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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-06
Need 100000 Cars.

E. N. Brown, chairman of the
board Of the st. Louis, and San Fran
cisco road, speaking for the execu-
qtives said this sum was necessary to
build 100000 cars and 1000 loco
motives Immediately needed by the
roads to relieve the present shortage.
The companies themselves, he testi-
fled, could not borrow this amount on
their; own credit even should the in
terstatc commerce commission allow
the general freight rate increase re-
quested this week. N, +
Mr., Brown said the roads were now
short 100000 freight cars. $50 pas
senger cars and 3,190 locomotives.
They have ordered on their own ac-
count, he said e7. AIS cars and SIS
locomotives. paying> an average of
q 3-4per cent on equipment trustfcer
tificates sold Ito defray the cost.
Bankers have now told us thatlit
will be impossible to secure on the In
vestment markets more than $780,
100000 or 81 Sc, 100000 additional
he said, fand that this amount Will be
at a rapidly advancing rate of inter-
est. The present; orders represent
about S144,OOO, 600 in cost. 8 !.
s,gt II congress- would authorize the im-
mediate use OF $l25. COO, 900 from the
100000. 300 revolving fund for. the
roads provided by the transportation
act he said, the loan Of another IS 90.
o0o, 900 later would fulfill the res
,uuirements.f .s8 Is 5s,sl i.I i! a 34s. Il.
The railroad executives were called
before the committee as the result OF
requests from western grain men that
congress appropriate 500. 900, 900 for
building cars. The grain men said
vast quantities Sof foodstuhIs were be-
ing held In storage in the west be-
cause Of lack OF cars to move, 1T 10
81 asatg is,rv
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-06
! OF SAMUEL I [ !: !:
/. COMPERS is ILL

Washington, May G. -lMrs. Samuel
Gompers, 69.s wife OF the preaident OF,
the American Federat ation pfs Labor. Isl
seriously I'LL. here. She Aas suffered
two strokes OF paralysis. y
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-06
McCALL NoMINAT]ED.,

washington, May 6.-Samuel WI
Mccall, former governor Of Massa-
chusetts. was nominated today ( BY
President Wilson to be member Of
the tariff commission. ,.. &
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-06

Winchester, Mass, May 6.-Former
Governor Samuel w. Mccall has been
offered appointment to the tariff com
White House. that he will accept. i
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-06

Magoshichiro Sugi. who since 1897
mas been privy councillor of the Jap
1885, and was descended from an
ancient Samuri clan. Early in life
he entered public service and in 1862
was sent to Europe as an attache to
the minister sent there by the Sho-
gunate government. He took an
active part in the restoration moye-
ment and later was made lord stew
ard of the empress dowager's house.
hold. He was created viscount In
1887. -
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-06
VSC0UNT N.
]. SUCl IS DEAD
Has Been Privy Councillor
For japanese Empire
Since 1892

Honolulu, May 6.-viscount M.
Sugi. .privy councillor. died today
aged 80. according to Toxic cable
gram today to the Japanese news
paper Nippu Jill.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-06
$50O,O00,
TOBUlLDC
TASKED D.TODAY
Railroad Executives Urge
Congress To Appropri-
ate This Sum

Washington, May 6.-An addition
al $500, 100000 during this year to
finance the construction. of freight
cars was asked of congress today by
the railroad executives. H
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
SENATE SCHOOL REPORT
WILL Be MADE MONDAY
Committee Will Recommend ReOr-
ganizatiOn With Education
Board of Five.

The report on the school system of
Washington, following the probe of
the Senate District subcommittee,
probably will be presented to the Sen
ate Monday.
Despite variation OF views among
members of the committee, they are
gradually adjusting their differences
and hope to unite on a single report,
There probably will be no minority
report.
A number of Senators who are op-
posed to the confirmation of Dr. John
Van Schaick, jr., TO be District Com
missioner have been pressing the sub
committee for action. For this reason
IL is now meeting daily in an effort TO
complete its work.
The report of the committee will
call for survey of the entire Dis
trict school system and recommend a
reorganization of tho Board of Edu-
cation The majority OF the committee
favors a board of five to be appointed
by the President and confirmed by the
Senate
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
CAPITAL SUPINE UNDER
PROFITEERS- SHERMAN

