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New-York tribune., 1919-05-06

since all the owners were British
subjects.
In America also heavy blows have
been dealt it. In spite of fictitious
transfers of stock into American
names, Beer, Sondheimer & Co. and
l.. Vogelstein G. Co. were seized by
the Alien Property Custodian, as
were the German shares in the
American Metal Company. The first
concern was put into liquidation. In
the case Of the second, since Vogcl-
stein as an American citizen and
since it has been impossible to OBJ
tain an exact accounting from Aaron
Hlrsch d Sohn as to the interests
involved, five-year voting trust
with Americans in control. has been
arranged, and the actual control of
the business has been turned back
to Vogelstein.
The American Metal Company
was more complicated, but this, too.
seems to have been put under full
American control, through the aid
OF block of stock which was held bv
the Merton firm and was turned into
the voting trust by Great Britain.
This voting trust, also, runs for five
years.
The German metal octopus"
says Mr.. Palmer, in summing up the
result of these operations, chad
spread his tentacles across the
ocean and over the United States
into Mexico and South America. but
TOR the present surely, and for all
time, it is hoped, he has been driven
back and a wall of Americanism
erected which, it is hoped, he will
never be able again to scale"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06
Inquiry Begins
10 Fix Blame
For Cali Raid
Socialist Newspaper Asked
by War and Treasury
Departments to Prepare
Report of Its Version

In accordance with orders from the
War and Treasury Departments the in
vestigation to fix responsibility for the
May Day raid on the Offices of "The
New York Call" the Socialist party
organ here, was begun yesterday.
Managers of "The Call" were re-
quested by the Office of General Barry,
commander Of the Department of the
East, to prepare a statement Of the
circumstances surrounding the affair
for submission to the Washington au-
thorities.
At the same time Jerome A. Myers.
director Of the outdoor activities for
the Victory Loan organization, in
formed the heads of the Socialist news
paper that he had been instructed to
make q report on the part men con-
nected with the loan organization took
in the matter. He asked for copies
of THE Call" for submission to the
Treasury Department as the papers
version of the raid. Mr.. Myers is also
preparing a statement for Benjamin
Strong, head of the Second Federal
Reserve District, in charge of the loan
body here.
Reports that members of the Navy
Club were involved in the raid were
denied by Mrs. William H. Hamilton,
vice-p president Of the organization, yes
terday.
"The Navy Club" she said, chad
nothing to do with the affair, but did
go in the evening to Madison Square
Garden, meaning only to see that moth
ing un-American should take place.
There has never been, in word or decd
of Navy Club members, anything that
savored of violence.
"The club has always stood for law
and order The manner in which the
men of the club have conducted them
selves in developing and promoting
genuine Amcricanism strongly refutcs
this mistaken impression, also that
they have acted for notoriety. | want
the public to know that the men Of the
Navy Club have at all times and in all
places done nothing that could in any
way reflect upon their uniform, man
hood or their organization"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06

was purely fgurative, that smash a
Red a Yankee wallop on the nose,' "a
good right-handed swing on the law
as advised by Mr.. Empey, were only
figures of speech. We believe YOU
must now concede that there was
nothing hgurative about the exceed
lngly literal manner in which the edi-
torlal ADVICE to break heads and ad-
mlnlster Dioody noses was carried out,
not once out many times on Thursday.
one who we believe desires ia see
averted in the future such shameful
occurrences as those Of Thursday, to
issue statement of condemnation. not
only OF Empeys magazine, but of all
persons and journals advocating open
violence OF any sort? And we would
take this opportunity to express our
own contemplation of the excessive
severity which members Of the police
1orce are reported to have used in at
tempting to protect those assembled d
IN Madison Square Garden against the
legged soldler was very severely clubbed.
Contrast Sentences
lnaliy, IN the interests of averting
further bloodshed in the community, may
We remind you that multitude. in our
city to-day are contrasting the immu-
nity OF Mr.. EmDey with the severity os
inc sentence passed upon Socialists for
What at worst is mere misdemeanor.
At least fifteen persons were arrested
on May L for distributing labor circu-
lars. One Of these received a sentence
ii six months in jail"
The letter concludes with the question.
May we hear from your" and is signed
by the following:
Lincoln Colcord, assistant editor of
The Nation; John Lovejoy Elliott.
Hudson Guild Settlement; John Haynes
Holmes, Church of the Messiah; Charles
Recht, attorney; Norman Thomas, editor
OF "World Tomorrow; Frances With
erspoon, secretary of Bureau Legal Ad-
vice; Robert Morss Lovett, editor of
"Ihe Dia"; Kate Holiday Claghorn,
School of Philanthropy; Henry Neu-
mann, Brooklyn Ethical Culture Society;
Percy Stickney Grant, Church of the
Ascension, and Henry S. Coffin, Madison
Avenue Presbyterian Church.
-. Some days ago District Attorney
Swami said he had not taken any action
following the visit of the delegation.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06
Mexico, Where Specula-
ton Is Cheap, Still Will
Be a Source of Econom-
ic Expansion by Hun
Palmer Optimistic,
But Facts Remain
Everything Existing Law
Permits Has Been Done
to Block the Invasion
By Stanley Frost

