Xrolling oN || PAGES | a AN T0 FE SHOULD FIX THE COAL PRICE In View of Big Corporations Controling the Output of Anthracite. THE PRESENT HIGH PRICE TO THE MONOPLY OF PROFITEERS, Agents Operate the for IS DUE Transportation Mines llegally---Impossible Independent Operators to pete Fairly. Reading, March b.- Maman of Mississippt, chairman of the Senate manufacturers' commit tes, Ingerted in the Congressional' Record a statement on the com- mittee's investigation of the thracite goal situation, charging that production of anthracite in the United States was controlled by eight large com- panies, which were €8 and determine duction. Shortage of war and the existing high prices for anthracite, he al most entirely monopolistic control. Transportation Com- Senator Var an- coal transportation able to fix prie- the rate of pro anthracite during the said, were due this to corporations con- production in the Pennsyl- vania field --the only source of markewable anthracite in North America---and named in Denalye Vardaman's statement as follows "The Reading {the ' holding company of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, and the Jersey Central, which in turn® owns all of .the stock of th¥ Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Com- pany); the Lehigh Valley, the Dela- ware, Lackawanna and Western; the Delaware and Hudson; thq Le- high and Navigation Company (which owns and controls the Le- high and New England); the Erie, aid the New York, Ontario and Western." , Although controlling but 72 per cent. of the actual production of an- thracite, these companies, the state- ment says, have made it impossible for independent operators to. com- pete with them on any fair basis. "Notwithstanding the fact that the constitution 'of Pennsylvania prohibits a transportation company from gaging I mining," the statement continues, 'these ftrans- portation companies ave in this business of not only transporting this coal, but of mining it." Would Divorce Mining. To 'protect the people of the United States from what he des- cribed as "the greed, cupidity and fivarice of these soulless corpora- tions,¥ the statement recommends that Congress compel' the separa- tion of transportation companies from mining corporations. The statement also recommends that the price of coal be fixed by the Government at a rate which would guarantee a fair return. to the mining companies and which would "vouchsafe to the people of America an ample supply of anthra- cite coal at a reasonable price." While payment of excessive roy- alties constitutes the first cause of the high price of coal, the state- ment says that was "not the full story." The other causes given were the means alleged to have been used by the eight large com- panies to eliminate the competition of the independent operator. * The statement said the companies were able to do this In the following ways: : How It Was Done. High demurrage charges on cars at tidewater awaiting accumulation of a cargo lot. Inability of . the independent operator from obtaining new land. Much of this land, the statement says, is retained in an undeveloped state by the corporations. The large corporations also are charged by Sepator Vardaman with maintaining the sale price of coal through publication of 'circular prices." These prices, the state- ment says, were put out by the Reading Company and were "the Jaw of the business." I ---------------. "Robe, J. Wilson has been appoint. ed Superintendent of Buildings for 'Windsor schools, a position newly created, at a Salary of $2,000. : Oven ow Toute to, Mose I ROUTE T0 MOSCOW 50 Bolshevik Tops May Enter Comany| 10 fictp Spartagans, TROOPS. OF FGOVRMNENT TO BE RUSHED TO KOEMSBERG | TO PREVENT IT. | Situation Halle Alarming | | Radicals Endeavoring Extend | Strike Movement South-east ern Saxony, (Canadian Pre Despateh.) Berlin, March 5.--Spartacans,} have inaugurated a movement to seize Koenisberg, E Prussia, to open so that the may move to the the Spartacan | forces, according to an official Gov ernment bulletin to-day The Gov- ernment will rush forces to prevent | it. | I'he occupation the Government force 1 complished witho says the official bu in. Radicals | are endeavoring to extend the gene- | ral strike movement to south-east- | ern Saxony Telegram carry alarming reports of the situation in| Halle. They de Ie that troops have used machine guns and a num her of officers and strikers have been killed Government troops in| Berlin on Tuesday occupbed the | printing plant of "The Red Flag," | a Spartacan organ, without fight- [ ing. Dr. Hansmeyer, the editor of thé paper, was arrested by troops ® | i ! in to to Bolshevi assi i by | ac- | opposition, | eldorf of i err { Government Troops Take Halle. | (Canadian Press Despatch) | Berlin, March 5.