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OMAHA, THE GATE CITY OF THE WEST, OFFERS YOU GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES.
The Omaha Daily Be:
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FIND 180,000 CROWNS
BELA KUN HAD HIDDEN.
Berlin. Auir. 12. A nirial AU.
patch to the National Zeitung from '
Budapest says that 21 people's com
missaries, 82 workmen's councillors
and 186 terrorists, who have been
arrested, charged with crime, will
be tried shortly.
The newspaper says, that 180,000
crowns were tound walled up in the
nome ot tteia Kun, the former dic
tator, and that the hastily aban
doned plunder of the late Tibor
Szamuely, consisting of seven great
cases and a roll of valuable Pershn j
carpet ana goia and silverware, in
cluding silverplate from the collec
tion of Archduke Frederick, was
found concealed in a convent in
Odenburg.
RETAIL SHOE DEALERS
WANT BUSINESS PROBED.
San Francisco, Aug. 12. The Re- I
tail Shoe Dealers' association of San
Francisco at a meeting Tuesdav pre
pared a request asking Mayor James
Rolph to appoint a commiittee to in
vestigate a charge of profiteering,
which, the dealers assert, has been
made by the federal trade board.
The California Retail Shoe Deal
ers' association, it was announced,
sent a message to President Wilson
denying that the retailers are prof
iteering or are responsible for the
prevailing high prices of footwear
and closed with an appeal request
ing the president to investigate the
entire shoe industry thoroughly. '
RECORDS OF MONTANA
LEGISLATURE STOLEN.
Helena, Wont., Aug. 12. The
room of the journal clerk of the
Montana house of representatives
was entered sometime Monda night
after the extraordinary session of
the legislature had adjourned and
the proceedings of the final hours
of the session were taken.
Missing" documents include the
rol) call on appeal from the decision
of the chair, taken during the fight
over tiie $5,000,000 bond issue meas
ure to provide relief for drought
stricken farmers.
"
TAKES POISON TO REST
BY SIDE OF FIANCEE.
Mt. Vernon, III.. Aug. 12.-"Please
lake me to Little Grove tomorrow at
2 o'clock and lay me by Little Ola's
side to rest in peace forever." wrote
George Clarence Marcum, 19, before
he took poison which ended his life
;it the home of Beecher Talbott in
Rome township. The young man
was engaged to Miss Ola Talbott.
daughter of Beecher Talbott, and
she died on December 10, 1918.
Since the death of his fiancee he
had made his home most of the time
with her parents.
PRICKED"WITH PENCIL
- SHE SUES CASHIER.
St. Louis. Aug. 12. Charging that
she was ' seriously injured by a
sharpened lead pencil in the hands
of a co-worker, Miss Pauline M.
Schutz, a stenographer, filed suit for
$3,000 damages against Otto A.,
Harth, employed as cashier by Swift
& Co., and the company.
The petition alleges that on De
cember 27. 1918, while the plaintiff
was working near the defendant in
the cashier's cage at the office of
Swift & Co., Barth suddenly turned
around, striking the plaintiff with a
sharpened lead pencil, which he held
in his hands. Miss Schutz alleges
that she suffered "bruises and lacera
tions and was compelled to undergo
an operation to have the graphite
extracted from her upper arm."
DENY CREW OF BREMEN
HAS ARRIVED IN BREMEN.
Berlin, Aug. 12. Denial was made
in official circles of the. statement
printed in the Vossische Zeitung,
Mondav, that the entire crew of the
German submarine Bremen, which
disappeared three years ago, had ar-
rived in Bremen.
OREGON GROWERS SELL
PEARS TO CUBANS.
Medford, Ore., Aug. 12. Large
shipments of Bosc pears from this
section will begin moving about
September , for Chile and Cuba,
new market's for this fruit. Accord
ing to growers here these two coun
tries will take nearly all of the pro
duction of this section. Bartlett
vear shipments now are averaging
12 cars daily from here, preference
being given fruit shipments by the
refrigerator car companies.
GERMAN CROWN PRINCE
VISITS WIFE AND FAMILY.
Berlin. Aug. 12. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) With the permission
of the Dutch government, the
former German crown prince has
just spent several days with his
wife and children at Soden, Prus
sia, and accompanied them part of
the way back to Potsdam, accord
ing to the Lokal Anzeiger
The newspaper adds that Fred
erick William has not returned to
Holland.
