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^Cpl^OMk OP REASONS C
d ^*OPNECES^^E^^SlFi
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ONE REME^f WIW^ I
;fr> '
Reeornrrwitdcd Hiding
B' ;i Vm?t Store* of AH JKlgd^.
fi Washington.?President Wilson laid
> jeveral specific proposals before Con- cress
for. checking the highv cost, of *'
j living, but. at the same time declared p
! ; permanent results could not be ex- v
.pected until peace time bases were *
fully restored by ratification of the I
peace treaty. *
:' High prices, the Prepijdeqt tol$ Con-1/
.^Cress, w?;e not Juetffiea^ny shortage c
of supply', either.present of prospec- ?
V tire,- finiMr^teVcfp^ed fix inany caSfEs f
^artiflcianlr'and'deliberately" by "yi-' a
. clous prkctieelfcr n?tj?h?r?rt" h?
_ , OUiV*?
I \ were responsible in farge part for ex- J
f Jtortionate prices. B
' Striked, tbe President warned the P
jijlabor world.would .only make matters. l]
< {worse aid7Vio\^ Who squghf to, em- A
:ploy threats or coercion r were onfy
'"preparl&g their own destruction." 0
* Leaders of organized labor, the Presl- t
dent sai d. hf,*?# sure would present- <?
' ty vJeld sober thought, ' 8
"Illegai'' ani ^criminal" were tho i1
' "words the President used in charac- v
Sterlsl^-4^; jndtbpds Jiy -wj^ch some fi
, . .^prea^ji^jy^^pr^efc'ihave beep brought
?aboaV'.'^*' 7 -Jf vi
> PresK^^laws/ he said, wiodftd be eh.
.'wrge^lcally employed to the limit to
* ' force out food hoards, and meet the
situation so far as possible, but to sup- a
plement the existing statutes he spe> c
ideally urged the following: to
# 8peciflc Recommendations. t
, it Licensing of all corporatibns en- j,
' . gaged in interstate" commerce, with _
specific regulations designed to se- t
eure competitive selling and prevent
. "unconscionable profits" In the meth- .
rod of* marketing. w ,,
v _ *4 ExteBgkm food control act to
^>eace trbies and the application of lits j,
provisions against hoarding to fuel, q
elothingj and other neceskies of life t
?s welNas food. <A
penalty In the food control act for p
N profiteering. . ?
A law* regulating cold storage, llm- ^
% fting the t'me during which goods c
anay be ^held,v*prescrlblng a method of s
disposing of them if held beyond the c
permitted period and requiring thai
iwben rele*sedy goods bear the date
f storage. * v:"' # t V
Laws requiring. jtyit -goods released
(rem stdrage for'Interstate commerce'
bear the n?]1in? nrino?. wtiinVi
?. ( -^r?"p ar- * v " u*^u tucJ
^rent instorage tmd. requiring that 11
all goods destined "for interstate com- *"
xnerce blahr the prices at which they *
left the bandar. of the producer. r
Enactment .of the pending bill for
the control oflsecurlty. liSues. .
Additional appropriations for gov- r
rnment agencies 'which .can supply s
the puhlfC wttij fulPln'formatlon as to f
' prices at which retailers buy. v
'Early ratification of the (Space .treaty h
Sth&t^Lbe "free ..processes of Supply r
d demand" can operate. *Immediate
St?po Pronlsed.
