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The Washington herald., 1919-08-26
DEATH-DEALINC
WOOD COACHES
AGAINST RULES
Railway Administration Of
cial Comments on Allan
tic City Wreck.
GUILT NOT YET FIXED
Meantime Road Plans SINH
lar Excursion for Next
Sunday.

With the responsibility yet to be
fixed for the wreck of the Atlantic
City excursion train at Elwood,
n J., Sunday in which one Wash
ingtOn man was killed and twenty
two people injured, another excur-
sion from this city to the shore
resort is scheduled for next Sunday,
according to the information bu-
reau of the Railroad Administration.
So Ear aS cqn be learned. no steps
have been taken to cancel this ex-
cursIon, although repeated COM
plants concerning the service af-
forded on these trains, with the
probabilities of disaster in wooden
coaches eliminated in the catas-
trophe at Elwood.
The use of wooden coaches for
passenger transportation is contrary
to regulations admitted Brice CIag-
EFT, assistant to the Director Cen
eral of Railroads, yesterday. At
the present time, however, this office
is not prepared to state positively
that such coaches were used. We
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paign which the government
is waging, with energy, vigor
and substantial hope of sue
cess, to reduce the high
cost of living, And the in
creascs in the cost of trans
portation which would neces-
sarily result from increases in
thc,wagcs of railway employees
would more certainly and
more immediately have that
effect than any other en-
hanced wage costs. Only by
keeping the cost of production
on its present level, by in
creasing production, and by
rigid economy and saving on
the part Of the people can we
hope for large decreases in
the burdensome cost of living
which now weighs US down.
The Director General of
Railroads and l have felt that
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WILSON FIGHTS
TREATY CHANGE
President Confers With
Swanson Regarding Ac-
ton on Shantung.

The prcca-ious situation into which
the peace treaty has been forced by
the adoption Of the Shantung amend
ment caused President Wilson to
make a visit to the Capitol late yes
terday afternoon to confer with Sen
ator Swanson, Of Virginia one Of
the administration leaders in the
treaty fight The confc -ence lasted
nearly an hour.
Although Senator Swanson was un-
communicative as to the discussion
which took place, it is known that
the conference was sought by the
President for the purpose Of impress
ing upon the Senator the danger to
the treaty which is involved in the
Shsntung amendment. Friends and
foes OF the treaty alike realize that
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Meets One Demand.

There is, however, one claim
made by the railway shopmen
which ought to be met. They
claim that they arc not en-
joying the same advantages
that other railway employees
are enjoying because their
wages are calculated upon a
different basis. The wages of
other railway employees are
based upon the rule that they
are to receive for eight hours
work the same wage they re-
ceived for the longer workday
that was the usual standard OF
the pre-war period. This claim
is, | am told, we'll founded;
and l concur in the conclusion
Of the Director General that
the shopmen ought TO be
given the additional four cents
an hour which the readjust-
ment asked for will justify.
There are certain other ad-
justments, also, pointed out in
the report of the Director
General, which ought in fair
ness to be made. and which
will be made.
Let me add, also, that the
position which the govern
ment must in conscience take
against general increases in
wage levels while the present
exceptional and temporary
circumstances exist will, OF
course, not preclude the Rail-
road Administration from CIV
ing prompt and careful con-
sideration to any claims that
may be made by other classes
of employees for readjustments
believed to be proper TO secure
impartial treatment for all who
work in the railway service.
WOODROW WILSON.
The White House.
Aug. IS, 1919.
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Officer Calls Patrol
For a 4-Year-Old Child
Where are you going. song

W mere dEe you BOlnBr sOTN
Officer Morgan. of the First pre-
cinct. addressed this question to a 4
year-oId pedestrian. at Ninth and G
strets northwest. last night.
I'm taIIin' a walk" replied the
urchln, looking wonderingly up at the
bIuecoat.
Instead Of picking up the child and
carrying him to police headquarters,
Officer Morgan summoned a patrol
wagon from the First precinct and
took the little fellow 10 the station
house. The child easily could have
been spared the ignomy of the patrol
wagon ride.
The boy gave his name as Bernard
Thompson, but was dubious concern
ing his place Of residence. He was
held at the station house until his
parents should arrive TO take him
home.
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1900 D. C. IRISH
HEAR De VALERA
Refused Recognition as
president" by Balti-
more Mayor.

