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VOL CX. NO. 38.
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
RALEIGH, N. G, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 7, 1919.
SIXTEEN' PAGES TODAY.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
tJi'
TREATY AS VHOLE CARRIES
OUT SUBSTANTIALLY IE
FOURTEEN VJ1LS0N POINTS
Secretary of State Lansing Ex
presses That Opinion To The
. Committee On Foreign
. Relations
PERSONAL CONSTRUCTION
. OF ARTICLE X OF TREATY
Informs Questioners He Can
Hot ' Be Expected To Carry
The Minutiae' of An, 80,000
Word Document in Hii Mind
. . and Beminds Committee It
Xi Much Easier To "Ask
Questions Prepared Before
Hand Than To Answer Them
' Off Hand"; "See The Presi
dent," About League and
Shantung
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, August 6. Secretary
- Lansing before the Senate foreign re
latione committee today expressed the
; - opintoa that the Shantung provision of
the peace treaty did not square with
President Wilson's enunciated principle
", of self-determination) but maintained
-' that the treaty as a whole earried out
"substantially" the President's fourteen
points.
Declaring his unfamiliarlty with
' many details of the peaee negotiations
1 and of the treaty itself, the Secretary
' told the committee he was unable to
answer many of its questions and re
' minded Senators ia answering others
that he merely was expressing his own
. personal views.
"Ask The President."
"Ask the President," the Secretary
said, wbea pressed for details of the
. , Shantung and League of Nations negO'
tlatlous.
- On three of the points raised he ask'
; ed permission to refresh hit memory
and make a statement to the committee
" later, and vie be was asked for a de-
, tailed eenjtrnrtioa' of the labor and
reparations elaasea he protested that he
' could aot be expected to carry the
miautea of an 80,000 word document
' la hii mind, and reminded the com
mittee it was easier to "ask questions
prepared before hand," thaa to an
swer them off-hand.
Cannot Legally Try EiKsiser.
As his own personal views, Mr. Lon
sing said that Japan would probably
have signed the treaty without the
Shantung provision; that the United
States shoald ask ao part of the Ger
aua reparation; that the Kaiser could
aot be legally tried; and that the mu
tual guarantee of territorial integrity
. from external aggression, as contained
in article ten of the league covenant,
imposed a moral obligation but not a
legal one.
The secretary said it was true that
the fourteen points had not been dis
cussed to his knowledge in the prepara
tory stages of the peace negotiations,'
that the American draft of the league
of nations never was "pressed" before!
the eon fe rente; that the President had
"asked the peace conference not to lay
-, befora the French Senate the record of
discussions on the league; snd that the
United States did not kaow of secret
1 treaties between the allies and Japan
regarding Shantung when this country
' by the Lat'siag-Ishil agreement recog
nized Japaa's "special interest" in
China.
Britain tefaeed Te Permit.'
It was not true, Secretary Lansing
aid, that be and other member of the
American dclegatioa 'protested
tgaiast the Chaatung settlement: that
Great Britsia "refused to permit" dis
cussioB af the freedom of the seas by
tha peace conference; or that any of
the Amerieaa expert advisers had re-
, signed because they disagreed with the
decision regarding Shantung.
On Basis af Cessans Sense.
The general basis ea which the treaty
waa framed, said the secretary, was
"common sense and general principles
with aa aveidaaea olVpolicy and expedi
ency." Verbatim records of tha dis
cussions, he told the committee had been
left ia Paris, adding that be would not
favor giving to the Senate tbe less
Complete transcripts ia the-possession
of the State Department because it
might cause "irritation" to other govcrn
' aaesiM.
Be frilsea A heat Leagae and Shantung.
Both the Shantung prevision aad the
t league covenant, the witness said had
beea' negotiated largely by the Presi
dent who alone of the American delega
tion, would be able to reveal details of
"s the discussions. - '
4 The secretary wss before tbe eonimit-
tea daring Jhe whole of an all-day ses
sion, aad although Senators apparently
had finished their questioning af him,
whea adjournment was taken tonight,
it was tbeught likely that other points
might be brought up whea he appears
aiain next Monday.
Mr. Lansing asked to be given until
that time to prepare his statements in
reply to questions asked today about
tbe Laaslng-isnii agreement, tha atu
tude of the Uaited ' States towards
Japan's H demands oa Chins ia 1915,
lad .what part this government took
toward bringing China intd tha war.
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Knights af Cldaaa Meet at Wilson.
