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RALEIGH? Col. Harper's Great Chapter of "Camouflaged" On Page 9
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Today
4 Railroad Plans.
Nation and Workers.
Nation and States.
Nation and Money.
By ABTIUB BRISBAXE.
(Copyright. 1013.)
There seem to be as many ways
cf settling the railroad problem as
there are of killing a cat. Four
in number are the very latest rail
way solutions.
William Jennings Bryan says
national and State government
should divide railroad ownership.
The States should own the little
railroads within themselves. The
nation should own the big trunk
lines, giving every State an out
let for its little railroads, for its
interstate railroads.
Railroad workers, two millions
of them, amounting -with their
families to eight millions of Amer
icans, say:
"Let the Government run the
railroads in connection with the
workers on the railroads, instead
of having the railroads run by the
Government in connection with
financiers. The Government can
supply money and management.
We, the workers, in return for
fair pay, will do the work. What
necessity is there for a crowd of
men in Wall Street shaving off
every possible dollar by paying
the workers as little as possible on
one side and charging the public
as much, as possible on the other?"
Suggestion number three comes
from Paul M. Warburg, formerly
president of the Federal Reserve
Board, who would like the Gov
ernment and the private owners
to manage railroads as the Gov
ernment, through the Federal Re
serve Banking system, andhe pri
vate owners of banks manage the
country's finances.
Under the banking system the
Government, with Its Federal Re
serve, says to the bankers: "Go
ahead and make all the money
you can. The 3overnment Is here
to guarantee you against a panic,
will lend you money at a low rate
of interest whenever you need It,
and allow you to lend It to the
public at a high rate of Interest
for your benefit"
Under Mr. Warburg's plan the
Government would hold the bag
and the private owners would get
anything that the bag happened
tb contain.
Mr. "Warburg is afraid that if
the Government owned the rail
roads it would thus control the
purchase -of steel" and coal and
might be tempted to enter the steel
ndcp&LJbusiBess-4tse!f. :ThlB,hB
fears, "would make too many work
" ers dependent on ihe Government.
t Mr. "Warburg makes this sugges
tion In good faith and apparently
unselfishly, although his firm re
cently reorganized, and presum
ably owns, largely, the Missouri Pa
cific railroad. Mr. Warburg would
like to see "net earnings beyond
6 per cent divided among stock
holders. Government and labor,
with a fixed maximum beyond
which the earnings of the stock
holders should not go."
Six per cent on WHAT? Would
it be six per cent on all the
watered stock that financial in
genuity has been able to issue?
What gives, the railroads their
value? Is it not the patronage of
the public, the growth of the na
tion, and the services of the work
ers on the railroads? Why, after
six per cent on all the stock issued,
should private individuals con
tinue dividing values created by
the public and the workers?
A fourth suggestion is that the
Government honestly confess its
inability to run the railroads, con
fess also the superiority of the
private owners, and give back to
these private owners the system
that the Government took over
and rebuilt at a cost of many hun
dreds of millions.
The most interesting tribute to
the inefficiency of private man
agement is the statement made by
one of the biggest owners of rail
road stocks in the country, that if
the Government gives back the
railroads to private owners now,
more than half of them will be in
the hands of receivers inside of
six months.
Those who suggest that Govern
ment lacks efficiency and honesty
ti manage railroads as well as
uthcy have been managed by pri
$vate individuals have little confi
dence in overnment.
It would be hard to find
anything more inefficient or more
oishonest than the management of
he New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad, the manage
ment of the Rock Island, or any
one of a dozen other railroads
neatly and politely gutted under
priv." ownership, the stockhold
ers, "-rcestors in good faith, robbed
m a way that would have put the
robbers in jail if they had stolen
en a smaller scale. f
The wheat question, an inter
esting, gigantic instance of na
tional subsidy, is settled. The
farmer will get $2.26 a bushel
for his 1919 wheat crop. The
Government will handle it, sell
at the market price, whatever
that may be, and stand the loss.
