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VOL. XXI.NUMBER 92.
SHANTUNG CERTA!N
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American Writer Tells Sen-
ators That United States
Restrained China on ''Cer
tain Questions”
WASHINGTON, Aug. IS.—lt was
the unanimous opinion cf American
experts on far eastern affairs at
Versailles that war must result from
the peace treaty provision giving Ja
pan control in the Cb‘nese province of
Shantung, the senate foreign rela
tions committee was tcld today by
Thomas F. Millard, an American
writer, who was attached to the
■ Chinese peace edelegatlon.
Because the United States govem
mnt intimated it would b inexped
ient, China refrained from raising
’“certain questions” a r the peace con
ference, Th >mas F. Millard. an
American writer, connected with the
Chinese delegation, testified today
before the senate foreign relations
qpmmittee.
Mr. Millard said he got his infor
mation on the subject from the
Chinese delegates, who he advised
"unofficially.” He did not go into
details about the questions China
might hove raised He said, how
ever, the official wanted to employ
two American international lawyers
es advisers, but did not do so be
cause the United States indicated it
would not favor such a nlan.
While his expenses were paid by
the Chinese. Mr. Millard said, he had
♦,o salarj-, but -imply gave unoffi
cial advice asked for by the Chinese
delegates because of his familiarity
with far eastern affairs.
Tuesday’s Conference
The proposal to strike Shan
tung from the treaty by amend
ment gives promise of developing I
one of the most bitter fights of the
entire treaty controversy. Later in
the week other witnesses are to ap
pear before the committee in its
consideration of the question.
Meantime, elaborate preparations
were made to insure quick publi
cation of all the details of Presi
dent Wilson’s conference with the
committee tomorrow to take up dis
puted points in the treaty. It was
arranged to have in the team of
stenographers, who will work in re
l"ys on the transcript some of the
-ost experienced men, who for
• ~rs have reported the proceed
s on the floor of the senate and
•se and in important committee
stigations.
ERMAN SAILORS
ESCAPE PRISON AT
FORT M’PHERSON
Two Are Recognized by
Woman at Camak and Are
Recaptured Sunday—Re-;
ward Offered
Following the escape on Friday of
four German prisoners of war from
the prison camp at Fort McPherson,
near Atlanta, two of the men, Albert
Sandler and Heinrich Heykner, were
captured Sunday morning at Camak,
Ga„ a change station on the Geor
gia road, between Macon and
Augusta.
They were taken back to Fort Mc-
Pherson Sunday evening about 7
o’clock by G. A. Parkin and C. B.
Shelton, two citizens of Camak, who
effected their capture. According to
their captors, the prisoners dropped
into a lunchroom at Camak looking
rather travelworn and tired. They
were recognized by Mrs. W. C. Mays
from pictures she had seen in the
newspapers. Mrs. Mays immediate
ly notified Mr. Parkin and Mr. Shel
ton.
The prisoners, it was stated, made
no* effort whatever to resist capture,
but seemed rather glad to be taken
back into custody. They told their
captors they were tired of waiting
to be sent back home. They stated
that, after they escaped they walked
aYound Atlanta and down the Geor
gia road to Conyers. There they
caught a freight and got as far as
Camak.
The other two prisoners who es
caped are Ernest Oswald and Chris
topher Sturm. These, said the two
men who were recaptured, took the
opposite direction from them. Noth
ing further has been heard of them,
and a sharp lookout is being main
tained. Their description is as fol
lows:
. Christopher Sturm.
War prisoner’s No. 169 D-l: na
tionality. German; age, 24 years;
height, 5 feet 8 inches; color of eyes,
brown; color of hair, brown: com
plexion, dark; place of birth, Za
blendorf, Mrs Niedn, Barnim, Ger
many; home address, Berlin N. 4
Bergstr 65, Germany.
Remarks —Prisoner of war since
April 6, 1917. Tattoo of anchor on
left upper forearm. Scar on wrist of
right hand.
Brnest Oswald.
War prisoner’s No. 245 D-l; nation
ality, German; age, 31 years; height,
5 feet 8 1-2 inches; color of eyes,
dark blue; color of hair, black; com
plexion, light; place of birth, Oss
weili, Wuerttemberg; home address,
Bremen. Oldenburgeister 9, Germany.
Remarks —Prisoner of war since
April 6. 1917.
All four of the men are prisoners
of war from the German ship Kron
prinz Wilhelm.
