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8 THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1919'. 1 t ! . ! SAY RAILROADS CONTROL OUTPUT OF ANTHRACITE "Senator Vardaman Inserts ; Statement in Congressional Record; Committee Unable to Report at This Time. Washington, March 3. Senator Vardaman of Mississippi, chairman of the senate manufactures com mittee, today inserted in the con gressional record a statement on the committee's investigation of the an thracite situation, charging that pro. unction of anthracite coal in the United States is controlled by eight large transportation companies winch were able to tix prices and de termine the rate of production. Chairman Vardaman explained that the committee was unahle to present its report at this time, as not all of the testimony had been printed, ile added, however, that he had gathered together certain facts" which he trusted would be of help to the next congress in dealing with the anthracite coal question. Testimony before the committee he asserted in his statement, had (lis closed, in his opinion, "that there is not commodity in common use that is so absolutely monopolized as the anthracite coal production. Niort age of anthracite during the war and the existing high prices for the com modity, he said, were due almost en tirely to this monopolistic control. Transportation corporations con trolling production in the Pennsyl vania field the only source of mar ketable anthracite in North Ameri ca were named in Senator Varda man's statement as follows: "The Reading (the holding conv nany of the l'hiladelphia and Read ing Coal and Iron company); the Jersey Central, (which in turn owns all of the stock of the Lehigh and N Wilksbarre company), the Lehigh Valley, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western; the Delaware and Hudson; the Lehigh Coal and Navi gation company, (which owns and controls the Lehigh and New hng land); the Erie, and the New York, Ontario' and Western. "Notwithstanding the fact," said the statement, "that the constitu tion of Pennsylvania prohibits transportation company trom en gaging in mining, these transporta tion companies are in this business of not only transporting this coal, but of mining it. , Former Head of Police in New York Named to Get Work for Soldiers Washington, March 3. With the appointment today of Arthur Woods, former police commissioner of New York City, as a special as sistant to Secretary Baker, the War department embarked upon a na tion-wide campaign to obtain em ployment for discharged soldiers. Mr. Woodi will serve as the War department representative in the conferences with the Department of Labor and the Council of National Defense, as well aS with other agencies of the government which are seeking to restore normal con ditions of employment for both sol diers and the civilians who came into the government service during the war. 1 he War department will direct its attention only to aiding in obtaining employment for dis charged soldiers. " Mr. Woodi plans to organize the Chambers of Commerce, state pub lic works officials and all similar agencies interested in the subject It may be, it was said today, that the machinery of the .selective serv ice system can be found useful in returning the troops to civil life. Espionage Sentences Sustained by High Court Washington, March 3. Without passing specifically on the constitu tionality of the espionage act, the supreme court today, in effect, sus tained federal court decrees convict ing Abraham L. Sugerman of Min - neapolis, under the act. Sugerman was sentenced to three years' imprisonment because of statements made in a speech. Justice Urandeis, who rendered the opinion held that no constitutional questions were involved in the appeal and for that reason the court had no juris diction. Conviction in North Dakota of Kate Richards O'Hare because of a speech in which she was quoted as saying, any person who enlisted m ' the army for service in France would be used for fertilizer," was also, in effect, sustained by the supreme "Court, which denied her petition fr a review. The lower court gave her a five-year sentence; President Receives New Argentine Ambassador Washington, March 3. President .Wilson's engagement list today was left almost vacant in order to allow him to address the conference of governors and mavors and cleaf away the mass of accumulated busi ness before he leaves tomorrow on his return trip to Paris. The president received the new Ambassador from Argentina,- Tomas A. LeBreton, who presented his credentials. Later he had an engage men with the representatives of several, farmers' organizations. Many bills are awaiting the presi dent's signature, including the new Victory l iberty" loan bill. , , JVill Take No Action to Enforce Prohibition Law Washington, March 3.Agreement j was reached today by the senate iudiciary committee to take no ac-f--tion on legislation to enforce war- lime prohibition, which becomes ef- r fective July 1. The committee de . cided there was no chance for pas i sage of the pending bill at this ses Vsion. ::v Salesmen Must Pay Tax "v on Per Diem Allowances "Washington, March 3. Salesmen . jno other employes receiving per iitm allowances in addition to regu- -Jar salaries are required to report . these allowances in income tax re turns, the internal revenue bureau announced today v American Casualty List The following Omaha man is named in the casualty list sent out by the government for Tuesday morning, March 4: RETURNED TO DUTY: PREVI OUSLY REPORTED DIED OF WOUNDS. John W. Berlage, 2830 Capitol ave nue, Omaha, Neb. Th following low mrn r named In the rmtunltj lint nnt nut by the guirru nicnt for Turluy morning, March 4: HIED OF WOINDS: Jowph Fillpl. Cedar IU.1U. Ia, (iarenre M. Rrmy, Dulimiur, la. Illinois Runner Sets New Mark in Winning Boston A. Mile Event Mechanics Hall, Boston, March 2. Running in matchless torm, Joie W. Ray of the Illinois Athletic club, Saturday, repeated his victory of last year, ih the Hunter mile event of the ailnual Boston Athletic as sociation games. His tune ot 4 minutes 22 1-5 seconds was a new record for the event, displacing the mark of 4 minutes 23 3-5 seconds, made by Oscar Hedlund of the Bos ton A. A. The olJ record had stood seven years. Defeat of Lt. Robert Simpson, 44th infantry, U. S. A., holder of the world's records in the 120 and 220 yard hurdles events, by Karl J. Thompson, Dartmouth student, marked the 45 yards high hurdles. Thompson, who is the present na tional 120-yard hurdles champion, took the lead at the start and held it easily. His time was 6 1-5 seconds. Loren Murchison, the St. Louis A. A. youngster, who came out of the west to springing success in New York in the Millrose A. A. meet, continued his victories tonight by winning the 40-yard dash. Tie out stripped his opponents easily by a lightning start, winning in 4 4-5 seconds. The 1,000-yard run handicap was won by Tom Campbell, University of Chicago, in 2 minutes and 25 2-5 seconds. Berlin Crowd Shakes Fists at - Americans at Army Homecoming Berlin, March 3. (By The Asso ciated Press.) During a demonstra tion on the return of General von Lettow-Voerbeck and some of his East African troops this afternoon, a crowd of enthusiasts shook fists and sticks at a number of American offi cers sitting in the windows of the hotel where the American mission is quartered. Others in the crowd countered Dy clapping their hands and cheering the Americans. The officers prompt ly withdrew when they saw thit their presence might provoke trouble. The hostile crowd hung around the hotel for a long time and made offensive remarks about the French mission, which has its headquar ters in the same hotel, because of an unfounded report that the French had hissed the German procession. Finally, German troops were lined up in front of the hotel to prevent possible violence. The reception to the former Ger man commander in East Africa sav orecL of the old regime. 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