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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-30
DISASTER PROCEED.

MI'SKEGON. Mich. oct. .a:-Fcdcral
inquiry into tho diaStcr which bcr"ll
tho Crosby lin" steamer Muskcgon yes
tcrday with tho loss Of fourteen lives
started today At Grand Haven.
Fred Stcffins. second mate last per
son TO leave tho boat was the first wit
ness. All members Of the crow have
hecn summoned to testify. and it IS ex-
pcctcd passengers and others Will be
called.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-30
INJUNCTION AGAINST
CLARkSBURG STRIKERS

cLARKSBUkG. w. Va. Oct. 2s.-Not.
ic, OF application for temporary no
s:raining injunction was served latc'
tonight on eighteen union organizers, al
legged to have been responsible Tor tho
picketin9 OF the local plant Of the Weir
ton steel company. The plant reopened
after 200 workers had voted to returns
following a shut down Of several weeks.
Only minor acts Of violence were report.
ed during the day.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-30
Startling Disclosures.

william Hatters. OF Lancaster.
plumber testified that men employed by
the EssweIn Plumbing company. or CO.
lumbus. as sub-contractors. did not DO
a days work and that their foreman
would not permit them to work. AS eX-
amples Of the way the men were order
ed TO work. he said 1t took eight men
nour days to do work that two men
Gould have done in two days, and that
TWO men were two days cutting threads
an a bolt, which one Of them could have
done in ten minutes. Plumbers. he said.
rere paid 1925 per day. He said he
lad been threatened with discharge If
40 did a full days work. but that they
rad instructions to pretend" to be
,usv when the leather boot" men. gov
,rnment inspectors. came about.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-30
GOVERNMENT
TAKES ACTION
Fuel Administration to Be Re
vived With All Of Its
Wartime Powers

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29.-The
government, confronted with re-
fusal of the miners. organization
to call off the strike of half a mil
lion soft coal workers ordered for
Friday night, moved swiftly today
to protect the people from great
distress.
First of many steps to deal with
4 situation admittedly critical
probably will be these:
Ample police or other protection
for miners willing to remain on
he job, as urged by President Will
ION.
Revival of the fuel ad1ninistra-
ton, armed with full war time
powers, TO prevent boarding and
profteering.
ALLEGATION and distribution Of
coal to homes, railroads and essen
tial industries.
Efforts to bring the strike to a
speedy end through mediation.
The government. however. will make
no efforts 10 bring about Indictment Of
officers Of the United Mine Workers OF
America. who called tho strike. on
~ - rojnpN
luction Of necessary product.
Public Against STRIKE.
Government officials asserted tonight
thar reports from confident al sources
showed that not all Of the miners w".:If
strik" thnt public sentiment was ">,c'
wh"lninGlr against ~" wa'kou; at III"
beginning ~ winter and that duration ~
tho strike would hC brief.
Refusal Of r." miners organization e
Withdraw tho strike order was dis
tinct Surpris" 10 officials who changed
quickly from hopeful 70 a fighting at
tit"dr. Thrrc was no disposition - dis
put" IN" right Of m" me-" 10 strike. but
officials wore Erimly d'""rm,n"d 70 500
thst mon who do nor strike VIII r" pro
trctcd in and out nt Tho mines. even ii
that means N" presence Of troops.
}
IN" presidents appeal reached hero from
Indianapolis. federal machinery WI,
h"'nR made read" 70 deal with conditions
''kcly 70 arise IN the coal fields. FGCl
administrator Garfield was summoned
hero from Massachusetts for a confer
nn"c ut tho White House and until tho
very ln%t y" We strongly Of Ia" op,a.
ION that RI" strike would not take place
- Goal
When "" returned IN IN" White HouS'
Into in ~" dav after tho miners com
r''ittrc rad spoken. u was 10 deal. how
,vcr with = ii errrrn' situation. Thor,
was no 'o<g ~ t'rr". Exactly wtat tn
.-~v~rrr>ont nropne"l ~ do was nor OK
Ia nd. h"t paramount consideration
,.as gwen Tho problem Of kc"pinG vol
''"rr ~ cal raSsinG swiftly from minr'
"a cities within thn next few DAYS 80
""urding un civilian army that nigh
~ ready 10 work IN" mines.
The nocosSirv Of rovivirE tho fuel nd
rriniStrs'ion was rr1phasiZ"d ~ various
conferences during tho day. and this 4
- 10 decided Tomorrow when PreStdcn
wilson viii 70 c~ivo recommendations o
n" "cn"r~rnre officials meeting late 70
lov that control of nric"s again h" rX
-rcis~d Dr. Garfield. still technical,
lcad Of the fuel adminst ration. has M
Continued on rage Nins.)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-30
Governor Cornwell Calls for Public
Safety Committees to Fight Anarchy

