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MUNICIPAL
LIGHTING
Lincoln, Neb., Municipal Light
ing Plant Reduces Its Rates
While Private Plants Boost
Theirs.
Lincoln, Neb.—While private electric
light plants have been boosting their
rates, tho municipal light plant here has
followed the tendency of most other pub-
Jicly-owned electric utilities, and has
been cutting its rates.
, .Twice in three years the consumers’
bills have been cut. They are now pay
ing 5 cents per KWH for th first 10 kilo
watts; 4 cents for the next 30; three and
one-half cents for the next 460; and for
all in excess a fixed charge of 40 cents a
month.
Wnen the municipal plant made its
llrst cut, the two private companies in
Lincoln termed the new rates ruinous, yet
m«t them. When the second cut was
made, the private companies said they
Would not compete with the municipal
plant. They stuck to this policy for just
one. week. Then they met the 5-eent
I’ate.
The plant was started to engage only
In street lighting business, but. in Octo
ber, 1913, it branched out into the com
mercial field.
Since then, 15,000 commercial consum
ers have been connected by the munici
tpal plant, and all extensions have been
'paid for out of earnings.
Says Paul W. Doer, assistant superin
tendent of the plant; “Both the privately
owned companies in this city have re
cently raised their rates again. Our
municipal plant has not found it neces
sary to do so. Nor do we contemplate
'Bny raise in the future.
“When we first launched into the field
We an amazing state of affairs.
Certain private consumers here were be
ing favored with a rate as low as three
cents, while the small consumer next
door was paying 13 to 15 cents. But to
secure new business, the private com
panies would grant the same amount ot
! current were paying.
“To establish our municipal plant, we
made a total outlay of $6?T,000 for neces
sary machinery. The people have already
had an estimated saving, in reduced bills,
of over SIOO,OOO, while there have b<*?n
big additional savings in the reduced
4ates of the private companies.”
The League of
Nations and
1920 Election
By DAVID LAWRENC7,
(Copyright, 191©. by The Augusta
Herald.)
(Note; This is second of series of three
guides giving analysis of conditions as
Observed on President Wilson's trans
fontinental tour.)
Washington, D. C.—Presidential
primaries are six months away—they
have the first vote in Oregon—and
there is today neither a crystalliza
tion of strength behind any'particular
candidate in either party nor any
certainty that the two old parties—
the Democratic and Republican—will
■dra w their support from the same cle--
ments which have contributed to
their alternative success in the past. «
President Wilson disclaimed anv
political ambition on his tour and
denounced any man who would look
at the peace treaty and league of na
tions with an eye to the elections of
]92fl. That made it possible for Re
publicans everywhere who favored
the league, to gather around the Presi
dent without giving the local Demo
crats the opportunity to garner ad
vantage to their party out of the.
presence or activity of Mr. Wilson
But much as Sir. Wilson tried to de
stroy it, the notion persisted in many
places that just as the President
made a non-partisan tour for pre
paredness. just before he ran for a
second term so might the league tour
be a feeling-out profess looking to
ward a third term.
They Would Not.
So. everywhere I made inquiries of
Democrats as well as Republicans as
to whether they would support Wil
son if he ran for a third term, and the
universal answer was that they would
not. That is why every time Mr.
(Continued on .Page Eleven.)
GALE COMING OFF
» GEORGIA COAST
Washington.—Northeast storm warn
. Ires were ordered displayed today on
the Atlantic coast from Norfolk to Sa
vannah. Reports to the weather bureau
indicated a disturbance of unknown in
tensity with an apparent northward
1 movement, about 200 miles ofr the Geor
gia coast. Reports from vessels indicat
ed strong winds in the vicinity of the
storm. •
MONTICELLO OFFERED TO
PRESIDENT FOR HIS REST
Washington. Montlrollo, the
handsome estate in Virginia of
Thomas Jeferson, third president
of tl>e United States, was tendered
to President Wilson today as a re
treat while recuperating from his
illness.
Former Representative Jefferson
M. Levy, the present owner, sent
the offer to place Montlcello at the
disposal.
Thanks were returned to Mr.
