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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-09
CHCAGO'S PACKING
PLANT W0RKMEN CO
ON GENERAL STRIKE
EMPLOYMENT OF NON.UNION NE.
GROES SAID TO BE CAUSE OF
WAIKOUT OF $4,000

Chicago, Aug, S.--A general strike
OF 3S,SOO employees at the packing plants
in the union stockyards began at 8
o'clock this morning The action fol
lowed the decision of the stocltyards la
Dor council last night to call a general
strike unless the state troops and 30
lice guards We're withdrawn immediate.
ly from the plant. The strike was pre-.
cipitated by the return of 5 1000 negroes
to work yesterday.
The dispute according to labor lead.
ers, is over the employment of non
union negroes, rather than race hatred.
Many of the negroes, it is said. have
refused to join the unions. The men
walked out quietly and no disturbances
We're reported 1t is said that several
thousands of the negro non-union work.
men remained at their posts.
There was practically no trading in
livestock here today. Even before the
beginning of the strike the buyrs for
the packing houses held off, awaiting
developments.
The first workmen to walk out were
400 pork cutters in the plant of the c.
II. Hammond Packing Company. State
troops were withdrawn from the plants
and mobilized in Dexter pavilion, near
the entrance of the stockyards. to be
held for emergency duty in the various
plants.
While the thousands of white en-
ployes We're walking out, n large mum
Der of negro men and women applied
for employment at the different plants.
Two thousand workers in the smaller
packing plants joined the men employed
by Armour n Company, Swift 4 Com
pany, Morris & Company and Wilson &
Company in the walkout. Among the
smaller plants affected were the John
Agar Company, the Brennan Packing
Company and the Independent Packing
Officers of the stockyards labor coun-
ell said today that about 1000 negroes
have been employed by the different
packers in Chicago and that of this
number 5000 are union men and walked
)ut with the white workers. 1t is said
nat 5000 non.union negroes remained
1t work under police guard.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-09
.BL AN TON INTRODUCES
RESOLUTION DECL AIRING
A "STATE OF ANARCHY"

Washington, Aug. S.--A joint resolu
ton declaring that a state of anarchy
exists in the United States, and author
izing the president to free interstate
mails and traffic from further unaw-
ful Interference and to adequately pro.
tect citizens in their property rights, -
was introduced today by Representative
Blanton, democrat, Texas
No mention was made of the rail.
road strike, but the resolution declar-
ed That through organized efforts the
proper transmission of interstate mails,
telegraphic communication and inter.
state traffic has been interfered with
retarded, and in many instances forci
bly, prevented altogether, thereby hamp-
ering, crippling and attempting to de-
stroy the industries of the United
States
AS result of open brigandage,
hitherto tolerated, demands have been
made upon the government of the Uni
ted states to pay out of the peoples
treasury into the hands of a special
class public money to the extent of bill
lions of dollars" it continued, with
threat of revolution against the gov
ernment of the United States unless
such demands are complied with, which
conditions create and establish a state
of anarchy in the United States.
THE president is hereby authorized"
it said, in conclusion ito employ the
entire naval and military forces of the
United States and the resources of the
government to destroy such anarchy.
prevent any interference with the pro
per transmission of interstate mails,
telegraph communication and inter
traffic; that he shall make secure all
citizens in their private property rights
and the rights and privileges to work
without molestation."
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-09
BELGIAN KING TO MAKE
COMPLETE TOUR OF AMERICA

Brussels, Thursday, Aug. "Details
of King Albert's trip to America have
not been fully arranged, but it is prob
able that he will start about the middle
of September and will not return until
his presence here is necessary because
of the Belgian elections. According to
present plans, he will make a complete
swing of the country and will be ac-
companied by his son, Prince Leopold
Cardinal Mercier will start for Ameri.
ca on September 4, or September S,
and probably will be gone until the end
of October.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-09
COLOMBIAN OIL-LAND
EDICT CAUSING HOLD.UP
OF TREATY WITH l.. s