hunger and suffering in many places.
Disorders may follow on small or
possibly. in some places. on q large
scale. Indeed the consequences or
such n situation cannot I've for"Sccn for
il will be utilized by tho criminal and
radical element to ply their ncfari"us
trades and 10 bring about general
social and industrial revolution. The
number Of persons. Of natives as We'll
as Of foreign birth. who will rejoice at
nm opportunity to plunge the country
INTO anarchy must not be undcr-cstl-
mated.
Dangers Pointed Out.
If such a situation arises in other
states. which in my judgment is
most likely. VIC arc bound TO feel the
effects Of il in West Virginia. The
vast majority Of our people arc not
only libcrty-loving and law-abidmg
hut they arc patriotic enough to make
any sacrifice 10 protect and preserve
public order and dccorum as we'll as
to preserve established government
and continue the enforcement Of the
laws If the land. The only difficulty
will lie in their failure 10 realize tho
CONTINUED on Page Ten)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-30
RED ARMY BEATEN;
HUNDREDS. TAKEN

H1LH1N0Ho19, Oct. 39-A eoan..
munication Issued By the. 1usgiA1
Northwest army, says that the 81
Ehevik attacks on tho west &St4o-
grad front Tuesday were rsVotbAg
and that 400 prisoners were taksn
It adds that on wednesday the
white offensive west Of ERSUo1<
Solo WAS proceeding successfully AAd
that $500 prisoners had been taksA.
BKALIN, Oct. 2s-Ths autd-Doi-
shsvtst paper Prisyp (appsrently -
Esthouian papsr), prints = commu1a.
cation from General Yudenitch dAeea
October ~, declaring that the attack
On PetroRrGd was unsuccessful.
Reports from Revel state that 0SN.
eral Yudenitch IL falling back along
the entire line.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-30
SAYS STRIKE
IS UNLANF III

WASHINGTON. Oct "9.-Thc govern
r,.nt Mill "sta bl sh the ''ill"Cal!ty" OF
N" STRIKE Of coal miners without in
any way irrpaIrtnE tn" general right 10
strike" 4 sthc general right Z" strike
is no, in Issu" in any sense whatever
IN N" present situation, IT was de-
,larcd ~ Il statement issued tonight
after n Conr"rcn"" in tho office or NJ
torney General Palmer al which h" dis
cuss.d tho S'tuatiou with Secretary Will
son, pidcctur General Hines, Secretary
Tunultv and Assistant Attorney Cen
erals Amc,, and Garvan.
The statement, which it was said fully
represents the attitude OF the govern
ment. declared that thc impending coal
STRIFE was ordered in manner FOR =
purpose and with necessary erect
Which taken together. put 1t outside the
pate Of the law
e., The government VIII act IN INC s. f'I
under the provisions Of tn" Lever food
control law. enacted 20 p war measure,
but still in force.
One decision OF the government con-
ference on coal late today was To recon-
,rrnI 20 rho president the re-cstablish-
ment Of maximum prices on coal which
ur"I.i.lcd whom IN" fuel administration
wont out of existence.
These prices are considerably lower
than Tho prices now prevailing. II IS
considered certain that the president
will comply with the recommendation
which means that substantial rcduc-
tion in soft coal prices. including those
specified in large contracts made since
February will become effective almost
Immediately.
Or r. \. Garfield. former fuel admin
istrator. made 1.-The announcement as 10
resumption Of price control. He dcclar,
cd that his recommendations. which WIZ
go to the president tomorrow. would oeai
on,y with the question Of prices and
would not be concerned with the alloca-
ton Of 1ucl or the coming system Of de-
livCrics.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-30
THE %EArrHER.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2s-Forscast,
West vsrginia-I.ool showers and
warmer Thursday; Friday showers.
Western Pennsylvania and Ohio
Showers and warmer Thursday; Friday
showers.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-30
Told To ''Slow Up"