Levy for his offer. He was in
formed that no plans had been
made as yet regarding the presi
dent's leaving the White House.
Advertisements
That Prove Most
Folks Are Honest
Reading "Lost and Found” ads
in The Herald will Increase your
faith in human integrity.
w
Every day valuables are lost
and found and Herald Want Ads
.bring loser and finder together.
The person who finds two
twenty-dollar bills—as someone
did the other day—does NOT
glance furitlvely around and
stick ’em in his Jeans. Instead, he
phones a "Lost and Found’’ ad
to The Herald and the next day
restores the money to the right
ful owner.
Remsmber this the day
you lose your ring, or neck
lace. ‘‘Lost,and found” ad
vertisements prove that most
folks are honest.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
(ASSOCIATED PRESS.)I
VOLUME XXVI, No. 273
Allies Begin to Cut Hun Food Supply
X X X X X X X X X X x
British R’y Trains Run With Military
THE AMERICANS
IMTI ORDER
IN THE ADRIATIC
Feeling Running High at Spaia
to lntervention Necessary
Between Italians and the
Jugo-Slavs.
Rome. —American marine; or blue
jackets are maintaining order in the
city of Spalato, Dalmatia, where Rear
Admiral Phillip Andrews is stationed
with his flagship, the Pittsburgh, ac
cording to reports reaching this city.
It Is indicated in reports that feeling
is running high in Spalato and that the
Americans have been forced to inter
vene between the Italians and Jugo
slavs. t
The Fiume issue will be laid before
the Italian people on November 16th,
together with the other matters on
which the government wishes to ob
tain a mandate. The parliament was
dissolved yesterday and will reas
semble on December Ist.
In State of War.
Telegraphic advices from Fiume re
port that Gabriele D’Annunzio, in com
mand of the insurgent garrison of the
city, has stated that he considered
himself in a state of war with Jugo
slavia. His declaration was made aft*s
the head of the French mission had
demanded that D’Annunzio restore
telegraphic communication with Ag
ram, the Croatian capital which
D’Annunzio had interrupted.
"Cordial Collaboration.”
Paris.—Orders closing the Jugo-Slav
frontier has led the chief of staff of
the Twenty-Sixth Italian regular army
corps at Abbazia to interview Captain
D’Annunzio’s chief o* staff and dis
cuss measures to be taken. This has
resulted in the sending of some of
Captain D'Annunzio’s volunteers to
hold the armistice line, according to
the Kpoca, which adds "the event
shows the cordial collaboration be
tween the D'Annunzio troops and the
regulars.”
The correspondent of the Epoca
says the blockade of Fiume is more
severe than formerly, mail being held
at the frontier. There was sufficient
for three months for the population of
Fiume.
MORE TROOPS, THO
OMAHA IS QUIET
Arrive to Take Charge of Mili
tary Operations—Continue to
Recount Attempts to Lynch
Mayor Smith.
Oaham, Neb.—Twenty-four negroes
dressed in civilian clothes, wearing spe
cial police badges and carrying arms,
appeared Jn the downtown section last
night. They said they had been sworn
in as special officers by a city official.
Soldiers took them to a fire station, took
their weapons away and released them.
MAYOR SMITH IMPROVING.
Omaha.-*—Additional military forces,
eleven oficers and 250 men from Camp
Funston, Kans., and twenty oficers and
650 men of Camp Grant, Ills., today join
ed the Federa troops already on duty
here as a result of the race rioting last
Sunday. Major General Leonard Wood,
commander of the Central department of
the army also arrived to take charge of
the military operations. The cliy was
quiet during the night and there was no
«ign of trouble a heavy rain serving to
keep people off the streets. This fact was
| considered a great aid to the authori
ties who had taken precautions to guard
against a fresh outbreak of Sunday’s
rioting v/hich resulted in the lynching of
a negro, the death of one white man, in
jury to many others, heavy by
fire to the county courthouse and an
attentpt on the part of the crowd to lynch
Mayor Smith.
Reports today from the hospital where
Mayor Smith is confined as a result of in
juries inflicted by the mob. was that ho
is improving.
To Fix the Responsibility.