Baltimore. Aug. &.-Fifteen hundred
Washingtonians tonight at the Lyric
Theater heard President Eammon De
Valera, of the Irish Republic, present
Erin's appeal to America for aid in
its fight for freedom from British rule
De Valera was wildly cheered, and
flags of the new republic were every
where in evidence.
De Valera received no official well
come to the city of Baltimore as the
president of worlds nation. Mayor
Broening declined to accord him such
honor, declaring the Irish Republic has
not been officially recognized by the
United States.
De Valera laid Ireland's case square,
ly before the audience, asserting that
he came to ask Americas assistance
her revolution.
Imperialism and autoOraOy have not
been destroyed by the late war or the
peace at Paris. 1t is possible to destroy
them by a peace at Washington. The
work is waiting the accomplishment"
he declared.
Among the speakers was John E.
Milholland, an Ulster protestant leader.
who asserted Ireland was united and
that the protestant of the North was
Just as much champion of liberty and
freedom as the Catholic.
All references to De Valera and to
the Irish Republic were greeted with
prolonged cheers. The audience arose
some stood on chairs and waved hats
when De Valera arose to speak. He
was introduced by Judge Charles w.
Heuisler as His Excellency, the Pres
ident of the Republic of Ireland"
Denied OhiciaI Recognition.
But England has no claim to Ire
land. She has never held Ireland
with the consent of the people of
Ireland, but always through the exer-
else of superIr force"
De Valera received no official rec
ognition from the city of Baltimore
as president of a worlds nation. On
the contrary. Mayor BroehinS, who
greeted him at the City Hall, not
only avoided with studied care any
reference to the fact that Dc Valera
is a president, but he also refused
point-blank to present to the distin-
guished visitor an engraved copy of
the resolutions of welcome adopted by
the city council.
When the Irish visitor reached the
mayors office he was escorted by Z
number OF prominent Baltimore Irish-
men. Mayor Broening shook him by
the hand and said:
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WIDOW OF GEN. ALGER
DEAD IN DETROIT, MICH.

News received yesterday from De-
troit, Mich. of the death Of Mrs.
Annette Henry Alger. widow of Gen.
Russell A Alger. Secretary Of War
during President McKinley's admin
istration and a former governor Of
Michigan. recalled many brilliant So
cial occasions given by them 70 the
older set of Washington society.
Mrs. AIger died Sunday at her De-
troit home at the age of 7S. She
was a prominent figure in Capital So
ciety twenty-one years ago. She wah
in Washington last winter visiting
two grandsons stationed here in the
service, Allen Sheldon. an army on
Ger. and Alger Sheldon, an officer of
the navy.
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WIFE'S TOE DANCING
GETS MAN In COURT

James L. Ridgway. an cmploye
Of the Government Printing Office,
testified that ne found his wife
doing a tOe-dance for the edifcation
OF her bOarders. when he was
charged in the police court with
threats OF violence, by Frederick
Kirsch. one of the bOarders.
Kirsch charged that Ridgway
threatened to shoot him. Mrs.
Pauline Ridgway. the wife, said
her husband was abusive and she
would seek a divorce.
Judge Hardison dismissed the
case, saying he did not blame
Ridgway and he would not permit
his court to be used as a prelude
TO divorce proceedings.
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permanent, in order to meet
a temporary situation which
will last nobody can certainly
tell how long, but in all prob
ability only for a limited time.
Increases in wages will, more
over, certainly result in still
further increasing the costs
of production and, therefore,
the cost OF living, and we
should only have to go
through the same process
again.
Would Endanger Plans.
Any substantial increase Of
wages in the leading lines OF
industry at this time would
utterly crush the general cant
The Washington herald., 1919-08-26
Caifornian's Love Letters
Cited in Divorce Action

Love letters, which he alleges were
written by and to his wife, form the
basis of a cruelty charge in the pc
tition of George B. Hedges. a book
binder in the Congressional Library
for a limited divorce from Mrs. Mar.
garet L. Hedges. a War Risk clerk
filed yesterday in the District su.
preme Court
Hedges names a married man ir
California as the sender and recipient
Of the alleged love letters. Attorney
Fred B. Rhodes appears for the hus.
band. The couple were married in
August, 1906 and have two children.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-26
BOLSHEVIKI TELL OF
ARCHANGLE REVOLT