One billion dollars has been ap
propriated to meet, the loss. It
must be arranged in this way to
meet the competition of other
nnnfrirs that will have whonf to
w- jiclJ at a low price, and, naturally,
wouldn't buy of us except at the
r?gular rale.
The wheat farmer was urged to
WEATHER:
Partly cloudy and cold
er tonight. Tern, about -G
degrees. Tomorrow fair.
Tern. at'S a. m. 31 deg.
Normal trm. for Feb. 8th
for the last 30 years, 33
degree.
vmrnn-n - -t r- rubiunea every erenin uutiuuiu ottnayj
NIjMBER 11,068. M&&SSZtt?mvmt'
VAN
WHO
Wan Waited in Taxi to Receive the Expected Funds
MRY RUN
N ORPHANS'
EHALF, SAYS
HERS' SON
The Greer bakery in the north
east is operated "primarily to fur
nish, a home for orphan children,"
John J. Greer, of Philadelphia, told
the court last night in the Investiga
tion of the strange caseof .the hak-
-erjchildren.
The witness Js the eldest son or
Mr. 'and Mrs. William A. Greer, 116 j
Twelfth street northeast, who are
answering charges of falling to pro
vide a suitable home for destitute
children.
According to the son, the business
end of the bakery is only incidental.
Say Children "Made Good.'
The -witness declared that a num- J
ber of children who had been trained i
In the bakery had now launched out.
on their own responsibility and j
"made pood." He cited Loui3 Lynn
as an example.
Asked what the Lynn boy ua3 do
ing, he said, that he was draft-id and I
went to a camp down South, he was
made a "K. P.." because he was so j
proficient in the bakery businesi. j
"Do you consider being assigned J
to kitchen police as "making good7"j
counsel for the District asked. .
"I certainly do." the witness said, j
Habeas Corpus Proceeding. j
Habeas corpus proceedings recjnt-.
ly were msiuuieu m ruiinuciiHKJ. w
remove Mrs. Mamie Margaret Lynn
Bayne from the home of John .1.
Greer there, it was developed yester
day afternoon.
Mrs. Bayne was formerly an in
mate in the bakery establishment of
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Greer. For
the last year she has made her home
with the son and daughtr-in-laiv
of the bakers.
The woman appeared in Juvenile
Court here yesterday afternoon as a
witness for the bakers. Mr. and Mrs.
John J. Greer also testified for the
defendants.
"Since this hearing, weren't you ar
retted in a habeas corpus proceid-
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SAY ORPHANS IRE
WD AT
MAIUETTA, Ga., Feb. 8 Charged
with excessive cruelty to
c-nnareni
1
under her care. Mrs. Naomi V. Camp- for the framework of the league have
bell, manager of a private orphans", now been merged Into a single corn
home near here today is lodged in.posfte draft upon which the commlt
jail In default of bond. j tee is centering all its efforts. The
Testimony that children at the I remaining articles, which are believed
home were beaten and their cries to include comparatively minor prob
ptlfled by being choked, and that Mrs. lems, have all been agreed to in prin
Campbrll had poured s.xlt, pepper and clple
hot afhes upon uounua or on clnlJ
after prickim? his Hash with a pin,
was introduced at ,i puliininaiy
hearing given the v oinai.
TODAY
plant under a guarantee, and is
entitled to what he gets.
Those who wept about Demo
cratic discrimination in favor of
the South will note that the
Southern cotton grower got no
guarantee for his crop, which was
at least as important as the
wheat rop No billion dollars
is appropriated for him, and he
must sell his cotton at any price
to which it may fall.
Published every erenlnr (including Sunday)
IDENTIFIE
U. S. ASKS BRITAIN
TO EXPLAIN
EMBARGO
The British embargo on
American products has
been taken up by the State
Department, Acting Sec
retary of State Polk an-
II Communications asking
for details to determine
whether there have been
discriminations liave been
sent, Polk stated. These,
he added, were not in the
form of a protest.
The messages, it was
learned, convey the intima
tion the peace conference
I "will tleal "jviftfthquestion.-
OMMITTEE OF
1 TO RULE
LEAGUE
PARIS, Feb. 8. The league of
nations commission held a spe
cial meeting this morning to
speed up work.
