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wwm £*< », tnms* THE NHSDN SIGNS RAILROAD BILL ftansportation Lines Go Back to a Control Sunday- Night. "v ^ . fLEOGES FAIR WAGE . . i ^ |Vwnty-8lir Months of Fedeml Control «!.?%•* mmkM An«patlAR i'" f'x Nkmes Walker O. Hines to Wind Up Matters. V--- J-. ' Washington, March 2. PiesWent Wilson signed the railroad bill, making it a law. The legislation on which congress has worked Intermittently for months became effective--the president having approved it--at the same time the roads were turned back by Ike government to their owners at 12:01 o'clock Monday morning. Thus ends 26 months of federal control and operation of the lines. Some ioi the urgent journalistic advocates of government ownership have within the last tfeek threatened Mr. Wilson that & he signed this bill he would seal the doom of the Democratic party, but he Signed it, nevertheless. The president Issued a proclamation Miming Walker D. Hines, under the provisions of the act, to wind up all matters arising out of federal control. He also sent his reply to the 15 railway unions which have urged that pending wage disputes should be left to a bipartisan body--managements •Vd men--to operate independently of Ike bill. The president took the position that tfte machinery set up by the new railroad act is ample to advance quick atid fair settlements. He pointed out that the act Itself sets forth that all carriers and their officers and employees shall exert every means possible to avoid a halt In transportation growing out of any dispute, and that whenever possible disputes shall b,>! . jftecided in conference between r^|rt"e- •entatives and employees. Mr. Wilson holds that tfa*T>laln indention of the bill way^thnt a bipartisan body should Vf \set up to fry to settle the pendir^f wage problem. He told the uniop#iHe will at once call tiipon both sidyt to join In selecting tfuch a coip«/ittee. This board, he Hays, wiV#l5e more than a satisfactory JRQbst/.dTe for the body of experts he He^yfitly suggested when the threatjUDed strike of the maintenance of way men was called off. Concerning the labor board Itself, *o which three elements--the management, the workers and the public-- We to have three members each, the president tells labor it is needlessly alarmed. "I cannot share the apprehension of jpurselves and your constituents," he Writes. To the few labor leaders left in tawn the signing of the bill brought BO surprise. The sentiment appeared to be that the promise of the president to expedite action on (he pending wage disputes through a bipartisan agency would have a tonic effect on Ike situation. The big leaders scouted the idea of apiy widespread strike, although sporadic walkouts have been bobbing np liar some time. So far as the act Itself goes, it la projected into politics and labor's Wove will be into the congressional elections, with the aim of getting what amendments It desires from the next Congress. JAIME C. DE VEYRA 1 FHAL PACKING JIECREE FILED Attorney General Palmer Writes Last Chapter in Divorce- " fhent. . f ^9 MUST DEAL ONLY HI MEATS Jaime C. de Veyra has been reelected Philippine commissioner in the United States and the Island legislature has publicly commended his services. ITALY BEGINS FIUME SIEGE FRENCH FIGHT TURKS Forced to Fight Way Out of Village in Syria. Compelled to Lesve Wounded Whieh , Are Being Cared For by Amerlean Red Cros* v*. • _j ^London, Feb. 28.--Official dispatches on the situation at Marash, in the vilayet of Aleppo, Syria, where French troops have been having a severe struggle with Turkish forces, announce that the French succeeded In extricating their contingents after hard fighting. The French evidently withdrew hastily, as they were compelled to leave their wounded, which will be cared for by the American Red Gross. A message from the same source confirms the reports of massacres of Armenians In the Marash district, but does not substantiate the statement from Armenian quarters that the number slaughtered was several thousand. The situation in the Marash area was discussed during yesterday's debate on the Turkish question in the house of commons when Premier Lloyd George was asked about a report that had reached the Armenian delegation in London that 20,000 Armenians had already been slaughtered and that large Turkish forces were menacing Mersina. He replied that he had heard nothing to indicate the rumor was true. The premier said there had been a skirmish at Marash bet wee-i French troops and rebellious Turks, the latter being irresponsible insurgents. The French were in occupation of Marash after the British retirement, the premier added, but his impression was they had withdrawn. COLBY TO SUCCEED LANSING t*" Astringent Blockade le Established Against Commodities--Only ChilIS dren to Be Given Food. Flume, March 2.