Wilson, Aug. Cv The grand lodge,
Knights of Gideon, a aegre organisation
aonreaed hero Tuesday a igbt aad wss
welcomed to tha city by Mayor D. M.
Jlill. - There are between three and
four hundred delegates present, '
UCHIDA STATEMEN
AS TO SHANTUNG
It Should Remove Any Mis
understandings Says Pres
ident Wilson
Waahinaton, August 6. President
Wilson issued a formal statement V
night saying thst the "frank statement'
made by Viscount Uchida as to Japan s
policy regarding Shantung, "ought to
serve to remove many of the misunder
standings which had begun to accumu
late about this ouestion."
When the question of - disposal of
Shantung: was definitely deeided on at
Paris, President Wilson said the Jap
anese delegation in reply to a question
from him said:
"The policy of Japan is to hand back
the Shantung peninsula in full sovcr-
eierntv to China, retaining only tho eco
nomic privileges granted to Germany
and the right to establish a settlement
under the usual conditions at Tsing-
Tao."
Beferenees in the Uchida statement
ss to the agreement between Japan and
China in 1915, "might be misleading"
the President said, "if not commented
upon in the light of what occurred in
Pans.
Text of Statement,
The President's statement, made pub-
lie through the State Department, fol
lows:
"The government of the United States
has noted with the greatest interest the
frank statement made by Viscount
Uchida with regard to Japsn's future
policy respecting Shantung. The state
ment ought to serve to remove many of
the misunderstandings which had begun
to accumulate about this question. But
there are references in the statement to
an agreement entered into betwen Japan
and China ia 1015 which might be mis
leading if not commented upon in tbe
light of what occurred in fans wnea
the nhrasea af the treaty affecting Shan-
tang were under discussion, ,1 there
fore take the liberty of supplementing
Viscount Uchida's statement with the
following:
"In the conference of the thirtieth
of April hist, where this matter was
brought to a conclusion among the heads
of the prhir i:it allied and associated
Siwcrs, the Japanese delegates, Baron
akino and Viscount Uchida, in reply
to a question put by myself, declared
that:
MfTk vuiIImw TamN ta 4a tiant tapV
the Shantung peninsula in full sever-!
eignty to Chins, retaining only the eco
nomic privileges granted to Germany,
and tho right to establish a settlement
under the usual conditions at Tsing-Tao.
"The owners of the railway will use
ifiaT pollen oii!yt rniisuf e - leruritr
fur traffic. Th?y will be used for no
other puipose. ,
"The police forces will be e.iuipml
of Chinese, and such Japanese in
structors as the directors of the railway
may select will be appointed by the
Chinese government.
"Nn rcferenco was mads to this pol
icy, being in any way dependent upon
the execution nf the agreement of
1915, to which Count Uchida appears o
hare referred. Indeed, I felt it my duty
U say that nothing that I agreed to
must be construed as an acquiescence on
the part of the government of the
United States in the policy of the notes
exchanged between China and Japan in
10T. and 1018; and reference was made
in the, discussion to the enforcement of
the agreements of 1915 and 1918 only ia
rase China failed to cooperate fully is
carrying out the policy outlined in the
statement of Baron Makino and Vis
count Chinda.
"I have, of course, no doubt that Vis
count Uchida had been apprised of all
tho particulars of the discussion in
Paris, and I sm not making this state
ment with the idea- of correcting his,
but only to throw a fuller light of
clarification upon a situation which
ought to be relieved of every shadow of
obscurity or misapprehension."
TEN MEN KILLED AT
GOVERNMENT ARSENAL
Baritan, N. J., Aug. 6. Ten men now
are believed to have been killed in. the
explosion of a mngaiine at the govern
ment arxnai here on Monday, it was
learned today. Seven bodies have been
recovered and three of them identified.
Fifteen men were sitting with their
backs against tha outside wall of the
magazine at the time the explbsloa oc
curred sccording to Lieut. Jeffords, ad
jutant st the arsenal. Two of -these
men are in the arsenal hospital suffering
rrom injuries irom which they are ex
pected to recover and thre. escaped.-
Florida Boose Artist Pinched.
Tampa, i'la, Aug. H "Beguln" whis
ker, adulterated whiskev. beer snd
wines amounting to mors than 110,000
oaaea oa the- current ' bootlcrsins
price here, were seized la a raid on a
restaurant and rooming house owned by
Maximo Garcia here today by Federal
agents. " A. complete rectifying outfit.
several eases of adulterated aad moon
shine whiskey ia pint bottles bearing
quart labels af a standard brand and
hundreds of these loose labels and
empty bottles wars among tba seizures.
