TODAY'S FEATURES
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CITY EDITION
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, ,1919.
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Excessive Shipments to Foreign
Countries Cause of Exorbitant
Prices, Says Indiana Senator.
Interstate Commerce Commission
: of Senate to Consider Reme
dial Suggestions of President.
Washington, Aug1. 9. President
- Wilson's program for legislation to
control the prices and distribution of
food supplies will be taken up by the
interstate commerce committee of
the senate next Monday.
The committee held a meeting: this
morriing" and decided to go over the
text of the president's message as a
basis for legislation which they will
recommend to the senate.
Most of the members of the commit
tee are in accord with the president's
recommendation in favor of legislation
'to regulate the storage houses and to
license the distributing agencies. Some
opposition to the plan of branding all
foodstuffs with the price paid the pro
ducer was expressed at the committee
bearing-.: but no definite stand was
taken against' it.
OPPOSES FBICE-FIXING
Senator Watson, Republican, of In
fiinna. expressed himself strongly In
fiiv-r of the licensing plan, but is not
Inclined to favor -a. general scheme of
price fixing.. He believes strongly in
, leguDation to limit the exportation of
foodstuffs aricl pointed out that during
the year which ended June 30, 1919. the
exportation from the United States of
food materials amounted in value to
$3.r.o4.0K.000..
The .senator Is of the opinion that the
ex;nrts f?re largely in excess of what
ehof.ld be allowed under the existing
state f production In the United States.
He said he could not foresee how prices
m this country will fairWTSng-'Tfcrex-perts
in excess of the normal surplus
nri permitted. -, v .
Senator - Pameren , XemocraCV' of
Ohi, explained to the committee that
in his opinion there is no doubi o the
rights pf. the federal governnent to
license ' and control .storage houses
Where the contents enter into ' interstate
commerce. He pointed out also that
the states have the right to license cold
ptor:jge plants and warehouses which
hold goods for-intrastate traffic.
BECISIQir GIVES ACTHOEITf
- Senator Pomerene found that author
Hy in a decision rendered by the su
preme court in. 1876 in the case of Munn
versus Illinois, in which the validity
of a law passed by that state to license
grain elevators was upheld. The court
ruled' in a decision written by Chief
Justice Waite that the grain elevators
were in the nature of a public utility
and as such were subject to state regu
lation. Ia the decision it was stated:
"When the owner of property devotes
it to a use in which the public has an
interest, he in effect grants to the public
ah interest in such use and must, to the
extent of that interest, submit to be
controlled by the public, for the com
mon good,, as long as he maintains the
use. He may withdraw his grant by
discontinuing the use."
The court held that the rights of prop
erty cannot be taken away without due
process, but laid down the principle
that the state has the right to say what
the reasonable charge for such services'
should be. The decision establishes no
new principle in the law, but' only gives
a new effect to an old one. It Is also
held by the court that where warehouses
are Situated and the "business Is carried
on exclusively within a state, she may,
as a matter Of .domestic concern, pre
scribe, regulations for them, notwith
standing that they are used as Instru
ments by those engaged In Interstate as
well as in state commerce.
Discussing'this decision Senator Pom
erene said :
"It is under this general principle that
. congress and the several states can reg
ulate warehouse and storage plants.
CONGRESS MAT KEGTJLATE
"-I have no doubt that congress has
power to say how these cold storage
nouses should be conducted and estab
lish reasonable prices for them. Even
though .the war is over, yet under the
regulations of the interstate commerce
commission and under the principle laid
down by the supreme court in the Illi
nois decision hoarding and prices can be
. redoubled."
Senator Gronna, chairman of the com
mittee on : agriculture, was - In confer
ence today with several senators from
the wheat growing states on , the sub
ject of food control legislation. Ha was
authorised to prepare a statement which
will set forth the views ' of those sen
ators in favor of the repeal of the $2.25
wheat guarantee and of the. Lever food
control act. This statement. Senator
Gronna said, will be issued probably
next Monday.
- MILLERS REAP" BE7TEFIT .