Clothing Prices Reduced
By Large Manufacturer
Chicago, August 18. —Mr. Jas. D.
Bell, head of the Bell Tailors,
Adams at Green St. Chicago. 111.,
said to he the largest made-to
measure clothing establishment in
the world, recently stated that his
firm is now able to quote prices
on Fall and Winter suits 35 per
cent below what others ask. To
prove his point, he showed the
writer a very attractive piece of
all-wool cassimere for which they
ask only 520.00 a suit made to indi
vidual measure, whereas the same
fabric is now being offered by
merchants at 830.00 to 532.00 per suit.
Even larger savings are offered on
their higher priced suits. Every
reader of The Atlanta Weekly Jour
nal should write Mr. ‘Bell for his
price list, and a free copy of his
I '■style book No. 92, which contains
’large cloth samples of many beau-
tiful_patterns.— (Advt.)
FOUR GERMAN SAILORS
who escaped Friday from the
war prison barracks at Fort
McPherson. They are, reading
from the top to the bottom;
Christopher Sturm; Ernst Os
wald, Heinrich Herkner and
Albert Sandbr. The photo
graphs show them in unifornq,
whereas they are believed to
be wearing civilian clothes.
Sander and Herkner have been
recaptured already, but fifty
dollars reward for the other
two is offered.
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At Sing Sing Prison
The volunteer fire force of Sing
Sing Prison, N. Y., extinguished a
stubborn blaze in the old cart and
wagon factory, where much lumber
and other material is stored and sav
ed the plant from destruction.
Under the direction of keepers 200
inmates fought the blaze while a
thousand or more others watched
them. Every one of his 1,200 charges
behaved splendidly, Warden Murphy
announced. In older days prisoners
would take advantage of the excite
ment caused by a fire and escape, he
added. Warden Murphy said he be
lieved spontaneous combustion start
ed the blaze.
“DEVIL DOGS” ARRIVING
HOME ON THE GEORGE WASHINGTON
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AMONG THE LAST OF OUR FIGHTING MEN TO RETURN
from Europe are the Marines, the famous “devil dogs,’’ who had
more than their share of adventure. The group shown here are
bringing in their pets, two German police dogs and a monkey.
EMO DECIDES
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Lloyd George Tells House of
Commons War Cost Forty
Billion Pounds Alarmed
at Trade Balance
LONDON, Aug. 18. —The British
government has accepted the policy
of the state purchase of mineral
rights in coal. This announcement
was made by Premier Lloyd George
in the house of commons today.
In discussing the financial and in
dustrial situation, the premier said
that there was an alarming trade
balance against the United Kingdom
of 800,000,000 pounds which threat
ened to increase. He announced that
import restrictions would be re
moved September 1.
Premier Lloyd George announced
that it was his intention in his ad
dress to deal only with Great Brit
ain’s trade relations and her indus
trial position, including the cdal
mining problems. Many members
said they had expected him to an
nounce the government’s plans 4°r
Ireland and expressed disappoint
ment.
The war cost forty billion pounds,
(200 billion dollars) Premier
George declared in his speech
in the House of Commons
today on the financial and in
dustrial situation. Most of this sum
was spent for purposes of deduc
tion.
He asserted that the change from
war to peace conditions would take
just as long as the change from
peace to war. The first outstanding
fact of the present situation was
the alarming adverse trade balance,
he said.
The Import restrictions which will
terminate September 1, he continued,
had given British manufacturers an
oportur.ity of making a dealing in
goods which otherwise would have
been hurried here from foreign coun
tries.
The national debt, he declared, had
grown from $641,100,000 to $7,800,-
000.
50 PER CENT RAISE
IN WAGES IS ASKED
BY ENGINE CREWS
CLEVELAND, 0., Aug. 18.—In
creases in wages averaging o 0 per
cent and the Installation of auto
matic strokers, coal passers, grate
shakers and door openers are pro
vided in anew wage scale and stan
dard rules report in the hands of the
300 representatives of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and
Enginemen here today. The de
mand will be presented to Walker
D Hines, director general of rail
roads, as soon as the draft of the
proposed measures is rewritten, ac
cording to President Timothy Shea.
The firemen and hostlers demand
increases averaging from 35 to 65
per cent and the average is 50 per
cent said Shea. It will cost the rail
roads of the United States and Can
ada, $200,000,000 to install the auto
matic devices demanded, delegates
estimated, while the wage demands
was placed at $70,000,000.
