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Evening star., 1918-01-30
SAY Y"B|GF|VE" PUT
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Affidavits of independents
Charge Price Cutting by
Larger Firms.
TWO INDEPENDENTS LEFT

Difficulties of independent packing
firms in competing with the big
five" occupied today's session of the
Federal Trade Commissions hearing,
The commission and the Department
Of Justice both have the power to pre-
vent alleged unfair trade practices in
an effort to put small competitors out
of business, Francis ]. Heney. special
counsel declared. after reading atti-
davits from independents packers charg-
ing price cutting by the big firms.
II have tried to make 1t clear to all
the small firms that the commission
and the Department of Justice have
such authority" Mr.. Heney told the
commission.
Not only the power. but also the de-
sire" interjected Commissioner Colrer.
ILLUMINATION of the small packers is
going on right now while this inVesti-
CATION is in progress. Mr.. feney re-
piled There are only two independ-
ents left between the Rocky mountains
and the Mississippi river-one in OF
tumwa, Iowa, and the other in Austin.
MINI. Their territory has been appor-
toned among the big packers in an ef-
fort to put them out of business. and
Wilson & Co. have been trying to buy
out the Minnesota plant. i have eyi-
dence on that to introduce later. APP
parently nothing will stop the big
packers except the big stick landing on
them"
Given Heavy Stock Holdings.
All the great packing houses We're
given 100000 of stock in the Cleve-
land stockyards last year after they
had threatened to establish a yard
there themselves, Attorney Heney de-
clared.
An affidavit from C. w. r. Thelen,
Toi1 nd II
ing Company of Grand Rapids, Wis.
charged that the big packers sold for
Tx to 12k cents pound in compe-
tition with the Reiland firm. the same
beef which they priced at Ia TO 10
cents in territories where the Reiiand
firm did no business.
That's price discrimination. SAID
Commissioner Murdock.
'"The big packers can afford to stand
local losses for ten years. II necessary,
to put competitor down Mr.. Heney
replied. because their profits elsewhere
more than take care of such losses.
With the intention of showing that
competition between the big packers
virtually has been eliminated by under
standing regarding all business, three
letters were introduced concerning a
proposal to go into the Ell Paso market
Arthur Meeker, vice president of Ar
mour & Co, wrote Lewis F. Swift.
March Is. 1915, asking How do you
feel ABOUT our RolHs ~ FL stoo- c"ilt
replied he didn't think FL Paso con-
nection was important for the Fort
Worth stockyards.
A memorandum from Charles H. Swift
to Louis F. Swift. dated October 81.
1915, gave a list of transshipments of
cattle said to have been made by va
rious big packers. Mr.. Heney intro
duced this, he said, with the intention
of showing that there were more cattle
at the points named than needed by the
l.; Il ftnr{ -icfn ~
other independent firms was justifiable.
''In transshipping cattle the packers
were going in the face of economic law
and adding TO the cost to the con-
sumer. Commissioner Murdock re-
marked
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Trotzky for Evacuation.

Foreign Minister Trotzky, replying to the
Finnish senate's demand for the immedi-
ate evacuation of Finland by bolshevik
troops, declared that he agreed in principle
thar the Russians should leave that terri
tory and that the evacuation orders were
being carried out as fast as possible. He
expressed the hope that the difficulties
would be settled by the commission now
discussing a means to that end. He de-
clared that the Russians had only de-
Tended themselves when the Firms fired in
their troop trains.
One result of the Finnish trouble is that
the difficulties of departure from Petro-
grad have been increased. Trains on the
Finnish railway are running only DIS
tance of about two hours from Petrograd
The evening papers report the continu-
ance of stubborn fighting at Viborg and
also the occupation by the red guard of
the railway stations at many points.
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JOHN REED TO SUCCEED
OUST|NOFF IN NEW YORK

