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PEEK BLAMES HINES
IN PRICE DISPUTE
Statement Issued Over Re-
fusaf to Settle Rafes.

| WAsH1NGToN, April 10.-The con.
troversy between the Railroad Admins
tration and the Department of Com.
merces Industrial Board was brought
to head late to-day by the definite and
maj refusal Of Director-General Hines
to accept the new steel price schedule
approved by the board after conferences
with the steel industry.
statement was issued for the In
dustrial Board by its chairman, George
~ Peek. after the Director General had
made public his final decision. Mr.
Peeks statement in part follows:
The Director-General of Railroads
has to-day given to the press a state
ment definitely refusing to accept the
prices on steel approved by the Indus
trial Board as representing fair prices
f9r public buying. This statement dis
closes what has already been developed
IN repeated conferences with the Rail-
road Administration. that the reasons
for the Director Generals refusal are
first that he denies the right of the In
dustrial Board to impose a price upon
the Railroad Administration, and. second.
that he Is of the opinion that the prices
are too high
The public must be informed OF the
magnitude OF the sole responsibility as
sumed by the Director General in this
important decision.
The Industrial Board was formed to
carry out perfectly defined Industrial
policy to which the Government. repre-
sented by the President. the Cabinet and
the Director-General, was fully com
mitted.
ITO the complete success OF this plsn.
however, there was one absolute essen
tial, that the Governmental departments
should express the confidence OF the
Government in the execution OF this mos,
important policy. Especially is this true
m respect Of steel rails. IN the buying
or which the Government. through It's
control OF the railroads. consumes a very
large percentage of the output.
AT this late date in the execution a.
the plan this important essential to lis
SUCCESS has been denied by the Director.
General OF Railroads. and by that de.
NAL the labor Of the Industrial Board
IS set at naught. and the Government Is
exhibited as setting up an industrial
policy with one hand and destroying II
with the other
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Ger 10 have a conference to meet Mr..
Peek and such representatives and this
conference TOOK place yesterday. AS u
result of this discussion my advisors
were again confirmed In the opinion that
prices were too high.
In view OF these considerations I
cannot do otherwise than 10 announce
definitely that must refuse to recog-
nize these prices - being reasonable,
either for the present or for the future.
To the extent that the Railroad Ad-
ministration finds 1t necessary TO make
purchases II will continue to make them
on the best terms obtainable by fair
and just methods, with full recognition
OF the principle that Government
agency with largo purchasing power
must be particularly careful not even
to attempt action which could be re-
garded as oppressive.
Tho o. X. of the Railroad Admins
tration throughout has been to obtain
a fair and reasonable price level. 1t
has never contemplated that II should
get lower price level than the gem
eral public.
III the Industrial Board can assist
in bringing about levels Of prices at
which the Railroad Administration will
feel justified in buying Its cooperation
VIII % welcomed.
Harm to Public Seen.
In the newspaper discussions of this
matter the suggestion has at times oc-
CURED that the principal thing Is to
establish some price which the Govern
ment will indorse to the end that the
public will begin buying at that price
and that the mere establishment of a
Price for this purpose Is more important
than the intrinsic reaeonableness of the
price itself. l cannot agree with>thi
principle.
II am keenly alive to the great de-
STABILITY of stimulating business in
every reasonable way. but l believe in
the long run that the Endorsement BY a
Government purchasing agency OF ar,
excessive prfoe level would be harmful to
the public interest and would not bring
about confidence, and that the end sought
to be obtained will come only by reach
ing a price level which the public itself
shall consider to be reasonable.
Il believe one OF the greatest problem.
that cohfronts this country il that OF
getting prices back to a reasonable level.
and believe progress in that direction
will be seriously retarded by the APP
proval OF a governmental purchasing
agency Of prices which II deems excess
sive''
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GERMAN INSOLENCE
GROWS IN C0BLENZ
Inhabitants Over Occupied
Area GlOat at Ruin Caused
i'm France.
U. s. ARMY RULE FL0UTED
Troops on Rhine Not Sign of
Defeat, Merely Arlnistice,
They Argue.
U. S. ARMY RULE FLOUTEl
ny BERT BAILEY.

