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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-21

On Saturday In the House Mr.. John
son, in helping to destroy the chance Of
enacting at this time rounded, eQuita-
BILE, fair rents law, renewed his assaults
upon Individual senators. and upon the
Senate District committee, and slurred
the Senate itself as so subject to the in
fluence of the profiteers that it cannot
be trusted to confirm the Presidents ap-
pointment as rent administrator, unless
the appointee is a profteer or In SYM
pathy with the prof1teers. Power OF
confirming the appointment Of rent adj
ministrator should therefore, he urges,
be taken from the Senate, thus discred-
|ited. He says: 1.-TWO or three men at
the other end Of the Capitol have start
ed out to foster prof1teering upon the
war workers in the District Of Columbia
and have persisted in it"
81 believe that know sumctently well
the attitude Of two or three gentlemen
who are really behind what is known as
the Pomerene bill to make the statement
that when the President sends the NOM
nation to the Senate of the rent admin
istrator and that nomination Is referred
to the District Of Columbia committee
having jurisdiction of it at the other
end of the Capitol. that unless the
man nominated be a prOf1teer himself
or in sympathy with the prOfteers, the
nomina ton will never see the light OF
day. That nomination, in my honest
opinion, would stay with that commit
tee forever and for eternity and we
would have NO rent Administrator AT
all, while the pr0Ateering would 60
on"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-21
Proateers Control Senate.

tVm13Up u 1e11OW fepfeoemt0N1Ve3o oeRs
atoH or the entire Senate.
Pronteers Control Senate.
In the House, May IS Congress
son said:
4 Il seriously regret that in another
place than in this chamber bill look
ing to complete reform. bill which
has passed this House by 121 major
ity, every provision Of which has bean
Ignored and repudiated elsewhere, and
every provision looking to the need or
to the ayarici0us wants Or desires OF
the prOAteers has been more than
conplied with. I fully appreciate the
extent to which, under the rules of
In referring to legislation not before
this body and I shall observe those
rules. However, I wish they were not
in existence, 30 that this matter might
be discussed with the openness, the
frankness and the fearlessness with
which it ought to be discussed. For
convenience's sake in my remarks
shall refer to a gentle nan not in this
chamber as Maryland to another as
Ohio to another as New Hampshire.
Maryland has not only sought,
but as succeeded in defeating the
aims OF this House to prevent ext0r-
ton and prOAteerfng In its most hid
e0us form. Ohio coming from state
Of war President, the martyred Nc
k1nley, stands in the way more con-
spicuously than does anybody else to-
day In all the Union toward stopping
this profiteering..
The offense of the Senate and
OF the individual senators thus Will
ned is the framing and passage of a
better, falrer and more effective fair
; rents law than that proposed by Mr.
Johnson. The check upon evictions
provided by the Salisbury resolution
| is part of the Senate bill. and this
suggested and pushed to adoption by
| the Senate, Mr.. johnson asserting
grudgingly and with bad grace. Mr.
Johnson added: practically notice
mas been served upon this House from
another body that a long-drawn-out
contest confronts you relative to
stopping profiteering. In the name OF
any legislative body in this or any
other country ignore the propositions
that come from the legislative body
which is nearest the people-ignore
them In toto-and then accept with
out qualification every proposition
made by the prOfteers themselves"
II the supplementary legislation
along the lines of the Senate bill, as
modified and improved in conference.
which is necessary to render equitable
the salisbury resolution, now the
law, is not adopted by Congress it
will be because Mr.. johnson, obsessed
with pride of opinion and voicing uni
versal SANDER, stands in the way The
Senate has given the tenants the
benefit of the Salisbury resolution
and unless blocked by Mr.. johnson
the community rounded faif-rents
law,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-21

administration allege. The COM
plants were made by the Rfother-
hood Of Railway Clerks. of which
J. J. Forester Is president. The
Pennsylvania, the Baltimore and Ohio.
the Atlantic, Coast Line and the
Lehish Valley are specifically named.
President Forester asserted men
on the Atlantic Coast Line are re-
ceiving $105 a month for work re-
quired to be done by women at 500.
It is understood the matter viii be
investigated by the director general.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-21
Who Are the Real Profteersr


He may for special reasons have
been charging 20 per cent too little
in 1915-16: increase in rent beyond 10
per cent may under the particular
circumstances BE- clearly equitable; he
may not be renting the kind Of real
estate in respect to which there IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-21
COMPLAIN SOME ROADS
. PAY>WOMEN TOO LITTLE
Labor Diviaion Says Ruling for
| Equal Pay With Men
| Is Ignored.