Washington. August s.-A presiden.
tial decree issued by the Colombian
government last June 20. declaring the
petroleum land of Colombia to be "the
property of the nation was laid before
the senate foreign relations committee
today and resulted in indefinite post
ponement of committee approval Of the
Colombian treaty.
Under the decree, a copy of which
was sent to the committee by the state
department. vast American oil holdings
in Colombia would be threatened with
-confiscation. members Of the committee
said. The closest government super
vision in all oil Operations is required
under a complicated licensing system.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-09
DEMAND IS MADE FOR
SURRENDER Of FIRST
HUN SLATED FOR TRIAL

London. Aug. S.-The surrender OF
General kruska commander of the
German prison camp at Kaiser has
been demanded by the allies as the first
of the enemy officials to be tried for
violation of international law during
the war according to a Copenhagen
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
company, quoting Berlin advices.
General kruska is accused of having
been responsible for an epidemic of
typhus fever at the Kaiser camp, which
caused the deaths of 5000 French pris-
oners.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-09
FOUR FOREIGNERS TAKEN
IN NEW YORK CHARGED
WITH CRIMINAL ANARCHY

New York Aug. S.-Charged with
criminal anarchy under an old section
of the penal CODE four men were ar
rested here today by detectives of the
bomb squad, after Il raid on their apart
ment in the Bronx. Much anarchistic
literature and a loaded revolver were
found in the apartment.
According to the detectives. the four
men, all Firms and three of them claim.
ing to be carpenters. have distributed a
large quantity of revolutionary propa-
CANDY among foreign-born workmen in
the United States. This literature urged
that violent measure b. used to over
throw the government.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-09
Toward Rhineland Republic

Cologne. Thursday. Aug. 7-An exec
utive committee formed with the pur-
pose of furthering the establishment Of
a Rhineland republic was formally
constituted last evening. The commit
tee han decided to launch strong
propaganda Immediately and to get In
touch with oil the existing workers or.
ganizations.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-09
Red Cross Busy i'm BudapeSt

Paris. Thursday, Aug. THE Amer
lean Red Cross unit which volunteered
for service accompanied .he Rumanian
troops in their advance on Budapest. ac-
cording to advices received here today.
The fighting was sever. the hospitals
at Cradoa and Mara alone receiving l.
200 wounded.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-09
WILSON DECLARES
VICIOUS PRACTICES
CAUSE HIGH COST
PRESIDENT TELLS CONGRESS- EN-
ISTING LAWS NOT ADEQUATE
TO CORRECT ABUSES

"The prices the people Of this
country are paying for everything
that Is necessary for them to use In
order to live are NOT JUSTIFIED
BY A SHORTAGE IN SUPPLY,
EITHER PRESENT OR PROS
PECTIVE, and are in many eases
artificially and deliberately created
by vicious practices which ought to
he Immediately checked by law.
They constitute IA burden upon uI
which il more unbearable because
we know that ii Is willfuily imposed
by those who have the power, and
that it CAN BY VIGOROUS PUB
Lie ACTISN BE GREATLY
LIGHTENED and made to square
with the actual conditions of sup
ply and demand. Some of the
methods by which these prices are
produced are ALREADY ILLEGAL,
SOME OF THEM CRIMINAL, and
those who employ them will be en-
ergetically proceeded against; but
others have not vet been brought
under the law, and should be dealt
with at once by Legislation" n."-E'rOm
President Wilson's speech to con-
gress this afternoon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-09
GERMANY MAY ISSUE SIN
BILLION MARKS, NEW CASH

Weimar. Wednesday. Aug. ca bill
was presented in the German national
assembly today under the terms of
which the finance minister will be au
thorized to issue 5000 900 900 marks in
treasury warrants and new money dur
ing the coming year. The purpose OF
the bill is to make fluid and strengthen
temporarily the ordinary cash supply
of the imperial treasury.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-09
L. 5. ARMY STORES TO
BE SOLD TO FRANCE FOR
400 MILLION DOLLARS

Paris, Aug. S.-An agreement for the
sale of American army stocks in France
for s400.0O0.00O was signed yesterday,
says Marcel Hutin in the Echo de
Paris. He declares that arrangements
We're made for a longtime credit, so
that France will not have to bear the
high rate of exchange which prevails
at present.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-09