London, Aug. S.-An official Boil
shevist wireless announcement from
Moscow reports a revolt at Archan-
gel among newly mobilized troops.
The red flag was hoisted on gunboats
in the harbor, the message asserted.
The mutineers were executed. The
British are shelIng the front with
poison gas and are bombing villages,
the announcement adds.
Another wireless message from
Moscow says Admiral Kolchak IS
evacuating Omsk. intending to give
Dattle outside the city limits
Insurgents are reported to I've sur
rounding VladiYostok. where a Jap
anese naval squadron has arrived.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-26
Peaceful Conquest of
Air, Germany's Latest

Berlin, Aug. 25.-With the peace
treaty not yet ratified by the United
States and the allies. except Britain,
Germany has turned it's attention
from ambitions of military dominance
of the air TO the development of
commercial aerial traffic.
a new COMMERCIAL passenger-carry-
ing Zeppelin. called "Bodensee," COM
pleted since the signing of the ar
mistice, arrived here yesterday at
ternoon with 125 passengers from
Friedrichshafen, on the Swiss bor-
der. 1t covered the distance in six
hours. exactly One-third of the time
required by trains.
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THE PRESIDENTS APPEAL TO
AMERICAN LABOR

when they have taken second
thought, and to all wage earn
ers of every kind, that we
ought to postpone questions
of this sort until normal con-
ditions come again and we
have the opportunity for GER
tain calculations as to the re-
lation between wages and the
cost of living. 1t is the duty
of every citizen Of the coun-
try to insist upon a truce in
such contests until intelligent
settlements can be made, and
made by peaceful and effective
common counsel l appeal to
my fellow citizens of every
employment to cooperate in
insisting upon and maintaining
such a truce, and to cooper
ate also in sustaining the gov
crnment in what ! conceive
to be the only course which
conscientious public servants
can pursue. Demands unwise-
ly made and psssionately in
sisted upon at this time men
ace the peace and prosperity
OF the country as nothing else
could, and thus contribute to
bring about the very results
which such demands are in
tended to remedy.
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Should Be Postponed.
SEARCH FOR MISSING
AVIATORS BROADENS

San Diego, Cal. Aug. 2s.-The search
for Lieuts. Waterhouse and Connolly.
the army aviators supposed to be
lost south of the border. is being Wig
orously prosecuted by two detach-
ments of United States troops with a
third detachment scheduled to start
from Rosecrans soon.
The first two detachments have
crossed the border, carrying six days
food supply. If the hunt through
missing men, the searchers will pro-
ceed along the coast of the Gulf Of
California.
The Washington herald., 1919-08-26
RENT INCREASE
PLAN ADMITTED
BY LANDLORDS
Senate Witnesses Tell of
Notices They Have
Received.
OWNERS JUSTIFY ACT
One Asserts Investment Re-
turn Is Less Than Five
Per Cent.

Substantiation of reports that
Washington property owners are
planning to make additional rent IN
creases when leases are made for the
realty year beginning October l, came
yesterday afternoon in the first hear
ing on the rent situation by the Ser
ate subcommittee investigating the
high cost Of living in the District.
Some real estate dealers in the Dis
trict have frankly told tera - shcJ
are only waiting for the Salisbury
act to become imperative before they
either slap another increase of rent
on them or force them to vacate.
according to testimony given.
Real estate agents and property
owners here are willing to admit they
IRE asking for from Is to 80 per cent
increase in rents and are anxious
10 back their action up by figures
and facts winch. they claim, will
prove they are making less than .
per cent on their investment. it de-
veIoped at the hearing.
Nearly thIrty specific Instances
where rent for small apartments had
been doubled and trebIed were re-
lated by both war workers and per-
manent residents.
VIII Be Hot RebuttaL
That there will be a stiff rebuttal to
all evidence presented against alIeg-
edIy profteering property owners
and real estate dealers in Washing
ton was evident early in the hearing.
After Z. E Britton had told the
committee how his apartment at
9O1 Twentieth street northwest had
been raised from S4S to s5S and
then a notice to vacate given, the
owner of this apartment. Frederick
r Van Antwerp. rose from a group
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The Washington herald., 1919-08-26

Definite announcement concerning
President Wilson's proposed tour Of
the country yesterday was awaiting
further treaty development in the
Senate. The President, Il is known
believes that the strategical time
for starting his tour will be when
the treaty is reported to the Senate
by the Foreign Relations Committees
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would Hinder Price Wa