Special Cable Despatch 10 THE Sun from the
London Times Service.
Copyright, 1sS: all rights reserred.
CoBLENz, April 10.-The increasing in
science OF the Germans in this area Is a
matter of concern to those here who
hoped the Germans defeated in the war
would mend their manners and learn a
lesson in dealing with foreign nations.
However. II would appear from local i'm
dications that all sucn hopes have been
vain.
have spoken to several Germans here
to learn what they think will be the fu-
ture of Germany. and one Is amazed to
hear such a line of argument as that
France is ruined by the war and there
fore Germany starts Off with a great ad
vantage. They are even gloating over
German destruction in France. and there
are continual references TO the fact that
Germany stands intact by comparison.
The Germans insist our presence on
the Rhine Is no sign of defeat. that We
are here as the result of agreement, and
this line OF argument leads them to ex-
pound curious ideas as TO the rights OF
German civilians in the occupied areas.
few days ago case came before q
military tribunal of Americans In which
German was charged with breaking
ono of the American regulations. The
solicitor for the Germans calmly arose
and announced that the Americans had
no right to submit German civilians to
trial under military law.
Why" exclaimed the American.
Had not the Germans military tribunals
in Belgium and France?"
Yes" agreed the German, that is
true. but then we were dealing with con-
Quered countries and conquered terri
tories and you are here only as an out
come of the armstice"
One can imagine the amazement Of
the Americans.
Another characteristics of the Ger
mans, that OF whirang, is frequently
shown. The Burgoniaster of Ahrweilie
was arrested for serious offence and
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HAIG CALLS ALLIES
VICTORY A MIRACLE
Narrow Margin in Stemming
First German Onrush Is
Shown.
RUSSIA WAS BIG LOSS
Great Battles of 1916 and 1917
Drained Foe and Brought
1918 Triumph.
RUSSIA WAS BIG LOSS

LONDON. April 10.--Field Marshal Sir
Douglas Haig. in his final despatch. now
made public. presents an important re-
view Of the war and describes in detail
the expansion and achievements OF the
British army, with many remarkable
facts and figures. He treats the opera
lions on the western front as a single
continuous campaign in which can be
recognized the same general features and
necessary stages that. between forces of
approximately equal strength. have
marked all the Conclusive battles OF
history.
The high water mark OF our fighting
strength in infantry" says the British
commander. was only reached sfter two
and half years of conflict. by which
time heavy casualties had already been
incurred. II was not until midsummer.
1915, that the artillery situation became
even approximately adequate TO the
conduct of major operations.
Anxiety over Guns.
During the Somme battle artillery
ammunition had to be watched with
the greatest care. During 1917 aurinus
milton was plentiful. but the gun situa-
1915 that artillery operations could be
conducted without any limiting con-
siderations beyond that of transport.
THE margin with which the German
onrush of 1914 was stemmed was 20
narrow and the subsequent struggle
was SO severe that the word 'miracu-
lous' is hardly too strong a term 10
describe the recovery and ultimate VIC
tory of the Allies.
The breakdown OF Russia in 1917
probably prolonged the war by year.
and the military situation in Italy in the
autumn of 1917 necessitated the transfer
OF five British divisions to Italy at a
time when their presence In France
might have had far-reaching effects"
Sir Douglas records the interesting
fact that more than half the British
casualties in the fighting of 1918 &C.
Cured during the five months from
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the Americans for each OF the widows
Of two men who we're killed, presumably
during Disturbances. within the pas
month. The attitude the Germans have
adopted IL that the United States IL nor
now at war with Germany and that such
claims are proper and legal under the
circumstances.
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BRITISH.sPAN1sH PACT READY.
RomanOnes and Envoy Confer-To
Sign Treaty To-day.