Decision was expected to be mpdc to
day by judges o ft he county's district
court as to whether there shall be a spe
cial grand jury caled ot investigate the
riot. At the same time, Governor Sam
uel R. McKelvie and Attorney General
Clarence. A. Davis are expected to start
an inquiry to fix, if possible, responsibil
ity for Sunday's lawlessness.
Reports today continued to recount at
tempts to lynch the mayor was made
after repeated endeavor on his part to
prevent rioters from securing Wm.
Brown, negro, who was finally taken
from the county Jail by the mob, shot,
burned and hanged on the theory he was
the man who recently attacked 19-year
old Agnes Lobeck.
Infuriated The Mob.
The mayor was seized by a band of
thirty or forty persons. Members of the
mob demanded the release of the negro
prisoner they sought but the mayor In
itiated that the rioters allow law to
take its course. Hie refusal to grant
their demands evidently infuriated the
mob. which placed a noose about the
mayor's neck.
Business men In the main depreciate
the art of the mob and are taking steps
to see that it does not occur again But
the men in the streets, the ordinary clerk
and the ordinary working man, Is today
simply smiling all over his face at the
result of his work.
The Women', Position.
And the women of the town have tak-n
a similar position.
Omaha women are glorying In the fact
that the negro. Will Brown, who assault
til at IJ-year-old girl, and who was liv
ing with another white woman, has been
hanged and burned
The working women down in town,
(he stenographers, the ofifee clerks, the
department store clerks art pleased at
the work of the mob.
Many girls in their teens In the stores
land the office* laughed with the men
I and bragged shout being In the mob from
I I's Inception In the afternoon until Will
Brown's head and arms and legs had
been burned off and the torso kicked
I around the streets like a huge football.
;THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPZR IN MANY HOMES!
Blockade of'Germany by
Allies Will Begin Today;
No Food Ships Allowed
Paris, Sept. 30.—The blockade of Germany, which was threatened by the
allies in case the German troops of General von der Golt were not removed
from the Baltic region, will begin today, according to the lntransigeant. No
food ships, it declared, will be permit ted to start for Germany until further
orders are issued.
Vessels now on the way to German ports, however. be permitted to
proceed tQ their destinations. t
tO HOLD P ROVINCES.
Paris, Sept 30. Le Petit Parlsie n at tributes to General von der (loltz,
the German commander in the Baltic, the intention to follow Gal riele D’An
nunzio’s lead and hold the Baltic provinces where the majority of his troops
have broken relations with the Ger-ma n government
WILL REC ALL HIM.
Basle, Switzerland. Sept. 30. -The effortH of General von der Golts “to
make his troops evacuate the Baltic having failed," says a Hrrlln dispatch
received here today, the German has d elded to “recall him definitely.”
LED NEGRO IN >
ALABAMA HOSPITAL
Shot Dead in Bed After Ruse
of Police Discovered Gov
ernor Calls Conference to De
termine What Action Shall Be
Taken.
Montgomery, Ala.—Following a confer
ence with Judge Leon McCord, of the
criminal division of the circuit court. So
licitor W. Temple Seibles and Attorney
General J. Q. Smith, Governor Thomas E.
Kilby anounced at 11 o’clock this morn
ing that he would assist in following up,
capturing and adequately punishing any
and all members of the mob which yester
day and early this morning lynched three
negroes.
Montgomery, Ala.—John Temple, negro,
who last night shot and fatally wounded
Policeman John Barbare. and who was
wouneded by the officer, was shot to
death in a hospital shortly after 2 o’clock
this morning by a small band of white
men. He was the third negro to die by
lynch law within a period of 12 hours.
Miles Phifer and Robert Orosky. the lat
ter a discharged sqJdier. having been shot
to death by a mot) five miles from the
city yesterdaj' afternoon. Still another
negro, Bird Astor. who was with Temple
when Barbare was shot, and Is being
sought by a popse. and it was believed
his capture would result In more mob
violence.
No Connection.
There was no coneotlon bet wen the
lynching of Phifer and Orosky and the
killing of Temple. The first named two,
charged with crimes against white wo
men. were taken from thre deputy sher
iffs by a mob of about 25 men five miles
from the city. The Spanish method of
execution, “lev de fuga,” was used. The
negroes were told to run for their lives
and as they started were shot down. The
mob then quietly dispersed.