According, to Senator Gronna, the
wheat guarantee measure has- been of
no benefit to the farmers, all the ad
vantage having gone to the millers. " In
respect" to the Lever act. which Presi
dent Wilson specifically asked to have
continued and extended. Senator Gronna
is of the opinion that the removal of
all restrictions will tend to lower prices
- not only of flour but of other commodl
" ties. : . ,,
; President Wilson T In his message to
congress made - the statement . that In
- many instances there we're on hand
Jarger stocks of food and food-products
than at this time last year. He cited
butter, eggs, fowls and meats. Official
reports of the department of agriculture
indicate, i however, - that although 4 a
larger acreage of staple farm products
was . planted : during the current year
.1 Concluded- ma. -Jrac- Xwalrev-Ccluma On).
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News Index
Today's Sunday Journal la SU Section
Editorial ,
Section 1. Page 8.
."! s. Foreign
Norte's PI a Uenace SeetAiS 1, Pace I.
Brandeia for Zionism Section 1, Pace 6.
French Approve Reservations - Section I ,
Fate 11.
Russia Looks to U. S. Section 1, Pae 12. ,
National
Worker Disclaim Force Section 1, Pace 1.
CoL House to B Questioned Section 1, Pate 1.
Republicans Would Recess Section 1. Pate 2.
Domestic .
Exports Boost Costs Section 1, Tate 1.
Los Angeles Welcotna Fleet Section 1, Pace 2.
Norttiwast
Elks Off to Klamath Section 1, Paca 7.
Round-Up Plans I'rotrea Section 2. Pace 1.
Portland
Editors in Contention Section 1, Pase 1.
Motor far Accidents Increase Section 1.
Psaro 1,
Lumber Demand ExcwwiTe Section 1, Page 13.
Buyeri' Week a uccesf Sec tion 1. I'aRe 10.
: BUitretl
Real Estate and Building Section 2. I'-W 14.
Market., and Finance Section l'ajca ll'-ia.
JIarini Section I'aa 13.
Spcrts
( Section 2. Paces 2-4.
Automotive
Section 4, Paces 7-16.
On the Finer Side
The Weak in Society Section B. Pates 2-4.
Women's Clubs Section 4. Page 6.
The Realm of Mosic Section 4. Pace 5.
Fraternal News Section 4. Pate 5.
In Labor Circles Section 4. Pate 8.
Drama and Photoplay Section 4. Pates 1-4.
At Summer Resorts Section 3. Pages 5 8
Features
Tba Meune-Argonnc Section 4, Pace 6.
Boa Culture Section 3, Pace 8.
Magazine
An Orecon Waterfall Section 8. Pate 1.
Lore Life Wrecked Section 8. Pata 2.
Ban Her Own Romance Section S, Pace 3.
Be Kind to Snakes Section 5. Pate 4.
FloatlDC Hospitals Section 5, Pace 6.
The Catbird's Nest, by Arthur Btrucer Section
6, Pate 6.
Health. ' Beauty and the Home Section 5.
Pate 7.
Xewcst Erenint Gowns, by Lady Duff Gordon
(Lucile) Section 5, Page 8.
Ootnlo
Section fl. Pates 1-4.
FOODlifOATiON
-IN EUROPE BAD
Starvation Is Outlook Unless
. United States Extends Credit
for Purchase of Foodi
London, Aug. 9. (tT. P.) Europe
faces starvation the coming winter,
unless the ,United States extends
credit for the purchase of food, ac
cording to. th. report of American
food experts, who will present their
findings before the peace conference
Monday.
The American farmer will not be
able to save Europe by mere produc
tion, the report states.
"America's food surplus will rot in
the warehouses unless Europe la tided
over the present financial crisis." It was
pointed out.
"Europe is unable to pay, either in
cash or commodities.'
European labor tendencies also are
menacing the food situation, according
to the American experts. Great Britain's
decreased coal output, for instance, re
moves her greatest means of buying
food.
Hoarding by speculators is the ex
planation given for the' high prices In
the United States. By eliminating this
factor, experts believe, America can
continue to export 18,000.000 tons of
food to Europe without seriously de
pleting her domestic- supply.
Sub-Committee in
Senate Is Not Yet
Agreed on Palmer
Washington, Aug- 9. (I. N. &) The
senate sub-oonfmittee considering the
nomination of A. Mitchell Palmer to be
attorney general, failed to reach an
agreement after nearly three hours of
conference today." '
A motion was made to discontinue
the taking of testimony and to take
action on the nomination, but it failed
to reach a final vote.
