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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-08

Strike leaders. it is said at the Seattle labor council today, considered permit ting several of the large downtown cafe terias to open. Soup kitchens operated in military mess style by striking culinary wrkers,' have been so heavily taxed by the crowds that not everyone could be served
 Schools, closed by the strike of jant- tors and engineers, will reopen Monday. the Seattle board of education an- nounced tonight The union employees art expected to return, the announcement said.
 EXODUS TO PORTLAND p
 From Portland, Ore, came word of an exodus from Seattle to Portland-- hotels of persons. who. in many cases, said they had left Seattle to esca pc the dis comforts and possible dangers of the general struke. San Francisco advices declared that the Pacific coast steam ship company, operating line of coast wise passenger and freight boats had abandoned Seattle as port of call un til the strike is ended. Other companies shipping men said, were expected to follow this lead.
 Maj. E. H. Keene of the office of the adiutant general of Washington. stated today the IS companies of the Washington state infantry and four companies ot independent state troops have been or dered to drill tonight. to be ready for any call.
 The regular army has taken every pre- caution to prevent interruption of com munication that might interfere with tfoop operations, and wirelese stations have been erected on the roof of the capital building at Olympia and on grounds across from the Tacoma armory. The stations will be in communication with the government controlled wireless station at Seattle.
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feat the present bill, or at least to mak certain it's modification in number ( particulars.
 Governor I<iiby wants the bill passed, or at least he wants . com PensatlOn act put upon the statute books before the legislature begins its recess.
 He stated today that he was not welded to the pending bill. but he was on record both in his platform before the primary election last year, and in his message to the leg islature. in favor of n compensation act. and that he would insist upon the enactment of such q bill.
 He said the members of the lcxis- inture and the people of the state had had about three weeks in which to study the pending measure. suf- ficient time, he thought. in which to fomiliarixe themselves with 1t. and
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|. w. w. to Strike in Protest Against
 Reduction of Wage
sy As,oo,s..d Prs,,

Butte. Mont, February 7.--Indus- trial Workers Of the World, at a meeting here late today, voted to strike In protest against the wage reduction put into encct by the mines Of the Butte district.
 Iteis satd nm attempt will he made to make the strike general here.
 The Industrial Workers of the World are demanding a six-hour day and SC n day wage scale. The wng- scale put into effect today Is for &4.75. It is a reduction of xt a day from the recently paid scale md is based on tho contract entered into several years ago with the Western Federation of Miners.
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the cbuntry were solicited to bring
 influence to bear on members of
 Congress to defeat the Borlnnd res-
 Olution providing for an investiEn-
 ton of the meat packing industry.
 Representatives also were sent to Washington to observe developments in the. Senate Judiciary subcommittee, which was considering the proposal in 1916, he said
 Mir. sHeney read memoranda from the packers files giving reports of confer ences between the five big packers to take common action against the reso- lution, and with Prof. E. Dana Durand of the University of Minnesota. who was asked to give assistance. MT. Heney said MT. Durand, who later became ac- countant for the food administration, suggested that a prearranged series of questions be furnished friendly mem were to be examined during the inves- tigation.
 WANTED REPORT ISSUED
 The packers desired, Mir. Veeder said. to have the bureau of markets of the department of agriculture issue re- ports on the meat industry from 1n- forma tion supplied by the packing com- panies MT. Durand approved this plan, he said, and offered to urge it to friends in the federal trade commission and the bureau of markets" A model letter. embracing this scheme to be'sent to the Secretary of Agriculture by each of the big packers, was suggested by Mir Durand according to letters read by MT. Heney.
 Freauents verbal encounters between MT. Heney and MT. vceder marked the testimony dealing with efforts of the federal trade commlssiOD's investiga- tors to search the attorneys private vault for papers and MT. Heney charged that a guard he had placed i'll Mr. Veeder's office was bribed with. gifts of whisky and cigars MT. Veeder wig orously denied this
 ]. Spencer Smith, head Of New York importing and commission nrm. was heard today by the House inter state commeUce committee, which also IS considering legislation to regulate the meat industry. Mir. Smith said that if transportation was available to ev- ery one on equal terms the five leading meat packers would be stripped of whatever power they might possess and that they could not then possibly be menace to the industry or to the country at large" The transportation problem, he said. was at the bottom of rnauv ills.
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RiUaL Interests Are In
 Sharp Clash on Proposed
 Workmen' s Compensation
Governor Kiby Wants Compensation Act Passed al Present Session and Says Any Defects in Pending
 Measure May Be Corrected by Amendments
By W. J. BOJES

