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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-02
LIVING COST UP 10 r. G.
SINCE WAR STARTED

London, Dec. 3l.-There has been
20 per cent increase in the cost
OF living in England since June. 1914,
according to findings of the commit
tee headed by Lord Summer which
was appointed by the chancellor OF
the exchequer to report on the ac-
tual increase in the cost Of living to
the working classes.
The general conclusion arrived at
10 combined with other expenses. the
final increases per cent IN the cost Of
living a. a whole are found TO be
for sktlled workmen's families e7, for
aerAi-ektiled rs, and for unskillcd n.
The coSnmfttee did not extend ~ In
vestieation % Ireland noc an It deal
WITH yricuffuTAf tAbQknra Il s
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-02
RESUME PROBE OF HUN
PROPAGANDA JAN. 3

washinsxon. Dec 3f.--Chairnian
Overman. of the senate committee,
engaged in investigating various
phases of alleged German pre-wax
pfeBaga atisa Ia .fe limited States To-
day summoned the committee to re-
convene Friday. january ), for
further hearings.
Alfred Il Becker. of New York,
whose term OF Office as depty attorney
general expires tonight, has been no.
tilted to reappear before the commit
tee on that date to submit to further
REORGANIZATION by Senator James
A. Reed as TO the history and political
purposes back of the anti-Hearst affi-
davits used in the New York primary
campaign 1t is expected that Becker
will occupy the stand most OF Friday.
There is now little prospect OF the
hearings being concluded before the
latter part of January. Major E
Lowry Humes, OF the judge advocate
generals office. assigned as legal ad-
wiser to the committee, after a con-
ference with Chairman Overman this
afternoon, said he was prepared TO
present considerable more evidence.
One phase OF propaganda which
will be brought out, he said. was the
widespread commercial activities or
the Germans. designed to dominate
American industry both a. means or
checking the now of supplies to the
allies and as laying a foundation for
control of world commerce after
crushing her enemies abroad.
Records OF the alien enemy prop
erty custodian bearing upon the ex-
tent and value OF German owned
property interests in the United States
wilt also be introduced before the
hearings close.
The testimony thus far taken has
not been reduced 70 printed form and
no report Ia looked for until sometime
in February
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-02
PLOT TO SPREAD TERROR
UNCOVERED IN PH|LlY
Blowing Up of Buildings in Quaker
City Believed To BE Eorerunner OF
similar Outragcs i'm Other Cities.

Philadelphia. Jan. "A concerted
plot to spread terror throughout
America is believed 10 have been back
of the outrages which took place here
last night, according TO Superinten-
dent OF Police Mills and other au-
;horities. Foreign gold is believed to
have financed the plot. One suspect
was arrested today. whose name was
not divuleed, but who was reported
to have acted formerly as private sec
rotary of William Haywood the J..
W. w. leader. The police questioned
him late into the night, but refused
to reveal the result.
There IL absolutely no doubt in
our minds that Monday nights ex-
piosion. which blew up three build
ings, were the first steps in series
of similar outrages Which may be
expected TO take place all over the
country" said superintendent OF
Police Mills.
There is absolutely nothing local
in the cutrages. They are the work
of Boisheviki agitators and anarchists
who are planning to threaten this
country with their so-called social
revolution.
tswe believe sasltis aaatraEes may
take place ia other big American
cities within the next two or three
Wf6kS, ne gtQS iCfG NFaI SAhPis
the first step in this terrorist move
ment." ~"
Information was declared to be in
the hands of the police that The plot
here involved the blowing up OF the
courthouse and other public build
ings.
Federal authorities have sisnified
an intention of taking active part in
the nation wide round UP OF anar-
chists and those of know Bolshevist
beliefs and activities, ii was declared
last night. The department of JUS
tice and the intelligence offices of the
army and navy will cooperate with
local police and detective officers
throughout the country, il was said.
Public buildings were guarded last
night by members OF the home guard.
500 of whom. fully armed. were set
to patrol the streets.
The selection of Justice Won Mosch-
zisker's residence for destruction.
among Others is 'befieved to have re-
suited from the justice having In
1903 sent a number OF anarchists TO
prison for long terms for staging
parade in tho streets OF Philadelphia
in defiance Of police prohibition.
Many arrests are expected within
a short time in connection with the
round up OF anechists and Bolshe-
wiki
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-02
.SH|PBU|lD|NG CONCERN
. TAB0OS DRUNKEN HELP
Intoxication on Streets Of Employees
Sufficient Cause for Dismissal. Rules
Manager OF Industrial Relations.