Senator Dillingham, chairman of the
committee, announced that the sub
committee would meet again next week.
Strike of Thespians
May Be Nationwide
New York. Aug. 9. Thespianitis" is
now rampant and the probability that
the actors' strike will become nation
wide, and announcement that a series
of benefits for the war chest for ex
penses to defray the actors' expenses,
were, two outstanding features tonight
of the battle royal between members of
the Actors' Equity association and the
Producing Managers association. Ten
theatres are closed in New York despite
the managers' optimistic statements that
reopenings would com! soon.
Colonel Roosevelt
Formally in Politics
f Oyster Bay, N. Y., Aug. 9. (XT. P.)
Lieutenant Colonel , Theodore Roosevelt
made. his bow as a political speaker
here tonight at a clam bake. . It was his
first real speech as a Republican can
didate for assemblyman . from - Nassau
county. Colonel Roosevelt, In r his
speech, declared the president is "the
whole show in ' Washington, and that
"congress is a rubber tamp."
HIGHWAY
i Charms of Oregon's World
j Famous Columbia River High-
way to Be Enhanced by Lunch.
Bear Steaks and Trout Will Be
i Fed to' Newspaper Men on
Their Final Day in Portland.
By Earl C. Brownlee
Choicest Oregon trout simmering
in the pan bear steaks broiled to
please the palate of a plutocrat the
scenic grandeur of America's premier
highway.
These savory and scenic wonder
are held out aa Oregon's farewell to
208 members of the National Edi
torial association, who will complete
j today their two-day annual conven
! tlon when they depart for Crater
Lake to carry on the program that
has kept them veritably, "on the
Jump" since July 26, and which will
continue through Canada until Au
gust 26.
The simmering trout, the broiled bear
steaks arfd the highway are the com
bined charms the editors will enjoy this
morning when they arrive at' Eagle
Creek for a breakfast Of real Oregon
bounties amid the beauties Of that
picturesque groove from which they will
carry lasting impressions from the 34th
annual conclave.
EDITORS ARE DELIGHTED
On every hand the delight of the vis
iting editors echoes as a .result of .their
entertainment at the hands of the Ore
gon association and of Portland.
'Nowhere on . our tour." declared 'Pres
ident -Guy IT. Hardy, "have we been
more completely nor more pleasantly
entertained ' than ; here In Portland and
when' Portland wants a national conven
tio jStli its. own, I really believe our only
requirement wilt be the irivttatlOtt."'"
"Your, hospitality has been unstinted,
the scope -of your ' program . of ; enter
tainment has 'been' wide and elaborate.
We-.fesrre you pronouncing a benediction
of pleasure for your reception. .
Dim memories of newspaper demands
forsaken for the "Victory", tour of the
association little ; hampered the full
pleasure of the editors, both men and
women, who came from practically
every state in the Union to attend the
Portland convention.
BFSIJiESS LAID ASIDE
Type, news print, presses! and the
thousand and one conveniences and in
conveniences that .haunt the average
editor's dreams were ery successfully
put aside during the time the national
conversion held forth m Portland, and
especially were office and shop . cares
cast to the winds Saturday night as the
editors, both of the visiting and the
Oregon parties, retired with 'promises of
the breakfast to be theirs this morning,
ing. .
Accompanying the party of visiting
editors will be a large number of the
representatives of the Oregon press, the
men and women who have been In con
vention with the Oregon State Editorial
association and later in joint session
with the national body. The big break
fast is the epicurean treat of the Oregon
fish and game commission, the Forest
Service, the Progressive Business Men's
club and the Portland Rotary club, the
latter providing the automobiles that
will farry the guests . on their early
morning tour over the Columbia river
highway. , '
BANQUET IS ELABORATE
Thoroughly pleasant was the banquet
served Saturday evening in honor of
the national association in the gr&ov.
room of the Portland Chamber of Com
merce. Dancing . between the. courses of the
dinner provided pleasant interruptions
to the elaborate menu r-erved. Addi
tions 1 entertainment was provided by
a number of clever son9 and dances
rendered through the courtesy of "Vic
Leroy and Joe Dressier of the Panages
circuit.
