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SITUATION IN TURKEY
CAUSING ALLIES ALARM.
Paris, July 31. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) There is uneasiness
in peace conference circles over the
situation in Asiatic Turkey, where
six divisions of troops under Kemal
Pasha, who calls himself dictator of
national defense, are threatening an
attack upon allied forces.
The Turkish forces are concen
trated chiefly about Erzeroum and
in the neighborhood of Trebizond.
The unsteadiness of the political
situation in Constantinople also is
causing apprehension, lest there be
a general political collapse, which
would result in anarchy through
out Turkey.
REVENGEFUL SPIRIT OF
MILITARISTS DOMINATES.
Zurich, July 31. As an illustra
tion of the German militarists' spirit
of revenge, the radical newspaper
Freiheit prints an appeal of the
Goerlitz corps of volunteers, which
reads in part:
"Silesiaiis, to arms I A precious
part of your province is to be taken
from the empire; enough of paper
protests; we must act. You must
defend your province by the force
of arms.
"Think of 1813! A nation unwill
ing to sacrifice anything in the de
fense of the country is ,an unworthy
and a doomed nation; the Goerlitz
corps of volunteers, a component
part of the army of the empire, is
called upon to take part in the de
fence of Silesia; Silesians, enlist in
our corps."
EX-KAISER'S "HELP"
WANTS MORE WAGES.
Amerongen, July 31. The pres
ent world-wide industrial unrest has
hit William Hohenzollern's staff,
, whose members threaten to quit un
less the ex-kaiser raises their pay.
The 'former emperor's personal
physician, a major, gets only $450 a
year. He has to be at the beck and
cH of the ex-kaiser and ex-kaiserin
day and night, and in addition to
this has to help Count Hohenzollern
saw a stack of logs every day. He
is not permitted to live at the castle,
but pays his own expenses at a
nearby hostelry, drawing heavily on
his own resources for the honor of
serving the ex-impcrial couple.
The former kaiser's secretary also
is openly rebelling and threatens
to leave his master flat. But the ex
kaiser refuses all requests for raises,
(hough he pays millions of marks in
taxes and has a fat bank account at
Utrecht.
19 SUNKEN WARSHIPS
READY FOR SALVAGE.
London, July 31. One battleship,
three light cruisers and 15 destroy
ers of the former German grand
fleet which were scuttled by their
crews at Scapa Flow, in the Orkney
islands, on June 22, are ready to be
salvaged, it was announced in the
House of Commons. It was said
.there was no intention of holding a
court of, inquiry. ..
FRIENDLESS NEGROES
ARE INVITED "HOME."
Nashville. Tenn., July 31. "Come
back home" is the word Tennessee
sends to friendless negroes fleeing
from Chicago because of race riots.
Gov. A. H. Roberts said today the
negroes will be welcomed back by
Tennessee.
"The perfect understanding and
efforts to maintain friendly relation
ship for the last century stand in
good stead in the present period of
unrest." the governor said.
"Nobody rejoices at the misfor
tune of Chicago," said Mayor Gup
ton, "but it should prove an object
lesson to the people of that city.
Negroes attracted to the north by
high wages and alleged social con
ditions that did not prevail are
awakening to the truth that the
souih is the best place for them."
"I want the leaders of both races
to work together to maintain the
present harmony," said Governor
Roberts. "We need the negro here,
and I do not fear that Tennessee
will ever be the scene of such trou
bles as are now exciting Chicago."
DEMPSEY SIGNS FAT
THEATRICAL CONTRACT.
Chicago, July 21. Jack Dempsey
has signed a theatrical contract with
Jones, Linnick & Schaefer for $225 -000.
The contract calls for 15
- weeks' time and it was announced
the theatrical men would arrange
to build a vaudeville act for Demp
sey. LENINE PLANS GREAT
ELECTRIFICATION SCHEME.
Copenhagen, July 31. The Rus
sian soviet government announces a
$12,000,000 grant for a, great scheme
of electrification of agriculture m
order to alleviate the difficulty
caused by lack of horses and human
hbor. .
German electrical companies have
been asked by Lenine to co-operate
with him in the working out of his
scheme.
DRYS IN COMMONS
OPEN CAMPAIGN.
London, July 31. In connection
with the prohibition campaign in
England, members of parliament
who sympathize with it, will conduct
an energetic secret movement in
Parliament to maintain the existing
liquor control regulations estab
lished during the war and especially
the restricted hours of sale, says the
Daily MaiL
i These members are trying to per
suade Premier David Lloyd George
o receive a secret deputation, the
newspaper asserts.
