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When You Bead the T.-R. *¥oii Get the \:J3|HCentral Iowa News •"1'^:' :it£' Jii* OLUME FOETY-SIX [Plain Living and Square Dealing Will Save Amer ica in All Crises. BHJCH DEMANDED IN INEW WORLD ORDER 9\ By Associated Press. 1 Ctrar-Thinking, Common Cerise and •Honesty Necessities in Meeting |PnMient Emergenoy—Nevy Burdens Unavoidible^and Courage Essential Must Renounce Extravagance •nd U*ro New Lessons of Thrift. 11 •.• r' New Orleans, Nov. 18.—Plain liv ing atil square dealing were invoked WjprniSidt nt-Elecl Harding in a speech here today, as the nations sfcrongf-st reliance during the coming period of after-war readjustment. ^Sanity, clear thinking, common sense honesty and co-operation were among th© qualitlep he named as prime- necessities in meeting the deman.da.ol the new world order, and Ik* afeAlare.1 material interests and national happiness would both bene fit if the United States b^cattie "a simple-living people once again." Senator Harding's speech, delivered a lunchoon of the New Orleans [i Association of Commerce, also con tained a\ message of assurance for the industrial development of the [. South and- a. hope \that cornmerdal co-operation with' Latin America joulA strengthened ||$he address was a part of a five bdau?vvisit to New Orleans by the president-elect, who came from his vacation in Texas to take ship for a voyagi to i:he Panama Canal Zone. Courage Ts Essential. V^Hefiaid' l* part:' "X bolieqje. tf»j| American people have .come "to realize that we must m-me(itous problems and must •face them fpith resolute courage and ekctic$i.l wftdomi atnd patriotic de termination. Tfiere^muit be no rea son for pause »or excuse for despair nor piaiieTl i£r- p^fftmlsm^ '•"The world has never \witnessed an upii^aval as that which came the Rrefit War. Its civilization W|s never so sorely tried. "Inevit ahly there must be reconstruction. 'Unavoidably there will te readjust ment. And. the old Njrder will never pferturn. The incalculable sacrifice Would would be vain. But there •must come stability and dependabil ity. We must gut aside the debris of wary and continue to build on solid foundations. We canTiot escape kll the consequences of fevered war or tbte unsettled conditions of its after math, There are sure to be re verses. Tltere will be^ endless dis couragement, but a confident Amer ica' will fads them with good courage. iV- New Burdens Unavoidable, r*- "And we Will win. We may slow .. i?T a bit now and then we may have t.j fctfruJ our backs to^ new burdens. Surefy we are going' to be called »on nationally, collectively and In dividually to renounce Extravagances and learn tie old and new lessons of thrift a»*d of providence. It will add to on* power and emphasize our sta bility, w«! become a simple-living nation once moIt will add to the total cf our happiness. "The big thins for all America to realize now and always is the dignity of productive labor. matter how humble, thci producers are the mak ersi of tie essentials of civilization. ••"There ale certain fundamentals Which sre everlasting. Neither our own nor the world's salvation is to tie.-Worked ""ou£ thyu. any patent 'nostrum, tj^u any Mlracie of states manship :%ihru uy government panaqea. gr'ater task is that of thfe American people themselves. Is Jf01*i tlidm under government I$stderahip to meet ihe great test. Resources Await Development. OurN millions of bread acres are eaS?r to respond to man's cultivating touch. We ha,ve empire and mil lions more ai awaiting reclamation. We havo not half revealed our mines nor measured our water power. We are unmatclied in genius and unex ceUed in industry. We are progres sive in education. We are free In religion and mean ever to be free press especially. We have more than tip beginning of an adequate transport system. We are awakened to the possibilities of inland water ways and tardily alert to the impera tive neeil o:f a merchant marine to widen commerce, wocld influence and national safety, "Here we ire today at one of the great gateways of Latin-America. Somehow I feel that the western hemisphere is our special, field of in fluence and trade. Commerce marks the highways of friendship as well as rivalry, pur trade routes by sea to the soutt ought to be as depend able as our railway routes at home, and there oji^ht to be sufficient and reassuring comity and concord among Americans, South, Central and I^orth. Bind our friendship with the tithftii of trade and we shall m^ke itvindlssoluble: '/•, 'H'hls republic can not, will not, fail #if en ch of us does his part. If we but work and use thriftily and sc$k that understanding which re veals mutuality of Interests no diffi oulties cm 'long abide. Wrong Standards. "There han been a wild apla tion of earnings, whether in .irrea or dividends, in terms of dollars rather thftn In Herms of purchasing power. W*(..musl, txi more concerned with *5*"' it Sinn Fein Plot to Spread Typhoid, Among Troops —i ""i" By Associated Press. London, Nov. 18.