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0 Today A World Too Complicated.- What Mercier Sees. You May Now End life. . , WEATHER: Partly cloudy toalgatj temarrew fair. ' Tem perature at 8 a. a. M degrees. Ifersasl temtrera tare ior SieBr It for the last 56 ' years, 70 decree. INAL EDITION NUMBER 11,284. "IHSslH"?1" WASHINGTON, THURSDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 11. 1919. CbthtWil; Strut Km PHICE GENTS, poctoffic mt . Wtuhlnftoa, IX GL Full Text of the Fair Rent Commission Bill For District of Columbia 4 ? 4 i ! ,4 4 4 44,44?4t4,.4.4,4' mim Jim m&m - -- JLt -- k2a a2 the iJJastoftfott 5 HeM ' " - M !iF a Br ASTHUB BRISBANE. 1 (Ceftyrltht. 1J1J.) For the average mind three Quarters occupied vfith its own af fairs, there are too many things ;to think about in this day of hurry, war, profiteering, strikes, Bolshe vism, wireless and all other social aaisances and scientific marvels. For instance: At a wireless station in Norway is heard a voice speaking in the United States. That voice trav eled thousands of miles through the air via the wireless telephone. What are ordinary miracles after that? A fcfcman voice actually talked through several thousand miles of this earth's thick impeding atroos phere. How long before that voice will go through the impon derable -ether, asking the men on Mars: "How did you gentlemen dig Tuf 'canals? We shall need canals like yours "by and by, when threugh attrition our earth be came absolutely round, so that the waters of the ooim would cover it one mile deep everywhere. Like yea, We shall have to dig canals to hold the extra -water. Please tell s how." - Oil drips in a mysterious man-' ner from tit, ceilings of & house ta NorfoJKfpngland. Day after ttay tie oil drips down. There are ftotiraB f petroleum wealth, and talk cf haunting spirits. A fifteen-year-eld girl confesses that she has been sprinkling the kitchen ceiling wiQi oil. Suofc confessions weak! help to solve many modern I miracles. Oh his return to Belgium from New York CardUal Mercier will say that he has seen interesting re in a land of tolerance. He ta & city with more than one Ktec Jewish dtisecs and a tjr who is a Catholic; also he t the Catholic rdvemot of New York State. New York, with atere than a million Jews, has a Catholic for mayor. Some, a city f Catholics, recently had a Jew fr mayor. The world cheageff Mad old lines are broken dqWa. Almest everyihiag today would surprise the peefle of olden times. Wfcea the Tartars cfefafeered Oris, thev vta&iAta hsUffle the men eafefly,. aad keep ih?weraen. Se tlv maJa 4JHr f&air si Se tiey aae tiw ajto m tkeir fair grew ia leag pig Thr iarwr jsaiiputsg MWeVr SrV? s he t cut ht grieve 16 !& theigtaft tbus impeaed q tStem. The feet of the Chineee jtmm weritsqueezed frwn bayhed.1y Tartar order. Witk rattrtapa feet only a few inches khz asd badly crippled, they would, matarally stay at home . and not ran away from Tartar masters. And now these Chinese feet bather the Christian mission aries. Women with deformed feet cannot walk to church, and the missionaries do not know what to do about, it. That would sur prise the. Tartars. New York decided, September 1st, that it is bo longer a felony to try to take yoar'own life, which is about Jfce only thing that people really own. Consequently, a lady of a well-known family, brought Ashore from a- sea bath with the veins of her wrist cut open In an attempt at suicide, will not be pros cutefl. In. other days suicide was con sidered honorable. The Greek jfeOoeopaer that stumbled as he jjeft lla class, then killed himself bcase he was getting old, was Matired for his determination. Sdcratea and other statesmen were ordered to kill themselves by drinking poison. Throughout his tory defeated heroes "leaning on their sword's point to end their Uvea, have been looked upon as true sports. Those that lacked courage to kill themselves were despised. Once the man that wouldn't fight a duel was called a coward. Now the man that wants to fight is called a fooL And the man that wants to commit suicide today, instead of being called brave, is called a quitter. D6 you realize how much stock gambling has to do with opposi tion to Government ownership ? If Government owned railroads there would be no more stock ex change gambling in railroad shares. Their value would, be es tablished, fixed. They would be neither gutted nor boomed. They would no longer pay one-eighth Of one per cent commission as pawns in the gambling game. It seems that today gambling is beginning to regulate the price of canned goods, as well as the price t of corn, oats, etc Is there any good reason why gambling in the necessities of life should