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Republican farmer., 1919-08-15
SENATE IS CONSIDERING DRY MEASURE PA SSED
 BY HOUSE LAST JUNE
BILL AS TT STANDS ALLOWS MANUFACTURE THE MAKING OF FRUIT DRINKS FOR EXCLUSIVE"
 HOME USE-1 PINT IN 10 DAYS FOR ILL.

lie, but kept solely for scrutiny of the commissioner. his agents, court of other officers.
 The search warrant provision was also made less drastic, the subcommittee amending the search and seizure section so as to provide that search warrants may be issued only under the usual practice. provided by ex- istlng federal law and not on mere suspicion that liquor is be- ing stored for unlawful purposes. Instead of the House bills un- limited provision for funds to en- force prohibition, the sub-com- mittee fixed s3,50O,00O for the first years enforcement work and leaves this duty jointly to the in ternal revenue commissioner and the department of Justice. The former is to report and the lat ter to prosecute violations.
 In defining intoxicating liquor the sub committee added the fol- lowing liberalizing provision:
 Provided. however. that the foregoing definition (one-half of
 
 extend 20 de-alcoholized wine nor to liquor or liquors produced by the process by which beer, ale, or porter is manufactured. but con- taining not more than half of one percent alcohol, If such liquor or liquid shall be otherwise denonnt- mated than as beer, ale or DOT ter"
 This proviso rejects the request of prohibition advocates for pro- hibition of beverass which have the appearance of intoxicants
 Another relaxation of the House bill was made in its provision for penalizing persons having. req son to believe" their property is being used unlawfully. The Sen ate amendment requires, per sonal knowledge" of such use.
 The House provision declaring that after February 1. 19zU, the possession of liquor unauthorized by the law shall be prima facie evidence that it is being kept for sale. is retained and strength ened by an addition providing that in proceedings under this Sectlon lue puIueIl or pTool snail be on defendants to prove that such beverages do not contain more than one-half of one per cent alcohol.
 The subcommittee revision re- tains the following exemptions, as provided by the House:
 "Denatured alcohol, medicinal preparations, patent medicines, toilet and medicinal preparations, flavoring extra cts, syrups, vine gar and fruit juices. The sub
Republican farmer., 1919-08-15

Washington, Aug. 1I-Proili- bition enforcement legislation ad- vanced another step in Congress today when the Senate Judiciary Committee began consideration of the bill passed by the House last June as amended and lib- eralized by the Judiciary Sub Committee.
 Although the general House plan for enforcement of war time and constitutional prohibit ton remain in the bill, the sub committee eliminated several drastic House provisions and modified others. In it's work the subcommittee. comprising Sena- tors Sterling, Republican of Da- kota, chairman; Fall of New Mexico, and Norris of Nebraska, Republicans, and Overman of North Carolina, Walsh of Mon tana, and King of Utah, Demo- crats. first reviewed the Senate enforcement bill and then incor- porated their amendments in the House bill. reporting the latter as amended by unanimous vote or the 1ull committee.
 Like the House. the Senate sub committee adopted the plan of having separate sections in the bill to deal with war time and constitutional prohibition.
 The subcommittee left un- changed the House definition of intoxicating beverages as those containing one-half of one per cent or more of alcohol.
 As revised, the bill will not in terfere with storage and personal use of intoxicants in the homes of individuals.
 Probably the most liberal amendment to the House bill is a provision exempting from pen alties any person "manufacturing -intoxica ting tider and fruit juices exclusively for use in his house. This would permit home manufacture of light wines and cider for personal consump- tion and the amendment, except by implication in connection with the definition of intoxican nts. does not define ting" bevera ges.
 Stricken from the House bill the provision making it unlaw- full for persons to be intoxicated or to drink liquor on trains, street cars, jitneys, boats or oth- CT public conveyances.
 Another liberalization is a pro- vision that reports of manufac- ture, sales and transportation of liquor, made to the internal rev enue collector, shall rot be open to inspection of the general pub
Republican farmer., 1919-08-15