Following the dinner addresses were
made by Guy U. Hardy, president of the
association ; Fred E. Sterling, state
treasurer of Illinois : Mayor Baker Of
Portland ; Fred L Boo.l. editor of the
Portland News- Frank P. Goss. city
editor of the Post-Intelligencer. Seattle,
and Herbert Cuthbert, secretary of the
Pacific Northwest Tourist association.
Kdgar B. Piper, editor of the Oregon la a.
presided as toaatmaster.
OREGOST CITY VISITED "
An outstanding feature of the Saturday
sessions of the convention was the trip
to Oregon City, enjoyed by nearly the
entire party, where a memorial monu
ment commemorating the establishment
at Oregon City of the -first newspaper
west of the Rocky mountains was un
veiled with an interesting ceremony.
Seventy-three years ago, before the
Pacific coast was bound to the east with
telegraph and steel rails, and.' when the
only pony telegraph service for dissemi
nation of world news was 'the pony ex
press across the plains, pioneer residents
established the Oregon. Spectator, and
saw its first issue on February 6, 184&
E. E. Brodie, former president of the
Oregon . Editorial association. presided
at the dedication. Mrs. Eva Emery
Dye, author of "McLoughlln -and Old
Oregon," welcomed the editors; W. P.
Hawley, president of the Hawley Pulp
& i Paper company and honor of the
monument, spoke; George H.'Himes, as
sistant secretary of the Oregon Histori
cal . society, spoke on "The First Pa
cific Coast; Newspaper.'' '. i ;
GRAJTDSOK IS , PSESE1TT ..
Mrs. Jennie Barlow .Harding, past re
gent of Susannah Lee Barlow chapter.
Daughter of the - American Revolution,
spoke on "Historical Treasures of Oregon-City;
and Edward Albright, vice
tCoBcludsd on Thxss Coiusus One).
CRATER "LAKEOREGON'S "SEA! OR SILENCE'',
WITH no inlet and no visible outlet, Crkter Lake occupies the crater o the once proud
Mount Mazama, which in ages gone, in a burst of volcanic fury, fell into itself. ; Here
formed the deepest and bluest lake in the world, the surface of which is a thousand feet
below the surrounding cliffs. First discovered in 1853, this "Sea of Silence,' as Joaquin Miller
describes it, .again will be discovered this week by members of. the National Editorial association:
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SENATORS CALL !
FOR COL. HOUSE
Adviser to President Will Be
- Asked to Give Details of
Peace Treaty Agreement.
Washington. Aug. 9. (U. . P.)
Colonel B. M. House will be ; sum
moned "from Paris to give .the' senate
foreign-: relations committee informa
tion' on- the peace treaty, committee
members said today.
The decision to call House has been
informally reached by majority
members of the committee. ' :
Formal action is expected 'next
week.
Need fbr House's testimony became
apparent, committee- members declared,
when Secretary Lansing last week testi
fied that House and President Wilson
attended to all the important matters,
and that the other members'of he Amer
ican, peace mission knew little of the
procedure. Lansing' said Wilson and
House did ait the work on the League
of Nations undertaken by the American
delegation.
There has been no . suggestion, sen
ators said, that the committee jwtll avail
itself of President Wilson's invitation to
confer. with him at the White House on
the .treaty. v . ,
President Wilson's answer to the va
rious requests for information made by
the committee at various intervals dur
ing the past month. Is expected early
next week. u Democratic members said.
The president recently wrote Senator
Lodge that he waa going through the
papers he brought back from Paris to
see - which of them he could , send the
committee. ,
.Lansing on Monday- will resume his
testimony before the committee. He is
to read a prepared v statement on the
Lansing-Ishii agreement-of November,
1917, . regarding Japanese Influence on
China. Committee members asked for a
detailed explanation, for the. reasons for
this agreement. ';'
Brooklyn Car Strike
'Has Been.Called Off
New York, v Aug.'. The strike of the
Brooklyn - Rapid Transit - employes was
called - off s tonight. - Some recognition
of the union was reported to haye been
given ' by. Lindley M. Garrison, receiver
for "the road, although the strikers'- de
mands were not fully-met. I
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Cost May Detain
President Wilson
Washington, Aug. v9.(U. P.) Events
of the coming week will determine'
whether . President Wilson will begin his
speaking, trip as he planned, or will be
compelled again to postpone-It
,: He -.will not cleave -the capital,, it was
learned tonight, while the country- faces
a crisis from high living costs and rail
road workers' demands. But if he feels
these two problems are well on their way
to- solution -and do- not. require that he
remain in the White House, he will start
toward thejcoast.