not be made an offense punished with imprisonment and bard labor, -as France punishes gamblers in breadstuff s? There is, of warse, one reason. If such gambling were made a crime and the crime were permitted on a suf ficiently large scale, there would be, in accordance with the Ameri can custom, bo punishment for the offender. Money is stolen by the millions in this country, and, doae on a iftnaller scale, that is a crime. How often. have yea heard of a really ig wuei going 10 jau ; mat does set happen in this republic. He seas yaehttag at this seasoa, and Swth ia bis private car later. h Mis - itt Mifei fiywiiwff JMsmL 1 mi- Am anV nhfit m . f & ' J1 vb RIOTING PRESIDENT IS won OVER SIM LABOR WORLD BIliLINGSj Mont., Sept 11 The industrial situation in thi United States was giving President Wilson distinct concern today. The threat ening aspect of the steel trade where a strike has been decided upon because Judge Gary refused to meet the American Reoperation of Labor leaders, is considered by the President to be a menace to the couatry, it was learned today, And it was because he believed so that the President" last' night sent his ap peal to President Samael Gompers asking him to use his influence to urge upon the steel men the wis-, dom and desirability of postponing action of any Mad until after the industrial ceafereade in Washington jextsftOBth, M&IMM, - PIwet X&fiy vrxs without word as 6 iae "wttaer ,ia fvblck his appfcahWi rW$e it was -ascertalaed tfcat he taig hepeful Mr. Gompers . wouli he aWe to prevent the threatened strike. The President in hla address at Dcs Molaes and St. Paul took oeeaalon to severely criti cise employers o labor '"who -would aot discuss labor problems with their employes." That reference, it was stated, had J.0 do directly with the position a- (Continued on Page 2, Celamn 1.) 72 RAIL "PRINCES" GET HUGE SALARIES i j . Pay of Hines' Staff Totals $198,100 Annually, House Is Told. Fifty-nine officials of the Railroad Administration, "princes at Washing ton who sit In upholstered furniture and swinsr In swivel chairs amidst luxurious surrounding's." receive a much hlcber salary than General Pershing-, Congressman Thompson Charged In the House yesterday. "Seventy-two men on the staff of the Director General of Railroads re ceive salaries aggregating- $1,398,100 annually," Mr. Thompson asserted. Most of them receive more than the Chief Justice of the United States, whose compensation is $15,000 a year more than General Pershing, more than Cabinet officers. Senators, and Congressmen. "The records will show that five of offlcIalB ar6 each receiving 350,000 per annum, two are gettlnr S40.000. three $35,000. two $30,000 ht WWVeleven $20,000. one $18.: 500, one $18,000. one $17,000. six $15 -000, one $14,000, one $13,200, one $12'- w. iuui i,wu, one 10,800 one , iv.wv, ana twenty-three $10,000. uuc oi lacsB large salaries were au thorized specifically by Congress." Keeping Up With The Times A FACT A DAY The Times has been a companion on a lot of va cation trips this yearand often to far distant places. Orders to have the paper sent for brief periods in cludes States as far East as Maine,, as far West-as Idaho and as far Southwest as Louisiana. - One man had The Times sent to his daughter for two weeks in Vermont and the following two weeks in New York, and was emphatic in his care that the time should be so reckoned that she should not miss a copy. ON IN -. 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The picture shows two of the trains,' one loaded with escort wagons and the Other DISSENTING PACT REPORT ACCUSES FOES Six Democratic members of the Torelgn Relations Committee today presented to the Senate a minority report on the peace treaty ursine un qualified adoption of the pact. The report replies to statements made In the majority report filed by Senator Lodge yesterday and charges that Senators opposing the League of .Nations, knowing it is invincible In a fair fight, are trying to defeat it "by indirection" through reservations. "Vices ef Amendneata." The proposed reservations, the re port said, have all the vices of amend ments "and the additional vice of pretending to be what they are not" interpretations of the covenant's lan guage. The document, which was signed by Senators Hitchcock. Williams. Swan- Bon Pomerene, Smith of Arizona, and i'ittman, stated; That American trade already shows effects of this delay. That adoption of the majority's amendments or reservations means the United States will lose all concessions secure'd from Germany by a dictated peace. That the reservations are the work of Senators determined to destroy the league and if possible defeat the