—Sir Hammar Greenwood, chief secretary for1 Ire land, said in the house of commons today that during a recent raid in Ireland troops captured a document sient by the commander-in-chief of the Irish republican army to his chief of staff containing a "series of re markable and horrifying statements regarding the spreading of typhoid among the troops and glanders among the cavalry horses," the substance of reward for activity than in this coin measurement. And our concern must be in a dependable prosperity which is shared. "We want fortune a common pos session in America. We want the cotton grower of the south to have his becoming '^reward with the wool grower and the wheat farmer of the north. We want southern factories to be tuned to the music of the mills of the north. W« want your ports to send their cargoes under the American flag to bear the message of peace and good -will to all parts of the earth, "There is no sectionalism in right eous American ambitions. It is this wonderful and incomparable United States of America which sets our hearts aglow with becoming aspira tions and patriotic leve—the America of the constitution, free and confi dent of the morrow.*'- By Associated, PresS. New Orleans, Nov. 18,—President elect Harding will not stop at a Mexican port 'on his voyage to the canal zone,, aa he had been urged to do by Mexican officials^v FIFTEEN WOMEN PREApHT-RS. Methodist Ch'uroh Addfc N?any kinco Right Granted in May. By* Associated Presk. Chicago, Nov. 18.—Fifteen women have been licensed as preachers in the Methodist Episcopal church since this right was granted last May by the genital conference of the church, Miss M. Madejine Soutnard reported here today, jliiss Southard is presi dent, of an association, of women preachers in jhe United States and Canada th&t represents 15 denomin ations. She is director of evangelism of the Epworth League. "The first woman preacher to be licensed in the ^Ipthodlst Episcopal church under this ruling,"! Mies Southard said, "was Miss p. Wiilia Caff ray, ^of WanatchjBC Wpshv. Sfe cam» from a family of preacher^ B,V$ at the age-of-'9-wanted to preach. She has been acting as associate pastor of the. First' Methodist churctt at*Wanatchee. Her pastor, who was :at the general conference, tele graphed word of its decision, and she was licensed as a local preacher within two hours. "The same evening Miss Winiffred Willard was licensed by the First Methodist church of Denver. At the time' she was "2,000 miles away in the east, but the enterprising Denverites called a meeting as soon as they heard the news and took action. "The first woman licensed in New England was Mrs. Kate Morrison Cooper, For the past three years she had been pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Portsmouth, R. I. She was licensed June 10. "Ten. days )ater Miss Mabelle H. Whitney was licensed aj Pittsfield, Vt. She was a supply pastor and previously had served as pastor of a Congregational church in Maine. Ten days after that Miss Capitola B. Lochner was licensed by the Proctor ville, Vt.. -M. E. church/ and in a week another Vermont woman, Miss Helen H. Wagner, a public school teacher, was licensed at Nulton." Miss Southard herself uras the seventh woman preacher licensed. "It is not an eusyitask to keep in formed on how many women haVe been licensed," sh^ -said, "when they are being licensed right/along in so many sections." "There is no dotfbt, Miss Southard ilded, that ordination will be granted Methodist women when the next con ference meets in 1924." FOOD DOWN 3 PER CENT. Potatoes and Sugar Off Most—Family Expenses Decrease a Little. By Associated Press. Washington* Nov. 18.—A decrease of 3 per cent in retail food prices in October thruout the United States was noted in statistics on the cost of twenty-one aricles of food, made pub lic today by the /department of labor. Greatest decreases' were in prices of sugar," 24 per cent, and potatoes, 15 per cent. The price of eggs in creased 14 per cent. «V The average family expenditures for the twenty-two articles of food decreased In all the flfty-ofre cities from which monthly prices were tab ulated except Hous/on, Tex.. THREE BLACKS LYNCHED. Georgia Mob Shoots Two Negro Men and One Woman. By Associated Press. Duglasi Ga., Nov. 18 —Two negro men and one negro woman, accused of implication in the killing of Pearly Harper, a young planter of this county, were shot early today by a mob of more than 150 men, who" overpowered Sheriff Tanner and two deputies while they were attempting to get the negroes to Fitzgerald for safekeeping. IOWA BANiKE'R KILLED. Maurice A. Doyle, of Ryan, Dead, Re sult of Auto Accident. By Associated Press. Ryan, Nov. 18.