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New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
Federal Ownership
of Railroads Asked
By Farmers Council
Lower Rates and Cessation
of ''Looting" Are Among
the Reasons for Stand
Given by B. G.. Marsh

Ne1c York Tribune
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2o.-Govern-
ment ownership of railroads was in
dorsed to-day by Benjamin C. Marsh,
of the Farmers National Council. in a
statement filed with the House Com
mlttee on Interstate and Foreign
commerce. Mr.. Marsh said his organi-
zatlon had a membership Of 100000,
and that IAN Overwhelmingly majority
OF the farmers Of America favor the
government ownership and democratic
operation Of the railroads."
The chief reasons for government
operation of railroads outlined by Mr.
Marsh were:
Ito secure lower freight rates
and equality of service. We know that
by exercising the taxing power of the
government interest charges Of at least
$oOoOO0,O0O year can be saved. We
Know, too, that the economies which
can be effected only through govern
ment ownership and democratic opera
tlon OF railroads will result in effect
ing another saving within a very short
time of several hundred million dol
lars
2-Neither the farmers not the citv
workers can trust Wall Street to stop
ltS iootlhg OF the public if the rail-
roads are returned to the resent own
ers. Congress has never stopped this
IN the past.
"3-1he farmers and organized labor
are dlsgusted with the way in which
the stockholders and management of
the railroads committed sabotage dur
ing the war to discredit government
ownership.
"4-Private ownership of railroads,
no n: matter how safeguarded, will con-
tlnue the most corruptng force in
American political life
Congress, Mr.. Marsh said, "has be-
tore it to-day a resolution to investi-
gate the charge made by Mr.. Plumb as
to the looting of the railroads and their
management Congress owes it to itself
to adopt this resolution and make the
investigation forthwith Congress is on
trial in this matter.
We respectfully ask you to devote
your time and effort to working out
the most effective plan for government
ownership and democratic operation of
the railroads in conformity with the
WISHES OF your constituents throughout
ne United States, for we are sure that
you, like we: believe in representative
government"
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
DEATHS

AICHINSON-On Monday. Senterobo~ =
IsiS IN: II: Eliza beth Atchnson, beloved via
bl b William D Atchinson. Funeral from
ford N vS"teHce. ihe Cpands," Starn-
,enbe- J ~ - " wednesday, 2:30 p. m. Sep
BROkAW-Su Suddenly Sen, IL E5,,,us :,
beloved husband of Geraldine Rroksyr >
at at ms late residence. 90 Haverkamp st
C CC.enaale. funeral Sept. 2l, at ~ a. m
Cremation at Fresh Pond. &" III
az as p m: Funeral from her late bon1s
222 East 5lst St, Sunday. at D m r'''''e
bfRNE-On Sept. Is. Paul Bvrns isIovad
husband Of the late Mary Bvrne ee'o,ed and
Iather I of James F.. Paul J. and Mar a
nyrhe: Funeral from his late residencs
-. O % Sotn St. on Monday. Sept ~
Cb,s.S a. ~ a; m, thence to St Cecilia's
requiem will be offered.
CAMPBELL Josephine NJ belouea d...
Ief OF William J. Campbell Septenber %
Ti.u1neral services at her home, 543 Wesr
lfiSt ST.. tuesday. September % at - ~
COBLENs- Sept. 1S 1919. Gerson Coblens
t nei4Ved husband of Julia Levy Coblen,
s anu 1ather Of Monroe Coblens Funeral
p,.i oni ms late residence, 35l Jefferson av.
1919. ~ '0i'uaS' sept a.
DWfER-On September 10. 1919 Charles W
Dwyer, beloved husband of Loretta A lnae
Garvevl Funeral from his late ras;darco
1864 Sheridan av., Bronx, on Monday Ssn,
tefnher y, at a. m ; thence to Churcn ~
St. Angela Merici. 163d st. and Morris av
lnterment Calvary " '
FARRAND-Daniel NJ on September IL At
the home of his nephew. Harry NJ. Snear
33s 47th st. Brooklyn, in his 18th vear
Funeral Sunday D. M Cremation ~
Fresh Pond Crematory Jersey naners
please copy PA'e'
FURGY-Suddenlv. Thursday Se,+ar,,o &c
l9I9' Alden c., in his 11th year. youngest
son OF Lillian and the late Hanford NJ
Iurgy. Funeral services at his late resi-
dence 10 Phillips Place. Yonkers. Sunday.
September p. Interment Sleepy Hollow.
GARRETSON-On September 10. at Baxter
Springs. Kan, Sarah Verrnilye, wife of the
late William Garretson. in her 73d year,
interment private, at Ivy Hill Cemetery.
Philadelphia, Penn.
NERCkEN-On Thursday. September 1S
1912 Margaret. wife of the late ] Hanr,
Gercken Relatives and friends are re-
spectfully invited to attend funeral services
az 225 Washington st. Hoboken. on Sun
day afternoon, September 81, at . O'Clock. :
GlLBERT-At her residence. in Brooklvn
Maria, widow of the late Bradford L. Gil
bert of this city. and formerly Mrs jerry
McAuley- Funeral services will be held at
the Jerry McAuley Water Street Mission'
10 Water st, New York City. on SUNDAY
atternoon, September 2l. 1919. at 2 80
o'clock.
HOR"lTZ-Alherr, beloved husband of Han
nan Hcrwltz. father of Jennie. Henry and
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
WILLIAM J. MARSHALL