--A siege of Flume has begun with a stringent blockade against commodities, including foodstuffs. "Perhaps we may appear to be lenient toward those occupying Flume," said General Caviglia of the government forces, "but it is not so. We shall exercise an iron blockade against the forces of Gabriele D'Annunzio. I am not offering them the slightest atom, but the children must be cared for. That is why I allowed 200 children to come out of Fiume and proceed to Milan." Leader in Progressive Party Under Roosevelt Selected by Wilson to Be Secretary of 8tate. Washington, Feb. 27.--Bainbridge Colby of New York, who was one of the leaders in the Progressive party under Theodore Roosevelt, will succeed Robert Lansing as secretary of state. Announcement of his selection by President Wilson was made at the White House. Mr. Colby was a member of the United States shipping board and vice president of the Emergency Fleet corporation, serving from July, 1917, un» til March, 1919. Ue Is a lawyer, and has practiced law in New York since 1892. Mr. Colby was a member of the American mission to the interallied conference in Paris in November, 1917. Last year in an address at St. Louis he attacked Senator Reed of Missouri because of the latter's charge that the League of Nations covenant included a "secret" protocol and scored Senators Itorah, Lodge and other senators for their, attitude toward the league. HUNDREDS FREEZE TO DEATH : . Blizzard Leaves Great Suffering in South Rusria--Coldest in Twenty- Seven Years. Novoressilsk, March 2.--Hundreds have been frozen to death in the worst storm in south Russia in 27 years. The mercury was four degrees below zero and for 80 hours a GO-mlle gale swept the country, piling np great v drifts of snow. Wireless Phone Carrief Far. .-New York, March 1.--Wireless telephone conversations have been carried on between Ossinlng, N. Y„ and points In North Dakota and Kansas, a distance of approximately 1,500 by Robert F. Gowen. Iowa Thieves Loot Store. Clinton, la., March 1.--Thieves, who catered the Robert Lonmann general merchandise store at Wheatland, this county, robbed the store of shoes, dress goods, gloves, suits and other merchandlse valued at $2,500. MEMBERS OF MOB GO FREE Grand Jury Refuses to Return Indictments Against Men Who Attempted to Lynch Negro at Lexington. Lexington, Ky., Feb. 28.--Declaring that to return indictments would "aggravate an already tense situation," the special grand jury which invest!- gated the riots here recently in which a mob attempted to lynch Will Lockett, negro, and slayer of Geneva Hardman, finished Its work. The jury refused to Indict any members of the moo, although admission was made in the jury's report that testimony which had been submitted warranted such action. Removes Menace' of Control of tinrelated Industries by "Big FJwe** ' and Confines Activities to ^ t Distributing Meat. ' i, Washington, March 1.--The agwed decree, under which the "Big 5" packers are forever enjoined from engaging in any line of business other than that of handling meats and produce was filed in the District of Columbia Supreme court. It was submitted by Attorney General Palmer, who said it "removed the menace of control of unrelated Industries by the 'Big 5' and confined their activities in the future to the business of distributing meat and Its by-products." Counsel for the packers in a statement. to the court said the decree had been agreed to by the defendants "not because of guilt, for they have not violated any law, but that the American people may be assured that there Is uot the remotest possibility of a food monopoly by the packers." Attorney General Palmer, In a statement commenting on the effect of the packers' divorcement decree, said: The decree which the department of justice has brought about by urgent Insistence Is designed to restore freedom of competition and Increase the opportunities for individual initiative in business which nuist in time bear good fruit for the public welfare. 