Director General McAdoo's ruling
that women who are doing as much
work as men receive equal pay is
ignored by some railroads, complaints
to- the labor division of the railway
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-21

While fighting FIRE in the coal depot
of the Detroit waterworks yesterday
Capt. Maurice F. Kelly sustained in
juries froA which he died later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-21
THINK FATAL ILLNESS
WAS DUE TO 0VERWORK

Untiring efforts in behalf of the op-
pressed nations of central Europe were
responsible for the fatal illness of Lieut..
Commander Lawrence Townsend, jr.,
U, S. NJ, who died here last week of
pneumonia following Spanish influenza,
friends declare.
1t is declared probable that through
his untiring efforts for the success of the
luncheon given here to the allied COM
missioners by the newly formed fedora
ton of mid-European states that Com
mander Townsend contracted his mortal
illness He worked night and day ar
ranging details, realizing that the lunch
con would focus the eyes of official
Washington on the cause he championed.
Worked While He Was Ill.
On the morning of the luncheon he
arose with a fever Of 1o3, but insisted
on keeping up to see that everything
went through The affair was a bril-
liant success, but Commander Townsend
tainted on his return home, and died
three days later at the Naval Hospital
In the early part of the present war
Commander Townsend served with the
United States naval forces in foreign
waters. 1t was after his assignment
to work in Washington that he became
deeply interested in the welfare of the
Czecho-Slovaks and other oppressed
peoples, it is stated. +
He helped to create the Federation
of Middle-European States, az the So
ciety is now called, which is working
to throw off the Austro-German yoke.
Planned for Propaganda.
For considerable period Commander
Townsend worked on a plan by which
actual military operations to help the
cause would begin through propaganda
in enemy countries. and base was to
be established on the Dalmatian coast.
This plan, it is understood. was &C
copied by the general board of the
Navy, and is now before the interallied
war council at Versailles.
A great wreath sent to Arlington,
where Commander Townsend was bu-
ried. by the national Polish department
of the Democratic Mid-European Union
bore the following inscription:
For one who gave his best, his all,
in the struggle to make oppressed ma
tons free"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-21

spect to which thsrs 70 It's smal1sst
chance OF its being needed by the gov
efnnent for itself or its employee; It
may be the lease by one Wash
ingtonian to another OF property not
. dwelling and not needed for any
honest, coming together Of the minds
Of the parties to the lease. yet the
lessons in all these cases-not ex-
ftortioilers at a1l-are profteers under
Mr.. Johnson's bill. II lessons and
lessees have agreed upon rental rate
II per cent more than happened to be
charged for the leased property In
the year ending September 3d. 1916.
OF course, MIR. Johnson's imagination
sees profiteers far beyond even the
wide scope Of his bail Instead Of being
la small fraction of that fraction OF
lords Mr.. johnson sees pfofteers SO
|permeating the District that the Pres
|ident cannot find an upright rent ad-
ministrator among Westinghouse,
and no jury can be formed without
one or more profiteers getting upon II.
And finally he sees and denounces as
Ia proflteer every one, whether Wash
|ingtonian, representative or senator,
who has suggested or urged upon the
Senate committee or the Senate the
provisions Of the Senate fair-rents
bill.
No Courts, or Juries, Only johnson.
And none Of those thus found guilty
Of pref1teering by Mr.. Johnson's bill
acquittal by anybody else II Mr.. john
son can prevent No fair-rents courts
no trial by jury. no protection against
ex post facto laws or impairment OF
obligation of contracts for them. And
any one who advocates the appiica.
ton Of the equities and the bill OF
rights to the unfortunates thus &C
cused and convicted by Mr.. Johnson's
bill or in Mr.. Johnson's imagination
| is Immediately added by Mr.. Johnson
to his list of profiteers. as an accom-
plice.
The logical ending OF this. process
| of unrestrained Indulgence of the
| Imagination in profiteer detection OIL
profiteer creation is to pose Mr.. John
son on pedestal as the only
| thoroughly honest, sincere and intel
ligent non-profiteer in America; the
only truly patriotic protector in the
. world of the war worker and the boys
in the trenches.
Too Much johnson.
Mr.. Johnson's scornful rejection Of
tations in the District OF Columbis
| tends to empower him through his bill
| to decide the questions of fact an6
| law which would ordinarily go to jury
and court, and his BILL he boasts. be-
| comes automatically self-enforcing
Mr.. johnson. is thus ready to serve in
these cases, alone and unaided, as the
Washingtonians' prosecutor and al
the witnesses, Judge, jury and execu.
| toner. 1t is whispered of Col. Roose-
velt's desire to figure conspicuously
that at a wedding he instinctively
yearns to be the bride and at flu.
neral the corpse. But Col. Roosevelt
has in this respect nothing on Chair
man johnson, as wou1d-be legislative
judicial and executive dictator for thu
District of Columbia.
No sound, just, wholesome legisla.
ton develops from such law-makine
methods.
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step In by way Of appeal In order 70
see that the rent is high enough. Nj.
Worthington In his letter to his tel.
low realtors says that the National
Real Estate Brokerg Association has
spent. considerable money to help rs
in our local feht IN Congress
in his letter to the Senate conferees
Mr.. johnson pronounces the Senate
bill rotten" bill. enthusiastically an
nounces that tina Senate committees
attitude will not deter him in his ef-
fattening on of our country's needs .
and proclaims his contempt for such
Of you al may resort to prefext to
evade full responsibility for not Civ
ing our war workers protection from
the miserable profiteers."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-21
mo GOVERNMENT
BY DEFAMATION

