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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-31

CHICAGO, August 30.-Thomas E..
Wilson. president Of Wilson & Co.
and chairman of the Institute of
signed statement answering ques-
tons as to what the packers need.
what is wrong with them and whittier
they are going
Taking up the challenge Of critics.
who assert that the meat packers
have attacked proposed legislation
without offering any constructive
plan in its stead. Mr.. Wilson pro-
posed an affirmative program with
five distinct features.
Suggests Five Things.
Mr.. Wilson enumerates the follow
ing things as needed:
l. An accounting commission, COM
posed of recognized. certified public
accountants, divorced from politics,
to audit the packers books every
year. and make public an under
standable report. Any transgression
discovered should be punished under
the Sherman act, the Clayton act and
other corrective laws already exist
ing.
2. A non-political investigative body
to examine the meat industry from calf
to steak, and give out the facts ascer-
tanned. with recommendations for i'm
provements.
3. An advisory conference commit
tee, comprising both packers and pro-
ducers, with consumers and the gov
eminent both represented, to try to
stabilize somewhat the relation be-
tween supply and demand-that is.
to try to anticipate the demand for
nd
duction and shipment of live stock
accordingly.
A. A definite determination as to
whether producers and other groups
are hurt or helped by packers inter-
ests in stockyards. If such interest
hurtful, it should be eliminated.
S. Some special agency. composed
of recognized economists. to report on
the causes of the high cost of living.
As to Legislation.
Continuing his statement. Mr.. Will
son says:
ut Is not true that the packers have
opposed all legislation concerning
their industry: they have supported
all measures of a constructive nature !:
they have done much toward encour-
partment of Agriculture. and they
have advocated many measures re-
lating to the production of live stock
and the marketing of products, as
well as many other reforms.
Packers have been so engrossed in
defending their businesses against
misinformed criticism and perilous
legislation that they have had little
opportunity to formulate reforms
which changing conditions require in
a period Of reconstruction. This is a
real calamity in view of the fact that
meat packing, in which hundreds of
companies are engaged, ranks first
among American industries in the to-
tai value of it's production"
Sees Suspicion as Main Trouble.
Answering the, query. what is
wrong with the packers?" the state
ment says:
1.-The principal thing wrong with
the packing industry is a general
suspicion that something is wrong.
That suspicion. infiamed at criti-
cal time by misinformed agencies, has
diverted some part of our energies
and some part of our personnel from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-31
Deaths Reported.

Deaths reported to the health department
during the past twenty-four hours are as fol-
lows
Henry Niedfeldt. s.. Garfield Hospital.
Laura V. Cornwell, 81, so Foxall road.
Charlotte Wells, IS, st. Elizabeth's Hospital.
William NJ. Stenger. 81. st. Elizabeth's Hos.
pital.
pital.
Irene Levin. II, 1904 Sd street.
Theodore Schro1. 20. Sd and n streets
northeast.
Guy Holsopple, 40, st. Elizabeth's Hospital.
Mary Culverwell, 80. 1903 9th street.
pital
William Smith. IS. Freedmen's Hospital.
George F. Schief, %, 1888 Montello avenue
northeast.
George Brown, So, Garfield Hospital
George Grimes. 20, Washington Asylum Hos
pital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-31
Births Reported.

Births reported to the health departmer
during the past twenty-four hours are as TO
lows:
Frederick h. and Sarah b. Moss, girl
Augustus A. and Helen e. Wagner, girl.
Cecil NJ. p. and Ruth NJ. Cross boy
Irving X. and Anna C. Sweeney girl
George and Stella E. K1inker, girl.
Joseph c. and ELISA J. Dennis, boy.
Marshall c. and Bessie NJ. Windsor boy,
Martin A. and Martha X. Dempf. girl.
Lucian and Georgette Garner, boy.
Thomas W. and Frances Il. Dixon, girl.
William j. and Alice Nolan, girl.
Leo X. and Adelaide Farrall, girl
Charles l. and lisa H. Carpenter, boy.
Ernest W. and Christine Rauth boy
Harry s. and Mildred C. Bell, boy
Raymond 4. and Grace Watson, boy,
Charles NJ. and Inez G.. Young boy,
Everett c. and Catherine E. Kimbie, girl,
David E. and Bessie Brownman, girl
Edward S. and Nellie G.. Blue. boy
wilbur +. and Hibertia Saunders, girl.
Forest Mex. and Ida Dyer, girl.
Charles and Gladys Pinkney, girl,
Joseph and Mary b. Kelly, girl
Joseph o. and Anna Savoy, girl.
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Sees Suspicion as Main Trouble.
CARDINAL MERClER'S.
ITINERARY OUTLINED

