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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
WANTS AN ARMY OF $4,000
Secretary Of War Baker Also Sent
Plans for Universal Service to
House and Senate

Washington for a perma-
nent peace time army of $4,000 Of
ficers and men and a system Of uni
Tersal military training were trans
mitted to Congress recently by Secre-
tary Baker.
The. plans were embodied in a bill
which represents the policy Of the
War Department with respect to the
peace time military establishment
Under the measure all special services
built up during the war would be
maintained as separate branches ex-
cept the chemical warfare service,
which would be merged with the en-
gineer's corps.
Three months military training for
youths OF 10 would be made compul
sorry and promotion of officers by So
niority would be abolished. Secre-
tary Baker said the war had shown
this system of promotion to be de-
fectiYe.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
WILSON TRICKED BY ALLIES
Secretary Lansing Admits That Shan
tung Treaty Was Unknown TO
American Delegates at Paris

Washington - Secretary Lansing
told the Senate foreign relations com
rnittee recently that the American
plan for League Of Nations was not
pressed" at Versailles and never was
presented to the full peace conference
The secretary, appearing at q pub
lie hearing Of the committee, said he
did not know whether q copy Of the
American draft still was in existence
He presumed, he said, that the draft
was made by President Wilson. and
added that a copy might still be in the.
Presidents possession
Discussing the Shantung provision Of
the treaty, Secretary Lansing said the
Lansing-Ischii agreement made to OBJ
tain reaffirmetiOn by Japan OF the.
open door policy in China was entered
into by the American government
without knowledge of the secret treaty
between Japan and the Allies for a
transfer OF German concessions in
Shantung to japan
Mr.. Lansing said it was true that
President Wilson had Photographed to
Premier Clemenceau requesting that
the confidential minutes Of the pro
ceedings OF the commission on the
League of Nations be not furnished
to the French Senate.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
THE HOUSE BEfERS RECESS
President Wilson Requested Body to
Remain in Session 70 Help
Solve Grave Problem.

Washington--The peak point in the
high cost OF living agitation, which
has been surEing in on the Nations
capital for days, was reached. with
dramatic and impelling force when
President Wilson sent a hasty sum
mons to the House Of Representatives.
which was to adjourn for a months
recess, to remain in session and con-
slider new and extremely important
legislation he had to present
At the same time, the President ex-
posed to public view an economic cri-
sis OF the gravest character that has
been thrust upon the government for
settlement-Jhe demand Of million
railway employees for large increases
in wages in the near future unless
the rising living costs are stern1y
checked and reductions brought about.
The House, with many members al
ready on trains started homeward,
after a short consultation Of leaders
promptly Tescinded its adjournment
resolution.
Almost at the same time II became
known from the Department Of Justice
that thousands and thousands Of coal
miners in the anthracite fields, had
made similar demands upon the opera
tors-that unless profiteering in food
stuffs and necessities, including cloth
ing, was checked somehow, and liV-
ing costs reduced, large increases
would have to be made to the coal
miners, thus burdening the bent back
Of the consumers again with still high
er prices for coal-and they're sky
high already
To meet the railroad situation, Presi-
dent Wilson sent to Congress late in
the day a Recommendation for the ss-
Enlistment Of a wage adjustment
board representing labor, capital and
the public, which would have powers Of
a character granted only in the past
in war times, and which would revOlu-
tionize the very fundamental plan Of
rate making 1t is proposed that this
board, effective from August 1, shall
fix the scale of railroad pay and de-
eide all questions in dispute on wages
and applications for wages based upon
living disputes. But the authority pro-
posed for this board does not stop
there. The President puts his Official
20. K" to a recommendation of Walker
D. Hines, director general of railways,
that when this board shall grant in
creases it shall be mandatory upon
the rate making body (the Interstate
Commerce Commission) to so raise
freight and passenger rates as TO make
up the revenue needed to meet tbs
higher wages. In the past the Inter
state Commerce Commission has beer
under no direct injunction to so raise
rates
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
SEND OUT STRIKE BALLOTS
Director Hines Move Will Be Fought
With Force by Heads of
Railway Unions.