William J. Marshall. eighty-nine,
died Friday in the Brunswick Home,
Amityville, L. l., where he had been a
patient under the care OF the Actors
Fund of America since 1907. He was
one of the oldest theatrical managers
in the country. He began his stage
career at the old Burton Chambers
Street playhouse in 1857 After two
years as an actor he became manager
and was occupied in that capacity
until he became i'll in 1907. His first
wife was Elsie de Courcy, for many
years leading woman in his produc-
tions a2d later married the late Henry
Bandenhotf. His former wife and a
daughter. Mrs. Kate V. St. Maur. sur
vive. Funeral services Will be held to-
morrow from the Funeral Church,
Broadway at Sixty-sixth Street, under
the auspices of the Actors Fund.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
u. S. Oil Workers
In Mexico Dared
Death to Aid War
Senators Told That Reports
of Conditions We're Cen
sored So Allies Might Get
Fuel; Outrages Numerous
New York Tribune
Washington Bureau


WASHINGTON, Sept. 2o.-Only the
patriotic devotion and the bravery Of
Americans who risked their lives in
Mexico kept up the supply of oil which
was vital to the success of the United
States in the war, Ira Jewell Williams.
of Philadelphia, to-day told the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, investi-
eating the Mexican situation. He de-
clared that the American oil workers
stayed in Mexico and faced death in
order to aid in winning the war. Mr..
Williams is connected with the Boston
Panuco Oil Company, which has large
operations in the Tampico oil fields
"The real truth about Mexico was
not told while we were at war" said
MIR. Williams, because the American
press patrlotically agreed not to print
anything which would cause ll-feeling
or which might embarrass our govern
ment in the conduct of the war. I
nave seen no miss tatement of the facts
as to conditions in the oil fields which
could be charged to the oil companies.
During the war conditions became
so bad that it seemed almost impos-
sible to keep the men in the oil fields.
Employees were constantly exposed to
Al oSl "u outidge. ney we're un-
armed. The Carranza government
would not permit them to protect
themselves. The men who were killed
did not have sporting chance
IF it were not for the bravery and
patriotism of the Americans in Mexico
the supply of oil from the Mexican
fields which was so essential to the
successful conduct of the war by the
Allied nations and the United States
would have been cut off.
Eleven Americans have been killed
in the oil fields within the last year
About five hundred have been mur-
dered during the last nine years. |
have never known of single authen-
tic report of the murder of a German
in Mexico"
Mr.. Williams recounted the diff
culties confronting his company in it's
efforts to maintain the operation of
its wells in Mexico. He said that
under the oil DEGREES of Carranza his
company had been refused permission
to drill for oil on lands which it held
in the Tampico region. Mexican inter
ests, he said, had taken possession
of part of the land and were pro-
ceedinC to drill for oil
THE operation of the Carranza
government under these oil DEGREES"
Mr.. Williams said, ARE nothing more
nor less than confiscation."
Mr. Williams said that Carranza
soldiers had gone upon the property
of his company and had halted work
of the company's employees.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
Building Fund Chairmen
Now Ask for More Time
Say They Have Been Able to See
Only 20 Per Cent of
Their Prospects

Eighty-two chairmen of the United
Building Fund Campaign met yester-
day in the Biltmore Hotel and adopted
resolutions unanimously urging that
of calling upon prospects bevond the
week allotted to raising the $4,000 900
Working at top speed, the chairmen
reported, they have been able to call
upon only % per cent of the possible
contributors
Colonel H. A. Guinzburg announced
the followlng programme for the com
ing week: On 1Ionday and Tuesday
afternoon the charmen will report at
headquarters in the Bitmore. There
VIII be no meetings On Wednesday
Thursday and Friday because of the
observance of the Jewish holy DAYS.
On Monday, September 90, there will
De meeting to receive special reports
of division heads and industry char
men.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
Lower Interest Expected
On Government Certificates

