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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-08
SENATE ADOPTS RESERVATION
PROVIDING FOR ACCEPTANCEBY
ATLEAST THREE OTHER POWERS
Attorney General Urges Extension Of
Lever Control Act for the Common Good

Palmer predicted. the level will be
much higher than the pre-war level.
In q large measure he con-
tinued we know that the high
cost OF living is due to economic
conditions which are world wide in
scope and which are based upon
conditions that must De changed be
fore results are different The ire
nerdous withdrawal Of men from
production and the placing of mil
lions a. the best men in the world
IN the industry rather than in the
constructive pursuits form a large
factor In tAe increase OF prices.
Is12 ADJUSTMENT NEEDED
Another cause Tor increased
prices as the pyramidins of credits
IL Will -al1 uc.h.ng but a read1ust-
melt following peace TO work out
these conditions.
Advantage continually is
beln4 taken ri -hese eordit0n.,
BY uHs erupuIogs persons and
right there IS the necessity for
This law The necessity for II
continues as long as these CON
dluons continue. Iii it was wise
~ have tAis Ia during the
waI u the public interest, it is
!
whole argument for 1t, as far az
I an Concerned ! have no
question that congress has the
power to extend the law
r preventative PurneN. Repub-
/. lican. of Indiana, asked IL the at
torrev- general thought the CON
ditioas wklch he had described will
van!sh within SIX months. or is It
your thought thar you may possibly
ask for 4 further extension
We might 90 that replied Mr..
Palmer The value Of this act
IS not IN the action taken under II
altogether. bur in the moral force
oc its beng on the statute books.
Proftee-ing IS Ia BOO because this
law ia or the books "
With regard 10 the coal
strike. the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT had
{ the following to say. We have
found II absolutely necessary
I to re-esra hlish the fuel admins
! tration. If the coal strike
, situation should not clear up. II
will undoubtedly be necessary
! to the fuel admintstra t,on for
/ som etirae.
All legal action we contemplated
I already has been taken We are
/ now in court with the only case we
planned 70 institute. Other Iega
action Will be incident to that suit
/ II the act went out CT existence We
would be able TO carry on the case
already started but il the law wenr
! out II existence and we wished &c
I prevent the opera tors from in,
creasing prices as We are able 70 dt
under It we would not be able tc
bring action against them.
It would be very serious sttua
/ ton i this law was chopped off sud
t2e'h2s' ara the rt4el Il administrator hal
10 t6E@ his hands off this situation.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-08
Hitchcock Outlines
Plans to Be Pursued
in Course Of Events

Washington. Nov. After an
haf-hour interview which ne had
with President Wilson today. Senate
Minority l. "a G ct Hitchcock an
nounced tho tactics senate Demo-
Gratis would adopt IN connection with
5H@ senate's disposition % the peace
treaty
Senator Hitchcock said the whole
treaty situation before the president
and received the presidents ap-
provsl of his conduct OF the fight up
20 date Outlining his future plans
Of action Senator Hitchcock said.
We have arranged that I shall in
rroduce resolution of ratification
in the senate which will be acted
upon following the defeat of the
Lodge resolution / explained TO the
president that the Lodge resolution
would be adopted by the committee
OF the whole. but when II got into
the open senate where two thirds
vote is necessary IL will be defeated.
II viii then offer a resolution OF
ratification which will be accept abb
10 friends OF the treaty. If that is
not adopted. then we will attempt a
compromise resolution OF ratttea-
ton
Senetor Hitchcock said that Presi-
In eness TO accept reservations to the
treaty which would be designed for
the purpose OF interpreting the terms
Of the treaty in way acceptable to
tts friends and which did not nullify
the leacne of nations covenant"
When Senator Hitchcock vas asked
THAT course has been decided upon
= the Lodge resolution Of ratihca-
ton was adopted by the senate, he
replied; TT would then be un to the
president to determine whether he
would accept or pigeonhole the
treaty" The president regards the
senate foreign relations com mittee
reservations 50 destructive.
The stage Of compromise the Ne
hraska senator said would be reached
when both the Lodge resolution OF
ratification and the resolution OF
ratification which Nc intends to offer
were defeated. He said 1t woul
then be for the president to deter
mine whether he wAAsd be willing
TO accept the omrror1ise which the
friends OF the treaty were able to
efsect. or whether he would prefer to
49, the treatv rejected.
The statement OF Senator Hitch
.rtn~ url TIE votes taken, in the
senate this afternoon on the amend
n1ents Of the foreign relations com
ruittee make II clear thai the fate "
the treaty rests with the SO called
mild reservationists in the senate.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-08