a loss. This system was made by prac-
 tically every representative of the
 Big Five that appeared. In a let
 ter to me. and I believe also in his
 testimony, Louis r. Smith said that
 the packers would gladly sell the
 stockyards if a purchaser could be
 found. The same declaration was made
 by other packers.
 In other words, the packers tell
 us that the actual work of slaught-
 er1ng and preparing meat for the
 market is done more economically
 by the small man than the big man
 and that the big man maintains his
 supremacy in the national mark ct only because, at a loss to himself, he operates the national features of the
 business, the great stockyards and the distributing system.
 It follows, therefore, from MT. Ar
 mour's testimony. that if the bog packers were relieved of the expense of maintaining the stockyards and
 the distributing system, and these alike, as proposed in my bil1 the in dependent packer who does business, according to Mr Armour, at less cost than the big packer, would be able to enter the national field. compe- tition would be restored, the law of supply and demand would be given full play and all three parties to the food business, the producer, the middleman and the consumer would get a square deal.
 The only argument which the packers advance to Justify present conditions Is the argument of ef1- ciency; that if the nations food sup ply is to be properly handled 1t must be by agencies that are national in their scope. The statement is un- doubtadly correct. If the business of producing and distributing food Is to be managed so that unequal condi- tions in different parts of the coun- try are to be avoided, there must be some sort of g. controlling agency that will always know all the condi- lions in all pArts of the county that
 affect the huG9neaA
Republican farmer., 1919-08-15
SENATOR'S TOLD OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 10 TAKE OVER ALL UTILITIES
 AND FORGE ACTION iN COAL MINES

by members of the House Interstate Commerce Committee of reports that radicals constitute the working forces in the Plumb Plan League.
 In q statement issued yesterday af- terroon, Judge Clark announced that all the plans submitted to Congress by representatives of railroad security owners. property owning groups and tho plan of the railroad employees would be tested and analysed at the proposed conference. Three funda- mental principles for the operation of the roads in the future are laid down by Judge Clark. They arc:
 F1rst---The providing of transport ation at actual cost.
 sccond---The provision for share py the workers in the management and in the profits arising from in- creased efficiency.
 Third---Protection of private prop erty actually invested.
 The rights of private property ac- tually invested in the provision of transportat ton service for the public must be protected" the statement continues. At the same time it Is imperative in the interest of economy and efficiency and as a means of de- ureasing the inflated cost of living, that the returns to the owners of the capital invested in the transportation industry shall not exceed the amount actually necessary to secure their in vestnent, and shall not be paid upon fictitious capitalization Treatment of the railroads as instruments for finan- cial exploitation must cease. Public service. not private profit, should be the animating motive of railroad ad- ministrauon.''
 The committees which are to be ap- pointed to report at the conference will be composed of three groups. The first will be engineering and tech nical experts, who will take up the plans in regard to their economy and eff clancy. The second will be com posed of legal authorities, to report on the legal and constitutional ques- tions involved. and the last will be composed of economic and financial experts to consider the soundness Of the various plans from a financial standpoint.
 While plans for railroad manage ment are being discussed the situation in regard to the immediate strike Of railroad employees for higher wages seems to have cleared consi derab1y. Bert M. Jewell, acting president of the employees. said today that he had received word from 65 different points in the country that approx1- mately 475, 900 out of 5O0,0GO mem bers of the organiza tons were work ing. In a telegram sent from the organization headquarters Jewell in sisted that men still out return to work at once.
 That the holdouts on the strik q may finally be brought In by the in formation that they will receive none of the benefits of the proposed new wage scale, is the belief of the acting president. The union would have to go along without them, he said, since they refused to stand by the organiza- ton laws
 The men who finally don't go back to work won't participate in the things granted" he declared.
Republican farmer., 1919-08-15
NOT DISPOSED TO ASK RuMANIANS
 T0LEAVE CAPITAL

Paris, Aug 11-(By A. P.)--The peace conference, it became known today is changing entirely its attitude toward the Runlanian army in Bud apest. The conference it is learned is not disposed to ask the Rumanians to leave the Hungarian capital imme- diately despite the fact that the su- preme inter-allied council asked the Rumanians not to enter Budapest.
 While the supreme council is indig- nant over Ruumanian seizures of supplies in Hungary preparatory to shipping them to Rumania, many delegates to the conference believe the Rumanian troops will have to re- main in Budapest to steady the situ- ation, at least temporarily.
 The council today was still without a direct reply from the Rumanian government to the ultfmatum which 1t sent Rumanta last week.
Republican farmer., 1919-08-15