MADRID, April 10.-Premier Roman
ones had a conference to-day with the
British Ambassador concerning the con-
vention between Great Britain and
Spain, which will be signed tomorrow.
England. by this treaty, will permit
the importation OF Spanish oranges and
will ship to Spain 10000 tons of coal
a month. Spain will lend Great Britain
100000 pesetas H15.Oo0. OoO) at 5 per
cent.
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were such that the Americans. more in
amused contempt than anything else. in
flicted fine of $500 s2.5O0) and re-
mitted the penalty.
The value of German civilian life
has been computed at $4,000 marks
s20.000) by the German authorities.
who have made claims for this sum from
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March to July. when the Allies were on

March to July, when the Allies were on
the defensive.
The rapid collapse of Germany's mill
tary powers In the latter half of 191s,'
he says. was the logical outcome of the
fighting of the previous two years. II
would not have taken place but for that
period of ceaseless attrition which used
up tho German reserves. II is in the
great battles Of 1915 and 1917 that all
men have to seek for the secret of our
victory in 1918"
The value OF cavalry in modern war
is emphasized by Sir Douglas Haig, and
in discussing the value of mechanical
contrivances such as tanks he observes.
immense as their influence might have
been, they could not by themselves de-
eide campaign. Their true role Ia to
assist infantrymen. by whose rifles and
oayonets only can decisive victory be
won.
Tho expansion of British personnel,
artillery. ammunition transport railway
construction and establishments of every
kind in France IL dwelt upon by the
Field Marshal. Regarding machine guns
the British equipment increased from
one gun to 500 infantrymen in 1914 to
one to twenty infantrymen in 1918. The
4S6 pieces Of artillery with the British
took the field In 1914 were represented
at the date OF the armistice by 6,437.
Ammunition Figures shown.
On the first day of the Somme battle
In 1916 almost $4,000 tons Of artillery
ammunition were fired by the British
on the Western front. On two days
September 20 and II, 1917, $4,000 tons
were expended. and in the three days
OF the crucial battle on September 81,
2S and 20. 1913. almost 81. 900 tons were
fired by the British artillery.
Sir Douglas says that the feature of
the war which to the historian may well
appear most noteworthy is tho crea-
ton of the new British army, which was
successfully built up in the very midst
of the war.
The total OF more than $4,000 Ger
man prisoners captured b. us on the
western front" says Sir Douglas, "is
in striking contrast to the force Of STA
divisions. comprising some $4,000 fight
Ing men, with which We entered the
war. That we should have been able
10 accomplish this 'stupendous task IL
due partly to the loyalty and devotion
OF our Allies and to the splendid work
q the Royal navy. but mainly to the
wonderful spirit OF the British race Ia
all parts Of the world"
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Deputy Wants Peace Committee

PARIS, April 1o.--Henry Franklin
Bouillon. chairman OF the Foreign Az
fairs Committee of the Chamber of
Deputies. has asked the Chamber Ia
appoint special committee to examine
the questions 10 be solved by the Peace
Conference. The committee would have
ninety members
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1870 CzECHs, 30 REDS KILLED,
Civilians Cruelty Treated at I'm
gvar, Southwest of Lemberr.

COPENHAGEN. April 1O-In a battle at
Ungvar about 100 miles southwest Of
Lenberg. between the Reds and tho
Czechs, 30 Reds and $50 Czechs were
Killed. according to advices from Buda-
pest under date Of Wednesday.
The civilian population is reported TO
have been subjected to many cruelties
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sentenced to imprisonment. His friends
sent an appeal for his release on the
usual grounds OF III health. and this in
dividual, who had defled the American MS
became the most contemplate wilmer of
all
His proteststions OF being Ill and OF
suffering mentally from imprisonment
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"Afterward Mr.. Peek raised the ques-
ton whether 1t would be worth while
to get the views of the representatives
OF the steel industries. and l arranged
for Messrs. Love.t. Walters and Spen-
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-12-29
LONG-BURNING FIRE
WILL BE EXTINGUISHED
(AssocIated Press)

Jerome, Ariz., Dec. 29.-The fire,
which for more than twenty years has
burned in the upper levels of the
United Verde copper mine here, is
about to be eliminated by drastic
process of lowering the entire sur
face of the property to a 400-foot
level. All attempts to extinguish it
have failed.
1t is the general opinion that the
fire was started by a slip i'm the rock
producing sufficient friction heat to
ignite the ores rich in sulphur. 1t has
burned it's way through veins of cop
per, gold and sulphur.
The process of suppressing the fire
involves the removal of $4,000, ,000
cubic yards of material. The area to
be evacuated is roughly estimated AT
400 by 500 feet. Monster steam show
els are to be employed in the work.
1t is expected that the task of re-
moving the entire top of the mine, and
to extinguish the fire, will occupy
several years.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-12-29
MILITARY PREPAREDNESS
URGED FOR AUSTRALIA
ASSOCIATED Press)

