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New-York tribune., 1918-05-30
Allied Intervention
In Russia Opposed
BY Moscow Papers
Bourgeois and Bolshevik
Press Unite in Saying Move
Would Aid Germany
Sp The Associated Press

MOSCOW Saturday.. May %. - The
press is giving great deal of at
tenton to the suggestion of allied in
tcrvention in Russia. and bourgeois as
well as Bolshevik newspapers are unan-
imous in expressing opposition. They
say the occupation of part Of Siberia
would not be disadvantageous for the
Germans and might turn out badly for
Russia
The "Svoboda Rossii,' a Constitu-
tional Democratic newspaper, reit-
leratcs its declaration of some time ago
tnat intervention is undesirable and
that foreign assistance for Russia in
this form would run counter TO the
normal national sense. 1t adds:
"We are still opposed in principle
to foreign intervention and all that it
would be bound to involve. just as we
are opposed to intervention by the
Germans"
Other newspapers speak in similar
vein. The "Zaria Rossi," also Con-
stitutional Democratic, says in dis
cusslng the military agreement con-
cluded between Japan and China:
at would be shortsighted not to
perceive that here are new dangers for
us, and it would be failing to perform
our duty to the country TO pass by
these dangers in silence"
Russia is fully aware of the dangers
threatening her from German imperial
ism, says the Bolshevik organ 'Tz-
vcstia." in an article in which it as
serts that no Allied help is desired
of nature which would result in
Russia reentering the European con-
hlct. 1t adds, however:
Let some power honestly help rs
combat successfully the threatening
danger. Russia would appreciate in
the highest degree any assistance tow
ard the improvement of transporta
ton and communication facilities and
the cleansing of her economic life.
If the Allies really wish, rather than
to drag Russia into the war for purely
strategic. reasons. to give her practical
help in her tragic situation, let them
discuss to the exclusion of every other
subject her urgent need of economic
aid"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-30
Mail Delay Laid to War

WASHINGTON, May 29.--Delay in
transmission of mails is laid to ex-
cessvc demands on the Postofice De-
partment due to the war and not to a
sacrifice of service in the interest of
economy. in statement made to the
House Rules Committee to-day by j.
c. Koons First Assistant Postmaster
General. A resolution calling for a
general investigation of the Postoffice
Department is before the committee.
A report on slow mail delivery re-
Gently compiled by the Merchants As
by Mr.. Rooms as unfair. Letters from
business establishments published by
the association were dcleted to show
that the complaints were more serious
tnan intended, he said.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-30

every way servise tIn1
:. The task Of joining together =,
lines and facilities of the esuer ssuer. an thsl
panies and the providiny ~
necessary equipment will tsto aaeea
But it will be accomplished 'ass a. IN Tine
as possible. as rapidly
:, ne new company will s...,
the unadjusted matter. sncb Ae ap
and other items of the old c"rs "s elains
SO as to give the public the lpaniss. lsai.
sloie delay or annoyance. s"ss pos.
he new company will take o,
pension plans of the old comm n;sa n;sl tne
new pension plan will be wos,.s m.es and
tor the future. Plans are alreadsa lsa OF
der way for scaling up of m.n, .auy IN
ployes toward more uniformi.v en-
various classes. 'S 'a the
:. New through car rates will, b.
iishei to cut out the rehandI;nssS sS.ab.
TO better utilize railroad fae;l;.;uks ana
Although the combination ~
portatlon facilities does nv Trans
formally until July 1. the s con, occur
VIII begin immediately to nttshles wort
actual cooperation by intercbsnsscgt cgt
use of delivery wagons and S.hssaols o.hss
cilities. o'her Ia
New-York tribune., 1918-05-30
New Express Line
To Raise Wages of
100000 Employees