The schedule that has been prepared
calls for a ' trip4 .of . 10 or, 12 days from
here to San Francisco, where It was
announced the president would, review
the fleet September 2., This would re
quire that he leave Washington not later
than August 20. .
'' The president has no intention of
abandoning the trip, it was learned at
the White House. On it he will discuss
domestic as well as international affairs.
Cruiser to. Watch
For Icebergs in
Course of Prince
St. Johns, N. F., Aug. 8. (U- P.) The
cruiser Dauntless was , today 'scouting
the. waters off the Newfoundland banks
to locate icebergs and warn the cruiser
Renown, which t is - bringing the Prince
of Wales to Canada, out of the course
in which the bergs are drifting.
During the last few days large bergs
and floes have been ' reported off the
banks,
-The prince will transfer to the cruiser
Dragon, ' off Conception bay,-. and will
enter the harbor on that ship about noon
Tuesday. .
Preparations for the prince's welcome
have been carried out and the city is
already - decorated. ,
After the prince reaches the mainland
he will tour- the dominion in Sir Thomas
O'Shaughnessy's private car.
Chautauqua Crowds
Will Hear Senator
Chamb e r 1 a i n Talk
Washington, Aug. $. (WASHINGTON
BUREAU OF THE : JOURNAL)- Sena
tor Chamberlain' left to night for Shelby
ville, Ind., where he addresses a Chau
tauqua audience Sunday night, followed
Tuesday and Wednesday . by addresses
at Rusaton. Ind and, Shelbyville, Ills.
This Is . the' senator's first appearance
on Chautauqua platforms.- , ,
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TELEPHONE RATES
Postmaster General Wire's'1 M ayor
Baker Direct; Injunction May:
Be Sought City.
Postmaster .. General . Burleson au
thorized the recent adyancej In Port
land telephone rates a wire "frony the
cabinet off icer to' ilayorrRaaer an-
npunced last",nigo.t." Burleson "found
the rates allowedby the public serv
ice commission' on. May -.1 to ,bo
"grossly Inadequate," he . states,' and
therefore Instructed, the ,Pac!f ic Tele-:
phone & Telegraph, company on July
22 to disregard the commission rates
and place in effect the higher rates
approved by him on November 15-':
The telegram from Burleson follows:
"Replying . to your, telegram to Sen
ator Chamberlain today you are advised
that schedule 'of .rates; put -into! effect
by Pacific Telephone and ' Telegraph
company July 29 was -filed wlth .publte
service - commission - November '4,' by
authority of my general order 1931,
said "rates being- specifically approved
by me and authorized to be .placed into
effect on November, 15. As result of
protest against these . rates on Novem-
(Couctacfoi on Paje TweWe. Column Four)
Amos Pinchot and .
Miss Pickering Wed
Saugaluk. Conn., Aug. '9. Amos
Pinchot, formerly deputy assistant dis
trict attorney of New York and promi
nent sociologist, '.was married here to
day to MIsa Ruth : Pickering. . Miss
Pickering, who is 27 years old. Is , a
member of the. staff of the New York
Nation and a frequent .contributor to
other magazines. ..This is Mr. Pinchot s
second marriage.- ? He waa formerly
married to Miss .Gertrude M intern, from
whom he was divorced last year. ,
50: Are .Killed in !
Saxony -Food . Riots
i Berlin, '-Aug.'- 9 Fifty persons are - re
ported to have been killed In food riots
at Chemnitz, Baxony. - The rioting, be
gan yesterday and - order - was ' not re
stored until - reinforcements ot troops
had been sent to the cltyr . '-:y '
RHRI FSflN IIPHfll fKi
Oaks Life Guard
Killed VIien His
Motorcycle Skids
Police Say They Had Been Pur
suing Paul Carcich for Speedy
ing Just Before Accident. '
Paul Carcich, "ft fe guard at The
Oaks swimming tank and a machin
ist employed by the Columbia River
Shipbuilding Corporation, was ' in
stantly killed Saturday afternoon,
when his motbrcycle skidded from
under him in avoiding collision with
a wood truck at East Eleventh street
and Spokane avenue. Carcich had
been living at 26 North Tenth street.