treaty. That the League of Nations is the world's only hope of preventing inter national chaos. That those opposing it have nothing to offer to do this. Deplore Long Delay. "We deplore," said the report, "the long and Unnecessary delay to which the treaty has been subjected while locked up In the committee whoso majority decisions and recommenda tions were from the start a foregone conclusion. They could have been made in July ns well as in September, and would have been the same. "Our export trade already shows the undeniable effects of delay and doubt in treaty ratification and peace settlement For the first seven months foHowlng the armistice, our exports averaged almost $700,000,000 per month, but in July they fell to S570.O0O.OO0. "Europe undoubtedly wanta out" products but can only take them in full quantity If our financial insti- tuu 4w.,r w iiuMmi jujsw'i umons provide we creo.it to onage (Continued on Page 6, Column 3.) I RENEWE Drastic Bill to Curb Rent Prof teering In D. C. Sent to Senate With the unaninions approval of the District Commit tee, Senator Ball, chairman of the subcommittee that inves tigated rent commsions in Washington, reported to the Senate today a model anti-rent profiteering law for the District of Columbia. Drastic Amendment. Final action was taken on the bill by the full committee this morning, and further amendments, making" stronger the protection of the tenant against property owners ere-lnaert-ed In the bill. At the suggestion of Senator-Jones, of Washington, the committee accept ed the following amendment: "That every lease or sublease here tofore or hereafter entered into under duress or by Intimidation is hereby declared to be against public policy and shall become voidablA." The question was raised that ten ants should be given the right to sue for reparation in such instances, and this was also agreed to by the com mittee. The amendment would leave it optionable on the part, of the ten ant to sue In the courts; for the re covery of such payments to land lords over a reasonable rental. Tenant Farther Protected. Senator Sherman, chairman of the committee, succeeded In amending the bill still further in the In&rest of the tenant. His amendment provides that "there shall be no discrimination against tenants." This .would pre vent landlords from discriminating against tenants who have taken ad vantage of the Saulsbury law. Another amendment by Senator Sheppard of Texas would make all documents relative to disputes be tween landlord and tenant strictly conn dential, unless the case is ap pealed to the courts. Senate To 0ct Retain. After some discussion It was de cided to leave to the discrimination of the Senate the questlen of a fair return upon Investment". The bill originally was framed to -permit a re turn of 10 per cent on euch Invest ments. It was decided that this would dis criminate perhaps against some apartment houses that are known to have been operating at loas during the war. At the suggestion or Sen ator Sherman, the whole question was left open. Senator Ball said It had been the Intention of the sub-committee, to en courage building operations In eyery way. It was pointed out by Senator bearing artillery caissons, which arrived this morning before day light The eritire transportation of the division probably will be moved from New; York to : Washington before midnight, with the exception o$ the motor transport which is coming overland from New York. ' Sherman howett.ar , that the apart ment houses now being erected In Washington are out of the reach of the pocketbook of the average Gov ernment employe. Wants Ontstde Commissioner. Senator Sherman voiced objection to the provision In the bill which makes It necessary for members of the rent commission to be residents of Washington for two years before they are appointed. He declared that almost every resident in Wash ington had personal interest In real estate and finance which would seri ously affect the work of thecoram!s sien. He warned that personal relations of members of the commission with their Interest In Washington would prove Just as advantageous to the tenant. Senator Ball was ordered to report the bill as it now stands. Every effort will be made to secure Its adoption before October 1, when the new rent year beginB, despite the fact, that the peace treaty will be kept continuously before the Senate until final action Is taken on It. Jail Looms for Profiteers. Jail sentences for Washington rent profiteers loomed up as a possibility In the Senate today when the Gov ernment's anti-food profiteering bill, with an amendment to It providing severe penalties for exorbitant rent als In the District of