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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-24
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tions of their governments and the fear
of bolshevism. II the latter was re
moved and the general distribution of
supplies undertaken, General Bliss
thought that the common sense of the
people in each case would soon force Il
material reduction in military cstab-
lishments.
OF bolshevism in the abstract, General
Bliss had no criticism to make. 1t is
"a principle, he said which fright or
wrong will have to be faced, but bol
shevism as pXemplifed by the present
regime in Russia. he declared, placed
that country at war with the whole
world, which necessarily must fight
back.
The policy of spending millions in the
effort to make the rest of the world
'thc prey to Russia is the special
feature of the Lcnine Trotsliy rule.
which brings those leaders into conflict
with other nations. General Miss said, =,
us their effort to undermine the insti-
tutions in other nations.
Points Way to End BOlshevism
Personally" General Bliss added.
believe that if il were possible to
SO distribute the supplies in Russia as
TO put clothes on the backs of the peO
pie, I'LL their bellies and warm their
homes, bOlshevism would disappear in a
month"
Reviewing the developments which
let hnally to the organization of the
supreme war council with General
fOch as gcneralissimo. General Bliss
expressed the belief that if this action
mad been taken in 1914 the war would
have been materially shortened, that
the Russian revolution would never have
occurred. the Dardancles expedition
would not have been undertaken and
the principal military disasters to the
Allies averted
General Bliss disclosed that because
proper authority was at first withheld
from Marshal Foch. the latter had
! called council at Beauvais. April 3,
1918. and offered to resign. His posi-,
tion, General Foch said. was simply an
other element of discord; he could 'co-
ordinate the efforts Of the various
group leaders under the authority pre- =
viously given him. but no orders he
issued were held to be binding on the
other commanders Instead of accept
ing the resignation the council voted
to give Foch full authority.
'Foch, Clemenceau and Lloyd George
won the war for the Allies" General
Bliss declared. They were really
| thunderbolts of war. ready to throw any
and everything over in the determine .
tion to defeat the common enemy.
Nothing was permitted by them to in e.
terferc in the slightest degree with this
great object.
81 have deliberately left any refer
ence to the American effort out of that
statement" he added. The United
States was absolutely necessary to over
turn the balance which had been estab-
lished in the war. 1t would have been
impossible for the Allies, regardless of
their efforts. to overturn the balance
without American aid. So they won the
war and we won the war;
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HITCHCOCK LEAGUE
DRIVE FRU|TLESS
Senator Lacks Authority in His
Conferences With the Mild
ReserVationists
AWAIT WORD FROM WILSON
BY CLINTON W. GILBERT
Stan Correspondent of the Evening Public
Ledger

sian Correspondent Hf the Evening Public
Ledger
Washington, Dec. 1.-The league of
nations prospects are not improving
They are growing worse. There never
was a time when the chances Of com
promise looked so dark as they do in
these days when the newspapers arc fun
of stories Of compromise.
Senator Hitchcock's 5 conferences with
the mild reservationist Republicans for
the last few days have failed. They
have failed for the same reason that
similar conferences all through the
league of nations fight have failed. They
are not meetings between principals
Neither side can deliver anything. Mr..
Hitchcock does not know where the
President stands and can promise moth
ing. The mild rcscrvationists are few
in numbers. They can not deliver
Lodge nor any considerable bulk of the
Republican party. They can not even
deliver each other, for no two of them
are agreed as to what they want.
And even il they could agree there
are not enough of them to pass the
treaty. There are only enough of them,
perhaps. to prevent the passage Of the
that they do not want to prevent the
passage Of the Knox resolution. unless
they can be assured Of the ratification
of the treaty. Most of them want peace I;
if they can't get it with the treaty,
then by resolution ending the war.
League Chances Fooled Away
The chances of the league of nations
nre being fooled away exactly as they
have been fooled away dozen times in
the past. Mr.. Hitchcock's conferences
have been unproductive for the same
reason that all his previous confer
ences have been unproductive. The
minority leader has seen about all the
mild reservationist Republicans. He
has not offered them concessions. He
asked them what concessions they want
ed He does not commit himself.
And even il Mr.. Hitchcock were of
fering terms on the authority Of the
President or assuming authority him
self the mild reservationists arc the
wrong people to deal with. There are
not enough Of them. They cannot de-
liver the goods. When you have got
them you have got nothing, A COM
promise will only be reached when Mr.
Hitchcock, for President Wilson, goes
TO Mr.. Lodge and arranges terms with
him. Then principals will deal together.
Mr.. Lodge can deliver majority of
the Republicans and no one else can
President Wilson can deliver a majority
Of the Democrats and no one else can
The effect of President Wilson s
methods in the past as reflected by Sen
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PROVISIONS
REFINED SUGARS
DAIRY PRODUCTS