: Tle-ap an the C A O.
Huntington, W. Va, Aug. fcV-E. L
Bock, division superintendent of the
Chesapeake tad Ohio Railroad, officially
anaounced tonight that beginning to
morrow all pastenger as well as freight
traffia ea the C. Q, west af Cllftoa
Forge would be discontinued. -
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General Program to Meet Pres
ent Crisis Presented By
R.R. Unions
CALLS FOR EFFORTS TO
REDUCE COST OF LIVING
Money To Provide Increased
Pay To Come Partly Through
Appropriation By Congress
and By Increased Freight
Bates; AH 14 Unions Acting
As One Body For First Time
Washington, Aug. . (By The Asso
ciated Press.)-Acting as a unit for the
firsr ttmein the presentation wage
demands, the fourteen principal rail
road unions today in expressing ta Di
rector General Bines their disaproval
of President Wilson's proposal that
Congress create a commission to con
sider increased pay, declared that wage
Questions must be settled immediately.
A general program to meet tbe present
crisis, involving the threat oi a nation
wide strike, waa submitted to thj Di
rector General Hines their disapproval
the money to provide increased pay
should come from an appropriation by
Congress, to be followed by appropriate
freight rate advances. This "temporary
relief" must be accompanied by a ')
tormina effort to reduce the cost of
living.
Persssaeat Solatia.
Permanent solution of the railroad
problem was declared to depend upon
the removal of returns to capital as the
sols purpose et operation' and the Di
rector General, accordingly, was asked
to recommend to President Wilson that
he attempt to obtain, early passage by
Congress of organized labors bill to
eliminate private capital from control
of the railroads and to give the em
ployes a shnre in the profits.
for "Eailtable Returns.'
The unions declared tho belief of the
workers that transportation rate should
be sufficient to guarn .eo just wages,
maintain the properties and give (.quit
able returns on money invested.
Interesting ss were the suggestions
for removing the menace of a nation
wide strike, the unified action -A the
fourteen organizations attracted equal
attention.
Faaurteea I'sloaa Act Together.
Labor, leaders whs wsre questioned
Declined te my whether tha anions
would act ss a whole ia the future but
declared they were going through with
(hs present situation as one body. The
result will be te put the solid weight
of 2,000,000 persons virtually tho en
tire rail transportation personnel of the
Uaited States, back of the demands,
r.-it h tbe possibility as never before of
the paralysis of the nation's life if a
general strike should ensue. Co-operation
between the foar greet brother
hoods Engineors, Firemen, Conductors
n' Trninmen-for the first timj sev-
ernl yenrs ago proved the power of
United action in pasaage of the Adam
sou aet.
Sitsatlon la Dangereaa.
The present situation wss said to- be
similar but infinity Ly more. daog';rpai, 1
.Not only are tbe four brotherhoods in
volved, but all this other unions also
which have to deal with the mainten
ance of equipment aad the moving of
trains.
The program submitted to Director
General Mines declared that tha em
ployes were entitled to compensation
which would at least re-establish the
pre-war purchasing power of their
wages. Rales of pay, it was said, were
In no way coreluted to transportation
charges.
Mesas Ton Mack Delay.
The plan for a eongresiional com
mission was disapproved because "it
meana months of delay st a time when
the questions involved require imracd
into settlement,", the program said, con
tinuing:
"You already have In the board of
railroad wages and rorking conditions,
the necessary machinery to dispose of
these questions, and we ssk that their
function be restored snd they be al
lowed to psss upon the questions sub
mitted to them, and thst their findings
be placed before the representatives of
the recognized organizations for their
consideration and be mutually agreed
upon before being issued.
Say Congress Should Appropriate.
The moneys with which to pay these
increases should, in our opinion, be
raised by in appropriation, to be of
sufficient amount to temporarily take
earn of immediate deficits. Ia the
meantime, let the proper rate-making
body maks a careful study as to what,
if any, increases should be made in
passenger snd freight rates. Prompt
action in this regard being both es
sential and desirable. This will only
give temporary relief and mast be ac
companied, or immediately followed by
a determined nnUed effort to not only
prevent a further increase in the cost
of living, but to eecurs a reduction
therein.