A picture Of Washington supine
placid. and unprotestins under the at.
tacks Of profiteers was drawn by
Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman, of
Illinois. in the Senate yesterday.
Il have heard no outcry, no pub
lie Indignation among nearly half a
million people here" he said. They
are still going right along and pay
ing the same prices for sausage and
chicken as they did before"
Senator Kenyon asked Senator
Sherman whether he really had heard
no complaint here about conditions.
I'm isolated cases. yes; but no great
uprising" replied Sherman. There
have been no resolutions OF denuncia-
tion. 1t seems like they have reach
ed passive state of suffering.
Yes" replied Kenyon. The poor
people never have many uprisings; !;
they submit and go on hoping to get
through the day and the next day,
and meanwhile watch the profiteer
ride by in his fine automobile"
Senator Sherman referred to the in
vestigation of District profiteering
held by the Senate subcommittee last
fall, and said "it was repeatedly
shown that retail dealers in various
articles of family necessity made all
the way from 80 to 200 per cent. That
is known here in Washington. A
man who had invested $500 In n
meat market-he hal no capital
stock. but just kept his capital IN a
bank-as the uncontradicted proof
shows, and as was ADM tied by him,
made $4,000 in one year, with no risk
whatever. except the amount invest
ed In cleavcr, meat block and an
ice box"
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
BIG MONEY BACKS
HUGHES FOR RACE
"It'II Be Whiskers or Chaos At
Chicago In June, Says
G. O. P. Statesman.

NEW YORK. May 20.-"The Money
Power will use Charles e. Hughes to
deprive Hiram w. Johnson of the Re-
publican Presidential nomination.
THE 1916 Presidential nominee will
be sprung at the eleventh hour to try
to break the inevitable deadlock in
the national convention"
This statement was made yesterday
by one of the most powerful Elder
Statesmen" in the C. o. p, a big
Four" delegate from an Eastern State.
He put his view tersely.
at will be chaos or Whiskers at
Chicago in June!
Three weeks before the opening of
our national convention the situation
resembles that of 1880. Every active
candidate is far short of enough
pledged votes to get the nomination.
Wood is in the position that Grant
was when he got few more than
900 votes and stuck. Senator John
son maybe is the Blaine of 1920.
Blaine received 2S4 and got no fur
thcr Lowden may be likened to Sher-
man, who got only 80; Harding to Ed
munds, with 43; Coolidge to Wash
burnc, and Poindexter to Window.
"On the thirty-s sixth ballot came the
break to Garfield. Substitute Hughes
for Garfield and you have dark horse
history repeating itself"
Johnson managers have known for
months of the secret movement to at
tempt to put up Hughes against him.
a systematic effort has been made
to get second, third or fourth choice
Hughes pledges from delegates A
few Wood men, ii is said, have been
captured All the $50 Johnson dele
gates stand pat No headway has
been made with the Lowden, Harding
or Coolidge followers.
When Senator Penrose was ap-
preached, he responded:
"I was against Hughes at heart in
1916, but was persuaded at the last
moment to support him. Never again!
shall stick to the finish"
a poll of the New York delegation
fails to disclose single Hughes
rooter. After the first ballot cast for
Butler, the delegates will split among
Wood. Johnson, Lowden, Harding,
Lenroot and Poindexter.
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
SAVANNAH GETS BRANCH
OF U. S. SHIPPING BOARD
Admiral Benson Locates South At
lantic District Headquarters
There.

Rear Admiral w. S. Benson. chair
man Of the Shipping Board today an
nounced that the new South Atlantic
district, with headquarters at Savan-
nah, Ga, would be in full operation
by June !.
At the same time Director of Oper-
ations. Capt Paul Foley began re-
cruiting the personnel who will be in
the personnel, it was stated, will be
chosen in the South, with a view of
getting a force with working
knowledge of conditions in that
section
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
JOHNSON SURE WINNER,
J.K. VARDAMAN ASSERTS

"The man who would get the larg-
est popular vote in America-prob-
ably 1000 600 more than any other
mans Hiram Johnson. of Califor-
MIA
So runs an article written by for
mer Senator J. X. Vardaman, of Mis-
sisssippi, in Nardaman's Weekly.
Continuing, the Senator says:
"If the Republicans should nomi-
nate Johnson in spite of the opposi-
tion of the money power, Johnson
will be elected, and the United States
will have, Notwithstanding he is .
Republican in name, a better Demo-
crat for President than 1t had during
the Administration of either Cleve-
land or Wilson.
There is another thing the South
should think about. II johnson is
elected, we need not fear him on the
race question. He has a race question
in the West which will insure his
sympathy with the white people Of
the Southern States.
president Wilson is not a Demo
crat For his perfidious betrayal OF
the Democratic party and policies, the
party will have to suffer"
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
JOHNSON ASKED
TO TALK IN n. Y.
Senator Unable to Accept, But
Will Address Bronx Com
mittee Monday.