Carl NJ. Watts. Columbus. team
foreman. asserted that at tho end or
hts first days work with about thirty
teams under his direction. General
Superintendent c. u. IlollinGswOrth, OF
4. Bentley and Sons company. Toledo,
called him into his office and told him
TO slow up" Watts testified that the
men Learned they were not expected 10
work"
As many as 500 idle mon at a time
would be hidden in gravel PIT from
the eyes Of government inspectors ac-
rording to Watts. Timekccpcrs came
twice a day and checked the mon as he
ing at work. Watts declared. The Wit
ness declared that he brought down four
saddle horses and that a foreman told
him ne would put the horses on III"
payroll if Watts would split the money
with him.
Captain f. s. Bondefr, assistant camp
ouartermas;cr during the period of. con-
struction said there had probably been
IS percent waste in material alone and
that IL was hard TO estimate the UNI
necessary labor cost.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-30
CAMP SHERMAN s
GRAF 7 SHOWN Up
Criminal and CivilProsecutions
to Follow Disclosures at
Columbus

COLUMBUS. O.. Oct. 90. Roth 'r'n-
inal and civil prosecutions may result
from testimony given before IN" con-
grrsslonal subcommittee which Is here
investigating the construction OF camp
sherman. according TO members Of inc
committee Alleged promises Of graft
orders Of superintendent and bosses to
slow up work under threat Of discharge
and general charge Of inefhci"n"y' mis-
management. and extravaganza was con-
tanned in evidence furnished by wit
ncsscs. many Of whom had been employ
cd in different capacities in the con-
struction.
The only witness who said nc did not
consider there had been cxtraraEancc at
the cantonment was Major General Ed
win +. Glenn, commanding the camp
He added. however. that he was only
acquainted generally with tho consiruc-
ton
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-10-30
THE. INTELLIGENCE GER

Has the Largest Circulation of
Any Morning Newspaper in the
State Of West Virginia.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-08
Senators Are Studying
 Wilson's Statement On
 Shantung Treaty Phase
EFFECT ON OPPOSITION IS A MATTER OF CON LECTURE TIT IS PLANNED TO HEAR SECRE-
 ~TARY LANSING AGAIN ON NEXT MONDAY.

Washington, August 7.-President Wilson's statement regarding Shan tung and Secretary Lansing's testi- nnony before the Foreign Relations Committee divided interest today in the Senate fight over ratification of the peace treaty.
 Senators studied carefully the dec laration of the President relative to Japanese promises for the return of Shantung to China, but the exact ex- tent to which 1t will diminish Senate opposition to the Shantung provision remained conjectural
 The statements of the Secretary of State during his all-day hearing yes- terday before the committee covered a wide range and were studied as touching directly on many of the treaty provisions that have featured Senate debate.
 The committee wifi not hear Sec retary Lansing again until Monday, but it probably will hold one or two meetings in the meantime to consider other subjects.
 President Wilson has issued a state ment dealing with the announcement pan to return to China the full sov- ereignty of the Shantung peninsula. The statement reads:
 "The Government of the United States has noted with the greatest in terest the frank statement made by Vtscount Uchida with regard to Japan's future policy respecting Shan tung. The statement ought to serve to remove many misunderstanding which had begun to accumulate about this question.
 "But there are references ih the statement to an agreement entered in- to between Japan and China in 1915 which might be misleading if not com mented upon in the light of what oc- cured in Paris when the clauses of the treaty affecting Shantung were under discussion. I therefore take the liberty of supplementing Viscount Uchida's statement with the follow ing:
 "In the conference of the 30th of April last, where this matter was brought to a conclusion among the heads of the principal Allied and As sociated Powers, the Japanese dele gates, Baron Makino and Viscount
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-08
Admissions fire of Intentions to Educate Public to $25 Shoe and Further Fleece Those Who Have Been the Victims of Spectators Who Acknowledge Adding % Per Cent.

