Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha Morning Bee ™
VOL. 52—NO. 292. o':."'/ r. T'mTm*', ■ OMAHA, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1923.* S;.."’.11 TW O CENTS * ’tZZ,:'"*
England’s
Policy to Be
OneofVigor
Change in Premiership Means
Britain Will Take New
Stand With Definite Ob
jects as End.
Baldwin Business Man
tty MARK SI 1,1,1 VAN.
London. May 23.— Rarely lias there
been a change in premier in Great
Britain that has implied so little ;n
the nature of any about-face in policy
as does the present shift. There will,
however, be tin increase in energy in
the carrying out of policy that will
be measured by the difference be
tween the sick man Bonar Law was
and the vigorous man Stanley Bald
** win is.
Bonar Laws policy was patient
waiting. Mr Baldwin's will he patient
and courteous, but with definite ends
kept always in view. As to France!
and the Ruhr, the new ministry ill
go on having no more confidence ;n
the ultimate success of France’s plan
than Bonar Law had when he stepped
aside to let France go it alone. At
the same time, they give, their bless
ing to France and will <lo nothing to
embarrass her until >Jicr plan conics
to one end or nnothet
Industrially and politically, Britain
has settled down to endure a long
period nf hard times and moral strain
until the reparation question is set
tled and wot Id trade, which is the
thing Britain depends on, becomes
normal.
Baldwin no Pusher.
As between Stanley Baldwin and
Marquis Curzon. the chief thing that
held the former hack front being the
Instant and obvious choice for the
premiership has been lack of self
seeking on his part. .Marquis Cur
son's friends certainly—possibly Cur
zon himself—have been of a more
pushing style.
Mr. Baldwin has been utterly will
ing. if it was desired, to let his great
adaptability to situations lie subordi
nate to Marquis Curzon's greater
— length of political life, and therefore
~ greater claim on party reward.
Mr. Baldwin is an odd figure in the
very odd public life of present-day
Britain. A cousin of Rudyard Kip-,
ling, the poet, and nephew of Burns
.tones, the richly Imaginative artist,
Mr. Baldwin himself inherited an
iron manufacturing and engineering
business, and did so well with it that
he accumulated a fortune and-entered
politics at the age of 42.
Has Business finalities.
The qualities that brought him for
ward politically have been ♦lioso that
made him successful in business—
practical common sense, u friendly
give-and-take in his relatione with
men and very great unselfishness in
his re'ations w ith his country.
As between a commoner and a peer,
nil re ent discussions have emphasized
a c .mmonepvas being more acceptable
to the orthodox tories. It has been
mini]: ed that Marquis Cur?on would
ti'Vii! Ik aur Row's policies of patience
and equability as faithfully as Mr.
Baldwin; but one handicap to Curzon s
elevation has been his reputation,
wholly undeserved, for something
I ke arrogance, for a mom flyideful
attitude towards th® world that Brit
a.n had in the days when her domi
int lort .. qui tioned than it
is at present. ,
lit Haiti today wants very 'much to
B the tolerant and considerate gen
tlenian toward all the world Stanley
Baldwin represents the personifica
tion of that policy. In pursuit of it,
Brtiain will, among othey things, try
to adapt herself to any complexity of
our prohibition law —or at least oom
pu-** -all differences, however annoy
lap the complexities may he to Bril
isii shipping, however grotesque they
may stem to British publle opinion.
t Crrrk Fleet Cruising
\hout Entrance to Straits
Constantinople, May 23.—A Greek
fleet is cruising about entrance to the
straits of the Dardanelles and Die
Turkish government lets fonually
called the attention of tile British to
the incident, lodging a protest against
tile presence of I tie Greek vessels.
Rumors of various activities on Dip
part of Hie Greeks are causing much
uneasiness in Constantinople,
Parts. M iy 23—The French for
- gn office today confirmed reports
t lip t Hie allied governments were
actively occupied in an effort to pre
vent the outbreak anew of hostilities
between Greece and Turkey.