It was officially announced
substantial agreement was
reached on the chief points dis
cussed at last night's meeting.
Owing to the amount of work
incomplete, President Wilson
probably will defer his sailing
for home scheduled for next
Friday to February 16 or 17.
PARIS. Feb. 8. The initial govern
ing body of the League of Nations will
be an executive committee of seven
one representative for each of the Ave
great powers and two for the smaller
countries a was learned from a re
liable source today.
This agreement is said to have been
contained in one of the twenty-two ar-
, tides of the constitution, half of which
are announced as having been accept
ed by the special committee on the
League of Nations. It would indicate
the minor powers lost their contention
i for larger representation on the e
(cutivf committee,
t .-mother agreement believed to
; ha-e been reached is that the central
powers must make full reparation for
oM Past offenses before they will be
' Brlmlittifl a tVA InO HA
. . three indlvlrlnnl nlans
EDWARD DAVID IS
'AVJUCU. Feb. S Edward David, a
majority Socialist, was nlected presi
dent of the German constituent gov
ornment by tho national assembly at
Weimar, dispatches from that city an
nounced today. The vote was 274 to
'23.
Herr Fehrenbach. former president
of the Reichstag: Conrad Haettmi,
and Herr Dietrich, were fllected vice-presidents.
IAN
RESDEN
WASHINGTON, SATURDAY EVENING,
ED TO CA
IKE OVE
SEATTLE, Feb. 8. "The strike j
is broken," Mayor Hanson declared .
at 9:15 a. m., today. f
Municipal street cars had begun1
running on regular schedule, he said,'
and preparations were under way tq
run cars on the Puget Sound trac
tion company's line.
Before going home last night that
part of Seattle -which haunted the
streets watched soldiers make their
bivouac in the postoffice and saw
final arrangements of police and
military & any emergency.
I At dawn thousands of citizens
: emerged from hotels and lodging
houses or walked in from residential
districts, while haggard city, Fed
eral and strike representatives came
from smoke-filled council rooms after
an all-night vigil.
Fly Stars and Stripes.
Civic organizations appealed to
every business house and shop o
hoist the stars and stripes sharply at
8 o'clock.
The night had been paased in watch
ful quiet. Mayor Hanson, who, at
midnight, had reiterated that he would
stand behind his proclamation to the j
strike committee, snatched a few
hours sleep under heavy guard.
Police Chief Warren had a large,
mobile protective organization ready
1 for the call to undertake resumption
of business, no matter what the strik
ers' attitude might be. y
The general strike committee had
been reported in session practically all
night, faced by the dilemma of ield
Ing under the mayor's challenge, or
seeing the thing through.
Prevailing opinion, in lieu of any!
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I INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Teb. livi
men were suffocated and eleven -. ere j
overcome by .smoke, three if wn-imj
are not expected to live. In a fire .n
the Palace Hotel early todaj '
Frank Bracken and Elmer Iteiss. j
who lost their lives, met death Lc -cause
thev stoDsed to dress. I
When firemen and police rci.li;jl
the hotel, several men were hailing!
from windows to escape .he suffo
cating smoke. Firemen ran up lad
ders and rescued the roome.-s, rome
of whom were hanging by rotes and
bedclothlng.
FOR RENT fiOOMS
X. CAP. ST.. 5518 U anted room
mate, younjr man, tI3 SO month
and breakf&al 3(c.
Mrs. A. J. Ellis. 2513
North Capitol street,
phoned this ad to The
Times. Two days later
the room was rented
from the ad in The
Times. For quick re
sults phone your want
ads to The Times, Main
5260.
N SEATTLE,
IS CLAIM OF I06RI
ITS If OR:
MODEM
io UN's m
AS
SH
HENEY SAY!
MAYER TRIED
AT HEARING
Every effort to locate Mr.
Mayer and obtain from him an
answer to Mr. Heney's charges
was, up to the time of going to
press on - this edition .of The
Times, ineffectual.
