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New-York tribune., 1919-09-05
'PhOne Rates
TOBe Reduced
8 Per Cent
Company Offers New Re.
duction in Place of
5 Per Cent One Previous.
ly Made to Commission

An s per cent reduction on ali
charges for telephone service to bus-
ness houses and residences in New
York City, effective October |, was
offered yesterday by the New York
Telephone Company at an inquiry of
the Public Service Commission of the
Second District into the rates and ser
vice of the company, held in the Hall
of Records. 1t is estimated that the
total saving to subscribers will be
81, ,760 year.
At the same time the company pro-
posed to charge only cents to sub
scribers for all calls within New York
made for messages to outlying dis
tricts in Queens and Richmond.
Charles B. Hill, of Buffalo, and Jo-
seph A. Kellogg, of Giens Falls, the
only Public Service Commissioners
present at the inquiry, said the offer
was acceptable. They declared their
intention to recommend to the full
commission in Albany to-day that the
reductions be ordered. and said they
did not doubt that such action would
be taken.
Wants Inquiries Dropped
The company asked for a period of
respite from inquiries and rate changes
after October /, SO that it can devote
its entire energy to improving the
service.
The s per cent reduction affects all
the message rate and fiat rate sab
are 600 900. For instance, a subscriber
who now pays $40 a year for SEQ mes
sages or less will, after October /, pay
only $3.50 a year. Individual lines
and party lines are equally affected.
The reduction also will be made on
charges for equipment and local mes
sages on private branch exchange sys-
tens, such as are used in apartment
houses, on ntercommunicating sys-
tens, sometimes used by business
houses, on extensions to main stations
in business places or residences, on
auxiliary lines and on all charges for
mileage.
Exceptions to the Offer
The following classes Of service will
not be affected:
Calls from public pay stations.
Where a 1O-cent charge is now made
for a call from pay station to an out
living district the charge will be con-
tinued.
Long distance and toll calls.
Private lines not connected with the
public exchange system OF the COM
Minor rentals of the exchange plant
of the company which do not concern
the general city telephone service,
leased toll lines, telegraph tolls. tele-
graph service on toll lines. messenger
Service. telegraph commissions and ad-
vertising and directory charges. 49,,
No reduction will be made IN the
charge to nav subscribers fox install
New-York tribune., 1919-09-05
Managers Seek
Peace; Actors
Refuse Terms
Producers Announce That
They Will Reopen Their
Theatres at Once With
Non-Union Workers Help

After announcing last night that the
Actors Equity Association had re-
jected the conditions Of settlement of
the strike proposed by the Producing
Managers Association, Arthur Hopkins,
speaking for the managers, said they
now plan the reopenng of all theatres.
Accordingly, the Eewyn Theatre will
reopen to morrow night with Holbrook
Blinn starring in "The Challenge. "
night, bat it was decided to give the
non-union stage hands one more day
in which to familiarize themselves
with the seven "sets" of the play
Mr.. Hopkins's statement follows:
The Producing Managers Associa-
ton. through its attorneys, conveyed
to the council of the Actors Equity
Association an outline of conditions
under which they believed the present
strike could be terminated and recur-
renee of strikes in the theatre be made
reasonably remote.
AS to form of individual contract,
they offered the members of the Ac-
tors Equity Association a better con-
tract than they or their council had
ever contended for.
LAS to the protection of the actor
in fulflImcn. of contract, they con-
ceded the Actors Equity Association
full power to represent and arbitrate
for the individual actor
Proposal for Arbitration
"As means of prevention of future
sympathetic strikes on the part OF the
actors, stage hands or musicians, they
submitted a proposal of notice and ar
bitration.
This was rejected by the Actors
Equity Association.
"As assurance that the actor would
be free to fulfill his contracts in the
future, q clause was proposed by
which neither the actor nor the man
ager could be permitted violation Of
contract because Of any action taken
by any association to which either be-
longcd.
"This was rejected by the Actors
Equity Association.
The Producing Managers Associa-
tion proposed five years agreement
with the Actors Equity Association.
THE Actors Equity Association re-
jected it, and refused TO be bound by
any agreement beyond December 81,
1921, meaning an agreement that would
expire at the height of the theatrical
season. When this was pointed out to
the Actors Equity counsel they replied
that any agreement made would have
to terminate on the last day of the
calendar year.
The managers agreed to abandon
all damage suits against actors who
had violated their contracts, to estab-
lish no blacklist, to discriminate in no
way against any actor because of his
Continued on pcge Seren
New-York tribune., 1919-09-05
Germany Deceived Her
Own People, fie Declares