Washington. = Having termed the
proposal of President Wilson and Df-
rector Hines for a Congress created
committee to investigate wages and
working conditions unsatisfactory and
too slow, officials Of railway shop
crafts, through the mailing out Of
strike ballots, prepared to enforce their
demands for wage increases approx
mating % per cent.
The ballots were to go to II million
shop employees in the United States
and about ten thousand in Canada,
some Of whom already are on strike,
refusing to obey the instructions OF
the union officials to await the return
of the strike vote August %.
President Wilson was told by the
shop employees union representatives
in a recent conference that all railroad
employees were opposed to the pro-
posal of Director General Hines, trans
mitted to Congress in authorizing a
special body to consider wage Ques-
tions, the union officials held, would
not furnish the speedy relief made
necessary by the rising cost Of living.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
BELIEVE LABOR
IS TOO RADICAL
Members of House Commerce
Committee Oppose Plan TO
kationaliZe Railroads.
WON'T HIT THE HIGH PRICES
Fight May Be Carried TO Political Con-
Ventions If Blocked BY Con-
gress, Leaders Say.

WashingtOn-@sTOo radicaE was
the frank comment made by members
of the House interstate commerce
committee regarding the Plumb plan
for the naturalization of the railroads
OF the country. They told Warren s.
Stone, chief Of the locomotive engin-
GERS brotherhood, and Frank MorTi-
son, secretary Of the American FEEDER
alton OF Labor, that the scheme ad-
vanced by the rail employees failed to
strike at the high price evil, against
which the people of the country are
cIamoring, although the labor heads
urged the plan as a necessary step in
bringing down living costs
Not Trying To Intimidate.
The two union officials for five
hours, stood up in defense of the bill,
and answered q whirlwind fire OF ques-
tions from men who must report il out
or throw it away. During the long
discussion, attended by an attentive
audience, including many women, the
labor leaders made strong denial Of
reports that they were attempting TO
intimidate Congress by threats 10
strike or chop off the political heads
Of members voting contrary to their
desires. There was broad intimatiOn
that the public ownership plan, if not
enacted into law, would be taken TO the
conventions of the two big political
parties next year with the hope Of
having its Endorsement written into
the platforms
Sounds Warning
Warning was sounded by Secretary
Morrison that the burden OF the leaders
might be too heaTy-that they might
be unable during their period Of IN
rest to control the workers, in which
case, he declared, there would be a
revolution to the extent OF 2 general
strike. Around the whole theme OF
what the two witnesses said was woven
the ever rising cost OF food, mounting
higher and faster. they insisted, than
the increase in the Eorkingman's wage
with no assurance that IT would stop
unless quick and drastic action vas
taken by Congress
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
MAY TIE up ALL RAILROADS
Strike of Shopmen Spreading Fast
Throughout Country - Industrial
Plants May Have to Close.

Chicago. I1l-A complete tie up Of
probable in the opinion of NJ L. Haw-
yer. president of the Chicago district
council of the federated railway shop
mems union, which called a strike Of
shop crafts. He returned from Wash
ington recently and declared the
strike is spreading rapidly and has
overwhelmed the international Off
GERS.
Advices from Cleveland were that
the executive board of the American
Federation of Railway Workers, with
a membership of $4,000, chiefly I'M
skilled labor, in Cleveland and the
East, had decided to strike, accord
ing to HawVer.
The Maintenance Of Waymen's
union also is preparing to strike, it
was said. With more than 100000
shopmen on strike and the number
increasing, President HawVer and
Secretary John D. Saunders declared
railroad schedules and industry would
be seriously crippled within q day or
two. Already steel mills and other
industries at Gary and other northern
Indiana points and in Chicago have
begun to feSl the effects Of the strike
and when the strike is more complete
factories and mills will virtually be
forced to close down
This movement is spreading like
wildfire and we are not going to lay
down until we get our demands" said
President Hawver. 1T has not re-
ceiTed the Endorsement of our grand
lodge presidents, although they now
are getting ready for strike on Au-
gust "a.
%The seriousness OF the situation
East than out here, although did not
realize the extent of the shopmen's
strike until 1 had returned here and
seen the reports that had been re-
ceived
More and more it appears to me
that a complete tfeup of the roads
is to be the outcome.
Our advices from Cleveland today
were that the American Federation
of Railway Workers will strike At
once. While our organization is
affiliated with the American Fedora,
ton of Labor, the former is not and
is a sort of a dual organization in
GLIDING all manner OF workers, though
chiefly unskilled workers.
The maintenance of way EN-.
ployes' union, with headquarters in
Detroit, likewise is ready to strike,
we understand"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
ORGANIZED LABOR
FOR RAIL CONTROL
Statement Issued at Washing
FaVers Naturalization of
Various Systems.
PROPOSITION MOST SERIOUS
wouId Invest Public Operating Man
aqement and Employees With Con-
troI-owners Would Be Paid