—Maurice A. Doyle, assistant cashier of the Security Trust and Savings Bank, was killed last night when an automobile turn ed over. Dr. W. D. Kehoe, a dentist, was injured seriously. Rudolph Wendllng. driver of the car, nsceived only minor bruises. .. ^fv?^ v^f oenttig PROBERS TO IRELAND PLAN Speakers at Irish Investi gation Deplore Resort to Arms. CONSERVATIVES TALK MODERATION Deplore Widening Rift in Relation* Between English-Speaking People —Commission io Study Advancs- nwntjand Conditions of Irish People in Ireland—Examination of Wit ness^ Begins. By, Associated Press. Washington, Nov. VlS.—"Oiily the direst necessity can justify a ssort to arms for the adjustment of dis putes in Ireland," Frederic C. Howe, chairman of the commission from the committee of 100 investigating^ the Iri^h question, declared today at the opening of the commission's -hearing. He added that the conditions In Ire land have created !and are creating a widening rift in the friendly relations of English-speaking people, not only in America but all over the world. '"What the world needs is peace,'* Mr.. Howe con^'nued. ^St needs an ending of hate. Discussion should re sume ip its ascendancy and reason should displace the employment of force. The orgy of destruction which notar ravishes Ireland is sending its rpperenssions to every corner of the civilizer! world. It can not faft to pof.tpotte indefinitely the return of ordered tranquility to civilization. In addition to (ill this the police life of America as well as Its social pur poses arc profoundly disturbed by the Injection of the Internecine war be tween peoples of our Own flesh and blood." I To Send Mission to Ireland. Mr. jHowe said the commission had determined to send a mijBsIon to Eng land and Ire'and to make an inquiry into conditions. 'It will investigate: killings and disorders," he said, "and also the eco nomic. conditions in Ireland, the ex tent to which the Irish have devel oped a self-contained economic and cultural life, as well as the detent to which the Irish people have evolved their own agencies of self-government during the last few years." Dennis Morgan, of Thurles, Ireland, was the first witness called. He said he was a college teacher in Thurles and that he had been elected chair man of the town council a^ the labor candidate, winnijig over -Sinn Fein and independent candidates. LABOR CLEANING HOUSE. American Federat'on Gets Rid if Fitzpatrick, Foslsr and Others. Washington, Nov. 18.—The execu tive council of the American Federa tion of Labor yesterday ousted John J. Fitzpatrick, president of the Chi cago Federation of Labor, and Wil liam Foster from the committee to unionize the steel workers. Fitzpatrick and Foster directed the strike last year around which clus tered intlmid%taed and outspoken radicalism. Fitapatrick was replaced by M. F. Tighe, recognized labor conserva tive, and Foster by J. C. Brown, also a conservative. It appears that there Is a feeling that the council should deal emphat ically with radicals within their ranks and that conservatism m\ist characterize labor's* leadership, be cause organized labor can not hope to exert great power if its founda tions are weakened by radical doc trines and because the federal ad ministration will be] conservative, There was no indication as means which may be adopted by la bor to reach a common ground with capital on the su'\iect of the radicals. It may be, hOwrver, that pressure against the radicals will I be exerted by refusing sanction of their strikes. Speakers continue to blame capital for autocratic and, in some^ cases, in efficient management, It was said. The council was described, how ever, as tending toward a policy which employers might Indorse, should unemployment compel labor to ask for jobs rather than ask what the employer will pay. A memorial to congress recom mending exhaustive legislatioV to as sist labor during the period of defla tion was partly completed by the ex ecutive council today. 'Among the recommendations were: That all immigration, particularly from southern Europe, be prohibited for a least a year. That penalties be Inflicted upon In dustrial corporations which close their doors or curtail production for the purpose of reducing wages or without sufficient cause. That courts of Industrial arbitra tion be authorized to recognize the principle of trade unionism and the rights of employes to quit en masse when they can not secure redress in any other way. Clinton Carmen Still Out. By Associated Press. Clinton, Nov. 18.