Last night Policenmn Barbare arrested
Temple, Astor and a negreas on a charge
of disorderly conduct as a result of a row
following a dance. Temple resented his
arrest nnd shot the officer, but not until
he himself had been wounded. In the
meantime Astor fled.
Taken to Hospital.
The police, to prevent a possible lynch
ing. ajnounced that Temple had been kill
ed. Later it became known that this was
only a ruse and that. Temple had been
taken to a hospital.
A small band ouickly organized and
not more than hair a dozen men entered
the hospital, overpowered tho two guards
and shot the negro to death as he lay In
bed.
A special grand jury likely will be
called to investigate the two lynchings,
Circuit Judge McfTord anounced today,
following a conference with Governor
Kilby.
282 TOIBB VOTE
FOO CLEMENCEAU
Parts, Sept. 30.—The Clemenceau gov
ernment was sustained on a question of
confidence in the chamber of deputies
today. The premier’s demand for post
roncment of discussion of motion ot
>eputy Andre LePevre, Instructing the
government to seek the adding of a rider
to the Versailles treaty for the further
dlaarmament of Germany, was agreed to
by a vote of 262 to 168.
Upon the resumption of the debate on
the peace treaty today deputy Andre
LeFevre demanded the Immediate dis
cussion of bis motion. He postponed
that the government should be Invited
to open new negotiations with the sign
ers of the Versailles treaty.
Premier Clemenceau demanded the
postponement of this discussion until
after the treaty had been ratified and
raised the question of confidence of the
fovernment in the demand of idputy Le
'evre for immediate discussion.
FRENCH TROOPS
LEAVING FIUME
Paris, Sspt. 30.—The French trops that
were In Flume have been evacuating that
city for several days, past says IJbert*
today. The operation. It explains, was a
long one because of the Immense stores of
supplies that had to be removed.
“DOESN’T IT?”—M’ADOO
Chlc*ao.--If there in a presidential b**e
in the bonnet of Wm. O McAdoo. soif
in-law* of President Wllxon and former
secretary of tha treasury and director of
labor It Isn’t doing much buzzing.
Mr McAdoo flopped off today on hie
way to New York
"flow about th* presidential situa
tion T* he wm naked
"It looks an thought th*re ware go*
J in# to one, doesn't It?" h* replied,
I smiling broadly.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 30, 1919
THE PRESIDENT
IS IMPROVING
Had Good Night’s Rest, Say
Grayson’s Bulletin Shows
Much Interest in Progress of
Treaty Fight.
Washington—President Wilson after
two days of auiet and rest at the White
House showed further improvement to
day. Rear Admiral Gary T. Grayson, his
nernonal physician, issued the following
bulletin at 11 a. ni.
“The president had a good nlght/s
rest and Is improving."
Although the president’s condition
precludes his taking any active part in
directing the peace treaty fight In the
senate, he has shown much interest and
received a report on the situation from
Secretary Tumulty late last night.
Senators Directing the administration
fight for ratification of ths treaty with
amendment or reservation, advised the
president, through Mr. Tumulty that tho
treaty would not he amended and that
no reservations which would require its
resubmlstdon would ho adopted.
PROHIBITION ON
’TIL RATIFICATION
Atty. Gen’l Palmer’# Opinion.
Washington.—Although tin* war de
ftartment declared In a statement today
hat “the accident of war and the pro
cess of demobilization are at an end.”
war-time prohibition cannot be lifted un
til after the ratification of the peace
treaty, In the opinion of Attorney Gen
eral Palmer.
The prohibition law provides that It
shall remain In force until after the ter
mination of the war and the demobiliza
tion of the army. Mr. Palmer has held
that the state of war does not end until
the peace treuty has been ratified. Pres
ident Wilson took a similar position In
asking congress eurly In the year to re
peal the war-time prohibition law insofar
ns it affected light wines and beer.
The war department’s statement as
to the end of demobilization was made
in connection with an •‘announcement
That officers of the regular army were
about to be returned to their normal
peace-time rang and that the Ift, (gift
emergency officers still in the service
must he discharged in order to reduce
the commissioned personnel to the 18,000
authorized by a recent act of congress.