More Thaa financial Retarna Needed.
"Any permanent solutioa of the rail
road problem muit necessarily remove
tha element of returns to capital al the
sola purpose of operatiou. Therefore,
we ask that you urge upon the presi
dent the necessity for the prompt pass
gj by Congress of the required ap
propriation bill to meet tha emergency
aow existing."
PRESIDENT HAS POWER
TO CREATE WAGE BOARD
Washington,' Aug, 6. The Senate In
terstate Commerce committee lata to
day by t-jsimoue vote directed Chair
man Cummins to reply to President
Wilson's suggestion for legislation' to
create a special railroad wage board.
Beaator Cummins' letter will not .be
made public until tomorrow, but it is
understood to advise the President that
ha has full authority without further
legislation.
VETE
RANS HOLDING
ANNUAL
REUNION
Four Hundred of The Heroes of
The Confederacy Are Guests
. . of Rocky Mount .:
CONVENTION OPENED
YESTERDAY MORNING
General Julian 8. Carr and Ex.
Senator Tasker Polk Among
The Speakers; CoL W. P.
Wood Besponds To Address
of Welcome; Eloquent Trib
ute To General Bicks
By a Staff Correspondent.
Rocky Mount, Aug. 6. Glancing back
ward, at the hardships of their war and
looking upon the flesh that first won
glory for American arms at Chateau
Thierry, four . hundred Confederate
Veterans gathered hre today for the
annual reunion of Tar Heels. It is the
first time in two years that tho soldiers
of sixty-one snd sixty-five have been
together, the reunion having been dis-
GEN. JULIAN S. CARR.
Who Spoke at the Rennloa.
penscd with last year. Rocky Mount is
entertaining the veterans in the finest
style. - 5
General Jsmes I, Metts, qf Wilming
ton, Is master of ceremonies and Indict
Hons tonight are that be will b re
elected for the fourth time as fom-mander-in-chief
af the North Carolina
troops. Many of the veterans have
beea suggesting that this honor go to
General B. H. Ricks of this city, but
BON TASKER POLK.
One of the Reaaion Speakers.
1 General Ricks modestly declines to
xanction any more on' the part of his
friends to elevate him. He nill be re
elected commander of the Third brigsde
snd the other brigade commanders also
will be re-elected.
The veterans, many of whom arrived
here last night, are quartered in Feu
ner's Warehouse snd in other ware
houses they are again answering the
mess call, this time at the command of
Bethel ' Ilervey 1 Chr.pter Daughters of
the Confederacy. The hard tack and
horse meat of warring days have been
supplanted by rolls snd fried chicken
slong with sn sbundsnce of Nash and
Edgecombe watermelons.
Opealnj Session Yeeterdsy Moralag.
Tbe opening session of the reunion
was held this morning in the Farmers'
Mutual Warehouse. Ex-Senator Tasker
Polk, of Wrrrenton, snd General Julian.
S. Carr, of Dorhanf, wero reunion
sneakers. Tomorrow morning the un
finished business will I rttended to
aad tomorrow night, the Confederate
urn 1 1 win w ucm in mv niiTnaum. Anil
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afternoon a score of Roeky Mount su-
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ball will be held In the warehouse1. This
tomobiles whizxed the veterans about
the town oa sight-seeing expeditions'.
Mrs. Jacksie Daniel Thrash, of Tar
boro, past rrosident of tha Daughters
of the Confederacy, ts state matron for
the reunion. Miss Bessie Bunn, 'of
Roeky Mount, is f sponsor and Miss
Marioa Hins, also of Bocky Mount, Is
stats maid of honor. Another state
maid -f amor is Miss Mary Little, of
Wadceboro, while4 Miss Irvia Paylor, of
Raleigh, is sponsor for tbe city of High
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Lizzie Winrtcsd, of Bocky Monat, is
sponsor, aad Miss Mildrid Thorpe,
Bocky Mount, is maid of honor for Gen
eral B. U. Ricks. Miss Augusta Smith,
of Widcsbore, Is sponsor ta General W.
A. Smith, ?' Asherille. t
Ahead af Jala Carr Far Oace.
CoL BaWy Boydea , presented the
matrons, maid aad sponsors. This is
?! (Ceatlnaed aa rage Frra.) ''
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Bar Association
UNCERTAIN WHETHER
GREGORY WILL COME
Tributes To Members Who
Have Died During Year;
Membership Dues Increased;
Paper By Hon. H. F. Sea
well; Beception at Home of
Hon. and Mrs. A. L. Brooks
By a Staff Correspondent.