CONTINUED from First Page.)
New-York tribune., 1918-06-06
May Pig Iron
Output Almost
Sets New Record
Productivity Exceeded Onlv
By October, 19l6-New
Yearly Mark Expected

The production of pig iron dur;,.
the month of May was at a rate wh;,s
was exceeded only once before IN n.
history Of the industry. The tota, or.
put last month was 3,44s,4l2 eros.
tons, or 111,175 tons day, accosd;ns
to "The Iron Age"
In October, 1915, the record ~..-
made when the daily rate was ia ,ao
The production in April Of this vss,
was at the rate of 109,6 ,6O7 tons d.n
This high productivity viii be of ~
greatest assistance in helping the steel
industry to meet the unprecedentsJ
tasks which the war has placed on i
while ten furnaces blew out" saw,
"The Iron Age" fifteen blew in. mai.
ing a total of 359 active on June 4
against 354 the month previous RI
relinings are likely to exceed resumS
tions in the summer months. Wi.&
charcoal iron estimated, the output ~
the pig iron in May was at an annns;
rate of over 40,900,000 tons, conuarsS
with o8,647 600 tons in 1917. and ths
high record Of 39,434 900 tons in 1914
"The demand for skilled labor fos
munition plants, shipyards, and oths,
vital industries is rapidly increasing
but men are not in sight. Plans ara az
foot for Systematically making heays
drafts through regional committees
upon workers whose ordinary emuIoN
ment is gone or will be because ma.
terial is withheld"
New-York tribune., 1918-06-06
Tin Shortage Costly
More Than $10O,O0O,O0O in
Products Affected by
Scarcity

Practical suspension Of the importa-
ton of pig tin into the United States
affects an industry turning out at the
present time more than 100000
worth Of products, according to COM
pilation of the National City Bank.
Shipments have been greatly reduced
by the Dutch embargo in the East In
dies and by the lack of ship tonnage.
All Of the tin used in the manufact-
ure of the $10o,Oo0,000 worth of tin
plate now produced in the United
States is imported, more than 80 per
cent of it originating in the Orient,
and with the partial suspension of
shipments from that part of the world,
recently announced. the United States
becomes more dependent upon its
South American neighbor, Bolivia,
which produces about 20 per cent of
the worlds tin and is practically the
only world producer of tin outside the
Orient a. sssssdsaA n
Prices of the tin imported for use
in the manufacture Of tin plate have
steadily and persistently advanced not
only during the war period, but in the
dozen preceding years, this increase in
price being apparently due, in part at
least, to the increasing demand which
has more than kept pace with produc-
ton. The worlds outturn of tin has
increased only about 80 per cent since
1900, while our own outturn of tin
plate has trebled in the same period.
The prices paid in the United States
for imported tin have advanced from
less than Is cents a pound in 1897 to
81 cents in 1900; SO cents in 1911, as
cents in 1913 and So cents a pound in
December, 1917, these figures being in
all cases prices in the country from
which the tin is imported into the
United States.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-06
Guarantee of Bank
Deposits Urged
Controller Seeks Source of
Opposition to Pending
Senate Measure