Francis J. Heney charged today,
at the Senate hearing on the pack
ers' casj, that an attempt had been
made by Levy Mayer, attorney for
Armour & Co., to birbe him to work
for the packers by the offer of "more
business than he could handle."
Heney charged that the offer was
made by Mayer during one of the
recent sessions of the committee.
"I think such a man should be dis
barred from practicing law," said
Heney. "I make this charge now
while Mayer is in the city. The of
fer was made at a previous hearing
of this committee.
Offer In Low Voice.
"1 had asked Mayer regarding some
phase of the hearing, when he made
the offer In a low tone."
avu nwift tui uui unci trai uuu
I'll give you more business than you
can handle,' were his words. "
Heney also said that Mayer in
cluded Frank P. Walsh, former mem-
I ber of the War Labor Board, in the
offer.
Henry Vecder. counsel for Su-ift
& Co.. thought Mayer should bo given
opportunity to tell his tory.
Phrtfta lll T mn L-a f Vl t a nlinwiv
n0w. when Mayer is in the city."
sa,d Heney.
juayer win appear beiore the com
mittee Monday to give his opinion on
the Kendrick bill, when he will be
asked to give his explanation.
Introduced Letter.
Heney introduced a number of let
ters designed to show that the pack
ers fought tho Borland resolution in
every way.
"We did all In our power to defeat
such vicious legislation, and we would
do It again." explained Veeder
E
LONDON. Teb 8 Dispatches to the
Dally Mail .'rom Berlin, filed at A
o'clock yesterday afternoon, reported
that the "war office telephone ex
change" was in the hands of the sol
dier' council. The newspaper said it
was inferred the whole war office had
been seized by the soldiers.
k Hpartacans, aided by the soldiers
councils, planned a simultaneous coup
j In Berlin and Weimar for Thursday.
, The plan fallod in Weimar, but the
above dispatch would indicate the sol
: diers won a small success in Berlin.
BERLIN'. Feb. (5 (delayed) Eighty
Spartacans. armed with machine guns
and grenades, stormed the prison in
Magdeburg, freeing 160 prisoners, it
was reported today. The Spartacans
and liberated prisoners then looted
several stores.
THE HAGUE. Feb. S. Spartacans
control Darmstadt, where desultory
street fighting has taken place. It vu
reported In dispatches received from
German sources today
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BERLIN WAR C
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FEBRUARY 8, 1919.
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Worth of Her Jewels
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Wife of the Serbian minister, from whose room at the Shoreham
someone stole jewelry valued at $10,000.
ET OUT
V asl iiigion detettie today ire
engaged in a city-wide search for the
thief who stole Jewelry and coins
amounting to S10.000 from tho suite
of Slavko Y. Grouitch. Minister from
Serbia, at the Shoreham Hotel. The
District authorities are assisted by
private detectives.
some time Thursday night, according
to Minister Grouitch, who reported
iu:i i a. i.i the p-iilce yesterday. The
robber took many of Mme. Grouitch's
most beautiful gems. The valuab'es
were locked In a box in a Milt case
belonging to the diplomat. The loss
was discovered when the Minister
prepared to leave for Philadelphia
yesterday morning.
After taking tho jewels and coins
from the box the thief placed the
case In a trunk. Detectives are
working on tho theory that the theft
may have been committed by some
one familiar with the suite of the
Serbian diplomat. Minister Grouitch
will return from
morrow.
Philadelphia to-
KEHMASS MAKE SOAP OP CXAY.
DAYTON. Ohio, Feb. 8. German
soap ot today Is made of scented clay
with enough soda to cut the dirt, ac
cording to Col. Henry M. Walte ip a
lone letter Just received here. "I saw
a German being' ahaved. It soundea
more &s if he were being sandpapered
when they soaped his face," he writes.
DRAGN
FOR $10,000
! GEM TIF
Closing Wall Street Prices
CHINAMAN
.
ALLEGE HUGE
GRAFT AT
(Copyright. 101S. by I. TV. 5.)