To relieve the situation, the major ity of the buses which were brought from New Jersey to Brooklyn last week on account of the strike there were being rushed to points along the private autom obiles were pressed into service in the emergency.
 The seriousness of the strike situa- ton upon the lines which run into thIs city was indicated in a statement which showed that two-rhirds of the systems car men had walked out. Two hundred trains already hava been dropped from the timetables temporarily, with prospect of further curtailment if the strike continues. Chicago, Aug. 11-Striking feder- ated railway men returned to work at a number of points today, while at others they voted to rema in out un- til their demands for increase of wa ges were granted.
 Plans for holding the national con- ference of strikers called for next Thursday went forward today by the Chicago district council.
 Action to be taken at this confer ence is now up to the director general of railroads" said J. D. Sanders. sec retary of the Chicago council. we expect word from Washington some time today. Should the adnniniStra- tion delay action further. the men will refuse to return to their jobs.''
 Widening of the brelch between local units and the international heads was made apparent with re- ceipt of telegram from B. M. Jewell, head of the railway division of the E l. I claring that striking locals would not be permitted to cast ballots in i the vote being taken on the question of a strike August 24.
Republican farmer., 1919-08-15
SUES PROMINENT
 PHYSICIAN FOR S1O,O0O DAMAGES

Upon the ground that his right arm may have to be amputated be- cause of the alleged careless medical treatment given him by pr. Fritz C. Hyde of Greenwich Christian S. Hoff- man of that borough has brought suit against the surgeon for s1O,O0 damages. Dr. Hyde is one of the most prominent physicians in the western part of the state
 Hoffman claims he engaged Dr. Hyde to set a broken arm. He says the operation was performed so neg lisently that the arm is permanently injured and may have to be ampu- tated. In any event Hoffman says he will never have the full use of the arm again. Dr. Hyde denies the charge of negligent treatment and will contest the case Papers were flied today in the superior court and are returnable to the September term:
Republican farmer., 1919-08-15
BOREALIS HALTS
 COMMUNICATION
 ON MANY LINES

New York, Aug. 11-Telesraph and telephone communication throughout the United States and Canada was seriously interrupted and in many cases completely paralyzed shortly after noon today by the Auroa Bore alis, the merry dancers" of Arctic explorers.
 The electrical phenomenon put out of commission thousands of miles of wire and made it's influence felt as far south as Kaneas City. according to reports to the Western Union Tele- graph Company.
 Roswell B. Tucker Western Union wire chief. said the atmospheric dis turbanos was the heaviest and most extended in the records of the com pany.
Republican farmer., 1919-08-15
Carnegie IS De ad;; i;
 Aged 8 5
Steel Magnate Passes Away Tn Summer Home At
 Lenox, Mass.

Lenox, Mass, Aug. 11-Andrew Carnegie. 36 years old, the steel mag nate and philanthropist, died at his Lenox summer home, Shadow Brook" at 7:1o this morning, after qn illness of less than three days with bronchial pneumonia. So sud Gen was his death that his daughter Mrs. Roswell Miller, was unable to get to her fathers bedside before he died. His wife and private secretary were with him at the end.
 Carnegie had spent most of the summer in Lenox, coming here late in May and up to a few weeks ago enjoyed himself in almost daily fish Ing trips on Lake Mahkeenac, which borders his big Shadow Brook es- tate, and in riding about his grounds. He was taken i'll Friday night and grew steadily worse. His advanced age and lessened powers of resistance hastened the end.
 Carnegie came to I4enox to make his home in May 1917 and had spent the past three summers there. He intended to spend his declining days there and when he bought it of Spen- cer B. Shotter. it was announced that MT. Carnegie would spend all of the spring and summer months there. He came up from New York late in May this year.
 Carnegie leaves his wife. who was Miss Louise Whitefield of New York and his daughter Margaret who mar rted last April Ensign Roswell Mill CT of New ' ork. Identified so long with the international peace move ment, MT. Carnegie was said to have been more severely affected by the world war than most men. It came as a hard blow to him and the cause which he had so close to his heart
Republican farmer., 1919-08-15
COUNTING BALLOTS OF
 STRIKING ME ECHAN|CS::
 KNOW RESULT TONIGHT