'These great aggregations of, capital, which have come to be known as the 'Big Five,' have been able to dominate so many lines of trade that their continued and unrestrained growth constituted a real menace not only to American business, but to the American consuming public as well. Under the decree the chief packing companies, their subsidiaries and principal stockholders are compelled to sell preferably to live stock producers and the public-- All their holdings In public stock yards: All their Interest In stock-yard railroads and terminals: All their Interest in market newspapers; All their interest In public cold-storage warehouses, except that which is necessary for their own meat products. "They are barred forever from the retail meat business. "They are barred forever from dealing in 'unrelated lines,' which include: Wholesale groceries, fresh, canned, dried, salted fish; fresh, dried or canned vegetables; fresh, crashed, dried, evaporated or canned fruits; confectioneries, sirups, soda water fountain supplies, molasses, spices, sauces, relishes, etc., coffee, tea, chocolate, cocoa, nuts, flour, sugar, rice and cereals (with certain limited exceptions with respect to cereals), bread, wafers, crackers, biscuit, spaghetti, vermVcelll, macaroni, cigars, china, furniture and so forth. "They are required to abandon forever the use of their branch houses, route cars and auto trucks comprising thWr distributing system, for any other than their own meats and dairy products. "They are required to submit perpetually to the court's Injunction forbidding all the defendants from directly or Indirectly maintaining any combination or conspiracy with themselves or other persons, to monopolize any food product In the United States, or Indulge In any unfair or unlawful practice. "Moreover, the decree provides that Jurisdiction Is perpetually retained by the court for the purpose of taking such further action or relief as may be necessary in the circumstances to carry out or enforce the decree. "In brief, the decree removes the menace of control of unrelated Industries by the 'Big Five* and confines their activities in future to the business of distributing meat aiftl Its byproducts under an injunction which restrains them from unfair and unlawful practices.** ' li'liiiiilt I. .iiiiui i in. If Mi MAURICE D. PET6RS0N mm / / * '.jia&SXv Maurice Drummond Peterson, new first secretary of the British embassy at Washington, who has Just arrived and is established at the embassy. Mr. Peterson succeeds Hon. Henry Qetty Chilton. RENEWS FUEL CONTROL President Issues Executive Orders on Return of Roads. Continues Government Control of Coal Distribution and Exportation-- Hines Heads Board. Washington, March 1.--President Wilson Issued two executive orders in connection with return of railroads to their private owners. The orders will continue government control of coal distribution and exportation. * In one order Director General Hines and the central coal committee of the railroad administration are given renewed power of the fuel administrator to control domestic distribution of coal. When the coal strike came last fall former Fuel Administrator Garfield, by direction of the president, turned this authority over to the railroad administration. Now that the railroad administration is dead, »the president designates Mr. Hines and his agents as a special board under the food and fuel act to continue the work of coal distribution that they have been doing since November. In another order the president appoints a board to carry out the provisions of the food and fuel act suspended in February. 1919, relative to control of tidewater trans-shipment of coal at Hampton Roads, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York to facilitate transportation and to reduce delays in the use of coal cars and coalcarrying vessels. This board 1* also given authority of the fqel administrator over exportation of coal. Its members are J. W. Howe, commissioner of the Tidewater Coal exchange, Rembrandt Peale. JP. M. Whltaker and J. F. Fisher. Sugar Control Law Invalid. St. Louis, Feb. 28.