Immediate atepa by executive.ngon c
efes pf jthe government ' promised by
r|he President included:
vfThl limiting and controlling of
J^jtieat shipments and credits to .faclli- '
' Itfiie the; purchase of wheat In Such a ?
fwjay aa inot to raise, but rather to 1
lower tlis price of flour at home.', 11
i Sale af surplus stocks of food' and ^
Slothing* in the hands of the govern- a
jLnt, 4; ?
f. .The forced withdrawal from etonics v
ah4 sale .of" surplus stocks In private d
h^nds.'-Jp^V
V Q^jflfc-lfraommendatlona. E
^^enefWs^cPmTn^ndactlons included:
:jf;Incrdf|^ t* prpducttbn.
j?<^ref$ bowleg'by housewives*
riE&il .dealing with the neonle on the I
of;producer*, middlemen and *
merchants. . . b
."'I'hat tVerie be no threats and undue ^
mslstene* upon the Interests of a sin- 1
Ae clasa. c
Tcorrec^Ion of "many- things" in the
Elation'.between capita) and labor in a
joapect to wages and Conditions ot laItTln
coqfcludiiig (he 'president made a
ilea fori "deliberate, intelligent.action,
reminding Congress that an unbal- l'
ejnced wflrld -was looking to the United J
0tates. ,8
Wr * $"We and we almost alone," he said, *
"Slow h<>ld the world, steady. Upon "
otar Steadfastness and self possession S
dipend jtyie affairs of nations every^- *
* where. .It is in this supreme crisis? "
' wis crista tor all mankind?th it Apier- o
tta must; Avi^er ^ ^ % ?
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V Mafc Discontinue SurcWirfe. J
|Raleigh. N. C ?The 10 per cent '
earcharge put on fire Insurance' premiums
l? insurance companion as apifted
ln-1 North Carolina; along WftK b
PS&f ***?# la^ he ^lSt r
continue* Augufit 15,^following the' *
ajoptlon^of resolutions insisting that
ttyis be done by the special eommlttee n
of the n*ii?*l conception, ot;state la t
urance auumli.lnnom. ji
-iptuxahca ,'Ctnpmiseionor ,James R. , ti
cam* returned froaioNe* Xj.)f% and. r
brtaght this Bitkof tottrttstfakg new* | h
lomhiM r
ON 'PIHNGIPt^
JHlEF JUSTICE OF SUPREME
COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
CHAIRMAN CONFERENCE. .
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[ETC TO POSITIVE SOLUTION
American .People Are Aeked to Wolgh
Carefully and Without Prejudieo
All phases of Plumb Plan.
Washington.?tA national conference
o Consider all plans submitted to
longreBS for solution of the railroad
roblem will be held here October 6,
inder auspices of the Plumb organise- <
Ion bureau.
In making public announcement of Q
he meeting, Chief Justice Walter h
Hark, of the North Carolina supreme ?
"ourt, and chairman of the Plumb plan "
relimlnary conference, said special I
ommittees would be appointed to an- I
lyze the different proposals.
The American people were urged by
udge Clark to consider all the propo- "
als "without prejudice and without
lassion, and to examine those which
ave been outlined in the light of the
irlnclples which w4 hare enunciated."
HapIq rlno? Vi a ?/*/*?_
my 1q transportation are the keys to {
he solution of the problem of the high
ost of living,.Judge Clark added that B
ny plan for solution of the railroad ^
iroblem "must meet the test that it d
'ill provide transportation at actual
ost" s. ^ *
APANESE EDITORS CALM ' ?
ON SHANTUNG QUESTION. 6
Tokio.?The newspapers generally n
re treating calmly in their editorial t
omment the various phases of the de- a
ate in the United States senate on
he question of Shantung. The opin- u
on most widely advanced is that the '%
epublican senators who are opposing v
he provision in tho peace treaty re- ^
ating to Shantung are using their arluments
against Japan^mostly for -v
political purposes. ' . - B
After pointing out that it Is Japan's $
ntention to restore Shantung to |
!hina and to conduct economic underqk^igs
In Shantung Jointly with.the e
IhineBe, The Hochi Shlmbun inter- r
>rets the attitude of the republican c
enat6rs as being based on America's a
lesire to achieve a world economio t
(inquest including China, from which p
he desires to oust Japan economi- e
ally. y
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VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE TO e
droro iwtn DPnnrrcDiMA f
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Richmond, Va. ? Governor Westnorelarid
Davis announced that he
vould have two bills offered in the
peclal session of the legislature, diected
to curb the profiteering in food.