Light offerings restricted business, The
market was unchanged on basis OF cents
for fine Eranulated
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LONDON srock MARKET
OIL Group Steady - Home RslIt
Strong In Spots

London, Dec. 24.--There was only a
small amount of business done on the
stock exchange. The markets were
quiet and of holiday character. Busi
ness will not be resumed until next
| Monday.
The oil group was steady. Shell
! Transport being quoted at 10 ZIG and
Mexican Eagles were 105s. Home rails
displayed strength in spots, but the
shares of Argentine roads were Habby
The gilt edged section was narrow
but the tone was frmer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-24

Demand was only moderate nhd tho mar
tious. White, potatoos,. PENNSYLVANIA, per
Cwt, 81 W3 60, do Now York, per cwt
81. g5w $40. do Maryland Toosicrs per
cwt.. s2.7ia3lO 10. Sweet potatoe9. southern,
per bbl No. ]. Stm4.bOj No. ., $-.7513.
Sweet potatoes, southern, -y,r hamper 81 10
a. 81. do. Jersey per bTs>et $l.15T1 40.
Cabbage, New York, Danish, per ton, S55 %
20 onions yellow per iUO-lh sack-No. /
S5.75WG. No. . and "picdors," $2.2lUg.T5.
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GRAIN AND FLOUR