WASHINGTON, Sept 2o.-Govzern-
ment certificates in the future will bear
an interest rate of 4A per cent, instead
of che present Az per cent, if pur-
chases continue as brisk as they have
on recent issues Of tax certificates and
certificates of indebtedness This was
the conviction expressed in Treasury
circles to-day.
1t was explained that while it is con-
templated to reduce the rate Of interes t
on the government certificates the rate
on future issues will be placed at the
present rate Of " per cent if the pur~
chase fall off.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
Once a AIillionaire-Left Is Cents
By DR.. BERTHOLD A. BAER.

She was lady of culture and refinement
She had just arranged for the burial of her hus-
band, former millionaire. Today he had died, pen
niless, frendess
"A possess in this world is fifteen cents' she
said; will you take these and purchase one rose just
one rose to be placed upon his casket%
Rarely have | seen such eyes, full of sorrow and
tender devotion.
NO one is so poor, lonely but that he
has a friend in Frank E. Campbell Your husband
Will be buried with true Campbell SERVICE and there
Will lie wreath of upon his casket" said Mr.
Campbell.
know the above to be true for was present
when Mrs. S. called. also know what "Co7npbeN Ser
t2ce means the derised is taken from the home the
hotel or the apartment to the Campbell BuiIding
Broadway at Goth ST.. whre separate room is as
signed to him, there to lie in state with Drjncel,
honors. There the family and friends NAV coma At
any hour DAY or night, to pay homage to the dear do
parted Funeral services will be held in the world
renowned Funeral Church the second floor Of tho
Campbell Bulldng'; the Campbell Quartette and
master organlst enhance the beautiful service
Strange that New Workers know so lttle f +h;
greatest of all institutions which is visited da;l h
out-o1-town people who have heard of the unioe nac
where death loses its sting and where NOTHING reni
but beautiful memories ~
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
MRS. J. r f HILL.

PORT CHESTER, n. Y, Sept. 20
Joeephine F. Fowler Hill, widow of
Francis II. Hill, a member Of one Of
Westchster's County's and Oldest fami-
lies, and a direct descendant of Arnold
Hunt. Revolutionary patriot, died early
to-day at the home of her son. Fred
here. She was seventy-seven years OF
age. She leaves daughter, Mrs John
W. Greirson, of Brooklyn, and two
sons. Frank Avery Hill. OF Johnstown,
n. y, and Frederick ?. Hill, of this
town.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21

GERSON CoBLENs. fifty six. of 351 JEFF
ferson Avenue. Brooklyn died Thursday of
heart failure. He director of sts-
tionery company in Mani attain.
ALBERT HOROWITZ. forry-seven. Of 3ss
Eighth Street, Brooklyn. died Thursday at
the Kings County Hospital. be had been
an insurance agent since childhood
JOSEPH J. MORRISON. ffty-tTo. Of 800
Starring Place. Brooklyn died Thursday
He was "A carpenter in the employ OF a
wholesale grocery company
EDWARD FOLEY. seventy-three died Fri
aay ut ms home. l52 Hewss Street Brook
iyn. He was a shoe factory worker for
many years.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
MARRIAGES

eKEssINGHAM les -wINsLow-on septem.
ents @ M the od residence % Of the brides par
Montcialr N. J., Mary Helen Wins,o,v r.
nlr, R,oo, harold E. Cressingham, of Bound
"GDhiN- -; ~ iN-CLARKE-On September 90. 1919
~, ~ urace ace Church Union Springs. N. Y, by
cnd,;n Cue eet " Edwin G. White. Lawrence
ROSSITER-ALLEN ON Sa+,,r,.
teInber 20. at the home of the br;da'
parents IN Danbury Conn, by the Rev
a =. Coburn. Isabelle Fitch Allen IN
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
CAPTAIN FRANCIS c. DIDON

ONOCO, Conn, Sept. 2o.-Captain
Francis c. Didon. seventy-one, one of
the most prominent citizens of Stoning-
ton. died to-day. after short illness.
He was a thirty-third degree Mason
and a member Of the Mystic Shrine.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
ENGAGEMENTS