Greensboro, Aug. 6. Opening with a
severe arraignment of the .present
court-martial system in the army by
Col. Samuel T. Ansell, former acting
judge advocate general, of the army,
who last week resigned his commission
to continuo his fight against what he
terms an iniquitous institution, the
second day's session of the annual
convention of the North Carolina Bar
Association dragged its way through
the best and swelter of the late morn
ing and early afternoon today, reach
ing a grand culmination this evening,
in an elaborate reception at the home
of Hon. and Mrs. Aubrey L. Brooks.
Tbe seductive charm of Greensboro's
gracious hospitality has quieted the
most obstreperous lawyer's disposition
to engage in a wrangle over legal
points, and the. day has been one of
comparative quiet in the ball room of
the O. Henry Hotel, where the ses
sions are held. The political capital has
been moved to Greensboro for the
nonee, and the lobbies have beea
crowded all day with the lawyers. But
even politics were forgotten this eve
ning at the reeeptiou.
Contrary to expectations, the August
terms of Superior courts have not kept
down the attendance, and every train
today brought in other members of
the association. In addition to ths ad
dress of Colonel Ansell, H. F. Beawell,
of Carthage, mado a most interesting
address this morning on The Country
Lawyer.
Tributes to the memory of the seven
teen members of the association, who
have died during the past yesr, took
up most of the afternoon session.
Membership Data Increased.
After some discussion the association
voted to, increase the membership dues,
from two to four dollars a year though
aot befora President Aydlett was eon
fronted with nspre parliamentary law
thaa ha would ordinarily face during a
term of tha legislature. After Judge
J. Crawford Biggs, who wanted to make
it three dollars a year, with the help
of Assistant Attorney-General Frank
Nash, wbo wanted it five dollars a year,
had tba business thoroughly tied up,
the former offered a compromise to
make it four dollars, which wss accept
ed by Secretary Davis, who hsd been
fighting for five dollars because of in
creased expenses.
"Lawyers and undertakers are the
only professions in North Carolina that
do not hnVo a literary requirement for
candidates for admission to practice," de
clared A. B. Andrews, of Raleigh, chair
man of thorToinmlttee on regal ednw
tion, who submitted a report asking
thst every applicant for license to prac
tice law shall have a high school cer
tificate or its equivalent. Even the
chiropodists, carefully defined by the
Raleigh lawyer, as being one wbo oper
ates upon the foot, requires a high
school education, be explained.
"An educational standard is excel-
(Continued on Page Two-)
F
EXCEPTING FOOD
Atlanta Takes Steps To Se
cure and Distribute Govern
ment Food
(By The Associated Press.)
Durham, N. C, Aug. fl. K-nbnrgn on
all freight whh the exception, of food
for human consumption, was sanounred
by the Seaboard Air Line in tlii. city
today, as a result of tho strike of ra;l
wnr mechanics and shopm :i . Food tot
human consumption is accepted subject
to delay.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 6. Mayor Key, of
Atlanta, decided 'ite today after a con-
the council to appropriate $50,000 fo
handle the purchase tor public distribu
tion of approximately fire carloads of
government food In tbe event of a com
plete embargo on freight as the result
of the railroad shopmen's strike.
The conference followed announce-
ment of an. embargo on freight shin-
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nients bv the roads comprising the At-
, , . i; ..,. ; p.j.
Unta joint terminals. tLcGorgin Ra l-
road, Atlnnta and West Point and the
Louisville and Nashville. The embargo
went into effect at the elose of busi
ness today.
B. L. Winehell, Regional Director of
all Southern railroads, announced to
night no progress had been reported
toward ending the strike in the South
eit of Federstcd railway shopmen.
The local ezecutive cor mittee of the
union shopmen granted permission '"in
the interest of mail and passenger serv
ice, for members of the Jacksonville
service to elesr tracks of the Florida
West Cosst Railway where wrecks were
said to be blocking tram .