NEW YORK, August 30.-Cardinal
MERCER will visit New York. Wash
ington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pitts
burgh. Scranton. Albany. Boston,
Providence, Hartford. Springfield.
Mass; Detroit Cincinnati, ST. Louis
and Chicago. it was announced here
today.
Other cities will be visited If pos
sible, according to Rev. Peter J. de
Strycker, professor of the Univer-
sity of Louvain, who is making the
arrangements. =
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MASSACRE OF 10000
FOLLOWS RED VICTORY

OMSK, Friday. August Is RUSSIAN
Telegraphic Agency).-Refugees from
Yekaterinburg. government of Perm
give details of the red terror in that
city More than 10000 people were kill
ed in Yekaterinburg and the surround
ing villages after the bolshevik occupa-
ton. the refugees say.
The Hungarian and Chinese detach-
ments Of the red army were the most
cruel OF all the bolshevik forces
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-31
"DEATH TO THE POLICE"
CRY WOMEN'S SLAYERS

PARIS, August 30.-Two artillery
men, Moujot and Janin, convicted of
numbering and robbing two woman
proprietors of cafes. were executed
this morning at Viencennes.
Moujot, hidden behind the door of
his cell. struck the warden on the
head with an iron bar. as the warden
entered the cell. He fought furiousIy-
before being overpowered. With
arms and legs bound he, together
with Janin. was taken to Vincennes
in a closed automobile, from which
he was carried and stood against a
wall.
Both men refused to have their
eyes bandaged and died shouting
death to the police"
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forced into defense while we were
plannings construction.
What Packing Depends On.
After an extensive defense of the
packers, coupled with plea for more
lenient public judgment, the state
ment continues:
Packing depends on stock raising.
and we may as well face frankly the
diminishing ratio of farmers to the
total population. 1t now has shrunk
to about 40 per cent. and. partly as
consequence of the war, IS Still 60
ing down steadily.
This means that a smaller share of
our population will be available to
produce our food. Scant production
would mean high prices. High prices
mean hardship for consumers and
brickbats for packers:
Two things must be done:
First, farming must be CONNER
cialized. If the farmer becomes
business man, the country must real
ize it no longer can live off his toll
without adequate compensation.
Secondly. production. must have a
speaking acquaintance with consump
tion-with demand. 1t is uneconomic
to raise more food than is needed and
then turn around, because prices are
low, and raise less food than is need
ed. In some way, demand must be
forecast and production measured &C
cordingly."
Regarding Audit Plan.
packers to do business ION the level"
Mr.. Wilson has this to say of his pro-
posal for a public audit of their ac-
counts:
Another thing badly needed is the
accounting body. mentioned before,
make public understandable reports.
All records and proceedings of the in
dustry, along with the acts and ac-
counts OF it's members, should be re-
quired to be opened to the inspection
of this commission. Such a body, it
political and should be composed of
reputable certified public accountants.
There should also be non-political
economic commission-one treasuring
no thesis which it wishes to prove
to investigate the meat industry from
calf to steak and give out the facts
ascertained, with recommendations of
constructive changes.
Where It Is Going.
In conclusion. answering the .ques-
ton. Where is the packing industry
going?" Mr.. Wilson says:
The packing industry is going
American sentiment lead it. There
will undoubtedly be two lines of de-
velopment.
Large companies will provide mar
kets for live stock and fill the ma
tions complex demands Their eff
cheney and service will depend upon
the extent to which public sentiment
permits their organizations to be
complex in response to complex
needs.
"At the same time smaller COM
panies will dress cattle, sheep and
hogs within a smaller radius and sell
them in local territory.
Each sort of plant is necessary.
Each is rendering good service
THE ultimate evolution of the
packing industry will be determined
by our national ideas and ideals as to
how industry shall be organized. To
those ideas and those ideals when
definitely formulated. the packing in
dustry will ever be responsive" -.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-31