FRENCH EDITOR RAPS U. S.
INTERFERENCE IN EUROPE.
Paris. Aug. 12. August E. Gau
vain, editor of the Journal Des De
bats, contributes an editorial to this
evening's edition of that newspaper
in which he somewhat severely
criticises what he calls American
"messianic reforms" in Europe,
notably in connection with the Rou
manian situation.
While professing the greatest ad
miration for and gratitude to the
Americans for their aid in the war,"
M. Gauvain complains that the
Americans often are badly advised
by their agents, both civil and mili
tary, who "explore Europe as their
ancestors explored the far west and
. regard ancient European nations as
Iroquois, Comanches and Aztecs
and want to reform Europe by
methods current in Oklahoma and
Colorado."
M. Gauvain insists that methods
must differ according to countries.
HUNGARY WONT RETURN TO
MONARCHY, ARCHDUKE SAYS
Berlin, Aug. 12. Archduke
Joseph, head of the new Hungarian
government, has issued a prjclama
tion in which he affirms that there
will be no return to the monarchial
system, according to the Tageblatt's
correspondent at Budapest
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CORRUPTION
IS LAID TO
Accepts Position of
British Ambassador
to the United States
RAILROADS
Glenn E. Plumb, for Railway
Brotherhoods, Says Many
Great Systems Have Been
- Systematically Plundered.
FULL INVESTIGATION
BY CONGRESS ASKED
Bonus of $450,000,000 Issued
by 18 Lines Controlled by
Morgan, Rockefeller and
Gould Financial Interests.
Washington, Aug. 12. (By the
Associated Press.) The Tailroad
brotherhoods, through their counsel.
Glenn E. Plumb, today laid before
the house Interstate Commerce
committee their charges of corrup
tion in the management of the rail
roads under private control. The
charges were that many of the great
railway systems had been plundered
systematically by the financial inter
ests and that the railroads illegally
held millions of acres of public
lands.
Eighteen representative railroads
of the country, the brotherhood at
torney asserted, issued stock aggre
gating $450,414,000 between 1900 and
1910 as bonuses. These same rail
roads he further charged were con
trolled in whole or in part by the
Morgan interests, the Rockefeller
interests and the Gould interests."
Investigation Asked.
Coupled with the charges which
came just before the house commit
tee closed its hearings on organized
labor's bill for elimination of pri
vate capital from railroad owner
ship, was the demand by Mr. Plumb
that congress make a thorough in
vestigation of the matter so that
the American people may know "to
what extent it is sought to subject
them to exploitation" tinder the
other plans proposed for future dis
position of the railroads.
There was no intimation as to
what course the committee might
take in regard to the request for an
investigation. Chairman Esch indi
cated that to go into the charges
would be like traveling over old
ground, as they had been threshed
out long ago. rivmib told the com
mittee that he either had the evi
dence to support every charge or
knew where it could be obtained.
Presentation of the charges appar
ently failed to arouse much interest
among members.
Garretson Quite Frank.
A. B. Garretson, former head of
the Order of Railway Conductors,
declared with utmost frankness that
if a vote were taken todav the coun
try probably would reject organized
labor's plan. He explained, how
ever, that this would be due to gen
eral suspicion against new things,
and he predicted that it would be
indorsed and adopted in the not
distant future.
The opinion was expressed by Mr.
Garretson that there had been no
fair test of government operation
of railroads, because the railroads
since being taken over had been
operated by officials who were op
posed to srovernment ownership and
wanted to demonstrate that it was
not best for the country.
With the filing of Plumb's
charges, the committee concluded
hearings on his plan for public own
ership and employe-operation of the
railroads, and will take up later the
plans to be offered by security hold
ers and railway executives, both of
which, labor officials testified, are
more radical than that framed by
Mr. Plumb and indorsed by the
brotherhoods. It probably will be
a month before the committee can
make a final report.
Pershing to Visit
The Battlefields of
Italy In Near Future
Paris, Aug. 12. General John J.
Pershing, after his visit to Belgium
as the guest of King Albert, will
visit the Italian "battlefields. Pres
ent plans call for his departure from
here for Rome next Saturday, Au
gust 16.
While in Italy, General Pershing
will present American Distinguished
Service medals to those Italian of
ficers to whom these honors have
been awarded.