WIIEAT-Roccipts 40, 500 bushels. Tho
market was unchanged. Quotations were as
ernment standard inspection standard prices
Si9 No, Tegdd WINTER ,$23e, No dnS9aeth2rn Sa.
] red winter, garIicky, sa,87 No. red.
smTty sm%t Sg NJ ata5 g6 gtdes saGSEfy rSfS GdT &Ha
norau9n's purchases Of wheat arc based on
the following schedule Of DISCOUNTS No. .
En'a6 " andsT Re Na NGnder NS Wheat 4oo TRSR under
No No. 2 wheat 14c under No. I. For
all wheat ,othorw!se conforming to the e speci,
In test Welght the discount from the No; .
nnrd bGTgd VII 9e 5c per ngshSl t2r eae43 5Snt
grading below No. ) for reasons other than
deficiency in test weights viii be bouRht on
according to the degree Of smut, but IN
no case less than 70 De" bushcl under the
GoRN~Pi',cacGipitS1. ITS" 1888 bushels. Supplies
We're small and the market ruled firm, hut
Igiet.. We quote old Ne, :, yell9w. IN car car
and nov 80. . yellow al 81 90 a o.
market was s'GR'st anSt but Steady "s al the oto
ADVANCE, quotations, Car lots, as TO ioga-
93l, a 0ic. No. 4 white. 02iq W93r.
oct n6IS L@mRSkecelpis Re- 22S e2rrSis ana m,a E
Mil REPa5 mits wers m s"sH Saody Hnd was he e quot@
ii6-pound iute sacks--soft Winter, straight
1925; hard winter straight, Sl2 5Od -;
gp. Sq do shQEt P@tiSnt l3aia sPPa5i65SS 5S
a II; do short patent. Si4 455a15; fancy
spring aud city mills. patent fancy brands.
Sl5@t5.31.
RYE FLOUR sold slowly at former rates.
We quote at SS 05M o. - per barrel, in sacks.
as to uuality.
PROVISIONS
X, Trade was quiet and largely of 2, jobblns
character. but prices ruled steudy. We quote
Beef In sets. smoked. air. dried. 53c: beef
linuckles and tenders, smoked and air
cured. loose, 2GT27l do skinned. loose, -
92Bc, do. do. smoked, - "a 2Tc; hams, boiled,
boneless, 40c; picnic shoulders, S. p cured.
loose, pc; do, smoled 25c; belliee, in pickle,
l..n Il g. ln.u La
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BUTTER-The smarket was quiet but
steady at the late decline The quotations
follow: Fresh solid packed creamery
IS5ncy, hish-scorng goods. 73@75o oeXtrras,
re; extra trsts, &c q GgC: frsts, &c "a GiC;
seconds, $50 cold storage creamery, as
to quality. - a 69c: sweet creamery, choice
TO fancy "a a TGc; fair to good. SO GIlc
prints i1bbing At SOH SIC for fancy and
at 90 u I9c for fair TO choice.
EGGS-Supplies OF fresh eggs were small
and the market ruled steady at the late
decline, but there was little trading. The
uuotat tions follow. Free cases nearby
hrsts $21.60 per crate: nearby current re
eeipts. $2l: western extra iirsts.. S2l. 60:
frsts. $50 10 n n: nearby and western sec
onds Sl7.7O0O19. 20: cold storage eggs. a = to
quality S141Om1G,sOi inferior lots lower;
fancy selected fresh eggs jobbing at S2gSic
per dozen.
CHEESE--Trade was quiet but prices
We're steadily held on fancy stock We quote:
New York whole-milIS fatv-Held, fancy,
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New York Metal Market

New York. Dec 2t.--Copprr-spot and
and March. 1874 uioE g. Market strong.
1.ead---Al months. 1i5m 800. Market
strong. Spcltcr, East -. Louis all months,
$50 OH : 7ic. Market strong.
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PHILADELPHIA MARKETS

Be; held fair to good. 80 a 32is C. fresh made
pest 32M32bc. do. fair to good. ~ %
2ll1ri Wisconsin wholo-mik 0ats. held
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-24
Indiana Pipe Line Extra Dividend

New York, Dec. 2I.--Thc Indiana
Pipe Line Go. declared an extra diyi
dcud of 50 share in addition 20 the
regular quarterly dividend of 50, bofh
payable February If to stock of record
January -.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-24

chickens, western, dry.paclsed. In barrels
Weighing pounds and over apiece. 80 a 34o;
meis1hii.nG we 81. * re pounds apiece; o@a2c, Weigh
corn-fed chickens II to box. II pounds and
under to dozon. per pound, 4iW 45c; is 10 "a
80 pounds to dozen, per pound. ~ q Soc II
10 90 pounds 10 dozen, per pound. 30 W34c;
81 TO a. pounds TO dozen, per pound, 81 ID
83c; ~ 10 a pounds TO dozen. per pound
32m Sc, fs pounds and over 70 dozen, $50
western fancy SOC 32c, do. do. fair to good,
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POULTRY