--Government | troops occupied the city cf Halle, be-| tween Berlin and Weimar, late Mon- day, after sanguinary street fighting, in which thirty civilians were killed, according to an aviator who has ar- rived here by airplane from Halle. The troops also suffered casualties. Women Volunteers saved Banquet. Montreal, March §.--Women vol- untgers from the Knights of Colum- bus Under command of Lady Hings- ton, acted as waitresses at the Ritz Carlton lon Monday night during the banquet to General Pau, the waiters at the Ritz Carlton as well as the Place Viger baving joined those of the Windsor on strike. The guests wore well served by over ind of Montreal's. fairest. givls, all the blue overall and white cap asso- olated with canteen service, The soup was served without a spill, and not a dish was broken. The Megantic Docks. (Canadian Press Despatch) Halifax, March 5.---Th& transport Megantie, with twelve hundred sol- diers and .three hundred. eivilians aboard, docked here this morning, Many of them are for Ontario points. MUST PAY $200 AND COSTS FOR BEING GUILTY OF A TEM- PERANCE ACT VIOLATION. Four Gallons of High Wines Were Brought in Suitcase From Mont- real and Delivered Here. Magistrate Farrell fined Anthony Corcoran and Peter Duzala $200 and coats each in police court on Wednes- day morning after two hours had been spent in pecuring evidence of Duzala having brought four gallons of high wines from Montreal to the city for delivery to Corcoran. The case attracted a large crowd of citizens, who were anxious to hear one of the most interesting. liquor cosea that has been tried this sea- fon. C. R. Webster prosecuted in the case and T. J. Rigney was counsel for the accused, Frederick B. Taylor, license inspee- tor of Leeds county, was responsible for the arrest of Peter Duzala, who brought the lguer into Kingston. Mr, Taylor told of seeing Duzala isave the Grand Trunk train oh the morning of Feb, 28th. He was met by John Corcoran and the two walk- ed through the station and went to a buggy which was waiting in the sta- htiom yards, He arrested Luzala and brought him in a taxi to the police station, there opening the suitcase he was carrying and found that it con- tained four one-gallow cans of high wines. Duzala was called and in his brok- the - earing |. _ KINGSTON WwW EDN ESDAY, ONTARIO, MARCH 5, 1919. Zt Phe FOUR" OF F "ILMDOM JOIN FORCES a alia teed An nnusual photograph showing four of the world's greatest sereén arlists United contract which forms the release their productions. areatest director Mary 'Doug." Fairbanks. he {has for chief attorney A AA AAA A At NAN THE LATEST NEWS BRIEFLY GIVEN A : Despatches That Come From Fear And Distant Pla Places. TIDINGS FOR OUR READERS PRESE NED IN IN THE BRIEFEST POSSIBLE FORM. In | two Pjekinrd, ere irs The Whigs Daily Condensation of the News of the World From Teles] graphic Service and ° Newspaper Exchange. 'Official plans are made for air- men to fly over the entire continent of Africa. Tyne shipyard workers, have been on strike eight are now returning to work in good- ly nuthbers. { The Supreme Council at meeling to-day will receive a delegation from Montenegro at the request of the Italian delegates, H. H. Stevens, M.P., Vancouver, B.C., is moving 40 prohibit the entry into Canada for twenty years of all persons of enemy origin. United States is the first nation to comiplete its claims against Ger- many, placing its claim at seven hundr and fifty million dollars. In peech in New Ydrk Tues- day night President Wilson said he intended to remain in Paris until the league of nations is an accom- plished fact. It is beloved from the latest infor- mation concerning proceedings of the Supreme Council that an im- portant decision 4s about to be taken concerning the Polish question. A return tabled in the Commons shows that .2,766 policies are in force under. the provisions of the Civil