The French and British ministers
at Athens have pointed out to the
Greek government how inopportune
would be the issuance of anything
approaching an ultimatum while the
•fatusnnne conference was endeavor
ing to establish n basis for peace and
how dangerous for Greece would be
an offensive action on her part.
Island Children Flee in
Terror from First Movie
London, May 23.—The first movie
show over witnessed by peasant, chil
dren on the Island of fSt. Hilda so
terrified them Hint they stampeded
from Hie sehool room, where Hie film
was being exhibited, and sought safety
in the wild hillsides, says a corre
spondent Of Hie Daily K\press, who
Is touring llte lonely islet that lies
west of Scotland. A party of \tailors,
thinking to give Hie natives a treat,
arranged a moving picture entertain
ment. When an express train rushed
at litem across the screen, the young
t titers screamed and lied.
Grace Abbott Heads Body
of U. S. Welfare Worlds
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Nebraska Woman Honored at
Conference—V alue of Pub
lic Opinion Is Subjeet of
Discussion.
Washington, May 23.—Election of
Miss Grace Abbott, chief fo the chil
dren's bureau, as president, was an
nounced at the closing session to
night of the national conference of
social workers. l>r. Bee IC Frankel
of New York, was elected first vice
president; Kev. ePter Bryce of
Toronto, second vice president, and
James Hoge Ricks of Richmond. Va.,
third vice president. Miss Abbott
was unopposed but all of the other
officers were contested.
Speakers at tonight's meeting
which was devoted, like the other
session* of the day, to consideration
of public opinion" in its relations to
social work, included Governor Sweet
of Colorado; Mrs. Henry Moskowltz
of New York, former secretary of
New Y'ork state reconstruction com
mission, and W. p. Beazell. assistant
managing editor of the New Y’ork
World.
Public opinion was rescribed by
Governor Sweet as "absolutely neces
sary to any progress, whether social,
industrial, economic or political" and
its support, he said, could be won
best through educational processses.
"often discouraging and slow, but
nevertheless sure.” Public opinion,
manufactured with propaganda, he
warned, "is apt to be spasmodic and
misdirected.”
Mrs. Misowilz declared it would
never b‘- possible again to write na
tional political platforms without
most careful consideration of social
problems and she predicted that the
welfare idea would be more fully ex
pressed in the 1924 platforms than
ever before.
''Titos''
(jva.ce
Mr. Itenzel told the delegates news
paper standards were changing and
that the complaints against the
■'capitalistic press,'' the "holshevist
press," and the "kept press" were due
to partisanship. The workingman,
the employer and the politician, he
said, each wants his side.
Miss Grace Abbott is a native of
Grand Island, Neb., daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. O. A Abbott. Hhe is a
graduate of Grand Island college and
the University of Nebraska. Mis*
Abbott has held executive positions
on immigration and child welfare
commissions in eastern state.
Backers of Ford
Seek Control of
Movies, Charge
Statement Center of Attention
at Chicago Convention—
Election of Officers Post
poned Until Today.
By Associated Cress.
Chicago, May 23.—Charges openly
made in convention circles that bark
ers of a campaign In behalf of Henry
Ford for president of the United
States, were endeavoring to gain con
trol of the Motion Theater Owners’
Association of America, representing
12,non exhibitors throughout the
country, were the center of attention
at today's session, railed to elect of
fleers of the organization for the next
year. The charges were not men
tioned by a delegate during the offi
cinl session, but figured largely in
the action of the meeting.
As a result of a conflict precipate 1
by the suggestion that national poli
ties were t factor in the convention,
numerous state caucuses were railed
unexpectedly and the convention ses
sion did not get under way until after
t, allhough scheduled for 11 this
morning. Flections went over until
Thursday.
Today s meeting opened with tvil
li-im A. Hteffcs of Minnesota and
■Tames *Ftittep of ItetroH as the lead
era i.t the race for the presidency, and
tlie general understanding among
delegates that Sydney 's Cohen of
New York, president, had definitely
withdrawn from th» race. on the
nomination roil call. Minnesota placed
tlie nam< of Steffes In nomination.