Washfngton.-Orga labor came
out recently with the unequiTocal for
NAL demand that private capital be re-
tired from the railroads
A tri-partite control composed OF
the public, the operating management
and the employees is demanded in
stead.
Addressed to the American public
and signed by the engineers, the fire
men, the conductors and the American
Federation Of Labor, a formal state
ment was issued, announcing this pro-
posal, which will be carried before
Congress Wednesday.
A Very Serious Proposition.
1T marks says the statement, "the
step by which organized labor passes
from demands for wage increases to
demands that the system of profits in
industry be overhauled."
This sentence sums up, in a few
words, the proposal, of which there
have been hints and indications, but
which is now laid before the country
for the first time. Everywhere in Of
fetal Washington it is recognized as
the most serious and far reaching
proposition the country will be called
on to face.
The Labor Demands.
That private capital be eliminated
from the railroads.
That the private owners receive for
them government bonds with a fixed
interest return for every honest dol
lar that they have invested
That the tri-partite control, hereto
fore referred to, be established in cor
pOrations which shall lease the roads
and in which the public the operating
arrangements and labor shall be rep
resented equally.
That the public, the operators and
the wage eaTners share equally all
revenues in excess Of the guarantee
to private capital, by granting to the
operators and the employees one-hai
the savings which are expected to be
made by such perfected organization
and to the public other half as CON
sumers, either by increasing service
without adding costs or by reducing
costs.
This role originates with labor,
says the statement, because labor
happens to have firm organizations
through which it may become articu
late"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
PUBLIC is GOUGED IN SHOES
From Packer to Retailer Everybody
Profiteered, Federal Trade Com
mission Report to Congress Says.

Washington--The high price Of
shoes was declared TO be due to eI-
cessive profits taken by every factor
in the shoe production industry in q
report by the Federal Trade Commits
sion to Congress, just made public
The packers were charged with having
begun the pyramiding of shoe prices
by an unwarranted increase IN the
price of hides, the supply Of which
they are said to control. On top Of
this increase, it was charged, the tan
ners have taken exceptional profits"
while the shoe manufacturers have
demanded an unusual margin" and
the retailers have charged prices that
are mot justifiable.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
USE DYNAMITE IN REVENGE
Home of Prosecutor of Los Angeles
Bomb PIotterS Wrecked and
Burned-LaWIer Badly Hurt

Los Angeles-In 1911 and 1912 o.
car LawIer of Los Angeles was en-
gagged as assistant attorney general Of
the United States in the prosecution
Of the Los Angeles Times dynamiters
and the officials Of the Structural Steel
and Iron Workers Union, who were in
volVed in a Nationwide bomb plot
He was so successful that more than
thirty men were convicted and SEN
fenced to the Leavenworth federal
prison, while the Mcnamara brothers
went to Folsom penitentiaTy for their
part in the Times outrage
The other day LAWYERS home was
wrecked and burned as the result OF a
bomb eplosion.
Behind the explosion OF the bomb,
police say, was the motive of revenge
And they are looking for one of the
dynamiters recently released from
prison after having served his sen
tence.
A Nationwide search has been insti-
tuted for the man, who also is known
to be identified with Chicago Reds "
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
NEWS ITEMS FROM
ALL OVER KANSAS
happenings Of More or Less
Interest Gathered From
Many Sources.
STATE LEVY up HALF A MILL
Increase This Year, Due to Lesisia-
tive Appropriations, Not as
Large as Was Expected.