Carl Marshall. manager of indus
trial relations at the Merchant Ship
building Corporation plant, Bristol.
Pa. has placed in the hands of every
workman a notice that drunkenness
on the streets will be followed by in
slant dismissal. The new rule Ia
effective at once.
THIS step Is taken in the determi-
nation to remedy conditions existing
in Bristol and Hartman where
drunkenness is said to have increased
tenfold in the last several weeks.
Mr.. Marshall's announcement Gre
ated CONSERVATION among a certain
elemeE-- OF the lshipyard workers, II
is said that practically 30 per cent Of
the cases OF drunkenness which come
before local magistrates come from
the shipyard. This community. with
a population of less than $4,000. has
had an average of from fifteen to
twenty arrests daily for drunkenness
during the last two weeks.
Mr. Marshalrs orders included in
structions to the Merchant COM
pany's policemen that whenever they
and a man intoxicated they ane to re-
move his button and to return II to
the employment office. The loss Of
the button automatically prevents the
man from gaining entrance to the
yard
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-02
o.% ste, Meet. rw. Needs.

Fields in Hamilton county. Ohio. thkt
nsre acid in soil ana broken by atQA4
onteroppings have been made more prO-
ductive and easier to plow BY INC one
step Of crushing the stone and SPREAD
in- Il over the ground. ThS atonN q
lin estone, with . high percentages A
calcium. This method of solving tho
Timing problem was developed by thu
count, agent Some men bought stone
crushsrs and entered the hUsinNs1 TX
grinding limestone.
OF the 5000 tons~of lime applied hi
Hamilton county on the county ag1NtfN
accommodates 3.5o0 tons were GrDund
on the fifty farms where the stone va
found u
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-02

Cablegrams from Herbert Hoover
in Paris received by the food admin
istration here give a picture OF the
huge problem he is facing in helping
to feed Europe.
Chaotic conditions in the Balkans
where distress is very acute are re-
ported by the American food admin
istrator, who says there is only ter
days food supply visible for the tive
million people of Vienna.
The first cargo OF foedstuffs
shipped through tbs cooperation Of
the war department and food admin
istration has arrived at Trieste" Mr.
Hoover cables. land other cargoes
should arrive at Cattaro and othei
points on the Adriatsc sea in thesnexl
three days.
These supplies are intended 70,
Serbia and the territory recently
au aigau,ated with Serbia IN Bosnia
and Montenegro. where the distress
Is very acute. The only connection
is by railroad from the Adriatic sea
the 4Bnlgariaiss having DESTROYED tire
railroad from Saloniki, Greece, be.
yond the possibility of repair inside OF
four months.
Colonel Mcintosh has already ar
rived in Trieste. Austria. Colonel Al
wood and staff leave tonight for Ra-
SuSd enToutc IoT IttisTdue. StdNah-
representatives at Cattaro and othM
points. pr. Vernon kellogg, Cononel
Grove and Hugh Gibson leave Berne
tonight by special train FOR warsaw
by way OF Vienna, 20 take charge oil
relief measures which II Is hoped to
develop for Poland.
"A commission representing the
American, French. British and ltal-
ian governments. under the chair
manship of DIR. Alonzo Taylor, with
the assistance OF Captain T. T. G
Gregory. L. 8. A., is leaving tonight
for Vienna in response. 10 representa-
tons as to the dangerous situation
which has developed In that city.
The representatives of the Wen
nese municipalities now at Berne
state that food supplies for the two
million people Of Vienna
will not last more than ten DAYS.
Owing to the DISCRIMINATION OF
railroads in Austria and the separa-
ting of Hungary and Gzeche-Sle*akis'
Vienna is practically cut OF from any
supplies ,,, . ,..,
kept under control in Vienna. but ad-
vices indicate that unless foodstufiss
can be furnished for the city it will
be impossible to maintain order. The
Swiss government Is proposing to for
ward at once about weeks supply
for the city, but the situation in
Switzerland will not permit of their
giving more than few days relief.
The American and allied ministers
in Roumania have teleGraphed to
their respective governments that.
after investigation, they are con-
WINGED that the food supply OF Rou-
mania will not last for more than
another thirty days and that imme-
diate steps for relief must he taken
IL the country Is not TO be submerged
by Bolshevism..
Methods of relief are under con
sideration. hut present extreme diff
culties. The railroads of Roumania
are largely broken down. There Is
great deal of port destruction and
there IS no bunker coal in the Black
sea except what can be borrowed
from the allied nations. Further.
Roumania is entirely without funds
to pay for food"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-02
Peace Improvemcnts.