Germany was governed. Her
rulers had not concealed the purposes
that they had IL mind, but they had
deceived their people as TO the char
acter OF the methods they we're 90
ing to use. and ! believe from what
can learn that there IS an awakened
consciousness in Germany itself of
the deep iniquity OF the thing tha.
was attempted.
When the Austrian delegates came
before the peace conference they, IN
so many words, spoke OF the orlgina-
ton Of the war as crime and admit
ted III our presence that it wes a
thing lntolerable to contemplate.
They knew in their hearts that t
had done them the deepest conceiv-
able wrong; that II had put their
people and the people OF Germany at
the judgment seat OF mankind, and
throughout this treaty every term
that was applied 10 Germany was
meant not TO numiliate Germany. but
TO rectify the wrong that she had
done. And If you will look even into
the severe terms OF reparation, for
no indemnity of any sort was claimed
merely reparation, merely paying
for the destruction done, merely
making good the losses, so far as the
losses could be made good, which
she has unjustly inflicted, not upon
the governments-for the reparation
Is not TO 60 TO the governments-but
upon the people whose rights shs
mad trodden upon with absolute ab-
sence of everything thas even re-
sembled pity There is no indemnity
IN this treaty, but there is repara-
New-York tribune., 1919-09-05
People Should Forget They Are Demo-
Gratis or Republicans in This Crisis.
He Tells 10000 in indianapolis
Plans to Show His Critics
Are Ignorant of the Terms
League Alone Can Prevent Wars. Pres.
ident Declares in First Speech of
Tour at Columbus. Ohio

>DlANfoLlo Sept An three speeches to-day Will
son defended the
league of nations than that which
framed the case put I'D or sb.
- - '
Mr. Wilson's first speech an
mpomptu address Richmond here
Fairgrounds Coliseum
he will speak to-mor
Mr. Wilson said he wanted the people to for
that
speaking trip was partly
contents OF the opposed league
when in Columbus speech
khaki will again. say when il
accepted because it will be
referring
structons and did dare these nsrc
ons II couldn't kind treaty did
back / would dhavec back"
president Wilson declared the report to
are you and the other O. nited
The President Memorial Hall this
0O clock audience,
to the auditorium he greeted by big
Fairgrounds Coliseum,
has seating persons overowne when tho
President TO his
New-York tribune., 1919-09-05

ling telephones and connecting them
with the exchange.
John L. Swayze, counsel for the
telephone company, made the propo-
sition for the 8 per cent reduction I'M
mediately after the noon recess of the
inquiry. In the morning the company
had merely renewed its offer of a 5
per cent reduction, first made on AU-
gust %.
Would Improve Service
"If our offer is accepted" Mr..
Swayze said, eve hope TO get period
of respite in order to clear up the
service situation. We are now strain
ing every nerve to improve conditions
The morale Of our force is not good
at present, and We shall have to i'm
prove 1t before we can do much. We
hope that soon the presen. general
labor unrest viii be settled"
Mr.. Swayze said the company would
try to put the reduction in effect in
October MIR. Hill, who acted as chair
man, requested that he make this a
positive promise. He did So
Senator James A. Foley, who took an
active part in the inquiry, insisting
pany make Is per cent reduction,
said that he was satisfied with the S
per cent.
1T is considerable reduction" he
said.
City Official Accepts
William p. Burr, Corporation Coun-
sell accepted the offer on behalf of the
city administration
"The spirit of the offer should be
CONNIE nded," said Mr. Burr "The COM
pany is doing a wise thing in asking
for period of stable rates SO that it
can improve its service. Speaking for
the city, l may say that l am in favor
of granting the request"
Commissioner Hill, in accepting the
offer, said:
"All present conditions considered, it
is the part of wisdom to accept this
offer. Since only two commissioners
are here we cannot finally and officially
accept it, but l shall take it up with
the full commission in Albany to-mor-
row morning. | have no doubt that it
will be approved, for it we'll deserves
the appreciation of the commission"
New-York tribune., 1919-09-05