The latter figure is based on the
assumption that the 117,000 firemen
and enginemen in the brotherhood
work on an average of 300 days per
year for an average of eight hours
per day.
The committee which formulated
the demands will ask for the em
ployment of two firemen on each
engine weighing 100 tons or more
until such time as the automatic
appliances proposed are installed. It
was contended the work was too
heavy for one man to handle. Os
the estimated 40,000 locomotives of
that weight, not more than 5,000 are
equipped with the proper mechani
cal applicances, the delegates said.
ATLANTA, GA. TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1919.
GEORGIA PIG IS
FIRST PORKER TO
FLY IN AIRPLANE
Grunts and Squeals From
Sky Proclaim Flight From
Souther Field to LaGrange,
Pilots to Corrie Here
Os all the pigs in the world, one
I Georgia pig Friday was getting a
sensation that no other pig ever
has had since the first pig grunted
greetings to the world.
Several thousand feet above the
world he, she or it —whichever it
is—was travelling through space at
the rate of a hundred miles an
hour.
Conceive the emotions of that pig!
Soaring through the bounding blue,
far from the sordid pens and slop
pots of the earth, a fleecy cloud
to wallow in and the birds for his
mates —what a 'life for a pig!
What tales he will have to tell
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wnen once more he stand snout to
snout with his kind! How he will
king it among mere earth-bound
porkers! What princely squeals he
will ejaculate! What favors he will
disdainfully accept from lionizing
sows!
In one’s enthusiasm, one almost
forgets to mention that the pig was
sailing the skies Friday in an air
plane. But no doubt the reader al
ready has so deduced. A pig with
wings would be too much of a
whppper.
The fortunate swine herein
mentioned was tucked into his plan§
Friday morning at Souther Field,
Americus, Ga. By noon he was to
waddle forth at LaGrange, Ga., the
end of his journey.
His pilot en route was Lieutenant
A. B. McMullen, and his escort was
a second plane driven by Lieutenant
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rapher to take pictures of his pig
ship as he lolled languidly in his
seat.
The pig was presented to Colonel
Ira A. Rader, commandant of Sou
ther Field, as a prize to be awarded
to some Georgia boy living within
100 miles of Americus who enlisted
in the ah’ service during the month
of July. Colonel Rader agreed to
deliver the pig by the sky route at
: the winner's home. A LaGrange boy
i drew the lucky number and delivery
I took place Friday.
Early reports from Souther Field
said that the pig, not without pro
test, had been stowed aboard and
was on his way, but failed to state
whether he wore goggles and had
cotton in his ears.
These were followed by dispatches
to The Journal from many Georgia
towns between Americus and La-
Grange, describing a marvelous phe
nomenon vouched for by Georgia
farmers —nothing less than grunts
and squeals coming out of a clear
sky. A great mystery was declared.
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1. What people put criminals to
death by hemlock poisoning?
2. What is known as the Pyrrhic
victory?—ll96.
3. To whom was the title Quaes
tor applied?
4. Who ai;e the Shans?
5. Wlftit valuable discoveries were
made by Sir William Silmens?
6. What was the Stamp act?
7. In what island did a three
year drought cause the death of
over 30,000 persons?—2l4.
8. Who are the Copts?—294.
9. When did the Shepherd Kings
reign?
9. Who were the Scythians?
Answers
1. What is zoology? The science
of animal life.
2. What flower has a name mean
ing “little darling?” Mignonette.
3 What name dO‘ the Chinese give
their kingdom? “The Flowery King
dom.”
4. For what favorite sport in
Scotland does Parliament always
close? For grouse-shooting
5. What cemetery in the United
States is said by many to be ’he
most picturesque in the world?
Spring Grove, in Cincinnati, covering
six hundred acres.
6. What was the most terrible
I and destructive battle of the Civil
War? The Battle of Gettysburg.
I which lasted three days, and which
i happened in May, 1863.
7. What city was the center of the
i world’s traffic in the 12th century?
'Bruges (in Belgium), the capital of
, West Flanders.
8. In what country is the culti
i vation and use of tobacco forbidden
iby the ruler? Morocco.
9. Who were the Pilgrim Fa
thers? The founders of the first Eng
lish colony, settling in Massachu-
10. What town in the United
States has sidewalks, curbstones,
and ‘hitching posts of finest marble,
better even than Italy can furnish?
Rutland, which is in the heart of the
, great mineral wealth of Vermont.