--The amendment to the Lever food control act was dedared unconstitutional by United States District Judge Farrls here when be sustained a demurror of the defease and dismissed a case. Panama 8trike Is Over* Panama, March 2.--Indications are that the strike of approximately 15,000 maintenance of way workers In the Panama canal zone is over for the time being at least. The great major ity of the strikers are West Indians. Two Killed, 20 Injured on 8hip. Valencia, March 2.--Two sallort were killed and 20 others injured wh«»n 300 tons of naphtha exploded aboarri the ship Llovet Peres at the port of Villa Neuva del Crao, near here. Th« vessel was completely destroyed. JAIL FOR STEALING MILK Newark Man Must Spend Three Months in Prison for Taking One Bottle. Newark, N. J,, March 1.--Joseph Achan, forty, will spend three months in Jail for stealing a bottle of milk. He was sentenced by Justice Branegan after he had been found guilty of stealing the milk while on his way to work at a Harrison factory. \ Marshall's Son fee Dead. "Washington, Feb. 2&.--Little threeyear- old Morrison Mar-shall, adopted son of Vice President and Mrs. Marshall, died after an Illness of several days. The child suffered from an exof acid in the blood, Ml Beare Fifth Pair of Twins. Jersey City, N. J., Feb. 28.--Mrs. Richard Doherty. wife of Judge Doherty of the court of common pleas, gave birth to twins for the fifth time In their married life of ten years. The babies and mother are doing well. Chicago I. W. W. Is Guilty. Cedar Rapids, la., March 2.--After deliberating 30 hours a Jury here found Henry Tonn, Chicago I. W. W. organizer, charged with criminal conspiracy and syndicalism, guilty the conspiracy charge. MILLIONS STILL UNDER ARMS M. C. A. Keeping Up Welfare Work Among the Armies of Europe. New York, Feb. 28.--That huge armies are still being kept In readiness by Europe is revealed In the report Just issued by the war work council of the Y. M. C. A. The report shows that France alone has 1,000,000 under arras, and Poland another million, while Italy, Czecho-Slovakla and other nations have equally large numbers. American troops in the army of occupation number 7,000. To continue the welfare work among these large numbers of soldiers the war work council Is maintaining over 1.600 secretaries. There are 500,000 Russian prisoners still in Germany. Those are being sent over at the rtite of three tralnloads every week, according to word received from "Y" workers. iNDS ABRUPTLY Premier Nitti of Italy Fails ill J. Flrsi Drect Confer- „ , ' MtAft. 'fii ?***•£$>} i t s . r COMPROMISE IS EXPECTED Entire Question Remains In Suspense--<•> Solution May Not Be Reached '"Until Meeting of Council at. •ji Rome at End of Month. , ^ ,Ju6ndon, March 8.--The converse tloris between Premier Nltti and the Jugo-Slavs, In which Foreign Minister Trumbltch and former Premier Pa~ thitch participated, were suddenly broken ofT. It is not expected they wll! be resumed In London during thp present week. , The entire Adriatic questiotf'remainsin suspense, and it seems fairly certain* ^that no solution of it will be reached while the supreme council is sitting ia London, but that the question will be reopened when the peace conference reassembles in Rome toward the end of the month. No confirmation is obtainable in Italian circles here with regard to the re* port printed in Le Journal of Paris from Rome that Signor Nltti has of* fered concessions to the Jugo-Slavs. Rome, March 8.--Premier Nltti is disposed to accept a compromise set?* tlement of the Adriatic question, according to the Messaggero. By this arrangement, the newspaper says, Italy would not claim territorial con-, tlnuity between Istrla and Flume on condition that the city be placed un^; der Italian sovereignty. The League of Nations, It Is said, will be in charge of the administration of the port. Washington. March 8.--President Wilson has begun work on his answer to the British and French premiers on the Adriatic situation. No comment was available from officials here as to the extent President Wilson might be willing to go in joining directly with Premier Mlllers-nd and Lloyd George ' in fostering new negotiations between Italy and JugtK Slavla. FRANCE'S RAIL STRIKE ENDS Mobilization of the Military Forces Found a Hard Nut to ' Crack. * Parts, March 8.