NEW YORK. May 2O.-That Sea-
ator Hiram w. Johnson may expect
cordial support from a generous pro-
portion OF New York delegates to Chi
cago was again manifest yesterday.
IL was announced that Chairman
Samuel S. Koenlg. OF the New York
Republican county committee, had in
vited the Californian TO address the
committee tonight The Senator an
swered that his duties In Washington
prohibited him from leaving there on
this date.
Furthermore. he had already ac-
cepted an invitation to address tho
Bronx county committee next Mon
day night. There he will try to show
how he will back any man or woman
in legitimate business. but night any
methods or TO profteer.
Chairman Koenig, after receiving
Senator Johnson's declination, invited
Senator Irine l.. Lenroot OF Wiscon-
sin. Senator Lenroot is due here
tonight
The Bronx meeting was arranged
on the application OF Chairman Rich
ard w. Lawrence, OF the county com
mittee. Since he succeeded John =.
knewitz. or the Old Guard. Lawrence
has sought TO bring standpatters and
Progressives into the same fold. His
invitation to Senator Johnson was
due to his admiration OF the Golden
State legislator and his desire to
show that ne is a Progressive.
Instead of choosing the usual polit-
ical hall for Monday nights meeting.
Chairman Lawrence has selected the
auditorium of the Morris High School,
East 166th street and Boston road.
This is in the midst of a "conserva-
tive" colony.
Bronx leaders promise Senator
Johnson a "rip-roaring greeting"
The Washington times., 1920-05-20

greatest national curse. Some OF
these prohteers and patrioteers are
among our strongest takers Tor
Americanizing OF this country No
one needs Americanizing as much as
they do. They are just as much trait
ors to this country as was Benedlcl
Arnold. as they are undermining the
very foundation of the republic, ana
they are destroying the hope ana con.
idence OF people in this Government
"Out of this war has come the
demon of greed. This is evidenced oy
blue-sky promotions going on all over
the country-stocks representing
nothing but wind. In all the towns OF
the country can be found smooth gen
tleman selling these stocks To the un-
sophisticated. and aided In so ooins
by some OF the prominent citizens OF
the community. The people or my
State, II has been estimated, have
been robbed of at least $2OO.OOO,OOO In
blue-sky promotions. l assume the
same ratio holds in other states.
Kenyon said the Administration has
not availed itself OF the provision
made for the purchase OF the Cuban
sugar crop, "and as a result sugar
prices have scared beyond reason.
"Since the Supreme Court has de.
clared stock dividends were not the
subject OF the excess profit tax, there
has been a tremendous issuance OF
stock dividends" Kenyon declared.
at would seem almost disloyal at this
time when the Government is rack ing
every field of industry for taxation
for these great corporations, which
have made unprecedented profits, to
try and escape just taxation by means
of stock dividends And yet this goes
on and people wonder there Is unrest
in the country
Referring specifically to the pack
ers, Kenyon pointed to income tax re-
turns reported by the Treasury De-
partment and printed as Senate
document, he said one packing estab-
lishment with a capital stock OF $780,
900 900 in 1917 was shown to have a
net income for that year Of $40, l39,-
147.
after the payment of its taxes
1t had remaining S43. .Sl0,9S4, or 43.Bi
per cent Of net income on its capital
stock" Kenyon said. Armour and
Swife are the only two companies that
had in 1917 a capital stock of $780,
OO0, 900. so 1t must have been one or
these companies, which is hardly in
keeping with the advertisement put
out by the lobbying institution in
Washington known as the American
Institute of Meat Packers"
THE published reports OF Armour
and Swift for 1917 showed profits of
Armour. $50, ,62S.157, and Swift. S34,'
Csc, ,OOO," Kenyon added. There seems
to be considerable discrepancy be-
tween the reports published for the
public and the returns to the Treas
ury Department. II income, tax re-
turns could be made public. as they
should be, it would enlighten the pub
lie as to the profits Of these concerns
and the truthfulness OF their adver-
tisements relative to the small profits
received
The Washington times., 1920-05-20

him. He was very angry and i
thought he meant to Kill me-"
Not Insane. She Says.
You were not insane at that time"
NO" the defendant answered. ~
was trying to defend myself"
The district attorney then turned
his attention to her motive in APP
preaching the Feldman automobile in
which DR.. Zimmerman was seated
with Miss Sadie Feldman.
81 wanted to know II he intended to
marry me-if he was going to make
good his promises" the defendant
said.
Going back to the assault the wit
ness had testified Dr. Zimmerm
committed upon her. Prosecutor
Wright brought out that Miss Zlm-
norman told no one OF II.
He said he was sorry and promised
he would marry me-" she said.
She said she did not love him until
some time later. but was willing to
marry him before she loved him.
District Attorney Wright took up
the alleged threats Of DR.. Zimmerman
to send the defendant to the North
ampton Hospital for the insane.
Were you afraid you were insane?'
he asked.
"It was not that" she replied, but
I was afraid that / might have some
mental trouble"
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
PROSPECT OF TROUBLE
MAKES HUNGARY SIGN