Columbia, was taken up for consideration. Senator Harrison of Mississippi In tends to press for the adoption 6f his rent amendment, which he. de clares Is necessary to taeet conditions In Washington, which he described as due to "piratical landlords who have been robbing the people of the District In too high and excessive rents. Let us meet the conditions as they arise," he said, "meet them promptly and effectively." Considerable discussion arose over the advisability of 8enator Harrison's amendment Senator Phelan of Cal ifornia believed the best solution would be found In the Oo'ernment "paying Its employes who necessarily (Continued on Page 18, Column 2.) IN R IKE PLAGE OF REDFIELD BALTIMORE. Sept. 11. President Wilson may draft Edward N. Hurley, formenhead of the United States Shlp plngiBoard, for Secretary of Commerce to succeed William C. Redfleld. who quits the last of October to resume business activities, according to a Washington dispatch to the Baltimore Sun. It Is understood that Mr. Hurley de-slren-to forget Government affairs, but if the President tells him that he is the man to lead the United States out of the chaotic conditions resulting from the war, he will serve. It was stated today by persons close to the President that he 1s looking for a man of transcendent ability, who knows the business conditions and people of this country, and that Mr. Hurley fills the bill exactly. If Mr. Hurley is selected and consents to act, the Department of Commerce will be developed Into a powerful Government agency for the upbuilding of domestic Industries and a large trade with for eign nations. As the director of the shipping board, Mr. Hurley was a signal suc- (Contlnued on Pago 1, Column 3.) FINDS NEW POWER IN EARTH'S CENTER Discovery May Revolutionize Industry of World, Says British Scientist. LONDON, Sept. 11. Sir Charles Parsons, K. C. B, F. R- S-. leading British electrical engineer and presi dent 6f the British Association, com posed of most of the noted British scientists and engineers, announced the probable discovery of a new source of power which he. said will revolutionise the Industry of the world. "Llrqltlens power Is concealed In the earth's interior." Sir Charles said, "which is obtainable by boring twelve miles Into the crust of the earth. The possibilities of this pow er are now Incomprehensible." LEYMAY I19 I BOSTON frH..tA..T-.i EVHIY U. S. 'CASUALTY IN WORLD WAR NOW ACCOUNTED FOR Every American soldier who became a "casualty" in the war against Germany at last has been accounted for. A list of missing and unac counted for, which a one time was as high as 25,905 gradually; was reduced until for weeks it remained at two. It is now pre sumed there fa no doubt the two soldiers are dead and they have been so listed officially. Of the . total first reported missing 23 per cent died, 16 per cent were foand to be prisoners, 25 per cent were lost from their organizations in the confusion of battle, but subsequently re joined them. The remainder' were--found scattered through various hospital; VANGUARD OF Bearing their overseas tan, taelr medals, and the ''smile that won the war," 6,532 officers and men of the First Division are. arriving ia Wash ington today, "alt pepped up" for tbe parade here Wednesday: Until after noon today fourteen troop trains had arrived at the Wash ington Terminal yards. Before mid night the remainder of the forty-four trains conveying the entire horse drawn transportation of the division and 5,000 animals will have arrived in the Capital. The trains, running- at Intervals of thirty minutes, were unloaded as soon as they reached the siding, and the doughboys, expert now in un loading wagons, kitchens, ammuni tion carts, not to mention kicking, squirming, biting, and squealing In subordinate army mules, were out of the yards and on their way to the different camps in record time. Blares, to Barracks. Immediately upon leaving the rail road yards, the soldiers were march ed to Camp Meigs and Potomac Bar racks where tHe animals were fed! and picketed, the wagons parked and (Continued on Page 18, Column 4.) MAN, AGED 131, HAS FIRST AERO FLIGHT LOUISVILLE, Ky.. Sept. 11. "It sure makes a fellow feel like he's drunk, but it's all right at that," wa the expressive comment of "Uncle John" Schell, 131 years of age, be lieved to be the oldest man in the world, as he stepped from an airplane at the State Fair grounds after a filght yesterday afternoon. The filght lasted fifteen minutes and "Uncle John" traveled six miles at a height of 400 feet. He was delighted with the experience and expressed himself aa grateful that he had lived long enough to enjoy It. He was helped Into the machine by the pilot, M. E. Headley. and as the' airplane skimmed along, gaining height, Schell smiled and waved his hand at the crowd, which cheered wildly. GEN. M'LACHUN TO LEAVE FIRST DIV. MaJ. Gen. Edward P. McLachlln will be relieved of the command of the First division September 30, and will go to Camp Funston. Ky to command the Seventh division. It was learned today. MaJ. Gen. Charles P. Summerall, who was in command of the First division from July 15 to October 11 1018, will succeed McLachlln. The First division will be stationed at Camp Taylor, Ky. Maj. Gen. John L. Hines will go to Camp Dodge as commander of the Fourth division. 