N. Y. SYNDICATE SECURES
OPTION ON COCO COLA CO.
Atlanta, July 31. An option on
the Atlanta Coco Cola company,
which, if carried through, would re
sult in reorganization and enlarge
ment of the concern, has been given
to a syndicate represented by New
York bankers, it is announced by
Howard C Candler, president of
the company. The present stock
holders would get $15,000,000 in
cash and $10,000,000 in stock in the
, new concern, the president of the
company added.1
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RACE WAR
SUBSIDING
IN CHICAGO
Terror and Bloodshed Abates
After Four Days and Nights
of Rioting; Food Supplies
Rushed to Black Belt.
Woman Overcome With Grief
When Man is Buried in Plot
Chosen for Her Own Grave
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Wandered on Streets All Night After Visit to !
Burial Place of Her Soldier Husband Who Died I
in Her Arms Few Days After Marriage.
BRITAIN ON
10,000 STATE TROOPS
AND POLICE ON DUTY
Three Negroes Die Thursday
of Wounds Received Pre
viously; Death List is 32, of
Whom 18 Are Colored.
Chicago, July 31. Race war ter
ror and bloodshed had abated
Thursday night after four days and
nights of rioting, but violence con
tinued to occur sporadically not
withstanding an army of nearly 10,
000 state troops and policemen was
on active duty in the South Side
negro quarters.
Three negroes died today of bul
let wounds, making the official
death list 32, of whom 18 were ne
groes. Only one of the three was
shot today, though a dozen or more
members of both races were wound
ed in scattered disturbances. There
was no shooting by troops, who
were ordered on the streets Wed
nesday night by Governor Lowden
on the request of Mayor Thomp
son. The negro district was compara
tively quiet Thursday night. The
presence of troops apparently had
calmed the negroes' fears and had
a salutary affect upon disturbing
elements among both white and
blacks. The troops were weH dis
tributed and the military machinery
was running smoothly.
' Food Supplies Rushed In.
Food .supplies .. were rushed, iuto,,
the negro sections by co-operation
of the Wholesale Grocers' associa
tion, the police and the troops. The
black belt remained a barred zone
where whites might not enter and
even the guarded trucks of grocer
ies were driven only to the "dead
line," by white chauffeurs, who then
were relieved by negro drivers un
der police 'escort.
Many of the poorer negroes were
reported in dire need of food and
without funds. Thursday was pay
day at the stockyards, but negroes
feared to go there to draw their
wages. Thousands of negroes have
not attempted to go to work all
week.
Among Thursday's disorders only
two involved any considerable num
ber of persons. Several hundred
whites in search of four negroes,
who had hidden in the stockyards,
were driven off by militia men with
lowered bayonets after the whites
had demanded that the blacks be de
livered to them. No casualties re
sulted. Negro Severely Beaten.
About 400 white men beat one of
three negroes severely at Forty
seventh street and Vincennes ave
nue Thursday afternoon. The other
two, both armed, escaped after fir
ing a few shots. No whites w-ere
wounded.
A negro was beaten by five white
men at State and Twentieth streets.
Two of the negroes who died
Thursday were found unconscious
on the west side, far from the south
side negro sections.
Mayor Thompson, in spite of a de
crease in violence, asked the city
council for 2,000 additional perma
nent policemen. The council took no
definite action, however, because
the chairman of the finance commit
tee said he was unable to say where
funds to pay the men could be
found.
Chief Garriety announced that
1.800 special policemen would go on
duty tomorrow. The troops now on
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Prominent Russian
In Stockholm Killed;
1 0 Persons Arrested
London, July 31. Ten persons,
including a Russian general and a
colonel and several women, have
been arrested in connection with
the death of Nikolai Ardasjeff, a
prominent member of the Russian
colony in Stockholm, says a Stock
holm message dated Wednesday,
forwarded by the Exchange Tele
graph correspondent at Copenha
gen. Ardasjeff has been missing since
July 3, and it now develops that he
was murdered. He is declared to
have had close connections with
the Russian bolsheviki, and the
Stockholm message says it is be
lieved he was killed by supporters
of the old regime.
The police are reticent, but it has
leaked out, the dispatch says, that
Ardasjeff was :iade prisoner by sev
eral of his countrymen and con
ducted to a villa outside of Stock
holm, where he was sentenced to
death by a court-martial, subse
quently being hanged and his body
thrown into the sea.