not only to the effort Of victory, but
to the effort of terror. seeking to ter
rlfy the people whom they fought,
and wish TO testify that they exer-
csed restraint n the terms of this
treaty. They did not wish to over
whelm any great nation and they had
no purpose in Overwhelming the Ger
man peo9'c. but they did think that
1t ought to be burned into the cor
sciousness of men forever .ba. no
people ought to permit its govern
ment to do what the German govern
ment did.
In the .asv analysis. my fellow
countrymen, as We IN America would
De the first to claim, people are
responsible for the acts Of their
government; if their government pur-
poses things that are wrong. they
ought to take measures to see to it
that that purpose is not executed.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-05
Exercised Restraint in
Framing Treaty Terms


They had seen their lands devas-
tated by an enemy that devoted itself
New-York tribune., 1919-09-05
Individual Line Subscribers

Two-Party Line Subscribers
720 or less.. $500 $33l2
Tour-Party Line Subscribers
500 or less $4,000 S27.60
New-York tribune., 1919-09-05

Continued on page four
New-York tribune., 1919-09-05

Fair to-day and Tomorrow; little
change In temperature: gentle
TO moderate winds.
Full Report on Page
New-York tribune., 1919-09-05
.Ho,u 'PhOne Cut viii
Benefit Subscribers

THE following table shows how
telephone subscribers will BEN
eft by the s per cent reduction in
rates, efFectiye October /, offered by
the New York Telephone Company to
the Public Service Commission yes
terday.
Individual Line Subscribers
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-22
BONDS AND SAVINGS.

time comes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-22
PEACE AND FAIRGROUNDS.

The Playground Association and
horticultural Society of Ottawa,
Ont. have united in q movement to
establish peace Fairgrounds in all the
chief cities OF Canada These play
grounds or parks will be primarily
places for the youngsters to have
good time They will be equipped
with modern playground apparatus
and will have all the facilities for the.
favorite summer and winter sports. !.
The recreation feature, however, is
only one OF the purposes Of the new
parks. They are to be peace me-
ii1crials as we'll, serving as centers
Tor annual peace celebrations and
containing memorials which will fit
tingly record some of the benefits Of
peace.
It is happy idea to link the
health and j y Of children with the
promotion of lasting peace. The
children who play in those parks and
who learn there some of the mean
ing of peace will be better able to
carry forward the ideals Of our
civilization for which their fathers
and brothers fought this war.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-22

Another Liberty Loan" says the
hard working citizen, and mops his
perspiring brow and tries TO look
anxious; but he doesn't have a bit OF
luck. In the first place he loves his
little bonds. In. the second place he
knows perfectly well where the mon
s. ey is coming from to pay for them,
though he pretenas not to.
Every State in the Union, according
to the American Institute OF Banking
has increased its savings deposits
Since war frst started.
Arizona has five times as much az
sire had in 1914: Many other States
have quadtuplea their, deposits. Al
most all ,of them have at least don-
Sled. The average increase per capita
is-ssla g., Which is pretty good as ev-
erybedy mpst allow.
.,:;There is,-a growing - tendency to-
ward thsift;' whieht is directly due to
the hard but interesting lessons learn
ed .dutiHg;the :wap ana even the re:
taxation of peace has not seriously af-
feetea it thus far. Another good
thing is that people show an increas-
ing desire eo deposit their savings
| with. reliable banking concerns. in
stead OF using the, old-sock, or trust
ing the honeyed words OF the 'promot-
er..,
Tneer may not. be the sa re wave oi
patriotic enthusiasm to help float the
victory loan, but there will be'a salts
! tying sense Of solid security in the in
| ye1ment which will. so far to offse
this. The buyer of Victory bond j!
secure in feat accomplished. It i:
not a gamble. it is a gilt-edged secur.
| ity; and if wages are not quite Sc
high, there is the fund in the saving:
bank to help pay for the bonds:
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-22
FACING BANKRUPTCY.