Washington Nov The world
today is not prepared for the eight
hour work day he intern a-!onal
labor conference * As told today by
5. f, Parsons, of the Brush Aneri-
ca n Oh company and employer DEL
egate q Canada. in declaring thax
ne could not agree TO sign the eight
hour daw convention
The speech " Mr. Parsons was
the FIRST declara ton that his been
made by capital on The floor o. the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-08
lsHHr wHTTIOCK
DIES AT HIS HOME

Philip Whitlock, a widely known
business man and retired oapitalist,
died last night at his home, 206 east
Grace street, at SIS o'clock He
was eighty-cne years old.
The funeral will bo held tomorrow
efsernoon at 5 o'clock from Beth
Aha.bah Temple.
Mr.. Whitlock vas known and be-
loved by all CLASSES of people in
Richmond for his generous spirit.
ats gentle manner and his tirelcss
anergy for the good OF the comrnun-
i.y
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-08
POSTAL CLERKS NOW
RECEIVE MORE PAY

F~eshinston, Nov THE bin
granting increased pay for postal
y b., eyes became effective at mid
slr&t tonight 1t was signed By the
pa. esideut and sntoma tically came
irto force with the expiration OF
tic ten Gays' period which the pres
'de.lt has 70 either veto Or sign
b:a, The 10 easure provides IN
creases totahing approximately $50
IN aNN
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-08
SEES NATIONS HOPE
IN coy SCOUTS

With the unrest ali over our
country today. tho splendid stead
fa ssness. thu loyal devotion to
duty exhibited by our boy scouts
makes US feel that the hope of
our nation is in them. oliver
J. Sands,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-08
Socialists Arrested

Berlin, Nov, 7.--The government
To-Day ralInd the main Offices of the
Independent Socialist nartv and ar
r.s&ef, thn pave adons. N
dependents executive council was
dissolved.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-08

Com Ciaued or Page TU,nl
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-08
AMENDMENT rs LOST.
An amendment by SeuAf

An amendment by Senator
King, Democrat OF Utah. to pro-
vide that the treaty should be-
come effective as soon ~ the
United States was recognised b.
tho ether nations - . pArV -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-08
WEATHER

Washington, Nov. Z.
Clondy Saturday and
Sunday, little change
Tn temperature
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-08

Have the Neyvs Of the
World On Your Break
fast Tabae. Blue Bird
Dishes With E . G b
Monthly Payment
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-30
TAKE VOTE OF
CONFIDENCE
German National Assembly Ballots
243 to So In Favor of
Administration by
Ebert

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
WETMAR, July 29.-Confidence in
the Ebert government was voted by
large majority in the German ma
tional assembly today.
BY vote of 243 to SO, the assem-
bly, defeated a motion censuring the
government, presented by the party
of the right.
The bill creating a state tribunal
to try persons responsible for the
war has reached the special commit.
tee which will consider 1t, 1t was an
nounced officially today.
The tribunal as provided in the
bill will consist Of prominent Ger
man jurists and historians
Foreign Minister Mueller declared
before the assembly that the govern
ment favored giving publicity to tho
circumstances attending the conduct
of the war
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-30