Ono of the bills calls for a rigid enorcement
to prevent hoarding and
naking it a crime t<J fail to report at
tipulated intervals the amount of
ood held in storago. A license also
rill be demanded of the storage warelouses.
The date of storage also
aust be stamped on the product and
he date of its removal.'
iONFEDERATE VETERAN8
IN ATLANTA IN OCTOBER.
Mobile,
Ala.?General William E.
fickle, chief of stafT, United Confederate
veterans, has announced that
he next Confederate reunion will he
leld in Atlanta. October 7, 8. 9 and 10. .
'he annual meeting of the Confeder,te
Southern Memorial associations
nd the Sonn of Confederate veterans
rill be held In Atlanta on the same
lates, General Mickle announced. f
EVACUATION BY RUMANIAN
\ ARMY BODES NO REAL GOOD.
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Berlin.?The retirement from Buda- {
test of the Rumanian army, owing to e
rcssure from the entente, is proha- ^
?le. but It will he a sullen withdrawal, j
todlng no good for the future, accordng
to dispatches from the Hungarian (
apital. c
iTEPS TAKEN TO CONFISCATE v
8UGAR UNLAWFULLY HOARDED.
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Richmond, Va.?United States DIsrtct
Attorney Hiram Smith received ^
ostructlons from Attorney General A. c
.1 Itch ell Palmer to take immediate ^
teps for confiscation of alt foodstuffs t
Dund to have been unlawfully hoard- t
d. Advices have reached Attorney 0
Imlth that large quantities of sugar (
re being hoarded here and active r
earch has begun. Tw(^ department n
f justice men were placed on the r
m:
I EVEN BURNED TO DEATH h
ON A "SCENIC RAILWAY"
Montreal. ? Seven persons were
iurnfd to death in a fire on a scenic K
ail^rsy St Dominion park, an amuse- r
deist resort near this city. A
The bodies of three men, three wo- n
sen and a boy were recovered from h
he mips shortly before midnight. It ^
s feated several more' persons lost
heir lives and thut the bodies will be g
ecOvered wben search Is resumed. It c
as been Impossible so tar to Identify _
he dead. a
CHIEF JUStjOE WHITE
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W'iv ^'^4^ ?
Chief Justice White of the United "
Itates Supreme-; court has been tug-jc
tested as the American representative
in the court which will try theiformer .
:aiser in London.
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IAS NOT A SUPER MEMORY!
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Ask the President" Is Reply When
Pressed for Details, on Shantufg (
and League of Nations. (
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Washington?Secretary Lansing, be- i
ore the senate foreign relations com- 1
nittee, expressed the opinion that the j
lhantung provision of the peace treaty (
lid not Bquare with President Wilon's
enunciated principle of .self-de- |
ermination, but maintained that the
reaty as a whole carried dtft "subtantlally"
the president's H.pointh T
ueciaring hla unfamiliqrlty with : ,
riany details of the peace negotia-, 1
ions and of the treaty itself, the | *
ecretary told the' committee he was j
inable to answer many of its ques- (
ions and reminded senators in ans- i
rering others that he merely was ex- '
iressing his own personal views. 1
"Ask the president," (he secretary (
aid wl^en pressed for details of the |
Shantung and league of Nations hego- *
iations. On three of the points rais- j
id he asked-permission to refresh his ,
aemory and make a statement to the ]
!ommittee later, and when he was j
isked for a detailed construction of '
he labor and reparation clauses he 1
irotested that he could not be expect- '
id to carry the miautae of an 8P.OOO- <
rord document in his mind, and re- I
nlnded the committee it was much
asler to "ask questions prepared bef- <
ore hand" than to answer them ofTland.