—There were no Indications early today of a settle ment of the strike of street railway employes which has completely tied up the internal transportation ^facili ties of the city. Vice President J. B. Wiley, of Des Moines, of the Amalga mated Association of Street and Elec- &. 1 "*w# MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1920. trie Railway Employes, arrived this morning and is in i-onferenee with the striking carmen today. UNION HEAD INDICTED. Brindell Held in $100,000 Bail on Grafting Charge. New York, Nov. 18y—The joint leg islative committee's Investigation in to the "building trust" resulted yes terday in the indictment of Robert P. Prindell, president of the building trades council—one of the highest paid labor leaders in the United States—on Charges of attempting to extort money from contractors by threats of calling strikes. Collective extortion charges ugainst P.rindell, S-'pecial Assistant District Attorney Itiehter declared in appeal ing to the eoprt to place the labor leader under he^avy bail, will aggre gate |1,000.000. After pleading not guilty. Brindell was held a prisoner in the criminal courts building for more than an hour until his counsel could obtain a $100,OQO bail bond. .He was given nine days to amend or change his ple4 or m&ke necessary motions.. The indictment, the second-—re turned by the a/Jditional grand jury handling cases growing out of the lesisl:it'.vo investigation contained 'three counts. In' it Brindell was charged specifically with attempting to extort iT.r.OO from Jacob Fradus, a house wrecker, by threatening tq call a strike on a demolition job unless thednoney{ was paid him. He said he was bankrupted and put out of busi nesk Bfindell. Witnesses said Brindell and his agents referred to the payments from builders as "commission," "eompetv^ sation," "rake-o!T," "our bet," "divvy.'' And'"berries," one "berry" signifying $1,000. He holds a life, contract as busi ness agpnt of the dock builders' union, which has a membership of approximately 4,800, each member of •which "contributes 50 cents a month of which contributes 50 cents a month out of his dues to Bfindell's salary, which from this one union alone is estimated at approximately $30,000 a year. Brindell's rise as a Tabor leader has been phenomenal^ He came to New York less than fen years ago look ing for work, coming from Provi dence, R. I., where he is said to have, been a drug clerk. He first appeared in the local la bor movement As a dick builder, hav inr had previous exp"rience in work in Canada, whe»4 he claimed Invc been a member of.a" Quebec dcck wox^kers' union-nt the age of 1^ BCOZE KILLED ACTRESSES. Rarriey and Thompson Women 'Suc cumbed to Exposure and AIooHol. Chicago, Nov. 18.—The Grant park death mystery entered its* final slag-e last night. The police had rounded up and .questional, ail but one-of the forr, hien who "escorted Miss Xfarie Rah5jM and. Lillian Thompson, actresses-, to the roadway at the east edge of the paHt where tl^eir bodies were f6und early Sunday morning. The three prisoners, who range in age from IS to 20 years, have con fessed. Their names are: Harris .Tory,onsen, son of Mrs. C, H. Jorgen,«on. 4828 Magnolia avenge, a mechanic in Clark's parage, Broad way and Lawrence kvenue. Lawrence Jorgensen,/ boatswain's mate stationed at Camif Lucee, Great Lakes N^val Training station, a brother" bfHarris. Marcus Brumberg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eli H. Brumberg of ^19 Sher idan road. The eld&r -Brumberg is a baker at 3819 Broadway. The fourth ltyember of the auto, lake boat cook of the name of Mc Carthjv^is being souaht. Th^clearlng up of the mystery thru the three confessions .hrought forth these revelations- That the Women found dead In Grant Park were Intoxicated before they met the automobile party on Saturday night. That previous to their desertion in the park they had been attacked by jj/L least two members of the auto party. That -they died *of alcoholic ex haustion and exposure. That apparently they had lost or spent £he $90 intrusted to them by their consorts, Meek and McCarthy, 'before meeting the men witjv whom they took their last wild auto ride. That the deep cut on the hand of the Thompson woman c^me from a broken wine bottle from which she had been drinking, and was not re ceived during a struggle, as had been thought. The (|onfessions of Harris Jorgen sen and the Brumberg boy have born foidnd tp agree in every detail. The statement of Lawrence Jorgensen, however, contained map things de nied by the other two. Art. three state ments have been.