czecho Slovakia continuing
through the next twelve months with here "tightened belt" as far as food
conditions are concerned.
A woman's chance of marriage is
greatest between the age3 of twenty
and twenty-five years.
The greater part of the city of Am
sterdam is built on piles.
OHIO CROPS HURT BY JULY DROUGHT; CORN TO RECOVER
COLUMBUS, O.. Aug. 12. Without exception, Ohio crops dropped in condition in July, as shown in the August report. The chief cause was the drouth. It is believed by agriculturalists, bowever, that the condition of corn was somewhat restored by general rains since August 1, which will not show until next month. The winter wheat crop is not measuring up to expectations. Returns from all sections Indicate an average yield of 19.1 bushels to the acre, which means a crop of 49,756,000 bushels. On the basis of 100, representing a high medium grade, the quality of the crop for the state as a whole Is 85. The quality last year was 95 and the 10-year average is 94. The reduced yield and quality may be attributed largely to the extreme hot, dry weather during a part of June, and to the prevalance of smut and scab. Spring Wheat Drops, The condition of epiing wheat fell from 88 to 65 during the month, and the present forecast is for a crop of 459,000 bushels as against 620,000. Corn fell off three points, and at the present condition of 86 the forecast is for a crop of 143,590,000 bushels from 8,625,851 acres. Drouth, blight and insect pests reduced the condition of the potato crop
from 85 to 62, and the present out
look is for a crop of only 9,486,000
bushels, about 1,500,000 bushels less
than the poor crop of a year ago.
Dry weather reduced the condition of pasture during the month from 95 to 85 per cent; tobacco fell from 90 to 70, apples dropped from 40 to S3, peaches from 29 to 28, pears remain the same at 31, while grapes, the most promising crop of all, declined from 90 to 85.
Miss Helena Philaw Maxwell. The engagement, recently announced, of Miss Helena Philaw Maxwell to Lieut. Clifford Carver, U. S. A., is of unusual interest because the bride-to-be, instead of the future groom, hails from across the Atlantic Miss Maxwell is the daughter of Gen. Sir John G. Maxwell, who has seen active service in France, Egypt and Ireland during the late war. Lieutenant Carver is a nativeof LocustValley, NewYork.
Mexican Deputies Change Action On Petroleum Law (By Associated Press) MEXICO CITY, Aug. 11 Reversing Its action of Aug. 8, when it named two new petroleum commissions, the Chamber of Deputies today invested the powers and duties of the two commissions In the bodies which were appointed at the opening of the extraordinary session of congress in May and charged with an Investigation of the petroleum situation. The two bodies appointed on May 8 were to collect data on which petroleum legislation would be based. The senate declined today to accept the proposal of the Chamber of Deputies, for a 15 day recess between the extraordinary session of congress and a regular session, which will begin September 1. GO BACK TO WORK.
H. S. TEACHERS AT CHAUTAUQUA Practically all of the high school taechers have purchased tickets to the Richmond Chautauqua and will turn out in a body to hear and see the talent.
"BAYER CROSS" OM GENUINE ASPIRIN
CHICAGO, Aug. 12. Striking employes of the packing plants at the stock yards returned to work this morning arter the last of the police guard had been withdrawn by Chief Garrity in accordance with an agreement reached last Saturday.
"Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" to be genuine must be marked with the safety "Bayer Cross." Always buy an unbroken Bayer package which contains proper directions to safely relieve Headache, Toothache, Earache, Neuralgia, Colds and pain. Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets cost but a few cents at drug stores larger packages also. Aspirin Is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Mor.caceticaci4ester of Sallcylicacid. Adv.
MANY ENROLL AT WESTERN
"TIRED OLD MAN IS EX-KAISER," SAYS MAN WHO S AW HIM AT AMERONGEN
OLDEST IVrAHIlN-E'-IN THE SERVICE
(By Associated Press)
BALTIMORE, Md., Aug. 12.
Former Governor Phillips Lee Golds-
borough, who was appointed chair
man of a committee to receive Card:inal Mercier, of Belgium, in Baltimore yesterday made known the plans for
the reception.
The committee is composed of men
of ail creeds and is headed by the
highest officials in the state and city.