LONDON. January 3o.-Michael NJ.
Oustinof. the Russian consul general
in New York, has been dismissed. ac
cortliag to a Russian wireless official
statement received here. John Reed
has been appointed to succeed Oustinof.
The John Reed referred to probably
is the American newspaper man and so
cialiSt. He has been in Russia since
last November.
Indicted With Five Others.
NEW YORK, January 3O.-John Reed,
newspaper man, ma gaZine writer and
uialiSt. together with five others-editors
or contributors to the Masses, a social
list publication-were indicted by the
federal grand jury here last November
for alleged violation of the espionage
act He was in Russia at the time of
the grand jury's action. but through his
counsel Morris Hillquit, socialist candi-
date for mayor in the recent election,
Reed declared his willingness to return
here to stand trial.
The government complained in Reeds
case of an article appearing under his
name in the Masses entitled Knit a
Strait Jacket for Your Soldier Boy
Assistant United States Attorney Earl
of the Masses case. when informed of
the probability that Reed would return
here as Russian consul general. said:
Reed Expected in Few Weeks.
The government postponed the
Masses trial until April for the specific
purpose of having Reed appear among
the defendants.
1.-The postponement was decided upon
after Reeds counsel had shown me a
cable message sent by Reed from Pet
rograd which declared his intention of
leaving that city for New York Jan
uary 81. If Reed keeps his word he
should arrive here late in February or
early in March.S
Whether his appointment as Russian
consul general here might give Reed
immunity from prosecution is a mat
ter that the federal government will
have to give consideration" Mr.. Barnes
said:
The Masses announced today that
Reed had gone to Petrograd as its cor
respondent.
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American Found Dead in Perm.

LIMA. Peru. January 30.-The body of
Paul Heald of the American Mercantile
Bank Of Peru was found today in q
ditch. The circumstances Of his death
have not been cleared up. Mr.. Head
was from Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Swedes. would welcome the interven-
ton of Sweden. An evening paper
announces the arrival of Swedish troops
a Tornea. and says that clash has
already occurred between an advanced
guard of Swedes and the Finnish red
guards
A Stockholm dispatch to the Post says
that the Swedish government on Friday
decided to propose that Norway and
Denmark invite Finland to cooperate
with the three Scandinavian countries
regarding legislative questions.
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SNOW BUR|ESD. C.;
CR|PP[ES TRAFFIC
Heaviest Fall in Twenty Years
Predicted by Weather
Bureau.

Complete reversal of weather condi-
tions today found Washington in the
grip of a heavy snowstorm. And the
fall may result in the largest in twenty
years.
The weather bureau predicted snow
tonight and tomorrow, with possibly hail
or sleet due to the sudden change
Snow began to fan at 10 o'clock and
grew more intense in the early after
noon. Even if it suspends for a short
time late this afternoon. it will begin
falling again tonight. Street car traffic
was badly handicapped and after IL
O'Clock cars moved with difficulty The
street cleaning force of the District,
which went to work with wagons to
haul snow early today. was compelled
to slow down work. AS soon as the
snow ceases force of 500 men will be
set to reclaiming the sidewalks and
cross walks in the streets.
Building operations in many parts of
the city were forcibly suspended. Dray-
age and transfer service was almost at
a standstili.
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Schools May Open Again Monday.

1t is believed that by Monday suffi-
cient coal will have been accumulated
in the bins of the schools to begin
school on that day with a reserve on
hand. The hand-to-mouth method of
getting coal will in all probability,
have to be followed by the schools for
the rest of the winter, Mr. Kramer be-
iieves. even if a small reserve is ac-
cumulated.
i. ThatEJhe situation was forced on the
schools was 1ae statement TO-DAY of
Supt. Thurstoh. He said that for the
past week it has been found neces-
sary TO close one or two schools each
day because of shortage of coal. The
superintendent said from forty to sixty
schools are today without sufficient
coal TO keep them heated for two days.
and have just enough to maintain bank
ed fires until Monday. No further clos
ing of the schools beyond this week
is contemplated. according to Mr..
Thurston. At the same time he did not
make any predictions as to POSSIBLE
action later
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Firms Ask Military Aid
of Sweden to Combat
RevoIutionist Forces

BY the Asscclateu Press.
: LONDON. January 30.-A Stockholm
dispatch TO the Times says the Finnish
government has sent a representative
to Sweden with an appeal for military
help against the revolutionists So far
as is possible to foresee. the dispatch
The Petrograd correspondent OF the
London Times, referring to the civil
war in Finland. says that doubtless
many Firms, or at least Finnish
Evening star., 1918-01-30

Jasper M. Berry. jr.. of Baltimore. a
lawyer and formerly major in the
9Th Regiment, Maryland National
Guard. shot and killed himself in that
city yesterday.
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Red Guards in Bessarabia.