MEXICO CULLED ON
TO BESCIIE JIBMEII
SEIZEmiWS
Texas Banker Is Authorized
to Deliver Amount of Ran
som Demanded for Return
of American Aviators
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—The
American embassy at Mexico City
was instructed by the state depart
ment to immediately call upon the
Mexican government for quick action
to’ affect the release of Lieutenants
Paul H. Davis and Harold G. Peter
son, American army aviators, who
were captured by Mexican bandits
near Candelaria, Texas, while pa
trolling the border, and who are
threatened with death unless $15,000
ransom is paid today.
The state department’s announce
ment said “the instructions pointed
out the seriousness with which the
United States government views this
situation and called for immediate
adequate action.” The American con
sul at Juarez also was instructed to
take all possible steps with the Mexi
can authorities there to secure re
lease and protections of the officers.
It was learned today that the first
intimation that the officers —Lieuten-
ants Paul H. Davis and Harold G.
Peterson—were missing reached
Washington the middle of last week
in dispatches from the border, which
said a peon had reported that two
aviators were in a canyon south of
the border. It was understood that
the aviators had been compelled to
lahd in Mexico and were in trouble.
American army officials on the bor
der were then reported to be planning
to send relief to the two men and
were given to understand that the
Mexican authorities had no objec
tion. The next word received was
on Saturday, when the capture of the
two men by bandits was reported.
State department officials said the
ransom would be paid as soon as in
formation could be had as to where
and to whom the money was to be
delivered. It has not been decided
whether the United States would
furnish the sum and charge it
against -the Carranza government or
call upon the Mexican government to
pay it direct.
BANKER AUTHORIZED
TO DELIVER AMOUNT
MARFA, Texas, Aug. 18. —Vice
President H. M. Fennell, of the Mar
fa State bank, was uthorized by
wealthy cattlemen of the Big Bend
district to draw $15,000 in cash from
hisV’bank early today and to pro
ceed to Candelaria, Texas, to deliver
this sum to Dawkins Kilpatrick, for
the ransom of Lieutenants Paul H.
Davis and Harold G. Peterson,
American aviators held for ransom
by bandits in Mexico.
The authorization for the payment
of the ransom was received from Ma
jor General Joseph T. Dickman, com
mander of the southern department.
EL PASO, Te\., Aug. 18. —Every
effort w r as being made today to
expedite the rescue of Lieutenants
Paul H. Davis and Harold G. Peter
son, aviators of the United States
army, who are held for ransom of
$15,000 by Mexican bandits some
where in Mexico south of the Big
Bend district of west Texas.
After eight days of suspense
since the aviators patrolling the
border disappeared, messages were
received by military authorities at
Marfa, Tex., yesterday demanding
payment of the ransom in gold to
Dawkins Kilpatrick, of Candelaria,
Tex., before tonight or the Ameri
cans would be killed, according to
the message.
Another message signed by the avi
ators accompanied the demand for
the ransom in which they stated
practically the same facts as con
tained in the message from the ban
dit leader.
They also sent the messages to
their relatives in Strathmore, Cal.,
and Hutchinson, Minn., urging them
to see that the ransom was raised at
once. Another message was later
sent to Candelaria, addressed to Daw
kins Kilpatrick, an American, and
signed by one of the bandit band say
ing they would kill the aviators if
there were any signs that the Amer
ican military forces were preparing
to pursue the bandits. Replies were
received from the parents of Lieu
tenant Peterson stating that they
would furnish the- ransom demanded
for release of their son and his com
panion if the government failed to
furnish the money, according to mes
sages from Marfa. These replies were
immediately given to a courier who
attempted to reach the bandit ren
dezvous south of the border. Whether
he succeeded was not known here or
at Marfa early today. Developments
in the case have led army officers
here to believe the bandits are not
far from the border and are holding
the American aviators in some out
of-the-way canyon until the ransom
is paid, whereupon they will release
them and permit them to go to the
border. Nothing has been heard of
the scout biplane which the men flew
when they were captured.
RANSOM DEMANDED
WILL RE FORWARDED
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Aug. 18.—
The telegram was received by Mrs.
S. G. Peterson at Hutchinson yester
day from her son, who is held by
Mexican bandits for ransom. It
was given out here last night by
the aviator’s father, having been for
warded through Colonel Langhorne,
at Marfa, Tex.
“Candelaria, Tex., Aug. 17.