WASHINGTON, June 5.--National
banks opinions of the bill pending in
the Senate providing for Federal guar
antee of national bank deposits Of less
than $4,000 was asked by Comptroller
Of the Currency Williams to-day in a
circular letter. He explained that
propaganda has developed recently
against the measure, which was initi-
ated on the controllers recommended
ton, and that it is desirable to dis
cover the source of the criticism.
Arguments for the bill, presented by
the Controller, are that it would
bring millions of boarded dollars from
hiding places, afford complete security
to more than 100000 depositors, pre-
vent runs on national banks, and con
tribute more to the unification and SOL
darity of the entire banking system
than anything else that could be done
at this time"
Since January 1, the Controller
said, no national bank has failed and
1923 applications for new charters have
been received.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-06
F king of Cotton
Duck Prices Likely

WASHINGTON, June 5.-Fixinc Of
prices on lumber for the commercial
consumer as we'll as for the govern
ment is under consideration by the
War Industries Board. This would fol-
low out the governments policy of
giving the private consumer the same
price as that obtained by the govern
knent.
The board is prepared also to fix
the price of cotton duck and other
cotton fabrics to the public where the
government purchases may have upset
the market. 1t was announced. Wher-
ever tendency is shown to raise tex
tile prices the board will consider the
question and may determine the mar
gin of profit. This may be done with
out fixing the price on the raw product,
D1t II necessary some means of sta
bilizing the price of raw cotton NAV
be found
New-York tribune., 1918-06-06
Expert Heard i'm r. r. Suit

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, June 5.-or-
rim f. Parks, of Westfeld, civil engi-
neer, general manager of the Hampden
Railroad Corporation. which is now
suing the Boston g. Maine for $3,798.-
600 for alleged breach Of agreement in
refusing to accept a lease of the plain
the Superior Court day that the sal
wage value of the new road January /.
1914, was $12O,44O
It Is alleged that the Boston & Maine
refused to take the lease Of the road
in the summer Of 1913. Mr.. Parks said
that the rails are worth $4,000; the
ties, $12,5O0; frogs. switches and
track track fastenings, $s,25o; bridges, $685.
49o; water tank, $1,000; $50 acres of
$2,400. e d
New-York tribune., 1918-06-06
Farm Loan Bonds
No Longer Offered
$6O,OOO,OOO Worth Were Sold
During Two Weeks
Campaign

WASHINGTON, June 5.-The Federal
Farm Loan Board to-day withdrew
further offering Of farm loan bonds
because s60,oo0000 have been sold dur
ing the intensive campaign of the last
two weeks, providing enough funds for
loans until about November 1. The Of
fering will be resumed after the fourth
Liberty Loan campaign.
The Farm Loan Board has with
drawn all further offering of Federal
Land Bank bonds for the time being
and has instructed the investment
group and the Federal Land Bank not
to confirm any further sales.
There was very active demand on
the part of investors for the bonds,
notwithstanding the fact that the sale
Immediately followed that of the third
Liberty Loan. Over s56,000,OO0 of the
bonds were sold within a period of
fifteen days by the investment group
and the Federal Land Bank.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-06
Relevant Comment
Marine Directors Meet To-day

The announcement yesterday that
the International Mercantile Marine
directors will meet to-day was followed
by sharp upward movement in the
preferred stock which carried the price
as high as 1861 before the advance
was checked. The closing sale was at
1O5A, net gain of IN points. SO far
as could be learned from individual
members Of the board, no definite an
nouncement concerning the plan for
disposing of the company's British ton
mage and assets is likely to materialize
at to-day's session. Nevertheless, talk
was heard in brokerage Offices during
the day that the preferred was good
for "rise Of ten points within the
next two days" Needless to say that
these rumors have been circulated be-
fore, to the disappointment Of over
enthusiastic traders.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-06
StabilizinR Lire

Foreign exchange bankers we're
much interested yesterday in a report
that a minimum rate Of 9.10 lire to the
dollar has been fixed for Italian cable
transfers. The report had it that the
pegging Of the rate was decided on at
a meeting of international bankers
held last week, which was called by
Fred l. Kent, director Of the foreign
exchange division of the Federal Re-
serve Board. In we'll informed circles
it was impossible to confirm the story,
although the New York agent of one Of
the large Italian banks said that tenta-
tive plans were being laid in hopes Of
stabilizing the Italian exchange rate.
The present rate Of lire, around $40
lire to the dollar, compares with a nor
NAL rate of 5.18M
New-York tribune., 1918-06-06
N. Y. Central Railroad
Ready 30 Contract