--The stfflto W» tie French railroads has ended. An understanding was reached between the directors of the railways and the men, and the national federation immediately ordered the resumption of work. The strike began last week on the Paris-Lyons-Mediterranean road and was followed Saturday by an order for a strike on all the railways of France, but reports from various quarters have told of the failure of the men to walk out. The mobilization for military duty of the railroad men, adopted by the government as a measure to combat the strike, resulted, the government announced. In the response of 50 per cent of the men called upon. The Federation of Labor considered calling a general strike in all the trades as a last resort, but abandoned such a plan. The government caused the arrest of several of U>e- #t#Ufe leaders. . "i ' >, • • ml Why are Tht rtavor , flavors like the pyramids of Egypt? Because tbey are long-lasting. , And WRIGLEVS Is a beneficial as well as long-lasting treat. It helps appetite and digestion, keeps teeth clean and breath sweet, allays thirst. CHEW IT AFTCtR EVERY MEAL Sealed TightjaKept Right ESPIONAGE SENTENCE UPHELD FALLS SIX MILES; IS ALIVE Maj. Rudolph Schroeder Goes Up 37r (KIQ Feet in Airplane When Oayfgen Tank Explodea. TVflyton, O., March 2.--Maj. Rudolph Schroeder broke the one-man record for altitude held by Roland Rohlf when his Le Perre plane climbed 3*,- 000 feet (estimated) over Dayton. In the flight Schroed»*r's oxygen tank gave out, and h'# ship fell six miles before righting itself. The gas tank burst, making a smoke fan behind the falling machine, which was taken here for a comet. . CeAylctions of Officials and Employees - flit the Philadelphia. Tageblatt Held Valid. Washington. March 3.--Conviction of three officials and employees of the Philadelphia Tageblatt, on charges of violating the espionage act through articles published in that newspaper was upheld by the Supreme court. They were Louis Werner and Dr. Martin Darkow, editors, sentenced to five years, and Herman Lemke, business manager, sentenced to two years. Sentences of one year each against Paul Vogel. treasurer, and Paul Schaefer, president, were reversed. G0MPERS RAPS RAIL BILL Says, However, A. F. of l! Will Take No Further Action in Regard to It. MMmt, Fla.. March 3.--Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, who was here with oilier officials of the executive council of fhe federation, said that fhlle or^ ganlzed labor was much opposed to the railroad hill as drafted, no further action would be taken In regard to It. "I speak for them all." he said, "when I say that the action of the president in signing the bill is to be regretted." FOODS NECESSARY TO HEALTH 8clence Has Learned That Certain Substances Must Be Included ..« in the Human Diet. The work of the last half century, besides revealing the vegetable and animal parasite to which most of our diseases are due, has beeQ marked by a new lesson in dietetics! In his review in Nature, Dr. C. J. Martin nates that it has become increasingly apparent that man cannot live on protein, fat and carbohydrate alone, but must htive also small quantities, of what, until they can be isolated and identified, have been named "accessory food-factors." The best example is the long-recognised antiscorbutic substance in. fresh vegetables and fruit. The existence of at least three accessory food substances has been now established, and an Insufficient supply of any one brings trouble. If one is Inadequate, scurvy results; deficiency of another leads to beriberi; and If deprived of a third, animals fall to grow. Rickets In children, too, appears to be due to a similar cause. This knowledge has been long utilized to prevent scurvy; and where intelligently applied it has eliminated beriberi from coolie camps, the population of Jails, and Industrial communities of the far East A10 EASY MONEY ALWAYS SOUGHT Fate's Irony. "Did you read In the papers about that eccentric man who made all the arrangements for his funeral, having every detail Just the way he wanted it, and then attended the exercises with evident enjoyment?" "Yes; 1 read about that fellow. He thinks he's smart, no doubt, but some of these days he's going to die and his obituary will be printed in his home town paper, and It will be fuil of typographical and other mistakes that he will never De able to correct."