Michigan passed, and Pennsylvnn'a
nominated t ohen. A veritable stonn
btoke with tlie nomination speech of
\ lucent Ri rnnan of Pennsylvania in
behalf of Cohen, and two hours Inter
the session was adjourned for the day
with a motion on the table.
Teacher to Re Guest of AH
Pupils of SO-Years’ Service
Chicago. May 23.—Miss Celia Sar
'nt. ri?i Evanston arhool teacher, who
i csipnerl today, nfttr 50 years’ of con
'bilious service will he the guest of
honor at a banquet at the Evanston
Women's club to whioh will be in
vitrei all living former pupils.
"Since I began teaching. In 1873."
Miss Sargent said. 1)nvp ha,j mmr
2.100 pupil*."
Throughout her half entury of
service. Miss Sargent has k'pt a rog
later of her pupils in which she has
entered brief biographical notes from
time to time as fame came to one of
her bojs or girls.
Russia Accepts Majority
of Great Britain’* Demands
H.r Aft«orliit«vl I’rrss.
London, May I.'t—Soviet Russia's
second reply to the llritish iiltliiintuin
accepts the majority of the llritish
demands and suggests the holding of
a conference to tonsliler point* In dls
pule. The soviet expresses readiness
to conclude forthwith an agreement
granting llritish citizens the right to
fish outside the three-mile limit off
the Russian coasts, pending settle
ment hy an International convention
of the dispute over the extent of ter
ritorial waters.
Doctor Airplane Victim.
Cumberland. Md . May 23.—Dr.
I Car! Ib'on lle of Now York, died In a
hospital lust night from injuries re
ceived when an airplane piloted hy
! .1. It. Cole of San Antonio, Tex., crash
[ ed in a nose dive Just after taking
I off here yesterday afternoon. Dr.
i Itoaeile was a pnasenge
Powers to Send
Commission to
Meet Brigands
Pekin Takes New Steps To
ward Release of Prisoners
—Train Reported Aban
doned I)uc to Fighting.
Bf AiMKlalfd
Pekin, May !3.—An unconfirmed re
port wan received here tonight that a
train southbound front Pekin tn
Shanghai had 'been abandoned near
Tientsin on account of fighting near
Lineheng.
■tv International -News Settler.
Washington, May 113.—Preliminary
steps looking toward the opening of
direct negotiation* with the Shantung
bandits for the release of the Ameri
can and other foreign prisoners has
been ordered by the diplomatic coun
cil In Pekin,- the stale department
announced this afternoon.
Secretary of State Hughes was ad
vised today, In the first dispatch he
lias received from Minister Schurman
in more than 4S hours, that a com
mission of foreign consular officials
would be sent to Tsao Chwang. the
town nearest the bandits' stronghold,
to conduct an investigation of tbe
entire situalion and to report back to
the diplomatic body.
The suggeeCon that this commission
tie sent into Shantung was made by
the American minister.
After Fruitless Kfforts.
Actual negotiatlems with the bandits
will not be ordered by the diplomats,
according to the understanding here,
until the investigation is completed.
If it ia decided to send. American
and other foreign consuls to deal with
the bandits, this course will have the
approval of President Harding and
Secretary of State Hughes.
Fruitless efforts of the diplomatic
council to get replies to constant
notes tn Chinese foreign office are
understood to have resulted In the
decision to conduct an independent In
vestigation of the bandit situation.
Ily AaMirliitrd Frf»».
Pekin, May 23—It is understood the
foreign diplomatic corps is consider
ing demanding the outlawing of cer
tain highly placed Chinese officials
who the diplomats have every reason
to believe Instigated the kidnaping of
a number of foreigners In th» Suchow
train raid as a move in their political
schemes.
There has ceased to he any doubt in
the minds of members of the diplo
matic corps that the Suchow raid was
initiated and carried out under the di
rection of certain officials as one part
of a great political plot and that the
foreigners In captivity are serving the
pawns of the plotters.
To Force Action.