That Department of Justice agents
have been investigating charges of
graft, waste and extravagance run
ning into millions of dollars some
reports say as high as $S.O0O,OH) in
the construction of the Government
nilratcs P"U at Mussel fchoals. Ala..
was revealed here today.
The investigation has been in prog
ress since September IS last, but of
ficials today declined to say whether
the rcj-ult jf their inquiry would re
sult in rimiual charges being
brought. Special agents of the de
partment, investigators for the Mili
tary intelligence Department, and
local Federal officials have been delv
ing Into the figures and contracts, and
evidence is believed to have been ob
tained that will fix at least part of tho
responsibility for the alleged Irregu
larities in the construction of the vast
ar-tlme plant
These factsr are known.
1. The appropriation for the plant
was S35.000.000.
2. The cost to date has exceeded
$05,000,000.
War Department officials freely ad
mit there was waste and extrava
gance and. that there were undoubt
edly many cases of what they terra
"petty graft" during the construction
of the project.
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USPECTS T
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N FEW HOURS,
SAY POLICE
How Zfang Sang: Wab ai kfe
rather, W. T. Van. the two ChbMccr
stpect3 being detained in the tripte
Cmnese murder mvsterv. rTtflhnrl an
to the Riwx NfiHririaT Tla.V 4
. f C9"V r - - - r e
taxwrh a. fftw honrs stir
3&-$een committed
to arm ttimifrtf m
one. of gjn ma
the use
been
Was
his brotiwaygneredJ&s bank. Va
was delegated to the delicate busi
ness of .cashing the forged check.
Wan waited outside ready to take the
spoils into his own possession.
Van Identified.
Positive Identification has beea
made that Tan. was the man wh
presented the check. - Tho police have
proved that "Wan forged it, and g-re
it to his brother. The younger
brother is known to have been com
pletely under Wan'a dominance.
Emphatically denying- the sugges
tion that they have delayed making
arrests in the case as they hara
promised from time to time because
they have been unable to secure evi
dence sufficient to warrant ihe ar
rest of the two brothers. Inspector
Grant declares he has positively con
nected the two men with, the crime,
and that he has a wealth of botk
direct and circumstantial evidence in
the case.
"The two men will be arrested pos
sibly today, and certainly not later
than tomorrow," said Inspector Grant.
"When the formal announcement is
made the public and the press will
understand the delay and also wh"
we could not act any earlier, al
though we have had the two birds
right in our hands from the start."
Say Was Forged Caeelc
Wftn la namns Kv ,.. ..1l.... .... -
man who forged Dr. Wong's name on
the $3,000 check.
Wan is known by the police to have
given thia check to his brother, Van.
and forced him to attempt the cashlnr
of It
Van Is named by them as the man
who actually appeared at the Riggs
and put up such a plausible story
3bout the check and the letter of in
troduction he carried that only ex
treme caution on the part of the bank
officials prevented him obtaining the
$3,000.
The police declare that when Van
came down the steps of the bank and
by a signal Informed Wan that he had
failed to secure the funds, both men
knew the Jig was up and that they
must make a quick getaway. They
then hurried back to the Harris Ho
tel, hastily packed their belongings,
being scrupulously careful to leave
no trace in the room, and took the
very next train to New York.
IVhy They Stayed In Kerr York.
Grant declares that the two men
remained at their regular address in
New York for three reasons: First,
because they had no funds with which,
to make a long journey. Second,
they were convinced that they had
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worked with such cleverness that
they would never be suspected of the
crime. Third. If theyver wereSttSfc
tloned. the attitu of innoncence -,
would be their bet alibi.
It was the accidental visit of Dr
Kong Ll to the mission on the fatal
Wednesday n.ght last wesk wh
opened up the trail to "Wan and his
brother. Had Wan never opened the
door to Dr. Kong L.I. the whole story
might never have been revealed. As
it was. detectives were hot on his
trail only a few hours after the three
bodies were discovered. "
The police now believe that Was
may have been expecting his brother,
and that he went to the door in as-
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