Montgomery, February 7-(Speeia)-Four divergent n- terets maintaining representatives at Montgomery watch
 ing the of the workmens compensation act pend ing the One of these interests insisting the immediate of the bill its present form with amend mens deemed necessary inserted ater asking that action be deferred until after the which begins after five legislative days and two opposing the enactment of any compensaton law at all
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l2o,O wORKMEN DEPoRTED
Wage Slaue Demands WiN
 Result in Neu War, Says
 Prominent Gern1an Historian
By Associated Press

Berlin February 7-f the allies persist in imposing Germany demands which will make that country the wage slave of it's enemies allies must keep Germany subje
 ton for decades against which the Germans would rise opporune moment and again plunge the world into war Prof Hans Delbrueck historian and pubcs de-
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Mayor Asks Gouernn1ent To Take Complete Charge
 f Seattle Strike Continues
By Associated Pres.

Seattle, Wash February The federal will be asked by Mayor Ole Hanson complete charge of Seattle the strike of 000 union workers ship yard workers who laid down their tools January called off by o'clock tomorrow morning Mayor Hanson the
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LONDON RAILWAY
 STRIKE SETTLED
sv A.,ee..tee pre,,

London. Februsry s.-Ihe rall- way strike was settied early this morning. after prolonged confer ence.. At the Board of Trade It was officially announced thst the tube and district services would be re ssned es seen as Dosstsle.
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EXTENSION TERMS FOR ARM|ST|CE UP
 AT COUNCIL MEET
President Wilson Forced to Abandon Proposed Visit
 to Belgium Till His
 Second Trip
By Associated Press

Paris, February 7.-The supreme councils official bulletin, issued this evening, says:
 sThe supreme council today dis cussed the terms of the extension of the armfstice with Germany. The discussion will continue Saturday.
 4The labor Legislation commfs- sion discussed the representation which will be given to governments and organizations of employers and working people in the pro- uosed permanent international con ference. It was decided that vvOm- cn should be equally legible as men as delegates to the confer ence."
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Industry was halted in Seattle today but in Tacoma the walkout had not as- sumed great proportions and the only outward indication there of unusual con ditions was the absence of street car service. At a conference late today the Tacoma car men announced they would resume work tomorrow.
 Maj Gen. John F. Morrison. command CT of the western department. of the army. was en route from San Francisco to Seattle tonight to assume personal command of the regular army troops that are doing guard duty here and m Tacoma. In Seattle tod7y. soldiers oc- copied the municipal light and gas plants which have continued in service.
 Street car service in Seattle today con sisted of lone car Civilian guards were stationed beside the conductor and motorman. but there was no interfer- ence.
 effort will be made tomorrow to start If necessary, of automobile trucks. by soldiers and policemen.
 FIRST PAPER ISSUED
 Troops in Seattle read the seven. column headline of the Star, issued this afternoon the fiIst newspaper to publish since the strike was called. Manned and guarded by soldiers, tha first truck load of newspapers was sem into the business district. The soldiers gave the: papers free to crowds that gathered aropnd the trucks. Some of the crowd, believing them to be union news boys. seized many of the papers and tore them to bits.
 Mayor Hanson promised newspapers that he would supply all. the soldiers and police needed to continue publication.
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BELGIAN TRIP ABANDONED
 By Associated Press

Paris. February 5.-Pres1dent Wilson has been forced to abandon his proposed visit to Belgium. 1t is understood that in event he re- turns to Europe he will accept the Belgian invitation. The pressure of the Presidents duties in Paris will be so great in the few days re- maining before his departure for the United States that he has been compelled reluctantly to fOregO his . trip to Brussels and other parts of Belgium.
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Havana, February 1.-The strike Tn the printing trade continues. None of the newspapers have appeared today. Representatives of the strikers and the employers are to meet tomorrow at the office of the secretary of agriculture in an endeavor to settle the strike.
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BELGIAN CLAIMS URGENT

