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New-York tribune., 1919-05-30
Stock Prices Go
2oNesU High Nezs'k
With E,466,6OO Shares
Sold in Doy IsadusfriaIs
Are Forced to IOO.4 40

When the gong sounded the cios;ns
OF yesterdays business on the floor Of
the New York Stock Exchange a new
mark had been passed in the long sus-
tanned "bull" speculation. IN an out
burst of excited trading the industrial
section of the stock market had risen
to the highest level ever attained. The
average price of thirty representative
industrial stocks closed at 1O6. 40. The
previous record, established on Novem-
Der 25, 1915, when the speculation in
war stocks was at its zenith, was 105. 80.
Transactions yesterday aggregated
l,466,6OO shares. 1t was the fortieth
consecutive trading day in which deal
ings IN stocks exceeded million
shares.
The surge Of industrial prices to a
new high record. accompanied by q
high record for this year in the rail
road section of the list, followed
months of frenzied speculation. The
advance began early in February when
1t was seen that the read djustment of
business to peace was not likely to be
attended with disastrous consequences.
and has continued almost without in
terruption Orders to buy stocks have
been pouring into Wall Street for weeks
from all sections of the country and
from abroad
Scores of spectators have made
large fortunes as stock after stock
joined in the advance Stories of for
tunes made almost ight have been
heard every day. Many persons = no
previously had purchased stocks for
investment Unexpectedly reaped riches
as the issues they were fortunate
enough to hold jumped to record prices
Not few Of them have refrained from
taking the profits realized on paper in
order that they might avoid paying the
government large share.of their win
nings in taxes.
The spectacle of million share days
and steadily rising prices has become
commonplace in the financial district
which looks upon the great stock mar
ket demonstration as a reflection Of
prosperity. The booming market is
considered forerunner of the great
industrial and financial activity that
is expected to follow the signing of
the peace treaties.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-30
Trainmen Want Federal
Wage Award Revised
Demand Time and a Half Pay
For Sundays and Overtime
and s / so Month Minimum

COLUMBUS, Ohio. May 29-The
brotherhood Of Railroad Trainmen, in
session here, to-day adopted rcsolu-
tlon expressing disapproval of the last
wage award made by the Federal Rail
road Administration. The resolution
stipulated certain conditions the
award should have covered that it did
not. A committee was named to take
up the matters with the Railroad Ad-
ministration for immediate adjust
ment.
The resolution stated:
owe hold that rates should be COM
mensurate with the service performed
and sufficient to improve the standard
of living which obtained before the
war. at which time the wages
were lnadequate.' The resolution in
slsts that the minimum monthly, daily
and mileage rates, equivalent to $l5O
per month, be established.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-30
l. pstatc Farmers
Need $500 Jobless
Soldiers at Once
New Jersey and Connecticut
Also Clamoring for Work
crs, DR.. Kirchwey AS
serts; High Wages Paid

Twenty y-fve hundred discharged sol
dlers who are looking for work ir
New York City can have jobs on farms
upstate if they are willing to leave
the city, according to DR.. George w
hlrchwey, state director of the United
States Employment Service, 469 Fifth
Avenue.
DR.. Kirchwey said yesterday many
Jobs on farms in New Jersey and Con.
nectlcut also were open. "lf the lob
less soldiers will consent to leave the
city we can place thousands of them .
lie said.
"A large nuAh.r of competent
stenographers go Npists ale wanted
to act as army field clerks at the head
quarters Of the port of embarkation,
Newport News, Va. These men are not
required to serve for any enlistment
period and have the privilege of re-
signing in the event they so desire
The salary is $10O month, in addition
to which the government pays on an
average of $33 a month allowances for
quarters, light, heat, etc. The chances
TOR advancement and opportunities for
men to become permanent government
employees iii responsible positions are
excellent.
Until the men who do not belonp
here can be induced to leave we will he
facing in this city problem which
rightly does not belong to us, and al
though the rest of the United States
may even report shortage Of en-.
ployes New York City still will have
soldiers and sailors walking the streets
In search of work.
ANY young man in good physical
condition who will not accept work on
the farms of the Middle West at
the present time is very foolish. They
can now start in the Southwest at
wages as high as $3.50 a month and
board and lodging. The work is of the
cleanest type obtainabe harvesting
the wheat crop. These positions are
awaiting men now at our farm bureau
at 22 East Twenty second Street. where
experts from the Department of Apri
culture are ready to make all neces-
sary arrangements for all those who
are ready to go to work No previous
experience IN harvesting is required" ."
New-York tribune., 1919-05-30
Oyster Bay Honors
Memory Of Roosevelt
resolution Presented to Widow
of Former President by
Town Board