WASHINGTON, May %. Wage in
creases for 100000 employees OF the
new express company, created by the
union of the Adams, American. Wells
Fargo and Southern companies. were
promised to-day by George c. Taylor.
president Of the combination. A fore
most policy Of the combination. Mr..
Taylor said. would be the fair treat
ment of shippers and the public.
"Thc policy of the new express com
pany," said Mr.. Taylor in a statement,
"will be that of close cooperation with
all patrons, and the public in general
New-York tribune., 1918-05-30
300 N. Y. Jews Sail
AS Legionaries to
Fight in Palestine
$500 Here Join British
Army in Campaign to
Restore Holy Land
Parade on East Side
Volunteers Tramp to Steamer
to Tune of "Hatikva," New
National Anthem

lsadore Tugcndmcn, eighteen weight
106 pounds, and Nathan Cooperman,
fortyfour, 200 pounds net, father Of
seven children, yesterday climbed side
by side UP the gangplank Of the steam
or that will start them on journey
to Palestine. In age, weight and de
pendcnts they were te extremes of
$50 other Jewish legionarics, complet-
ing the fifth contingent enlisted by the
British government here for service
under General Allcnby. Almost before
dawn 120 others, the first batch of the
contingent. had sailed. The incre-
mcnts will meet to-day in Boston.
twenty-five hundred Jews, spurred
on by the assurance Of the British gov
ernmcnt that Palestine would be given
to them as a homeland in the event OF
a victorious peace, have gone from New
York to fight in the Holy Land. Adj
vices. received by John Spitzel, in
charge of the recruiting, stated that
500 former New York Jews are already
in Palestine finishing their training at
ic lCIltctdi "a tifG SOHtiliS SitS
has included New York City to Wind
sor N. S.; to London, to Palestine,
pausng en- route for training.
Since Monday, when the contribu-
tions of Baltimore and Washington to
the fifth contingent arrived, the life of
the legionaries has been a round Of
feasts and celebrations in the Ghetto
sections Of Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Yesterday noon, after being .feted
lavishly at their headquarters, 205 East
Broadway, they marched through the
East Side on their way to the British
recruiting mission on Forty second
Street. Their only music was the
cheers of the thousands massed along
the streets, showering them with COM
fort kits, flowers, tobacco and candy.
Humming the "Hatikva," their new
national anthem, the legionaries
marched down Fifth Avenue to Twenty
third Street, turning and boarding the
Sixth Avenue elevated. They alighted
at Cortland Street
At Pier Ia wall of women, men
and children, six and seven deep, re-
inforced a roped-off lane. Through this
the DICTIONARIES passed in single lie,
pausing for last embrace and hearty
kiss. Policemen on duty removed their
| hats as Isaac Marcus, an aged Hebrew
patriarch. blessed his son David, the
second of his boys to leave for Pales-
tine. and adjured him not to return
until Palestine was restored to the
Jews
New-York tribune., 1918-05-30
Kaiser at Aisne
Keeps Wife Posted

AMSTERDAM, May 29.-Emperor
William, who is on the field of battle
south of Laon, on the Aisne front, has
sent the following telegram to the
Empress at Potsdam:
civilian apparently Grown Prince
Frederick William) has to-day at
tackled the British and French on the
Chemin des Danes. The strongly con-
solidated height, after being sub
]ected to mighty artillery fire, has
been stormed by our glorious infan
try. We have crossed the Aisne and
are approaching the Vesle.
Fritz probably Prince Etel Fred
erlck, another of the Kaser's sons).
with the First Guards Infantry Di,
vision, was one of the first to reach
the Aisne. The 28th Division also has
again distinguished itself. The Brit
New-York tribune., 1918-05-30
Billion and a Half
Is Americas Bill
During May for War