The identity of those who hatched
the plan is beginning to dawn on the
foreign representatives, and it Is now
declared, they a re now considering
as a measure of forcing some action
in the case from lukewarm political
quarters in Pekin the project of de
manding the outlawing of the plot
ters and the seizure of their per
sonal and real property deposited in
foreign hanks and held in foreign
concessions in China. Such property,
It is estimated, aggregates millions of
dollars. The Chinese cabinet met to*
day to consider the bandit situation
and immediately there developed s
wide difference of opinion between
Tien Chung Yu, tuchun or military
governor of Shantung, and Tsnn Kim,
militarist chieftain of the Chihli
party and Inspector general of Shan
tung. He demanded immediate mili
tary action against the 1 mdits who
are holding the foreigners captive in
the llnotzku hills
Irrigation
Is Viewed
by Omahans
Trade Excursion Sees Bene
fits of Reclamation Work
in Sugar Beet and Po
tato Sfection of State.
Inspect Sugar Refineries
By PA 17 LGREER.
Special l)l.|t(itrli to Thf Omaha Bee.
Bridgeport, Neb., May 22.—Irriga
tion is bringing wealth to western
: Nebraska by something like a con
quest of nature. The disadvantage of
scanty and unreliable rainfall has
been overcome and green fields of
wheat, corn, beets, alfalfa and pota
toes have replaced the barren prairie
of> the North Platte valley.
Already 450.000 acdes of land In
the North Platte valley are watered
by irrigation ditches. At Northport,
24.000 acres have been put under irri
gation this year for the first time.
At Gering, the federat government
s at work on a tunnel more than a
mile long that will put the water on
107.000 acres more.
Four Big Refineries.
It is this development that has
| made Nebraska a great sugar produc
ing region, four big refineries are lo
cated at Beottsbluff, Gering, Morrill
and Bayard and there Is the prospect
! of two more in this valley as the in
dustry expands farther to the eastl
At Grand Island, there is another.
| The output of the four western mills
amounts to 88,000 tons a year. liead
’ quarters of the industry are in
! Scottsbluff.
It may easily be understood that
the high price of sugar does not
arouse the Indignation here that ex
ists in other parts of the country.
I Before the farmers work their sugar
I beets, they draw up a contract by
which the Great Western Sugar
company agrees to rurrhase the pro
duct of a certain number of acres
from each one. The price to be
paid for the beets is on a sliding
sale which goes up or down with
the market price of sugar. These
familiar out here with the sugar
situation say tiiat there is tyi shot
ace. Their view is that world pro
duction Is short of the estimated con
sumption, but that there Is a suffi
cient supply carried over from last
year to more than meet the demand.
Almost all of the Nebraska sugar
Is sold west of the Mississippi river.
Equals Cane Sugar.
A few years ago, when beet sugar ;
was comparatively new In America,
housewives were led to believe that
It was rot as good for canning or
some other purpose as was the cano
product of the south. If this was ever
true, that frtllt would not Jell If put
up with beet sugar, It Is not so now,
The process of refining has been re
iluced to such a science, removing all
impurities, that even chemists ar* un
able to tell one kind of sugar from the
other.
The refineries are Immense plants,
vastly Important to the upbuilding of
their communities, as each employs
about 400 men during the working sea
son. or rompaign. ns It Is t ailed. This
campaign comes In the latter part of
September, when the farmers begin
delivering the r beets, and ends shout
the middle of January. The factories
run day nnd night durlng^hat time
with three shifts of labor. A ton of
I. eis si.fed. reduced to sirup, e\apo
ITnrn to Page Two, Column Two.)
Frelinglmysen to Organize
Coal Consumers* League
Nw York, May 21.—Former United
Statr* Senator Joseph E. Frebnghuy
***n of NY\v Jersey nnnounced he had I
undertaken the organization of a Coal j
Consumer*’ league 4<> fight for fed
eral an«J et.'Vte 1* glnlatlon limiting the
profit* of coal minpanb* and obliging
them to make puhllr all fact* concern- j
ing their costs of production nnd dls-!
trlhutlon.
