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MEDFORD, ORKGOX, WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 3921
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L.
ENTENTE NOTE
Accepts Unconditionally All
Asked New Cabinet Sends
Notes to Allies See Rise of
Poland When Disarmament
Clause Is Obeyed.
. LONDON-, May Jl. (By the Asso
ciated Press) Germany's uncondi
tional acceptance of the entente repa
rations was delivered to Prime Min
ister Lloyd George by Dr. Stahmer,
German minister to Great Britain to
day. s , ill3RLIN, May 11. (Uy the Asso
ciated Press) Oermany's reply to
the allied ultimatum, accepting the
terms laid down' by the allied su
preme council in London is confined
td-a repetition of . the exact terms of
tle decisions of the allies with regard
tu guarantees, disarmament, tho trial
of. German war criminals and finan
cial conditions. The reply states that
Germany adheres unconditionally to
these conditions. -
This reply was sent to the allied
capitals after the cabinet, headed by
' Dr. James "VVirth, the new chancellor,
had received what amounted to a
vote of confidenco; in the reichstag
last night.
BERLIN. May 11. Germany's new
cabinet today began preparation of
the government's formal note to the
onlente accepting the terms laid down
by.'thc supremo allied council in Lon
don. Dr.'. Julius Wlrth, the new chan
cellor received what, amounted to a
vote bf confidence in the reichstag
last night,.that body approving of tho
ministry's decision to accept the al
lied ultimatum. The vote stood 221
to 17.5, giving the Wlrth government
a margin of 46.
The votes cast for acceptance of
the entente terms were from the
centrist democratic, independent and
majority socialists.; Tho nationalists.
German peoples party, communists
and .the Bavarian pooplcs party were
opjiusod tq the plans of. the ministry,
as announced by the hew chancellor.
J if his address, Dr. Wlrth emphasized
the. tremendous burden Germany
woUld assume in agreeing to mete the
entente terms but insisted the alter
native of . French occupation of the
Ituhr. valley would completely cripple
Germany's industrial life and demor
alise the country. '.'
, The allied demands, In brief, were
payment by June 1 of the 1,000,000,
000 gold markS due May li trial of
German officers and soldiers accused
of crimes during tho war: complete
disarmament of the military, naval
and aerial arms of Germany's service,
and the ultimate payment of 133,750.
000 In , reparations. Tho reparation
obligation would be paid in install
ments of approximately (485,000,000
rt-year. in addition to 25 per cent of
the-value of Germany's exports.
It has been Indicated that repre
sentations would be made in Dr.
Wlrth's answer to tho entente that
compliance with the disarmament
dlausoa of tho councifs ultimatum
might bo attended by danger, espec
ially on hto astern frontiers, where
the Poles have engaged In a serious
insurrection with the Intention of tak
ing possession of Upper Silesia.'
r I. '
NEW YORK, May 11 The Rev. Dr.
Wllltam T. Manning today was conse-'
cretated tenth bishop of the Protest
ant Episcopal diocese of New York.
Only about 3,000 clergy and laity
were able to witness the ceremony in
the cathedral of St. John tho Divine,
but outside a crowd several times as
large watched the procession file into
the edifice.
One of the largest gatherings of
clergy In the history of Protestant
Kpiscopa) churches in America form
ed a pageant of rich color. Garbed In
the rich vestments of their high rank,
more than 450 churchmen, Including
33 'bishops marched with Blow and
solemn step into the great house of
worship.
CHIEF TO VISIT
GERMANY
w
PAY PER TERMS
WASHINGTON, May 11. Admi
ral Urio. ranking officer of the Japa
nese navy, is coming to the United
States to attend the fortieth reunion
at Annapolis next month of the naval
acadmy class of 1881 of which he was
a member. He is the only living Jap
anese graduate of the naval academy
and had as his classmates Secretary
of War Weeks and Admiral Henry B.
Wilson, commander in chief of the
Atlantic ilivisjnii of ibo United Stnti-s
licet.
h
Chicago Assassin
Leaves $20 for
Flowers for Victim
CHICAGO. May 11 An old felt
hat and a sawed-off shotgun were
the only traces discovered by
police of the three men who to-
day shot and probably fatally
wounded Anthony D'Andrea, a
political leader in the nineteenth
ward where bombings and assas-
sinations before and after his de-
feat by Alderman John Powers
have kept the ward in a turmoil.