Red Guards in Bessarabia.
PETROGRAD. January 29.-Several
battaIions of the Red Guards and sew
eral regiments of troops have been or
dered to Bessarabia to reinforce the
bolshevik troops. According to the Ru-
manian contention, their troops invaded
Bessarab bia in order to prevent anarchy
at the request Of the Bessara bian peo-
pie and only occupy that territory tenn
porarily.
News has been received at the boil
shevik headquarters, according to the
semi-official news agency, that the sec
acknowledgement of the Ukrainian rada
has resigned and that a new secretariat
will be formed. This will be made up
of representatives Of the social revo-
lutionaries of the left. The bolshevik
representatives of the rada at Brest-
Litovsk will be replaced.
Cause of Rumania's Action.
LONDON. January 30.-The reasons
which led to the invasion of Bessara bia
by Rumanian troops, one of the causes
of the rupture in relations between
Rumania and Russia. are explained by
the correspondent of the Times with
the Rumanian army. in a dispatch filed
on January ~. He says the Bes-
sarabian officials made repeated ap-
peais to the Rumanians to restore or
der and save property from looters,
cOndIti0nS haN1nE Deen greatly dis
turbed by the bolshevik regime An
other and more powerful consideration
was that Pessarabia contained all man.
ner of supplies belonging to Rumania
which the bolsheviki threatened to de-
stroy.
To save these stores and maintain
communica ton with Odessa and Kiev
the correspondent says, was a matter
of life or death. involving the question
of Rumana's absolute isolation from
her allies in western Europe.
Rumanians Save Galatz.
Describing the fight between Rus
slams and Rumanians in Galatz, the
correspondent says that but for the
vaIor of the Rumanians the town
would have been reduced to a mass
of ruins. The Russians resisted stub
bornly. but the situation became
critical. Eventually the Rumanians
gained the victory by a counter attack
With bayonets and nd-grenades
aided by the fire of two small gun
boats at the mouth of the Sereth river.
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Petrograd says the Russian COM
missioners have ordered the removal
of NJ. Koseovaky. chairman of the rev.
olutiohary inquiry commission, and
some of his colleagues on the charge
of bribery. They have appointed new
members and ordered careful investi-
CATION The affair has caused q great
sensation in Petrograd.
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Start Snow Plows,

Both street railway lines started
snow plows to running with the first
sign of a prolonged snowfall. So fast
that cars on Pennsylvania avenue, AZ
street and + street were tied up, as
they pushed forward behind the slow
moving snow removers.
Damage to wharf property was feared
by river men with the breaking up OF
ice in different parts of the river. The
arrival of another snowstorm was CON
sidered as forerunner of colder
weather, and the breaking UP of ice
may be retarded on this account
Unsettled weather for the remainder
of the week, with increasing cold to-
morrow. is Washington's share OF the
gulf storm which today is spreading
over many states.
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Ukrainians Are Victors;;
Red Guards in Bessarabia;
Rumania's Interference
: the Associated Press.


GENEVA. January 30.-After three
days' fighting the Ukrainian rada's
troops have defeated the bolshevik
army and taken possession of Lutsk,
according to a wireless message from
Kiev TO the Ukrainian committee here.
The fighting was extremely severe and
the losses on both sides were heavy.
Airpanes, the message adds, greatly
aided the Ukrainians in gaining the vic
tory.
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Proletariat Revolution.

pETROGRAD, January ga retoiu-
ton of the proletariat has been proclaimed
in Finland and the social democratic COM
mittee has published manifesto anfouIie-
ing that the authority belongs solely to the
working classes and the organs represent
ing them.
4 general strike. excluding. however
electric light stations, pharmacies. nos,
pitfalls and provision shops, was declared
on Monday at Helsingfors. The central
committee of workmen has declared a
state of siege. prohibiting the CARRYING OF
arms except by the red guard, which IS
intrusted with the maintenance of order
Counter revolutionary acts and loot
ing it is announced, will be suppressed
with full rigor of the revolutionary
laws White guards and senators are
being arrested.
Some of the white guard blew up the
railroad bridge near Coria station SINH
lar acts of destruction have occurred IN
other parts of Finland.
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Showing in South.

Snow is falling over Virginia. North
and South Carolina and some parts of
Georgia and Alabama today. 1T is rain
ing in southern Alabama and Florida
The storm is the result of an unex.
pected disturbance over the gulf states
1t moved eastward rapidly, striking the
south Atlantic regions about 10 O'clock
this morning. Cloudy weather in New
York and New England will turn To
snow OF ice storms by night
Thursday rain or snow Colder
weather at night and increasing north
east winds is the weather bureaus Of
fetal forecast for the District.
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Was Youngest American.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass Iaprsr, On
Richard Cults Fairfield. son Of Mr.
James {. Barr of New York. Joined ~
Wynne Bevan Ambulance Corns nc
En- Enst1sh @ organization connected with
Ihe req cross: shortly after he had on
tered Harvard University last faI, IN. u
vas elghteen years old and the vonnre
est or hVe Americans in the corns
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Attitude Toward Rumania.