Two receptions will be given to the
Belgian primate. The first reception will be held at the Fifth regiment armory on the night of his arrival in Baltimore. The reception wJl be open to the public. On the following night another reception will be given Cardinal Mercier at the Lyric theatre by the people of Baltimore. At this reception Cardinal Mercier will make an address and so will Cardinal Gibbons. It is also expected that here will be religious ceremonies in the cathedral
during Cardinal Mercler"s visit in j ' Baltimore, the details of which will be i ' arranged by Cardinal Gibbons, who is at present spending his vacation at 'Spring Lake, N. J.
1 1.
Sergeant M. J. Ober. Sergeant M. J. Ober has re-eniist-eci in the United States marine corps lor the eighth time signifying over thirty-one years of active service a record w-nich entitles him to the distinction of being the oldest marine in the service. He has been on duty n every port in the world, and was 1'or a time stationed in the Philippines and China. Sergeant Ober is row stationed in Washington in the rffice of Secretary cf the Navy Daniels.
Mrs. Jessie Lewis, of Los Angeles, Cal., has in her possession a Republican ballot for the presidential cam.paign In which Abraham Lincoln was elected.
ANNOUNCING the re-opening of my office after a year's absence In the service abroad. OR. A. J. WHALLON
29 So. 10th St.
Phone 2399
READERS GOING OUT OF TOWN Readers of THE PALLADIUM can have the paper mailed to them at any out of town address for any period of time. The address may be changed as often as desired, but with each change both the old and the new addresses must be given. Price 15 cents a week, postage included. Cash to accompany order no accounts are kept. Address THE PALLADIUM.
(London Mail) AMERONGEN, Aug. 12. The exkalser Is qualifying as the champion wood sawyer of Europe. Within the last six months he has sawn up five thousand fir trees into thirty thousand
blocks, and each block bears the date, number of tree, and his initials W. II. No longer does the ex-emperor give his photograph to those he desires to honor; he presents them with a block of wood nine Inches In diameter and two inches thick, sawn by the imperial hand. From 10 o'clock to 1 o'clock every morning he saws diligently beneath his favorite fir tree, while the exkaiserln reads the papers aloud. For the first w eek or two Wilhelm did the sawing himself; but he now uses a double handed saw, and is assisted by a companion, generally his doctor. The ex-kaiser is remarkably strong in the right arm, and he takes a very hnman delight in the fact that he has
tired out every assiatana he has employed. While at work he smokes three cigarettes, one each hour. Has Periods of Deep Depression. When Wilhelm is not sawing he is
usualaly 6ulking. He has periods of
deep depression, and sits for hours
near a greenhouse in the grounds of Count Bentinck's castle, speaking to
no one. Tugging fretfully at his Van
dyke beard, he conjures up memories of what might have been, and these dark hours are succeeded by fits of
temper.
A tired old man Is the ex-kaiser of
today. The fire has gone from his eves and the ruddiness from his
cheeks, and despite his strenuous exercise he is putting on weight.
During the day he dresses in muftl, but for dinner he dons one of his gorgeous uniforms, and with his small band of retainers holds a mimic court, thus seeking to recapture a glimpse of his past glory. After dinner he talks with great annimation. and he has a disturbing trick of throwing all his weight on the arm of his chair, and his toll of broken chairs is mounting rapidly. All his correspondence is censored, and his haughty spirit chafes under his necessary restriction. Airplanes His Fear. His dominant fear is airplanes. He has conceived the idea that he may be kidnapped from the air, and he never ventures into the grounds without first carefully scanning the sky. The other morning a Dutch airplane flying over the castle gave him a severe fright and he kept indoors for the remainder of the day. His frequent companion is the little dachsund "Senta," which still wears
the medal showing its taxes have been paid in Berlin. All the children in the village know "Senta," who has pronounced democratic instincts and a weakness for chasing stray cats. In well informed circles at The Hague it is believed the ex-kaiser will live and die in Holland. There is little probability, they think, that the Dutch will hand him over to the Allies, the Dutch laws holding that a political refugee is inviolate. He would not be prevented from going to Germany, his guards consisting only of Dutch policemen, but he is not likely to take the risk of revisiting German Boil. His present intention is to buy a house in the province of Utrecht, and several suitable residences have been inspected on his behalf. Never Leaves Grounds. Wilhelm never ventures outside the castle grounds, the walls of which have been heightened by boards to prevent photographers from taking snapshots. The ex-kaiserin sometimes takes tea at neighboring houses, but she Is rarely away from her hus
band's side. She is the only one who can restrain him in his fits of passion. Although the ex-kaiser has contributed $5,000 to the local rates for the
first three1 months of his resign'"'5, the local inhabitants would not be sorry to see his departure, as they fear his presence may involve their
country with the Allies. This is all
the more remarkable seeing that dur
ing the war the district was strongly pro-German. Throughout Holland, indeed, there is an uneasy feeling that the longer he stays the deeper will be
the national embarrassment, but at the same time the people at large are against delivering him up to the Allies.