Traffic bulletins posted today indt- cated that nearly 300 trains had been removed from the several divisions of the New Haven and the Boston & Maine roads and approximately 40 suburban points had been entirely cut off since the beginning of the strike of shopmen and mechanics last Thursday
 New Haven, Conn.,, Aug. 11-Traf- fic conditions at stations at, the New York. New Haven and Hartford rail- road in Connecticut were somewhat improved today, not because of in creased train movements but as the result of the travelling public adjust ing itself to accommodations At the station here the confusion and con- gest1on of Friday and Saturday gave way to order and q lessened volume of traffic.
 Among the striking shopmen there was little increase in those striking it was said at strike headquarters in the Connecticut Federation of Labor of fees in Meadow street.
 New York. Aug 11.---Thousands of Commuters who make a round trip daily from their homes in Westches- ter county and their places of b1ed- ness in New York, were confronted today with tho problem Of finding other means of transportation than tho trains of the New York, New Ha- ven and Hartford railroad. Service on the Harlem River division. which was s1spended yesterday owing to the strike of the railway shopmen, result cd in the a5 trains usually run on the aAraem River division daily each way being diaoon&1uued.
Republican farmer., 1919-08-15

Washington. Aug. 11-President Wilson wrote Chairman Lodge of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today that it would not be possible to comply with the committees request for the documents used by the American Peace Commissioners at Paris in negotiating the Peace Treaty.
 The various data bearing upon or used in connection with the Treaty of Peace with Germany" said the Presf
 dent "are so miscellaneous and enormous in mass that 1t would be
Republican farmer., 1919-08-15

committee, however, struck ouS the House clause that such arti- cles should be mon potable" pre- scrtbing merely that they shall be unfit for beverage purposes"
 A House clause requiring alco- holic content of toilet, medicinal and antiseptic articles to be la beled was stricken out.
 Retaining the House provision prohibiting manufacture. sale, purchase, transportation or pre- scription of intoxicants without a permit from the internal rev enue commissioner, the revised bill contains a provision that such acts shall be expressly authorized upon receipt of permits.
 The House limit of ten days on permits to purchase intoxicants also is extended in the revised bill to ninety days. Pharmacists only may sell at retail and licensed physicians only may prescribe l- quor. The House requirement for physical examination by phy- sictans of applicants for liquor prescriptions, however, was e-.- minated.
 The House provision limiting physicians dispensing to one pint of liquor in ten days for the same person is retained but rnodi- ? fled to provide that such limita- tion shall apply only to prescrip- tions to be taken internaIly.
 More rigorous provisions guarding transactions in wines for sacramenta1 and religious pur- poses are provided by a provision requiring issuances of such per init only to ministers, rabbis or other ecclesia stics.
 House provisions regarding ad- vertising of beverages are made more stringent in some respects and more liberal in others. The subcommittee struck out provi- sions prohibiting sign or billboard advertising but added a clause penalizing advertisement of "in- toxicants'' anywhere by any means or method. Also stricken out was a House clause authoriz- ing obliteration of liquor adver- Using or the use of pictures of a distillery, bottle, keg, barrel or other receptacle in advertising. A new clause permits Inanufac- turers and wholesale druggists to advertise alcohol in trade jour nalS.
 Retaining the House provision against advertisement of com pounds, preparations or formulas for manufacture of intoxicants. the subcommittee strengthened this section by prohibiting also the advertisement of any "uten- sil, contrivance or machine" for such purpose.
Republican farmer., 1919-08-15
IN JAIL SINCE MARCH IS NOW
 OUT ON BONDS

Hartford. Aug. 11-Madmihan von Hogan of New Haven, alleged Ger man sympathtzer under indictment for treason. was today admitted to bail In bonds of s2.ooo and allowed freedom of movement for the first time since March when he was re- turned to this state from Texas. whither hA had fled. He had been in the Hartford county jail. He n1ed1 for e2,00o nnm <he NAAau n1dEx }
Republican farmer., 1919-08-15
Wilson Refuses To Give Lodge
 Various Data On Peace Treaty
WOULD HAVE TO BRING WHOLE FILE OF PAPERS OF COMMISSION ITSELF
 OVER FROM LONDON.