during which the war began, the production amounted to only $s41.- 7se,43e. The increase over 1914. rate of nearly $50, 100000 . month
 In spite of these figures. manufac- turers want the public to believe there is a severe shortage in leather and that high prices must continue indefinitely. All the leather journals play up this shortage and add much about the serious demands of labor. when the manufacturers are able to get labor at all.
 If profiteers receive 20 per cent and as stated, this Is a most con- servative figure-then they mulcted the public out of $6,0o0,00o on the June exports alone. On the same basis they required 31,54s,46 on tho imports for the first four months of the year, which totalled $167,742,- per in this instance, but Americans paid indirectly, as 1t was necessary to keep up prices here in order to un- load at high prints in Europe.
 Getting down in the total sales in 1919, as estimated on the Govern ment's figures for the first four months of the year, 20 per cent. on sS76,346,272 would be $175, 5,289,254. The last sum represents the total profiteering for the year. This would mean $1.75 tackled on the price of one pair of shoes for every one of the 100, 100000 inhabitants of America.
 Persons who have been paying $13 and S15 for shoes that used to cost from $4 to SC will not accuse the pa pers of exaggerating the profiteering figures In fact, they may question whether the difference between prof iteering. and legitimate profits Is too low. In other words, a man who now pays s15 for a pair of shoes which in 1913 cost him SC pays $9 more than formerly. The informants say that of this $9 profiteers get $1.T5 and that the balance, or $7.25 on each pair, Is the result of higher wages, in- fiation and the like.
 This is merely a concrete example to show how profiteering works out Not all the leather goes into shoes Tut the boost goes into all cla sses of leather. The same average increase is found in gloves. belts, harnesses and everything of which leather is a part of the whole. '.-
 Leather operators generally deny that dollar goes to profitcers. They point to the fact that in 1918 exports on hides and leather fell off T per cent, but they admit that the same
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-08

Chfnda, in reply to a question put by myself. declared that:
 The policy of Japan is to hand pack the Shantung peninsula in full sovereignty to China, retaining only the economic privileges granted to Germany. and the right to establish a settlement under the usual conditions at Tsing-tao. The owners of the rail- way will use special police only to insure security for traffic. They will be used for no other purpose. The police forces will be composed of Chi nese, and such Japanese instructors select will be appointed by the Chinese Government
 ''No reference was made to this policy being in any way dependent up- on the execution of the agreement of 1915, to which Viscount Uchtda ap- pears to have referred. Indeed, felt fl my duty to see that nothing that l agreed to must be contrued as an acquiescence on the part of the Gov ernment of the United States in the policy of the notes exchanged between China and Japan in 1915 and 1918, and reference was made in the dis cussion to the enforcement of the agreements of 1915 and 1918 only in
 
 carrying out the policy outlined in the statement of Baron Makino and Viscount Chinda-
 have, of course, no doubt that Viscount Uchida had been apprised o1 all the particulars of the discussion in Paris, and I am not making this statement with the idea of correcting his, but only to throw a fuller light of clarification upon g. situation which ought to be relieved of every shadow of obscurity and misapprehension.
 WOODROW WILSON,"
 The official text of the statement made to the press in Tokio Sunday by Viscount Uchida, Minister for Foreign Affairs. in regard to the Shantung settlement. as made public by the Japanese Embassy here today. reads:
 It appears that, in spite of the official statement which the Japanese delegation at Paris issued on May 5 last, and which I fully stated in an interview with the representatives of the press on May IT, Japan's policy respecting the shantung question is
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-08