Tucked in the band of the hat
which was found near the shot-
gun in the vacant flat was a $-0
bill with a slip of paper marked
"for flowers."
'
BABHJIIO
Four Army Deserters Talk
Willingly of Coldblooded
Crime Half Breed Indian
Directed Murder Wanted
Auto to Escape Camp Lewis.
TACOMA, May 11. Four deserters
from Camp Lewis will bo arraigned
tomorrow morning on the charge of
murdering Karl Tlmbs, toxical) driver,
Sunday night. The men have confessed
the crime, according to officials, but
It has not been decided whether to
arraign them for first or second de
gree murder. Hanging Is a possible
penalty in the first degree.
The soldiers, Sergeant George Sharp
and Privates Carl Perrin, James
Sparks and Edward Fillon, calmly
talked to officers and newspaper re
porters of their crime today. Sharp,
age 19, recited how Tlmbs'' car was
hired so the soldiers could desert. He
said Filion stntck the fatal blow after
Sparks lost his nerve, Filion canfessed.
he wielded the rock that caused
Tlmbs' death.
Sharp also told how ho stole chloro
form at Camp Lewis and used it upon
their victim after he was struck. He
said he attempted to give Tlmbs
enough of the drug to keep him uncon
scious' for eight hours.
The last words of Tlmbs were:
"Don't take the baby's picture," Sharp
said. The words referred to a photo
graph of Tlmbs' 14 months old baby
which he always carried.
Sharp confessed he directed tho
plot. Ho Is a half-breed Cherokee In
dian. Ho claimed to have enlisted In
the army when he was fifteen years of
age and said he served in France with
the fourth division. The other con
fessed slayers are recent army re
cruits, Filion is from Windsor, Out.,
and Sparks and Perrin from Illinois.
All the men were athletes in their
organizations at camp.
BELFAST. May 11. The inhabi
tants of Rathmore, county Kerry,
passed a night of terror, a licensed
establishment and a grocery store
being burned by unknown persons.
All the machinery and stocks of but
ter and provisions were destroyed to
the accompaniment of bursts of rifle
fire.
QUEENSTOWN. Ireland, May 11.
Queenstown was isolated from the
mainland through tho blowing up of
Belvilly bridge today. The bridge
connected the mainland of county
Cork with the island on which
Queenstown Is situated.
L
U. S. INCREASES
WASHINGTON, May 1 1. Increase
in the number of child employes in
f h 1'nitoH Ktntft ha hon nlmnaf nv
'actly proportionate to the Increase in
total population In the last ou?ht
years, accordlne to the t'nited States
department of labor. Statistics com
piled by the children's bureau show
that 76.194 minors took out permits
in twelve representative cities in the
country to go to work in 1920. This
imnat-ON with r7.1fil In 1 A 1 .1 nn In.
crease of l'i per cent.
SLEW TAXI MAN
WHILE HE
INDICT PAIR IN
OREGON TIMBER
LAND SCANDAL
38 Salem Residents Bilked
1 Going to Secure Valuable
Holdings Vancouver, Wn.,
Civic Leader Under Cloud
Used Mails to for Scheme.
PORTLAND, Ore., Way 11. Carlos
L. Byron of Seattle and John W. Todd
of Vancouver, Wash., were under ar
rest today on federal indictments in
connection with alleged frauds in mak
ing locations of land for clients, ac
cording to announcement by District
Attorney Lester W. Humphreys. ' Ar
rest of Byron in Seattlo was reported
to Humphreys by Assistant United
States Attorney N. M. Maklu of Seat
tle, he said.
Todd was ar'cstcd yesterday at Van
couver. According to Humphreys thirty
eight, residents of Salem, Ore., were
defrauded on contracts by which
Byrou agreed to obtain locations for
them on valuable timber land. The
alleged victims were professional men,
school touchers and business men.
Mtimphreys said he had Information
of 132 such contracts with total losses
aggregating 20,000.
Humphreys said Byron had been
convicted here and in Seattle of land
fraud operations, and that the alleged
Salem operations were carried on
while he was out on bond pending ap
peal. VANCOUVER, Wash., May 11 Gen
eral denial of land fraud charges Bet
forth in a secret Indictment recently
returned against him was made today
by John W. Todd, president of the
Vancouver Rotary club. Todd is a
farmer living near this city, and is
not a school principal as has been re
ported. Todd was charged in. the
indictment with having used the mails
with Intent to defraud by promising
to locate clients upon valuable land in
Oregon and Washington, charging fees
of from $300 to $500 for so doing.