The Kansas tax commission has
fixed the state tax levy at LIS mills
on all the property of the state. This
Is an increase of five-tenths of a mill
over the levy a year ago and on the
assessed valuation of the state the
Increase will cost the taxpayers fifty
sight and half cents on each 1000
Of property.
The increase is much less than was
expected, because of the heavy appro-
pr1ations of the legislature this year
and was kept down by the large in
crease in the personal property as
Bessment. The land valuations did
not increase materially over last year
and the public service corporations
showed an actual decrease because
of the government ownership of sup
plies.
There was an increase of $18,611,-
$40 in the total valuations in the
state, nearly all of which was in per
sonal property. The total value of all
property in Kansas this year was
fixed by the commission at $3,437,-
40s,871, the heaviest valuation ever
found. The legislature appropriated
a total of $8,194, 5S6.5S to pay the
states expenses in the present fiscal
year and $10,427,2S3.27 to pay the
states expenses in the fiscal year be-
ginning in 1920.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
URGES AN AIR DEPARTMENT
Senator New Of Indiana Warns United
States to Keep Abreast of
Times in Aviation.

Washington. - Senator New, Indi-
ana, has warned the United States
to keep abreast of the times in avia-
ton development, and says if this
country is not to be left far behind
in the race for control of the air, in
which Great Britain already has q
commanding lead, an aviation depart
ment under one head is essential
Senator News views we're prepared
for the United States Air Service, OF.
fetal publication Of the Army and
Navy Air Service Association, and
constitute reply to Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy Roosevelt, who said
American air problems and program
have nothing in common with Great
Britain's ambitious projects
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
WILL PROBE PHONE cHaRsES
State Utilities Commission Hopes t.
Establish Uniform Rates as
Result of the Inquiry.

General inquiry into the charges
for telephone installations, the chang
ing of names for telephone use, and
all rules of telephone service WAS
ordered recently by the public utiIi-
ties commission.
The inquiry will affect every one OF
the seven hundred telephone compa-
MES of Kansas. It will be for the
purpose Of establishing uniform rules
and rates for such services as install
ing telephones for the entire state.
John E. Kinkel, member Of the COM
mission, who has telephone cases IN
der his supervision, explained that
at present there is no uniformity. The
federal order allows $3.50 for the
installing of telephone and $3.50 for
the changing OF telephone connec-
tions. The commission will notify all
Kansas companies and persons inter
ested to present information as to
whether these rates are reasonable
or not. 1t is expected that the com
mission then will make rules and
rates for service work for all com
panies.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

Investigation into the affairs OF
the First State Bank of Savanna,
small town near McAIester, by the
state bank examiner resulted in the
arrest of A L. Zeiher, former cashier
of that institution, on two charges Of
embezzlement.
Wholesale grocers of San Antonio,
Texas, the other day wired President
Wilson protesting against the recent
order for shipment of 1,0OO, 900 pounds
Of sugar from government warehouses
at Fort Sam Huston to Chicago for al
legged non-essential consumers.
The PedII cabinet Of Hungary
already has retired from office, &C
cording to a Vienna dispatch to the
Mittag Post, because it was not &C
corded recognition by the Entente
Powers. The dispatch says a new
ministry, composed OF workingmen,
and peasant leaders, will be created.
Police examined a supposed bomb
mailed from Fargo, n. D., to Presi-
dent Wilson by David NJ. Johnson, a
bOokkeeper, and found it to be a
hoax, Johnson has been adjudged in
sane by the Cass County board.
"A least 8 million American chill
dren are not getting enough to eat,
the Federal Labor Department an
nounced recently. Its statement on
the subject caused officials to speed
plans to solve the problem OF how to
jam down living costs, in answer to
Nationwide demand
was announced recently, after enjoy
ing a brief rest viii rejofn the Ger
man national peoples party, the con
sentative party, and assume a lead
ing role in the deliberations.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
CALL FOR PEACE H0STAEs
Rumanians Are PIundering Budapest
American Officials Say Many
Civilians Have Been Killed.