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
CHICAGO, July 3o-Fourteen hun
dred additional mIlitiamen were or
dered to Chicago early today to be
! ready to assist the 4,2O0 troopers
already under arms here In queIIine
race riots thss gave claimed at least
twenty-seven deaths In the last thirty
six hours.
Ddjutant General Dickson, who Is
sued the order to the ninth and
Tenth Illinois regiments, asserted he
believed the occasion will not demand
! use Of the troops In fighting.
Two men were killed during the
night One of them, an Unidentified
negro boy, was attacked while riding
a bicycle. He was stabbed, shot more
than dozen times and died after
/ police rescued him from burning
stake. Kerosene had been poured or
| his clothes.
The other death was that Of Ira
Henry, 40, negro, who police said shot
and wounded Patroiman Walter SuIIl.
van.
| All Of the major clashes were con.
| fined to the black belt, outbreaks In
other parts Of the city were sporadic
and Of minor nature.
Sixteen policemen were shot and
some of them seriously wounded while
Performing their duty In the negro
districts.
Police Chief Garrity and Mayor
VIM. Hale Thompson believed today
the crisis in the riots, which began
Monday night after negro bathers
had been stoned away from beach
usually occupied by whites, has
passed.
Garrity declared he will not ask
use Of the troops placed at his dis
posaI until absolutely necessary. The
situation Is calm, he said, and police
have perfect control.
Downtown streets and throughout
the black belt there was calm to-
day. Occasional outbreaks still oc-
CURED, such as shots from behind
corners and from hidden doorways.
Most of the negroes kept within their
houses, however, and none at all
were seen on the streets in the loop
district.
The negro section was patroIed by
police who had Instituted the zone
system. One captain and fifty police
men were stationed In each zone,
consisting Of about ten blocks.
SniPers were at work through the
district where most Of the rioting
occurred. Following shooting of
Policeman Ralph Cheney and Jere-
miah Murray by snfpers' bullets,
police raided house occupied by
John Dixon, negro. Dixon was ar
rested after five rifles and consider
able ammunition was found in his
rooms.
Governor Lowden remained on the
Job. During the day he was to have
conferences with Adjutant General
Dickson, Chief Garrity and Mayor
Thompson. He declared that II
troops are needed he will put into
action every available man.
1.-THE soldiers will be sent in the
zone, ready for action" said the
governor. "of course you can never
tell how far it will go and where it
will end"
Police last night drove a mob OF
several hundred persons from the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-30

Ames, special assistant to Palmer,
is In charge of all antitrust action
for the department.
War department officials today said
they expected final reports to show
that nearly 100 cities had bought sur
plus army food, offered for sale, al
though to date official records show
that only six cities have taken ad-
vantage Of the offer.
The Chicago district, from which re-
ports of heaviest sale are expected
has not yet sent in its data.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-30
GOODS
TO CONSUMER
Government Has $124, ,O00, 900 Worth
Which viii be Distributed by
Parcel Post,
Maybe.

United Press Leased Wire Service.
| WASHINGTON, July 30-The war
oepartment today was confronted
with the problem Of disposing OF
|a24,O00,000 worth of canned meat and
vegetables by sale to the consumer
direct.
This must be done In response to a
resolution passed by the house, order
ing sale OF all surplus army food. The
resolution authorized use Of parcel
post and in fact the entire postal sys.
an for food distribution.
secretary Baker said an extensive
ds'rlbution system must be built up,
leqnlr1ng large appropriation if the
supplies are to be hastily marketed.
Inc measure requesting the war
aepartment to sell its supplies was
passed by vote of 226 to 4. The war
uepartment claimed the resolution
was useless, asserting that everything
possible to dispose of the food was al
ready being done. This was disputed
republicans, who insisted only half
leafted effort had been made to mar
A.. u A sharp debate over this diff
,saeaee OF opinion lasted in the house
untl late hour.
~ aaflher probing into the nations
'ou situation began here today when
senate committee started inquiry
ro, rtD tae conditions in the District Of
~ tviualoa. 4 Although ostensibly only
w. oa., ,ne purpose Of looking into the
so,s sgai situation, 1t was believed the
~ aeia :, OF this probe would be extended
dono ene entire country. This will be
som sons oy Introducing testimony to
,ou,psre II ,ts Washington prices with those
y other big cities.
sion. nSeon on the federal trade commits
hs - reports to the president charg-
s tSs lne big packers with controlling
alreadsa meat supply and fixing prices, is
uresay uves being taken by representa-
s.s .ss OF the department of justice it
'ds disclosed today.
sltn,t,.,.A :, Ames Is studying the packing
/ iha haon sl FOR Attorney General Palmer
uepartment let it be known.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-30
Additional Troops Ordered to City to Assist in
Putting Down Lawlessness and Crime
in the Black Belt.
NEGRO BOY BEING BURNED AT STAKE
Sixteen Policemen Have Been Shot During
Outbreaks Which are Now Confined to
One District.