Rome, Dec. 31.-By devoting $780,
10000 to the Improvement of rail-
ways. ports roads and similar works
and loans to public bodies the Italian
government has started the prepare
ton for the economic transition from
war 10 peace.
super tax OF from ] TO per cent
is imposed on incomes OF from $4,000
to $4,000, which should yield well as
much money has been made in the
country during the war,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-02
Lander H.. surr~s.~ !. sssre.

Montreal, Dec. 3l.--The Montreal
Star says that Harry Lauder. the
Scotch comedian, who is scheduled to
be here for week starting January
Z. wiu get an unpleasant surprise II
threats are carried out growing out Of
remarks credited to him on his last
visit. derogatory to the military spirit
of French Canadians. An Organization
has been formed. the Star says, to peit
the comedian with rotten eggs and to
prevent him from leaving his train
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-02

IoCAL PRODUCE MARKET.
k64 fol1wing are Wholesale market
xttoNx based upon actual sales on
Ichmond market:
Uuttef.
|2kx lAlry. Per HI - q %
family per ~ ~ ~
II - - 81
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-02
Army Aviator Killed,

Mineola. l.. T., Dec. 30.->-Lieutenant
.Culbert Mills, an army aviator, was
burned to death late this afternoon
when his blazing machine fell from q
hikh altitude into small woods near
Rockville Center, II Milk Hved II
1rSsrixar. 9tn&en Island g y -.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-02
MUST SUPPLY FOOD TO
HEAD OFF B0LSHEV|SM
Hoover Declares Europe Can Utilize
Every Pound OF Pork Available
Before July.

Washington, Dec. SI.-The
food administration has received
the following cablegram from
Herbert Hoover:
Every pound OF pork products
we can export before next July
Europe will need. and as soon as
the initial chaos of the sudden
economic change from war TO
armistice can be overcome there
will be over demands. For an
other month we will be unable TO
determine what the volume OF
this task is"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-02

GRAIN EXCHANGE.
yAolesale Quotations on 'Change)
|11e+ Richmond. Va. Dec. 81. 1918.
Lots:
NJ : Red fwfutcr) 49,. Prices
: Red tscft winter) ~
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Amer ......, BY
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-02

Chairman 81 the German Afmtstice
CommsssiOn, Leader Of tho Centrist
Party and Former- Secretary
az STATE.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-29
PRESIDENT LEAVES
PARIS WITH REGRET
In Farewell He Expresses
Deep Sympathy for French.
By fAs Associafsd Prses,


PARIS, June 2s--sefore his departure
tonight for the United States President
Wilson made the following statement:
As look back over the eventfui
months / have spent In France my
memory In not OF conferences and
hard work alone, but also Of In
Vulnerable acts Of generosity and
friendship which have made me feel
how genuine the sentiments or
France are toward the people OF
America. and how fortunate I have
been to be the representative OF our
people in the midst of nation which
knows how to show sis kindness with
30 much charm and so much open
manifestation of what is in its heart
Deeply happy az I am at the pros
poets of joining my own countrymen
again, leave France with genuine
regret, my deep sympathy for her
people and belief in her future con-
firmed, my thought enlarged by the
privilege Of association with her pub
lie men. conscious of more than one
affectionate friendship formed. and
profoundly grateful for unstinted
hospitality and for countless kind
nesses which have made me feel
welcome and at home.
take the liberty of bidding
France godspeed as well as goodby.
and of expressing once more by
abiding interest and entire confidence
in her future.
WOODROW WILSON.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-29
WILSON RING LOOKS
LIKE ARABIC SEAL
Characters Are the Steno-
graphic Symbols Of Presi-
dents Name.