At a mass meeting of striking shop
men held today, a resolution was intro
duced and referred to tha " axeeutive
committee asking that Congressmen
from this district, union grand lodge
officers and President Wilson be aakd
to reduce living costs Hftr per cent ar
increase wages among all classes of
workmea correspondingly. ; '
LL ARRAIGNS
MILITARY
COURTS
ATTY.-GENERAL
LAW SUITS AGAINST THE
BIG MEAT PACKING FIRIIS
THINK PLUMB PLAn
L
Interstate Commerce Commit
tee Indicates Opinion
To Brotherhood
UNION OFFICIALS ARGUE
FOR HOURS IN DEFENSE
Stone and
Morrison Answer
Fire of
Members
Questions From
of Gommittee ;
Broad Intimation Thai Pub
lie Ownership Plan Be Taken
To Political Conventions
(By The Associated Press.)
Washington, August . OrgsnizflJ la
bor's remedy for the high cost of lir-
ing a bill that would turn over the
railroads to the public operating out
rials snd labor was presented to Con'
gress today by men high in the couneil
of the organization who declsred with
utmost frankness conditions were so
desperate it might be necessary to ad
vocate a firing squad for profiteers.
With equal frankness members af
the House interstate commerce com
mittee indicated during the examina
tion of Warren fi. Stone, Grand Chief
of the Brotherhood of Railway Loco
motive Engineers, and Frank Morrison,
Secretary of the American Federation
of Labor, that the bill, embodying what
has come to be known as the Dumb
plan, wss too rudical, and failed to
strike at tho high price evil agninst
which people throughout the country
are clamoring. v.
For more than a month the House
committee has been consideriug all
plans for solution of the problems eon
fronting the roads with their return to
privste management, and the Plumb
plan was offered with tbw nssnraaea f
labor leaders that it would cut down
prices of commodities because of the
reduction ia rates which would follow
the elimination of private capital from
the railroad companies.
No "Intimidation of Congress."
The two union officials for fire hours
stood up in defense of the bill and an
swered a whirlwind fire of questions
from men who must report it out or
throw it sway. During the long dis
cussion attended by an attentive audi
ence, including many women, the labor
loaders made strong denial of reports
that they were attempting to intimidnte
Congress by th rests to strike or chop
off the political heads of members vot
ing contrary to their desires. There
wss a brosd intimation that the public
ownership plan if not enacted into law
would be taken to tbr convention of
the two big parties next year whh the
hope of having its endorsement written
into the platform.
Wage Increase Not a Care.
Both Mr. Stone and Mr. Morrison,
said that wage increases offered only
temporarily relief, contending that
prices of food and clothing must come
down, after which the wnge demand
pressure would be lessened. They de
clared the pending bill would prove to
be the first atep toward forcing down
prices, by reducing freight rates, and
expressed ths belief that despite the
burden of bond buying during the war,
the American people would produie the
funds necessary to take the roadi from
private control.
While the committee listened by the
hour to opinions as to what the bill
would do, there was no explanation of
ita various provisions. Glenn E.
Plumb, its suthor, was present to give
this, but so much time was takn up
with the examination of Stone and Mor
rison thst this statement had to go over
until tomorrow.
BRITISH AND FRENCH
TROOPS AT BUDAPEST
Copenhagen, Aug. 6. French troops
arrived at Budapest yesterday and
British troops uader General Gordon
snd Americsn forces under Captain
Wips srrived there today, according to
dispatches received here from Vienna
quoting the newspapers of that city.
SUPREME COUNCIL LAYS
LAW DOWN TO RUMANIANS
Paris, Aug. 6. (By The Associated
Press.) Nicholas Misu, of ths Ruma
nian peace delegation, was summoned
before the suprems council today, which
gave him a communication for his gov
ernment, saying that the Rumanian ul
timatum to Hungary cannot bo recog
nized by the peace conference, and call
ing upou the Rumanians to live up to
the armistice terms.
Secretary Daniels In California.
Loa Angeles, Aug. 8. Secretsry of
tbe Navy Josepbus Daniels arrived here
shortly after midnight and left a few
hours later for San Diego, where he
will review the Pacific fleet tomorrow.
"1 sm happy to tie in California
again," said Mr. Daniels, "happy to be
here to greet half of the pew PaciZe
fleet, in its. permanent home.'
Machinists Quit Work.
Richmond, Vs., Aug. 6. Union Labor
leaders stated tonight that approxi
mately 300 members of the Richmond
lodge of Machinists employed at the
plant of the Amerieaa Locomotive Com
pany, withdrew today from work on
Chesapeake and Ohio engines which hsd
beea Mat to tha plant for repair.
