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The Washington times., 1920-05-20
HOOVER DEPRIVED OF 80
MICHIGAN DELEGATES
Although He Carried Democratic
Primary, Convention Sends
Envoys Uninstructed.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. May 20
Herbert Hoover, an ayowed Repub-
lican, won the preferential vote for
President in the Democratic primary
In Michigan. but he will not have the
states thirty votes at the San Fran
cisco convention.
The State convention, meeting here
yesterday, elected thirty delegates,
four at large and twenty-six by dis
trict caucuses and left them unin-
structed. No mention was made on
the convention floor of Presidential
nominee.
Support of the League of Nations
covenant and the Versailles treaty
without amendment and "unfaltcring
support OF President Wilson, who has
given all but life itself in the service
Of his country and the world" were
pledged. National prohibition was
declared a constructive act OF the
Wilson Administration"
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
COMPULSORY WORK BILL
IN BULGAR PARLIAMENT
Terms of Measure Make All Men
and Women Subject to
State Labor.

SOFIA, May 20.-A compulsory
labor bill will come before the pres.
ent Bulgarian Parliament
BY the terms of the bill all Bull
garian subjects, male and female, are
called upon to work for the state.
The men become liable after twenty
the women after eighteen,
They will be called upon to work
en- roads and bridges, railways, canals,
public buildings, the laying out OF
towns and villages. the recovery OF
marshland, and on forestry, in mines,
factories. and workshops. Compul-
sorry labor is personnel and substitu-
ton will not be permitted.
Professional men and women, II Is
understood, will be allowed to con-
tribute their quota OF labor In the
form OF professional services.
Regarding conditions of work. for
men the terms OF service will be six
teen months, for women eight the
FIRST three months of the term being
devoted TO preliminary training.
Heads Of families are exempted from
half the period of work provided
under the law.
The bill lays down that men Will do
their compulsory labor service In the
department OF residence or adjacent
departments. and women in their
place of residence
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
CURB PROF|TEERS,'
|SLAbOR'S DEMAND
Sterling, for Federation, Tells
Congress to "Move"-Pro-
tests Anti.Strike Measure.

Organized labor today registered its
protest against proposed anti-strike
legislation. until Congress makes
profiteers."
The protest was voiced by Henry
Sterling. representing the American
Federation of Labor, before the Sen
ate subcommittee considering anti
strike legislation.
Labor Is unanimous in its oppo-
sition TO the proposed anti-strike
legislation, which would tell labor to
work or go to JAIL" Sterling said.
THE only difference between the
condition of slavery and the rights OF
free labor is the right to quit" Ster-
ling declared. THE proposed legisla-
tion would place the American work
ingman in the position of the slaves
Of the South prior to the civil war"
I'VE mean to protest against the
spirit of this law as well as its pro-
visions. The large corporations will
be glad 10 support this BILL" Sterling
continued.
Cites Corporation Profits.
He quoted the profits Of large cor
porations, recently read in the Senate
by Senator Capper, Republican. Of
Kansas, to illustrate "the class of
business which advocates this legis-
lation."
Some conditions are worse than
strikes A subscrvient, terrorlzed
body OF workers presents such a con-
dition."
when wages are increased the
concerns raise prices and the high
cost of living is not relieved. is it?'
Senator Poindexter, Republican. of
Washington, asked.
That Is true in many cases, but as
an instance OF the unfairness of the
situation, recently the papers protest
cd against tho charge OF s12 day
made by n plumber in the South, and
said nothing about the man In this
country who makes sl25.0 n day
and does not work for It," Sterling
said.
I'VE protest against this legislation
until Congress takes action to curb
the man who is exploiting labor"
sterling declared. when did Con-
gress get the power to try to shackle
labor. as you are trying TO do?"
Points to Constitution.
1T obtained tho right to regulate
labor when the Constitution was
adopted" Poindexter said.
why cannot Congress do some
thing to curb profteers, instead OF
trying to hamper the working man
who is the victim OF the pro1tcors 90
sterling continued. III tho laboring
man believed this proposed action wa 8
TO be taken seriously, you would not
be able to get q building to hold the
protestsnts.'
"The public Is Indifferent to the
welfare OF labor until labor kicks.
Then you wish 10 place US in Jail for
stating our rights" Sterling said.
+. J. McNamire, representing tho
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Fireman
and Inginemen, also opposed the
Poindexter bill.
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
DIAZ ADVISES AMERICANS
ABOUT TAX PAYMENTS