“Mrs. S. G. Peterson, Hutchinson,
Kansas.
“Davis and myself had forced
landing in Texas on border. Were
captured by Villista Mexican ban
dits and are being held for sls,oo<j
ransom to be paid to Dawkins Kil
patrick, storekeeper in Candelaria,
Tex., not later than August 18. or
we will be killed. Correspond with
secretary of War, Major Walton,
first bombing group. El Paso, and
Dr. Warren B. Davis, Strathmore,
Cal. I am in good health and spir
its as I am sure war department
will meet ransom. If not good-by
as they mean business. Love and
don’t worry.
(Signed)
"HAROLD G. PETERSON.”
On his way to St. Paul to seek the
assistance of state officials, Mr. Pe
terson wired Colonel Langhorne that
the ransom, degianded would be sent.
COMPROMISE TO
BE REACHED ON
PEACE TREATY
Fate of Pact Will Probably
Be Known During Present
Week —People Have Been
Heard From
BY DAVID DAW3ENCE
(Copyright. 1910, for The Atlanta Journal.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 18.—
This week will reveal the fate of
the peace treaty and the League of
Nations so far as the United States*
is concerned, and as has happened
before in legislative battles, there
will be a compromise out of which
each side will claim and declaim a
substantial victory.
Reasons not altogether on the sur
face give basis for the foregoing pre
diction yet the controlling factors
and motives are so obvious thpt one
wonders why the tactics of the oc
casion involve whispers and party
councils of utmost secrecy. But the
truth is, Republicans and Democrats
have been getting some good advice
lately and from quarters outside of
Washington, where the impatience of
the people for action affirmative or
negative, but action nevertheless, has
been unmistakably felt.
‘ Reservations Necessary
To President Wilson and the
Democrats the word has been pass
ed that a straight-out victory with
the peace treaty and League of Na
tions unchanged from the form _ in
which it was signed at Paris is im
possible. “Interpretations are essen
tial,” is the way the situation has
'‘been truthfully represented by pro
league senators, “and we must ac
cept them.” '
Os course if Mr. Wilson accepts
interpretations in which he himself
is really in sympathy, explanatory
clauses or provisions, his influence
is, such that he can obtain acquies
ence by diplomatic note from the
other powers, but if the European
countries do not see the full Wil
sonian, strength behind the changes,
it is considered that for domestic
reasons, some countries may not be
anxious to reopen the treaty. That
is why the president would want the
suggested changes reduced to the
lowest possible number and of a
character which it could be argued
did not change the substance, but
specified the limits of American ob
. ligafcton.
Palmer’s Nomination
Reported Favorably
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—The sen
ate judiciary committee today re
ported favorably the nomination of
A.. Mitchell Palmer to be attorney
general. The committee’s vote was
unanimous* Palmer now holds office
under a recess appointment.
Threw Her Baby Out of
Eighth-Story Window
Charged with having thrown her
baby to death from - the eighth floor
of the Powell candy factory, in
New York, Lucy Murillo, 17 years
old, is a prisoner in Bellevue hos
pital.
Detective Joseph Sheldrick said
she admitted having thrown the
infant out of a washroom window,
but declared she did not know it
was alive at the time.
The body of the baby was found
on the roof of an extension seven
stories below, where Miss Murillo
worked. The discovery was made by
a girl who was playing on the roof
of the extension. She notified Pa
trolman Thomas McCarthy. He sum
moned Dr. Jackson of St. Vincent’s
hospital, who pronounced the infant
dead.
$5,000 Paid for Berths
In R-80 for Ocean Trip
As a prelude to a regular -serv
ice. the first passenger airship, R-80,
will fly some time this month from
Bartow-in-Furness, England, to Rio
de lar.eiro, Brazil. In addition to
a small cargo, it will carry twenty
voyag&rs, among whom will be Sir
Woodman Burbidge, who Ms book
ed three berths for himself, his wife
and a friend at $5,000 apiece.
The R-80 is about half the size of
the R-34, being 535 feet long and
having a capacity of 1,250,000 cubic
feet. She can make sixty miles an
hour, but her cruising speed is for
ty-six miles.
The flight Will take about four
days. She has all the comforts of
an ocean liner.
IF HE IS MERCIFUL TO EIGHT,
THINK OF SOLOMON WITH 1,000
Charles Hugh Wilson believes in
marriage. He followed the old ad
age of "safety in numbers” by taking
unto himself eight wives in the last
nineteen years. He married them, he
said, “to be merciful unto them.”