POULTRY
blNE-Demand was only moderate and
pInss WGte without important chauEo. QUO
lhtoh'. Fowls, fine fat weighing fvc pounds
uld over apiece, 32d34c: fowls medium
E,1n; good quality, IS 8Oc: do. poor ~
WJo,t Dr9llinE chlCkeng fancy soft-meatcd
NtiEhlng " a . lbs. apiece, $50 iOg; spring
luWh"hN' average, soft-mpRtpd. 2SI 3OCs do
nuHrlor ~ az &c, old roostcrs ri n 22c;
9uohA White petin 326 34c; do. Indian
runner &Sm3Oc do. NIuscovy % a. 23c;
tgHS', - "a &c turkeys j5U5 U5SC; pigeons,
&,L nrr pair 20 " 35c. dy, Young. per pair.
In' 90, EuiueaS. young, per pair Weigh
i"sn InS ana over apiece plump 81 70m
l,N'U, Mcighine lmlH lbs aplecr Sidl.26;
h".us"S uid per uair. vOcV 81
btESSEp--1ho turkey market continued
'fIn. win demand absorbing the limited ro.
cunts o'hor kinds of poultry wore I'm mod
ne quotations Mero are follows: Turkeys,
"1Waro aud Nuryland. fancy GOIIU3c,
DO, Virginia, fancy 5G65Sc, ncar6y,
,alr to good. 81 a soc do. western. spring
Iah'}, 90" 6Ic; exceptional lots higher; do
60. lar TO good, II q 53c; do old toms SOC
'MIS' lIcsn-klllod, dry-parkod I'm boXos
WtthIhS ~ lbs ana over apiece 3Gc.
M,V'a,hE ' pounds, a5C' weighing 3R pounds
"Ip 52c, smaller sizes - n 2Qc; fowls fresh.
nll.d3 IN barrels. dry. pa 0,kod-weiEhiug 81
P"uIGS ana over apiece. 35C: Weighing 4
luulnt &c; weighing -? pounds oSlt 3Oc,
nIitIi,I sizes, - n 2TC; old roosters drv.
Ivk'l 26o' brnllCrs Jersey, dry-packrd ia
. &c 40, ordinary nearby dry packed, Hj G
- Dt"lI'rs. western. drN-pa ckod. ,voirhint-
L--L- - % : bounds apiece. 3S@4Uc: roastins
New-York tribune., 1919-03-14
School Official Lays
Bad Faith ~ Mayor
Etiinger Asserts IyIan Should
Know From Report Where
Every Dollar Has Come

william j.. EtiInger. Superintendent
of Education, IN a ,e1ler to Arthur s.
Somers, president Of the Board Of
Education, yesterday, declared that
Mayor Hylan had made erroneous
statements to the New York Legslat.
ure regarding affairs in the city's
school system RE also declared that
the Mayor had erred in his interprc-
tation Of the Board Of Euucations ac-
counting Of its liabilities for the
month of December last
Superintendent Ettinger intimated
further on in his letter that Mavor
Hylan utterly disrcgarded complete
report submitted by the board and
persisted in asking for an accounting
OF the expenditures during the year
1913, despite the fact that full audit
OF the years accounts had been sub
mltted and accepted in February last.
The specific erroneous statement
charged by Mr.. Ettinger related to an
alleged oyerappropriatlon made to the
Board of Education amounting to
1929 ,20698. Mayor Hylan, the letter
states, would know that that particu-
for the use of the board had he con-
suited the "City Record" of Monday,
December 8, 1917.
The bad faith of the Mayor, accord
ing to Mr.. Ettinger, consists in his
persistent statement that the tax and
rent payers of the city should know
what the Board of Education did with
the money appropriated for it in 1918,
when, as matter of fact, Deputy
Commissioner of Education Loudoun
submitted detailed report in Febru-
airy covering every dollar of the appro-
priaton.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-14
Consumers League
Calls Shoddy Mills
Menace To Health
New Jersey and Pennsylvania
Factories Called Origin
Of Disease and Places
Where Law Is Violated