NEW YORK, May 2o.-Hungary's
apparent decision to sign the peace
treaty, despite it's drastic terms, was
accelerated by the fact that Rumania.
Serbia and Czecho-Slovakia have
agreed to make war on Hungary IL
that country refuses to accept tho
allies terms, according to an Ex-
change Telegraph dispatch from Am
sterdam yesterday.
Hungary is said to anticipate .
modification of the most oppressive
terms later.
The Washington times., 1920-05-20

ports OF the United states steer Cor
porstion show that the ratio OF tota
wages and salaries to the value of the
business actually decreased during
the war"
Lauck declared that labor had nc
equitable participation in the gains
OF the Steel Corporation, pointing out
that the labor right was sacrificed IN
order that the overcapitalized stee
companies might reap exorbitani
profits and continue to create value;
in their fictitious securities.
Declaring that the huge profits oi
the steel companies could not be re-
garded by the public at large with
a sense Of detachment. Lauck asserted
that the profteering OF the corpora
lions was an assessment Of the in
come OF every American family.
House holder Pays In End.
"ln 1915" he said, 1.-The gross sales
of the steel companies amounted TO
about three and one-half billion dol
lars. This is equivalent to $l6O per
year for every family in the country,
and sooner or later this is paid by
the individual families in the pur-
chase of the innumerable articles and
services into which iron and steel
enter. Moreover, the price OF the
crude steel products are greatly in
creased by intermediate manufacture
ers and middlemen before they reach
the consumer in the form Of finished
articles.
THE attention Of the average con-
sumer is so much concentrated on the
soaring prices OF food, clothing. and
other articles OF everyday purchase
that he is inclined to overlook the
influence on his expenditures OF the
tremendous increases in the prices OF
basic iron and steel products--in-
creases amounting to more than 800
per cent since 1914.
Yet. an increase in the cost OF steel
billets and steel rails is as serious to
the average man in his struggle
against the high cost OF living as an
advance in food or textiles. Iron and
steel, in a direct way or indirectly,
enter into all the purchases of the
householder, and the price of iron and
steel becomes part OF the price OF
almost everything he buys.
"If the price OF steel rails and stecl
plates goes up. the cost of cars and
car tracks increases. and, in Conse
quence, railroad fares and street car
fares are advanced. If the price OF
steel billets rises, the prices Of agri.
cultural implements are increased &c
the farmer. and. OF course, translated
by the farmer into increased prices
for his wheat and potatoes.
Everything that is produced by OF
utilizes machinery-includin almosi
everything that Is offered for sale
pays toll to the maker OF the origina
iron and steel out of which the ma.
chinery is made. The builder adds
the cost of his nails and sheeting and
piping to the price of the house
which he builds. The telephone com.
pany adds the increased cost Of its
appliances and subways to it's tolls
Increased steel prices may make
possible an advance in the cost OF
living to the doctor. Increased stee
prices tell on the consumer from the
cradle to the grave.
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
War Profits of Steel
Grabbers 75OMillions,
Lauck's Figures Shou

Heavy profteerng of the big steel interests, which IN
wartime alone amounted $75OOOO0OO for eighteen lead
ing companies, levy of $50 every American family
exposed in study of profits in the iron and steel indus
try filed with the United States Railroad Labor Board by
Jet Lauck consulting economist of the railroad unions
and made available for publication here last night In
in the prices of basic iron and steel products
shown to be approximately 300 per cent since 1914
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
HORSE DRAWN CORTECES
PASS In CONNELLSVILLE

CoNNELLSvtLLE. Pa. May 20
Sold at 5000 less than their original
value, the auction OF 1000 livery
coaches marked the passing Of horse
drawn funeral corteges in Connells-
VILE.
The coaches, which could not be re-
placed at $1,000, went quickly at $40
each at the establishment Of Harry
Dills, who declared that as far as he
knew, funerals OF the future would be
of the automobile variety.
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
FOREST FIRES BEYOND
CONTROL OF RANGERS

FULTON CHAIN, N. Y, May 2o-
Forest fires which for a week have
been burning fercely in the lower
Adirondacks are beyond control of
rangers. Public works were stopped
here today to get FIRE fighters.
More than $500 acres have been
burned over.
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
APPENDICITIS ATTACKS
SISTERS ON SAME DAY

