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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-23
|MF:R|cAb MADE. MOTOR
PLAYS IMPORTANT PART

y K
That tho American made motor is
[rs'ined to play a very important
Fer in reconstruction work in the
gepastated sections of France, Italy
Egd Belgium is made clear ina com
Eunicationg41 rom John sMoffat in
Fans. to the Federation Of American
Rsencies for relief In France. The
Rfttr bodx was recently orRa nized
RRd"r official supervision Of the
&r'nch government and MI. Moffat.
'le has beeu active in allied relief
Eesk throughout the var, was asked
y tho French government TO visit
Eranco to study a.. Mar leuulre-
cats in tho BATH trrp towns reaT
A front He also has been spending
nral weeks in italy, Mr.. Moffat
Il The distinction OF having received
ficial DECORATIONS from foreign
1nents.
f,sro Is a tremendous amount
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-23
On Gasoline Row

Shipment of six Cleveland cars
reached here on wednesday. and MIR,
rfisnner says he will soon have the
streets OF Richmond lined with them.
And Mr. Armstrong received snip
fnert each OF the Commonwealth and
Monitor pleasure cars and the Oneida
trucks or Thursday,
Mr. Enos had trip 10 Norfolk and
return last week.
According 10 w c Wells business
IS exec ptionally good al the present
time and his last sale proved very
successful one.
~ "
Mr.. Franklin went to Cleveland
Ina shower of rain.
He bought a load of motor cars.
And then came home again
And have you noticed the gasoline
tank outside OF Smith and Hicks: all
dressed up in a new coat Of bright
RED paint.
Some class to Mr. Anderton. His
record for the past week Is one Peer
less car, one Liberty car, 3 Hupmo-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-23

optional ignitioa orders specify mag
neto equipment "s
Don't be ntsled--Lnok fer tn"
magnetic itself or FOR The new "op-
tionaf privilege SO that II can he
fitted whenever desired. Ne, 1929
car will be up to-date without bro
piding for magnetic ignition as option
al equipment.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-23

T.. n. Hearn. vice president and
manager of the Universal Motor com
pang, just retu1 Red from a trip to
Dearborn. Mich, and South Bend. Ind.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-23

Mn Moss has gone hunting. No: not
for automobiles; tor real sure enough
game
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-23

biles. and two trucks, Pretty good
Mr. Anderton, pretty good.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-23

II. ID. King says that all Republic
trucks, now coming through from the
factory, have tho ncw government de-
sign spring clamp. which fixes the
rear spring definitely TO the rear axle
80 that the wheels cannot get out Of
alignment. All models arc now on
display at tn" show room at $50 West
Broad street and 80 North Graham
street
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
M00NSHINE IN POSTOFFICE
Tive Stills in Active Operation Found
in Birmineham's New Post
office Building.

Birmingham, Ala.-Two stills, one of
which was warm from recent opera
lion, were raided in the basement of
the new million-dollar postofflce, now
being built here.
The stills were in a basement room,
protected by an improvised door from
outside detection. One was made from
4 small syrup bucket and the other
apparently an addition TO the plant
from a galvanized pail Both were
modern, perfect working establish.
ments, capable of making moonshine
which would stand the test and bring
ing the market price. No arrests have
been made Probable eonfiscation OF
the postoffice under the Weakley
'bone-dry" law is now being discussed.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
ENGINEMEN MAKE DEMAND
1t7,ooo Men Are Affected BY Request
For Increase of 35 to IS
Per Cent.

Cleteland.-A demand for a 80 10
So per cent increase in wages and
that all coal-burning locomotives
weighing 200 900 pounds and over in
road service be equipped with mechan
ical stokers and two firemen be placed
on all such engines until they are so
equipped was adopted by conference
of 300 general chairmen of the Broth.
ermood of Locomotive Firemep and
Enginemen in session here.
One hundred and seventeen thou.
sand men and about half of the $4,000
engines in the United States will come
under the proposal, only few being
equipped with mechanical stokers.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
PACKERS SYSTEM
RECEIVES CHILLING
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSIONER
TEsTIFlEs BEFORE COMMIT.
TEE OF CONGRESS-.
PEDDLlNG AT EVERY CITY
Refrigerator Cars Turned Into Travel
ing Wholesale Grocerles-Have
Become Hotel Operators and
Many other Things.