Mrs. Clara Saunders, who mys
teriously disappeared Wednesday
afternoon after visiting the grave
of her soldier husband in Forest
Lawn cemetery, reappeared yester
day afternoon at her home, the Y.
W. C. A. home for girls, 2016 Cass
street, and gave a summary account
of her actions during the preceding
24 hours.
Wednesday evening relatives of
Mrs. Saunders asked the police to
find her. She had attended the fu
nral of Charles Plumer, 2022 Ohio
street, at Forest Lawn cemetery in
the afternoon and had not returned
home. The cemetery was watched
all night and a general search insti
tuted over the entire city.
At 2 p. m. yesterday, after an ab
sence of 24 hours, she came to the
Y. W. C. A. home and sat on' the
front steps.
"I've been all over. I wandered
all night long!" was all the informa
tion she would volunteer.
Presently she went to bed. After
two hours' rest she was taken by
Dr. Moon to Nebraska Methodist
hospital "for a rest."
To a Bee reporter last night she
said:
"Charles Plumer was killed Sun
day night when he severed his jug
ular vein by falling through a china
cabinet during a wrestling match
with a cousin, Robert D. Perkins.
He was buried Wednesday. I went
to the funeral.
"I wanted to visit the grave of
my soldier husband. We were mar
ried last October 1. On the next
day he left for camp. Four days
later I received a telegram that he
was ill with influenza. I went to
camp to care for him and he died
in my arms.
"When he was buried in Forest
Lawn cemetery, I chose the plot
next to him for my own grave. I
wanted to know in life that I would
rest beside him when I, too, had
gone.
"Wednesday I watched them bury
the body of Charles Plumer in the
ground I had chosen for myself!"
Mrs. Saunders refused to say
where she had been in the course
of the 24 hours. "It unnerved me.
I just wandered around thinking I
could walk off that awful feeling."
She said she had not eaten since
Wednesday noon. Last night she
ate a hearty dinner at the Y. W. C.
A. home before being taken to the
hospital.
Her physical condition is said to
be not serious, although she was
greatly fatigued yesterday afternoon
when she reappeared at her home.
POSTAL MAKES
TOLL REDUCTION;
W. U. DOES NOT
Head of Latter Company Does
Not "See Way Clear to Do
Better at This Time."
New York, July 31 When con
trol of the telegraph systems .of the
country is formally relinquished by
the government at midnight a re
duction of 20 per cent in rates will
be made immediately on the lines of
the Postal company, but the West
ern Union will retain the schedule
put into effect after Postmaster
General Burleson took control on
April 1.
Clarence H. Mackay, president of
the Postal, announced in a statement
late today that the rate reduction
will be made "in accordance with
its promise to the public." He qual
ified the announcement, however, by
saying that if expenses continued to
mount charges might have to go
with them.
Newcomb Carlton, president of
the Western Union, who also has
been in charge of the cable systemi
controlled by the government since
last December, declared on the
other hand:
"We cannot see our way clear to
do better than we are doing at this
time."
Sale of 150 Cars of Nebraska
Potash Realizes $1,500,000
Lincoln, Neb., July 31. (Special
Telegram). Word was received
here Thursday night from W. E.
Sharp, president of the American
Potash company, who is in New
York, of the sale of 150 carloads of
Nebraska potash. This will amount
to more than 30,000 tons with a
value of over $1,500,000. It is the
largest sale of potash ever made in
the United States.
Villa at Santa Barbara
El Paso. Tex., July 31. A Chi
nese merchant arrived in Juarez
.from Parrall and reported Francisco
Villa, with a force of rebels, was
at Santa Barbara,, 18 miles south
west of Parral, .when he left there
Monday. A federal garrison of 400
soldiers is stationed in Parral, he
aid.
FOUR PROMINENT
0MAHANS INJURED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Gars Collide at Forty-Second
and Harney; Wounds
Not Serious.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L.Kranz, Miss
Alice -Delone and John Hopkins,
prominent Omahans, were all se
verely bruised and cut at 9 o'clock
last night when Kranz' car, in which
they were riding, collided with an
other car at Forty-second and Har
ney streets and turned turtle. S. P.
Osborne, 558 Omaha National bank
building, and J. Brotherton, 801
Omaha National bank building, the
occupants of the second car, were
unhurt.
Miss Delone suffered a broken
thumb and severe bruises. The
other three occupants of the Kranz
car were bruised and cut. All the in
jured were taken to University of
Nebraska hospital and later to their
homes.