OYSTER BAY, n. Y, May 29.-Reso-
iutlons expressing the regret of the
people of this tewn on the death ot
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt were pre-.
sented Yesterday to his widow by the
Town Board. They were adopted while
Mrs. Roosevelt was in Europe. Their
text follows:
"Whercas, Our Heavenl0 Father
called to his eternal home our world
honored and world beloved townsman,
Theodore Roosevelt, whose great IN.
terest in his home township was nevee
lessened throughout the busy years Of
service devoted to the advancement Of
humanity; and
whereas, The lessons Of his noble
life as private citizen and public
servant will ever endure as an inspira-
ton for the betterment Of all citizens
and all governments; therefore be it E
"Resolved, That we, the mem bers Of
the Town Board of Oyster Bay, hereby
express our profound and deepest sor-.
row for the irreparable loss sustained.
by the community and the nation 10.
the death of our most distinguishes
citizen" -
New-York tribune., 1919-05-30
Honor Belgian Girl Martyr
People Pay Tribute to Mile.
Petit, Shot by he
Germans

BRUSSELS, May 20 (By The Asso-
ciated Press).-The transfer of the
body of Gabrielle Petit, young Bel
gian woman whom the Germans ex-
ecuted on charge of treason, was
carried out to-day with impressive
ceremonies. The streets were lined
with thousands Of spectators, and the
city had the appearance Of national
mourning. Piles Of flowers covered
the coffin, and troops. patriotic socie-
ties and school children followed the
cortege to the communal cemetery
where military honors were paid.
Premier de La Croix and other Of
clals delivered eulogies before the
coffin left the town hall of Schaerbeck
suburb. Mile. Petit was put to death
in 1916.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-30
Frieda Hempel to Sing
AT Spring Festival
oratorio Society Bars German
Svmpatiizers Unless They
Have Repented

Singers of pronounced German senti-
ments or leanings will not he a]1owsd
TO appear on the platform at any of the
festivals Of the Oratorio Society Of
New York. This decision was reached
at the last meeting of the board of
directors of the society. which is ro-
ported to have been at times rather
heated. Charles NJ. Schwab is pres;-
dent of the society
Inc decision to bar those singers
VINO nave been outspoken in the cause
OF the Fathorland was finally approved
IN the form of resolution. While all
the directors are maintaining an atti-
tude OF secrecy regarding the meeting.
declaring 1t was "a purely family af
fair it is understood the storm arose
over the eligibility of Frieda Hcmpel.
1t Is known, however, that Miss Hem
pei VIII sing at the spring festival of
the society. This fact was positively
announced by two Of the members Of
the board, one of whom added that if
was finally decided to allow those sing
ers who have repented of their earlier
attitude to appear
1t Is understood that Miss Hempers
eiiglolllty was admitted only as a re-
suit OF the earnest advocacy of one of
the directors. Frieda Hempel was for
merly the idol of the Royal Opera
House at Berlin, where she enjoyed
the praise of the ex-Kaiser.
In 1915 she was refused permission
by the police of Providence, r. l., to
appear at a concert in that city until
she had learned to sing the national
anthem. This was a result of her
previous visit to the city when she
declined to sing "The Star-Spanglcd
Banner" on the ground that she did
not know it well enough
New-York tribune., 1919-05-30
Hope of Cheaper Labor
For Utilities Dashed