Washington.-The danger as seen
BY the Federal Trade Commission in
he entrance of the packing industry
INTO lines Of business beyond the pack
ng OF meat was described by VIM. b.
solvsr, member CT the commission, to
The Senate agricultural committee. In
ts opening hearing on the Kenyon
bill to divorce ownership Of the stock
Fards and refrigerator cars from the
packing concerns Of the country and
% regulate by license their operation,
he committee was taken over much
d the ground travelled by the commits
ZION in its investigation Of the packing
Industry.
"The refrigerator car and their use
II it," said Commissioner Colver, re.
erring to the Five big packers" was
not in itself bad thing, but they have
Mrned the refrigerator car into
travelling wholesale grocery, peddling
1t every city in the country every day
almost everything that people eat.
When the packers" he continued,
have found their customers buying
something else besides the meat they
have to sell, or its by-products, they
nave gradually commenced to get into
he business of supplying the other
.hings. When they have themselves
been large buyers Of a given commod-
ty they have gotten into the produc-
lion of that article and gone into
with their former purvey-
DTS. When they have found sub
stance which has become to some sK-
!ent a substitute for meat products
hey have gone into the business of
making and selling that substance"
Extreme instances OF the tendency
he commission exerted, had turned
neat packers TO hotel operating when
hey had started only to sell soap, to
making tennis racquets because gut
strings went into such articles, and to
selling soda fountains because beef
.ea was there served.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
CHARGES MANY
ROADS PLUNDERED
PLUME ASSERTS THAT MILLIONS
IN DIVIDENDS HAVE BEEN
PAID ON BONUSES.
INVESTIGATION is DEMANDED
Claims Stock Grants In Ten Years Ap
gre0ate Nearly Half Billion
Wants a Thorough In
vestigation.

WaShington.-Th railroad brother.
hoods, through their couns el, Glenn E.
Plumb, laid before the House inter
state commerce committee their
charges of corruption in the manage
msnt of railroads Under private con-
troll. The charges, announced as forth
coming a week ago, we're thai many
of the great railway systems had been
plundcrgd systematically by the flno q
cial interests and that the railroads
Illegally held millions of Lcres Of pub
Tic lends.
Eighteen representative railroads Of
the country, the brotherhood attorney
serted, issued stock aggregating
s45O,414,0o0 between 1900 and 1910 as
bonuses and paid millions of dollars in
dividends on these bonuses. These
same railroads, he further charged,
we're controlled in whole in part
by tho McrgGn interests, he Rockefel.
Ter interests and the Gould interests"
Coupled with the charges, which
came just before the Horse committee
closed it's hearings on organized la.
boris bill for elimination OF private
capital from railroad ownership, was
the demand by Mr.. Plumb that Con.
gress make a thorough investigation
Of the matter so that the American
people may know to what extent 1t is
sought to subject them to exploitation
under the plans proposed for future
disposition of the railroads"
There was no intimation as to what
course the committee might take in
regard to the request for an investiga-
ton. Chairman Esch in half a dozen
questions intimated that to go into the
charges would be ike travelling over
old ground, as they had been threshed
nut long ago. Plumb told the commit.
tee that he either had the evidence
to support every charge or knew
where It could be obtained. Presenta.
ton CT the G'Iarges apparently failed
to arouse much interest among the
members as no one, except the chair
men sought light through examination
of the witness.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
OHIO IS AFTER
FOOD HCARDERS
VIOLATION OF COLD STORAGE
LAWS CHARGED AGAINST
MANY PERSONS.
GOVERNOR cox is ACTIVE
He Charges That Packers Ship Food
Back and Forth to Deceive
Officials and Hold Mar
ket Up.