Paris.-Telegrams from American
officials at Budapest state that Ru-
manian troops upon entering Budapest
recently started plundering in the su-
burbs, fifteen or twenty civilians were
killed by the Rumanians during the
day, it is added.
The American reports said the Ru-
manians were demanding hostages,
and threatened to kill five hostages
for each Rumanian soldier injured in
Budapest
Some members Of the new Hungari-
an ministry, the kilograms state, have
been arrested by the Rumanisns who
have mounted machine guns in vari-
GUS parts Of the city and demobiIized
the local police. The city is absolutely
under military control
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14

All of the Topeka flour mills are
closed because Of a strike and lock
out Of the mill workers. The Cereal
Workers Union have demanded me-
in the hour schedules. The mills re-
fused to grant the demands of the
union and some OF the workmen quit
Then two of the mills closed down
their plants, paid off the men and
told them they could come back to
work under the old conditions or the
plants would be closed indefinitely.
All Of the eight mills in the city are
affected.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14

The public utilities commission has
set September "a as the date for the
return engagement with the South
western Bell Telephone Company on
their application to have the ratsf
fixed by Postmaster General Burleson
made permanent The commission
held one conference with represent
atives OF the telephone company but
at that time no details were avail
able upon which the commission
could base their findings. On Sep
TENDER "a the company will offer evil
dence to show the cost of operation
and the respective wages of the en-
ployes and their effect upon the rev
enue Of the company under the ex-
listing rates
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
orders the shopmen Back.

Kansas City.-FTank Paquin, gen
eraI vice-president OF the Brotherhood
of Railway Carmen Of America, has
issued an order to the striking car
men on various roads throughout the
United States to return to work i'm
medfateIY.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
A report of the progress of the Kan

A report Of the progress of the Kan
sas Commandery of the American
Legion, completed recently, by Neal
E. Akers, secretary, shows that thir-
ty-eight posts, with an aggregate Of
1,451 members already have been es-
tablished. In addition to those al
ready organized there are applica-
tions in for nearly fifty more posts
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
erino. al WaI.. saiIa

LondOn--The king and queen traT-
eled to Portsmouth to bid gOod-by to
the Prince Of Wales on the occasion
Of the 1atter's departure for Canada
aboard the hattie cruiser Renown- The
royal party took lunch aboard the
RenoWn.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14

Sixty tons Of arsenic will be dis
tributed in tWenty-one counties of
Southwestern Kansas for grasshopper.
eradication in the next two weeks.
The scope of the grasshopper drive
will be extended to other sections
soon, according to E. G. Kelly, ex-
tension entOmologist, Kansas State
Agricultural College.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
BAR NEGROES IN CHICAGO
Employers in Stock Yards District
Refuse to Hire Blacks After
Many Homes Burned.

Chicago.-As a result of the fire
which destroyed six blocks Of homes
of stock yards workers, negro labor
at the yards will be barred to prevent
a possible recurrence Of race rioting-
This announcement was made after a
conference Of Governor Lowden and
the packers.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
Sim Eernera seIze Rfnes.

Belfast, Ireland = Sim Feiners
raided the freight depot at Greenmore
and carried off quantity Of rifles
which had just arrived from England,
| addressed to the commanding officer
of the Royal Artillery.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
House Passes Hioh Tariff Bill.

Washington-@The House has passed
the first protective tariff measure to
be acted upon since the Republicans
regained CONTROL Of Congress. The
measure Ievies high duties on chemical
glassware and apparatus.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14

Fire originating in q wooden shack
practically destroyed two Of the best
business blocks in Altamont, Labette
County, entailing an estimated loss
of $4,000. The banks on opposite
corners of one block were saved, but
everything between and on the oppo-
site side Of the principal street, with
exception Of a garage and two small
buildings, was burned. Inadequate
fire protection and a high wind made
it impossible to check the flames IN
til the arrival of the Parsons fire de-
partment, which made an eleven mile
run in fourteen minutes. The cause
Of the fire is unknown.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-08-14
a CHICAGO MFirebus" confssses.

Chicago.-Frank Jacob. white, q
PAINTER. confessed to the Chicago po-
lice he set fire to several negro
houses, adding a dozen new blazes to
those which recently destroyed nearly
one hundred houses Of foreigners en-
pIoyed at the stock yards.