ests in Mexico were warned today by
DR.. Alraro Tore Disz, confidential
agent here OF the Mexican provisional
government, to pay taxes or duties
only to the authorized agents of the
provisional government. Payments
made to other than authorized agents
will not be recognized by the pro-
visional government and will have to
be made again,
DR.. Diaz stated that for the present
no change would be made in existing
tax laws or regulations governing
commerce. When conditions become
more settled. these matters will be
gone into thoroughly and modern re-
forms instituted.
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
By WILLIAM PHILIP sIMMS.
international News Service.

'The platform in this convention
must DE the man nominated in this
convention" George w. Perkins.
right-hand man Of Theodore Roose-
welt. declared Just prior to the .916
Republican convention in Chicago.
This was in substance the decision of
the advisory committee on policies in
session here for the past two days.
the members of which left for their
respective homes today.
Nothing definite as to the actual
platform of the Republican party was
settled by the chairmen Of the various
subcommittees of the advisory COM
mittee in conclavc here. but with =
few changes in some of the reports
the reports will be submitted to the
resolutions committee at Chicago the
first of June to do with as it likes.
What VIII happen in Chicago. it
was tacitly understood. is far too
problematical for the committee to do
more than submit certain platform
material, the result of answers to
queries sent out by the various sub
committees.
If Senator Hiram Johnson runs
away with the G. o. p. convention.
the platform will be one thing; IL Gen.
Leonard Wood Is winner, 1t will be
another; II Herbert Hoover. some
thing else again, IL Senator Warren
G. Harding, or Governor Lowden, or
Governor Coolidge, or ex-senator
Beveridge, or Charles e. Hughes, or
william II. Taft. or Senator James r.
Watson, or a dark horse. the platform
will assume a different shape still.
Save In q general way the details of
what took place inside the office of
Secretary Henry Cabot Lodge at the
Capitol. where the subcommittee
chairman met with VIII II. Hays, of
the Republican National Committee
and the Senators and Representatives
who are members of the advisory
committee, have not been made pub
lie, but it is understood that enough
was done to indicate pretty conclu-
sively tina tthe main planks in the
platform will be sufficiently broad for
the party nominee to stand on, be he
the mildest of mild, "reservationists'
or the bitterest of "bitterenders"
The league OF nations will not be
condemned, at least not in principle,
but President Wilson's idea OF II will
be raped on the ground that II IL un-
| American and "entangling." The is
sue, however. will be left so that
whoever may be nominated by the
@. o. p, whether OF the Hoover, Lodge
or Johnson type, he will have no diff
Guilty In living up to the plank.
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
HOSPITAL, HEAD GROWS
RICH BY ROBBING DEAD
Warden's Grewsome Trade Dis
covered When Stolen Gems Are
Recognized.

VIENNA. May 2o.--A merchant s
wife, walking down the principal
street OF Salzburg, recognized on an
other woman the earrings of her
mother. who was recently buried with
all her jewelry.
The wearer of the earrings. ques.
toned by the police. said she had
purchased them from the warden OF
the municipal hospital.
The warden was arrested and his
home searched. II was discovered
that for some time he had been car
rying on the gruesome trade OF rob-
binR the dead.
A quantity Of gold extracted from
the teeth OF corpses was found; also
a vast stock Of jcwelry.
The warden's bank book showed a
credit Of $4,000. the proceeds of his
ghoulish trade.
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
NAVY WASF|T,
SAYS DANIELS
Head of U. S. Sea Forces De-
CIares Fleet Personnel Sur
passed EngIand's.
By LEE ELLMAkER.
International News Service.