Columbus, O.-Approximately forty
warrants charging Ohio food dealers
with violations OF the cold storage law
meny Of which are against local man
ayers OF the big Chicago packing com
paAies, were issued by the state Of
Ohio, according to Gov. James NJ. Cox
and Attorney General John G. Price
In addition, Gov. Cox appealed to Uni
led States Attorney-Gensral Palmer to
EoiEs approximately 100000 pounds
Of meat and poultry which have been
aeld in cold storage houses longer than
the period allowed under the Ohio law.
Gov. Cox, in his telegram to United
States Acknowledgement Palmer, said
evidence has been uncovered by in
Spectors of the state dairy and food
department that some of the big Chi
cago packing companies have shipped
food into the state and then back 10
Chicago and again shipped 1t into the
state and sold "for the double pur'
pose of deceiving the authorities of
Ohio and Illinois and of keeping food
necessities off the market in order
that deficiency and higher prices
might come together" On this alleged
showing the governor asks sthe fed
eral encouragement to bring Grim
Inai prosecutions, offering evidence
gathered BY Ohio officials with which
10 prosecute.
Gov. Cox wired Assistant United
States Attorney General Frank Davis
Vt Washington that the Sheriff Street
Warehouse 4 Storage Company, Cleve-
land, to avoid federal penalty, is NOV
ing its meat products to Chicago ware
houses and that records as to previous
storage in Cleveland are being de-
btroyed.
While the governors telegram did
not give the names of companies al,
legged to be shipping their products to
Chicago his telegram earlier in the
day to Attorney-General Palmer said
Morris & Co. and Wilson & Co. were
owners of part of the two million
pounds of meat alleged to be held in
he Cleveland storage house illegally
dnder Ohio laws. Brandt q Co.,
Cleveland. were alleged to own the
remainder.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
FOOD HOARDERS
WOULD Be JAILED
ATToRNEY.eENERAL OF UNITED
STATES PROPOSES NEW LAW
TO CONGRESS.
CONVICTION IN BINGHAMPTON
Palmer Is Of Opinion That Few Con
Victions In Each State VIII
Have Effect of Ending
Profiteering.

Washington. Important new de-
velopments in the governments fight
to reduce the high cost of living are
coming rapidly.
One Of the most Interesting was the
announcement by Attorney General
Palmer that the first federal convic.
ton for profitssrins had been obtain
cd. District Attorney Lucey tele.
sraphed from Binghamton, N. Y, that
retail grocer had been fined $500
for selling sugar at 15c pound. No
details were given and the law under
which the case was brought was not
known here.
"A few good cases Of profiteering
in each state will settle that trou.
ble," Mr.. Palmer remarked
In order to bring to book persons
guilty of raising prices exorbitantly
or boarding food to advance prices,
Mr.. Palmer submitted to the agricul
ture committee of congress the draft
of an amendment to the food control
act extending its provisions to cloth
ing and containers of foods and feeds
and providing a penalty Of $4,000 fine
or two years imprisonment or both
for violation OF the law. Chairman
Haugen of the house committee an.
nounced that the amendment would
be considered Immediately.
1t is Mr., Palmer's idea that this
amendment should be considered be
fore taking up other amendments
suggested BY President Wilson to ex-
tend the life of the food control act.
Storage conditions also are engag
ing the attention OF the state food
ad administrations, several of whom have
asked II they were authorized to pub
lish the facts where 1t appeared that
more food was being held from the
public than the reasonable require
ments of dealer demanded.
II told them to go right ahead and
use the names" Mr.. Palmer ar.
nounced decisively Il am interested
in getting as much information on
this subject to the ultimate consumer
as possibly can"
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
Peace Treaty Fight On.

Washington.-What promises to be
one Of the crucial weeks of the peace
treaty fight in the Senate began with
the issuance of formal statement
by Senator Hitchcock, Of Nebraska,
the administration Senate leader, de
claring conditions throughout the
country demanded that the treaty be
brought out OF the foreign relations
committee and ratified.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
PATIENCE ABOUT AT END
Murders Of American Citizens In Mex.
Ice Accusing Officials OF
This Country.

Washington. The first definite
move toward the long expected change
in policy in dealing with Mexico was
disclosed here. Carranza has been
warned that n the murders and out
RACES OF Americans continue the Uni.
ted States may be forced to adept
a radical change in It's policy with re-
gard to Mexico" With the announce.
ment at the state department however
came no authoritative indication of
how far the American government is
to 90 to enforce what lacks
only the diplomatic techncalities Of an
ultimatum.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
EUROPE'S HOPE
LIES IN AMERICA
TROUBLED COUNTRIES SEEK AID
OF UNITED sTATEs-sEYoND
CONTROL OF THE ALLIES.
TIE TURKS WANT MANDATE
Claim Jealousy Among European Ma
lions Would Develop lntrigues-
Food Prevented Anarchy
In Hungary.