hind it. faulty as it may seem to us in
certain details. as embodying the hope
of better future for ourselves and
the world.
AS a people who would not evade
or shirk the responsibilities which our
own sovereign decision to enter the
war has brought upon us, we should
lift our eyes and efforts from the
smaller aspects of our situation and
ratify in its entirety this great treaty
of peace in which thirty nations have
at last composed their differences
after the most terrible war of all time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-31

Of information necessary to arriving
at correct pictures of international
situations for the appropriate consid-
GRAFTON OF each Independent nation in
its own determination of it's pertinent
path of duty to itself and humanity
9. The United States is now the
creditor Of the world and will remain
the great selling and creditor nation
of the world. The obligations due us
will be scattered all over the world
and will consist not only of the obli-
cations of different governments.
large and small, but of various liens
upon the property of foreign concerns.
By opposing the league of nations
the United States is opposing an as
ISOLATION from which in an economic
way she has more to gain than any
other nation. During the war the old
diplomatic machinery of the United
States was not well adapted to the
emergencies of the situation.
State Department Acts.
The State Department, however.
rose to the situation when it created
the War Trade Board and through it
established practically an entirely
new business diplomatic service for
our nation in the allied and neutral
countries. In the league of nations
we may expect that access to the ma
lions of the world which will enable
us to avoid the tangles of ordinary
European diplomacy and arrive with
directness at first sources of infor-
nation and authority, just as We did
during the war through the War
Trade Board, the War Industries
Board and other economic bodies.
many of which were doing work which
theoretically lay within the province
of the old diplomatic agencies.
10. The completion of the peace
treaty. including the covenant of the
league of nations. required con-
tinuous and complex negotiations by
the thirty-odd independent powers in
volved for months. AS is inevitably
the case in any large negotiations in
volving a multitude of cross-claims
and conflicting interests presented by
nations of independent sovereignty.
the final agreement involved compro-
mise and mutual concessions. In any
great constructive work every propo-
sition finally agreed upon must pre-
viously be considered and discussed in
the light of it's alternatives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-31
H1PPoDRoME TO REOPEN.
Management Recognizes Actors
and Chorus Associations.

NEW YORK, August 30.-The man
agement of the Hippodrome Theater.
the worlds. largest playhouse, today
signed contracts recognizing the
Actors Equity Association and the
Chorus Equity Association. which are
conducting the actors strike that has
closed more than twenty-five theaters
in this city. ~.
The theater. which was closed
Thursday night by strike of the
stage hands and performers, will re-
open Monday afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-31
Alternatives Little Heard.

In the opposition to the peace treaty
and the league of nations in this
country at the present time 1 hear
too little discussion of alternatives to
their adoption; but the longer the dis
cussion continues the surer will al
ternatives come to be considered.
When alternatives are thus considered
1 have faith that the honest judgment
of the American people will be forced
to the same conclusion as was that of
the representatives of all govern
ments signing the treaty, to-wit: That
since it was impossible for any one of
them to have in the treaty all they
would DESIRE. they would accept the
best treaty possible to be made. l
therefore look forward to an ultimate
rally of American public sentiment be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-31
Prepare for d'Annunzio's Flight.