Todd, who formerly was a resident
of Salem, said ho had not defrauded
his acquaintances in that city. Todd
said his part In transactions consisted
merely of Introducing an associate to
his friends. Todd is out under $5000
bonds.
GERMANY MEETS
ENTENTE TERMS
"WASHINTON, May 1 1. Adminis
tration officials expressed satisfaction
today over tho decision of the Germun
government to accept the reparations
terms of the allies.
It is known that nn invasion of the
Kuhr valley by tho allied forces would
have been regarded by tho United
Status with deep concern.
American govern ment economists
appeared to bo convinced of Ger
many's ability to meet the obligations
imposed and they professed to see in
her decision promise of an economic
revival that would cause a happy re
action throughout tho world.
With the indemnities question out
of the way, marked relief was shown
and It was indicated that the state de
partment expected to proceed more
rapidly with tho consideration of the
numerous problems connected with
the development of Its foreign policy
along tho general lines of insistence
upon equal opportunity and the recog
nition of American rights through
out the world. -
EARL RUSSELL SAYS
BROTHER NOT DEAD
LONDON, May 11. Earl Kussell
in a letter to the Ixmdon Times print
ed today contradicts the "unauthcnll
cated report of the death of my
brother, Uertrand." Earl Russell says
the Chinese legation at his request of
ficially Inquired Into the report of the
death of Mr. Russell in Peking and
Informed him that although his
brother, Bertrand." Karl Russell says
the Chinese legation at his request of
ficially Inquired into the report of
the death of Mr. Russell In Peking
and Informed that although his
hrother had been ill with pneumonia,
he was recovering.
The Japan Advertiser of Tokio. re
ported March 29 that Bertrand Rus
sell, known an a philosopher, soiialn
gist and mnlhiMiintii'inn, had died in
Peking.
Pay of Methodist
Preachers Increase,
1920 Record Year
CHICAGO, May 11. The aver-
age annual salary the Methodist
Episcopal church pays its minis-
ters is $1154, according to a state-
nient made by Dr. Joseph D.
Hiugeley, corresponding secre-
tary at the annual meeting of the
board of conference claimants of
tho church today. Three years
ago the average salary was $809,
he said. '
'This has been the best year for
preachers' pensions in the history
of the Methodist Episcopal church
Total money paid for (icnslons In
19:'0 was $l',010.070," declared
Dr. Hingcley.
LEADERS JAIlf D,
KYOTO. Japan, May 11. Leaders
of tho radical "omotokyo" cult have
been placed undor arrest, with many
of their principal followers, following
a police raid on tho headquarters of
the organization at Ayabo, near hero.
They arc charged with distributing
alarmist literature calculated to dis
turb the public.
Police officials who conducted the
raid broke into a secret temple wt
Ayahe and there found 2,000.000 yen in
specie and Bevoral hundred Bwords. An
investigation Is declared to have
shown that the famed diety of "omo
tokyo" enshrined in the temple con
sisted merely bf pebbles wrapped In
paper. Subterranean passages were
found leading to the residence of
Wnnisaburo Dcgtichi, adopted son of
the woman who was founder of the
cult, it is said, and in his home were
found chests laden with diamonds and
rubies valued at $1,000,000. Firearms
were also found stored In the building
the i police declare.
The workers sent out by the cult
have declared that failure of the na
tion to adhere to "omotokyo" as the
revealed religion would mean the total
destruction of Japan In half a century.
EMERGENCY TARIFF
BILL" PASSED
WASHINGTON. May 11. The sen
ate today passed tho emergency tariff
and anti-dumping bill, retaining alt
amendments recommended by tho fi
nance committee, but rejecting thoso
Individually proposed.
The vote wan 6!l to 28.
The Knox amendment, continuing
war time control over Imports of dye
stuffs, was accepted 61 to 25.
Seven" democrats. Senator Itrous
sard, Louisiana: Jones, N'cw Mexico;
Kendrick, Wyoming: Myers. Mon
tana: I'iU man, Nevada: Kandell Lou
isiana and Sheppard, Texas, voted
with tho republicans in passing the
bill. Another democrat, Ashurst, Ari
zona, who was absent, was announced
as a supporter. Only one republican
Senator Moses of New Hampshire,
voted against thu bill.