Service Insurance Act, insur- ance being over seven 'million del- lars. An airplanc postal service has been inaugurated between England and parts of Germany held by: the army of ocempdtion. * Mail thus carried: 'reaches Cologne 'in' ten hours. Bir George Foster has been ap- pointed chdef British delegate upon the Economie Committee, which. is to consider and report upon the eeo- nomie provisions of the treaty ot peace; A total of 30.356 Canadian- sol- diers and dependents ' sailed from England for Canada during the month of February, according to figures issued through the Militia Department. The German government has ine who weeks, return by the next n and that to enforce sultease and The Renn. § There i great danger to-tey that Germany ritter away what as- the left, makigg the collection of Artists" Corporation, throug hoto, from left right, Charles Chapling Gwithout mn I're he p lo entlemen lhe of asury, W. G. TROTZKY MAKES BOAST. Bolshevisni, Already in Germany, Will Spread in All World. Geneva, March 5.+%.eon Trotzky, he Bolsheviki War Minister, has writteg from Moscow under date of Feb. 14 to a friend here 'claiming that Bolshevism is ading throughout Russia and Sib 1. He declares in this letter that after peace {8 signed a new campaign will be started among the workers of the world to fight imperialism and capi- talism. Trotsky asks his friend to co-operate with Mme. Barabanoff, who is now in Switzerland, with sev- eral million rubfles in her pessession to carry on Bolsheviki propaganda in France and Italy and later in England and the United States. Trotzky, who says: he is in close CORODGESLION. Ibhli "Fremier..henine; boasts that sugress for the Bolshe- viki has already been gained in Ger many through Spartacansd, "and de- clares his belief that Bolshevism will eventually rule the world. $3,000,000,000 YEARLY FOR HALF CENTURY London, March 5.--The Paris correspondent of the Morning Posts wires, on "good authority, that the Allies propose to demand from Germany $3,000,- 000,000 a year for a peri- od of fifty years. It is esti- mated this would leave to Germany a possible reve= nue of $1,400,000,000 a year for her internal heeds. SOVIET CHIEF ARRESTED. Ea Food Dictator Charged With Embez- sling Fifty Million Rables. Stockholm, March 5.-- Advices re- ceived here from Helsingfors say that the Bolsheviki Food Dictator in Petrograd, Strijevski, has been ar. rested, charged with embezzling. fifty million rubles. The advices add that the Bolshe- vists during reeent days bombarded Narva, using five thousand - shells. They destroyed 175 farms and killed 24 civilians, The population of the regicit is reported to be fleeing. A SMALLER CENT PIECE. R, CENT, PIECE. Notice of Resolution Providing for Weight and Fineness of "Bronze." Ottawa, March §.--The Minister of Finance gives notice of a reso- Jution providing for the weight, fineness, ete, of the bronze cent. This is necessary in order to make provision oe ie ime Sinag of a small- er cent pi a ebts, still harder and perhaps! g it to be a long drawn out WUE he German are: the background are McAdoo. AAAI, AAA AI AMA AAAI AON signing will finance Grifliths (world's moustache and This corporation h which they and WoW, his trick attorneys, a a 10 SLICE TRACTS OFF GERMANY $0 That the Huns Former Power May Be Greatly Reduced. TH MP AP OF EUROPE MAY BE READY F FOR INSPEC- TION NEXT WEEK. Geemany Will 'be Muéh- Smaller To Neutralize the Saar Lands is the Latest Scheme. » Paris, March 5.--A new map of Europe is rapidly taking form, and within a week the frontiers of the old states will largely be defined as they are to appear in the peace treaty dnd the successive doen- ments fixing territorial limits. First in importance is Germany's western frontier bordering on France, which assumes 'Interne- | tional significance a barrier { against renewal of the present 'war, | Owing to the issues involved, the | final determination of this question | is left to the Council of the Great | Powers, but in the meantime the | tentative plans have been well ad- | vanced by the commission which { co-ordinates reports on all frontier | questions. | "As it now stands, the western j frontier comes under three main { heads--{irst, Alsace-Lorraine; se- cund, the at iron and coal re- gions of Briey and the Saar Valley; and, third, the extensive strip of