SPEZIA, Italy. Wednesday. August
27.-The steamship Nippon left here
today on her way to Japan, carrying
spare parts of airplanes and ,aeronau-
tical instruments which she will UNI
load at various points on the route
of the projected air flight, under the
leadership of Gabrielle dAnnunzio, to
Toxic. Stopping points for the avi-
atOrs include Saloniki and Bagdad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-31
Studies Europe's Potash Resources

Hoyt S. Gale of the geological sur
vey, who has been investigating the
potash resources of Europe for the
a study of the deposits of Alsace and
Spain and will study those of Stass-
furt, Germany. before he returns to
the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-31
SPRUCE PRODUCTION
CORPORATION DEFENDED
Representative Lea Of Subcommit-
tee on Investigation Wires
Minority Report.

~ the Associated Press.
PORTLAND. Ore, August 30.-Rep-
resentative Clarence F. Lea. democrat.
member of the congressional subcom-
mittee investigating airplane spruce
production. telegraphed today to Sec
.retary of War Baker, minority re-
port, lin which he took issue with the
majority report made Thursday by re-
publican members of the committee.
Representative Lea defended the
actions of the spruce corporation in
connection with the Lake Pleasant
railroad and sawmille in the state
of Washington, and declared he be-
lieved the criticism of John D. Ryan.
former assistant secretary of war, was
not Justified.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-31
Soft Coal Slim Greenville, S. c.

GREENVILLE, s. c., August 2s.-
Local dealers announced an advance
in the price of bituminous coal from
$40 to $11 a ton today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-31
Purpose Of the League.

8. The tripartite agreement pledg-
ing the United States and England to
come to the aid Of France if attacked
by Germany being, the only agree
ment which when made binds the
United States irrevocab1y in the flu
ture to an act Of war under certain
conditions. the league Of nations is. in
fact merely an arrangement by which
there will be continuous juxtaposition
of the authorized representatives of
the nations with provisions and ma
chinery for the continual interchange
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-31
Alleges Inaccuracies"

The minority report called attention
to some inaccuracies in the report
submitted by the other committee
members and declared that sales of
property which have been made by
the Spruce Production Corporation
since the war reflect creditably" upon
the corporation.
The report was telegraphed to Sec
rotary Baker just before Representa-
tive Lea left with other members Of
the committee for trip to the To-
ledo district to inspect milling and
logging properties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-31
British Make Concession.

6. Our experience showed that the
last thing to which any nation will
willingly submit is cession to others
of any vital part of its sovereign
power. This is true at all times and
applies no more to the United States
than to our European allies. After
four years of warfare and the defeat
at Calais nothing but the certainty,
under any other practicable alterna-
tive, of complete humiliation of the
allied armies, led the British govern
ment to concede a sovereign right
and yield to the united command of
the front under F'dch, an act for which
it is entitled to the gratitude Of man
kind. In the agreement of the league
of nations the provision. that there
must be unanimous consent of all
sovereign states concerned before ac-
ton can be taken or even advice
given in connection with article x. is
an absolute protection to the free ex-
exercise of the sovereign rights of the
United States in the future so far as
war is concerned.
Z. The proposed tripartite agreement
by which England and the United
States bind themselves to come to the
assistance Of France in the future if
attacked by Germany is made neces-
sary because Of the lack Of any vital
cession of independent sovereign ac-
ton under the terms of the league Of
nations itself. and because France
knows it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-31
Extract From Report,

Referring to the selection of the
route for the Lake Pleasant road, the
report continued:
The testimony shows that Gen.
DisQue assumed responsibility for this
consulting with various parties and
after having the route investigated
by Mr.. Roberts, as a disinterested en-
gineer. connected with the Union Pa
cific railroad. Neither Mr. Roberts
nor Gen. DisQue, nor any other per-
son who took part in the selection of
the route has yet testified as a wit
ness before the committee.
The witnesses criticising this
route have in almost. if not every,
case had financial interests more or
less adverse to the activities of the
Spruce Production Corporation"
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and it will be, it's first duty to avoid
decisive defeat of the army under
all circumstances. But if the enemy
succeeds in breaking through this
danger threatens, for the supreme
command has no longer sufficient re-
serves fit for battle. If the northern
half of the army gradually turns
back to the line indicated we hope to
avoid heavy fighting for about two
weeks. Thus we would gain a little
time and a breathing spell for our
tired troops.
But the military situation as a
whole would not be improved, as the
positions are not finished, and rail-
road as well as economic conditions
would become worse to considerable
extent. If we withdraw the front it
means that large part of Belgium
again will be damaged severely.
Even if we give the strictest orders
any devastation Of the
country still we could not be without
destroying things, required by mill
tary necessity, thus bringing new
upon the population.
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LEAGUE OF NATIONS IDEA
HELPED TO WIN THE WAR
Continued from First Page.)