Paris. February 7-The financial claims of Belgium against Germany are most urgent. Baron Van Den Heu- vel, member of the Belgian peace del egtaion and of the peace conference committes on rcparations, said today.
 Belgium, he declared, does not have time to wait for an agreement to be reached as for the exact figures of ths indemnity which is due her before ob- taining at least partial reparation The baron said a percentage of the in- demnity should be paid immediately.
 Belgium. he added. needs Soods and inachirtry at once. Her working men are idle: her industries. are at a stand still or working at loss. and her for eign trade will go to other markets unless something is done.
 varon Van Den HeuveI said it would i. take much time to reckon the exact fig ure of Belgium's losses thI ouch 1n,1i- tary operations. occupation and enemy acquisitions. The government, cities. towns, villages and private citizens have suffered heavy, loses. The Bel gian goevrnment alone spent 5000 000,- 900 francssfor carrying on the war and more than 2.000. .000 900 francs for feed ing the populations in occupied terri tory.
 5O,ooo HOUSES DESTROYED
 Forced war contributions exacted from the provincial governments during more than four years aggregated from 6o,00o, 900 to 75,000,000 francs month, the Baron said Private citizens have been de- spoiled of their copper and other valua- bles and their sufferings through unem- ploymeY,t have been accentuated by the high cost of living. More than 5000 houses in Belgium have been destroyed.
 In an effort to ruin Belgian competi- tion after the war. the Baron continued, Germany seized all raw materials and the greater part of the machinery and electrical installations in the iron, steel and manufacturing plants. The Cockerill steel plant, for instance, which employed nearly 12,O00 workmen before the war, had been stripped of all machinery and rendered useless. Out of the 3200 brew cries in Belgium 2S00 have been robbed of their copper material of all kinds. The Belgian farmers, the Baron said. have lost all their horses, especially blooded stallions so sorely needed now. All the cattle have been requisitioned and sent to Germany and the very land itself is poorer in the Walloon provinces and Flanders, for lack of fertilizer. The in undations of salt water in Flanders have affected large part of the province and rendered that part of Belgium sterile for the next seven years.
 10000 wORKMEN DEPORTED
 While the foregoing losses" the Baron continued, may be f1guered in francs. whatcannot be reconed in money is the very terrible ravages in health suf- fered by our population because of pri yattons. One hundred and twenty thou sandworkmen were forcibly deported to
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FINAL REDRAFT 0F WAR REVENUE BILL GIVEN MUCH STUDY Adoption of Conference Re port by House Today and
 Senate Next Week Is
 Indicated
By Associated Press

Washington. February 7.-Senate
 and House members tOday studied
 the Anal redrnft of the $6.OOOO0O,-
 GOO war revenue hill. preparing for early action on the conference re- port which will probably be adopt cd tomorrow in the House and next week in the Senate. The bill will yield $s,o77,2oo. 900 for the present fiscal year and s4.isA ,51o,o0a Next year. according to estimates gsvcs l out today by treas@irv experts and Sen ate finance and House ways and means committees. OFFICIAL TAX ESTIMATES The official estimates of taxes from various sources as provided in the bill follow
 Income tax: 1919. 1920 Individual ..s1,4s2. 100000 s1,29o ooo. 0oO lCorporation 775,ooo,oo0 5loooo,ooo Excess profit tax 2.50o, 900, 900 1,25o. 900 ooo Estate tax 110. 0.000.000 110.000.000 Transportation: Freight. 115.000.00O 1r5, 1000, 00o Exnress 140oO, 900 14,000 000 Persons 75000.O00 75, 1000, COG lines 5,ooo,ooO 5000 o0o Seats and lss berths. .... 60oO,00o t,ooo,oVe Telegraph and telephone 1o.oo0,ooo liVoooou Insurance 14O00.00o 14,000, ,OOC Admissions 50.0OG00O 50,o00, ,00C I Club dues S50O,00O 3,5Oo.0 l ExciseStaxes: Autos, etc. 5O,OOO,0O0 i5,0o0,ooc Jewelry, sporting goods, etc.. Al, 2O0,OO0 bo.Voo.eo' Other taxes on | lururies at 10 per cent. 145OOoo 5S,VVV,oV' Other taxes on l luxuries at 20 1 per cent 20, 100000 S5,o00. 0O( Yachts and pleas ure boats. 2oO.ooo l.0oo,oo,
 Beverages 45O,0oo.o 900 15,ooo,00t
 Stamp taxes Sl.00V,ooo "l,ooo,oV'
 cirars 4s.oo0.o0o 46,5Oo. .oo( 1 C> e,a rettes 106 100000 125, 900, 0Ot fTobacco 61000,000 72,0O0, ,00( snuff. etc.. 6,ooo,ooo 6,300,00t
 dealers 2o.ooo, 100, oot { Cigarette papers and tubes 1,o0O,oo0 l,oVo'oV' ] Special taxes:
 l Csnjtai stk. 80. .ooo.oo so,o00, ,oot ] Brokers 100000 1.20O,00t Theatres, etc. 2,ooo,o0o 2,loo,oo' Bowling alleys a l billiard and pool 1 tables . 1.900.00 2,500.00t Shooting gal. loo-ooo 4oo,oo' Ridnig acad- 1 amies ....-A lV,oVo oo'0o' Mfrs. of tobacco 5s.000 10000
 Mfrs. of Cigars 64o,o0o soO.Oo' Mfrs. of cig- | arettes .... leo,9V" zSu,oo' Autos for hire 35e.ooo 'Vo.Vo' 1 Use of motor
 1 boats. yachts.
 etc. 100000 100000
 tax .....,.. 5o,ooo.ooo ....
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FINAL ACTION ON NAVAL PROGRAMME DELAYED IN HOUSE
Consideration of Appropria- tions for Completing First Programme, Authorized
 in 1916, Postponed