BASEBALL SCORES
National
R. H. K.
Pittsburg -- O' 7 0
Boston 1 12 1
flatteries: Hamilton and Schmidt;
Fllllnglm and Gowdy. (13 Innings).
Cincinnati T 4 13 1
Brooklyn 6 6 0
Batteries': Marquard, Counibo , and
Hargrave; Smith and Miller.
St. Louis : 16 0
New York : 4 7 0
' Batteries: Donk and demons; To
ney and Smith.
Chicago lft at '1
Philadelphia 8 10 2
Batteries: Vaughn and rlllifer;
Ring, Baumgartncr and Wheat.
American league.
It. II. K.
Washington 1 4 1
Cleveland .14 10 0
Johnson. Courtney and Plclnlch:
Coveleskle and O'Neill, -
H. II. K.
New York 1 7 1
Detroit 2 ! 0
Hnyt and Schang; Sutherland and
Ainsmlth.
It. If. K.
Philadelphia 0 4 0
St. Louis 1 J 1
Moore. Keefe and Perkins; Shocker
and Billings.
K. H. K.
Boston .1 7 2
Chicago 2 12 1
Pennoek and IJii'd; Mulrennan and
Schalk. .
POLISH REBELS
ACCEPT TERMS
sra MESS
Korfantry and Allies Reach An
Agreement French Troops
Near Graschowitz Engage in
Artillery Duel Fear Ger
many Will Complicate.
LONDON. May 11. It Is reported
that negotiations between tho inter
allied commission In I'ppcr Silesia
and Adalbert Korfanty, leader of tho
Polish insurgents In mat area, re
sulted last evening In the suspension
of hostilities, says a dispatch to lite
Central News from Warsaw today.
It was agreed, aeeordlng to this re
port, that tho insurgents wuuld oc
cupy a Hue of demarcation agreed
upon and remain in t h. .stipulated
positions pending final settlement of
the l.'pper Hllesian question, which Is
still pending in allied councils, where
it rested following the taking of the
recent plebiscite in this area In dis
pute between 1'olnnd and Germany.
The Industrial territory, whoeh has
been largely overrun by the Poles,
therefore would retain tho Polish oc
cupancy. OPl'tiLK. Silesia. May , 11. (I!y
the Associated 1'ress) French troops
engaged In an artillery duel with In
surgent Poles near (Iroschowitz south
of this city yesterday. Tho Poles re
plied to the French firo with several
small field pieces. A number of
slightly wounded French soldiers
have been brought here and other
woundd Frenchmen have been
brought in by motor lorries from
other towns In the disturbed aren. It
is rumored that a German officer,
who formerly held a high position In
(the army has taken charge of; Ger
man operations in Silesia and inter
allied officials here fear there will be
serious developments in the next few
days unless the Poles indicate their
intention to begin a withdrawal. In
this city there has been arriving a
continuous stream of wounded Ger
man refugees and the Munition hss
grown more intense, Tho Gorman civ
ilian guards have completed their or
ganization. The officers say they
j have sufficient rifles and will feel Bttfe
it they can secure artillery.
Allied officials arriving here from
Kattowitz, report tho Poles held them
up and took them to polish headquar
ters. Eventually the officials were
given passes signed by tho Polish
commissar, which permitted them to
pass tho insurgent lines.
TO SOUTH POINTS
. c, c.
WASHINGTON, May 1 1. Suspend
ed schedules proposing substitution of
a .15 per cent for a 33 1-5 per cent In
crease In class and commodity rates
between eastern and southern terri
tory and tho southwest were ordered
cancelled today by the intcr-slnte com
merce commission.
The commission sustained, however,
increases proposed between points In
the southwest and points in defined
territories east of tho Indiana-Illinois
stato linn and tho Mississippi river,
Cairo, Illinois and south, originally
established and which herore tho rate
Increases of 1920 wero maintained on
the basis of the lowest combination of
local ratos to and from the Mississippi
river crossings or other ruto basing
points.
On traffic between the sotithwost
and points In tho dcflnod territories
located In the eastern group, tho com
mission said, the result of tho In
creases would be an addition over the
rates In effect bofore tho general in
crease of approximately 1 2-3 per cont
in the haul betweon the southwest and
St. Louis and 6 2-3 per cent in the haul
betweon St. Louis and points In tho
defined territories In tho custorn
group. Tho exact percentage of In
crease depends on the extent to which
the Joint rates fail to reflect tho low
est available combination.