Carcich was on his way to the uaka
when the accident occurred. Louis
Krickson, driver of the truck, said he
had signaled for a turn into Eleventh
Btreet from Spokane ana that Carcich
apparently thought he could dodge past.
Krickson said he turned as sharply as
he could to avoid the collision and suc
ceeded, but Carcich was thrown from
his cycle directly under the truck's
back wheel. . . - i
Motorcycle Officer Mamaker, who ar
rived at the scene with Officer Schad.
said he had pursued Carcich a few
minutes "before because, of excessive
speed in Milwaukle avenue. H. Tu. Grif
fith of 343 Venable hotel, however, uald
It was unlikely Carcich . outspeeded
Hamaker, as the Utter said, because
he had been riding his machine only a
few weeks and was not sufficiently pro
ficient to undertake rapid spceda
Griffith identified Carcich's body at
the morgue. As far as Griffith knows,
he said, Carcich has no relatives In this
country. -. He was 23 years old, a mem
ber of the Rose City Motorcycle club
and of , the lodge of Moose.
HOUSEKEEPERS GET
Sales of Government; Bacon on
... Coast Amount to 235,000 .l
Pounds in Week.
-r San- FratncSsco, Augr. 9. -(U. P.)
Housekeepers of five Pacific coast
cities, Jiave. been L saved more than
lis, 000 in-the price of bacon alone in
the' first, week's sales of surplus army
food When the none supply office
is able to fill all the orders of west
ern municipalities, the saving each
week will be stitl greater.
' A supply of 235.000 pounds of. bacon
s t the Fort Mason warehouse here lasted
less than a week in fining de-fiands
from San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seat
tle, Tacoma and Santa Monica. - This
was sold at cost by these municipalities,
the. price averaging 35 cents a pound,
against a prevalent retail price of CO
cents a pound. ,
'But the demand has been met by
no means." said attaches of the surplus
property officer's headquarters. "Ta-
' partly filled, .while an order from Butte
i for nine-carloads - and similar orders
from other western cities have not been
filled yet, owing to the exhaustlnr of.
the supplies on the coast. We have
telegraphed east for more bacon and
expect the first of a number of ship
ments by Friday." ,
During the first week of food sales
through municipalities, more than 10.000
cases of tomatoes were sold rrom I'acinc
coast army depots. These were retailed
at 14 cents per 2-pound can. The
tomatoes are solid . pack, ot splendid
quality.
Pleased with the success of the first
week's sales, municipalities are prepar
ing to swat living. costs still further by
purchasing prune and all other , food
stuffs offered them for distribution to
consumers at cost. - Large department
stores, handling the sales without profit,
and municipal markets are the agencies
through which the goods are being dis
tributed to . the housekeepers, . with a
limitation placed'on the individual sales
to prevent hoarding or purchasing for
profiteering retailers. . ,
Camp Mills to Be
Discontinued, as a
Debarkation Camp
.
Washington. Aug. 9. (U. P.) Camp
Mills, New York, will be discontinued
as a debarkation camp tomorrow, the
war department announced today. Spe
cial casual eompanles arriving at Ho
boken will be sent to Camp Upton, or
ganizations of casuals of the air serv
ice will be sent to Camp Dix and casual
air service officers to Garden City.
The commanding officer of the avia
tion concentration camp -at Garden City
has been directed to discharge all emer
gency troops as . soon as possible. The
personnel of the camp . will be trans
ferred to Camp Upton.'
Way to Get 'Kick' in
Near Beer Is Found
. HarrlstJurg. Pa, Aug. (U.' P.)
John Bush discovered a way to get a
kick out of "near beer. , Helping un
load a cargo of the stuff. Bush got In
the way and a keg knocked htm 1 Into
a cellar, fracturing his leg. ,
Dr. Haeckel, Famous
Biologist, Is Dead
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G. E. Plumb, Before House in
. terstate Commerce Committee,
Says Revolution Not Desired.
Expects Nationalization Will Ex
tend; Eventually, to Ail Public
Utilities and large Industries.