The Sumter County Council of De-
fense was the most efficient and busl-
ness-like organization that we have
ever had in Sumter and it did valua-
bic work during the war. This organ
ization and the men in all sections OF
the. county who composed it should
get together now and give hearty,
sincere and effective support to the
movement 10 reduce the cotton acre
age The financial solvency and the
welfare of the people South is at
stake In many respects the situa-
tionN>is more critical and the indus
trial and agricultural outlook more
gloomy than in the fall Of 1914 and
spring of 1915. It is a time for the
people to be up and doing, time
for cooperation and determined ef-
fort by all men OF all lines Of busi-
ness. A financial crash that will in
evitably follow the further deprecia-
tlon in the price of cotton will not
only rob all the farmers Of fair and
hard earned profit on their cotton.
but will bankrupt many of them;
and with the bankruptcy Of the
farmers OF the South every other
branch of business and industry will
suffer stagnation and the immediate
loss that will be tremendous. No one
wants q repetition Of the conditions
that existed in the period between
1890 and 1897, but that is the direc-
tion in which we are drifting. Tn
less the South can hold the unsold
balance Of the cotton crop Of 1918
and make drastic reduction in the
acreage Of the 1919 crop, the South
will be bankrupt next winter.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-22

THE PURPOSE OF THE FLEET.

It is obvious enough now wha-
that big American navy is intended
for. The League of Nations plan
makes the matter plain.
Tie principal device adopted TO
preserve peace and punish law orea.k-
inc, nations issthc blockade When
sufficient provocation is given, the
executive council of the League will
order the suspension of all economic
intercourse with the offender
AS we Know from the present way.
q blockade will mean. in most cases,
first Of all the use of 4 big navy TO
close the seas to the guilty nation
Fhe effective blockade Of Germany
was long maintained by Great Britain
almost alone The task was made I'M
n1ensely easier VIXEN we joined 3ur
navy with hers.
1t may be assumed that such sea
police work hereafter will fall mostly
to the two great sea powers, Britain
and America That is natural All.
just. provided the other powers tax
care of the Complementary tasl: o.
supplying most Of the troops ncrdGt
for the economic blockade by tana
In Europe. France and Italy ar" il
good position to do that.
The executive council nf th'
I.eacue will recommend to the vasiou:
members the land and sea forces
they will be expected to furnish
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-22

a!.les ! do not believe in sentenc-
i,,s to death 2 new soldier Who went
- sleep guarding q, pile of canvas
down in Texas, 5000 miles away from
si.e battle line simply because we are
AZ war
Gen. AnscIl protests not only
against the severity Of ionG terms Of
imprisonment, but against the 100
liberal application oc ''i;shonorahle
discharge, which disgracos a man
fc:. life. He asks congress for legis-
lation TO modify the penalties or re-
n?and the cases sor retrial when the
seem to warrant it.
The c.i., apparently. is not one o.
sudden growth, for which any par
sicular set CT men are responsible.
It is a part Of the system Civil
ians would like to know why the
American military system should
ever have grown harsher in its treat
mcnt of soldiers than that cf France,
FL gland or Italy. And as tn acts
become known, the whole nation
joins IN a demand that this system be
modified to accord with American
ideas of justice.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-22