General Pershing expects to leaw
for the United States during the
first week ,in September.
Fiume Problem Settlement ,
Satisfies France and Italy
Rome, Aug. 12. (Havas.) The
allied commission which investigated
recent disorders at Fiume has con
cluded its work, the Corriere Delia
Serra says today. The newspaper
adds that the conclusions reached
are of such a nature as to satisfy
France without offending the pride
of Italy..
GSZfiV. vS
H. C. OF L IN
CHICAGO ON
I On His Way (QUERIES
I .
TOBOGGAN
Concerted Attacks by Federal,
State and Municipal Officials
Have Noticeable Effect Upcn
Prices of Provisions.
HOARDERS RELEASE
STOCKS IN STORAGE
London, Aug. 12. The Mirror
claims to have good authority for
stating that Viscount Crey of Fallo
den has accepted the post of British
ambassador at Washington.
Viscount Grey retired as head of
the British foreign office in 1916.
SAYS BRITAIN
WILL RETRENCH
ON ARMAMENTS
Churshill Defends Government
When Extravagance Is
Criticized.
tlie
ana
London, Aug. 12. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) In the house of com
mons Tuesday night th- ministers
had to listen to strong criticism of
the extravagance of the government
in the matter of armaments, but
Winston Spencer Churchill, secre
tary of war, in a general defense of
the government, said he was able
to promise considerable retrench
ment in this direction. His speech
betrayed that the government was
trying as far as possible to meet
the popular demands for greater
economy- "
Major Gen. J. E. B. Seely, under
secretary Tor air, in the course of
his speech, mace the point that the
efficient air force had saved the
country millions in money and thou
sands in lives this year in connec
tion with the troubles in Afghan
istan and Egypt, where" campaigns
were carried out at slight cost as
compared to the heavy cost in
money and life in similar campaigns
conducted by Lords Roberts and
Wolseley.
The, RigTTt Honorable Sir Frede
rick Banbury, unionist, argued that
the people would never economize
while seeing ministers riding about
in expensive automobiles at the na
tion's expense.
The Right Honorable Seorge
Lambert, liberal, declared the gov
ernment had lost the confidence of
the country by the huge expendi
ture in every department.
Mr. Churchill, defending the gov
ernment, said that through its pol
icy it was beginning to retain
control over expenditures. The lat
ter, however, was still dependent
upon military commitments abroad
the minister continued, but already
it had been arranged with France
that by the end of October the Brit
ish forces on the Rhine may be re
duced to a single strong brigade,
including an air force of a single
squadron.
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nntnusiasuc crowds
at St. Johns Welcome
Heir to British Throne
St. Johns. N. F., Aug. 12. The
Prince of Wales was accorded an
enthusiastic reception upon his ar
rival here at noon today. Every
where cheering crowds greeted him
and he was welcomed by province
and city officials at every turn from
the water front to parliament.
The prince laijthe cornerstone of
the Methodist Episcopal college's
new structure. i
On the steps of parliament he pre
sented life saving medals to 35
heroes who aided in rescuing the
survivors of the wrecked lin.r Flori
sel off Cape Race last year.
The priince later inspected both
houses of parliaiment and sat in the
presiding officer's chair.
At night the prince attended a
dinner, which was attended by many
prominent citizens. An automobile
parade followed.
After the parade the prince at
tended an informal dance for the
younger set at the government
house, remaining until 1 a. m. He
retired for the night in the same
room his grandfather, Edward VII.,
occupied when he visited the new
world in 1860.
40,000 Polish Jews Wish
to Come to America
Copenhagen, Aug. 12. It is re
ported from Warsaw that 40,000
Polish Jews have asked permission
to go to America. It is expected
there will be a great number of emi
grants leaving central Europe soon
for America.
Producers Rustling Shipments
to Market in Fear of Further
Reduction of Prices Army
Goods Find Ready Sale.
V
i Chicago, Aug. 12. Concerted ar-
tacks by federal, state and munici
pal officials on the high cost of liv
ing resulted today in lower prices
of many articles of produce to Chi
cago consumers. It was trie tirst
definite benefit to result from
attacks on tood proiiteers an
hoarders.
With the decrease in wholesale
and retail prices there came a sub
stantial increase in receipts of var
ious articles of food. It was said
that producers were rushing ship
ments to the Chicago market in
fear of a further reduction of prices
in the near future and large quan
tities of supplies were being taken
out of cold storage warehouses and
ottered for sale.