An arraignment OF the shoddy, yarn
and waste industry of Pennsylvania
and New Jersey as a menace to health
and public safety is contained in a
report which the National Consumers
League is to publish shortly.
The report shows that at about the
time General Peyton C. March, Chief
of Staff Of the United States army,
was quoted as saying the entire civilian
population might have to wear shoddy,
rag men were permitted to collect for
sale to the mills bedding on which the
body of an influenza victim had lain
for several days.
"In another family" according to
the report, "the woollen clothes of a
child who had died of diphtheria were
traced by a.visiting nurse to the home
Of another child who had contracted
the disease, apparently through wear
ing these clothes. The victims pa
rents had bought them from the local
rag man, who usually sold his wares to
the shoddy mill"
The Consumers League made study
of eighty-two mills, of which nine we're
in New Jersey.
"The shoddy industry assumed un-
usual significance during the war;
says the Consumers League, "because
the government permitted the use of
shoddy up to so per cent in army
blankets and 35 per cent in uniforms.
The evils in the industry start with
the rags from which shoddy is made.
"1n New Jersey nine mills we're
visited. Of the eighty-two mills in
spected thirty-two made wool or
worsted yarn. ten made cloth and
blankets, nine made wool sboddy.
three we're wool securing establish
ments, ~twenty-sx made cotton and
wool waste for wiping machinery and
for packing journal boxes Of locomo.
tives and four made scejaneous
products.
"ln ten Philadelphia mills no dress
ing rooms we're provided and girls
were forced to change from street TO
mill clothes in the workrooms.
Fifteen Philadelphia mills disregarded
the law requiring washrooms, girls
and men washing from common sinks
and buckets. Thirty Philadelphia
mills had no seats for their workers,
although the work was eXhausing, and
not one mill supplied a rest room.
Only one supplied lunch room"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-14
Union League Club
Advocates Extra
Session of Senate
Report Of Monthly Meeting
Says BolsI,evism IL Being
Taught Negroess Unions
Are Also Being Permeated

Bolshevlsm "comes from social un-
rest" in America, according to a re-
port made on the subject at the
monthly meeting Of the Union League
Club last night. A report was sub
mitted on the proposed plan for a
league of nations and the committee
presenting it believes that the Pres
ident should Convene the Senate in
extra session in order that it's mem
bers may consider and discuss the pro
posal."
A supplemental report relative to the
restoration of the nominating conven-
ton for the naming of state officers
and justices of the Supreme Court was
also read. Each report was unani-
mously adopted and similar action was
taken in regard to resolutions which
were attached to the reports on Boil
shevlsm and the league of nations.
Should Call Extra Session
The sense of the report, upon which
the resolutions were based is best ex
pressed in the last paragraph of the
resolutions. This reads:
Resolved, That it be stated to the
President in such petition that in the
judgment of this club the calling of
an extra session of the United
States Senate would tend to allay OBJ
jectionable public agitation and to
promote a better realization of the
difficulties involved, a wiser solution
OF the great problem Of how to en-
force peace throughout the world, and
particularly truer understanding by
the people of the United States of the
nature and extent of the obligations
which it is proposed they shall assume
and be called upon to perform in the
future, and which they cannot be ex-
pected to perform unless they rest
under such a sense of moral duty and
pledged faith as can arise only if
their duly constituted representatives
in the Senate have consulted before
such obligations are undertaken in
their name and behalf"
Seek to Arouse Negroes
Archibald Stevenson, who was head
Of the Bureau of Propaganda of the
Military Intelligence Section of the
General Staff with the aid of Robert C.
Morris presented the report on Bolshe-
ism. Two striking facts are found:
First, that "an attempt Is being made to
arouse the latent discomfort in the
negro population In this country by cir
culating among them Bolshevik doc.
trines," and, second, that "the radical
elements are fast weakening organized
labor, and that IL tho process continues
the power OF the American Federation
OF Labor will be diverted TO radical
ends"
How the seeds Of Boshevism are
New-York tribune., 1919-03-14


above for January, 1919, with . year
ago, II should be borne in mind that
the 1913 results were adversely effected
by the extreme weather conditions and
the serious traffic congestion which OBJ
tuined at that time; also, that neither
the increases in freight and passenger
rates, nor the increases in wages made
effective during 1913, are included in
the January, 1913, figures, while both
Of these factors are present in the
January, 1919, figures. Furthermore
words, there was an increase in the
proximately S1,500000 back pay appli
cable to prior months"
Freight Train Operation
Discussing the result Of freight train
operation for January, 1919, as com
pared with the same month last year.
the commission said:
ut will be noted that on account of
better weather conditions this year
and the relief from the traffic conges-
tion, it was possible to handle 10 per
cent more ton miles, with approx
mately the same train miles. In other
words, there was an increase in the
average trainload Of fifty eight tons, or
f0.2 per cent. The carload shows a
slight decrease, due to the fact that
there was a decrease in the percentage
of the heavy loading coal tonnage TO
the total tonnage handled. The de-
crease in the percentage of loaded to
total car miles was due to the freer
movement Of returning empties this
year, on account of the better weather
and traffic conditions"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-14