N. Y. PREPARING;
LIFT BOOZE BAN
New York.—Demobilization will
be proclaimed by President Wilson
and the war time ban on intoxi
cants will be lifted In seven days,
New York liquor dealers have been
Informed, it was said here last
night.
Huge quantities of whiskey are
arriving daily at the bonded ware
houses. and distillers, wholesalers,
cases and hotels, acting on this
advice, are preparing for a huge
business.
Get Your Tickets Now For
T. D. M. World Series; First
Game Starts Tomorrow P. M.
It Is a foregone conclusion that Au
gusta will have more fans during the
world series that b gins tomorrow than
has ever b'j«m the case In the past. The
novel electric score board that is to b'i
used by the "Press Gang" at tha T. D.
M. matinees at the Now Modjexka is a
feature in Itself, registering right before
your eyes every ofay exactly as it
transpires on the field -every ball, every
strike, every hit, In fact, everything that
you could possibly see were you in Cin
cinnati during the game, except the
crowds, and even they won’t be missed,
for the New MOdjSSKS will b pocked
each day, Judging from tha manner In
which the tickets are going Besides,
"Dusty" Rhodes, tha Mouth's premier
caller, will call each play as It made
But aside from the interest In the
game Itself, as it will be put across at
the New Modjeska, there is the senti
mental side of the -phenomenal Interest
being exhibited In the series Hince the
announcement of the younger fellows of
the newspaper tribe In Augusta that
they would put on these dally matinees
and chunk all the money In the pot for
one T D. M., to be used In buying him
self a home, interest has been exhibited
In the world Meries on the part of per
sons who didn’t know before that such
a series was to b played
And ’ha’ Is exactly ah we of the p'-n
--pushlng trlb thought M would b We
love him and honor him ourselves, and
»we felt sure everybody else entertained
similar sentiments For hasn’t he spent
forty years In the garde here, always do
ing soemthfng for the other fellow and
giving the old town a bot#st wherever it
was possible? And was 1t not to be ex.
peeled that those who for years have
SENATE PROBERS
TO PITTSBURGH;
STRIKE UNCHANGED
Claims from Pittsburgh and
Bethlehem Plants Still Con
flict on Ninth Day of Steel
Struggle—Close Down,‘“For
Repairs” in Chicago District.
Pittsburg.—Senator Kenyon, chairman
of the senate labor committee investi
gating the steel strike wired union head
quarters today that the committee hoped
to visit the Pittsburg district the latter
part of the week or the first of next,
depending upon the voting on amend
ments to the peace treaty.
Tho committee requested Wm. 7. Fos
ter, secretary of the steel workers* na
tional committee, to appear before the
committee In Washington Thursday
morning at ten o’clock.
Mr. Foster said he would appear.
Unchanged at Pittsburg.
Pittsburg.—The steel strike situation In
the Pittsburg district was unchanged to
day. Union leaders advanced the claim
that the union’s effort to extend the
strike, launched yesterday had met with
success while representatives of the em
ployers said that their efforts to oper
ate additional plants Monday had been
marked by the return of many men to
tlicir places.
Employers expressed the opinion that
before next Sunday plants which were
forced to shut down because of the strike
will be operating on full time. Strike
leaders say they will keep a large forco
of union organizers in the- field.
At Bethlehem.
Bethlehem, Pa. The second »l«y of Ilia
strike at the Bethlehem Steel Compiiny’s
plants brought conflicting statements
from the two sides of the controversy,
union representatives claiming- that
eighty per cent of the men were out and
officials of the company declaring that
the slination was satisfactory and that
ali their plantH were operating virtually
at full capacity.
Signs of Re-Opening.
Youngstown, Ohio.- Hundreds of steel
strikers and nearly the entire city police
force were massed today at the Ohio
Works of the Carnegie Steel Company,
the only plant in the valley that showed
signs of stlempting to re-open.
Violence at Gary.