The Kranzs live in Number 16,
Thelma apartments. Miss Delone
lives at 1317 Park avenue. Hopkins
is an attorney in the Omaha Nation
al bank building.
Safe Boundary Line
Request of Belgium
to Commission of 14
Paris July 31. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Next Monday Bel
gium will present her case before
the Commission of Fourteen, which
is discussing the question of the
revision of the treaty of 1839, under
which her neutrality was guaranteed
by Great Britain, Austria, France,
Prussia and Russia.
The commission is composed of
two delegates from each of the five
great powers and two each from
Belgium and Holland.
Belgium does not seek any terri
torial expansion, but asks to be
placed in such a position that should
there be a repetition of the wanton
aggression of 1914, she will be able
to defend herself on the Meuse and
Scheldt rivers, instead of on the
Yser.
VERGE OF
PRECIPICE
Government of Lloyd George
Tottering, Owing to Continu
ous Labor Trouble Which
Grows Worse, Critics Say.
PREMIER'S COMPROMISE
PLANS ALL GOING AWRY
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Meat Dealers in Capital
Average 100 Per Cent Gain,
Investigation Brings Out
Pay From 18 to 19 cents a Pound for Dressed Beef and
Dispose of Entire Carcass at Average Price of
Not Less Than 40 cents the Pound; Profiteering
Charged.
Asquith Denounces Prime Min
ister Bitterly as Responsible
for Conditions by "Political
Interference in Industry."
London, July 31. The general in
dustrial unrest in Great Britain,
which has been seething ever since
the armistice, seems at the present
hour to have reached a point which
menaces the commerce of the coun
try with at least temporary disaster.
It is considered possible that it may
mean the downfall of the Lloyd
George government.
The strikes of the past month
have been serious enough, but they
are merely symptoms of an epi
demic of dissatisfaction which ap
pears to prevail throughout the
ranks of organized labor. Half a
million Lancashire cotton opera
tives were idle for more than three
weeks. Two hundred thousand
Yorkshire miners have been on
strike since July 20. The Liverpool
dockers have paralyzed shipping
there for two weeks, holding up
hundreds of ships of all sizes. The
bakers have decided to strike on
Saturday and new the London po
lice are about to go out on their
second strike.
The worst movement of all from
the government standpoint is the
threat of "direct action by the triple
alliance of railway men, miners and
transport workers. These powerful
unions are taking a secret ballot
to decide whether they shall use
the weapon of a general strike to
try and enforce their political pro
gram of the nationalization of mines
and railways, abolition of conscrip
tion and withdrawal from all par
ticipation in Russian affairs.
Bolshevism Crops Up.
In these circumstances words of
revolution and bolshevism crop up
in the newspapers and are used by
conservative men to describe the
present movement.
The government regards the po
lice strike as the most dangerous
feature of the prevalent unrest. It
may prove a critical test of the la
bor campaign. The home secretary,
E. Shortt, has declared that the
government is firm and will con
sider no compromise or yielding to
the policemen's demands to have
the status of an ordinary labor
union.
Lord Asquith has denounced the
premier bitterly as responsible for
the present conditions by his policy
of "political interference in indus
trial business."
The taxpayers are footing the in
direct bills from the miners' strike,
all the workers thrown out of em
ployment through the coal shortage
getting the "unemployed dole,"
which in the case of men with fam
ilies amounts to more than 2 a
week, and a number of these in the
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Universal Army and Navy
Training Bill Introduced
Washington, July 31 Universal
army and navy vocational training
for youths between 18 and 20 years,
and a national registration system
are proposed in a bill introduced
today by Senator Chamberlain, dem
ocrat, Oregon, and referred to the
military committee.
Chairman Kahn of the house mil
itary committee also introduced the
bill in the house.
Washington, July 31. Figures
showing that retail meat dealers in
Washington are averaging 100 per
cent profit on all sales of meat were
cited before a senate District of
Columbia subcommittee investigat
ing living costs in the district.
E. A. Calvin, representing the cot
totn states official advisory market
ing board, told the committee that
while, on July 1, retail dealers in
Washington, according to figures of
the Department of Agriculture, were
paying from IS to 19 cents a pound
for dressed beef, they were dispos
ing of the entire carcass at an aver
age price of not less than 40 cents
a pound. The witness said the same
profits were being made today.
The butcher or retail dealer, said
Mr. Calvin, when selling at 100 per
cent profit, adds more to the cost
of the meat to the consumer than
the combined profits taken by the
farmer, the live stock dealer, and
the packer, with transportation and
storage charges included. And he
asks that profit, said Mr. Calvin, for
"simply cutting the meat and hand
ing it over the counter to you, as
suming no risk whatever."