Enlisted and commissioned person.
mel Of the United States Navy at the
time of the armistice was greater
than that of Great Britain, who had
been in the war much longer" than
the United States, Secretary of the
Navy Daniels today told the Senate
subcommittee investigating charges
against his department made by Rear
Admiral Sims.
When the armistice was signed the
navy contained 4s8.s47 men and 31.194
officers, while the British Navy, much
larger than ours in fighting ships, was
composed Of but 36,243 officers and
37s.91s men," Daniels declared
Daniels said ''for the frst time In
the history of the Navy we were en-
abled to create a reserve and expend
1t to its needs in case OF emergency.
This legislation was proposed by the
Navy Department under my admins
tration."
Speaking of the charge made by
Admiral Fiske (retired) that he did
not ask for an adequate force for the
Navy In 1914. Daniels said he based
his recommendations upon the policy
that had been in force for years.
Daniels outlined his fight before Con
gressional committees for additional
provisions for navy ships, aiming to
show he had endeavored to prepare
for war.
Daniels resented tho attacks made
upon Rear Admiral Blue for not rec
ommending a large personnel for the
Navy in 1914. He said Admiral Blue
at all times "endeavored to provide
adequately for the Navy
The days testimony was a review
of the work of the department from
the time Mr.. Daniels took charge until
the end Of the war to increase the
naval personnel and equipment He
referred to the Naval Academy, where
the number of students was INCREASED
from S51 to 2,0S6 between 1913 and
1919.
The Washington times., 1920-05-20

de Valera. was told the govern
ment does not propose to make repre-
to the United States Gov
ernment on the subject.
.Many q great war has owned its
origin In = much less aGKrsvatinx
cause. In this connection. America
might to her advantage look up her
own history. Has she forgotten the
Alabama. for instance. and how. ow-
ing entirely to the generosity of
Britain. serious trouble was averted?
Possibility of Notes.
"I wonder what would be said In
America II some ardent royalist In
England inaugurated a campaign for
the abolition of the American Re-
public and for placing a pretender
on a throne at Washington, or started
a national subscription for the pur-
pose of financing the Philippines to
throw of the American yoke?
"Was ever a grosser insult offered
to the British army than President
Wilson's speech In March. 1919, IN
which he said:
"'Until the advent OF America In
the war the allied armies were in
spired by no high ideals and were
fighting with lowered heads
"A contemptuous sneer at our navy
has just been brought to light.
IL suppose this article will be
characterized as another outburst OF
the yellow press, just as William
Randolph Hearst. in New York, Ia
supposed to be stirring up anti-Brit-
ish feeling.
~ think, however. that IT has been
clearly shown that Wilson and his
ministers are responsible for the
whole mischief. scan the horizon
in vain for a sign OF solid, undying
Instead, ! see braggard
insolence swaggering unchecked
through wastes OF mendacity-all a
steady proof OF my steady assertion
that, at the bottom. American ideal
ism Is simply another name for Yam
kee bluff" ,..-.-.....st, A-t1--I
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
"SUBCONSCIOUS FLU"
DISCOVERED IN LONDON

LONDON. May ?0.--London has a
new malady. u is known as sub
conscious fu," and was discovered BY
Dr. Walter Hill. famous London doe
kor. lilo said at q hospital meeting:
IT'S nothing moro nor less than
mild form of influenza, but it's
spreading rapidly"
Mrs. losor' = Hamburger. former
Is Mir Hutchlnson, of Chi
.ago, was ,me ..St official" victim
OF the new complaint The symptoms
are stomach and head aches and
slightly impaired vision.
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
CHARGE AMERICANS
WITH ATROCITIES
Amazing Story of Cruelty Told
By Editor and Dominican
Official.