German territory lying on the west bank of the Rhine from Palatinate forthward. With respect to Alsace-Lorraine, the present tendency iz to make re- cession of this section to France without any condition of a plebis- cite or otherwise. It is now occu- pied by military forces - under the armistice, afd there is every indi- cation that the occupation will be- cpme permanent, The Briey and Saar Valley sec- tions are chiefly important 'as fur- nishing iron, steel and * coal on which Germany's military power was based, and it is believed that the néw- lind will definitely put an end tosany farther use of thes sources of German power. Part o the Briey and Saar sections will be- come French dy the return to Lor raine. as Saar Valley Plan, 'The main difficulty has been over a large section of the Saar coalfields ; {and within German territory. present idea seems to be somewhat Sording to "this plan the northern Saar region would be neither the] {sion by the league big oce: U.S. Senators Lodge And Knox Merely Touch on Well-Discussed Plans. SOME DETALS NAY CHANG IN THE PLAN OF THE OF NATIONS. Principle S LEAGUE But the Basic of the Outlined at Present. Paris, March 5. tions, The league of na- according to the opinion pre- vatling in official eircles here to day; will start functioning soon after the general peace settlement is effécted, certainly not later. than early fall The great majority of the peacy delegates apparently agreed that the represents the composite are present covenant world view as nearly possibile, and that it will be practically it still intense attitude of Washington, att the le constitution those Senator Knox--- have ths foreign conferees the Amerie only thres adopted While in the 1icks as tands there is interest on ague of such as and Senator not created the Lodge impres- among the latter feel » opposition has touched sion was expected The on plans that hed out were thoroughly and agreed to in discus- committee While the basic principles of the league are expected to remain as out iined at present, there see ms to be no doubt that many of the details will undergo some changes when the con- stitution comes up for open debate before the general peace conference. Numerous suggestions 'haye already been received from neutral countries, and others will be asked to offer fdeas. Discussion of military, naval and air terms of the preliminary peace with Germany will be taken up again Thursday by the supreme war coun- cil. It was reported that the aerial provisiong, as recommended by. al lied military officials, contemplate re« duction in Germany's air foree to a few hydro-airplanes, which would be used in searching for mines still float- ing in northern waters. in the face of reports of inereas- ingly. serious conditions in. Germany, plans for partial reduction of the économic blockade are being held up by the French continuing = to refuse permission for Germany to pay for food with money and securities that otherwise might be available for re- pavation . Members of the food ad- ministration ana the economic eoun- eil hope to straighten out the situa- tion and carry out the original pro- gramme for easing the blockade. BREAKING UP -- Forty-seven Sold by Others to Go to Allies. London, March 6.---A num.ei of German submarines lying in a British port are to be handed over to the Allied Governments, some being sent to Italy, Japan and other countries, Fort sven of all sizes, up to the 1-going submarine; have heen sold under condition that they must be broken up. The Admiralty will first remove their engines. . 135 . HAVE GRADUATED QUEEN'S VOCATIONAL TRAINING IS REAPING GOOD RESULTS. U-BOATS. Admiralty Soldiers Are Being Re-Fitted For Commercial Work and Almost All Secure Splendid Positions, The vocational training portion of the Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment Commission is doing a tremendous amount of work and with the pro- gress which has been made, the re- sults of the training are now evi- dent. Between January 1st and February Sth the course was taken by 135 dis- aE he edtdiers and almost 100 of these graduates went into positions along the lines in which they had been trained at the vocational school, » The course is divided into several branches and the subjects handled include pommercial training, tele- graphy, elementary education, eivil