Army Goods Sell Readily.
Yesterday the first sale of army
canned goo'ds at two downtown de
partment stores resulted in the dis
posal of 60,000 cans of corn and
peas at a saving of 80 per cent over
the current retail price. To meet
this competition, there was a gen
eral reduction of prices by retailers.
The prevailing retail price for su
gar was 12 and 13 cents a pound
in a majority of stores. A few days
ago sugar sold as high as-, 16 cents
a pound, Potatoes today dropped
$1 per 100 pounds in retail price,
and there was a corresponding re
duction in nearly. all vegetables and
fruits.
Profiteering Alleged.
Scores of letters alleging profiteer
ing were received today at the fed
eral district attorney's office where
preparations are making to prose
cute hoarders and profiteers. Ay
such information is turned over to
the bureau of investigation of the
Department of Justice. The secret
agents are ordered to have a report
ready for the district attorneys on
cold storage warehouses by Satur
day. That the big producers' associa
tions are operating in restraint of
trade was charged by a commission
merchant, who declared men, in his
line actually were selling at a loss
because the producers were demand
ing top prices.
Supplies Reach St. Louis.
St. Louis, Aug. 12. Forty-seven
carloads of government foodstuffs,
to be sold at cost, arrived at the ar
senal Tuesday aiirl it was estimated
500 more would be received shortly
for distribution in Missduri, Kansas
and Arkansas. The sale will start
Monday.
Michigan Dons Armor:
Lansing, Mich., Aug. 12. Rigid
grand jury investigations in every
county in Michigan, a sweeping state
wide probe of the high cost of ne
cessities of life to be conducted by
the attorney general's department
and later a special session of the
(Continued on Page Two, Column Four.)
Discover Spartacan
Plan to Overthrow
Rule by Misrule
Berlin, Aug. 12. A plan to over
throw the present government and
further world revolution is contained
irt a secret Spartacan circular to its
agents and district chiefs. The docu
ment, which was captured by the
"general bureau for the study of bol
shevism" begins by regretting that
the government signed the peace
treaty, thereby ' delaying the inevi
table crisis.
The document sets forth a con
crete plan, the first step of which
would be to hasten an internal Ger
man crisis by tampering with the
home guards, which are declared to
be less reliable than formerly. The
circular urges Spartacan organiza
tions to agitate among the soldiers
by leaflets and verbally. The rail
road men, the document says, can
already be counted as won for revo
lution. The postal workers are depressed,
according to the circular, which goes
on to say that the program with re
gard to the peasants is complete.
The capture of the peasants is de
clared to be important.
Telephone Strike Ends.
St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 12. Girl
operators and male electrical work
ers of the Southwestern Bell Tele
phone company, who have been on
strike since June 26, today voted to
return to work tomorrow, following
the company's promise to grant
wage incrcai
CHEER HIS
ASSAULTS
Traditional Decorum of Sen
ate Procedure Upset by Ap
plause of Spectators Despite
Sharp Admonitions.
FEARS FATE OF SUBJECT
NATION FOR AMERICA
Cohan to Fight Actors Until He's-Broke;
New York Chorus Girls Organize Union;
Strike in Chicago Despite Precautions
New York, Aug. 12. (By The As
sociated Press.) In an effort to pre
vent a spread of the strike called by
the Actors' Equity association to
other cities, the Producing Man
agers' Protective association an
nounced tonight that its attorneys
had been instructed to bring injunc
tion suits against the Equity in Chi
cago, Boston and Philadelphia, re
straining it from interfering with
productions in those cities.
This step, it w?s said, was taken
after the managers learned "through
reliable sources" that Francis Wil
son, presideiU of the Equity, had left
for Chicago lor the purpose of at
tempting to call out actors' there.
It also was stated that' the suits
for $500,000 filed yesterday by the
Shuberts against the Equity and
nearly 300 of its most prominent
members were but the forerunner of
suits to be filed by other managers,
which would run into the millions.
Ten Houses Dark.
With ten theaters still "dark" to
night, active picketing was "carried
on by scores of well known actors
and actresses, who 'presented im
promptu sidewalk showsto attract
the crowds from theaters which
were open.
Chorus girls to the number of
about 400 today organized a union,
which will be known as the Chorus
Equity association, and will be affil
iated with the actors' organization.