F
BE PAID IN FULL
IAHIS, May 11. France Intends to
pay what she owes, said a high offic
ial of the French foreign office this
morning. In connection with various
reports from New York.
'The FrencH government," he con
tinued, "will take no steps whatever
regarding the modification, reduction
or cancellation of her debt to tho
L'nlted States."
Charlie Chaplin Burns
Legs; Famous Pants
With Patches Lost
LOS AXGKLKS, May 11.
Charlie Chaplin, who was burned
about the logs yesterday when he
stumbled over an acetylene blow
torch in the studio where ho was
working, la suffering no serious
effects, but will be unable to
work for several days, it was said
today at his home. The comedian
was said to regard the destruc-
tion of a pair of patched pants
familiar to millions of film pa-
Irons, as tho worst feature of tho
accident.
A. E. Lundin, Contractor, Bel
lingham, Produces New Evi
dence in 'Frisco Bomb Plot
Saw Men Leave Suitcase,
Neither Was Mooney.
IttiLMXt.HAM, Wash., May 11.
An affidavit to thu effect that Thomas
J. Mooney was not responsible for the
explosion which killed nevcrnl persona
In San Francisco durhiK a prepared
ness parade July 22, lfUti, was made
hero today by A. K. Lundin, aged 72,
by occupation, a railroad contractor.
Tho affidavit was obtained by Don
C. Varker, an attorney, in the inter
cuts of the San Francisco labor coun
cil, and will b0 presented at a hearing
on the motion for "a new trial for
Mooney. which la aot for May 23.
Lundin, in his affidavit, says ho
and a friend were together in a sa
loon between 13 and I p. m., July. 22
1010. Ah they omerRd .they saw two
men como from tho direction of Mar
ket street and leave Just outaldo tho
ha loon a larfte black suitcaHc and then
enter the saloon. A fow minutes later
an explosion occurrod. When ho saw
a photograph of Mooney In a news
paper last fall, Lundin says he re
marked to IiIh wife that it was not a
likeness of either of th0 men who had
tho HUltcase, both of whom he de
scribes as being very dark and small
one being about fivo fcot five Inches
In height and weighing 135 to 140
pounds, and the other about G feet
nine inches tall.
Lundin says he did not know with
whom to confer regarding th . case
until recently when ho saw tho name
of Mooney's counsel in a newspaper.
In his affidavit Lundin says ho in a
naturalized American citizon. born In
Sweden, and that ho was a resident
of San Francisco In 1910.
AID 10 STOCK
NKW YOKK, May 11. Acceptance
by Germany of the ultimatum of the
alllos prompted moderate covering of
short contracts at tho opening of to
day's stock market. Coppers, which
were among tho new features of
strength during yestordny's session,
extended their gains by fractions to a
point and oils also hardened. Within
tho first half hour, however, tho mar
ket reversed Its course on heavy sell
ing of tho steels. Crucible and Ho
publlc were conspicuously weak, los
ing two and 3 points respectively
Sugars and tobaccos nlso developed a
hoavy tendency. Foreign oxchange,
as Indicated by preliminary quotations
made no marked rcsponso to Ger
many's surrender.
KEY TO LONDON
LONDON, May ll.-(l)y Associated
Press.) Crown Prince Hlrohito of
Japan who arrived hero Monday for
a three weeks' visit to lOngland was of
ficially welcomed to London today by
Lord Mayor Roll and the city author
ities. ,
With the Prince of Wales and an
escort of cavalry, Prince Hlrohito pro
ceeded from Buckingham palace to the
Guildhall through cheering crowds
The historic edifice was crowded as
Prince Hlrohito, accompanied by the
Duke of Connaught, the Duke of York
and the Prince of Wales entered. The
Japanese prince was given an enthusi
astic ovntlon and was markedly pleas
ed, with his reception.
AGED Mi GIVES
AFFIDAVIT 10
CLEAR MOONEY
GERMAN YIELDING
WHITEWASH USED
0NC0L0NELWH0
KEPIBERGDOLL
War Department Promoted
Col. Hunt, While on Trial for
Lettng Rich Slacker Go
Witness Insists No Special
Favor Shown Him.