Mr. Harben. whose literary signature
was "Will N. Harben," was the author
Of many novels, his scenes being laid
chiefly in the section of Georgia where
he grew up and where he lived during
most of his life. William Dean Howels
said Of Mr.. Harben that he was unsur-
passed as a fictional delineator of the
life Of his southern neighbors.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-09
WILL. n. HARDEN, GEORGIA
NOVELIST. DIES IN NEW YORK

New York, Aug. S.-William Nathan
iel Harden, author and associated ed
itor Of The Youths Companion, is dead
at his home here after a brief illness.
Mr. Harden, who was born in Dalton,
Ga, in 1858, is survived by his widow
and two children.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-09
Caught With the Goods

From Okmulgee came the complaint
of a man who said he was offered l.2
cents "A pound for onions, and in a few
minutes when he inquired the selling
price of the same commodity he was
told that it was 10 cents a pound.
A Tulsa man asked a retailer to or.
der pair of woman's shoes. When
delivered, the jobber's bill to the re-
taller went to the ultimate consumer by
mistake. The retailer was charged
$3.50 for the shoes. The customer went
to the store and asked how much he
must pay for the shoes and was told
that the selling price was s17. He dis.
played the wholesalers bill and told
the retailer to take the shoes and
Jump into the Arkansas"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-09
Warm Off the Wire

Paris, Aug. S.-The presence of Pre-
mier Clemenceau at the first general
assembly of the League of Nations at
Washington is strongly urged in Amer
lean quarters, according to Marcel HUI
tin OF the Echo de Paris, who said his
informant is a French statesman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-09
Ratify Peace Treaty

the peace terms may be changed, SAID
the president, referring to his plea for
early ratification of the treaty so that
the country may be turned back from
a war basis, "or may be held long in
abeyance or may not be enforced be-
cause of divisions of opinion among the
powers associated against Germany. it
Is idle TO look for permanent relief"
Surplus stocks of food and clothing
in the hands of the government. the
president said would be sold and boards
of food in private hands would be
force out under the existing provisions
of the food control law.
Dealers eager to reap a harvest of
rising prices who had accumulated
boards. the president said. would now
"see the disadvantage as well as the
danger of holding off from the new pro-
cesses of distribution
The normal operation of the laws of
supply and demand, the president said.
had been set at naught in the cases of
many necessary commodities. He cited
the figures of the federal trade com
mission showing rising prices in the
face of greater stocks of food than
were on hand in the country a year ago.
rhe pending bill to regulate securities
issues the president referred to as a
measure which would do much to
STOP speculation and to prevent the
fraudulent methods Of promotion by
which our people are annually fleeced
of many millions Of hard-earned money"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-09

Rio Janeiro, Thursday. Aug. Prof.
Frederic j. Stimson, United States am
bassador to Argentina, left here today
for Buenos Aires after having attended
the Inauguration of President Pessoa as
the special representative of President
Wilson. In bidding goodbye to the
ambassador, President Pessoa renewed
his expression of thanks for the distinc
tons accorded him by the United States
government during his visit in that
country.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-09
Mark Cost Price?

Require the retailer to mark in
figures his cost price and his So
price, and see how quickly the BN
works of the profteering armyoN =,
'crumble,' was one of the suggoSa -.
81 would make it felony to chai
orbitant prices. If necessary to
mon the legislature in special session
pass such a law, the expense connect
with the session would be trivial as corr
pared with the saving effected 1t il
immediately taken. If a man is thief
and his friends and neighbors do not
know it, he will likely continue in such
practices and get away with it. But lr
it is apparent on the face of things that
he is gouging his friends and neigh ghbors
he won't have the courage to continue
long"
Governor Robertsons desk has been
flooded with an avalanche of letters and
kilograms since Monday, when the couu.
ty attorneys conference was called
The county prosecutors are in session
today endeavoring to settle upon def.
mite plan of statewide prosecution. The
discussion of the evil and the sugges
ton of remedies has a wide range. That
will be done and that quickly,
is apparent from the tone of the con.
versationS overheard by everyone who
discusses or rather "cusses" the prof.
iteer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-09