The witness cited beef quotations
at Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh
and other largecities, showing that
although the pri.ee of dressed beef
to the retailers declined on an aver
age of 25 per cent at those points
from July 1 to July IS, there was an
average decrease of only 8 per cent
in the price to the consumer.
"These figures clearly show," in
terjected Senator Capper of Kansas,
a member of the committee, "that
the retailer or the man who is sell
ing over the counter, is profiteering."
ECISION ON CAR
STRIKE WILL BE
GIVEN OUT TODAY
Majority of Men Said to Fa
vor Immediate Walkout;
Meet Company Officials
at 9 This Morning.
Street railway officials will be in
formed this morning of the action
taken by their employes, in contin
uous session at the Labor temple
since Wednesday forenoon. The at
titude of the men on the question of
an immediate strike will be an
'nounced. Ben Short, president, of
the street railway men's local, stated
that a meeting with company of
ficials would probably be held at 9
o'clock this morning.
Voting on the question of im
mediate action by the street car
men was concluded last evening.
Union officials refused to make the
vote public, but it is understood
that an overwhelming majority of
the men declared themselves in
favor of an immediate strike to en
force their demands in case they are
refused by the company at this
morning's meeting.
Demand for increased wages, re
establishment of seniority rights lost
during the previous street car strike,
and improved working conditions
were submitted to the company re
cently by the men.
In ttie absence of President Ham
ilton, of the company, no action has
been taken in the matter by com
pany officials, although several con
ferences between the two factions
have been held.
Allen H. Burt, member of the ex
ecutive board of the Amalgamated
Association of Street and Electric
Railway Employes of America, is in
this city to aid officials of the
Omaha local.
Expect Chicago Car Men
to Resume Work Saturday
Chicago, July 31. Resumption of
traffic Saturday morning on Chi
cago's elevated and surface car lines
seems assured, according to reports
from union leaders who came to the
headquarters of W.' D. Mahon, in
ternational president of the street
car men's organization.
Mahon, who addressed meetings
of the car men Thursday afternoon
and night, expressed confidence that
the men would vote Fridav to ac
cept the terms offered by the com
panies. Mr. Mahon declared the car strike
was illegal and that the men were
violating their own laws and placing
themselves in a ridiculous position.
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HOUSE WANTS
TO LEGISLATE ON
PROFITEERING
Resolution Asking Governor
to Call Special Session -Carries,
53 to 34. Re
fusal Forecast.
Lincoln, July 31. (Special Tele
gram.) The lower house of the Ne
braska legislature, in special session
to vote on the ratification of the fed
eral amendment granting women
suffrage, spent practically the en
tire day in a discussion of profiteer
ing. Rodtmm of Kimball -brought out
a round of applause when he said
that the fifteen democrats who were
now advocating a special session for
the purpose of handling the prof
iteering proposition had every one
of them v6ted against a bill in the
last session which covered the sub
ject entirely.
By a vote of 55 to 32 the Gerhart
substitute to the resolution intro
duced by Drusedow, Foster and oth
ers calling on the governor to call a
special session, to convene im
mediately after this one, was
voted down. The original resolu
tion was then put and carried
by a vote of 53 to 34. Doug
las county members voting for the
resolution, we've Allan, Druesedow,
Foster. Howard and Porter; against,
Harte. The rest were absent.
Jerry Howard, in explaining his
vote, brought out laughter and ap
plause by saying that he voted for
the resolution because he was afraid
if the matter was put up to the gov
ernor he would send it to the league
of nations.
It is understood that Governor
McKelvie will issue a statement re
garding the matter and it is inti
mated tha he may not carry out the
wishes of the house.
No Danger of Another
Split in Republican
Party, Sas Gov. Allen
Lincoln, July 31. (Special.)
Gov. Henry J. Allen of Kansas
spoke before the Roosevelt Repub
lican club of Nebraska Thursday
evening at a dinner given in his
honor at the Lincoln hotel. About
250 guests were present.
Governor Allen covered in a rapid
way the life of Theodore Roosevelt
from the time he became a member
of the New York legislature until
his death. He related many inci
dents of the life of the former pres
ident, and among other things said
that Roosevelt was not afraid in
selecting his cabinet to surround
himself with the biggest men of the
nation. He was not afraid that any
of them would outshine him. He
did not want a mediocre cabinet.