WASHINGTON'. May II. Heltcr-
nteil charges that Colonel John E.
Hunt, commanding tho disciplinary
Imrrncks at Governor's Island, was
"whitewashed" by a military court
martini in connection with tho escape
of Grovcr C ItcrKdoll, draft dodger.
were itwulu by Hoprcsentatlve . John
son, democrat, Kentucky, today when ''
the house investigating committee rr
sinned Its Inquiry. ' -
"I purposo to prove this by : the
report," Mr. Johnson said after the
record of the court martial was ad ',
mittcd to the commtttno with . the
approval of Colonel Hunt, who was
tgain on the stand. ' ' ' '
"The Judirc advocate (of the court)
was no friend of mine." Colonel Hunt
said, "and he prusccutcd the cubo' vig
orously." There was a sharp cross-flro on the
point that Hunt had beon promoted
while charges against him were pend-;
Ing, but tho witness insisted he
promoted by the usual operation of
military law. Mr. Johnson inquired It
announcement of the promotion In
the midst of the trial was mado to in
fluence the court.
"I am certain it was nut made for
that purpose." Hunt replied.
When Borgdoll Bet out from Gover
nors Island to search for his pot of
gold, he wore a regulation army uni
form with Infantry hat band Indicating
that he was In regular Bervice, Ser
geant John O'Hnre, in command of the
party, told the committee., ',' .
"Flergdoll was dressed exactly as I
was," said the sergeant "I had been
told lie was n bad actor, to keep an
eye on lilm but before leaving 1 asked
Colonel Hunt if I was to handcuff the
prisoner and he said no that It would,
bo. too conspicuous:" '-t...,'.-
O'Haro gave a detailed account at
tho stop-over at Philadelphia, 'Includ
ing a motor ride. In the parkB ' with
Borgdoll driving; a trip to a burlesqu
theater with tho entire party sitting
In a box, and the sudden appearance
of a bottle of gin at tho Borgdoll home.
York, tho other sergeant, took a drtijk
but O'Haro told Bergdolt, he testified,
to "lay off that stuff." : ' , -
O'Haro,. who has been In the servlc
twenty years, declared it was tho flrBt
time he had ridden In an automobile;
Judge Romig. who previously had vis
ited Washington to get $105,000 opt
of tho treasury was general' boss ot
tho Philadelphia stop-over O'Haro Bald
paying for tho theater tickets and giv. .
Ing directions as to where the party
should go. " ,
O'Haro doclarod ho never heard
word about tho burled gold until Berf
doll had escaped, but understood nil '
ordors from Colonel HiSnt to mean ;'
thoy wore to go to Hagbrstown, Md., "
and get. some money' out. of one bank -and
put It In another. .';'-. -it: ' rtr-i
'"I thought the Job was to be on the
square," he exclaimed. "I had ,nprt
traveling orcljpfs; and toot ' t pr 'ran-Q
ed from. WhatJ Colonel Huint't)dpio; jf!
Cinrcnco Glhbbney, to whom i-report-' 1
ed, was a respectable lawyer , BT)d
evoVythlrijtf was all ' .right. :j! Colonel
Hunt U'liirresonted It to me Glbboney
was highly respectable." : C
:1
WASHINGTON, May. 11.' Stagna
tion In railroad building in tho United
Stntes must bo attributed io the-disparity
between the cost of construc
tion and tho roturn to the Investor,
Julius Krtittschnitt, chairman ot tho
board of directors of tho Southern Pa-'
clfic today declared in resuming his
testimony before tho . senate inter
state commerce committee which' .'it
iuquiring Into the railroad situation!
- ;"ln 1930 only 62,24,00 went ! is
a return to thoso who paid for the
properties while sixty timed as much
went, to those - employed on ihe raIN
roads,",. he said. . , , !, . V
"This answers tho question 'why
don't we build more railroads?" . ,
Efficient management, he insisted,
was left but narrow limits within
which to attempt control of operat
ing expenses in 1930 because of . the
many elements entering .-Into ; the
"costs" over which it had np Influ
ence. Among these elements he In
cluded Increases In wholesale prices
of materials, the "outlaw" strike In
April. 1920, restoration of adequate
passenger service demanded ' by the
public and re-locatlon of freight cars
to owners' rails. The last Item alone,
the witness declared. Involved an In
crease of .128,000,000 "empty em;
miles." ' :