Sydney, Australia. Nov. 25.-Cor-
respondence of the Associated Press).
Sir Joseph Cook, minister for the
navy. is urging military preparedness
upon Australians At the annual
meeting of the Navy League, he said:
"Spend your last dollar on prepar-
irg for a fight to the last. We have
signed the peace. but Europe is still
full of mutual hatreds, even among
the Allies. Until there is a general
movement for disarmament. as / hope
there soon will be, we must trust to
the league of nations-and keep our
powder dry.
"We cannot afford to let the rifle
rust yet awhile. though we have a
league of nations which we hope will
fructify," he told the National Rifle
Association. sour rifles must be kept
well oiled, and you must be able to
shoot them as in times gone by il
this country is to be safe. We may
yet need our rifles here in Australia. +"
To the Women's Reform League,
Sir Joseph said: "Our hope must be
centered in the league of nations. 1t
is the one great hope of the world, but
if we cannot make 1T effective in the
near future we had better get ready
for the next war. which viii otherwise
come as surely as the sun rises"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-12-29
WILL PROHIBIT EXPORT
OF COTTON YARNS

Toxic, Dec. 1.-( Correspondence of
the Associated Press. 1.-THE Japanese
government has decided to prohibit
the expectation of cotton yarns and
cotton tissues in order to check the
advance of prices. Owing to the short
age of supply against the ever in
creasing demand, the price of raw
cotton has gone up 1877 per cent.
1t is alleged that this is in part due
also to speculative dealings of cotton
yarn brokers, who have taken ad-
vantage of the buoyant market and
the fast selling supply to deal in fu-
lures.
The government has decided also to
exempt from customs duty cotton
yarn and cotton tissue imported from
abroad Several large spinners in
saka andelsewhere have ordered cot
ton yarns from the United States and
China and many Japanese cotton mills
will augment their manufacturing
capacity with spindles and other ma
chimes imported from the United
States.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-12-29
SEASON WILL SOON
BE IN FULL SWING

Help the Board of Trade Find Accom-
mOdati0ns for Visitors
The tourist season will be in full
swing by the middle of next week. The
secretary of the Board of Trade an
ticipates serious difficulty in accom-
modating the visitors to Ocala this
season. The Board of Trade is revis-
ing its list of rooms and boarding
places, and requests that any one in
the city having rooms or taking board
ers place a description of their rooms
on file in the Board of Trade room. In
listing rooms with the Board of Trade,
it is requested that the street address
be given. size of room, whether heated
OF not. and rate by the week or month.
It should be stated whether or not
there is bath in connection with the
room. There is a demand especially
for suites of two or three rooms for
light housekeeping.
Any person having rooming accom-
modations of any kind is requested to
file list of the same with the Board
of Trade as soon as they see this no
tice.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-12-29
THE SOUTH FLORIDA FAIR

Tampa, Dec. 29.-Ten counties, &C
Icording to Howard Curry, field agent
of the South Florida fair, to be held
at Tampa. Feb. Is to 81, inclusive,
have entered the general exhibits
with five or six others expected to en-
ter during the month of january. In
addition, every county in Florida will
be represented in the woman's home
demonstration department. in charge
of Miss Sarah Partridge, and a num-
ber of counties will send Individual
exhibits, including those of live stock
of the highest grades.
81 can state positively now" said
Mr.. Curry. "that the array of exhibits
will be more varied than has eve,
been presented at a fair in the south
and those who want space should
make application with as little delay
as possible Those desiring premium
lists should address DR.. b. X. Hama
fourde, general manager of the fair
or myself, at once"
"And we expect to give South Flor
ida and our tourist and home-seek
| ing visitors better amusement attrac
tions than we have been able TO offel
heretofore" said President w. G
Brorein.
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PRESIDENTS BIRTHDAY
oAssociated Press)