impossible for me to supply them without bringing from Paris the whole file of papers of the Commits sion itself, and would include many memoranda which. 1t was agreed on ground of public policy, it would be unwise to make use of outside the conference.''
 President Wilson today sent to Chairman Lodge of the Senate For eign Relations Committee the in- formal draft of the League of Ma tons covenant presented by the American Peace Com at Paris
Republican farmer., 1919-08-15
CHILDREN HIT
 BY AUTOMOBILE WERE LITTLE HURT

While playing with an express wagon, near Knowlton street and Barnum avenue yesterday afternoon, Barton Crartiei, aged eight, and Her bert Crarttef, aged five, of 60 Arctic street, were struck by an automobile owned by J. M. Katz. of 456 Boston avenue. The youngsters were not seriously injured They were given medical attention by Dr. Cow1es.
Republican farmer., 1919-08-15
PITTSBURGH PAYS TRIBUTE TO DEAD
 STEEL MAGNATE

Pittsburgh, Aug. 11-This city, wll ere Andrew Carnegie laid the foun- dauon for his vast fortune in the steel today paid tribute to the dead magnate. Immediately after read ding The Associated Press despatGhes an nouncing MT. Carneg death, Mayor E. V. Babcock ordered all flags in Pittsburgh lowered to half mast.
Republican farmer., 1919-08-15
MINE KILLED IN
 DOMINION PARK
 FIRE YESTERDAY

Montreal, Aug. 11-Search today among the ruins of the mystic mill" destroyed by fire at Dominion Park yesterday. brought to light two more bodies. raising the total of casualties to nine. The bodies found this morn ing wore those of a man and a wo- man. Mono of those recovered have been identified.
Republican farmer., 1919-08-15
MARINES WITH MACHINE GUNS
 SUPPRESS RIOT

Panama. Saturday. Aug. s-A race riot reported to have occurred at Kingston Jamacta, on Wednesday, July 80. was suppressed only after West Indian troops and 50 marines with machine guns were called ouA according to news of the affair receiv- ed here today. These reports made no mention of casualties
Republican farmer., 1919-08-15

washinstaon. Aug. 11-President Wilson today refused to send tho Senate . copy of General BIfss's let ter concerning tho 1hAntung settle ment on the ground that it contained confidential references to other gov AvumootuI
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-09-26

ne senate investigation or the nation
wide strike of steel workers to determine
whether remedial action can be taken by
the federal government was opened to-
day, with Fitzpatrick. chairman of the
union committee conducting the strike,
as the first witness, before the Educa-
ton and Labor committee.
Fitzpatrick was late IN arriving from
Pittsburgh and hurried to the committee
room, which was crowded with senator's,
representatives and others. He was ac-
companied by William H. Rubin, counsel
for the steel strikers. who, at the out
set of the hearing asked what assurance
had been given by Judge Ebert II.
Gary. chairman Of the board Of the
United States Steel corporation. that he
would appear before the committee next
Wednesday.
Senator Kenyon replied that Judge
Gary had telephoned him that he would
be present Wednesday ard added that
until that time we will not question his
being here"
Record Attempts to Avert Strike
Rubin requested that the committee
place in the record correspondence be-
tween Joseph T.. Tumuity, secretary to
the president; Samuel Gempers. presi-
dent of the American Federation of La
bor, ard Chairman Fitzpatrick regarding
Kenyon asked Rubin to read the tele-
grams and letters, which already have
been published.
Fitzpatrick opened his statement with
what he said was brief history of labor
conditions in the steel industry.
With the creation Of the steel cor
poration. campaign was begun with
the object OF pushing organized workers
ont of the mills. he said. "A great sum
of money. don't know whether 1t was
So00n,00O or S20,0Q0,o00 was appro
nrated In recent years labor has be-
gun to relize the tremendous Importance
of the steel industry and its influence on
ether industries.
A. r. of |. Took Up Cause.
"Whie we were getting the eight hour
day and better working conditions else
where, the steel mills still operated with
very long hours and with wages below
the proper line. Labor understood then
the necessity Of organizing the steel
industry for the purpose OF controlling
its effects on others. and at the last
two conventions of the Federation of
Labor the step was authorized"
Fitzpatrick said representatives of "a
international unions affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor met in
Chicago about year ago and effected
a campaign committee to organize the
steel workers. Samuel Gompers was
elected chairman and William Il. Foster
secretary. Men and money. the witness
said. were assembled. but funds were so
limited that the initial organization ef-
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