CORNING, N. Y, May 20.-Two at
tacks of appendicitis and two opera
tions on two persons in one family on
the same day, is extraordinary. 1t
happened in the city where Mrs. stan
ley Gruvcr and her sister. Mrs. Tenn
pie. were seized with attacks OF ap-
pendictis at about tho same time
They were taken to the hospital in
the same ambulance. where the same
doctor performed the operations
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
Borah Charges Soviet
Trade Ban Serves To
Keep Living Cost High

Senator Borah advocated the
resumption OF trade relations with
the Russian soviet government
'for humanitaTianism reasons" in
the Senate yesterday afternoon.
He said:
''The one way to night Boil
shevism is 20 feed the hungry.
How can we make the people OF
Russia content IL we do not
trade with them?
Failure TO open trade relations
with Russia has increased living
costs here"
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
CIRCUS LURES BOY.

The circus is thought to have lured
Lawrence Briscoe, fifteen from his
home at 700 Sixth street northeast.
The police are sending a detective
to the circus in an effort to locate
him.
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
MRS. DOUGLAS WEIR. q

Montreal. known as the Do
minion's most beautiful woman,
Was a passenger aboard the s. s.
Baltic, which reached New York
several days ago from Europe.
Mrs. Weir is planning a short
stay in the metropolitan city be-
fore her return TO Montreal.
The Washington times., 1920-05-20
ISufered Most,' Girl
Says, Justif Tying Killing
OF Her Doctor-Cousi11

SPRINGFIELD Mass, May 20.-With her ordeal of
twenty and half hours questioning concluded Jen
ME Zimmerman today enjoyed respite from the mercess
revelation of her life's tragedy.
The Washington times., 1920-05-20

him. He was very angry and i
thought he meant to Kill me"
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1920-01-23

pIsasurer in childhood that the
IDLE clas. enjoy
Mr.. Moody let "a hess f,oG zoo
again after you study on the ques.
,tion perhap. you gill be more inter
Isssing.
Az to ,hs question Of people van
desins too Tar assy from God time
and space prevsnss IN taking ae
that subject and beside. | wonsd
have to sk:n too many preachers. 20
| will Lot that suh,sc, pass Hos
ever. | sm loaded lot preachers,
more OF them lock big To ,s*, II ]
am called on ~lll be glad 10 give
my Views in regard 10 Wandering
away from God
kfns-s Seals
sylvis. Tenn.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1920-01-23

pasasures Aas. il oil labor feeIs like
the writer they will continue TO De.
mAnd until death calls " away
don want any more than il
due me. But Mr.. Moody behaves
they ars demanding too much aud
viii loss the sympsthy Of the PEG.
pie. Labor will never lose tn.
gmpafhy Of thinking people people
Who practice christianity.
Mr.. Moody goes 90 TO state tbs,
sueaT b selling at 2sc aud calls /,
Highway robbery, /, seeu.s 10 ME
that Ms. Moody 10 inclined 10 s.rys
tscd and mamuon. The writer /.
con6d&nt d the TACT tbs, II MIR
Moody would s;ndy the causes tia,
cause strikes and unrest. and study
cut q plan 10 eliminate ,he cause
bic lme viii Be better spent thar
to criticisa labos
Why dosa labor demand shor.e,
hourss Labcs worked long hour.
undes Cleveland. which create, 80
over production and labor xas Tor
c~d to be idle while the product.
oil thsi, iah9 wa decayiag in ware
houses, Under Rccesvsia Iates wxs
bisea by the ssme dog. Shall lab
~ continue 10 be the victim ol
oese.pscaucssoo wliis Tia pru0sesael
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1920-01-23
N TUE MAIL BOX
EiiioT Herald.

Ediios Herald.
| notice 10 4 recent issue Of your
paper that 0. N Needy hss b~sa
up in the air, | suppose that nf.
Moody has landed to pop on and
relieve himssli u sosns Of the ais
which te collected while ~ Bat
In thess days Of unsss. Mr. Moedy
AID oil others Who have the intseses
Of the country At heart. should not
pop Of until thsy have . corrscs
lnowiedss 81 VIA, they are popping
about,
NJ, Moody ars loaded on to the
tailoring man, | en- lahoring msa
and issl that | know who made
the co0nssy what il is today, | tesl
that ! know that labor vas com
PEELED to Organize 10 compete wish
organized capital, l have travelled
oset = icsen states " more, and
hare worked With lshorins men and
talked with them IN oil theee state.
have esyes met ooe that van.
sd more eus u lif- than uas Justly
due aim There are nisAxurss 70 b
snscTsd wAils On earth, Labor h
dsssandiaG thsas pat II thaas