Any substantial wage increase IN
leading lines OF industry. the ITeSi-
dent says, would crush he campaign
the government is waGIng TO lower the
cost of living. which he says IS DC
ginning TO show results.
Tt is the duty Of every citizen OF
the country TO insist upon a l"Loe L.
such contests until intelligent settle
ment can Re made. and made by
The Washington herald., 1919-08-26

My Fellow Citizens: A situa-
ton has arisen in connection
with the administration of the
railways which is of such gen
eral significance that I think
it my duty to make a public
statement concerning it. in
order that the whole country
may know what is involved.
The railroad shopmen have
demanded a large increase in
wages. They arc now receiv-
ing IS, 63, and 68 cents per
hour. They demand S. cents
per hour. This demand has
been given careful and serious
consideration by the board
which was constituted by the
Railroad Administration to ad-
just questions of wages, a
board consisting of an equal
number of representatives of
employees and of the operat-
ing managers of the railroad
companies. This board has
been unable to come to an
agreement, and it has there
fore devolved upon the Di-
rector General Of Railroads
and myself to act upon the
merits OF the case.
The shopmen urge that they
arc entitled to higher wages
because of the higher wages
for the present received by
men doing a similar work in
shlPyards, navy yards and ar
senals, as we'll as in a number
Of private industries, but 7
concur with the Director Cen
eral in thinking that there is
no real basis of comparison
between the settled employ
ment afforded mechanics by
the railroads under living con-
ditions as various as the loca-
ton and surroundings of the
railway shops themselves and
the fuctuating employment
afforded in industries excep-
tionally and temporarily stimu-
lated by the war and located
almost without exception in
industrial centers where the
cost of living is highest.
A Potent Argument.
The substantial argument
which the shopmen urge is the
very serious increase in the
cost OF living. This is a very
potent argument, indeed. But
the fact is that the cost Of
living has certainly reached its
peak, and will probably be
lowered by the efforts which
are now everywhere being
concerted and carried out. 1t
will certainly be lowered so
soon as there are settled con-
ditions OF production and Of
commerce; that is, as soon as
the treaty of peace is ratified
and in operation, and mer-
chants, manufacturers, farm
ers, miners all have a certain
basis of calculation as to what
their business will be and
what the conditions will be un-
der which it must be conduct
ed. The demands Of the shop
men, therefore, and all similar
demands are in effect this:
That we make increase in
wages, which are likely to be
The Washington herald., 1919-08-26

President Wilson late yesterday appealed for between
workers and employers until the country again restored normal
conditions.
This in addressed the county explaining why
had been found nadvsabe grant demands railroad shop
for increased pay.
Increased wages the President points will result
the of production and therefore the of living This he
said would force repetition of the process.
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Urges Delay Until
Country Returns
To Normal State

Railroad Shop Workers Demands Are Re-
fused, and Appeal Is Issued to the Public
Explaining Reasons - Increased Wages
Bring Higher Living Costs and Hinder
Government Efforts, Says Wilson.
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New York, Aug 25-An important between Samuel
GOmpers and Judge Ebert Gary and other officials the United
States Steel Corporation being planned according
tonight by John Fitzpatrick president Chicago Federation
of Labor.
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San Antonio, Tex, Aug.
7s.-The last of the troops of
the American expedition COM
ing out of Mexico reached
Ruidosa, Texas, on the border
this afternoon.
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Roosevelt Field, Mineola,
N. Y, Aug. 2s.-The first air
plane to reach here in the
Toronto-Mineola fight, was
that of Sergt. c. B. Coombs,
who ploted a CHG. Sergt.
Coombs landed at 7:II p. m.
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ALL THE NEWS

all the time-telesraph. cable and local
NEVIS found in The Washington Herald
brightly and briefly told
The Washington herald., 1919-08-26
PRESS-TiME
FLASHES

Belfast, Aug. aS.-The Brit
ish government is about to
station from $1,000 to 10000
additional troops in Ulster, the
Irish News learns.
Baltimore, Nd, Aug. 25.-
z. M. Williams, president Of
the Southern Express Com
pany, is seriously i'll in the
Johns Hopkins Hospital.
London, Aug. 7S.-Passenger
air service between Paris and
London was successfully in
augurated today, the first trip
taking six hours.
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Treaty Delays Wilson's Tour.

