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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-14
WASHINGTON. June 13.-Morc

WASHINGTON. June 13.-Morc
an $4,000. .O0O,0 900 of now funds
must be provided by private lnltla-
tive in the next few months II iho
United States is TO continue lis cN-
port trade at the present high level
it was estimated today By the fed
era reserve board in tho June issue
of the federal reserve bulletin.
Cognizahce was taken OF the doubt
expressed by some experts that the
existing level can be maintained
without serious financial strain.
With the supply Of capital short OF
world requirements. additional lona
term credits 10 Europe would de-
prvie this country Of needed money,
while failure TO extend credit might
result in shortened industry and
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China tho cost Of ton ot coal d' '''
PIT mouth Is "a cents.
The Chinese must eventually demand
a place in III" European. labor marN''.
competing with :~~ur hiEhly-paid ,aoo[
md onr inhnil ,ighcr ST tandards Of
I,yinr Ho-e that problem u bc
solved? =
Then again. there is India. with
nonulatjon Of moro than 100000 Oo"
souls dcprndcnt Upon Britain for their
future and already beginning to turn
towards suriul. industrial. and poiill'al
irycluomcnt How ar" the natives o.
India rn be controlled when the cuca-
,innal syst cm in that country has cN-
paudch and carried them stage lur-
lhcr on the upward road along which
even now. We are cndcavorinE TO guide
fhrm?
hold that this tremendous problem
is only capable of solution by giving to
all races however insignificant. what
de proudly regard aS@British freedom
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toned TO less food, and expect fewer
comfortA.
CninaS vast Resources.
The fact that properly handled. they
can easily be led and trained to nsw
tasks makes them the more formidable
as competitors, provided that the direct
ing brains can be found To organize
their work
That those Of them who have bH'n
brought to France have learned much
can scarcely be doubted. and lh"Ich
their numbers may b. small They can
not fail to carry back with them NV
Ideas and new amb tIons
This enormous recruiting ground for
labor, the exploitation OF when has
scarcely begun. exists SIDE BY side with
great mineral resources. In china vast
coalficlds exist sufficient Ia pr"Vid"
with case coal to meet the n"cds"f the
whole world for a thousand years. |
have seen it stated that in parts of
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-14
GREAT VICTORY
FOR ANT|-REDS
IN THE URALS

OMSK, Friday. June s. Russian Teie-
granhic Agency (-On tn" northern cnd
OF the front west OF tho trails. inc 81
b,rian troops have captured GlazoV ana
are advancing towardd Elatka. an OH
cial announcement says. ON the Sontn-
crn front there is fighting near Sarapul
and near I-fa. Tho statement from the
Siberian general staff reads;
The Siberian army continues tho Of
fersiye in the direction of Nitka.
I'VE have crossed tho river (Tchc-
ptsa) north of Glascov, which We cap
turcd. and are continuing our advance
taking prisoners and war material
"A battle is being waG"d north OF
Sarapul. Detachmcnts of tn" rcd army
tried TO cross the river Biclaya near
Cia, but were rcpulSCl.
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Rushing Debs to Atlanta Prison
Three Billions of Funds Needed
To Keep Business at High Level

The trcasury's advances to foreign
countries have been limited TO
$4,000. 100000. of which s9,1oO'ooo'
900 has been eApendcs and most OF
the remaining $5O0,OO0,ooO allocated.
An export credit Of $l,Ooo.OOV'oOo
may be made available through the
war finance corporation. the director
of which, Eugene Meyer, Jr.. is now
in Europe studying the economic
situation.
Accordingly, it was estimated that
means must be- found To tlnance
about $500 100000 Of now obliga-
ticns and 10 renew perhaps s6"",
OO0. 900 Of old oncs--a gigantic. prob
ably an unprecedented financial,
problem. tho board remarked, but
one expected to be solved.
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TURKS STANDING OUT
FOR CONSTANTINOpLE

PARIS. Juno 15.-CRy The Associated
press)-Thcre has been nc commun'ca-
tion as yet between officials OF the
ucace conference and the Turkish dele
cation. which Is at Vaucrcsson. under
French supervision. The restrictions
about the Turks arc the sam" ms thoSc
at st. Gcrmain and Versailles.
The Turks it is understood S'aho
firmly for the retention Of the ottoman
government I'M Eons'anfnopl"t "h"E
arc divided about equally rs TO whether
France or Great Britain should nave
the mandate for Turkey. Th"r" has
been no mention of tho United Sf2'c'
in this connection. 1t is understood.
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City Official Released;
Threatened to Shoot Girl