--Birmingham Age-Herald. ' ' ' " a--.. Poverty Is no disgrace, bfit ft is a terrible handicap nowadays. Gotham Honors Pershing. New York, March 2.--General Per sblng' was the guest of honor and Bainbridge Colby was the principal speakei a"t the concluding exercises of "loyaltj week." The meeting was held in the historic "wli'te room" at city hall. Police Stop Anarchist Fete. Rome. March 2.--Police authorities here have prohibited a proposed socialist and anarchist demonstration on Sunday In favor of Hungarians who failed to establish a soviet form of government. „ Chicago Lawyers Indicted. Chicago, Feb. 28.--Daniel J. Schuyler, Jr., and Charles Welnfeld, attorneys, were* lr,dicted by the federal grand Jury r,n indictments each, charging tfc^m with turning In fraudulent income tax reiqwe Youth Slain by Robbers. Akron O., March 1.--When he took for a Joke a command to throw up his hands, and instead continued laughing on his way, Russell Borway, twenty, was shot and killed by a highwayman. £be latter escaped. Porto Rico Has 1,295,82*. "San Juan, March 1.--The total population of Porto Rico, as shown by the recent census, is 1,205,826, It was announced here. This is an increase of 177,814, or 15.9 per ceot, since the last census. 8wedish Diplomat to Aid League. Washington. March 2.--Ake Hammerskjohl. first secretary of the Swedish legation, will leave for Londor soon to .accept a post under Sir Erie Drummond. secretary general of th« league of Nations. -'I' 168,025 Landed by Ships. New York, March 1.--Passenger steamships made 424 trips to the port of New York In 1910, and landed 168,- 025 passengers, it was announced by William C. Moore, landing agent for the immigration service. .JiL t..... . *' , Receiver for Packing Firm. Des Moines, la., March 1.--John Cavanaugh, president of the Dee Moines National bank, was appointed receiver for the Associated Packing company of De* Moines, capitalized at $5,000,000. Geddes Agreeable to U. S. Washington. March 3.--The British government has been formally notified by the state department that the appointment of Sir Auckland Geddes as British ambassador* to the United States would be thoroughly agreeable. Uphold Wilson Attitude. Manchester, Eng., March 3L--President Wilson's letters In the Adriatic correspondence are considered by-the Guardian as a refutation "of the reports that his Illness had caused some loss of mental force and balance." , Upholds Steel Trust. Washington, March . 3.--The Supreme court upheld formation at the United States Steel corporation and subsidiary combinations In the Iron and steel industry. In refusing to dissolve the so-called "steel trust." Militia Whip Asia Tribesaneti. > London, March 3.--A dispatch from India reports an attack of Manga 1 and Zadran tribesmen In Kuram. Afghanistan, 78 mites southeast of Kabul, was repulsed by Truls and'Kuram militia, aggressors lost 189 No Age In History When Rogues Were | , JWt Laying in Wait ta Flea$£. I - the Unwary. . .v^: 0 -- The origin of the confidence game is not easy to trace, observes a writer in the'Saturday Eveuing Post. The Vedas and the Mediterranean classics reveal the ancient gods themselves as sad rascals. "Petronius" and the "Gesta Romanorum" contain descriptions of Latin roguery. Chaucer is forever dwelling on the trickery and scoundrellsm of his contemporaries and in the succeeding era a whole literature of lawlessness had sprung up In Europe, reflecting the manners and methods of the engaging criminals of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, undoubtedly greatly romanticized. Lazarlllo de Tormes In Spain, Gil Bias In France and Till Eulenslegel in Germany are the archetypes. England's Robin Hbod is a_quotable hut less analogous figure. The early English novelists are, however, brimming with the 8torle8of picaroons who are the progenitors of the modern confidence man. The chaste Richardson has a type In his Clarissa. De Foe'a Colonel Jack Is of the stripe and so are the numerous plcaresqbe heroes or antiheroes of Fleldiug. And Smollett in his Roderick Random described with uncanny exactness the work of a boako steerer. Hard-Boiled Philosopher. 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