WASHINGTON, May 29.-Govern-
ment war expenses, including loans to
the Allies, will run above $1,000 900, ,0OC
this month and set new high record
for any belligerent nation.
Expenditures reported to-day by the
Treasury show that the governments
outlays in the last month have taken a
jump of more than 100000 900 above
the normal rate in the past, and they
promise to 60 steadily higher in the
next six months
To Spend $1,000, ,O00O in Six Months
Tentative estimates now arc that
S11 ,000,O00,000 will be spent between
next July /, the opening of the new
fiscal year. and December 81. The
greater part of this must be raised by
the fourth Liberty Loan in October or
November, which President Wilson in
his revenue address before Congre IS
explained would be the biggest popular
credit ever offered.
SO far as officials are able to es-
innate at this time, more than S25 ,OOO,-
100000 will be spent by the govern
ment In the next fiscal year, nearly
twice as much as in the year ending a
month from Friday This figure is
based on the belief that after monthly
expenditures reach S2,0OO 100000 they
will be limited by the output of Amer.
lcan industries and the carrying cap
acity of available ocean tonnage.
These calculations may be modified
from time to time, Treasury officials
explain, IN keeping with the progress
in the industrial development Of the
country and the shipping programme,
But in providing in advance for re-
venue to meet the huge war expenses,
Congress will be called Oh to con-
slider the maximum obligations which
the government may be required to
meet
May Expenses sl,O67 100000
Examination to-day Of recent ex-
penses showed that so-called ordinary
exper ltures for May, including prac-
tically all outlays of the government
except loans 20 allies, will be approx
mately s1,O67,oOo,OoO Actual pay
ments to allies during the month are
set at about $3.50, 1000, about $780,
100000 more than in any previous
month this year, but somewhat less
than IN most of the fall and winter
months last year. The increase was
interpreted as an indication that ship
ping facilities are becoming better,
since the sum which the Allies can
spend in this country is limited large
ly by the amount of war materials they
can import. Payments are made only
to meet actual needs from time to
time.
Another record has been made this
month in revenue receipts which will
amount to about $3.50, 100000 by the
end of the week, more than in any
previous month. About $3.50, 100000
of this sum came from advance paw
ments of income and excess profits
taxes, due June 15
New-York tribune., 1918-05-30
Whole Division Held
For Accosting Women

PETERSBURG. Va, May 2a.-oficers
and men of the 37tn (Ohio Nationa!
Guard Division arc confined to Camp
Lee indefinitely under an order issued
to- day by Major General FaMesworth.
camp commander The order followed
the posting of ar official bulletin at
headquarters calling attention to the
fact that men of the division when on
leave had accosted women on the street
and had called to others in passing
automobiles
New-York tribune., 1918-05-30
China Orders Envoy
To Protest to Toxic
,Bv The Associated pyess)

PEKING. May 24.-Thc Chinese Am
bassador at TOXIC has been instructed
to protest to the Japanese government
against the transfer to Japan by Rus
sia of section OF the Chinese eastern
railway. near the Sungari River.
An official announcement from Toxic
received in Washington November 3.
said Japan and the Russian govern
ment, then under control of Premier
kcrcnsky, had agreed to tho purchase
by Japan OF a section of the Chinese
Eastern Railway between Kwan Chcng-
tse. near Chang Chun, in Manchuria,
and the Sungari River
New-York tribune., 1918-05-30
Enemy in Finland
Lays Railway to
Mourrna,ask Coast
lBu The Associatod Pres.

'By The Associated Press)
MOSCOW, Friday, May 24-The Ger
mans are laying a railway from the
Finnish frontier to Petchenga Bay, on
the Mourmansk coast, according to an
Arcnangel dispatch to the "Nasim
Slovo"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-30

ish and French w<re completely sur
prised. Our losses are small. To-
morrow we shall make further prog
ress,
God has granted us splendid
victory and will help further Greet
inps."
New-York tribune., 1918-05-30
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Detroit Plant Ships
l,O00th Liberty Engine

DETROIT. May 29--The 1oooth 1;h
crty airplane engine produced br
locaS motor company was shipned r.
the factory here to-day, Just vesr
rom the day the blue prints which
'ormed the Liberty motor design were
sent to Washington
Production of the Liberty engine. it
idly. ~" ''p'
New-York tribune., 1918-05-30
The Weather Report

WASHINGTON. May 2o.-Pressure has fall.r
I'D the North and Northwest, with the principa
centre OF disturbances Northern saskatche
wan. In the Southwest pressure has risen. Will,
III the East and South it remains moderately hirh
Showers and thunderstoms continued through
out the West e1cep; in the Pacific states and
aiso III the lake region and the middle Atlantic
states. In New England. Ohio and the South the
weather was generally fair
II Is considerably cooler In New England ana
the middle Atlantic states. and high Temperature.
continue In the Ohio Valley and the Sou,b T.,
@ ,s.e 'sAe region and the upper Mississinn V.u.v
tsnperatures changed but little while in The w,
'''rs nave risen. except III the extreme Southwe.t
mere VIII he showers Thursday from tho Uhn
sAicy ana lake region eastward followed ~
pstuy cloudy weather Friday While IN The So,.1
Se"efahy fAr weather will continue VN'''
Forecasts for Special lecaittes-Eas,.n x.u
rciE rork, southern New Englano-Showers Thursd,v
Western New York Western p.,rs,,..
showers THURSDAY; Friday partly cloudy. "''a
49, Northern New England showers Tb,,sd,,
thursday night. Friday partly CLOUDY VI
Ne" Jersey. Unsettled Thursday ,,roh.,,,, IT,,
showcts; Friday partiy cloudy " al
Eastern OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES rhured.v. rt,
partly cloudy. 'lioaS
local onlciai Record. Tho following orYirial Yec
oIu from Tue weather Bureau shows fcmnerati,,.s
curing the last twenty four hours in coinns rfsou
WIN the corresponding date Of last year '''''
New-York tribune., 1918-05-30

