Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-01-02
news review OF
CURRENT EVENTS
President Prociaims Return of
the Railroads to Their Own
erS on March |.
GOOD PROSPECTS FOR BILL
First ShipIoad of Deported Reds on
Its Way to Russia-AdmiraI Sims
Refuses Medal and Accuses Sec
retary Daniels of Injustice.
BY EDWARD w. PlcKARD.


President Wilson, having been con-
vinced of the dangers that would be
incurred if he carried out his an
nounced intention to return the rail-
roads to their owners on January 1,
since congress could not or would not
pass the necessary legislation by that
time, yielded to the situation and on
Wednesday issued proclamation set
ting the date for the return as March
l. In the intervening two months.
he believes, the railroads and express
| companies should be able to prepare
adequately for the resumption of their
! business under their ownership
and control. This action pleased such
| congressman and railway officials as
were interviewed, and the latter ex-
pressed the belief that the roads
would be ready by March 1, to carry on,
| OF course they expect congress to en-
act suitable legislation and the inter-
state commerce bill to permit such
rate increases as will make it pos
sible for them to borrow the money
for needed equipment, extensions and
improvements.
Immediately after the issuance of
the presidents proclamation Dfrec-
tor General Hines made an appeal to
all officers and employees of railroads
to redouble their efforts to produce
the best and most economical railroad
service possible during the remaining
period of federal control. This really
was directed especially to the railway
brotherhoods, which have been hold
ing In allegiance their demands for
billion a year to see whether the
governments efforts to bring down
the cost of living would have any
marked effect. They do not seem i'm
pressed by the present success OF
those efforts and are growing restless
1t remains to be seen whether they
will now wait much longer for the
decrease in prices, which the attorney
general has said are likely to begin
to appear next month.
The prospects for early legislation
for the return of the railroads to theil
owners have frightened very consid
erably. The senate having passed the
: Cummins bill, conferences began tt
adjust the differences between thai
and the Esch bill passed by the house
The clauses concerning wage adjust
ment, the forbidding Of strikes an(
voluntary or compulsory arbitration
presented the greatest difficulties. Th'
| 10 b.
considerable progress before congress
reconvenes on January 5.
Loud cheers, metaphorically speak
ing, sped on its way the departing
transport Buford when at the begin
ming of the week it started for Eu
, rope. No one wanted ever to see an,
part of the cargo come back, for tha
cargo consisted of 249 rabid and dan
gerous "reds" who were being depori
: ed by Uncle Sam for his own sake
q True to type, the radicals cursed tn
I United States venOmously as the
! were herded onto the vessel, an
). threatened awful deeds when they re
i turn. They were headed by Emm
f Goldman and Alexander Berkmal
who for many years have preache
their poisonous doctrine in Americ
r almost unhindered. The delectabl
Emma shouted, as she passed u
the gangplank: "This is the begil
ming of the end Of the United States
Just where the unsavory gang is
be landed was unknown even to til
captain of the transport until /
Il opened his orders at sea. 1t was pr
= sumed, however, that they would
Ii put ashore at Finnish port and SCI
thence by rail to Russia.