7JTE ON 10 CENTS A DAT. Write tor (The Survival of the Fittest), SLQ0. 228 Colorado BuUdlag. AdYt. s' J !!! FiEa MilsTiH' uuv i I f ili ii Mm v?mm I Ml II fir itifwff WBawJfM mLWlifWtt'K&Kif!: I wT mm- m m V Bx M rnm I 1 HftfttfLolnU.U KAYUlffll FORTRIGTI GIVE FREEDOM BOSTON, Sept 11. tttxa ws renewed here at 11 e'deofc today when State- troop atteafttsdF it, break up throngs of gamblers en Boston Comtten. Raymesd Bartev of Cambridge, a sailor, was sbftt mi killed when he is alleged to hare fed an attack oa the gmrdwowu . The- soldier war MfcrehW than a score ef gamblers alenfrTre aot street whW ta crowd at tempted to" reteateK&e priaesers. Shots ftred Aft air failed to stop the attacks. . The erawd was iataSy dispersed bybfiyofiet chargee. JlxuikMk Wattegtstt AW. rfbveratr CooIMce disate4 ta feSowlaa! uferaa. ta tkr SereUrIe KeitTtedar: tfice, I wtta y to hM ytee la readlneca t reader sssistaaee fr& forces uader year cowmand lst4t ately oa appeal which I May ie farce to make to the President. "CXLVm 8. COOLUXBSl Governor. Rain. waloSL fell intermittently throughout the sight, failed to keep the crowds Indoors, and riots is whloh thousands of raa and soys dashed, with the military, hurilsff atones aad. using clubs. Were frequeat. There were- so indications ef aa early settlement of the, strike today. Mayor Peters, In . a statement, do dared the restoration of order was. the first object to be obtaiaed, aa that the strike would be takes ay when the dty. was under eastroL Leaders of the striking policemen de clared the men were as determined asr ever to hold out for recognition ef the union. Two Killed ky Trees. In South Boston, where the aallitary fired on men and hoys looting a store Anthony Carr, twenty-tour, and RoV ert Sheehan, sixteen, were Instantly killed, while four girls, -who were watching the looting and refused te move away when ordered, to do so were seriously Injured. One man was) killed In a street TrawL A dob of thousands was congested In Broadway, near C street, w,hen C " company, Tenth regiment, under CapU T, C. Hadley. arrived on the scene Captain Hadley ordered a crowd of men aad boys who were looting sj store to disperse. The crowd laughed, aad hooted, cos tlnuing the looting. Hadley then or dered his mea to fire. The . great crowd, which evidently did aot be lieve the troops would shoot to kill, at once became panic-stricken aad fought to escape. Many were tranv pled on. From 0 o'clock last alght until early today mobs of men, boys, aad many women .openly attacked the troops whenever they appeared, hurl ing atones and paving bricks. Cavalry Charges Hob. Aside from the South Bostoa out break, the most serious fighting oc curred In Scollay and Adams squares, where mobs estimated at more than 7,000 were charged again and again by Infantry with fixed Bayonets and by cavalrymen with drawn sabers. Each time the mob fled, only to re turn to taunt the troops and hurl stones. At one time the situation looked so serious a machine gun was mounted in Scollay square. Superintendent of Police Crowley today repeated his warning to all women to remaaveff the. streets, Vet-, tJoviatfy t c oeawmt'mUs "Woraeft ahejiM, ic3tRtSat llMjr are laKaa they w&M streets atnlgfit during tie present crfsls." With measures looking toward a settlement of the police strike at a standstill while order la being re stored, the Central Labor Union was scheduled to meet tonight to decide whether or cot a general strike of all labor In Boston will be called to sup port the police. The carmen aad the telephone workers will be the first to vote upon the question. Troops from all over the State be gan pouring into the city early In the evening. The first on the streets were members of the Tenth regiment of Boston. The Twentieth regiment, composed of companies in several cities to the western part of the State, were rush ed to Boston en special tralas early todar. The Springfield contingent ar rived shortly after 3 a. m. TAKE BEXX.ANS BEFORE MZAX3 Mt see as ,? M999 wsmws aL--advt. rones i -si i II