Sherman hotel In the heart Of the
| loop, where 1t was believed negroes
were employed. The hotel, 1t was
found, was using white help.
Several Iunchrooms and restau-
rants and dining rooms of several
larger hotels were forced to close
and to hang out signs asking for
porters, walters and Kitchen men.
Negro help was sent home yeste rday
by employers through rear Of VIC
Ience, or the help faiIeo to show up
for work.
Some Of the rioting, at least, was
blamed by Police Chief Garrity on
Patrolman o. L. Callahan, who was
stripped Of his star and stripes to-
day. Callahan, GarrIty charged, had
failed to arrest two white youths
who threw stones that Knocked a
negro off raft at the beach where
the riot flames first started. Gala
han declared he had been prevented
from making the arrests by white
r1obs.
"Du,n dunn" bullets were found on
the person of Thomas Smits and
Bob Jones, negro porters, arrested
last night, according to po'rce. Tho
negroes were former soldiers.
Night life last night In the loop
was dead. Theatres and amusement
places were almost abandoned by
crowds, few motion picture shows
drawing attendance of the coinpara-
lively few persons who remained to
"see her through"
The address of former Senator Al
bert }. Beveridge and Senator MediII
Mccormick on the league of nations
was postponed because it was feared
to assemble the audience.
The stock yards packing houses
were forced to suspend practically
all killing and receiving of stock to-
day. White workers refused to work
with negroes employed in the pens
and slaughter HOUSES and the
negroes were withdrawn.
Warning was issued last niaht BY
packers that stock men cease ship
ping cattle to the Chicago market
until the rioting had Gained.
Twenty Sixth Death.
CHICAGO, July 30-A twenty-sixth
death was recorded today in Chicagos
race war. Berger Oxman, white, sue
cumbed to injuries received Monday
night.
Meantime an increased patrol in the
black belt held its inhabitants to one
small outbreak in which a white Off
Ger and an unknown negro were
wounded. The negro had slipped out
Of his home toward a grocery when
he was rushed by four whites. The
officer was injured when the white
men retreated, firing unsteadily at
the negro.
Eighty-five negroes and seventeen
white men were under arrest Many
will face murder charges. Several
were picked UP by officers who saw
them in the act of killing. Prisoners
included eleven uniformed ex-soldiers
from a colored regiment. Two wore
the croix de guerre. They said they
were sort of military guard"
A large negro colony in Evanston
was augmented by refugees from Chi.
cago. There was no trouble there
Immigrants from the south were
n
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-30
FIGHT ON HIGH PRICES
OF FOOD IS STARTED

and Attorney General Price directed
the conference.
Evidence of price manipulation
poured in on rice from all parts OF
the state. This evidence came in this
form of hundreds of letters and tele-
grams from housewives who were in
vited to submit their knowledge OF
price fixing.
Cox said he hoped to curb prices by
prosecution of persons guilty of manf
pulation of food stuffs, enforcement
of cold storage laws and perhaps d
new system of licensing food dealers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-30
AWOkE IN DEEP WATER
AFTER SLEEP IN CANOE

ing from a picnic when he became
tired and lay down in the canoe to
sleep. He suddenly awoke, he said, to
find himself floundering about In the
water below dam. He had great diff
ficulty reaching shore. A search for
Miss Harris was fruitless-
According to the police, Decker then
returned home. and told the glrls
mother that she had gone to the sanl-
tarium where he was employed. When
her mother received no word from her
late yesterday, the police were called
and Decker is alleged to have con-
fessed
The body had not been found early
today. ~
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-30