According to the information fur
nished in general sessions court, of
New York, where Wilson appeared
before Judge William H. Wadhams,
on a charge of bigamy, all eight of
the wives are living and apparently
happy, except one. The others may
start a matrimonial offensive the mo
ment they learn where their husband
is.
But maybe the wives will not be
bitter against him, for listen to this
excellent recommendation that he
gave of them to the court:
“I love them all, your honor. They
were splendid women and they were
pretty women. They were pure,
wholesome women.
Judge Wadhams asked Wilson why
he had married so often, when one
wife usually keeps the averae normal
man busy.
“I am a great student of the Bible
and I like to follow its teachings,”
replied the prisoner. “King Solomon
had a thousand wives, and King Da
vid. you know, had more than one.
So I thought there would not be any
thing out of the way if I had a few.”
“How did these women come to
find any attraction in you?” asked the
court, looking over at the diminutive
Wilson, standing barely 5 feet 3 inch
es in shoes or boots or stilts, or what
ever he might choose to wear.
“They, your honor, w.ere all trust
ful, Christian, economical women.
They came to me in distress and I
was merciful unto them.’”
“But,” interposed Judge Wadhams,
"how could you support so many
wives?”
“I did not support them all at once,
AFTER ENDURING UNTOLD
SUFFERINGS in German jails,
Mrs. Margaret Gentz Guhrman,
daughter of a Chicago publisher,
is back home. When the war be
gan she was in Germany, the
wife of a German artist named
Fuhrman. Their opposing views
led her to apply for a divorce,
as she could not leave Germany
while still a subject. Her suit
was forgotten in the hurry of
wartime and she began doing
war work. She was appointed to
a post censoring British mail at
a camp near Berlin, and time and
again she aided prisoners to es
cape. With a Yank and a
Tommy she herself escaped and
got as far as Hamburg. She was
in the vilest prisons for more
than a year and when she got
out weighed only seventy-five
pounds.
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IN N. Y. TRANSIT
STRIKE IS SEEN
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NEW YORK, Aug. 18.—First In
dications of a possible break in the
ranks of the striking Interborough
Rapid Transit employes came to
day when It was announced at a
meeting of strike leaders that some
elevated line employes reported for
work today in defiance of the strike
order.
These men, it was stated, claimed
they were not consulted with re
gard to the strike, and that they
were opposed to the stand taken by
their leaders. Some of these insur
gents were expected to attend an
inquiry into the strike set by
Public Service Commissioner Nix
on for this afternoon.
Mayor Hylan was in constant
conference on the strike situation
during the morning. It was under
stood the possibility of the city
temporarily taking over the Inter
borough lines and operating them
pending a settlement was under dis
cussion.
Thousands Walk
Mjire than twenty million
persons, who ordinarily travel
daily over the Interborough
Rapid Transit company’s sub
way and elevated lines in Man
hattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn and
Queens today either took slow-mov
ing surface cars and improvised con
veyances or walked to their work as
a result of the strike. As on Sun
day, when the strike became effect
ive. not a wheel turned on the com
pany’s 250 miles of trackage.
Thousands of jitneys and buses,
operated by the city, filled beyond
capacity with workers, clogged the
thoroughfares. Thousands fought in
vain for standing room on each
overloaded trolley car. Trolleys and
other vehicles moved at a snail’s
pace. Residents on the outer fringe
of the city were unable to reach
their places of employment until
many hours after their usual time
and industrial New York was crip
pled in consequence.
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CHAKBES HUGH WIDSON.
your honor. I was a traveling sales
man and made as high as SSO and S6O
a day. Not only that, but four of
these women were widows and had a
nest egg of their own.”
He comes from Barnesville, Mo.
When he was indicted for bigamy in
New York he was serving a term in
jail at Waupun, Wis., for grand lar
ceny.
Scents a copy.
$1.25 A YEAR.
HIDDEN PROFITS ME
■BED TO PICKERS
ST 1U COLVER
Member of Federal Trade
Commission Reveals In
vestigations of "Big Five.”
Explains System
Developments Monday in the na
tion-wide effort to reduce the cost
of living were:
Report of the Atlanta division of
the department of justice alleges
profiteering sugar in Atlanta.
Agents claim to have Information
that sugar bought from the refiner
ies at eight and three-quarten and.
nine and a quarter cents a pound
is being sold here at from 14 to 15
cents in some instances.