P1TTsBUDRGH. June -. - Howard
J. Owens, city paymastcr. was re-
leased on $1,000 bail this afternoon aft
er a hearing this morning on charges
Of pointing firearms and surety OF the
peace, in an alleged attack on Miss
Martha Panton, % years old. at her
homo yesterday. Miss Panton tcstihcd
that owens threatened 10 shoot her
when he learned that she soon was 10
be married. Owens, who registered at
the police station as "W. J. Thompson"
is married, according TO the police.
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ENTIRE PEACE
TREATY WILL
BEREWRITTEN;
READY SUNDAY
PREPARATIONS ARE
ALL BUT UNCHANGED
New Clauses Caused By the
Silesian Plebiscite and
Polish Frontier

PARIS. June 13.-It is believed
tcday that the presentation OF
the allied answer 70 the German
counter proposals will take place
Sunday evening or Monday morn
ing.
/, is asserted that the Germans
I'll be granted eight days within
which ~ determine whether they
viii sign the treaty.
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REC|MENTAL COLORS
COME TO The STATE

CHARLESTON. w. Va. June l3.-
Colors Of tho 314th and 3l5th field ar
tillery regiments Of tho Soth DIVISION
ere placed in tho stat" department or
archives and history to-day. Sergeant
Robert i. countz. of the 3l5th regiment
who lives at FoCa. West Virginia ar
rived in Charleston yesterday with these
cc!Crs, and called upon Governor Corn
we'll. and acting Adjuiant General
Thomas Davis to deliver thNm.
The receipt Of these colors, gives to
West Vlrginia all Of the colors OF tho
l55th brigade of artillery. which arc due
tho state according In the war depart
mcn,'s degree giving them to tho state
having the largest number of men en-
Listed.
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lcsscnod demand for abor at home,
also rctarding Europe's economic
recovery. which is regarded as
necessary to the rc-cstablishm"nt OF
normal conditions everywhere.
One essential in the solution yet
10 be worked out is believed to be
continued saving by the Amertcal
people 10 increase available capital.
Europe will owe the United States
this year balance OF trade OF at
least $4,000, 100000. Interest and
other returns on American holdings
Of foreign securities were estimated
hy the federal reserve board 10 be
not much below $500, 900 annual
ly, while the foreign obligations ma
turing this year will amount to be-
tween $500, 100000 and $50, ,OOO,0 900.
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TIE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, juno l3-Porecast:
Ohio-Local thunder showers Satur-
day; Sunday fair continued warm.
West Virginia and Western Pennsyl-
vania---Grrerany fair Saturday and
Sunday, little change IN temperature.
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The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1919-02-12

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genuine Mexican dinner Peoples Cafe
lil Peoples Slrott -Sll
, 1919-05-13

bonds or goods delivered by Germany
may be issued by the commission TO the
interested power, no power being entlGle
however, TO have Its certlncated divided
into more than i've pieces. AS bonds are
distributed and pass from the control OF
the commission, an amount OF Germanys
debt equivalent to their par value Is 70
be considered as iIquldated.
SHIPPING. The German government
recognizes the rIgnE OF the allies 70 the
replacement, ton for ton and class TOR
class, OF all merchant SHIPS and hSnlng
boats lost or damaged owing to the War,
and a greeS TO cede to the allies all German
merchant ships OF 1900 IONS gross and
up wards SemlcOi0n one nall or her SHIPS
between 1900 and 1000 TONS gross and
one quarter OF her steam CraWlerS and
other fishing boats. These SHIPS are tc be
delivered within UWo months 10 the re-
paratlon committee, together with docu-
nents OF titles eVldencing the transfer
OF the ships free from circumference.
AS an additional part or reparatlon.
the German Govt further agrees to
build merchant ships for the account
OF the allies 10 the amonnt OF not eX-
ceeding zoo. 900 tons gross annually
during the next five years.
All ships used for inland navigation
taken by Germany from the allies are
to be restored within two months, the
amount OF losses not covered by such
restitution TO be made up by the ceSsion
of the German river fleet up to twenty
percentsthereof
in order to effect pay mem by deliver
les in kind, Germany is required, for
a limited number Of years, varying in
the case Of each, to deliver coal, pro
ducts, dyestuffs and chemical drugs, in
specific amounts to the Preparations COM
mission. The commission may 50 modi-
fly the conditions OF delivery, as not
to interfere unduly with Germany's
industrial requirements. The delivery.
OF coal is based largely upon the prin-
ciple OF making good d%Imlnutions in the
production OF the allied countries re-
sulting from the war.
DEVASTATED AREAS. Germany
undertakes to devote her economic re-
sources directly to the physical restora-
ton OF the invaded areas. The repafa-
ton commission is authorized to require
Germany to replace the destroyed arti-
cles by the delivery OF animals, machin-
cry, etc, Existing in Germany, and to
manufacture materials required for re-
construction purposes, all with due
consideration fer G~ermany's essential
domestic requirements.
w a RYpT
, 1919-05-13