This IS the tontb OF u series u
articles on Germdnys ne~ war o.
economic piracy.
A single fact, far more than col
umns of figures, shows the power OF
The German metal octopus in Amer
jca. and how it worked. Though
copper was not under German con-
troll, though it's mining was almost
entirely in American hands, though
The German purchases were only
about a quarter of world consump-
ton, Germans were able to get
their copper, year after year, at
about a cent a pound less than
Americans could-from ten to five
per cent advantage in price. That
advantage hurt America, and helped
the German campaign of world ex-
ploitation, in every single thing into
which copper enters.
A. Mitchell Palmer, in his report
on the work Of the Alien Property
office, thus sums up the menace:
"Who will say that these were
not standing menace to the Sc
curity of our Domestic metal in
dustry, as well IS to the develop
ment of our own commercial in
terests in Mexico and South
America? 1t is no answer to the
obvious potential power for evil
which these companies possessed
to point to the fact that since the
European war the American
Metal Company has been entirely
officered by Americans who have
shaped the policy of that power
full organization or to show that
Vogelstein is naturalized Amer
ican citizen, or to remind US
that Elkan Frohnknecht, in con-
troll of Beer, Sondheimer & Co.,
are likewise American citizens
they were late converts to citi-
zenship. The power lay in the
hands of Hirsch & Sohn and Beer,
Sondheimer & Co. and the Metall-
gesellschaft and it's stepchild,
Henry R. Merton & Co. at any
and all times to direct the policy
Of these American concerns.
"These outposts of German
commercial aggression having
gained a foothold in the United
States, were gradually spreading
into Mexico and South America,
which are legitimate fields for our
own commercial DEVELOPMENT. In
Mexico to-day the American
Metal Company is second only to
the American Smelling and Re-
fining Company (Guggenheim) in
its control Of the mineral wealth
of that country. In Peru and
Chile and other parts Of South
America these companies not only
control the output Of mines and
smelters, but the American Metal
Company also owns mining claims
OF great extent.
with unlimited resources at
their command, they bought up
mines, financed and built smelt-
ers and refneries, bought and
sold huge quantities Of metals,
organized and controlled their
own systems of transportation
and even invaded the oil Industry.
With the controlling power of
these great organizations centred
in the hands of Germans-know-
ing what we know about Ger
many and Germans-who will
deny that they have been a men
ace to this country"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06
C0rUaS, BeIiercs
a. ears GrOundEess

Francis P. Garvan, the present
Alien Property Custodian, believes
Mr.. Hughes's fears are groundlcss.
1lrst, because the financial control of
these concerns has come into An1eri-
can hands, and, second, because. as
Will be explained in later article
nc believes that the German agents.
once forced into line, will be faith
1qi' But, apart from this, he be-
lleves that everything the existing
law permits has been done.
Meanwhile the German home con-
Germs have throughout the war been
plllng up profits at rate unprece-
dentcd, even in their own history.
and they are to-day far more power
ful than when the war began. No.
where has any measure been taken
to prevent their growing again, if
they can find any man who will
take the money they are able to
offer in return for stock in these
and similar concerns.
1he German colonization quhich
do'nandted the acoollen and lace mills
OF the country aviW be sho7un in to-
m7Orr01U's Tribune.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06