i. ~ miShest temperature yesterday 70 degrees f.,
:. .oo y. M lowest IS lat 10 D. m avcr.,a
date fof thirty y,thsee wears. g. ''"s' same
Humidity
a ME D. n% es q s, -
Barometer Readings
. d N .seio p. m..,30ei "a "a
., .eesI onlcai vesecast.-1oca .hovrrs tod.
'o'@offow partly cloudy. moderate wixk
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1918-09-20

railroad is a comparatively new means
of transportation. 1t has been only
about so years since the first railroad
locomotive vas placed in operation.
In their beginning railroads we're
merely local affairs; no n foresaW
they would become the great arteries
Of commerce that they are today. In
their rapid growth it was but natural
that injustices should creep in. There
was discrimination between shippers,
whereby some shippers were built up
at the expense of others. This was n
of the principal causes Of the enact
ment of the act to regulate commerce.
in 1887, and by the amendments to
that act in 1906 and 1910 dlscrimina'
ton as between individual shippers
was practically eliminated. Now we
have the question of discrimination as
between commodities in different
PARTS of the country, which likewise
should be ended.
st. Louis, Kansas City and Missouri
are Disseminated against in the pres
ent adjustment Of rates, No city or
state can prosper as it should until
such a disadvantage is overcome.
Through rate determinations the ST..
Louis and Kansas City gateways have
been partially closed, and Missouri,
which is midway between the North,
South, East and West, and by reason
of its location should have an advan-
tage in rates possessed by no other
state, IS made to suffer because those
in control Of transportation facilities,
while those facilities were in private
hands, have made the Chicago gateway
the favorite, to the prejudice Of the St.
Louis and Kansas City gateways. Rail
roads are now under Federal control,
and are being operated by the United
States government. As chief counsel
for the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, It was my privilege to advocate
that the government take over the
railroads, for transportation is a gov
eminent function, and that function
should be exercised, in a time of war
particularly, by the-government itself,
rather than through the agencies of
private corporations.
During the next two years, in all
probability, there will be a readjust-
ment of these rates, and there should
be a wedding out of any inequalities or
determinations that may exist. This
readiustment will, in a measure at
least, likely be under the supervision
of the Senate Committee on Interstate
Commerce, in connection with the
Railroad Administration.
If l can be of material service in aid
ing the people of Missouri in obtaining
that justice in transportation rates to
which they are entitled, if elected
pledge them my best efforts to that
end.
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Folk is known for his record.
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AND
HARRISON SAY WHY
VOTERS SHOULD
UPHOLD PRESIDENT

Folk in his great speech before the
Democratic convention said that,
while partisan politics, as the Presi-
dent has said, is adjourned, yet there
were reasons why the wisest thing to
do Is to elect Democrats to the Sen
ate and House; and he quoted Roose-
welt and President Harrison in sup
port of this position.
In the fall of '9S, after the fighting
was over, but before the peace treaty
with Spain was signed, the election
came on, and Theodore Roosevelt
urged people to sustain the admins
tration by electing Republicans thus:
Remember that whether you will
or not, your votes this year will be
viewed by the nations OF Europe from
one standpoint only. They will draw
no fine distinctions. Your refusal to
support the President this year will,
in their eyes, be a refusal to sustain
the Efforts Of our Peace Commission
to secure the fruits of the war"
And EX-President Harrison used
the same argument in this form:
1.-THE word goes forth that the peo-
pie Of the United States are standing
sOlidly behind the President, the task
of the Peace Commissioners would
be easy; but If there is a break in
the ranks, If Democratic Senators,
COnTessmen and Governors are elect
ed, Spain will see in it a CLEAN of
hope"
II these we're sound arguments
then, they come with ~re-doubled force
now, The people seemed to approve
them then and sustained the Presi.
dents party by a large majority. The
reasons are a thousand times strong
er for sustaining the President now
10y choosing men of his party.-Shel-
bina Democrat.
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Folk UrgesW Wilson Support
Continued from preceding pgae.>