Hartford, Conn, Aug. S.-The Cath.
olic Total Abstinence Union of America,
in annual convention here, has adopt.
ed a resolution to t'1e effect that-1the
United States would stultify itself if
it adopted a peace to be consummated
hat "disregarded the rights of the Irish
people, the most outraged people of all
the earth" Another resolution declared
that equal suffrage would give assur.
ance of continuance of the national pro.
hibition amendment.
Binghamton, N. Y, Aug. S-Miss
Fannie j. Sparks, one OF the best known
missionaries in the Methodist Episcopal
church, and who served 20 years as
missionary to India, died at her home
here Yesterday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-09
Presidents Recommendations

Further. the president recommended
a federal licensing system for corporal
tons engaged in interstate commerce
which would embody regulations to in
sure competitive selling and prevent
unconscionable profits in the method OF
marketing.
He also urged prompt passage of the
law pending to control security issues.
Making an appeal for the ratification
of the peace treaty to turn the country
from Il war basis, the president said:
There can be no peace prices SO
long as our whole financial and eco
nomic system is on a war basis
"A process has set in" the president
told congress, which is likely, unless
something is done, to push prices and
rents and the whole cost of living
higher and yet higher in vicious cycle
to which there is no logical or natural
end.
Some of the methods by which these
prices are produced are already Illegal.
some of them criminal. and those who
employ them will he energetically pro
ceeded against: but others have not
yet been brought under the law and
should be dealt with at once by legisla-
ton"
Demands for increase of wages, ac.
companying the rising costs of living,
the president said were justified ''if there
be no other means of enabling men to
ii,a
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-09

Washington, Aug. 8. - Addressing
congress today and proposing remedies
to check the high cost of living, Presi
dent Wilson declared that existing laws
were inadequate and that high prices
were not justified by shortage of sup
plies, present or prospective, but were
created in many cases "artificially and
deliberately by vicious practices"
The president recommended that the
food control act be extended to peace
time operation and that congress ex-
clude from interstate as well as intra-
state shipment goods which did not
comply with its provisions.
The president also recommended that
the food law be provided with a substan-
tial penalty for profiteering and that
a cold storage law be enacted modelled
after the law in New Jersey, by which
n time limit is placed on cold storage
He also recommended that all goods
released from cold storage be marked
with the price prevailing when they
went into storage.
He further recommended that goods
in interstate commerce be marked with
the prices at which they left the pro
ducer
1t would serve as a useful example,
the president suggested if congress en-
act legislation to control the situation
in the District of Columbia, where it
has unlimited authority.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-09
ACCURACY AND DISPATCH

In the transaction Of financial affairs are
Indispensable to the man who regards
time as his most valuable asset
Guaranty State Bank Of ArdmOre.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-09

The adequate facilities and alert or
ganiaation of this institution guarantee
both In the fullest measure. The true
test OF our Service is in. its use.
Guaranty State Bank of Ardmore.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-09
WHY NOT MARK
COST AND SALE
PRICE ON GOODS?
THIS IDEA MAY BE CONSIDERED
AT COUNTY ATTORNEYS CON.
FERENCE TODAY
Especial TO The Ardmoreite)

Oklahoma City. Aug. S.--Governor
Robertson announced late yesterday az.
ternoon that he will reorganize the
state council of defense down to its
most minute detail" to deal with prof.
iteerinS and speculation in necessities
OF life. The new council of defense is
made up of state officials, with John A.
Whitehurst, president of the state board
of agriculture, as its chairman and II.
K Christopher secretary to Governor
Robertson, as secretary, Outstanding
developments in the profiteering battle
today are:
At the capitol:
Conference of county attorneys TO
deal with law violators.
Council of housewives of Oklahoma
city to organize Il consumers league to
aid in curbing profiteerng.
Probable meeting of state council OF
defense and decision to reorganize coun-
ty councils to aid in the fight.
In Oklahoma City:
County attorney proposes special SEES
sion of legislature to pass law to limit
profits on necessities to 10 per cent.
Morris 4 Company announce that
their plant and books are open for in
spection by city. county or state Off
cials.
Three railways entering Oklahoma
City placed embargo on freight traffic;
in one instance this was modfied--by
the Frisco, and it was reported to have
been raised by the Rock Island The
Fort Smith & Western is said to have
refused shipments except such as it
could deliver on its own or to joint lines.
Various Methods Suggested
In view of the conference today of all
of the county attorneys of the state,
called by Governor Robert son tn dis.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-08-09