OF the government, in no way af-
fects the designs of the enemy. 1t
does not change the German oc-
topus into a truly American in
stitutlon. If the American gov
ernment does no more than it
has done, when the war is over
the trade which flowed formerly
down these alien channels will
again resume its normal course.
American labor and American
capital will again exert them
selves for the benefit Of an enemy
winch the manhood of America
has sworn to destroy.
1T is not by changing names
or any such surface scratching
methods that we can DESTROY the
great octopus. Most certainly it
is not by appointing as two pub
nc trustees, as has been done in
America, the very men who were
the original conspirators. Of
course, there are other trustees
who are bona fide American citi-
zens, but we may be quite sure
that Vogclstein and Hothorn. who
controlled the operations Of the
business for Germany before, will
continue to do so. Of course, they
VIII alter their methods, cum
nlngly avoiding anything calcu-
lated to arouse comment or oy-
cite suspicion. They will endeavor
to persuade the American citi-
zens that all is we'll, that German
influence is dead, but if nothing
further is done Beer, Sondhein1er
q Co.,, A. Hirsch & Co. and the
American Metals Company will.
ter the war, resume the place
IN America which they occupied
before the war began"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06
Not All Believe
America Is Safe

Not all who have watched the
light are so confident. Premier w.
M. Hughes of Australia, who had
a struggle against the octopus at
home, made the following remarks
IN a speech last September. Some
Of the things which he critises have
since changed, but his attitude re-
mains Of interest:
The Metallgese1lschaft in
America had extended one of it's
most powerful tentacles. The
american government has placed
these concerns under the control
or trustees, but this, while placing
the present control in the hands
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06
Big Fight Mate
against Octopus

Against the octopus the Allied
world has made vigorous fight
and has scored heavily. Britain
forced the breaking Of all the Aus
trallan zinc contracts. France and
belgium built smclters. England
drove Merton & Go. into liquidation
by refusing to give them liscnse,
though the firm could not be seized
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06

ments and was formerly editor Of
Hearst's "Morgen Journal" Five of
its officers drew salaries of $4,000
a year each, and one of them ad-
mitted to the Alien Property Gus
todian that this was scheme for
transferring profits to Germany
Secretly.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06
600 Bay State Weavers Strike

NORTH ADAMS, Mass, May g.
About 900 employees of the North
Adams Manufacturing Company, Black
lnton Company and Hoosaic Worsted
Mills went on strike to-day to enforce
demands Tor eight-hour week,
with time and half for overtime work
presented by the weavers' union and
ignored by the manufacturers. The
strikers ask fifty-two hours pay for
the forty -eight-hour week.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06
BurlesOn Accused of
Misusingg His Power
BY increasing Rates
Denounced as a Usurper of
States Rights at Hearing
of Proceedings to Annul
Rail and Wire Schedules

WASHINGTON, May 5.-The author
ity Of the Director General OF Rail
roads and the Postmaster General to
increase intrastate railroad, telephone
and telegraph rates throughout the
country was argued to-day in the Su
preme Court in connection with appeals
from proceedings originating in 8
number of states. The hearing on the
railroad case was finished TODAY. bu+
arguments in the wire rate cases will
not be concluded until tomorrow.
The appeal in the railroad case came
from North Dakota, while the tele-
graph and telephone rate cases arose
from proceedings in South Dakota
Kansas, Massachusetts and Illinois,
Briefs as amlci curia were filed in the
two cases on behalf Of the National
Association of Railroad and Public
Utility Commissioners, representing
about thirty-tive states, and separatelv
by the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Wisconsin, the city of Detroit and the
protective Telephone Association Of
Baltimore.
State Officials Present
The proceedings attracted wide at
tentlon, and attorney generals from
many states were in the courtroom
Arguments for the railroad admins
tration were made in the railroad case
by John Barton Payne and Charles
Donelly, while Frank E. Packard, of
Bismarck, n. D., and w. V. Tanner. of
Olympia, Wash, former Attorney Gen
eral Of Washington, appeared for the
North Dakota authorities.
In the telephone cases the argu
ment was opened by Solicitor General
King, who was followed by w. Il.
Hitchcock, of Boston, Assistant Attor-
ney General of Massachusetts,.
The arguments in both cases to-dav
centred principally upon the conten-
ton of the states that the govern
ment's action in fixing intrastate rates
was an interference with state police
powers.
King Argues for Burleson
Solicitor General King argued that
in increasing telephone and telegraph
rates the Postmaster General was act
ing on behalf of the public, as the cor
porations which own the wires through
government control had ceased to
operate them and acted solely as the
governments agents. He asked for tho
dismissal of the wire cases on the
ground that they were suits brought
against the government without its
consent.
Mr.. Hitchcock accused the Post
master General of exceeding his powers
in interfering with telephone rates and
with unlawfllly invading state powers.
The Massachusetts attorney denied
that the states were attempting to in
terfere with the governments operation
of the telephone systems.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06
OeTm0nys riot to Gas the W0rlds Trade
Ieut0ns Have Not Withdrawn
Metal Grip ON the Americas
ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN
Sixteenth and Streets, n W.. Washington. d. G.