HELPING IN FIGHT ON MEAT PACKERS
- ,.1-MI ill"
ECUADOR CONGRESS OPENS
QUITO, Ecuador, Monday, Aug. 11. The Ecuadorian congress opened its sesisons here today. Julio Burbano Aguirre was inaugurated president of the senate and Paclfico Vlllagomez was Inaugurated president of the house of delegates.
District Attorney Charles F. Clyne, photographed last week in Washington.
District Attomev Charles F. Clyne
of Chicago has been busy for several months past hunting up evidence to be used in the prosecution of the big meat packers. Clyne says the case against the packers will be presented to a grand jury in Chicago before the end of this month.
OXFORD, O., Aug. 12 Dr. W. W.
Boyd, president of the Western College for Women, announced today that the college would open this fall with 325 students enrolled, the largest enrollment in the history of the insti
tution. The new dormitory, which will accommodate 70 young women, is rapidly nearlng completion, and every room has been engaged. For the last week applications for admission have been turned down, and there is a waiting list of about twenty.
MAY RESUME BUSINESS RIO JANEIRO. Aug. 12. A presidential decree signed August 8 permits German banks and Insurance companies in Brazil, which suspended operations during the war, to resume business.
FELTMAN'S
New Fall Styles DISCRIPTION Brown Calf, English, long receding toe, leather or Neolin soles; priced at
See our Windows for latest styles.
Feltman's Shoe Store
724 Main
Indiana's Largest Shoe Dealers
TEN STORES
For All Day Wednesday and Thursday Morning
nwshmmb
For All Day Wednesday and Thursday Morning
More Than Generous Has Been the Public's Responses to Our Weekly Bargain Offerings We can truthfully say that we have more than made up in sales the time lost in the Half Holiday Closing. For Wednesday all day and Thursday morning this week we shall continue this special price offering of which the following are only a few.
On the Second Floor
73c
For a lot of Lawn and Voile Shirt Waists, good $1 values.
Circuit Court Records
Real Estate Transfers. Albert R. and Edna F. Tyler to Christene Close, lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, bl. 8, Cambridge City, $1. Frank Muir to Laura Muir. part lot 10, Sam'l Smith est., Richmond, $1. COULTER FAMILY REUNION.
OXFORD, O., Aug., 12. The annual reunion of the Coulter family will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson Smith, east of Oxford, on Saturday. Abaut 160 representatives of the family are expected to be present. This reunion will celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of the coming of the first Coulters to this vicinity. The oldest member of the family at present Is John Coulter, living near town. He is 94 years of age.
(Jf Q pT For about 25 Dresses, intDOetO eluding Voiles and Heavy all Linens, now selling up to $19.75. QQ For one lot of new this seatPeiO son's Gingham Dresses. None worth less than $5.00. d - QC For about 50 white Wash tP-LeOeJ Skirts, good value at $1.98. Q n For Ladies' Boudoir Caps, worth C35c.
29c
For Ladies' Embd. Linen Handkerchiefs, worth 50c.
PRICE on all Ladies
2 AUTO HATS.
15c
For Men's Slip Easy Collars. Worth 25c each. 2 for 25c
21c
Yard for 36-inch light Percales. Worth 30c yard.
J Price for one lot of Spring Coats. E Just what you need for Early
Fall wear.
QQ Extra special just received. An advance shipment of very heavy "Beuty Silk" Petticoats. Guaranteed to wear. Big assortment of colors. See East QQ Center Window $d.VO
C" OA For Ladies' Emb. Trimmed
Muslin Gowns, worth $1.50
and $1.75.
I A OFF on all
x
Price odd lot of Stamped Goods, ighty soiled.
- p Yard for Busy Bee Unbleached J. DC Muslin. 8 yards to customer. 8 yards for $1-00
Wedding presents In Hungary are given only to poor couples.