WORCESTER, Mass, May Co
Amazing charges or atrocities were
made against Americans in the Carri-
bean Islands this afternoon by Jacinto
Lopez, editor of La Reforma Social,
and Judge Otto Schoonerich, secretary
to the Minister Of Finance of the Do
minican republic. Speaking at Clark
University International Conference
they declared that:
american marines torture natives
of San Domingo.
Reflects on Court.
Residents of the country are sen
fenced to hard labor without trial
by American provost courts.
"A policy of force and oppression Is
maintained by the government in vio'
lation of international law in the Car
ribean.
"a spirit of oppression and resent
ment against everything American has
been developed.
The conference was attended by
representatives of seventeen colleges
and universities.
Senior Lopez condemned the Admin
istrst ion at Washington for the per-
petration of rank injustices in all
these islands. He spoke of the Per-
shing incident at Panama and de-
clared that a similar outbreak against
America and Americans had been
manifested throughout all these is
lands.
Calls Policy Force.
He declared that this Government
carries forward it's policy in Latin
A ma
proval Of Congress and said that the
situation Is one OF force. pure and
simple.
'Jt Ia the dictatorial use of over
whelming might" he said. "in coun-
tries too weak and distressed even to
think Of resisting.
"By force the United States pre-
vented Colombia from maintaini e
her integrity; by force the United
states establi shed in San Domingo In
1918 an American military govern
mont; by force II obtained, in 1914,
rights and privileges in Nicaragua
which practically destroyed the po-
litical existence Of that country as q
sovereign nation and Impaired the in
dependence OF each and all the four
remaining Central American repub-
lics."
Denial Of charges made at Clark
University in Worcester that Ameri-
can marines are torturing natives in
San Domingo was made by Brig Gen.
Charles Long, acting commandant OF
tho United states Marine Corps, this
afternoon.
Briaadier General Long expressed
surprise at the charges and stated
that all reports received from San Do.
mingo show that the people OF the Do
minican republic have kindly feeling
for the marines.
Col. George Thorpe, recently In com
mand OF the marines In San Doming 20,
will address the Worcester conference
and answer tho charges
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
SHARP DROP IN
PRICES NOTED
Despite Lack Of New Shipments
Figures on Most Commodi-
ties Are Lowered.
DECLINE SWEEPS NATION
Refusal of Public to Buy At
Higher Scale Attributed As
Real Cause.

NEW YORK, May 20.-The cut in
prices which has been sweeping the
country are being followed generally
by conservative New York today.
Prices are tumbling in many COM
= -modities.
= Labor Will Cooperate.
Other important developments af-
fecting the Industrial situation are:
All banks have decided to recall
frozen loans" or loans on the con-
tents Of cold storage warehouses. In
volving many millions. This will
have the effect of dumping large guam
taties of foodstuffs on the market.
Hugh Frayne, general organizer OF
the American Federation of Labor,
has announced that organized labor
will not accept cut in wages. but
will not demand greater increases IL
the cost Of living is reduced to an &C
ceptable level
The National Association of Manu-
facturers, in convention here. has an
nounced itself in favor of a general
reduction in prices.
Factories shut Down.
Factories In various parts of the
or planning to run on part time.
Wall Street. always a barometer on
economic conditions, has established
new low records in many stocks
The market closed weak yesterday
at bottom prices. There was heavy
liquidation in Liberty bonds, the
working people unloading them on
the market. Most Of the stock selling
was by small investors alarmed by the
reports of the general movement to
debate prices.
lr Pubiie Now Buying.
A remarkable circumstance about
the tumbling of prices in New York
city is that 1t has come despite con-
gested traffic conditions. which have
kept goods out OF the city. The fall
ure to bring goods into New York in
large quantities ordinarily would have
the effect Of boosting prices. 1t is re-
garded as remarkable that there
should be a fall in prices coincident
with the scarcity Of goods.
The Merchants Association, which
has made q survey of the situation,
hnds that price tumbling is psyche
logical, and due to a tacit understand d.
ing or country wide agreement to re-
(rain from buying at high prices.
Martin II. Dodge, director of the in
austrial bureau of that organization.
declared that the failure OF the pup
lie to buy at high prices is not due to
financial exhaustion" but that the
public will buy when prices have
dropped to a low level
The Washington times., 1920-05-20

uC JitiC VI uiS dltdCh 10
'Troubie Brewing with America.
Our Next Enemy"
Bottomley attributes what he call,
the breach In Anglo rels-
tions to president Wilson's insane
ideals, which is but another name for
Yankee BLUM" He Is ready, he says
"to accept the American hand OF
friendship II given with copper
riveted guarantees that it is genuine
He adds:
Every day is making IT more
manifest that President Wilson en-
tertains the most contemptuous re-
gard for Great Britain and France
II Mr.. Wilson Is the difriculty-wal
difficulties are made to be removed
Events Not Favorable.
The article also says:
AT the earnest solicitati of GER
tain people in high places / have re-
Trained for some time from pursuing
the subject OF the unsatisfactory sit
uation between Britain and America
but events have been marching rapid
ly since i last wrote, and are, indeed
proceeding in a direction in no sense
favorable.
Americans are not all Wilson's
or Danielses. There are . few stall
waFt fellows like Sims. who has been
standing up for the old navy Of the
Old Country, with . courage and
candor worthy of the best British
stock.
.Now. I say deliberately that Just
~ ireland to all practical purposea
has ceased to be = portion Of the
United Kingdom, 30 America IL ma
longer in any sense our ally or, u
the true neaninE OF the wsrd, ssI
friend.
Valera and q War.
EVERY mail brings me complaints
from Englishmen in the United States
of intolerabie insults and annoyances
they have to contend with. On two
occasions I have directed the atten-
ton of the premier to the feting OF
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
RUSH CARS TO
FREE FREIGHT
Railroads Press Relocation of
Empty Equipment in
Traffic TangIe.
SEE EARLY END OF JAM
Coal for Public Utilities Is Ex-
pected to Be Given
Preference.
SEE EARLY END OF Jam