W., ash11gton, u: Z
April II, 1919
To the Editor of The
SIR: hare preminary sketches of Mr.
Frosts stories about the present to san To
that they presentation of the
situation, far gom and cnren
justified By present
me situation at this time calls articles
Mr. nccu,oc
detail 0oud be glad them whe finished
them and make small this of
justify The publication receive the orco
the public service Mr. Frost has been able to
FRANCIS P. GARVAN
Alien Property
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06
Cleveland Printers Get Raise

Members Of the typographical un;o,
at Cleveland, Ohio, have received a.
increase in wages Of from S97 to SEA
a week.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06
An Ancient Soap Recipe

over 1000 years ago the ancient
Gauls made good soap of beech ashes
and the fat Of goats
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06
Jordan Crooked; The River

The worlds most crooked river is
the Jordan, which wanders nearly 220
miles to cover sixty.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06

Irving Trust Co.
Italian Discount and Trust Co.
Lawyero' Title & Trust Co.
Liberty National Bank OF Now York
Lincoln Nc,ionai BAnk Of the City Of New York
lincoln Trust Co.
Nanut aoturers Trust Co.
Mechanics snd Metals National Bank
Of tho City of New York
cantilc Trust g. Deposit Co.
Merchants Naiions. Bank OF the City ct New York
metropolitan Bank
Metropolitan Trust Co. Of the City Of New York
Mutual Bank
National Bank of Commerce in N. Y.
National City Bank of New York
National Park Bank of New York
New Netheriand Bank of New York
New York County National Bank
New York Produce Exchange Bank
New York Truat Company
Pacific Bank
Public National Bank of Now York
Scandinavian Trrst Co.
Seaboard National Bank
Second National Bank Of the City Of NY.
Sherman National Bank
State Bank
Title Guarantee g. Trust Co.
Union Exchange National Bank Of New Yosk
United States Mortgage & Trust Co.
Uuited State, Tru,t Company OF New Ysrk
w K. Grace * Cos Bank
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06

Government Loan Organization
Second Federal Reserve District
Liberty Loan Committee, 20 B'way, NY.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06
A Victory Note is a sTaort-tir11e
Liberty Bond INVEST!
WAKE weekly of undv5iquea Bauk,.

American Exchange National Bank
Atlantic National Bank Of the City Of New York
American trust Co.
Bank Of America
Bank of Cuba in New York
Bank of Europe
Bank of the Manhattan Co.
Bank Of New York. National Banking Association
Bank of tho United States
Bankrre Trust Company
Bank of Washington Heights
Battery Park National Bank of New York
Bowory Bank of New York
Broadway Central Bank
Brooklyn Trust Company
Bryant Park Bank
Central Mercantile Bank Of New York
Central Union Trust Co. of Now York
Chase National Bank
Chatham & Phenix National Bank Of Now York
Chelsea Exchange Banls
Chemical National Bank
Citixcns National Bank Of Now York
Coal & Iron National Bank Of The City Of New Ysrk
Colonial Bank
Columbia Bank
Columbi Trust Co.
Commercial Exchange Bank
Commercial Trust Co. of Now York
Commonwealth Bank. New York CITY
Continc ntal Bank
Corn Exchange Bank
East River National Bank
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06

Empire 'Trsst Co.
Equitable Trust Co. Of Now York
Earmers Loan & Trust Co.
Fidelity Trust Co.
Eifth Avenue Bank of New York
Fifth NATIONAL Bank
Eirst National Bank
Franklin Trust Co.
FULTON Trust Company of New York
Garfield National Bank
gotham National Bank OF New York
greenwich Bank of tho City of New York
Guaranty Trust Company of New YORK
nsnever Natio4Al Bank Of the City Of New York
Hartman National Bank
Henry J. Schnitzer State Bank
Hudson Trust Co.
Y porie's 4 Traders Natioaal Baux sf Ncv Yerk
International 1anh
Irving National Bark
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06
VICTORY COUPON BOOK