Stockholders of the New York Cen
trail Railroad at special meeting held
in Albany yesterday formally author
lied the directors to enter into an
agreement with the government for
the operation Of the company's prop
erty under Federal control. In default
of a satisfactory agreement being
reached between the road and the gov
ernment the directors were authorized
to seek the remedies provided by law.
A total of 1,564,943 shares of stock
was represented at the meeting. W. X.
Vanderbilt, jr., who has just succeeded
A. H. Smith as president, presided
New-York tribune., 1918-06-06
Swede's Buy German Rails

The Swedish railway management
has just entered into fully guaranteed
agreement with the German Steel Trust
Tor the delivery of $4,000 tons of rails.
One-third of the deliveries is to be
made in each of the years 1918, 1919.
end 1920. Payment is to be made by
the deposit of Swedish crowns in the
German Reichsbank. and about half of
the amount, reckoned at 1880 900
crowns, is to be paid immediately.-
Commerce Reports.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-06
Elections

Edward P. Mathewson has been
elected director Of the American
Smelters' Securities Company.
Robert H. Parks. operating manager
OF the Canadian Car and Foundry
Company, Ltd, has been elected to the
board OF directors of that concern.
Securities at Auction
The following securities were sold
Yesterday at the exchange salesroom
Of Adrian H. Muller: WIN
For account Of executora
a. share New York Law InBtitu,a eu,
~ shares share hchmond Embroidery Works isioo 200
for account OF whom II may conccr,, 's-''
shares thited Gas and Electric Consra
nm M uesi lConnl frst Preferred {sio0 eachI anu
~" y" sLans Windsor Print Works common a. 2
'o snaIrs Hudson County Consumer Dr,ss 70
II, ma ms company $500 each) . Ok
s-'o0V New intk bo.tltng Company 6 Dor cent
rsi'SssI sna ns,s ponds. duo 1885: interest Apsil
New-York tribune., 1918-06-06
About a Bout Between Brothers

The floor Of the Stock Exchange was
the scene yesterday Of an argument be-
tween two of the brokers, which be-
came SO heated that an adjournment
was taken after the close Of the market
to New Street to settle the controversy
in the style that the late John L. Sui
livan adopted before boxing gloves be-
came popular. Before any serious
damage was done to the physiognomy
of either, however, the bout was called
off by the timely interference of d
member of the exchanges special DO
lice force.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-06
Twin City Company
Suspends Dividends

Directors of the Twin City Rapid
Transit Company, at meeting held in
Minneapolis yesterday, voted to pass
the quarterly dividend of per cent
on the $22.00o,000 common stock out
planned the action of the board as
being due to heavy falling off in
earnings and high costs Of operations.
From 1909 until March, this year, the
company paid dividends on the common
stock at an annual rate of per cent.
when the rate was cut to per cent.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-06
News Digest
New York

Guaranty Trust Abroad The Guar
ar%y Trust Company of New York has
arranged to open branch Office at
Tours, France, for the convenience of
members of the American expedition
airy force. No general banking bust
ness Will be transacted at the Tours
once, which Is to be established pri-
marliy as an additional office for the
distribution of wartime services
Hanncvig's New Quarters.-The ship
ping department of Christoffer Han
neviig will be located at 32 Broadway
beginning June 10.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-06
Enamelings War Contracts

Nearly so per cent of the plant ca
pacity of the National Enameling and
Stamping Company is now operating
on government contracts for enamelled
hospital and culinary wares, according
to On official statement issued yester-
day. In addition the company is sup
plying the military camps with gal
vanized iron barrels, buckets, coal
scuttles, ash sifters for saving coal and
other metal articles.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-06

pany; Winslow S. Pierce, Lawrence
Grier; J. B. Kerr, president of the New
York, Ontario & Western Railway
Company; Charles Hayden, of Hayden,
Stone & Co.; Samuel Untermyer,
counsel for the security holders COM
mittee of which S. Davies Warield is
chairman; E. G. Bucklaud, general
counsel of the New Haven, and E. c.
Henderson, of Cravath & Henderson.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-06
New Haven Shares Weak

A selling movement broke out in New
Haven shares yesterday which carried
the price down from 43% to 407s be-
fore supporting orders appeared. At
41h, the closing sale. the stock showed
a net loss of ~ points. The weakness
attracted particular attention because
of the persistent strength shown by
the stock over the past month.