The seal ring with which President
Wilson signed the peace treaty bears
one OF the most unusual inscriptions to
be attached to this extraordinary docu-
ment. 1t'ranks in oddly, from the Oc-
cidental viswpoint, with that of the
Chinese and Japanese delegates, and has
an Oriental aspe Oh hardly to,be expected
In the seal of an American President.
This Ia because the President has en-
graved on the face OF the ring his name
in stenographlc symbols, arranged in a
way to make them look like Arabic
characters. The ring is 20 unusual that
it-iG, included in the book on Rings"
written by DR.. George Frederick Kunz,
the jewel expert OF Tiffsny's, who OBJ
tained an impression from the ring made
by the President himself.
The ring il made of part of a nugget
OF gold which was sent to him by the
University Of California when the an
nouncement was made OF his enga cement
to the present Mrs Wilson. 1t was sent
with tho request that the wedding ring
be made OF 1t, and after that had been
done there was so much gold left over
that the President had 1T made into n
seal ring.
When DR.. KunE heard of II he asked
the President for permission to reproduce
the impression made by the ring In his
book and visited Washington for that
purpose. President Wilson himself mads
the impressions in sealing wax and they
were photographed in the White House
by DR.. Kunz and tile picture reproduced
in his extensive work on the hi1tory Of
rings. In writing Of 1t, he says:
"A novel idea finds expression In tie
ring of President Wilson. on which he
has engraved his name in stenogr aphic
symbols. This IL ip thorough agreement
with his aim to utilize business methods
In the administrator of national Affairs
to do away with routine and take the
most direct route to the solution OF ma
tional problems One OF our ex-Presi-
dents, William II. Taft, sent us this re-
ply: \ nexer wear. n ssgnet ring and
never have done so, Fer that reason
cannot comply with yoar request
!, II 10 interesting. to recall that the
President is something Of shorthand
expert himself and often makes notes
in It so he can economize time. He ais,
uses the typewriter to write his speeches
and messages.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-29
BRITAIN KEEN FOR U. S. TRADE
Frank G. Smith Warns Selling
Method Must he English.

Great Britain offers one of the great
est opportunities for the expansion OF
American foreign trade. in the opinion
Of Frank G.. Smith. managing director
Of the Collin Armstrong Advertising
Agency. who arrived here yesterday
aboard the Orduna after several months
abroad studying trade conditions. He
said that trade opportunities were never
better for the Introduction of American
goods in England.
Tho great danger" he said. for the
American manufacturer is that he may
try to use American methods in selling
his goods TO Englishmen and Frenchmen.
This would be a grave mistake. They
want our goods. but they don't care
about changing their national customs to
buy them"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-29

The Motor Delivery Service
FOR THE SUMMER SEASON
to New Jersey, Westchester County,
and Long Island points Is in active
operation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-29
WILL HONOR SALVATION ARMY.
Baker to Give DistinEuished serv-

Evangeline Booth. commander Of the
Salvation Army, will receive the Distin-
guished Service Medal in Washington
July 10, according to a definite an
nouncement made yesterday at the New
York headquarters Of the Salvation
ArmyA Secretary OF War Baker will
make the award. e..
Arrangements are now being made in
Washington by friends of the Salvation
Army. both civilian and ofiicial, TO make
the occasion a noteworthy one. 1t was
at first planned to have the presentation
at once, but the pressure Of official du-
ties made II impossible for Miss Booth
to be in Washington before the date
named.
It has developed that the award IS
made at the special request Of President
Wilson. = W A.sr,' = -: &C.,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-29