Marie Dressier, a former chorus
girl, was elected president. Sam
Harris of Cohan and Harris and
Morris Gest, a produper, appeared
in the West Side police court today
in answer to warrants charging
them with assault on actors. -Their
cases were continued. Other de
velopments of today included the'
resignation of George M. Cohan
from the Friars club, of which he
was one of the founders and abbot,
and the resignation of David War
field from the Actors' Equity asso
ciation. Cohan In to Stick.
"Everything that I have, and that
is quite a little, is on the table in
this fight," was the declaration of
George M. Cohan at a meeting of
the managers. "I will lose every
dollar of it before I will give in to
the actors. I will run an elevator
first." ' v
Charles-'C. Shay, president of the
International Alliance of vTheatrical
and Stage Employes, declared at a
meeting of strikers that if the man
agers ' prosecute suits against the
actors, the stage hands will go into
the fight on the side of the strikers.
The statement also was made that
George W. Wickersham, former at
torney general of the United States,
would defend the actors if the suits,
came to trial.
Strike Hits Chicago.
Chicago, . Aug. 12. The actors'
strike which has closed several of
New York's large theaters, spread to
Chicago Tuesday night, the Cort
theater and Cohan's Grand opera
house were closed after the prin
cipals and other members of the
casts announced they would not ,go
on the stage.
The strike was called following
the arrival of Francis Wilson, pres
ident of the Actors' Equity associa
tion. He declared the strike would
be as thorough as in New York and
prepared an appeal to ajl actors to
join the walk out.
The first announcement came
from the Cort theater after William
Courtenay sent a note to the effect
that he would not appear. The sec
ond principal to refuse to appear
was Grant Mitchell, who has been
appearing at Cohan's Grand.
Prepare Injunction.
In anticipation of a possible strike
by the members' of the company at
the Woods theater, Manager S. J.
Rosenthal tonight had his attorneys
prepare a petition for an injunction
to be filed in court tomorrow
against the officers of the Actors'
Equity association and members of
the company. The petition as pre
pared would seek to 'restrain them
from "breaking the contract with
the complainant."
John Fitzpatrick, president of the
Chicago Federation of Labor, said
the striking actors would be given
support by the federation.
The local acters' demands are vir
tually the same as in New York.
They want pay for rehearsals and
extra pay for more than eight per
formances a week. Their associa
tion has been recognized by the
managers.
Bolsheviki Seize
Foreigners and
Lock Up Legations
Washington, D. C, Aug. 12. In
vasion by the bolsheviki of all lega
tions and consulates in Petrograd
and Moscow and the wholesale ar
rests of foreigners regardless of na
tionality early in June was reported
to the State department Tuesday
from Danish sources.
The information was brought out
of Russia by a Qanish Red Cross
mission which has just reached
Warsaw.
On June 2 and 3. bolshevik police
men entered all foreign consulates
and legations, sealing them when
they withdrew. Branches of the
Red Cross in Petrograd, Moscow,
Samara and Homel aLso were in
vaded. Nearly all of the foreigners
arrested during the police campaign
were said to have been interned in
camps at Moscow.
Roumanians Ignore Note.
Paris, Aug. 12. The supreme
council has not received a response
to the notes sent to Roumania con
cerning the occupation of Budapest
and consequently it made little prog
ress today on the Hungarian situation.
13 White Men Are
Under Indictment
for Race Rioting
Chicago, ' Aug. 12. Thirteen
white men, alleged to have partici
pated in the race riots two weeks
ago, were indicted Tuesday. The
indictment score now stands at 50
negroes and 17 whites.
Among those indicted was
George Stauber, a white youth, al
leged to have been the instigator
in stoning a negro boy who fell
from a raft and was drowned in
Lake Michigan, July 27, starting the
riots. The char'ge is manslaughter.
Clearwater Man Admits
Passing Worthless Checks
Edward Keefe, Cleativater, Neb.,
was arrested last night by Capt. H.
P. Haze and charged with1 passing
worthless checks on complaint of the
Nebraska Clothing Co.
Keefe admitted passing two checks
at the Nebraska store one for $36.00
and one for $35 00 and another for
SI .600 at the Lininger Implement
Co. store in payment for a tractor.
Keefe signed the name of a former
employer. Louise Klopke' of Clear
water, Neb., to the checks.