The measures which the allied and as
ISOLATED powers shall ave the right 10
take, in case Of voluntary default by Ger
many, and which Germany agrees not
to regard as acts OF war, may include
economic and financial prohibitions and
reprisals and in general such other meas
ureS as the respective Governments may
determine to be necessary in the clA cum
stances.
The commission shall consist of one
representative each of the United States,
Britain, France, Italy and Belgium, and
in certain cases Of Japan and SerVla, with
all other Allied powers entitled, When
their claims are under consideration,
to the right OF representation With
out voting power. 1t shall permit Ger
many to give evidence regarding her
capacity to pay and shall assure her a
just opportunity TO be heard. II shall
make its headquarters at Paris: Is
tabllSh its own procedure and person
mel have general control OF the whole
reparatiUn problem semicolon and become
the exclusive agency of the allies for re-
ceiving, holding, selling, and distributing
reparatiOn payments. Majority vote
hall prevail except that unanlmlty is
required on questions involving the SOW
ereign y of any of the allies, the cancel
lation Of all or part Of Germany's obi
cations, the time and manner OF selling,
distributing, and negotiating bonds is
sued by Germany, any postponement be-
tween 1921 and 1926 of annual payments
beyond 1880 and any postponement after
1926 for a period Of more than three
years, the application of a different
method of measuring damage than IN a
similar former case, and the interpreted
ton of provisions. Withdrawal from
represention is permitted on twelve
months notice.
The commission may require Germany
to give from time to time, by way of
guaranty, issues of bonds or other obi
4 cations to cover such claims as are not
Otherwise satisfied. In this connection
and on account OF the total amounts OF
claims, bond issues are presently to be
required of Germany in acknowledge
ment of its debt as follows 20, 900, 900, 900
marks gold, payable not later than May
l, 1921, without interest; 40, 600, O0O, 900
marks gold bearing two and one half per
cent interest between 1921 and 1926 and
thereafter five err cent, With a one per
cent sinking fund payment beginning in
1926; and an undertaking to deliver 4C,
600, 900, 600 marks gold bonds bearing in
terest at five per cent, under terms to be
fixed by the commission.
Interest on Germany's debt will be five
per cen. unless 9th rWise determined bv
, 1919-05-13
The Peace Treaty..
Continued from yesterday'S AVis.)
SECTION 7.
SECTION 7.
PREPARATION