I)el»s Socialists* Chairman.
New York, May 23.—Eugene V.
Deb* of Indiana today was elected na
tional chairman of the social party, nt
n meeting of the executive committee.
The committee spent the day for
mulating idnns for organizing n drive
for new members In the northwest.
Whipsawing the Little Fellow
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Two Boys Hurt in
*
Auto Accidents;
One Likely to Die
Jump From Far and Ice Wag
on on Way From School
—Youth's Skull
Fractured.
Two boys were Injured In South
Omaha yesterday afternoon In auto
mobile accidents.
Walter Zager, 8. 5625 South Twen
ty-fourth street, may have a frar
Jured skull. He is In St. Joseph hos
pital.
Walter and some other boys were
riding on an automobile driven by
Jacob Vocek. 6108 South Eighteenth
street, who had given them a ride as
they were coming from school.
Walter Is said to have jumped bark
wards from the rapidly moving car
at Twenty-third and U streets. His
head struck the pavement and he
was knocked unconscious. The oth
er4>Oyr shouted to Vocek who stop
ped tho .car and picked up the boy.
taking him to the police station.
Morris Banter, 7, 2509 (J street.
Jumped from the regr end of an ice
wagon at Twenty fifth and B streets
and was struck by an automobile driv
en by Chris Quade, 1709 California
street. Quade took the boy to South
Side hospital where his anna and
body were found to be badly bruiaed
and lacerated.
Attorney's Wife Beaten and
Roldted of $60,000 in Gems
Chicago, May 2.1—Mrs. F. G. Smith,
wife of an Oak I’at k attorney, was
gagged, beaten and robbed of her fnr
coat anil Jewelry valued Ht $60,000 by
three men who overpowered bet
chauffeur and kidnaped her In her
own automobile, she told police last
night after being found lying on a
sidewalk In a suburban district In a
hysterical condition.
Sparky Challenged to Special Match
Race in Omaha During Spring Meet
Barney Google has been Chal
lenged! Truth to tell Barney has
been challenged twice. Charlie Ir
win and Billy Neaaelhaua are the
challengers.
When Charlie Gardner. rodeo
king of Ak Bar Ben, arrived at his
office Wednesday morning, he wns
met by a delegation of two.
"Iilaten to me." began Irwin as
he aimed a belligerent forefinger at
Gardner.
"Yes, and pay n little attention to
me, too," chimed in Nessflhaua with
expropriate gestures.
"Gentlemen, gentlemen, one at a
time, please," beqg-il Gardner.
Heavy Business Matter.
"Never mind the Imllronm m.vi
t era," choruae 1 tin delegation of
two. "Thla Is n h*.tvy business mat
tor and the lano'i'itte Isn't goTn * to
be any too dog goned gentlemanly '*
"All right, out v.tth It," retoi;*l
Gardner.
Whereupon III one breath Irwin
and Neaaelhaua hurled their chal
lenges. Irwin In hehnlf of his stnr
galloper. Ahadane, and N'esselhaus
In hehnlf of Adonis.
"We'll run that goat of Google's
so fast he'll think It's Haley s com
et going past." said Irwin.
"After we get through with that
skate even the glue works will lure
hint down.” seconded Nesselhaus
Wliadya Mean, Goat?
"Goat? Skate?" retreated Gardner
In nmasement.
"Who dares to rail that noble
steed Spark l’lug a goat and a
skate?
"That's where you made the fa
tat step, .lust fur those Insulting re
marks I shall make II my personal
I’Uelness to see that your challenge
Is accepted And you ran put It
down In yutir lands that we'll Inks
sou UK* 1 amine took Itussla. Dig
huddles, dig, liecnuse your Imtlkroll
Is going to get an awful shock."
Conditions of the race will he an
neunefd following s meeting of III
conspltntora today
Here’s Old Man Nebb
Himself-^ oil’ll Like Him
|
' GEE \ «}UST Got BAD
NEWS — TAV LAND
.LORD WAS HELD
UP __ WELL \
Guess vae knows
Hew rr FEELS NOW
I
I»o you enjoy a good laugh' Then
Just turn to the romic page and
devote a moment to the adventures of
"The Nebbs " A new eomtc cartoon,
fiut a good one. Six days a week—
six laughs a week.