Washington, Dec. 29-President
Wilson observed his sixty-third birth
day quietly yesterday. much improv-
ed in health. surrounded by the men,
bers of his family. with the exception
of Mrs. w. G. McAdoo, who was un-
able to be present. Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis B. Sayre arrived from Cam
bridge, Mass, Saturday night and
Miss Margaret Wilson has been at the
White House since her fathers ill.,
ness. The president took his usual
walk about the sick room and later
sat out on the south portico, for more
than an hour. Part of the day was
spent by Mr. Wilson reading many of
the hundreds of birthday greetings
that came from prominent officials
and friends not only in the United
States but abroad.
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any internal financial arrangement
can exert more than a moral infiu-
ence on the value of the franc abroad
and this may be said to be the object
of the greatest anxiety in official cir
cles.
The building trades do not show
any disposition to undertake impor-
tant work while obliged to pay three
times the normal prices for materials.
The result is that reconstruction work
is being held up, although consider
able progress is reported from some
sections Of the invaded regions. This
progress although encouraging. is
not regarded by business men as suf-
ficient to warrant the expectation that
France viii be enabled at an early
date to resume expectations on
scale sufficient to materially effect
the exchange rates The French still
are counting on some sort of inter-
national arrangement that will IN
crease the value of the franc.
with capital and labor both ready
to do their bit" said Raoul Peret,
chairman of the appropriation COM
mittee Of the chamber of deputies, to
the Associated Press. "aIl that re-
mains to enable US to get firmly on
our feet is for the world TO give our
money something like an equal show
in all markets" French observers re-
gard it as extremely important that
France shall be enabled to purchase
raw materials on an equitable basis.
They say this is shown by the fact
that before the war three-fifths of her
exported goods were manufactured
objects and that this proportion must
be increased IN the futpre to make up
for the loss Of the market for wines
and spirits IN America and Russia,
which formerly constituted the impor-
tant share of the total of French ex-
ports.
Economists and financiers who have
weighed all the elements of the situa-
tion admit that France still is in a
most difficult situation but see indica-
tions Of great Improvement before
the end Of another year.
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CORONER COCKTAILS"
Are Saving Work for the FOOlkiller
in New York and New
England
ASSOCIATED Press)

New York. Dec. 28.LSeventy-eight
persons have died during the past
forty-eight hours and scores of others
are suffering from paralysis and. blind
ness, due to drinking wood alcohol
whisky according to reports re-
ceived last night from seven eastern
cities and Chicago.
The toll of poisonous liquor is the
highest in New England, where sixty
deaths are recorded. Two women at
Chicopee Falls, Mass. and one at
Springfield, Mass. are included in this
list.
In connection with the New Eng
land deaths and six reported in New
York city, police. internal revenue Of
ficers and agents of the department
o. justice are seeking Adolph Para
nell, importer and commission merch-
ant of this city. who they assert sold
twelve barrels of the poisonous liquor.
The police charge that the whisky
was concocted in Paranell's store in
Bleeker street.
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IT'S NO USE FOR THEM
TO WORK AT ALL

Washington, Dec 28.-Industrial
troubles in Spain have had the ques-
tion of diet added to the problems of
wages and hours, according to re-
port at the department of commerce.
Before making a contract to cut a
crop of sugar cane, Spanish worknen
recently made the following demands:
A daily wage of ten pesetas ($2) /;
three heavy meals. breakfast of eggs
and meat; dinner of soup and meat
stew; supper of bacon, green vege-
tables and gazpacho"; hours of work,
from sun to sun. with two hours for
siesta, or MONDAY nap, forty minutes
for each meal. three smoking periods
of twenty minutes each and one for
thirty minutes and bed with two
mattresses.
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MANUFACTURERS
Of MURDER
Government il ON the Trail of Men
Who are Selling Wood Al
cOhOI as Whisky
tAssociated Pre@y

New York, Dec. 29.-One Of the
biggest round-ups of bootleggers and
manufacturers of illicit liquor ever
made In the country is impending as
q result Of the wave of death and
blindness which followed the sale of
poisoned liquor. revenue officials an
nounced today.
HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK
New York, Dec. 29-Three men
faced charges today before the United
States commissioner here in connec-
tion with the spreading of wood al
cchol as whisky through five states
the last ten days. death and blindness
following in It's wake. The men are
AdoIph Panare1li, Manhattan wine
and liquor dealer; John Romanelli. a
Brooklyn undertaken; Samuel Salesby,
a Brooklyn druggist. RomaneIli, ac-
cording TO federal officials, is the
leader Of the wood alcohol traffic.