Sale of millions of dollars’ worth
of surplus army food began at more
than 50,000 postoffices throughout
the country.
Department of justice officials
who expect to seize $10,000,000 worth
of hoarded food this week, are
watching the sale with interest. At-*
torney General Palmer is consider
ing disposing of the seized food
through the postoffice once it is con
flemned through court action.
In cong ess legislation to bring
down high prices and end profiteer
ing is expected ts be the chief topic
of legislative disc ssion and com
mittee action during the week.
Retail food prices reached the
highest mark ever recorded during
the past month of July, the depart
ment of labor announced. Using 22
staple food articles as a basis the
department’s report showed a prico
increase of two per cent over De
cember, 1918, which month has been
the previous high water mark. As
compared with June, the July in
crease was three p " cest.
The five big packers are taking
millions of dollars in hidden profits
through ownership of stock yards,
William B. of the federal
trade commission, told the senate
agriculture committee. Epormous
profits, of packer-controlled stock
yards, including feeding charges and
pen rent, roll into coffers of the big
packers before the cattle reached
slaughter houses, he explained. lAe
found the five great meat-packing
corporations control the meat-pack
ing industry of the country,” he
declared, referring to the commis
sion’s investigation of the packing
business. THere are many independ
ent packers, he said, "but they ex
isted on the sufferance.
hearing on bills to
REGULATE PACKERS BEGIN Sj
WASHINGTON. Aug. 18. —With a
statement by Senator Kenyon that
the American people refuse to stanu
for ‘treasonable profits,” the senate
agriculture committee today began
hearings on packer regulation legis
lation. -
The committee has before it bot.i
the Kenyon and Kendrick bills, the
former being the more drastic of -he
two.
The hearings opened with a staU
ment by Senator Kenyon in which
he explained the purposes cf h’.s
measure.
“The people will stand for reason
able profits, but they are not going
to stand for treasonable profits,” Mr.
Kenycn declared. “And the profits
that are being made by the packing
monopoly come near being treason
able profits.”
Not Federal Ownership Bill
The Kenyon bill, he explained, is
not a government ownership bil).
‘We are not trying to injure the
packers, or ruin business,” he said.
“It is .true that the bill does lodge
tremendous powers in the bends of
one man.
“There are radical bills. It is use
less to pretend they are not. They
have tcet hin them. They propose a
new method of corporate control.
“But in vie wof the facts disclosed
in the federal trade commission’s in
vestigation and the conditions of un
rest in the country, we felt congress
could not sit idly by and do noth
ing.
“A monopoly of the necessaries of
life is indefensible and intolerable.
These bills are to destioy that mo
nopoly. When a monopoly reaches
that stage we can’t say it is a priv
ate business. It is a public utility.”
Parcel Post Sale On
Sale of millions of dollars’ wort it
of surplus army food began.at more
than 50,000 postoffices throughout
the country today.
The big marketing job, which win
be conducted through the parcel post,
will end August 2u, by which time
officials hope practically all the foo.l
will be disposed of. If the sale
proves as successful as officials here
believe it will, other army surplus,
including blankets and clothing, will
be disposed of in the same way.
Department of justice officials who
expect to seize $10,000,00 worth ut
hoarded food this week, are also
watching the sale with interest. At
torney Genearl Palmer is consider
ing disposing of the seized food
through the postotiice once it is con
demned through court action.
Preparations for the sale of the
army food are complete. Postmas
ters have price lists which they will
make public in every possible way
along with complete directions as co
how the food is to be sold.
Congress to Get Busy
The sale of the surplus food along
with the seizures planned by the de
partment of justice are expected to
be the two heaviest blows yet aim
ed at high cost of living by the ex
ecutive arm of the government.
In congress legislation to brine
down high prices and end profiteer
ing is expected to b® the chief topic
of legislative discussion and commit
tee action during the week.
A subcommittee of the senate in
terstate commerce committee, whicn
is working along the lines suggested
by President Wilson, is expected :•>
turn out some recommendations soon.
The senate agriculture commit
tee has under consideration requests
of Attorney General Palmer for*
broadening the scope of the war food
control act under which Mr. Palmer
is operating. Farmers are fighting
these recommendations.
Hearings on bills to regulate the
packers are also before ths senate*
agriculture committee.
Many absent house members were
returning to Washington today as or
dered by leaders to take up price leg
islation. Action in the lower branch
of congress has been held up through
lack of a quorum. J