Chicago.—After a day of futile efforts
of the big steel mills in the Chicago dis
trict to induce h sufficient number of
employes to return to work in order to
operate on a much larger scale, chief at
tention today turned to the United Slates
I Steel Corporation plants nl Gary, Ind
I With many minor acts of violence re
ported to the police last night, further
developments were anxiously awaited.
Union leaders were perturbed as they
heard reports that the temper of the
strikers whs rising.
Resume Picketing.
Cleveland, Ohio, —Picketing of steel
plants which had been discontinued sev
eral days ago was resumed this morn
ing in what 11. W. Raisse, cvhalrman of
the steel workers’ strike committee de
clared wa a the beginning of a fight
against steel company propaganda to
weaken the morale of the, strikers ”
FORCE THE ISSUE
ON IU. PRINTERS
New York—Employers of printers op
erating 260 union book and job offices
in New York city today forced to an
issue the controversy with their press
men and feeders, over the latter a de
mand for a 4-hour week and a sl4 a
week wage increase. The pressmen and
feeders were notified that they will not
ho given employment tomorrow when
their contracts expire unless they are
affiliated with the International Press
man’s Union. The two local unions
which have seceded from the Interna
tional have 6,000 members employed In
tlie 260 shops In addition, the employ
ing printers' notice will affect 10,000
printers, stereotypers, electrotypers,
photo-engravers, binders and mailers.
50,000 FAMILIES IN
NEW YORK ARE MOVING
New York.—Fifty thousand families
In greater New York must, move to
morrow. the last of the month.
In Manhattan and the Bronx alone,
25,000 families must exchange domiciles,
and a large storage warehouse company
announced tonight that only 17,000 mov
ing vans are available. _
derived such enjoyment from reading hi*
unique "Talking it Over" column would
welcome this opportunity to aid tha
"Pfe.ss Gang" in their efforts to present
him with s fitting testimonial of the
community’s regard for him?
However, none should get the Idea that
they are asked to contribute one penny.
We arc putting on an attraction that, is
well worth the money to be charged
tickets 60c each and we wish to give
value received for e very dollar thrown In
the pot. Indeed, no contributions are
being accepted- we are giving the
et§ for every dollar taken In. More than
one check for $26 has been received with
Instructions to put it in the pot for T. Jr
M . hut Just as promptly as the
carne, fifty tickets were despatched to
the donor.
The 'Dress Gang" Is receiving the
most whole-hearted co-operation in
their stunt, encouraging reports coming
n from Cotton Row, all parts of Broad
Street, while the Rotary Ulub will give
the thing a boost st Us luncheon Tues
day.
As for the ladles They need not he
bashful. We are counting on selling
them a bunch of tickets for the matt,
rices They will enjoy the games, and
will also want to have m part In this T
D. M stunt, for never has there b en a
man In Augusta who has fostered the
pet hobb »*s of the women more per
sistently than has this dean of the trlb
The tickets are on sale at Howards,
Gardelles. Burdens. Th< tffag and John
J Miller's. They may b purchased at
either place, or at either of the news
paper offieeM, or from any of tne news,
writing gang on either paper that you
happen to encounter on the streets.
[(FULL LEASED WIRE.)
Headway Is Being Made
by the British Gov’t in
Dealing With Big Strike
WHAT LEADERS
SAY OF STRIKE
London, Sept. 29.—Here Is what
the principal figures in labor s camp
said tonight about the status and
outlook of the great strike:
J. 11 Thomas, secretary, national
union of railway men:
“I have long foreseen, and never
hesitated to warn my people against
the danger of an upheaval that ts
not merely one of hours and wages
hut an attack on the whole consti
tution of the country.
“I regret that In suite or my ef
forts, attempts arc made to
turn this fight Into a revolution.
I tear the attempt to turn it into
a revolutionary movement may suc
ceed. I can only once ugaln say that
the rail men arc more solid and de
termined than over. Their solidarity
Is unexampled In the history of
unionism. We will not bo beaten.”
J. Bromley, secretary, associated
society of locomotvo engineers and
firemen:
“I fear it is gong to he a very
severe struggle We are prepared
for a long fight. We are among the
wealthiest unions and can hold out
a long while.”
Boh Smiley, head of the miners
union.