the League Of Nations committee Of
which the president is chairman. And
they are not telling.
It is just as we'll, too. For wheth-
er intentional or not the fact that
this document is composite and
practically anonymous work COM
menas it to the various nations Con-
cernen far more than if it were
knowra as the product Of one mans
mind, or the contribution of one ma
ton.
OF all the statesmen who have had
to do with this League Of Nations
plan. President Wilson is by. COM
mon consent given most credit. But
no man maintains that he wrote it,
any more than any single man wrote
the Constitution of the United States.
It may be that he had no complete
plan of his own. It may be that he
was too shrewd to offer definite
plan, knowing that such a move
would invite antagonisnn At any rate.
as matters stand, the president is
credited simply with having furnished
the basic idea for a League, and the
driving power that put it over. With
that he may well be content, for it
leaves the other statesmen content.
1t is agreed that in the actual real
ization of the, idea, the working out
Of the details required to turn the
conception into concrete and prac-
tica bic plan, many men have coilab-
many it will never be
possible to say. No doubt, General
Snuts of South Africa made notable
contributions. So did Leon Bourgeois
Of France. So, we may add, did Nv.
q. Taft, long the foremost advocate
5f League of. Nations in America,
LLOYD George has helped greatly.
c.emenceau has helped by keen crit
cism. Orlando has doubtless helped.
-arious other diplomats at Paris have
added their mite. And back of them
,ave been thinkers and workers, pub
ic and private, without number, all
aborating to the same end.
> Thus almost every important allied |
lation may lay claim to having play
d part in shaping this epoch max
ng doeanaent- Accordingly, the va
ious .gpresnn,ents and peoples VIZ
e ali fhe more ready to accept it, and
AIRY out its spirit and letter when the |
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-22
PUBLTcHY FOR CHILD coNDI-
TqoNs.

The afsl step in the back TO school
rnoyeInen, in every locality should be
pnhiieity. Not publicity with regard
! to- the campaign alone, but with re-
gard TO the State and local legislation
which either helps or hinders the
movenent
Every man. woman and child in
every state in the Union should be
made familiar with local school and
child l:.ber laws. The newspaper,
the pulpit. the. school and that great
publicity medium, the Inoving picture
screen s:,euld all present. frequently
{ to the piblic what is being done to
EDUCATE ant protect its coming citi-
zans
ssthe laws are good but net en-
forced, ne; onE-:a few welfare work
ers, educators and trlant officers
sheuid II on it, but every father and
mot ez,ery preacher. every voter
in the. community If the laws are
pocs they should be treated to: the
same: Glazing publicity, as should
those who oppose their betserment.
II no department. of human aftairs-is
it trusr that ..n1ep loved darkness bet
ter thsa light because their deeds
were evil" than in the exploitation OF
the chill in the ranks of labor be-
fore he is fitted for it by either bodily
sderelopaaent or education
Publie.sY for the reasons for edu-
cation, publicity FOR the laws enforc
ing It ard for the laws Of health in
separanie from the others-this we
aussrhaye il the beck to: school &, cam.
paigp Is 10 have any. reats or lasting
value. -,ss
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-02-22

;aDlislline q World League IN not
&b,y generous ani u2se;lish spirit
I 80 finer cx:, i:17,:e Of national aitru-
ia, !la@ cve: ;9aan revealed than the
voluntary asrse;@@at oc Britain.
france, lt:;l:: ;.n.i ;.le res; of the al
lied eroup 20 surrender their midi
v:iual claims 10 eesc..e:'ca German
co;onics ana acca,:l . a2a:e man
cate" 10 goveri, tilcm ;la':es TIC au-
thority and discretion of tic i-cf;&ue
of Nations.
Japan alone has ha!!led s. mas
1alkea in spite Of She fact t!'21 when
she took Kiao-Cilau. the German
stronghold in China and the German
islands CT the Pacific. she expressly
stated that she had no intention OF
keeping them. Now Japan is not
onlv seeking 10 break her own worc.
but in doing so is threatening the
success o. the biggest and most de-
sirable achievement Of the peace con-
ference. Her general attitude to-
ward China also arousas grave sus-
p:cions and forebodes trouble.
Japan pleads that those German
possessions were promised her. IN
recent treaty made with other allied
powers during the war. Maybe they
were. But the other allies are ideal
istic enough to forego the advantages
OF special treaties, made when the
fate of the world hung in the bal
ance. in order that they may sue
ceed in setting up guarantees Of per-
naanent peace and justice.
Is Japan less civilized than the
white nations she is associated with:
Are her fine professions and noble
uttcrances Of no more worth than
Cern1any's. when put tc the test?
# so. ;he sooner the world iiEds It
OUT. the Better. Then Japan can take
ne. place on the outside. while unit
cd civilization goes on its way iGnor-
:n:r her. Her fate rests with herself.