being sowi among tte negroes IN this
country Is illustrated by eatfaets from
"The Messenger" which, The report
says, "ls u negro Baper which has been
widely distributed among the negroes
or New York City and elsewhere" The
report cites al article called "We
Want More Holshevik Patriotism" IN
which Is this paragraph,
I'VE want "A patriotism represented
by flag so red that it symbolizes
truly the oneness Of blood running
through each one OF our veins"
Found Negro Organization
TO stimulate interest in Socialist &C.
tiyties, the report says, nationa
organization has been formed for the
negroes known as the "National Az.
sociation for the Promotion of Labo,
Unionism Among Negroes" It's head
quarters are at 2305 Seventh Avenue
New York.
The work Of the Overman commit.
tee in investigating propaganda, the
report says, serves to show what "thc
Bolsheviki would do if their ambitions
were achieved here" The j report
urges, however, that study Of the
problem should be pushed still farther
and in a resolution the clubs com
mittee is asked to recommend that the
State Of New York have a joint legis-
lative committee to investigate Bol,
shevism.
Elihu Root authorized William D
Guthrie, chairman of the clubs COM
mittee on political reform, to state
that he fully approved the committee 3
report and the resolution on the pro
posed league of nations.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-14
Three Arrested, Charged
With Theft of Autos

Captain Richard McKenna and De
tectives Finan and Dent last night ar
rested Meyer Miller, seaman ATTACHED
to the Federal rendezvous at the foot
of West Fifty-second Street, Brooklyn,
and locked him up. charged with grand
larceny.
According to Captain McKenna. Mil
Ter has confessed to the theft of ten
automobiles since LIST November.
Eight of these, the police say. have
been recovered
With Miller were arrested his brother
BENJAMIN, and George Morganbasser
Of East 18th Street, who are charged
With acting in concert with him. The
Miller brothers were arrested at an
apartment at 102 West t23d Street, for
which 1t Is said Meyer paid st3 week
rent, fur coat and other valuable
articles we're found here.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-14
ing to take all precautions against the
escape of the members.
Lee Says Prisoners
Are 4nti.BOLsheuiki

The "trumvirate of Hylan, Enright
and Hearst" is arraigned in state
ment issued yesterday by Alderman
Algernon Lee, Socialist. commenting
on the raid upon the alleged Bolshe-
vik headquarters in East Fifteenth
Street. The statement follows:
"The ignorance of our Police De-
partment becomes more appalling each
day. After two weeks preparation, ac-
cording to newspaper reports, Car
Enright's legions descended upon a
little group of Russians conducting an
educational class. With great gusto,
the police announce haul of Bolshe-
wiki
at might interest them to know.
and the public likewise, that this par
ticular group Of Russians is and has
been definitely anti Bolshevik."
New-York tribune., 1919-03-14
Federal Warrants Out
For Sir I. ". ". Leaders

WATERBURY,, Conn, March 49,
Police Superintendent Beach an
nounced to-day that he had obtained
Federal warrants on which to hold
six alleged I. w. W. leaders, who were
among 1877 men arrested in the raid
here last Sunday night. The warrants
we're issued at the request of United
states District Attorney Crosby.
Federal alien headquarters in Boston
VIII send investigators to see if the
men can be classed as undesirable citi-
zens and deported as such.
Among the six held is Alexander
Chernoff. Of Chicago, said to be a
national I. w. w. organizer.