He wanted the best.
Governor Allen was one of Roose
velt's staunch supporters in the
break-up of the republican party in
1912, but, he said, there was no
danger of anything like that happen
ing again. What seemed an unfor
tunate thing then had turned out to
be beneficial.
"There will be no more splits in
the republican party," said the Kan
sas governor. "We are all back in
and there is not going to be "any
occasion for trouble in the future.
We are going to stay in."
In closing his address, Governor
Allen said that to him it seemed
that Colonel Roosevelt had died
when needed most.
Naval Force Will Be Sent to
Guard British In Archangel
London, July 31. The British
government is arranging to send a
naval force to Russia to cover the
evacuation of the Archangel dis
trict by the troops there, it was an
nounced here today. A contingent
of regular" army troops also is being
jheld in readiness to assist there if
necessary
UV
CONSIDERS
HIGH COST
OF LIVING
Governmental Machinery Set
in Motion in Response to
Demands From Public That
Soaring Prices be Reduced.
TRAINMEN'S PRESIDENT
LAYS DOWN THE LAW
W. G. Lee Says Increase in
' Wages Not Proper Solution
of Present Economic Hard
ships of Working People.
Washington, July 31. Govern
mental machinery was set in mo
tion Thursday in response to de
mands from the public that some
official action be taken to relieve
the high cost of living.
Prices, as they affect the average
citizen, assumed first place in inter
est in the capital. At the Wiite
House President Wilson was said
to be giving deep and very thought
ful consideration to problems pre
sented to him and the railroad ad
ministration by members of the rail
road brotherhoods who represented
-that prices would have to come
down or wages go tip, if social un
rest was not to develop into up
heaval. In the senate and house,
the situation gave rise to several
resolutions to investigate the cause
pf existing price levels, another to
reduce the volume of currency in
circulation as a means of the de
flating prices, one to request that
the attorney general stop specula
tion in foods on exchanges and an
other to sell this year's wheat crop
at market prices instead of at the
government guarantee, the differ
ence to. b made up-by the goverrr--ment.
Officials Hold Pow-wow,
Late Thursday Attorney General
Palmer met eight government of
ficials whom he had summoned, to
his office for a discussion of high
costs and the best methods to pur
sue to effect a reduction. After a
general talk the conference dis
banded to meet again, probably
next week, for further counsel based
on additional information to be col
lected in the meantime. Those at
tending the conference included
Secretaries Glass, Houston, Red
field and Wilson, Director General
Hines, Chairman Murdock, of the
Federal Trade commission, Assis- ,
tant Secretary of the Treasury Lef
fingwell and W. B. Colver, of the
Federal Trade commission.
It developed that demands for
more wages were pending before the
railroad administration from several
hundred thousand employes. Per
haps the frankest talk which gov
ernment officials have heard in a
long time came in this connection in ;
the statement of W. G. Lee, presi
dent of the trainmen, before the
wage and adjustment board. Mr.
Lee told the board that an increase
in wages was not the proper solu
tion of the present economic hard
ships. !
Upheaval Faces Country.
Until all classes get together, to
stop "profiteering," he said, the only
thing for everyone to do is to get ail
the wages he can, a course which
he declared would result eventually,
in precipitating the "upheaval" now
staring the country in the face.
As a step toward breaking the
high prices, plans are being made by
Secretary Baker, Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson and Representative
Kelley of Pennsylvania to sell
through the parcel post surplus
(Continued on page four, column four.)
Cummings, on Carpet,
Resorts to Buffoonery
at Committee Quiz
Washington. July 31. Homer S.
Cummings, chairman -of the demo
cratic national committee, called be
fore the house subcommittee in
vestigating aircraft expenditures tc
testify under oath Thursday nigh)
why he had permitted the publicity
bureau of his organization to brand
a proposed committee trip to tot
Pacific coast as a "junket," took full
responsibility for, the statement and ...
declared it was not a circumstanci
to what would come later.
Representative Magee, republican.
New York, asked Mr. Cummings
for a yes or no answer bearing on
the war investigation and the result
ant sale of army food. -
"Why that's a trick question," tht
witness replied. "It's like asking
a man if he has quit beating , his
wife." -r
"Strike that out," Mr. Magee
shouted, and it was stricken out. .
Hammerstein Sinking
New York, July 31. Oscar Ham
merstein, grand opera producer, who
has been critically ill here for ser
eral days, Thursday is growing
weaker hourly, but his physiciant
said they thought he would fes
through the night.