-IRINQ SQUAD MAY YET B? ]
NECESSARY FOR PROFITEERS ,
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Washington?Organized labor's rem- 1
idy for. the high cost of living?a bill 1
hat would turn over the railroads to j
he public, operating officials and la- ]
>or?was presented to congress by1 <
nen high in the council of the orjiani- 1
;ation,k who . declared with, utmost i
rankness conditions were so deeper- i
ite it might be necessary to advocate i
l firing squad for Droflteers. i
With equal frankness ' memberh of ''
be house interstate commerce comnittee
indicated during the examine- <
ion of Warren S. Stone, grand chief
if the Brotherhood of Railway Locouotive
Engineers, and Prank Morrlon,
secretary of the American Peder- )
iHnn of I.nhor that thA hill emhnrtv.
nf what has come to be known as the '
?lurab plan, was too radical, and fall- .
>d to strike at the high price evil, ,
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rOOD CORPORATION BUYS i. I
"FLOCK" OF COMPANIES. 1
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New York.?The United States Food 1
'roducts corporation announced that (
t had purchased the sugar products
lompany, the Pure Cane Molasses
Company of the United States, "the
hire Cane Molasses Company of Qanida,
the British Molasses Company of .
Jre.-rt Britain, upd the Tres company, ,
if Oreat Britain.
VALUABLE EVIDENCE FOUND
AGAINST SUGAR PROFITEERS,
Pltfesliurg.?Valuable evidence has i
teen found of alleged profiteering,
Ipecial Agent E<Jjjar K. Speer, of the
lepartment of justice said, following (
he arrest today of three officials of i
he Central Sugar Company's branch' j
ifTlce here for alleged sugar profiteer- (
ng The men are charged with conspl- j
<1 Off VIAIQI A QaaH An A A# t V A *AA?I
tn.j iu ? ivmio ucv uwii -v ui iur ivmju 4
ct of Congress which holds it unlaw- r
ill to charge unreasonable, prices for j
he necessaries of life
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4EGR0ES DRIVEN FROM I
LINCOLN, NEB., BY WHITE?, *;
Lincoln, Nebr.?A number of n?** ' ?
roes at Lexington, Nebraska, 175}
a lies east ofCbere, were forced to ^
Bave the towi by a crowd of white : 1
aen, according to a report here. The ' i
>ome of one negro was r^ldled with c
lulleta, the report said.., t
The trouble, according to reports.! i
tarted after a negro Lad been die- i
overed in a while man's home. The c
iecro escaped but was later eaught i i
ad beaten by white men. , j I
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fflOi- CROPS SHOW
BMRP^SfiEASE^
DROUTHS AND PESTS IN M\JCht
OF THE GREAT PRODUCING
AREAS CAUSED DECLINE.
M^SS'l^RtMENDOli
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Drops of Corn, Oats, Barley and Potatoes
Also Show an Appreciable'
Loss in Almost Every Section.
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Washington. ? With livings costs
loaring, the nAtion's principal food,
rops showed sharp decreases during o
luly, resulting from drouths and pests v
>ver niuqh ,of the .growing area.
Wheat production fell 'off 221,000,- r
>00 bushels during the month, accord- j
ng tb the fj^echst of-the department
>f agriculture; corn showed a reduc- 5.
lion of Z7 ?OOijOOO * bushels; oats 137,- '
>00.000 bushels; barlet 27,000,000: *
)U?hels and white potatoes 34,000,01)0
>ushels. Rice alone of all the crops
ibowed an increase.
Total production of wheat was foreat
940,0(^^)00 bushels, ljut this r
raft'an inciPsfe^K 23. Wo.00i6> bushels v
>ver the forecast last December 1 and a
149,000,000 bushels over the five-year
iverage from 1913 to 1918. Winter
ivheat showed the greatest loss with (
124,000.000 bushels, with spring Wheat '
production showing a decline of 97,>00.000
bushels.
.