CONTINUED on PAGE TWO.
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Today and tomorrow fair;
not much change in temperature.
Highest temperature yesterday, 81;
lowest. TO-
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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-15

The upshot of the matter was that
a week or two later Mr.. Campbell was
in the presence of the secretary of the
tary asked him was what kind of a
contract he wanted
ANY kind was the reply. Just SC
/ get chance TO raise lot ot
wheat
what do you want for yourselfT
asked the secretary.
Nothing" Campbell replied. II am
willing to enroll with the doIlar-a-year
men if the government finances the
project. and Ifs finance it myself all
1 want is a chance To break even"
That certainly made a hit with the
secretary He saw that he was deal
ing with a real man. so he asked him
why he didn't make it 100000 acres in
stead of the 10000 he had asked for
and added:
Gould you handle that many
acres?"
Certainly" replied Mr. Campbell
''only it will require more capital than
had figured on"
Secretary Lane said he thought that
could be arranged and told Mr.. Camp
bell TO go ahead and draw contract.
The contract was drawn and in due
time bore the signature of Secretary
Lane, all the bureau chiefs and Mr.
Campbell The Indians. of course
were well taken care of under the
terms of the contract They will re
ceive one-tenth of the crop during the
first five years and one-fifth Of the
crop during the second five-year period
at the end of which time the lease
expires.
The next step was TO finance the
project. so Mr.. Campbell hurried to
New York. presented himself at the
Offices OF J. p. Morgan & Co. and sent
in word that Secretary Lane had ask
ed him to call on matter of business
Whether Mr.. Morgan had received adj
vance information of Mr.. CampbelI's
coming or not is unimportant The
fact remains that he was Immediately
invited in
Mr. Morgan listened while Mr.
Campbell told his story. AT the end
of the story Mr.. Morgan asked how
much money would be required
"Five million dollars" replied Mr..
Campbell without batting an eye.
VERY WELL" said Mr.. Morgan. You
may have it, And if that isn't enough,
as much more will be available"
And so the 100000 acre wheat farm
came into existence, with Mr. Camp
bell as president of the Montana
Wheat Farming corporation and gen.
eral manager of the whole project
But about the absence of horses
from the farm.
All of the work is being done with
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-08-15

tractors. Last fall, when the first
ground was broken, there were fifty
monster machines mt work tearing up
the prairie sod This spring others
We're at work. They plowed on the
average one acre minute for the
working time. a record was made
on one day of 1.SS0 acres turned and
broken All the seeding. harvesting.
etc, was also done by tractors. and
then. of course. there are the thrash
ing machines. Hence the absolute
disclosures of horses about this place.
One of the first problems Mr.. Camp
bell had to solve was the number of
various kinds of machines that would
be required to do the work on the en-
tire farm He solved this by dividing
the farm into units of 5000 acres and
then allowing certain period for
each operation-such as blowing. har-
rowing. seeding, cutting, thrashing--on
each unit.
The 5.O00-acre unit also has another
use Mr.. Campbell as active as he is,
couldn't reasonably he expected to
personally oversee work on 2C0.ON
acres of land throughout the season.
So each unit is put in charge of a
competent farm manager. with a gem
eral foreman and crew of men. Each
unit also has its group of permanent
and modernly- equipped buildings. 1t
is q gigantic proposition any way you
take it,
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WHY DESTROY YOUE FRlENDS7
AqricuIturists Make Tremendous Mis-
take When They Wage War on
Certain Types of Birds.

In the suburbs of one of our cities
recently a man was arrested for shoot
ing SO robins and two cedar wax
wings. When, we consider that each
year the people of the United States
pay q toll of one billion dollars to in
sects. the reason for protecting our
native birds is apparent.
Some birds feed almost entirely on
the seeds of weeds, others on field
mice and others on small rodents.
Hawks and owls are considered out
laws. and the average citizen wants
to shoot them if he can 1t has been
estimated that each hawk or owl Kills
on an average a thousand mice year.
A recent examination of the stom-
ach of n cedar wax wing CHERRY birdD
revealed 100 canker worms. In the
stomach Of a scarlet tanager were found
$50 gynsy moth caterpillars. With the
continued wanton destruction of ma
tive birds. successful agriculture
would become impossible and the de-
struction of the greater part of food
vegetation would follow.-Thrift Mag
azine.