Washington. February T.--Eiual
 actton on the three-year naval
 building programme was postpon-
 ed in the House late today. prob
 nbIy until next week. because Of
 an agreement not to hold a night
 session. The House also deferred
 consideration of appropriations aE-
 gregafing s236, 6,O0o,OGo for eompIet-
 ing the unfinished part of the
 first programme, authorized in
 1916.
 Work on the naval bill will be in terrupted tomorrow, Representative Kitchin the democratic leader. will call up the conference report on the new war revenue bill with view to it's adoption before adjournment. Repre- sentative Padgett of Tennessee, chaur man of the naval committee, announce ed today that he would ask thaat work on the naval bill be resumed as soon as final action is taken on the revenue bill, but he added that he did not ex- pect this work would be before Mor- day.
 Before voting on the new pro- gramme, the House will pass on the ap- proprlatio for the 1916 constructiash the unfinished part of which includes seven battleships. six battle cruisers, seven scout cruisers, 51 submarines. gunboat and an ammunition ship.
 WIRELESS PURCHASE
 Disapproval of purchase of wireless stations was recorded today by th% House in the adoption without objec. tion of an amendment providing thef no expenditure could be made from the engineering appropriations of sS5. - ftnn n, il No ,I,sa-a .,f Itft s tions Representative Lehlback If New Jersey offered the amendment with the statement that he thought Il wise to prevent the navy department from acting as 1t did last year. m buying radio stations under the loose authority of the naval bilI.'
 Representative Mann of Illinois. tES republican leader. asked if the amena- ment would prevent payment for radio purchases already made and Nr. Lenl 7 back said he thought it would.
 Aside from the construction items, all provisions of the bill have been ap proved They include appropriations or $7S.50O.000 for the marine corps $1TS S00.0 900 for pay of the navy; $34.-. 500000 for repair vessels; S35,o00,0o9 for engineering expenditures. and Si 800 900 for maintenance of yards and docks
 YARDS APPROPRIATIONS
 Under the appropriation for yards are included $50o,000 for the Boston dry dock $i.G00,oo0 for completing the Philadelphia dry dock, s50e,eoo for water front improvements at Norfpll&, and si,Qo0,0o0 for water front i1nproyN- inents at the Hampton Roads naval base
 i Support for the House bill was prom ised by Senator Swanson, chairman of ha nava1 cnmD1ittpe e Senate debate today on another sub ject in which the question of retrench- ment was raised, Asked regarding his attitude on the three-year building programme. Senator Swanson said: ''T expect to support 1t should the condition be such that there is no dis armament or cessation of navalism In other countries. In that event, in or der to protect this country. we should have a navy adequate to protect our great commercial instrests and our lib- erty and our institutions"
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CONTROL WATERWAYS URGED
 AT HARBOR MEET Duty of Congress to Sys- tematize Waterways in Interest of Public, De-
 clares Statement
sx A.,.s,,,.s Pm,