WASHINGTON, May 2o.-Belief that
the country's street railway systems
will have to seek relief in directions
other than reduction in cost Of labor
and materials was expressed by Pro-
fessor Irving Fisher, of Yale, and T.
S. Holden. of the Department of Labor,
at hearing on the public utilities sit
uation held here to-day by commit
tee of the Chamber OF Commerce of
the United States
The present generation, Professor
Fisher said, probably would see little
if any reduction in prices, because of
the infiations in gold and currency. Mr..
Holden declared that building mate
rails were the cheapest ommodities
on the market to-day by reason of a
less advance in their prices than in the
prices of other goods
New-York tribune., 1919-05-30
News Measure Provides
S., 900 Fine or 5 Years in
Jail, or Both, for Display
of Anarchistic Emblems
W ars On Bolshevism
Organizations Preaching the
Overthrow of Government
by Force Are Prohibited
Neic York Tribune
W0shtr0tou Bureau

~ V0SHtnQtOh bureau
WASHINGTON. May 29.-The first
measure aimed to check Bolshevism in
the United States to be presented in
the 66th Congress was introduced in
the Senate to-day by Senator Harry
New. Republican, OF Indiana.
The bill outlaws both the red and the
black flag, and makes It unlawful to
advocate the overthrow Of constitu-
tional representative government by
force or violence. The punishment pro
vided for any violation Of the bills
provisions is a fine of not more than
$4,000 and Imprisonment for not more
than five years, or both. The bill pro
vides:
pearance Of red flag. red banner or
red emblem or Of a black flag, black
banner or black emblem, at d meeting,
gathering or parade, public or private,
held for the purpose of political, gov
ernmental, social. business or religion
discussion, hereby is declared to be
unlawful and illegal.
Bars Red and Black Flags
"That the display, exhibition or ap-
pearance of red flag, red banner or
red emblem, or of black flag, black
banner or black emblem in connection
with OR in conjunction with the flag Of
he government of the United States
commonly known rs the American flag
hereby is declared to be unlawful and
Illegal
THAT the advocacy, by speech or
writing, of the overthrow, by violence
or any other unlawful means, of the
representative form of government now
secured to the citizens of the United
States and Of the several states by
She Constitution of the United States
and the constitution of the several
states. hereby is declared to be unlaw-
tui and illegal
THAT the publication, issue, sale or
distribution of any written or printed
matter including books, papers or
documents, which advocate crime or
violence or disorderly procedure as a
means of accomplishing the overthrow
oi constitutional representative gov
ernment of the United States, hereby
is declared unlawful and illegal.
Hits RED" Organizations
That the organization of or at
tempt to organize any association or
society the object of which is to ad-
vocate the overthrow of the existing
torm of government of the United
States by any unlawful means whatso-
ever. or the renting of any assembly
hall or meeting place, with or without
compensation, for the organization of
any association or society the object
o. which is to advocate the overthrow
Of the existing form of constitutional
government by violence or unlawful
means, is hereby declared to be un-
awful and illegal
That any person or persons con-
victed of violating any section of this
act shall be fined not more than $4,000,
OF imprisoned for not more than five
years, or both.
That if any section OF this act is
declared to be unconstitutional or in
valid, such decision shall not be con-
strued to affect the constitutionality
or validity of any other section or sec
items of this act"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-30
Daylight Saving
Foes, Checked,
Plan Big g Fight
Aroused by Rules Commit.
tees Failure to Act, They
Will Garry Conflict to
House Floor


Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, May 29.-Checked
in their efforts for the immediate re-
peal of the daylight saving act by the
failure of the House Rules Committee
to-day to legalize the repeal measure
as rider on the agricultural appro-
priation bill, enemies of daylight saw
ing now are planning to push the re-
peal through Congress as separate
measure.
Twenty-six separate resolutions for
the repeal Of the daylight saving act
have been introduced in the House
since the session opened. One of .hese,
probably the resolution introduced by
Representati tive Esch, of Wisconsin, to-
day, will be considered by the House
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Com
mittce in executive session. The COM
mittee will decide at that time whether
hearings shall be granted. Opponents
OF the new time system fear that hear.
lngs would give an opportunity for it's
friends to delay a report by the com
mittee indefinitely
memorandum by Attorney General
Newton of New York, read to the Rules
Committee by Robert S. Conkir, deputy
attorney general, was largely RESPONSE
bic for toe failure of that committee
to grant the special rule requested oy
Chairman Haugen of the Agricultural
Committee.
Attorney General Newton pointed out
that the New York Legislature, when
the daylight saving law was enacted.
made the state laws as to standard
time conform to the new system. Since
the Legislature does not meet again
until January change back to sun
time would be impossible and New York
would be compelled 10 observe two dis
tlnct time systems.
The New York Attorney General sug-
gested that the present daylight saving
period be permitted to run its course,
and that the repeal take effect after
the first Sunday in October. The reso-
luton to be considered by the Inter
state and Foreign Commerce Commit
tee tomorrow would dictate return
to sun time al . A. NJ on the third
Sunday after its approval by both
Houses
New-York tribune., 1919-05-30
Armour Tells Reasons
Wages Will Stay Up
Checked immigration, Needs of
New Mills and Building
Operation Emphasized
NeW York Tribune
Wdshin1t0M Bureau

washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, May 29.-Six reasons
why wages will not go down were given
to-day by J. Ogden Armour in a letter
to Secretary Wilson, of the Department
of Labor.
"The greatest danger to our economic
structure today Mr.. Armour said
"arises from the failure of many to
recognize new and higher level of
prices, based on permanently increased
cost of labor and high taxation
Nothing in the labor situation war
rants any one in expecting materially
lower cost of commodities in general,
and building in particular. Wages will
not be less for several fundamental
reasons, viz:
Il. The practical stoppage of immi-
grafton since 1914, depriving America
of the several million workers who
would normally have come to our
shores.
SO. The retention by the nations
military and naval establishments of
nearly two million workers, which
may continue for an indefinite period.
%. The creation OF new Industries,
such as shipbuilding and manufac-
ture Of chemicals and dyes requiring
hundreds Of thousands of workers.
a. The urgent demand for build
ing and construction of every class,
due to their having been forcibly
held back for several years.
IS. The shortage Of the worlds
food supply.
IS. The proportionately higher lev
els of community prices existing
practically all over Eurone"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-30
Winnipeg viii Halt
sympathetic Strikes

WINNIPEG, Man. May 29.-The city
government Of Winnipeg to-day took
aggressive steps to end sympathetic
strikes OF public utility and service EN-
ployes when the police commission
ruled that every man wishing to remain
IN the employ Of the city must sign an
oath agreeing not to join any sympa-
thetic strike movement In the future.
oifcialp announced that large number
OF the regular police force had signed
and that many applicants, including a
number of discharged soldiers. would
be added to the force.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-30
Soldiers Families
Assisted by Ford
After Criticism,
Witness in ST, ,OOO,OOOLibsl
Trial Says Action Taksn
Followed Publication Of
Editorial Complained Or

, Special Correspondent. :
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. Nav % :
Edward F. Clement, ar executive -
fcer OF the Ford Motor Company,s -
called educational or sociolov;cs, !,
partmcnt was the only witness hs.,a
to-day IN &he million dollar lihe, s.a
brought by Henry Ford against ars,
Chicago Tribune" Being examined
Attorney Murphy for the plaint;s
showed that about dozen families ~
soldiers who Went to the MEXICAN ~.
der had been assisted financially :.
the Ford Company Cancelled chao,'
were offered as evidence. 'A'
Attorney Weymouth Kirkland 49,.
oross-examination, drew from him fta Fta
admission that it vas ne.rl,. '"s
month after publication Of tbs :,
legged llbellous editorial before Tho
ecutive officers of the company dec;Ssa
to assist these needy families Tsa
date of the editorial was June % ,a,s
and letter written ny Mr.. Cler.n,
read that "at the time o. our decisio,
to assist" and placed the time as In,.
~ OF that year.
Fund Not Reimbursed
OF the fourteen families Ford assist
ed eight were called to the attentio,
OF Ford officials by the Detroit Patriot
lc Fund, which had assisted them ana
later turned them over TO the Eorsf
people The Patriotic Fund was mt,
reimbursed
Opening the days examination Altar
ney Murphy spoke sarcasticallv of tbs,.
'mythical' profits sharing plan and ths
mythical" treasury from which
mythical" S22, 100000 was paid in ona
year. it was shown that in order to
benefit by the proit-sharing plan an.
employe must live sober life. savs
money. support his family. if he has
one, and when a Ford inspector called
at his house be able to account for
these profits" by showing a bank ac.
count, receipts for househ Id goods n,
real estate. No one is considered for
proiit-sharing who does not elect to ar.
~ p NhT HIiuN PIES anu DOllcleS laid
down in the book of instructions fur.
nlshed each employe of the Ford COM
pany, nor TO any one to whom thev
think such profits viii be detrimental.
II married, a license or other verify-
ing proofs must be shown.
Enlistments Not E-.couraged
1t was shown that, although no Oh.
stacle was placed in the way of
man who wished to enlist for border
duty in 1916, none of the executives.
as far as Mr.. Clement knew. ever en-
couraged the men 70 enlist or to 90
to the Michigan training camps
Wednesday The Tribune at.
torneys subpnnaed all the papev
IN possession of the Detroit Pa.
triotic Fund Committee. They showed
the exact sums paid dependents
of Ford workmen who were dong
guard duty Oh the border. and me
date on which these dependents were
turned over to the Ford "charitv" com.
mittec
Mr. Clement will be recalled Mon.
day.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-30
Wages to Drop First,
Says Coleman du Pont
Tells Secretary Wilson Normal
Prices and Labor Costs
Are Not In Sight
N co York Tribune
Wn.sbjOUfoO Ru,eo1