KILL IBM
ORDERS
First Concrete Development of
ine Government's Campaign
To Reduce The High -Cost
of Living
THE "BIG FIVE" AGAIN TO '
BE HALED BEFORE U. S;
COURTS FOR PROSECUTION
Country-wide Trail of Profit
eering and Food Hoardinf
To Be Ferreted Out and Fol
lowed TJp" By Agents of Thr
Department of Justice; Al
V. S. District Attorneys is
U, S. Instructed To Libel
Them Under The Federal
Food Control Law; Other Big
Subjects To Be Dropped Un
til This Most Pressing One Is
Gotten Well in Hand
Washington, Aug. (J. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Anti-trust suits against
the great meat packing firms were aa
nouneed today by Attorney General
Palmer ss tbe first concrete develop
ment of the government's eampaiga te
redoes the high eost of living.
Armour--Swift, Morris, Wilson and
Cudahy, who have been pictured In
the investigations of the Federal Trade ,
Commission and before congressional
committees as a great combination in
control oi loort products, are to oa
haled again before the federal eoarta
by special prosecutors.
The erideneo in hand, Attorney Gen
eral Palmer declared indicated "a clear
violation of the anti-trust laws.
Whether the prosecutions would be
civil or criminal the attorney general
declined to state, nicre'y recalling that
the law provided for both.
Send Somebody to Prison This Time.
The history of sll the government'a
anti-trust prosecutions in twenty-five
years does not show a single individual
ever serving n jail sentence for a violas
turn. Thar art evidences that the gov
eminent hopes for soma la tha present
campaign. , -
While ha was announcing prosecu
tions of the packers, Attorney General
Palmer was unleashing his special
agents on a countrywide trail of profi
teering and food boarding. These
prosecutions come under the food con
trol law.
All U. 8. District Attorneys Notified.
ah u uiivu ouues auurneyi were in- .
structed to ferret out hoarders and
libel them under federal law. w4
"This is the most important business
before tho country today," announced
the Attorney. General, "and I propose
to have the law enforeedment r- achlnery
of the govrnment sldetraeq rverythiag
to this job."
President Wilson continued to give
close 'attentiort to the food cost preb-'
lem snd decliried s proposal to postpone
his sddress to Congress until Tuesday
next week instead of this Fridsy. Re
publican Floor Leader Mondell, of tha
House, auggeated the postponement be
cause of absence of members from
TX'.. I. L. ... Tl 1 .1 . J..1I..J
, niiiHuiuil UUI ma I mmvoi UVCMBCU
in the following letter to the Repub
lics n leader:
President Before Congress Friday.
'I sm very sorry indeed that I cannot
comply with your suggestion of delay
in the matter of my address to a Joint
session of Congress. The situation
which impelled me last week to ask Coa
gress to postpone its recess until my
recommendations eould be submitted is
still acuta. I have had under very
serious consideration the proper action
of ths government with reference to the
high eost of living, and I feel that it
is my duty, at the earliest Possible : o
mentt. to present, certain recommenda
tions now reidy for submission to
Congress.
"I have, therefore, askej the Vice
President and the Speaker to arrange
If possible, for a joint session for Fri
day afternoon next at 4 o'clock.''
Ne Prematura Outline.
There was no lobulation from tha
White Hause ss to the nature of tha
'recommendations the President would
make in addressing Congress. From tho
trend of the government's activities in
sn attempt to solve the living eost prob
lem, however, in the view of several
officials, the President probabf would
deal with these subjects:.
Some Probable Recommeadatloas.
Enlargement of the provisions of the
Lever Food Control Act to make it oper
ative after the proclamation of pea e
snd npplicnhle tn shoes, clothing and
all life necessaries in addition to 'ond.
Legislation to reach the small or )n
dividual profiteer as well as ''big busi
ness'' extortion.
Legislation to define profiteering,
thereby making easier prosecution un
der existing laws.
Laws to make speculation in necessa
ries a crime.
Legislation limiting the margia af
profit on necessities.
Shoe Industry Report.. - ,
Another major development of tha
day was the making public of the fed
eral trade commission's report Aa.the
shoe industry investigation.
This report charged that tha high
price of shoes resulted from excessive
profits taken by every factor in tha
trsde. The packers, tanners, msnufae
turers and retailers all shared ia tha
blame. The report was placed befora
Attorney General Filmer-today, - t
Get The Boarder. " - v
Tbe hoarder "is tha big part af tha
game right now" In the oplnloa af tha
government officials in charge af tha
effort to bring down prices, aad Attor-
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