Washington, February S.-Fed-
 craI supervision of water trans
 portatfon. enlarged 3urisdiction of
 the interstate commerce ,commis-
 sion over water and rail rates and
 the Improvement of all navfgable
 streams upon which commerce
 could he established, were recom-
 mended to Congress today in .
 declaratfon of principles adopted
 hy the national rivers and harbor~
 consress at the closing s<ssfon of
 its fourteenth annual meeting.
 The convention declared that 1t was the imperative duty of Congress to sys- tematize and improve the waterways in such maner as to serve the public interest, and that this duty could not be escaped. It went on record, how ever as endorsing improvement of only such streams as could be utilized for commerce and rebuked those who ad- vocate appropriations for Interior Or secondary results's
 Appropriations of the public reve- nuas can only be justified upon evi. dence affording a reasonable assurance that channels so improved will be used for water transportation" the declard- tion said
 COORDINATION FAVORED
 Co-ordination of rail and water fa- cilities and abolition of destructive competitive warfare between the two were favored and the congress ex- pressed its unity and sympathy with transportation by raih highway and air" The advent of the aeroplane was hailed as. an important transportation factor.
 A system of waterways that would most effectually serve the largest areas of the country were advocated. with preference given trunk or throug h streams. particularly where they inter sect feeders or branch lines, thus ex- tending the length of boat movement without breaking bulk"
 Free interchange of traffic to be carried between points of origin and destination partly by rail and -partly by water.swas declared to be essential. Whenever this was not effectuated VOL untarily. it should be compelled by law, mandatory in it's terms and under competent supervision" said the decla- ration.
 SEPARATE BUREAU NEEDED
 The congress recommended that fed
 
 departments of transportation or a bureau of the department of com merce. and that the extension of the Jurisdiction of the interstate com merce comm ittee embrace adjustment and rail rates to enable boat lines to run at fair profit on the same basis as competitive rail lines
 While no declaration was made ot the great lakes 10 the sea" propos sal. made by the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Tidewater association, representing the states contiguous to the great lakes it was understood that the reso- lutions committee favored the project. After the adoption of the resolution Senator Ransdeil of Louisiana was re- elected president of the congress for his thirteenth term. At the morning session Director Gen. eral of Railroads Hines and Senator Lewis of Illinois addressed the con l gress.
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PROPOSE SOLUTION

F or d peIIndntHL boIutioH -tiC id pOi forces proposed the following:
 Government ownership of all railway properties. operation by a single corpor- ation, dividing profits equally between employees and the government, and di-
 rected jointly by representatives of em
 ployes operating officers and the pub lie: automatic reduction of rates when |rrofits exceed certain amount. and retention bv the interstate commerce commission of present power to regu-
 late rates
 Merits of the plan, it was argued, are
 that it would promote efficiency through the profit sharing feature and through unified operation take rail- roads out of politics; stabilize inest-
 ments; eliminate conflicts between tsates and federal authority, and pro- vide local means of financial exten- sions
 As prerequisite to government own ership the labor interests proposed that railway properties be appraised without the big allowances claimed by railway companies for land values based on costs of acquiring tEem at present Much of the questioning of Mir. Plumb revolved around the opposition to the (Continued on Page Two)
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any compensation law at all.

Around the capitol are heard all sorts of predictions as to the outcome of the vote in the senate next Tuesday, some &himing the bill will be passed by a sub stantial majority in its present form others asserting that it will be laid over until after the recess, while others contend that. with certain amend ments, which probably will be offered Tuesday. it will pass and go to the house, where like action will be taken by the end of the week.
 INSIST ON MODIFICATION
 One member of the house from cen tral Alabama, who is opposed to the en- actment of the pending bill and is not very favorably inclined toward legisla- tion of this character. stated that he would fight to the end in order to de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-08
 PACKERS FRIENDS l ASKED ID AID IN PREVENTING PROBE - Representatives Also Were Sent to Washington to Watch Developments in
 1916, Says Veeder
By Associated Press

Washington, February 7.-Heury Needer, counsel for Swift & Co.,, testified before the Senate agricul- turc committee today on crOss-ex- animation by Francis ,. Heuey. that the cbuntry were solicited to bring influence to bear on members of Congress to defeat the BOrlnnd res- OlutiOn providing for an investiga- ton of the meat packing industry.