3 LUM B CALMLY TALKS OF A [
REVOLUTION AS ALTERNATIVE l
Washington.?All'day.-long from a
witness chair before the house inter- 8
state commerce committee,'Glenn E. 1
Plumb, coupsel for the railroad broth- x
jrhoods and author Of organized la- a
por's plan for trl-partlte control of the 1
railroads, responded to sham ones
tioning from the semi-circle of com- F
nittee members who called on him
to explain every phase of the labor.
Mil.
Gravely,; Plumb talked of revolution
as an alternative in case the adop-.
tlon of "some such plan" Wft8 not obtained
by political action through ?
Congress, and said that was the de- ?
termination of the . masses of men :
whom he represented, "though I hope
never to live to see the day."
The Income of the Plumb plan
league, organized, to forward the labor
bill's passage, he said, was "in
the neighborhood of $100,000 or $126,)00
annually now." though only organized
in July.
y I ' COMMITTEE
OF CONGRES8 WILL
PROBE INTO MEXICAN MATTER. (
Waging ton.?Blanket authority to
bring out all the facts about Mexican
jutrages on Americans and American
property, and to formulate a remedial *1
program, was given to the foreign re- J
iations committee bv the senate. 1
?iiiiuut ueuaie una ay unanimous 1
rote a resolution directing the Inquiry
was Adopted after its provisions had
been stiffened in committee so as to'
make subject to investigation "any and
all acts of the governments of Mexico'
and its citizens in derogation of the
rights of the United States or of its
citizens."
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WAR DEPARTMENT ISSUES
PRICE LIST OP SUPPLIES.
Wasington.?The war. department
made public a complete price list on
all subsistence stores available tor
aale to the public through the parcels
post or through municipal selling ^
agencies. oats ot the commodities to 4
the government, the department said, '
bad been 'disregarded entirely in fix- 1
Ing the prices of sale which are ma
terially lower than prevailing market ;
rates. ?
The prices quoted are f. o. b. and
from storage points in each of the 13
Slstricts into which the country Is dirlded
for war department subsistence
purposes. The department now is redistributing
the food supplies in the
13 areas in order that each may have
Its proportion per population of the
72 articles offered for public sale.
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SOLUTION OF THRACfAN,.. 1
PROBLEM IS REACHED.
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Paris.?The peace conference reached
a solution of the Thracian problem
icoording t j The Intrartsigfliant, by '
llVldlng Thrace, some going to Greece
?nd others being designated to form
future fr?? state state of Constannople
and a new free state under the
enguo of nations. I
Th* solution arrived at, according to'
Phe Intrairtigeant. provides for dlvld-j
Kg Thrace- into eastern and sjestem
rhrace. (
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ITRIK1NQ CHICAGO SHOPMEN '<
RETURNING TO TH^IR JOBS.
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Cbicafh.?A hr?ak f?me Irt the'strike
railway shopmen when several
housand strikers returned to work In
*esponse to President Wilson's request
.and the appeal of international ;
epresentativea of the six crafts idroiveit
I>1 rector *R. H. Atshtea, of the
northwestern region, and Hale Holden, |
?f the central western roads, said there ,
van rruch encouragement In' the situ-:
iticn. {
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WILLIAM ). GltAHAM
Rtprcs c n^a chat r ma n
f the house committee investigating
var department expenditures;
'ROFITEERS TO BE PUNISHED
$?Mj*'
aovernment'f Guarantee on Price of
Whjpat to Be Maintained as Guard
Against Higher Price Later.
Washington.?These deilslons were
eached by the government agencies
working to reduce the cost of .living
ind allay the country's unrest:
President Wilson decided to adIresti
a message to Congress recomnending
additional ^legislation to aid
n reducing the cost of living.
AgentB of the department of Justice
vere ordered to ferret out all hoardire
of necessaries and profiteers
hroughout the country they are to be
>rosecuted under the food control' act.