The railroads, While in private
hands, made a practice Of s%uppressing
water competition by reducing their
rates so low the water carriers could
rot compete, and then. when the water
carriers were forced out Of business,
the railroads would raise the rates
again, thus recouping what was lost.
The individually owned or weakly fl
nanced water carrier could not COM
pete with the great aggregations Of
capital composing railroad corpora
tons, and so it came about that in the
development Of the railroads our in
land waterways were virtually elimi-
mated as transportation agencies.
Under government control Of rail
roads the policy will be to encourage
water competition, not to destroy it.
We need all of the railroads we have;
we need all Of the railroads that can
be built; we need also to use our wa
terways to their fullest extent in order
to carry troops, foodstuffs and war
supplies during the war and transport
the product Of a great and growing
country after the war is ended.
The railroads and waterways, both
agencies of transportation, should be
co-ordinated under governmental op-
Grafton. Surely if the government fl
nancos the railroads, which it does not
own, it should finance the waterways,
which it does own,
When this policy Of the administra-
ton is carried out the Mississippi and
Missouri rivers will assume an impor-
lance in transportation such as they
never had before, even in their palmi-
est days.
America must make ready for that
economic era that will be upon US
when the battle flags are furled. The
organized energies of the nations now
at wal will be at their height, and
their scientific application to industry
will be at the maximum. In order for
America to keep pace with this after
the-war commercial development, there
must be coordination of all our activi-
ties; and during the war commerce
should be kept up, for no useful indus
try is unnecessary unless it i~nterferes
with the conduct Of the war. We are
in this war and we must see it through
to a victorious conclusion; we must
supply all Of the arms and equipment
that we a transport to Europe; and
We must build ships as rapidly as pos
sible; we must keep our manufactur-
ing organizations in good running or
der; and we must prepare for the com.
petition in foreign markets that will
occur after the war.
With the building up of the mer
chant marine brought about during the
war by this administration, the com
merce of the United States should bt
extended TO the remotest parts Of civil
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FOLK SHOULD BE ELECTED
Administration Needs Hlm-Has Un.
Improbable Record Of Service,
Says Columbia Times.

Two months from today the people
Of Missouri will elect a United States
Senator to fill the unexpired term Of
the late William ]. Stone. They will
have the opportunity of electing a man
who not only belongs to the same
party as President Wilson, but who
stands with him in all of his policies.
Why should not every Missourian, re.
CARELESS Of party, vote for Joseph w.
Folk?
By electing him Missouri will send
to the Senate a man whose training
and experience and whose capacity for
handling great governmental problems
qualify him for a seat in the high coun.
sells of the nation. He is courageous.
able, and has a record of service to
state and nation that is unimpeach.
able.
President Wilson needs Senators
who are in full accord with him. Ger.
tainiy no senatorial nominee is a more
staunch supporter of the President
than Joseph w. Folk.
We are for him, not only because
he is the nominee CT the Democratic
party, but because he is truly repre-
sentative of the people of Missouri
Columbia Times.
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o AND NATION
IN HAVING
FOLK FOR SENATE
New York Times.

Missouri, the Democratic party
and the country are to be congratu-
lated upon the victory, In the Demo-
cratic primaries, of Mr., Joseph w.
Folk, candidate for the Democratic
nomination for United States sena-
tor.
MIR. Folk is a lawyer Of ability
and distinction, who has held i'm
portant legal posts at Washington
and was Governor of Missouri for
four years. He has long had a ma
tionaI reputation. He acquired It
by his prosecution of official cor
ruptlon In st. Louis. If some Of his
policies of innovation or reform are
of doubtful value, nome the less he
has public respect for his attach
ment to honest government. He is
fit to be senator.-New York
Times.