Sale ttf German-Made
Poppies “Insult to Dead”
Indianapolis, May ?! - Sale of > loth
poppies made In Germany by Ameri
can commercial hous< s for use in
commemorating soldier dead was do
(dared "an insult to The heroic dead of
the world war." by Iamtuel 1 idles,
national adjutant of the legion, last
night.
Mr Holies' statement followed re
ports from Cedar Raplda and Mason
City, la , that l.egion auxllari's had
discovered a quantity of the silk pop
pies marked "made in Germany " The
legions national headquarters has
received “ 500 poppii s made by
French disabled service men, and has
been supplying posts from this ship
ment, Mr. Holies said. The flowers
are sold to aid the endowment fund
for decoration of overseas graxrs of
Atneilean war dead The Fort Wayne,
Ind., firm reported to have supplied
"made in Germany" flowers to the
Mason City, la , auxiliary, cannot
he located, advices from that place
aay.
Former F. S. \rtm Officer
Hrlil in Log Vngelee Holdup
!,<»* .\ngeb •* Cal , May *3 \V» *k
from the 1“** of Moot! and Buffering
*«jv*r<* pain from two gaping wound*.
Urnnvlll* B Blair, former regular
nrn \ lieutenant. and former military
Inatrurtor at IVrg Sum Moulton and
t'atnp Mabyr, Tex and hi* pretty
brown eyed wife were taken into eu*
tody today by Vhe polio* and held*
on a blind ohurgo of Itetng implicated
In th»' robbery Monday afternoon of
lbvid Ant ink. Hun Drug t omimtiy
tntufngtr, of $33,300. I
Strikers Clasli
Vhth Nonunion
Men on Coast
Pitclioil ilattle Follows Impor
tation of Strikebreakers at
Oil Company's Plant
Near Oakland.
R> Internntlonjtl Sew* ker.iee.
Oakland. Cal . May 23—A pitched
battle between 500 s'riketreakers and
striking boilermakers ai the Associ
atod Oil company's plant, near Mar
tinez. was in progress today, the after
math of importation of several hun
dred strikebreakers from Oakland last
night
Squads of deputy sheriffs from Mar
tit . t head 'd by Sheriff R. R. Wale,
rushed to the plant, armed with shot
guns, to quell the riot.
M'.cer r.i its Jyom the battle
ground..say scores are Injured.
A barrage of bricks and clubs hurl
ed at the strikebreakers as they
marched into the company's yards
this morning precip.tated the battle.
Gun play is feared, although so far
Only rocks and eluhs have been used.
One hundred strikebreakers were
met by strikers at Bay Point last
night and turned back to Oakland.
The strikebreakers were in automo
bile*.
At Ray Point the road was blocked
by a massed line of striking men.
They halted the automobiles, forced
the drivers to turn around and pre
vented reinforcement* from joining
the strikebreakers already Imported.
The rioting was the climax of a
night marked by efforts of employers
to Import strikebreakers to smash the
strike of the Indlermaker*. who ha\e
been out for several weeks.
Sir Robert Horne Rejects
Place in British Cabinet
lemdon. May 23—Sir Robert Home,
chancellor of the exchequer in the
late Lloyd George cah.net, has declined
to accept the rhaneelh rshlp of the ex
chequer in the new cabinet of Prime
Minister Ivulrtwln. It was announced to
night.
Three Men and One Woman
Indicted in Mail Robbery
Past St. Log Is. Ill May 23 — Three
men and n woman were Indicted late
today by the federal grand jury here in
connection with the 121.000 robbery of
» combination mall and baggage ex
press car of the Marlon d Pastern
railroad at Marion. Ill , Mai 14
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Strikers
Clash With
Policemen
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Citizens Forming Self-Protec
tion Forres Against Riotous
Elements at Dortmund—
Armed With Clubs.