Director Julius H. -Barnes, of'the
:raln corporation decided to mainain
the government's guarantee on
vheat-at $2.26 a bushel as a "reterve
protection against a higher
>rice later."
?IEtt OWNERS AND LESSEES
GARNERED EXTREME PROFITS.
S\
Washington.?Pier owners and lestees
in New York garnered extreme
>rofits at the expense* of .the governneut
during the war, th^. shipping
>oard disclosed in making public a re>ort
regardingterminal chrffges at
Jnited States ports. It was declared
hat .'the board of appraisal of the
?rmy in hearings'on the value of pier
?ases of the Bush terminal showed
hat during the war berthirfg charges
n New York harbor were $25(Mo $500
i day. whereas before fthe war
:karges for the same berths for .ocean
iteamships had oeen from $60 to $80
i day.
RIOTS LEAVE BRITISH
CITIES WITH BAD NAME.
London.?Liverpool, Birkenhead and
Luton people are finding that the re ecent
riots have left them with n
jad name. Some residents who had
cooked rooms at the seaside have
low Ijeen called upon to forward substantial
deposits in advance as a.guar
intee. of good faith. Others are in
sven worse plight,, as - the deposits
they had sent for rooms have been
returned with an intimation that
neither the'r money nor their presence
is desired. Reputable citltena^^ have
tiad to E(ubmlt to such insulting mes
sages, as "we don't want any of the
Hooligans or anarchists here."
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FHE 8ENATE HAS' ANOTHER
DAY OF BlYTER DISPUTE8
Washington.?The league of nations
lud tho Shantung settlement both
same.in for more bitter criticism in
the senate's consideration of the
treaty w,ith Germany.
At a public hearing of the foreign
relations committee, issues of the
league .controversy started a dispute
which bordered on an uproar, and in
the'-sAnate chamber an attack on the
3han^tung provisionally Senator Wat
ion, republican. Indiana, developed a
series of sharp exchanges.
The committee's clash over the
league grew out of the examination pi
Norman Davis, a financial advisor 4c
the Versailles peace coitference. *
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WILD FLURRY IN CORN ON
C.HICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
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Chicago?Efforts to anticipate the
results of any quick switch in the
Eovernment policy for disposal of the
L919 domestic crop of whc^t knocked
.ne DOtiam out ai v?tuph uu witj wmru
of trade Downward plunges In t^ie
prices of corn the chief trading commodity,
did not stop until fhe market
a as 32 cents a bushel lower than
ivhen the qampaign against the high
:ost of living began a week ago,
DENIAL MADE THAT ARMOUR '?
18 USING UNFAIR METHOD8
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Washington.?F, E. White vice president
of Armour it Co. appearingx before
a senate ^pmmittee Investigating
he high cost of living In the District
>f. Columbia denied that his company
eras profiteering or using unfair methods
in ttie distribution gnd sale of
neat. He declared the compruy had
made no profit on its beef business
his year and that it would welcome
in Investigation of its books, ^ad
ecorda.
?"**f?' y
Authorizes hines
IB DECIDE DE1NB
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DIRECTOR GENERAL IS GIVEN
;; iFREE HAND IN' MATTER OF
STRIKING SHOPMEN.
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OBSTACLE IS SELF CREATED
tiffttil the Meq Recognize Authority
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of Their Leaders by Returning to*
Work No Action Is Possible.
Washington.;?President Wilson has
notified Director General Hines that
he was authorized to take up the demands
of. railroad shop employees for
higher waged and decide them on
their merits.
The President said that the letter
. sent him Ifr Senator Cummins, chairman
of the* committee on interstate
commerce, .'"had set me free to deal
E as I think best with'the difficult question
qf wages of certain classes of the
railroad employes," but added:
"The chief obstacle to a decision
has been created by .the men themselves.
' "They have gone out on strike and
repudiated the authority of their offli
cers 'at the very moment \Vhon they
were urging action in regard to their
interests." * #
The President's decision was an
noitnced from the white house in the
form of a letter sent by him to Mr.