Daniels and Party
Will Leave Today
for Pearl Harbor
Los Angeles, Aug. 12. Secretary
of the Navy Daniels and his official
pary went aboard the battleship
New York, Tuesday night, prepar
atory to departure Wednesday
morning at 7 o'clock for Honolulu,
where the secretary and his asso
ciates will participate in the formal
opening of the naval base at Pearl
Harbor.
Accompanying the secretary are
Mrs. Daniels, their two sons. Rear
Admirals McKean. McCormick and
Parks, and Commanders Foote and
Hilton, aides to Secretary Daniels.
The destroyers Chauncey, Dent,
Waters and Philip will escort the
New York.
The battleship and escort will re
turn to California in September in
time to be present when President
Wilson reviews the Pacific fleet at
San Francisco.
Riga Recaptured.
Copenhagen. Aug. 12. According
to a Russian newspaper published in
Berlin, the bolsheviki have recap
tured Riga. '
Republican Leader Says Pact
Draft Would Not Establish
L::.:;ue of Peace and Would
Destroy Monroe Doctrine.
Washington, Aug. 12. -(By The
Associated Press.) The traditional
decorum of senate procedure was
upset today by an unusual demon
stration of approval from the gal
leries following an address by Sen
ator Lodge of , Massachusetts, chair
man of the foreign relations com
mittee, assailiwg provisions of the
league of nations 'covenant.
For more than a minute the
gallery spectators applauded and
cheered, in violation of senate rules,
and then when order had been re
stored they interrupted with howls
and hisses a speech by Senator Wil
liams, democrat, Mississippi, in reply
to Mr. Lodge. ' In spite of sharp
admonition from the chair, there
were more hisses, mingled with ap
plause when Senator Hitchcock,
democrat, Nebraska, seconded Sen
ator Williams' speech.
Vice President Marshall made no
attempt to check .the first demon
stration lintil it had begun to die
out, but later he twice threatened
to clear the galleries unless order
was preserved.
Senator Lodge's address, itself
uninterrupted, was aimed chiefly
against league provisions, which he
said would make the United States
"a subject nation," and ended with
en appeal for the preservation of
Americanism.
The covenant in its present form,
he asserted, would not establish a
league of peace, but would destroy
the Monroe doctrine and give other
nations thepower to decide domes
tic American questions and to order
American troops ' into foreign
service.
Chairman Assailed.
Senator Williams bitterly assailed
the foreign relations chairman, de
claring that in three monflii of
preparation he had worded his ad
dress to serve republican political
ends and to play to the galleries.
Thtfe was no appeal in Senator
Lodge's address for rejection of the
league altogether, nor was there any
mention of the -program of reserva
tions proposed by seven republican
senators as a basis of its acceptance.
It was learned, however, that this
program had been discussed with
him by some of its sponsors and
that a conference of republicans
would be held within a few days at
which an attempt will be made to
bring the Massachusetts senator and
several others into agreement on
'such a plan.
It was understood the-reservation
group felt they had good ground for
believing that their proposal would
be accepted by Mr. Lodge and that
enough republicans then could be
lined up to insure success of the
movement, should the democratic
leaders give their assent.
Another Hot Session.
The uproar in the senate cham
ber followed an equally tumultuous
session of the foreign relations com
mittee, at which Davis Hunter Mil-
. .. .
K-i, iciai aaviser to tne league ot na
tions commission at Versailles, was
vigorously questioned by republican
senators about the genesis of the
league covenant and the meaning of
sorje of its provisions. Clashes over
the manner of questioning the wit
ness resulted repeatedly in interven
tion by the chairman to restore or
der. Mr. Miller said he never had seen
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Trolley Financial
Situation Serious,
Witnesses Agree
Washington, Aug. 12. Witnesses
before the Federal Electric. Rail
ways commission were in agreement
that the financial situation of the
companies was serious and probably
would grow worse because of rising
costs and motor vehicle competi
tion. Remedies suggested ranged from
the proposal of Mayor Cousens of
Detroit for municipal ownership and
operation of urban lines to sugges
tions by state untility commission
ers that revenues be increased. The"
commissions represented were those
of Indiana, Connecticut and Rhode
Island.
Most of the state commission
representatives who testified favored
co-operative control over the trolley
lines by municipalities and state
commissions, the latter having re
visory powers.