Act Against High Prices
Br Associated Press.
Dortmund, May 23.—Five person*
were killed, including one woman and
one child, and from 60 to SO person*
were wounded Tuesday night in con
flicts between striking workmen and
the police, according to the casualty
lists issued by both the workers and
the police.
The Dortmund police and citizenry
tonight were forming a self protection
force against the riotous elements.
This force is.being armed with clubs,
as firearms are forbidden by the
French. The German police say the
strikers are organized into units, each
of 100 men, and are well supplied
with automatic pistols.
ITan to Extend Strike.
Many thousands of strikers attend
ed mass meetings today in Dort
mund, Bochum and other towns in the
mining district and passed resolu
tions to use every effort to extend
the strike throughout the Ruhr and •
the Rhineland, It is estimated that
60,Otto men have quit work in the
Dortmund district. Most of these are
coal m ners who went on strike last
week hut have been joined in the
last few days by workmen from two
big iron and steel plant* The strik
ers are demanding a 60 per cent In
crease an wages because of high cost
of living and the depreciation in the
value of the mark.
Sneakers at the meeting today said
the men were on a "hunger strike.”
They cited prices to show that the
#ost of living had doubled in the lari
few days.
Direct Action Taken.
Direct action against the rising
cost in living was taken today in two
towns. Steele and Kay, where socalled
German commissions of control made
the rounds of stores and markets and
compelled dealers to reduce their
prices by half or more. Sometimes
they station'd members of the com
missions In stores to supervise sales
and handle the cash. Many women
accompanied the commissions on their
rounds and took immediate advantage
of the new bargain prices the com
missions enforced.
German officials describe the strik
ers as communists, but the com
mute st leaders say-the workers in
elude men of all parties. The Berlin
government .s df lared to be greatly
concerned over the strike and to
have sent observers here to make a
report on the movement.
A number of the newspapers blame
he agitation on "foreigners.” One of
them charges that the French have
r noouraged the strike. The Dort
mund railroad men, in a staiement
descrihe the strike as “more political
than economic.”
Rhineland Is Menaced
bv Wave of Communism
By l nlvfrwl Serried
Berlin. May 23—A communistic
wave threatens to spread over the
Industrial sections of the Rhineland
and Westphalia if the communist
strikers succeed in extending and or
c u izinc ;he;r present walkout to the
dimensions of a general strike.
This resolution was reached at
Dqrtmund today when a mass meet
ing .f striking miners and smelters
adopted the following program:
1 To hold out to the end whether
it me.T-s land or break.
2 The establishment of a labor
dictatorship.
3. Formation of new "KM men
units.''
Curzon to Continue to Act
as Foreign Secretary. Belief
Bt Associated Free*.
London. May 23—Lord Curson will
continue to act as secretary for for
eign affairs, in the cabinet of Prime
Minister Baldwin, according to unof
ficial predictions tn government cir
cles today.
Added to the unofficial predictions
of the continued Incumbency of tho
foreign secretary was a statement by
press association saying It understood
Lord Curson would continue In hi*
present post In the new cabinet.
The earl of Derby announced at a
luncheon at the Ofympia t.-alay that
he had received an offer from Tr ine
Minister Baldwin to continue as sec
retary of state, and that he had
agreed to accept.
Much Interest has been aroused
among the public from the fact that
lawd Robert Cecil had a long Inter
view with the prime minister today.
What the purport of the conference
was could not be learned
Bon Hooper Ro-Floototl
Chairman of Rail Board
Chicago. May 23. — Ren \V Hooper
was reelected chairman of the I'nited
State* railway labor board at Its meet
ing here this afternoon. Hi W.
Hanger, who refused to be candi
date to succeed Hooper, alt hough a
moorttv favored him, he oil was
re elected v ice chairman.
Hr\ Officer Vrrrdrtl.
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Cone former chief of the Held foive*
of thr N« w Jersey prohibition office,
wx- ure-ted ye.terdav eo- * X :n .c
•u ha* ,g bribery.