The bolshevik foreign minister. Leon
Trotzky. announced to the congress of
workmen's and soldiers deputies at
Petrograd Saturday night the decision
of the government respecting reprisals
against Rumania. These include the
breaking of diplomatic relations and
the seizure of Rumanian gold reserves
in Moscow.
TrotZkv said that the Rumanian gold
reserve amounted to 1.200.060,000 rubles.
and that the custodian of this fund
had been placed under arrest
Almost three-quarters of the Ger
man troops have been withdrawn from
the Russian front. according to the
newspaper Nasty Vedomosty. No heavy
guns or armored cars are left. while
the number of light guns has been
greatly reduced. Young soldiers are
being removed daily and their. places
are being taken by old men and semi
invalids. The German northern front
is strongest There are no Germans
on the southwestern front, and, al
though the Austrians there have not
been reduced. their heavy artillery has
been Withdrawn.
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AMERICANS SLAIN
ON MERCY MISSION
Young Red Cross Workers Are
Killed as Teutons Bomb
italian Hospital.
FIRST TO DIE IN ITALY
By the Associated Press.

ITALIAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTHERN ITALY, Tuesday. Ian
uary 2s.-Two Americans attached to
the Red Cross were killed at Mestre
Sunday night by bombs dropped bv
German raiders. They were William
Pfatt and Richard Cults Fairfield and
were the first Americans to be killed
on the Italian front. They had not en-
rolled, in the American organization.
having enlisted previously in the
Wynne-Bevan branch of the British
Red Cross.
Platt and Fairfield had just arrived
az Red Cross hospital on a motor
cycle when the raid began. Five
bombs fell In the courtyard Of the
hospital, killing four persons and
wounding number of patients. The
Americans were killed outright one
received a fragment of bomb in the
neart, while the other was struck by
Inree fragments, in the head, stomach
and legs.
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FINNISH REvOlTERS
FORM GOVERNMENT
Red Guards Hold Southern
Sections-LoyaIists Move
Against Them.
5000 RUSS DIsARMED

BY the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, January @O.-The FIN
nish revolutionists have formed CIV
ernment under the presidency Oh Nu'
lerwo Manner, according to teie-
gram from Helsingfors dated TUESDAY
The members of the Finnish senate
we're not molested by the revoiu-
Monday night in Helsing1or
was calm and the Russian soldiers we,e re
passive. Niborg also was repo' 'e"
be quiet. o,if,ed
The Finnish government has nolnIo i'ia
Sweden that it cannot be respons'oaf af
for the lives of swedish suooects, oi
whom there are about 100000 IN flilo
land. Reports from Helsing1ors AR. ar.
but they indicate una.
the rumor that the Swedish mlnls'er
had fed is incorrect.
All of southern Finland as iar as
TIA mmerfors is reported to be in the
hands of the red guards, but the gov a
ernment troops have vanqulsheu Ieu
guards at various places III hor'neih
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Victims Are Buried.

The funeral of the victims of the
raid was held at Mestre today. The lone
fms. '' WI
aner,eah fsgs and floral offerings
covered the caskets of the two Amer
cans In the attending delegation of
omcers and men from the American
Red Cross Were Maj. Lowell. head of
Ine military branch of the American
charge OF civilian relief in northern naIv.
r. Harvey Carroll, jr.. American consul at
.ehice, and fifteen men from the three
Amer1can Red Cross units attached to the
tnird and fourth Italian armies.
Long lines of soldiers saiIore .na
civlilans flled the streets Funeral ora
tons were delivered from the stems of
the church by the mayor and q renre-
sentative OF the government. who re-
cans, one of whom he said was oniy
eighteen years old.
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Firm Ready With Plenty of Wagons.