H0TsENBLUM EN- -KUsHNER- and Mrs
or their daughter Lena to Mr. So, Rnsen'
nium' Of Brooklyn. The announcement
was made last Wednesday night at ths
nome OF Mr.: and Mrs. Kushner sGs Ia
fayette av.. Brooklyn. ''''S'' V''' Id
HosEN ENFELD-KAPLAN-M and Mrs Jo-
Sspn "a"nca nosen' ser Of s3i East lssth St. an
hosenfeld. formerly of ST. Louis Mo 70
ms mf' Percy julius Kaplan, of Baltimore
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
DIR. GEORGE V. TONE

THOMPSON, Conn, Sept 20~Dr.
George V. Tone, forty-eight, one of the
best known veterinary physicians in
this state, died here to-day in the
house where ne was born He was a
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
OBITUARY NOTES

>, HARRY +. sCHfEMBER. thirty y-seven,
oled Thursday in St Mary's Hospital. New
ark OF injuries received when he was run
no~n by a railroad locomotive He lived
ae = - south Belmont Avenue Newark He
was brakeman employed by the Pennsyi-
yania Railroad
bERNAD BAUERSFELD died Friday a.
ms ms nome 26l Crescent Street. Brooklyn.
~ aiter long illness. He was a bank mes
sehser IN the tax office at Long Island CITY.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21
BIRTHS

" nSh~ Mr and Mrs Sherard Krech
son. at 521 Park av.. on Sept. ls.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21

graduate Of the New York Veterinary
College,
New-York tribune., 1919-09-21

Taxation.
! Federal and
! State, is de-
\ pendent upon
\ Accounting
y upon the record
\ ling and t h e
\ statement of fnan-
\ cial facts in accord
= ance with sound Ac-
\ counting principles.
\ No business concern,
n no successful citizen,
\ can at this time avoid
\ a specific Accounting
\ responsibility.
\ Accounting judgment, ex-
\ ercised on the basis of
\ ones own knowledge, is an
n Invaluable business asset.
\ Many advantages accrue,
\ aside from tax benefits, to
\ the business that is di
\ rected by the Accountancy-
educated man - such ad-
\ Vantages as
y -iooalizat.on of leaks
PRODUCTION OF costs
\ economical use of capital
-se.t lements on the basis of facts
availability of statements for
creuit and managerial purposes
Pace Institute, in it's classes
morning, late afternoon, and
n evenIng-teaches the essential
n principles of Accounting. All
y fundamental and many ad
\ vanced principles are taught in
n one Semester-l7 weeks. In
n later Semesters the principles
y are amplitied and developed.
n You are cordially invited to visit
n race lnstitute-to meet the mem-
N oers Of lis faculty-to inspect its
n Classes. A few copies of an article
n accounting in Relation to the In
n come Tax by Homer S. Pace.
n y.P.A, which appeared in the New
N 1ork Sun Of Sunday, Septmber IA,
n are available for distribution-a
n copy will be sent upon application.
\ Pace & Pace
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-27
DRY ENFORCEMENT ACTS
NOT LIKELY VERY SOON|
House Republicans Decision to
Recess and Indicated Senate
Changes Will Delay.

Legislation for the enforcement of
wartime and constitutional prohibit
ton probably will not be enacted for
two months. at least, as the result
of the decision yesterday of repub-
lican leaders to have the House recess
from August to September s.
Senate leaders have indicated that
many changes would be made in the
House bill, and even should the Sen
ate pass it's measure before the House
reconvened in September consider
able time would elapse before final
enactment, as the differences between
the Senate and House would have to
be thraShed out in conference.
Final decision to have the House
recess for more than a month was
reached after conferences between re-
publican leaders of the two houses.
Little opposition to the plan was eX-
pressed by senator's, it was said, but
there was no suggestion that the Sem
ate take a recess. Besides the treaty
with Germany many important mat
ters are before the Senate and its
committees. These include military
and railroad legislation, as we'll as con-
tested nominations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-27
M. A. LEESE APPOINTED
ON OPTOMETRIC BODY
Made Member of Department of
Administration in Session
Last Week.

NJ. A. Leese, one of Washington's
prominent business men and a form er
president of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association, was ap-
pointed member of the department
of administration of the American
Optometric Association. which was in
session last week at Rochester, n. Y.
He will serve two years.
Mr.. LeeSe has been in business in
Washington for years, and has taken
an active interest in business mat
tiers and civic activities in the Dis
trict. He was a former treasurer of
the Retail Merchants Association, of
which he was one of the organizers.
and he is chairman of the optical sec
ton of the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Association, in addition to
being chairman of the charities and
Endorsement committee.
He is member of the Chamber of
Commerce. the Board of Trade. the
new City Club. a Mason of high de-
gree and a director of the Bank of
Commerce and Savings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-27
Mr.. BAKER URGES RAPID
ARMY RECONSTRUCTION
Necessary, He Tells Senator's
"That We May Have Regular
Organized Troops in q. S."