service preparation, draughting, farm tractor work, fur designing -ma- ology and X-ray work. With such a scope and such well qualified Instructional staff the suc- cess of the movement is mot a sur- + French nor, German, but Would lj. a League are Expected to Remain as | A he Daily British Whig [= making, medicine; engineering, thei. & AST &D ATC ON ATTACKS CREATE No WNT LITTLE COMMENT WAS FOUND FIT To Occupy the Position of Superintendent of Penitentiarics. COMMISSION WAS ADVISED BY SEVERAL EXPERTS GARDING THE MATTER, RE- Hon. Dr. Roche 'Replies' to Mr. Hocken--DPenitentiary Superin. tendent Must be a Man of the Highest Training. Ottawa, March the The Hocken. House. of Commons somewhat of a sensation "There ts a mfalmum of and a maximum of distortion in the allegations," Rache, chairman of speaking for 5 charges in caused here. truth and red Hon lies de- ¢ Dr, the s commission, pub- Heation "Mr oade ed i1 tie been par- Hoecken evidently has up by some interested " Reg a was in the poor airding imputation that health and unable to attend properly to his duties, 'Dr. Roche said was never in better health, and had not lost a day since his appointment. He gave a very emphatic denial to the charge, characterized absurd that men @ se lected for positions first and for afterwards. is one of our regula- id, "which enables the emergency employment of a clerk ip a temporary way, but, after- wards the position is put up to competition and it frequently hap pens (hat the temporary employee does not get it, though in some cases he does." Discussing superintendent the chairman of said the position poriant one, cations from diers and commission to have the representing he he tions," the of questions of penitentiaries, the commission was a very im- and there were appli- twenty returned sol- forty civilians. The considered it desirable advice of a committee different branches of work in penal institutions, so they selected" Dr. Clark, of the Rock- port Asylum; Dr. Page, of Quebec; i". H. Christer, K.C., Ottawa; C. A. MaeGrath, 'Ottawa; and Gen. Foth- eringham. - These gentlemen reported "on the applications and were given a free hand. They came to the con- clusion that the position was so important as to require a man of the highest training and gqualifiea- tions, and none of the applicants in their view measured up to the re- quirements. The commission in no'. way has shirked responsibility, the chairman stated. | DOCTORS HARDEST HIT. Gave Up Practices, and Cannot Rb. cover Them Now. Toronto, March §.-----"Doctors who have been serving in the war for the last four years and who Are now be- ing demobilized are to my mind the hardest hit of any branch of the ser- viee," said Lieut.-Col. Herbert Bruce, who has been consulting surgeon for the British forces in France for the last two years, and who returned to Toronto last night with his young English bride, from the Lapland. "It is going to be very difficult for doctors to return to civilian lite and to a readjustment of their affairs. At least half of the doctors who have been with the forces in France and elsewhere have returned to civil life by now. "The reason that they will be harder hit than any other branch is that the men who have taken their places while they have been serving in the army, refuse now to give up the practices which the army doctors worked to get." Col. . Bruce has seen wonders worked in surgery during the war, but the most remarkable demon- stration he ever witnessed was that of Professor - Putt, a Bologna, Italy, surgeon. Prof. Putti has a gystem of training muscles in an arm stamp to control artificial hands and fingers. Dr. Bruce has seen the delicate apparatus, and has seen men with artificial hands move their fingers by utilizing their muscles in the stump of the arm, It is called Kine Plastic sur- BY: INDIA LOOKS FOR SURPLUS. $120,000,000 Will Be Spent on Rail ways During Year. --~ London, March, §.~-The estimated revenue {or India during the finan- cial year of 1919-20 is £ 56,225,400 (431,127,000), and it believed Hare will be a surplus of £868,100 4 540,500) atthe end of that Hoe principal feature in the penditures contemplated suring {he coming year is a provision for an ap- propriation of R000 000 iss, 000,060) for railroad There will also be large anon tions for education. | MONTREAL BANDITS BOLD,