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vas Iepresen.eu MAJ, ~ oS"es a.. .,no,,
- s.ycn, " pay uN'uU y" I'VE
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IN. res vseI au 49, -
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nut VI. co,uIsiol .nA. tne aiv - % s
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VI claih Ior auu , Ia'v
Is IN every rsiiroaa properly II tne ex.
pp .ee ~ uie pas, oe ~ NO. - 49,. III
,uture, NJ Invlsioie Ioss any - ~. euona'
epIecia.ion wnicn cannoe oe .anon 81
u ~ any otner wy, -. ~ s,.t Ia.e
for an adequate return to- security
% ,.,. .,...,,..o ,,,,,.,
no ,ro,,,sos %. az ,,ss,a,t - ,,,,,,re
$780,. ,r,s iii -
naona.its. 81 III. ~. "a o. ,,aora
- -, S..s
snS .r o"0 snou We ..,., -
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az dac,,nos ,,,,,h cor,a.nond,nr scsect
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sho,,ia NOT ha Invested n The nronsrtv
h,,t .so,,hs - la H.. a. go, - so,,.
o,,ic,, a seat
RI, 49, ha,.n.. r.r,o,,,oo sho,,ia. ha
divided be,ween The raiiwav ana the
nuhlIc, the nubiic ta,,,ng more IA the
amount increa as for, .examole.. the
| hrst mar cent IN he ,yiv,ded equally.
the NEXT per cent. one 10 the carriers
| and two TO the Government. any addi-
tional amount, one to the carriers and
four to the Government.
| Anything accumulated from this source
| by the Government might be devoted in
some form to the assistance Of the
weaker roads,
Assuming that this scheme might be
workable one IL the roads we're once
more In the possession of their owners,
what steps should be taken to restore
them and put in effect this plan?
l
| steps Tor RESTORATION.
| 1. Government onera,iono onerat,on
| should continue az n 10 until January
| Within that time tha commission will ba
able To fudge somethinr OF the future
and to determine what changes n anv IN
rates NAV be NECESSARY.
| 2 December al. 1919 awaiting con-
tract. Should t.rr,,rata ,nd tha nrov.
| ertIas he returned IN tba onsro,ion -,
/ ,hoir ,,,,ar. tn. Co,,ae".. .na,,,a
guarantee Tor ~ vear rot,,r, no,,ai
% * -. a,.at '.a.,Se.
ss,,o, -. ~, 49,, -. .,.S.a h.,..
800 81 w. In, ao'e ~
49, anu VIC eattif shou.e
oe ieIuieu u pay oNof 10 lhe Govern.
ihe!it al an suon oAsos per ceh. y.
any excess "hich IL may make over ana
ABOVE 'he contract compensation. II
tnere Is no contract there shoulo De no
guarantee ana no payment.
j. The Government should retain for
one year from January a certain
measure OF control Tor certain purposes
settlements must be made with the
| carriers ana TO that end the Govern
ment must have the right to call upon
them for certain assistance and infor-
nation.
An restoring these properties there VIII
be many adjustments as to. the use Of
terminals, the joint use of equipment,
as. as to which the Government must
have power to act to avoid Inconvenience
TO the pubic and due equity between
the carriers AZ the government Is TO
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-29
Net Income From Operation.

Congress should provide that no car
rier shall pay to its security holders out
OF it's operating income In any year more
than a certain percentage on the rate
making value fxed by the commission
The balance Of it, earnings should he
distributed In the manner 10 be deter
mined by Congress
The carrier should be allowed TO nav
20 the owners % ts securities which
represent It's carrier property saw ner
cent upon its rate making value as de-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-29
The Hosiery Department
Fine Silk Hose

richly ernbellished with real lace
"a collection which cannot fail to
appeal to every woman with a leaning
toward the rare and the recherche.
The handmade; cElantilly lace inserts
selected for the adornment of this hosiery;
> were imported by b. Altman & Co. from
France, and may truthfuily be said to
represent the highest type of the dentel-
Here's art. ....'
The hosiery may be obtained i'm white
or black, and is variously priced at
$1,000 to $500 per pair exclusive of
the War Revenue taxi. ...-
QFirst Floor
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-29
BIG RECEPTION HERE
FOR WILSON LIKELY
Plans for Rousing "Unofficiot
Greeting" Made.

WASHINGTON, June 2s.-with his
work in Paris finished and the peace
treaty at last signed, President Wilson
has already started for home. accord
ing TO a message received by Secretary
Tumulty at the White House. The mes
cage said:
Leaving Paris for R-est at $40
tonight. All we'll"
Shortly after receipt OF the message
II was announced that the white House
would be closed to all visitors until
further notice. Necessary arrangements
for the Presidents return. including
putting things in shipshape manner and
making minor repairs, are responsible
for the order. 1t was explained.
The President Is expected to arrive in
New York on July 6 or 7. and II Is un-
derstood that a great welcome and re-
ception will await him when he arrives.
Despite the Presidents desire that any
thing in the way Of formal reception
be dispensed with the people of New
York are apparently determined to make
the unofficial reception" as much OF an
event as possible. and It will probably
be difflcult to eliminate the ceremony
planned. -..
Another welcome will await the Presi-
dent when he reaches Washington. but
here. too the President Is understood
to desire that there be as little ceremony
as possible.
In one sense the President feels that
his work Is rot yet ended and will
not end until no has obtained rathca-
ton OF the treaty by the United States
Senate His first official act when he
reaches here will be 70 address the
Senate. He also has made plans to go
on a speaking tour for the League OF
Nations covenant
The extent and the itinerary of this
trip may depend on how the President
finds the situation in the Senate with
respect to the league when he reaches
here. 1t Is known that he desired to
take no chances OF having the treaty
amended or changed II he can help Il.
and the fight which the opposition plans
along the lines OF the Root reservations
is already matter of deep concern to
the President.
To Speed Welfare Workers Home.