PREPARATION The allied and assO-
ciated lowers affirm, and Germany &C
cepts the responsibility Of herself and
her allies for causing all the loss and
damage to which the allied and assocl-
ated Governments and their nationals
have been subjected s a consequence
Of the war imposed upon them by the
enemy states.
The total obligation Of Germany to
pay, as defined in the category OF dam
ages, is to he determined and notified
to her after a fair hearing and not later
than May LIST, 1921, by an lnter-all ed
reparation commission. At the same
time a schedule of payments 20 dis
charge the obligation within thirty years
shall be presented. These payments are
subject to postpOnement in certain con-
tingencies. Germany irrevocably recog-
nizes the full authority of this commits
sion comma agrees to supply it with all
the necessary inf rmation and to pass
legislation to effectuate it's finding. She
further agrees to restore to the allies
cash and certain articles which can be
utilized.
AS an immediate step towards restor-
alton, Germany shall pay within two
years twenty billion marks in either
gold, goods, ships, or other specific
forms of payment with the understand
ing that certain expenses such as those
of the armies of occupation and pay
ments for food and raw materials may
be deducted at the discretion of the allies.
While the grand total OF damages
assessed against Germany exceeds her
ability to pay, she undertakes TO make
compensation for all damag S caused to
civilians under seven main categOries:-
(A) damages by personal injury to civil
lians by acts of war, directly or indi ,ect-
ly. (B) damage caused to civilians by
acts of cruelty ordered by the enemy,
and to civilians in the occupied territory.
(C) damages caused by maltreatment
of prisoners. ID damages to the allied
peoples represented by pensions and
separation allowances, capitalized at
the signature of this treaty. E damages
to property other than naval or military
materials. F damage to civilians by
being forced to labour. G. damages in
the form Of levies or fines imposed by
the enemy.
la periodically estimating Germany's
capacity to pay, the reparation commits
sion shall examine the German system
of taxation, first to the end that the sums
for reparation which Germany is required
to pay shall become a charge . air her
revenues, prior to that for the service or
discharge of an domestic loan and sec
ondly SO as to satisfy itself that in gen
aVoI tbo CorpooD cobON,o Oe +o,,ot;oo =.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17

ity Of several governments Of the wor,a
to-day
In addition, Weed, the radical
cartoonist, draws for Railroad
Democracy"
A month ago, the league. SAYS. m
one dreamed the Plumb plan could
be brought widely to public as.e,.
ton in less than q year Vow tba
league expects by June, 1920. %
exert such influence upon both old
parties that they VIII write jn.o
their platform an indorsenont Of
the Plumb plan, althourh Congress
practically to a unit IS now against
the scheme.
In addition. tho loaeue believe,
it viii this fall attaa its first
objcctiyes, namely, prevent the
railroads from BENG returned 10
their private owners ana q SO pre-
vent the adoption by Congress q
plan under which the Government
will guarantee s per cent on a
$40, 900, 100000 railroad valuation
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17

eminent, and the press bureau will un-
doubtedly be a subject of inquiry to
find out in what manner it represents
the brotherhoods of railway employees
and organized labor, and by what aL
thority it puts out propaganda sup
posed to reflect the views of the mem
bcrs of these organizations.
""The new prohibition movement
the prohibition of food, clothing, shell
ter is one of the bright editorial para
graphs of Railroad Democracy An
other of its bright editorial paragraphs
reads as follows:
"'A vote by Congress for govern
ment ownership akd democracy in the
operation of railroads is superior in
technique to the Russian method. Con-
grcssmen should be permitted by their
constituents to represent them.
almost every line in the weekly
publication and in the statements pre-
pared for the public press by this
bureau is thoroughly impregnated with
the spirit Of radicalism of the same
sort that brought about Bolshevism
in Russia and is threatening the stabil-
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17

sonal friend and co-worker of William
Z. bullltt, the agent who was sup
posed to represent the American dele
CATION to the peace conference on
mission to Lenine and Trotzky. and
that unfortunate mission, together
with unexplained leaks of official
documents bearing upon relations be-
tween tnis government and the lead
ers of 1S- 2olsheviki of Russia. is
about to be made a subject of investi-
cation, 1t is reported, by the Foreign
Relations Committee of the Senate. in
connection with it's consideration Of
the peace treaty.
Herbert B. Brougham, member of
the coterie which includes Messrs
bullltt and Colcord, is the personal
assistant to Glenn E. Plumb, the lat
ter avowedly the chief propagandist
OK the plan which bears his name.
Raymond Swing, who was the cor
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
X LENN E. PLUMB, whose
q n official title is general coun-
~ sci for the Organized Rail
rood EY,,y,111-oo or