" uSft"O'0N bureau
WASHINGTON. May % No early
return Of normal prices nor Of a de-
crease in wages is seen b. Coleman
du Pont, the Delaware powder manu-
facturer, according to letter written
to Secretary of Labor Wilson Mr.. du
Pont says wages will continue high de-
spite any reduction in the cost of goods.
His letter to Secretary Wilson said:
$50 long as there is demand for
an article its price will be high. The
greater the demand the higher the
price, and if the cost Of this article
is mostly labor the price OF labor Will
continue high on that article, and so on
down the list. Local weather conditions
may affect local crops in certain dis
tricts, and this will make that article
high at least in that district, the de-
mand for it will be grcat by reason of
the low production. and so .ong as ma
terials, including foodstuffs, are high
labor cannot go down much, although it
is likely that labor viii be lowered in
price ahead of commodities.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-30
German Beet Seed
Can Be Imported Now
Payment Will Be Diverted to
Relief Administration for
Food Exports

WASHINGTON, May 2o.~Licenses to
import beet sugar seed from Germany
now Will be granted, the War Trade
Board announced tonight, to appll-
cants, II arrangements are made by i'm
porters in the United States to make
the money paid for the seed available
to the American Relief Adm .nistration
SO 1T can be utilized to pay for food. |.
stuffs now going to that country. Proof
Of the payment of the seed cost to the
administration must be submitted To
the War Trade Board at the time The
license is sought
New-York tribune., 1919-05-30
Calls Army Relations Cordial

LONDON, May 29.-Asked by Sir
Frederick Hall in the House of Com
mons day whether his attention had
been called to Congressman Julius
Kahn's report of dissensions between
the American army authorities in Eu-
rope and the Allied military staff, An
drew Bonar Law the government
spokesman, replied in the negative
81 am glad to say" he added, that
the relations between the American
and British authorities have always
been most cordial"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-30
WilsorE Assures Belgium a Visit

PARIS. May 29.--President Wilson
to-day. through Brand Whitock, Min
istev to Belgium, informed King Albert
that he had not forgotten his promise
20 visit Belgium. Mr. Whitlock said
the President expected to carry out his
promise, but he did not fix any time
for the trip
New-York tribune., 1919-05-30
Rotarians Invite Pershinr

General Pershing will receive ca
blegram some time tomorrow asking
MN to be the guest of the Rotary Club
es one Of Its weekly luncheons soon
after his arrival here. This was de-
cidcd at the weekly Rotary Club lunch
con at the McA!p!n Hotel yesterday.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-09-05
Osgood Suits

J17OMFN do not dress by the thefm0metef-.eIse why
wv should the thoughts Of all feminine minds be upon
the New Autumn Suits? Mere man can't understand u
but every woman knows is because her sex likes variety
because toward the end Of Summer the tlffy summary
clothes see tresone and unattractive So womenfolk
are now out and looking about for Suits. Most women
will delight in the osgood gatherings, which evidence
every whim of Dame Fashion.