New YorK.-Europes three plague
spots-Hungary, Turkey and Russia
are now beyond the control Of the al
lies diplomats and are looking to
America as the only nation capable
of helping them out of their domestic
turmoil.
An American commission has ar.
rived at Constantinople and has be.
gun taking evidence among the Turks
as to what should be done by the
great powers in order to establish or.
der In the Ottoman empire and save
the country from anarchy
The Turks are answering that their
troubles cannot be dispersed unless
the United States agrees to accept the
mandate of the league of nations to
govern Constantinople. The European
nations all have personal interests to
serve in Constantinople, and If any
OF them is given control of the city
the Turks expect a resumption of all
the former intrigue and department
scandals.
Only America can be trusted to gov.
ern Constantinople, say the Turks for
the best interests and future welfare
of the inhabitants.
simultaneously with the tribute 10
the Americans in Constantinople the
Archduke Joseph, Hungary's new die.
tator has issued statement crediting
the American food commission with
saving Hungary from degenerating
anew into anarchy.
Without the Americans Hungary
would be unable to revive even what
few industrial enterprises have been
resumed. No help can be offered the
Hunsarians from European source
and the Archdukes Joseph's own posi-
ton is secure only as long as Ameri
can food continues to arrive,
AT the same time the only effective
weapons at the disposal of the allies
is preventing the Roumanians from
practically annexing Hungary is the.
threat that the United States will
economically blacklist Roumania II
the orders of the peace conference are
not carried out.
No European nation can make q
threatening gesture at the Rouman.
ians which the latter need fear, Only
the financial and economic power OF
the United States has decisive influ-
ence in Bucharest.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
EMBARGOES ALREADY LIFTED
Railroad Business Rapidly Getting
Back to Normal-AnnuIled
Trains Restored.

Memphis.-Lifting of nearly all EN-.
bargoes on railroads into Memphis fol-
lowed closely the return to work of
the 500 striking railway shopmen OF
the city. The only road not making
clean sweep on embargoes was the
Missouri Pacific, their embargo being
lifted only on the Memphis division.
The Frisco, the road worse hit by the
strike, began accepting freight and
kiso resumed the operation of the
Aberdeen-Tupelo Miss. accommoda-
ton which leaves the Gccnd Central
station at 4 p. m. daily. The accom-
mediation train was annulled nearly
the entire time Of the strike.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
DRIFTING SHIP IS FOUND
Drunken Crew Mutinied, Placed Off,
GERS in lrons and Let Fires
Die Out.

London. A wireless dispatch re-
ceived at Queenstown from the British
tank steamship War Khan says the
tanker had picked up another steamer
In mid-ocean, finding the crew drunk.
the captain incapacitated from INJURIES
and some of the other officers In irons.
Special dispatches say that the negro
stokers on board mutinied and impris,
oned the officers. The ship carried
several thousand casks OF whisky The
crew of the War Khan. 1t is said. found
the fires out and the steamer drifting
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
ShANTUNG TO BE RETURNED
Restitution Of Chinese Territory viii
Not Be Delayed, Declares Jap
anese Premier.

Tokyo. Restitution to China by
Japan Of those parts Of Shantuns, In
GLIDING Kiao-Chau, now occupied by
Japanese forces will be made without
unnecessary delay, but the time re-
luired will be dependent upon the at
titude Of China, said Takashi Hara,
Japanese premier, in answer TO a ques-
ion as to when actual restoration
would takej place.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
GEN. PERSHlNG is H0N0RED
Grand Cross of the Order Of Savoy
Conferred On Him BY the
King Of Italy.

Rome.-victor Emmanuel conferred
IN Gen. Pershing the Grand Cross OF
NE Military Order of Savoy, the high
sst Italian military honor. The only
,ther men to receive this decoration
have been Marshal Foch, Field Mar
,hal Haig. Gen. Diaz and Gen. Cadorna.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
Ayiators Held For Ransom.

San Antonio. Texas.-Maj Gen. Jos
eph r. Dickman. commander OF the
southern department, and staff Off
GERS were in conference late over re
ports from Candelaria. Texas. that
Lieuts. Davis and Peterson. army
aviators. are being held by Mexican
bandits for $4,000 ransom.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
Peanuts vs. Elevator.

New York.-"I'll sell peanuts for .
whole year right on the corner OF
Forty Second Street and Broadway II
The actors lose, provided you run an
elevator for the same period II the
managers lose" That is the def Of
Ed. Wynn. comedian. to any manager
who feels inclined to accept it.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
Blockade Raised.