The assistant purchasing agent said
that the firm which has the contract
stands ready today to haul any amount
of coal, and has plenty of coal wagons.
and that the District government is en-
tirely satisfied with the way the firm
is transporting coal. when there is any
coal to transport.
Mr.. Winner said that but two cars of
coal arrived at the Districts dump this
morning. bringing between 80 and 100
tons of coal. More cars were expected
later today.
Closing of the schools was said by a
school official yesterday to be in a large
measure due to inadequate delivery serv-
ice. it being stated that SUNDAYS heavy
snow slowed up deliveries
Shortage at Coal Dumps Cause.
Supt- Thdrston said today that slow
deliveries contributed in but small de-
gree to the shortage of coal in the schools
Deliveries have been somewhat hampered
oy IN neavy snow. he said. but the schools
would nave been forced to close eventually
because of shortage at the dumps
Inc public schools of the District
have been running from hand to mouth
for the whole winter this far and early
this week we foresaw such a serious coal
shortage that we thought it best to close
the schools in order to accumulate a re-
serve supply in the school coal bins"
phen E. Kramer. assistant superintendent
OF schools. who is handling the fuel sit
uation in the schools. Reports received
from the schools today by Fl. F. Nc
Queeney. superintendent of janitors, indi-
cate that many of the schools not only
have been consuming coal as fast as de-
llVered. but in many cases have been
running short of fuel for the past two
weeks of cold weather. Sixteen of the
schools are without any coal except that
needed to bank the fires to keep the
plumbing from freezing in case of Sc
we're cold snap.
The others have on hand little coal.
but not enough to keep them heated
for more than a few days. Mr. Nc
Queeney said today that the coal now
available for use in all the buildings
under District jurisdiction did not ex-
ceed 500 tons. The daily average used
in the schools in cold weather is over
200 tons. according to Supt Thurston.
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General Strike Continues.

General strike continues at HeiSlne
fors and socialists are reported 10 nave
common cause with the revolutiohlsts
The socialists have issued a prociaiha-
ton accusing the government oi a.
tempting to organize an armed force
70 crush the Finnish proletariat.
The members of the Finnish government; y;
including the former senators. are repof'eo
to be safe.
The government troops which have van
ouished the red guard in northern Eln-
land are now marching southwark. They
have disar1ned 5000 Russians at JACOB
stadt, Vass and nearby places ana cap
tured twenty machine guns.
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On Humane Mission.

companions of Fairfield and Platt saw
they were killed while performing an
G acI OF bravery They were at a Red
loss camp Tar out of range of the
rad and could have remained tbere
saseiy. But with two others thew de-
cided TO go to Mestre, where the raid
nad already begun. and to give aid and
np np 10 prooaoie victims. Fairfield ard
Platt went ahead on a MOTOR c,'nIa
Wniie the ambulance followed. 1t was
Just as they reached the Mestre hosnf
TAI to begin their humane Iabors that
me bombs dropped and killed both of
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Disease Ravages in Petrograd.

Confirming the outbreak of diseases
at Petrograd, the Times correspondent
says the population is being decimated
thereby. The epidemic is attributed
to the extreme shortage of food and
adulteration. with all kinds of injurious
admixtures. Various forms of typhus.
as well as smallpox. are rampant.
MOREOVER. extremely insanitary condi-
tions now prevail in the city. while all
the organizations concerned with pub
lie health either have been abolished
or have virtually ceased operations
owing to the revolution. There is no
sanitary commission: there are no
great specialists. and there is no regis
tration of diseases. Very few doctors
are in practice. and some of these
threaten to go to Germany If the ig--
norant Russian preletariat doing menial
work in the hospitals are permitted to
continue debating to medical officers
and trained nurses.
According to Berlin advices received
via Amsterdam, the Russo COM
missions at Petrograd have reached
substantial agreement concerning the
exchange of invalids. and the dispatch
of men homeward has begun to re-
stricted extent But the question of
the exchange of civilians and the
treatment of unwounded prisoners of
war has not been settled
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Formerly of Baltimore.

;, BALTIMORE. Md. January 3o-WiI-
liam d. Plat of Baltimore uo vi.
TO Europe last summer to drive an
ambulance at the battle front. He W.
twenty-siX years old e was
Evening star., 1918-01-30

PITTSBURGH. January 30.-A sudden
cold snap in the mountains of West
Virginia checked the flood in the head
waters of the Monongahela river early
today. and ice gorges at Brownsville.
Pa. and Morgantown. w. Va, instead
of moving out, as the local bureau an
ticipated. held fast, with the result that
mills in the Pittsburgh district were
still short of coal. Water. the weather
bureau expected, would seep through
the piled up ice, but not in sufficient
quantity to force the masses out.