Go to the nearest bank or bond booth
You pay: On a $50 Victory Note-s2 down and
and 81 week On a $500 Victory Note-s2O
down and $40 week.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-06

secretly.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-10-13
How It Comes That Political Bosses
 Control Public School Systems
By JACOB M. LOEB, Chicago Board of Education

To build political systems fortunes upon the school system licking in chdren's souls
 During than five of service school trustee much school boards something of the public and very little any copea- tion between the two.
 To appoint school trustees taking gamblers chance To commit the administration of business enterprise those without experience training poor udg- ment To confer hukser the responsibility preparing budgets expndng millions negotiating leases of making real estate fers is signal mproyidence
 The public divided into three classes The educated who keep oof from public queson the class that think but won't and thirdly the class that think for itself and accepts the judgment of others The latter led by various ypehe paror ppa- gand the agaor and the political type and the boss | dan gerou and controlling than the others.
 So have public of which thoughtful but inactive part minimizing and directed by vicious leadership
The Cordova daily times., 1919-10-13
YEOMANETTES JOIN
 AMERICAN LEGION

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 13 (by As sOciated Press).-Four yeomanettes who served in the navy throughout the war have been admitted to mem bership in Salt Lake Post Mo- IS, American Legion. Members of the post consider this distinction for the local organization, and are of the opin- ion it is the first to admit women.
 The four members of the post are the Misses Norma Boyd, Edna Rom ney, Beatrice V. Timmins and Dora Montague. Each of the girls per formed stenographic work for the navy in different parts of the country, and all have now returned to their homes here.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-10-13
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF AD-
 MINISTRATOR'S ACCOUNT

In the Probate Court for the Territory
 of Alaska, Third division CordOva
 precinct of Cordova.
 In the matter of the estate of c. L.
 c. L. Hale, deceased.
 Notice is hereby given that Fred Tracy, administrator with the will an- nexed of the above entitled estate, has rendered and presented for settlement and filed in said court his final ac- count of his administration of said estate, and that Wednesday, the 10th day of December, 1919, at 10 o'clock a. m., at the office of said court in Cor dOva, has been duly appointed by the judge of said court for the settlement of said final account, at which time all objections to said final account and the settlement thereof will be heard and determined.
 Dated at Cordova, Alaska, this 9th day of October, 1919
 FRED TRACY, Administrator.
 First publication, Oct. 7, 1919.
 Last publication, Nov. 5, 1919.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-10-13
RIOT SCENES
 DURINCSTRIKE AT HUB CITY

In the last mail B. F. Medley re- ceived a letter from his former home, Boston, which gives vivid account of conditions there during the strike of the police officers and the reign of the military in the ancient city. The letter is dated September 21, and says in part:
 ''The strike is still on. The police commissioner, however, has declared that there is no strike, and that the men are officially discharged and their names have been stricken from the rolls
 Boston still is under martial law; !; riots have taken place, with a total of about thirty dead-police, soldiers and civilians. It is a disgraceful state of affairs, and public sympathy is very strongly against the police.
 "The first night of the strike the conditions were terrible, the city being left without protection. At II D. m. the first thing I saw when I came out of the subway at Scollay square was two big crap games, one almost in front of the police station, the other on the sidewalk in front of the Craw- ford house. There were rowing bands of yeggs and gunmen, and fights and nold-ups too numerous to mention. At noon the next day the soldiers were in charge, and things had almost become normal again. You would think to walk along Washington street that the city was under siege-all windows are boarded over, soldiers on horseback and on foot are scattered every few feet, no one is allowed to loiter, and any argument with the soldiers means immediate arrest and conviction.
 "There is a lot of talk about gen. eral strike, but I hardly think it will take place, as the general public is strongly against anything that will tie I'D business. It now looks as though the former police force would be re- placed by ex-soldiers."
The Cordova daily times., 1919-10-13

The fall reunion of the coordinate bodies of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Valley of Juneau, Orient of Alaska, will be held at the territorial capital on Oct. 15, 16, IF and IS. An elaborate pro- gram of work has been prepared.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-10-13

It's the flavor and the grain which make the bread at the City Bakery famous.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-10-13

Special dinner served from 11:30 o'clock every day at the City Bakery.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-10-13

Your eyes fitted. Compound and stigmatic lenses replaced. See Os borne.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-10-13

Best coffee in town at the City Bakery. 2-6t
The Cordova daily times., 1919-10-13

Electric irons, pounds to 67a pounds. Prices $3.5O to $6.5O at the Northwestern Hardware Company.
 Job printing at Daily Times office