In view of the conference today of all
OF the county attorneys of the state,
called by Governor Robertson to dis
cuss means of curbing profiteering and
speculation in necessities, the profiteer
has been the chief subject of discussion
among the heads of departments, en-
ployes and visitors at the state house.
Various methods have been suggested
as means of halting the practice of
gouging by dealers in necessities and
publicity is regarded as one of the most
effective weapons,
Evening journal., 1919-04-16
COFFEE HOUSES TO
SUCCEED SALOONS

NEW YORK, April ie.-Unitod Press
Confident that. with the passing Of hard
liquors, coffee Will become the national
drink OF America, 400 coffee traders In
this country are co-operotlng With
planters In South America In plans TO
encourage consumption OF this bev-
erage. II Is planned 10 spend si2OO'-
600 in advertising coffee drinking In
the United States. The advertising cam
paign will last four years. Brazilian
coffee interests are especially inter-
esied IN the scheme.
Establishment OF coffee houses as so
clal centers 10 replace the saloon VIII
also be advocated by the boosters OF
the coffee campaign. They point out
the fact that the cost OF a cup OF eN-
oellent> non Intoxicating Mocha or Java
is negligible compared 10 the present
price OF strong drink. And. In pinch'
coffee Jag" win serve the same pur-
pose as the other.
Coffee dealers at two conventions,
one az Chicago April 2, and the other
at Cleveland yesterday unanimously
decided TO back the campaign
Evening journal., 1919-04-16
D. A. R. FOR CLOSER
UNION WITH BRITAIN

WASHINGTON, April i6 - United
Press.-"A closer union" between the
United States and Great Britain was
urged in a resolution presented at the
Congress Of the Daughters OF the Amer
ican Revolution by Mrs. George May
nard Minor. Of Connecticut. yice-prcs-
ident general and candidate for prcsl-
dent general next year.
The resolution was referred 10 COM
mittees without being voted on.
In presenting tho resolution Mrs.
Minor said:
The people OF Great Britain and
America should be once more united
in the bonds Of lasting friendship. Tho
men Of England and the United states
having fought side by side In the
trenches. Il Is fitting. therefore. that
We. who are descendants OF the British
empire should urge a closer union be-
tween the two countries"
She urged that copies OF the resolu-
tion already passed by Ohio and Con-
nectlcut, be sent to King George and
Premier Lloyd George.
4 resolution asking that September
6. birthday Of General La Fayette, be
made a national holiday was also re-
ferred 20 committee.
Evening journal., 1919-04-16
HUGHES CLEAR OF
TRACTION SCANDAL

WASHINGTON, April i6 - United
Press. Emphatic denial OF charges
made at Albany that he had been paid
$4,000 by traction interests 10 appear
at the legislative hearing on the Car
son-Nfartin bill, was made today by
former Governor Charles Z. Hughes, OF
New York.
His statement follows:
II have read tho preposterous state
ment published in the report OF the
Albany hearing that I had been paid
$4,000 by the traction interests 10 ap-
pear at the legislative hearing on the
Carson-Nfartin bill.
There Is not a word of truth In T..
II have not been retained by the trac-
ton interests and have not received a
dollar from them. The fact Is that ]
was asked by the four life insurance
companies. the Equitable. New YORK
Life. Mutual and Metropolitan, which
are large holders OF traction bonds-to
represent them at the public hearing
before the legislative committee ana 10
make an argument in support or the
bin especially on tho constitutional
questions involved. This has been my
only connection with the matter.
II may add that have not received
a fee or rendered a bill and, when l
do IL will be Of course simply a reason
able charge for my legal service.
aside from the public hearing
have not had any communication win
anv member Of the legislature on the
matter" c.,
Hughes said he was here on SUI
nreme Court case and expects to re-
inrn 10 New York tomorrow, morning