The nations railroads today uni
fed their efforts to relocate many
thousands of empty cars, as a prime
move in relieving the freight traffic
jams at big terminals.
The huge job of clearing the lines
of empty equipment is a preliminary
to other far-reaching moves con-
templated by the direction Of the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Plan Big Car Movements.
Relocation OF empty car equipment
means the movement OF 10000 cars
Westward from Eastern territory.
and 10000 open-top cars Eastward
from the Western sections.
Railroad executives informed the
commission today that the task of
making these re-loca tions can be COM
pleted in thirty days. Hale Holden.
spokesman for the executives, assert
ed today that the movement under
the preference orders, approved by
the commission, Is proceeding so
smoothly that the lines may be clear
ed in a shorter period.
Rail chiefs again conferred today
with Commissioner Attchison and
other members Of the commission. and
submitted their views upon the meas
ures tentatively evolved. involving
the use of the commissions emerg-
ency powers under the new rail act.
The commission Is being pressed
vigorously BY the executives to at
tack the present traffic problem In a
vigorous manner. The executives
urge. strongly that no time be lost in
parleying, or in the debate over de-
tails. The principal thing. they urged.
is to sweep aside technicalities ana
tackle the problem in practical
fashion.
Proceeds OAutiously.
The commission thus far has not
acceded to all the proposals submit
ted originally by the executives as
a solution. Although proposals have
been made by the carriers for sweep
ing priority orders Of a general ma
ture. sufficiently elastic to permit the
railroads to proceed speedily without
fear of violation Of various legal re-
strictions, the commission has elected
TO move rather cautiously. The COM
missions course has involved The
lengthy delays incident to protract ed
cials said today il was the desire Of
the commission to be more fully in
formed, through the findings of its
own Investigators in the congested
areas.
The commission today announced
that many Of the questions growing
out of the railroad tie-ups are com
plex," but that decisions as to the
necessity Of priority orders are being
reached as speedily as possible.
Under new orders for preference in
movement OF empty car equipment,
officials explained, It will be possible
to remedy one of the worst phases
Of the congestion. The orders, they
said, also would lead up to a more
effective use by the railroads Of their
available equipment Movement Of
essential commodities is to be speeded
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The Washington times., 1920-05-20
OPS 0UElL RI0TING AT WEST VIRGINIA COAL Mine
Calls Price Cutting
Joke on Public.

BOTTOM, May Seville price
siashiss In wearing apparel cen
tissed In full swtaG thrOSShoss
New England tsAay. Felix Nsres-
berg, vice president q the Tetsii
board Of the Boston Cha@Ser OF
Commerce, lsuG hinSfy Asnouneeo
that the 'sEreat reductios ssies
were all q Joke On the public ana
that the merch ants merely were
having their customary spring
clearance saies.
There r. no general price cut
tinx,p he said. .Certain stores are
simply having their usual spring
salea-v
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
COP. D0DGES
PARTY PLANKS
Advisory Committee Feels Franz
ing of Platform Must Await
Naming of Candidate.

The League OF Nations and
other issues OF the campaign
bearing on the country's foreign
relations were discus ut q pro-
tracted conference between Re
publican National Chairman VIII
H. Hays and senator Henry Cabot
Ledge, Republican leader of the
SENATE and chairman of the Sen
ate Foreign Relations Conmittee,
held today In the Senator'S office
at the Capitol.
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
BOARD ORDERS LOANS
CALLED ON SPECTATORS

Decision Of the Federal Reserve
BOARD advisory council to expedite
the release of speculative" credits
and sharply to restrict n-essentia al
rredits in future went broadcast today
TO all member banks in the Federal
reserve system. The board dis
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