London.-The entente blockade OF
Hungary was raised, according to a
Vienna dispatch, the telegram adding
that the Roumanians are extending
their area Of occupation to West Hun.
ysry. alleging the necessity OF sup
pressing the Bolshevik plcts there.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
Theater Managers obd1rats.

New York. Theatrical managers
Of New York gave a flat refusal to an
offer Of mediation in the actors strike
made by a volunteer committee OF
playwrights headed by George v. Ho-
bart. George AIDE and Irwin 8. Cobb.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
New offensive Undertaken.

Basle.-A Polish army has left
Minsk to undertake new offensive
against the Bolsheviki, according to
wireless dispatch from Warsaw. The
troops are said to be well trained
and to be supported strongly by artil-
lery
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22

washington.-Food worth millions
will be dumped into wholesale markets
TO force down prices In every section
Of the country under plans being made
BY officials Of the Department OF
Justice
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
New nunosrlan government.

London.-A new Hungarian govern
Hent has been definitely constituted
without the approval or disapproval Of
he commission OF four entente gen
srals now in residence at Budapest,
70 wires A. Beaumont. the Milan cor
respondent OF the Daily Telegraph.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
Import American Autos.

London. = BY permitting the impor-
alton OF 5000 American motor cars
he British government has given the
Brofiteers the first hard blow in the
light now being waged against high
,rices.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
Huge Sales Of Government, Food.

Chicago.-IIundreds Of extra clerks
were necessary to wait on the thou.
lands of householders at two down
town apartment stores. where army
surplus stocks of foodstuifs were sold
pit about so per cent less than retailers
are charging.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
Financial cnnfsrrnes

washiig ton. = Important problems
OF international finance, credits. ex-
change and trade relations were dis
cussed at the state department by Sec
Rotary Lansing. Secretary Glass. Der.
nard Baruch. Norman Davis and 9th.
ers.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
Electro Roads lu a.d.

wsshington.-witnesses before the
federal electric railways commission
were IN agreement that the financial
situation OF the companies vas serious
and probably would grow worse be
cause Of rising coats arc motor We
hicle competition.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22

MISUNDERSTANDING on salaries
" postal employees viii be held in a
number OF cities, including Atlanta
and Memphis. in September and oc-
!ober by the joint congressional COM
mission on postal salaries.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
whisky VIII Eyanorat.

Lexington. Ky.-More than 100000.
900 worth OF whisky now in barrels
win disappear in sixteen years from
evaporation and leakage. according to
an estimate given cut by revenue OF.
ficials here
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
susnand zone Rates.

Neutrality-suspicious. postal rates, in
sofar as they would apply to ship
nents Of surplus army food, were, in
effect. suspended by the Postoffice
Department.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
Er.President To EUROPE.

Kingston.-Frederico Tinoco. vbr
recently abandoned the presidency OF
Costa RIGA. and fed the coantry. ar
rived here on beard the steiner "a,
sspa. e. -c=se - E=-<==
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
aeh.ls Aetive In Honduras.

San OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES BY Hon.
ruran revolutionary forces in central
and western Honduras are reported II
E-sES DISPATCHES received ners-
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
Rloters Ar. Indicted.

Chicago indictments against IS
negroes and four white men we're re.
urasd by the special grand jury in.
estigatIng the recent race riots in
-s.ea-o
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22
Ana. financial Director.

EcntreaI-Sir Herbert Ames has a.
cspted tn position Of financial dire
sor Of the permanent secretariat
aAs Iaarua az nations At Hs1ava
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22

Paris.-Severai collisions occurred
between food dealers and consumers
In the Southwestern provinces and else
Ehere.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22

Chattanooga. . confer
ence Of General Manager Horace
Baker and other officials OF the South
ern Railway system, 1t was announced
that the railroad will Immediately be-
gin the construction of million dollar
steel bridge across the Tennessee
river eight miles above the city to re-
place the one condemned and aban-
doned a few days ago.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-08-22

Chattanooga - Secretary Of War
Newton d. Baker spent % minutes IL
Chattanooga, stopping over here er
route TO Sheffield. where he goes II
inspect the nitrate plants and ctae
government work on the Tsanese
SiEe-.