ROAD employees OF America,
is lawyer-and looks like a LAWYER.
Mr.. Plumb is not dramatic, which
a man with so ambitious a plan
might be expected to be. There was
not bit of sensationaiism in his
attitude before the Congressional
committee, before which for a week
he has been advocating his proposal.
Plumb has, so he says, S1O,7
000,000,000 idea. This is the value
he places upon the difference be-
tween what he says the railroads of
this country are really worth, in the
event the government should buy
them, and the 100000, 900 value
generally placed upon them in esti-
mating the amount of capital in
vested, upon which the government
would guarantee 6 per cent returns
IN the event other plans now be-
fore Congress for the solving of the
railroad problem are adopted.
The author of the Plumb plan is
fifty-three years old. For thirty
years he has practised law. He has
appeared for and against the big
traction interests of the country. He
has been an employe of streetcar
Company and he has been president
OF a railway corporation.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
4 Theory of Values

Mr.. Plumb himself is anxious
that this educational work should
be as thorough and continuous as
possible. He argues against an
effort to cram the thought down
the throats of the public. His ex-
perience, he says, has been along
the lines of the slower methods Of
education.
One thing that marked Plumb's
testimony before the House Inter-
state and Foreign Commerce Com
mittee was the total absence from
his vocabulary Of the ordinary jar
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
Acted as Receiver

Another phase of the traction sit
uation was brought to his attention
when for three years he appeared
as attorney for the receiver of the
General Railways Company, then as
manager of the road and later as
receiver. He was in complete charge
of the property when it finally was
reorganized and turned over to the
consolidated traction enterprise that
took over all the city's traction
properties.
In 1905 Edward f. Dunno, as
Mayor Of Chicago, attempted to
straighten out the city's traction
tangle. Because Plumb was then
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
gon that one might expect of the
student of economic theory.

y
81 have never read a book on
socialism," he says, "and / don't
know what a soviet is. But l have
boxed the compass Of railroad cor
poration interests in my time, and
it is out of that experience that my
plan has been developed"
Plumb has attracted to himself
and the powerful forces of labor a
group of radical writers to edit his
magazine and handle his publicity.
The following estimate of these men
is given by "The Washington POST:
Lincoln Colcord, former associate
editor of The Nation whose radical
writings have often been the subject
of public comment, is member of
the press bureau. He is a close per-
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
Born iY. Io,ca

Plumb was born in Clay, Iowa,
in 1866. His family soon moved to
Streator, H., where he spent his
boyhood. He was graduated from
Oberlin College, where he received
the degree of doctor of philosophy
IN 1891. He spent one year at Har-
ward Law School, but decided to
complete his legal education in the
Middle West. He was graduated
from the law school of Northwest
ern University in 1898.
That year, the date of his first ap-
pearancc in law office, he began
his experience in railroad practice.
He entered the office of Peck, Miller
d Starr, in Chicago, firm that was
representing the then Milwaukee &
st. Paul road. During the five years
that he remained with this firm he
learned the rudiments of railroad
law.
In 1000 he was enabled to use
this knowledge as representative of
a traction company on his own ac-
count, when he was retained as at
torney for the General Railways
Company of Chicago. 1t was during
this period that he matched wits
with Charles I. Yerkcs, owner of
the other traction properties in Chi
cago and reputed to be the keencst
street railroad man of his time.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17

TT/ HO Glenn E. plan for government puy
~ chase OF the railroads and
soorherS has set the nat
bhat the Plb Plan League organized
dosed oy Samuel Gmpes president
LABOR, to the Pltfnb Plan?
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17

200 IN years time, thus making
it possible to carry on an intensive
campaign of education in favor of
the plan.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17

respondent of Chicago newspaper in
Germany during the time that nation
was at war and this nation remained
neutral, is in charge of the Plumb
press bureau, and Ray McClung is one
Of his assistants. Altogether the
personnel constitutes probably the
strongest body of exponents of radi-
cal propaganda that could be gath
cred together in this country, but
none of them is in any way identified
with the railroad brotherhoods or
with organized labor in any manner.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
Plumb Plan Paragraphs

~ foto1clg paragraphs reprinted "Ra3 Deaoc
racy" Veekly organ of the Plumb Fi0n Lccgpe at
Il Washington:
New-York tribune., 1919-08-17
Railroad Democracy"

Railroad Democracy the Plumb
plan weekly, edited by Messrs. Swing.
McClung and Brougham, has published
as part of it's propaganda some of the
radical thought which has been the
subject Of question by members of Con-
gtess and other officials of the gov