“Within three days 90 per cent, of
all miners will he Idle as a result or
the railway men's strike, with which
the miners sympathize.”
Thomas Griffiths, M. P “if Lloyd
George had had his way hero there
would lie no strike. Tho rail men
are not fighting ttie premier but his
masters."
NAME WHITLOCK
BELGIAN ENVOY
W»»hlngton.—H| anj WhltlpPk, now
minister to lliilglum. »“» nominated to.
dav by ProaMnnt Wllaoh to bo iimbas
eador 10 that iqutiiry.
EXPLAINS LANDING
OF 11. S. MARINES
Demand in Senate for Rigid
Inquiry in Dalmatian Affair.
Daniels and Hitchcock Give
Administration's Side.
Washington.—The landing of Amer
ican marines on the Dalmatian coast
without the knowledge of Secretary I>an-
Iclh or any other responsible official
of the United States government brought
about an Insistent demand In the sen
ate yesterday for a rigid Inquire hh to
the source of the authority which sent
the marines against the Italian residents.
Senator New, of Indiana, Introduced a
resolution calling upon the state depart
ment to furnish all the facts shout the
matter and to reveal to the senate the
Information as to who was responsible
for sending the marines on land.
Another resolution, by Senator Sher
man of Illinois, declared such use of the
American forces to be unwarranted and
beyond the power of any inter-allied
council which may have been established
abroad to deal with such matters. Nei
ther resolution was acted upon.
Daniels Denies.
Secretary Daniels emphatically denied
the report that the marines were dis
patched by the British admiralty. He
said the matter was arranged before
President Wilson and AdrnlraJ Ilenson
left Paris and the authority was placed
Jn the hands of the allied military and
naval council. In the debate which fol
lowed the introduction of Senator New's
resolution, senators opposed to the treaty
asserted the utilization of the American
marines to drive the Italian forces out of
Trail furnished only an Illustration of the
mariner in which American forces would
be subjected to foreign domination un
der the league of nations Senator Knox
of F'ermsylvanis, expressed this opinion
in saying:
The First Number.
“I can appreciate how the head of
the American navy would feel when It
was publicly charged that marines, ex
clusively under tfif control of bis de
partment, had beep landed upon foreign
soil for the purpose of carrying out the
wishes and desires of any nation. I
can understand now furOw*r doubt might
have disturbed his serene vnlnd, and that
is as to whether or not this was only
the first number of a program to which
we may he frequently committed In the
way of military and naval activity in
Kurope
Senator Brandegas, of Connecticut,
suggested the affair was "Indicative of
the sort of situation we should b« In un
der the leogu* of atlons end the danger
of operating the army and navy of the
United States In this haphazard, unau
thorized manner." He suggested that It
would have been extremely embarrass
ing for the United States, If there had
been bloodshed In the operations at
Trau.
Hitchcock Defends.
Senator Hitchcock, speaking for the
administration, undertook to explain that
the situation In Kurope Is the same, as
when the armistice was signed, and the
supreme war council was formed for the
purpose of preserving the existing sta
tus In Kurope. He said Italy is now
confronted with "something which par
take very much of the nature of a revo
lution" and that the work of maintain
ing order In Italy has been assigned In
part to the United States by the ruprerne
council. He declared that although the
United Htates Is not at war with Italy
that government Is In accord with the
policy of suppressing the Insurrection
along the Dalmatian coast
In explanation of the landing of ma
rines Senator Hitchcock raid:
"The simple trouble in that with some
Italian insurrectionists. whatever t lie
.United States has done in this case
has been done by the order of men over
there who have been Issuing orders for
months and there Is no reason why that
condition should he changed In the face
of insurrection mjuS lew lessee «a''
HOME
EDITION
THE WEATHER—Augusta and vicinity
Fair tonight and Wednesday.
Military Guards Placed on R’y
Trains With Orders to Enforce
Operation—Food Distribution
Is Proceeding Satisfactorily. .
Offers of Voluntary Service De
clared “Overwhelming”
Further Secessions An
nounced from Ranks of
/
Strikers —Price Regulations
Issued in London.