that the above paragraph from MT. McE1waine's statement shed a flood of light on the situation. Having been made. he said, in view of the known fact that production will break all records. 1t was illuminating to know that "a11 classes of the people con- t.nue well supplied with funds' and the great boosts.
 President McEIwaine describes the shoe manufacturers as struggling to meet the increasingly large require ments of their trade" and then adds in the seme sentence that they "have suddenly found themselves In com petition with leather buyers from Europe. seeking supplies for coun- tries. closed for several years dur ing the war" He then says this com petition has lied to the bidding up of prices to the present unheard- of and unprecedented level. This situa- ton can only exist so long as the unusual export demand exists and this country's prosperous condition continues"
 In other words, If the European demand falls off, or if the country suffers a reverse and the people have not got the price shoes will come down. Labor and other things, ap- parently, would suddenly adjust themselves to these lower prices.
 President McE1waine makes much of sudden buying for European &C., count. In 1916 the total exports were $1o0,487,137. Shoes were not as high then as they are now. In 1917 ex- ports were Ss0,e26,659. The drop came in 1918. No one is prepared to say what will happen when shoeless Germany gets into the market She Is getting nothing now, nor are the other enemy countries.
 Italy has imposed restrictions on leather imports and is getting less than one half Of 1 per cent. of all leather products exported from this country. France is heavy buyer. getting from the exports 25 per cent or belting, 23 per cent. of the sole leather. 20 per cent. of calf, 16 per cent. of patent, 5 per cent. of grain and split, 3 per cent. of all other feathers. She takes 16 per cent. of the exports a whole.
 The United Kingdom of Great Britain is the heaviest buyer, taking s5 per cent Other countries and the percentage they take are: Scandi- navia, per cent; Asia, g; Canada, 6; Belgium, 5; Russia and Switzer- land, each; the Balkan States. l.: Australia, 2; Argentina, 3, and Cuba z. The remainder Is scattered throughout the world.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-08
Leather Profiteers Have Already
 Milked Public For 175 Millions

year the exports of ca1fskins and horsehides increased. Nearly all the figures in the trade seem to be based on exports. which are set at IS per cent. of American production and manufacture. If the exports of 1913 are taken as . basis for calculation, then the total production and nanu- fracture in dollars was only s23S.o14.- 272.
 What tho leather interests do not seem able to explain is why. in the face of this big drop. the production was not stimulated. Every one knows that the prices of finished material advanced sharply. 2 AS a matter of fact the only year in history in which there was a greater increase than 1918 Is the current year. In 1913 the excuse was a shortage in supply. Now the public is being prepared for coming boosts by being told that, even with a greater supply, the world cannot be supplied and citizens of the United States must dig deeper into their pockets and help foot the bill.
 MT. McElwaine, in the statement already referred to, aeds some ex- evelIent literature to the volumes which have already been written on leather and prices. As head of the greatest leather manufacturing asso- citation, in the country it must be conceded he knows whereof he speaks. Among other things MT. Mo- Elwairfe said:
 '"The present prices of raw mate riaI are nearly double tho prices our rent six months ago and wholly be- yond wartime or any other experi- ence, and have now made necessary prices for shoes far above any with which the trade is yet acquainted. We know of nothing which ca q quickly relieve the present tempo rary scarcity of materials or bring about lower prices for shoes for the coming fall trade. Shoes sold in the spring of 1920 must bring still higher prices, based on the present estab- 1ished prices of leather and labor, far beyond any past etperience-' . This gloomy forecast for the im- mediate future is given when, by com mon knowledge. warehouses are bulg- ing with raw material and finished products awaiting shipment to hard pressed Europe, where folks will be forced to pay any amount asked. MT. McElwaine has a reason for the con- ditions. He says:
 The cause for the situation is easily discovered. The stocks on the shelves of merchants have been de- pleted by the lessened production made necessary by wartime condi- tions. All classes of people continue well supplied with funds and eager to obtain their usual supplies. The increased price so far established has not in any way checked the steadily increasing demand from the con- Sumer"
 A large leather manufacturer said