Hihes. The President said that "until
the employees .return to work and
again recognise the authority of their
organization, the whole matter must
be at a standstill."
. ANNUAL C08T OF ARMY AS
PROPOSED IS $900,000,000.
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Washington.?The permanent military
policy recommended by the war
, department. Involving, under revised
estimates, a standing peace army of576,00.0
and universal n\Jlitary training
for youths of 19 years of age,
would, cost the country $900,000,000 annually:'.
Gen. 'Peyton C. March? chief
' of staff, told the 'senate military sub
committee, considering. army legislation.
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General March, who nppenred as the
first witness in behalf of the department's
bill, was unable to conclude his
( statement and will appear again. Seci,
retary Baker will present his views
? to the committee next week and Gen'
eral Pershing and other experts later,
i Of the $900,000,000 which the program
would cost. General March said,
$798,660,000 would be required for the
upkeep of-the proposed standing army
while three months' intensive training
' for 19-'year?old youths would cost $94,'
066,500 annually. He estimated the
percnpita cost for this training at
$144.75. V
ECONOMIC OUTLOOKr OF
EXPANDING BALKAN AREA.
London.?With the Rumanians in
Budapest, the economic outlook of the
expanded Balkan kingdom has brightened.
Many of the most Important
unuan nrms ana comoines nave Rent
| out representatives to study the
ground and accept orders. "-Numerous
| smaller firms are doing a good business,
. British Commercial Attache
Adams has just come out and is supporting
,the representatives of British
firniH "by" his first hand knowledge of
> tb?L country.
Thus with conditions which favor
i the introduction df British morchanL.
diae. a broad vista of activity opens
out before us. Large deals have been
1 transacted Just lately.
UNITED STATES SENDS
1 . , ULTIMATUM TO RUMANIA.
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London.?A dispatch from Vienna
1 by way of Copenhagen to the Ex
change Telegraph company says that
> the United States has sent an ultinmtuin
to Rumania demanding with1
drawai of the severe armistice terms
presented to Hungary, on pain of a
' I cessation of the shipment of food to
' Romania.
1 HOOVER STOPS ALL FOOD
EN ROUTE TO BUDAPEST.
\ Paris.?Herbert Hoover, head of the
? inter-allied relief eommfssioh. has
, stopped all relief supplies on their way
; to. Budapest", taking the* position that
he would be unwarranted in letting
supplies reach Hungary while the Ru1
.^nanians are now depriving the peo
, pie oi loousiuns. ^
Members of the American peace
I delegation aalcl that thero are no
American troops now in Dudapest, and
?hat none will be sent there.
COTTON MARKET BREAKS
$7 A BALE AT NEW YORK.
' ;NeW YoVk.-r-There was a rertewal of
general selling In the ootton market
I and r break of approximately $7 per
bale which sold at the lowest level
touched since the advance.
Reports of labor troubles in some
' of the southern mills nnd that some
j ocean freight room booked for Oerrtianv
had been cancelled, owing to
| the inability of shippers to make satisfactory
credit arrangements, were
j factors on the decline.
PREACHER PROMPT I
IN PAYINB FINE 1
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COLLEGE PRESIDENT ^AffFT ij .'
DOUBT IN THE WORLD tH^AT
HE WAS GUILTY.
WAS ATTENDING ASSOClM
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Anderson Mayor Notified' Delinquent
- of Hie Predicament and'bWSck'tw
Cover Fine of $29 -|a -Se*4i >
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Anderson.?John E. White, D. D.,
pastor of the First'Baptldt Cherub and
president of Anderson Cottege, vtaa reported
for speeding by two dp Anderson's
vigilant cops. Aa'Xhr- White
was attending the Saluda X.ssdc}$tioEt
the cops could no.t arrest'"hint, and1
upon hs return he weni?io the mountains
of North Carolina ?o? * jpert of
his vacation. So'the rt>ayoi' pdtlflefi
him of the charge against- biifi, and Dr.