by tire troubles. When tho sheriff
and balllff got out to remedy the
trouble, Emerson, it is said, slipped
away to the bridge and committed
suicide.
Emerson was aided In his escape
from the automobile by shadows In
which the motor car stopped. The
officers, suddenly discovering his alb
sence, started hasty search, and
found the body hanging from the
bridge.
When taken Into custody late last
night Emerson and his girl wife
were visiting the Lon Pollock family
In Des Moines, II was said.
Sheriff Nichols, of Mount Ayr, said
Emerson hanged himself from the
bridge with his belt.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-30
Oil Land Leasing Bill.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON, July 30.-Consid-
GRAFTON of the oil land leasing bill
was begun by the senate public lands
committee today.
Secretary Lane informed the COM
mittee that he and Secretary Daniels
and Secretary Baker had been un-
able to complete their recommends
tions regarding protection of oil
lands necessary to insure a fuel
supply to the navy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-30
Creston Undertaken Who Was Found GUILTY of
Staying His Mother is Found Dead at
End of Belt.
WHILE BEING BROUGHT BACK TO JAIL
Sheriff Stops to Repair Auto Tire and Prisoner
Slips Away and Puts an End to His
Existence.

united Press Leased Wire Service. ]
MOUNT AYR, la, July ao.-Roy
Emerson, Creston, Iowa, undertaken,
convicted July is of the murder of
his mother, Mrs. Kate Emerson, by
Ringgold county jury, hanged him
self from bridge near keIlerton,
Iowa, about 4 a. m. today, according
to officials here.
Emerson was being brought from
Des Moines to Mount Ayr by the
Union county sheriff and William
Mcfarland, bailfif, after a bonds
man, VIII Wallace, repudiated his
part of the $4,000 surety, upon
which the undertaken was released
pending appeal. The trip, being
made in an automobile, was halted
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-30
KING ALBERT
is COMING
Belgian Monarch ard wife Intend to
Pay Visit to United States
In September.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON, July 3O.--King AL
bert and Queen Elizabeth Of Belgium
will visit America in September, 1t
was learned today. They will be
guests of the president in Washing
ton after he has completed his trip.
The king and queen are also plan
ming a tour Of the country, 1t was
said
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-30
-Four Auto Bandits.

CHICAGO, July S0-Four automo
bile bandits entered the iewelry store
of Jos. Brandt, here today and, after
binding the proprietor's brother and
an employe, escaped with jewelry val
ued at $4,000
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-30
'Ouag Decker Under Arrest
Alter Telling Story of
Drowned Girl.

pATRRnp pR npress Iss Leased Wire service.1
Decker rsooN, 90 N. j., July 30-Lester
bdav ~, was under arrest here
n his "a connection with the death
10 VIII sweetheart, Miss Mabel Harris,
sandavo wa was drowned in Pompton lake
aat he :, according to the police, said
ana Miss Harris were return
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-30
County Attorneys Of Ohio Meet
with Governor to Take
Action.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
COLUMBUS, Ohio. July S0-Ahio's
fight against high food prices was
launched in earnest here today with
the gathering of prosecutors from the
eighty eight counties. Governor Cox
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-30
Strike Didn't Hurt Service.

Minneapolis Journal: Subscribers
complained that the telephone strike
in Seattle did not at all interfere
with not getting central
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-30

(ContiRaed on page a.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-30

The Telegraph Service of The
Daily Gate City and Constitu-
ton Democrat is received over
our own leased wire.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-30

CONTINUED on page 2.)
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-30

Cooler. Probable Showers. Lo-
cal temp. z p. M, 81; 7 a. m., 76.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-23
SHOOK WITH
 NERVOUSNESS
A Lady Was Flat On Her Back With Terrible Spells, But Her Husband Got Cardui = and Now
 She Is Grateful

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 He got me a bottle of Cardui. and when I had only taken one half bot tie of Cardui I felt stronger. I took a half dozen bottles altogether. then was up, in three I was doing my work I praise Cardui for I believe it saved my life and l am grateful"
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