Washington, . Aug, ' .-President
Wilson's strong plea against strikes
and threats of violence in his address
to congress yesterday found an Im
mediate reflection in the hearing be
fore the house Interstate commerce
committee of organized labor's plan
for nationalization of the railroads.
Glenn E. Plumb, author of the Plumb
plan, absolutely repudiates published
reports that the' advocates of this
proposal had threatened or contem
plated employment, of the power ot
the strike to force acceptance ot
their ideas. He was equally positive
Id his declaration that no thought of
violence was entertained. In connec
tion with the Plumb plan.
In support of - this disclaimer Mr.
Plumb submitted a ' prepared statement
algnmf by the heads of the 14 organisa
tions of railroad workers and the rail
way ' department of the American Fed
eration of Labor. This statement fol
lows : i : " .
"To ' prevent " any misunderstanding
as to the policy of the organised rail
toad employes we unite in a definite as
sertion that we have no desire and have
had ' none to Impress upon the public
by violence or threat our proposal that
live railroads be nationalized under 'tri
partite Control.'
WAGE STRIKE MAY COME
The- labor 4 spokesman made the defi.
nlta reservation, however, that genera;
strikes of railroad operatives may de
velop if the pending demands for wage
increase are not granted.
, . Mr. Plumb defended his plan from the
renewed attacks of members of the com.
mlttee.He met the rapid firs of quel'
tions with ready and direct replies. In
variably his explanation of a provision
brought into cuesMon was sufficient te
disillusionise the committeemen's mind"
of any fears of impending: dangers ir
the operation of the Plumb plan. He
was able, too, to show in nearly every
instance, how the proposed system ol
handling the railroads would work tc
the great advantage of the public a:
compared with the old system of private
ownership.
APPLICABLE TO ALL
Under direct questioning the witness
made no effort to conceal his belief that
the same principle proposed for the rail
roads would be applicable to other indus
tries and public utilities, including " gar
and water companies, trolley linea and
toll roads, provided the workers and
the house concur in the desire to sppb
the principle,
- He declared that the committee would
"see it come" for the steel industry,
Mr.' Plumb denied, however, that thl
general application of the principle ol
nationalization would lead to Social
ism. '
In reply to further questioning h
stated the " plan contemplates that the
trt-partlte organization would do ' lt.
own manufacturing and that this polic
i would Involve the taking over of the
lucrative manufacturing plants and othei
equipment. . .
VIOLENCE HOT EXPECTED !
Mr. Plumb's disclaimer that- violence
was contemplated in connection wrtr
the campaign for nationalisation of th
railroads, was given in response tr
questlons by Representative Watson, He
publican of Pennsylvania.
"Much has been said here about revo
lution, perhape revolution to arms. 1
do no know," Mr. Watson said. "TH
you think that this bill can possibly enc
all chance of revolution V
"Many of ther men using that term,"
Mr. Plumb , replied, "hardly realize;
what is comprehended by the congress
man In that term. ;What I think most
of the workers mean by revolution lr
that they are just going to object for
all they are worth." " '
."I do not think the worklngmen wll
ever rise In revolution, said Mr. Wat
son. "They have - got" too much a
stake.
ABE O0I50 TO OBJECT . .
VI don't, either," Mr. Plumb agreed
"They simply mean that they are: golm
to object to reconstruction plans tha
do not safeguard their, interests as the:
see , them, and - they are going to C
something about it." :
"Will this bill stem the discontent?'
Mr. Watson asked.
' "It will open an era where dlsconteh
will begin to vanish," the labor Cham
pion declared. "There is less dlsconten
now than there was 10 years ago, bu
the present unrest is growing. I bellev.
this plan is one of the steps brough
about by the American people -out o
discontent with the present condition.'
Representative DeWalt of Penrisyl
van I a (Democrat) pursued a similar In
quiry later in the hearlpg and wai
given even stronger - aHaurances that n
plan for the overturning of the govern
ment was contemplated.
8UBE OF HIS POSITION
Mr. DeWalt inquired If Mr. Plumb ws
certain he spoke the views of the rail
road men. He replied : '
"t am sure that I represent tHe vlewi
of the employes. If I was not sure o
this . I would not be here. There ha
beer a great , deal of misinterpretation
in the newspapers ' that we intende
to force the adoption of this plai
through the power of strike. No on.
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