White replied at once, a -otieca for $25
accompanying the reply. i *"
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CQlumhia.?Directors ot. th,a. Richland
county Tuberculosis' Assocfatioai
have decided to continue thfe!$l mem*;
borship drive for a few day*;-the campaign
having fallen short by about
$300 on the date schedtiled for clos-'
Ing, August 1. A drive is being mad*
ior >i,OdO to 'aid in. ridding Richland
county of the dread disease and citizens
are asked to ? contribute $1 or
any higher amount they may with to
give. '?
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Baaufqrt.?The city of'Beaufort had'
decided to take advantage of. the recent
offer of the government to buy iti
car lots canned goods and other com*,
miasary supplies, which axe being disposed
of to municipalities. . 1
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Walterboro.?Colleton' county's campaign,
to stamp out Illiteracy ? tinder
the efficient management of 'Mrs. f. D.
Ackerinan, Is progressing very satisfactorily.
Already ten schools' have
been organized .anil many others am. n.
in progress of organization. .
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Columbia.?Primarily due to the announcement
by Cole L. B lease, ex-gOV*
ernor of the state, that he intdnds to
enter the general election for Congress
front the seventh congressional
district as an independent,. there w^s
a rush of voters here to get regisiffction
tickets. * V
Aiken.?Congressman Byrnes, who
has been making a fight against thw :
bill fixing h price of $250 on potna^
says that the Republicans will be tillable
to secure action upon the bill tin- '
til the house feconvenes In September.
He says that while there is bo
certainty of the fipal defeat of the
measure thut this postponement la *
victory for the opponents of the bill.
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Greenville. ? Approximately 90
Southern railway shopmen, employed
at the round house here, struck ah the
result of Instruction from the tbeadr
quarters of the .organizations.. The '
shops here are virtually idle. The
strikers include carmen, machinists.
helDers. etc. -
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Oaffney.?The town coqncll of Oaffney
at it* regular meeting decided! to
lay dbwa at once 15 additional -t)io?kH J
of paying, and to park Bhford street,
which moans that this street will be
paved on each side, and trees and
grass plantod in the center. - The
width of this street will permit*.this
being done, and it will be ohe of. Oka
prettiest thoroughfares in the town; or
in any othfg town. s
Sumter.?A mass meeting for the
purpose of organiglpg the Snmter
County Cotton Association was held at
the court house: The meeting ' had
been called by and Was presided ore*
by Mayor L. D. Jennings who told of
tho " importance of organising. Re
said they should organize to -put the
speculator out of business \ they mtaat
organize for self preservation, self
defense and self protection.
Cholera In Richland.
Columbia.?Richland bounty Camera
I)ava lost thousands of dolbuca
worth of hogs blnce last spring-from
cholera according to J; ttttett Clark,
farm demonstrator, who has boen kept
busy^much' of hls,T tlms inoculating
swine In all sections of this county.
Pure brads have suffered, as welt aa
scribj but the latter to a larger ex- '
tent. 1 j * * V In
the last .three weeks Mr. ptirk **
has Inoculated over 1,000 hogs yhtnh.
means a saving of several thousand
dollars to the farmefs. '> **'' 9 ' .
Red Spider Active***
Rlapkville.-?-Thk fbd spld^is take
Ing quite a toll fpom thd'cbi|f>n crop
around RladttrHle. ttp^to'tkw recant
heavy ralrtw' theto-trad a of a
good crop. Tha'rnlna'have damaged
the crop quke considerably, but tko i
fed spider haq .caused a much greater,
damage. Some farms have been poetically
ruined. One reason It -1*a?
spread so. la the fafmers were not-faithniar
with it and let It get too much
bold before doing anything. In many
Instances It wss thought lightning had
struck the cotton. I *. " f.