London, Sept. 30.—Great Britain fs
making headway in dealing with the lia
tloinil strike of ner railwaymen, the gov
ernment reported today. The official
communique from Downing street an
nounced that the railway service waa
improvng. more trains having been run
than called for under the schedules pre
pared by the companies yesterday. Thi*
was In line with forecasts that better
ment of conditions in this respect might
be expected today.
Attempts to derail trains, which occur
red yesterday for tho first time since the
beginning of the strike, wore rererred
to by th‘Downing street statements as
“some minor acts of sabotage.” These
it was explained had caused no loss of
life and the necessary steps had been
taken to deal with this phase of the sit
uatlon. Meanwhile, the distribution of
food Is proceeding satisfactorily, the au
thorities announce this being due largely
“to tho admirable spirit and efficient
work of volunteers.’’ The offers of vol
untary service, It is declared, are “over
whelming.”
Other Labor Bodies.
No statement on behalf of the men was
forthcoming during the morning, but the
latest expressions from their leaders
shciwed a determination to carry the
struggle through. James Henry Thomas
secretary of the national union of rail
waymen, in an announcement at an
open air meeting during the forenoon In
dicated that, the calling in of help from
other labor bodies was contemplated
He declared that the railway men would
not continue to refuse offers of sympa
thetic strikes from other unions Tins
was considered most, significant In view
of the meeting of the Transport Worri
ers and Vehicle Drivers’ called for to
day to decide upon their attitude.
Caring for Livestock.
The government announced this morn
ing that livestock that had been aban
doned in transit by the strikers and
horses belonging to the railroad com
panies that had been left without attend
ance were being cared for by the author
ities.
The meeting of the executive body of
the transport workers was a lengthy
one. After their prolonged dlßcusnimi
the members of the body this afternoon
went to the ministry of labor. It Is an
ticipated In government circles that the
service of street cars and omnibuses
will cease today The order stopping
service, It Is possible, may bo Issued at
any moment.
Military Guards.
Military guards were placed on all
trains in the northern eect.lon today wttn
Instructions to take effective measures
against interference with their opera
tion. ,
Further secessions from the ranks of
the striking railroad men \k*re reported
by officials this morning, nut generally
the ui)lon ranks are remaining firm, witn
the possibility of the transport men
Joining them today.
AD-CHATS.
By O'HEANEY.
Creating Markets
Many desirable commodities
would not be produced at alt,
if advartielng did not exiat to pro
vide a sufficient market for them,”
aaya Thomas Ruaaall in Printer’s
Ink.
Modern advertising justifies itself
economically by its funotion of
bringing knowledge of deairable mer
chandise to the ooneumer. To create
a new want is justifiable and useful
where the standard of living i* rais
ed by It. No one would die if the
telephone wee abolished. But the
telephone raisee the standard of
convenience. A civilized enen dif
fers from a savage just as much by
hie wants as by hie convention,.
Savages do not want to dean their
cavet. If mechanioal carpet swaep
ere had not been advertisod, house
holder, would still have been content
with the laborious and ineffectual
brooms. They could not Have been
introduced without advertising.
A safety razor not only cuts lese, but
also shaves hatter and closer than a
razor of the old type! but the safety
razor wee at first a rare end clumsy
adaptation of the old fashioned
razor, to inconvanient that hardly
anyone used it until aafaty razora
of the Gillette type were advertised,
vertlssd.
But the vacuum cleaner or the piano
player is a better example. Theta
thing, are not eeeentiale of life; but
neither are ehirta, collar, or even
trouser,. The only way to make the
vacuum cleaner, which is a great
labor saver, and tha player-piano,
which ia a source of much innocent
happineas. at a practical price, i, to
make them in great numbers. The
■mall part, of which these machines
are composed would be very ex
pansive to make by hand. Special
machines and tools, costinq a great
dead of money, must be made to turn
them out by the thousand*. But it
certainly would have been v«cy
hazardous to install this machinery
unleai a quick end an assured mar
ket could be foreeeeit.
The Auaueta Herald with its domi
nant circulation brings every mer
chant a market which is his to serve,
e« Innn ee he serve, it honsatly and
efficiently. •
(Continued tomorrow.) ' " ■