Rapid reconstruction of the Regular
Army is necessary that we may
have regularly organized troops in
the country Secretary Baker told
the Senate military committee yes
terday, urging the departments re-
quest for an authorized officer corps
of $4,000.
This is important" he said, be
cause there is very little National
Guard in the country"
Gen. March. chief of staff. said the
Army was ahead of schedule in de-
mobilization. adding that appropria-
tions for the year had cut even the
hospital service until the sick could
not be properly cared for. The Army
was down to 100000 by today's re-
ports, he said.
The department has always planned
for a separate air service, and not to
return it to the Signal Corps, both
officials said. 1t would be a crime,
Gen. March said, to return to the
little handful of men and planes of
pre-war times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-27
FRANCE MAY SEND OFFICERS
American Army Wants Exchange
of Observers and Lecturers.

An invitation to the French gov
eminent to detail French army off
GERS as observers, lecturers and ulti-
mately as students to American Army
service schools was extended yester-
day by Gen. March, chief of staff,
through the French military attache
here.
Gen. March suggested that a
French general officer might be sent
to the war college and a qualified en-
cheering officer be attached to the
office of the chief of engineers. The
plan contemplates similar details of
American officers to French army
schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-27
j. s. HOLDS Up RUSS
. ACTION, IS CLAIM
Recognition of KoIchak
Clear-Cut Issue Here When
Bakhmeteff Returns.
AGAIN MADE ENVOY
BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

The hesitancy of the United States
government in giving free and full
hearted Endorsement to the regime of
Admiral kolchak is one of the chief
obstacles preventing concerted &C
ton on the part of allied European
governments in Russia. according to
diplomatic opinion i'll Washington.
The Omsk government IS the only
hope of early regeneration of Russia
and the wrestling of the country from
THE hands of the bolsheviks. accord
ing to diplomats who. it is reported,
repeatedly have unofficially and
officially presented the cause of kol-
chalk to the American government. .
According to advices which have
been received in Washington the
recognition OF the Kolchak regime
soon may become Clear-cut issue for
the American government. Boris
Bakhmeteff. kerenSkyS minister to
Washington and later acting for the
kGlchak and independent Russian
groups in this country, is returning
TO Washington from Paris with ere
Gentials as kolchak'S ambassador to
Washington, it is declared. The Gre
GentialS either must be passed upon
or rejected. The latter contingency is
not believed possible. Neither is it
thought that President Wilson Will
permit Ambassador kakhmeteff to re-
main here Indefinitely a s unaccred1ted
representative of the kolchak regime
without taking stand one way or
another.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-27

ton Electric Company answered a
strike call at noon today. because of
the company's failure to adjust new
wage demands. The engineers and
switchboard operators, however, are
working. as they are bound by an
agreement which is effective until
March next. The company furnishes
electric power and light to every
town and city in the Lackawanna
valley from Pittston to Forest City,
excepting Olyphant. as well as power
to the street railway company and
to hundreds of industrial plants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-27
MONTENEGRO DEMANDS
PLACE AT PEACE TABLE
Official Statement Claims People
Are Engaged in an Uprising
Against Serbian Troops.

PARIS, July 26.-The Montenegrin
government, in an official statement
replying to demands made upon it
by Serbia, maintains that the Monte
negrin people are engaged in an up
rising against the Serbian troops of
occupation. and declares the Serbian
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-27

Thomas Hammerschmidt, former So
cialist candidate for mayor of Gin
cinnati. and twelve other socialists,
indicted on the charge of conspiring to
obstruct federal CONSUMPTION, have
been convicted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-27

of Jugoslavia looking after her in
terests.
Reports that revolts had occurred in
Montenegro were denied July 20 in
statement given out in Washington
signed by DIR. Anton Korshetz. the
Jugoslav premier and minister OF Tor
eign affairs ad interim, through the
Jugoslav information bureau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-27

in Uniform and civilian and women
patients at the hospital participated.
The community service among other
things furnished 500 watermeiors
and 200 gallons Of ice cream.
Committee members in charge OF
the meet were Commander Charles T
Jewell Byron s. Adams, DIR. James
Hassell. Rev. David p Coven and
James r. Facer