thority of the allied governments,
which it was possible to obtain not
w1thstanding the act Of coordination
did not involve submission to a super
imposed central authority, but was
arrived at by joint consideration of
and mutual agreement upon a COM
mon situation, Information upon which
could not have been developed with
out the existence of a continuous CEN
trail meeting point where discussions
thereon could be had.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-31
Worst Enemy Enervation.

1.-The field marshars and my own
view is this: The worst enemy the
army will have to fight is enervation,
brought about by home influences and
the menace of bolshevism
Not much longer can the resist
ance last, for the army is facing the
onslaught of exterior enemies, in view
of their numerical superiority and in
view of the danger threatening from
the direction of Austria Hungary. How
long this resistance can possibly last
cannot tell exactly. 1t depends On
the one hand. upon the attitude of the
people at home and, on the other
hand, upon the measures taken by the
army and it's moral and material con-
dition. Estimating a factor like this
is deceptive, and 1 therefore decline
to give an exact opinion. The Ger
man empire can be saved from inter-
nal decomposition and collapse by
the solid edifice of the army an un-
broken will devoted to QUA mutual
spirit of discipline.
AT present we have commenced
large retreating movement, which
80 far has proceeded successfully. 1t
depends whether the enemy will be
able materially to affect this move
ment, particularly whether at a GER
tain very important point all at
tacks will be repulsed. l cannot an
swer this question definitely and beg
for a few days grace until this oper-
alton is concluded"
Then follow President Wilson'S
fourth note and the various kilograms
that preceded, concluding the armi-
stice on November IL.
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Bolshevism Among Reserves.

The reserves from the east IN many
cases are impregnated with bolshe-
visit ideas Wherever the men were
kept in high spirits it was solely due
to energetic Individual commanders.
Accordingly, it is of the utmost inn
portance to raise the officers again to
a high level by proper training. in
struction and education. But in order
to bring this about it will be neces
sary to increase the respect for the
officer at home and to stem all
propaganda melting hatred.
with the enemy the situation no
doubt is more favorable. Having a
large number of reserves he is in
position to grant long periods of rest
to all his divisions. His heavy losses,
reported from all sectors without con-
tradiction, he has been able to replace
by putting in new men. However.
signs are multiplying that indicate a
diSintegration of the morale, prin-
cipally among the French. and show
that the enemy's infantry attacks are
no longer executed with the old vigor.
In spite of the feebleneSs of attack
our tired infantry does not always
resist them when they are supported
by an overwhelming artillery and nu
merous arTnored tanks.
Taken all in all, 1t should be adj
mitted that the military situation has
grown worse. If the army is not de-
feated as yet, it is due to the splen-
did spirit, faithfulness and bravery
still prevailing among the masses of
the army. The power of the individ-
ual, whether officer or private, is be-
coming more and more pronounced as
fighting continues. Wherever the
holy fire of patriotic devotion is still
aglow in the heart of the man in field
gray there the heroic deed is born and
the onslaught of the enemy breaks
down, shattered upon the iron reso-
luton of our brave soldiers. who
gladly sacrificed their lives for the
fatherland.
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GERMAN RECORDS
POINT TO AMERICA
AS DECIDING FORCE

Continued from First Page.)
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Head of Packers Institute
for Full Report to Public
Thomas E. Wilson Suggests Accounting Com
mission as First Among FiUe
Things Needed.

our progressive labors. We have been
forced into defense while we were
plannings construction"