*compared, and will be checked up. Bolstering the story of the young men that they had not given the women "doped" \VMskey, or caused their death in any other criminal manner, was the statement of Coron er's Chemist ?-*cXar.v. who after a thr4e day ana'y-Ms announced death had come to the women in each case from alcoholilx-e"liaustion oning.' and pois SUGAR DROPS AGAIN. Reaches New Low Price of 9'/2 Cents in Chicago. Chicago. Nov. 18.—With sugar resiching a new low price of W/s cents a pound as compared with the maxi mum a year ago of 30 cents, a new milestone in the record of declining prices was reached yesterday. There were less spectacular price reductions In nearly all food com-, modifies, but a straight cut of 17 per cent in the retail of rolled oats aided the household provisioning per spective. Twenty-ounce packages. Which have retailed at 18 to 19 cents, will sell at 15 and 16 cents. Recent decline in oat prices brought the cut, after a steady increase since 1918. Clothing prices, more radically cut than most of the necessities, have reached a stable basis, according to announcement by the National Asso ciation of Retail Clothiers. English-Russian Trade to Be Pushed. By Associated Press. London, Nov. 18.—Premier Lloyd George stated in the house of com- $ inons today that the cabinet had de cided that a draft of an agreement to carry out the July arrangements for trade with Russia should be prepared and he hoped it would be ready for submission to the Russkin govern ment within a.-few days. TO INVESTIGATE ST. LOUIS. Senate Committee Ready to ^ook I in By Associated Press. St. Louis, Nov. 18.—The senate committee touring (the country inves- lighting housing and reconstruction problems today was prepared to go into the local situation. Contractors and construction engineers were ready to furnish the committee with data on conditions here and. it was said, would offer recommendations for bringing about an improvement. ^St. Louis said the building Industry here has not recovered from the victual suspension necessitated by the war. It has been hampered also by strikes and the car shortage, they said. Senator Calder, of New York, Is chairman of the investigating com mittee. AUTO HITS LIVE WIRE. Three Persons Electrocuted in Pe culiar Accident in Wisconsin. By Associated Press. Sturgeon Bay, Wis., Nov. 18.— Three persons were electrocuted here at 7:80 o'clock last night when their automobile plunged over a bridge and struck an electric wire carrying 23,000 volts. The dead are: Miss Louise Land eris, 21 years old, a school teacher of Gardner. Wis. Arthur Delwiche, 27, dfciver of the machine, and Clements Denil, 22. also of Gardner. SELF-RULE WANTED BY INDIAN RACE Sooiety of American Indians Asks Appointment of One of Their Race as Commissioner of Indians Affairs —Want Better Educational Facty ties—Would Reopen Institute. By Associated Press. St. Lotiis, Nov. 18.—Resolutions urging the appoiritment of a mem ber of their race as commissioner of Indian affairs and advocating In creased educationaf facilities for Indians who are wards of the gov ernment were prepared 5r introduc tion at the nlntb annual conference of the ^Society of American Indians 4iere today. t-. Delegates asserted that as long as the lagans are under the supervision of the goWrnmenc their Interest Would ,be best served by having one of their own people in charge of the office of Indian affairs, explaining he would be better acquainted with their needs. ,' The resolution on education urged that either Carlisle Institute be re opened or that another school fur nishing equal facilities be estab lished. The annual election Is shed uled late this afternoon. The con ference willj end Saturday. TWO WORKMEN KILLED. Steel Frame Collapses, Burying Many Beneaih Debris. By Associated Press. Indianapolis, Nov. 18.—Fifty work men engaged in erecting the steel frame of a three-story building at the Emmerich manual training high school here were burled .beneath the mass of steel when .the frame col lapsed today while they were at work. Two persons are known tJ' have been killed and thirty were in jured. Two Indictments in "Building Trust." By Associated Press. New York, Nov. 18.—Two new in dictments charging orime as a result of the investigation of the "building trust" here were returned by the ad ditional grand jury here today. The names of those indicted or the of fenses charged were not made public. 7 Today's News Index 7 The Weather. Sun rises Nov. 19 at 6:45 sets at 4:45. Iowa—Generally fair tonight and Friday warmer Friday and In north west portion tonight. Range of temperature at Marshall town: Wednesday, 42 and 20 Tues day, 36 and 13 Nov. 17, 1919. 43 and 30. At 7 this morning, 29 yesterday, 20. PAGE ONE. Telegraphic News: Amazing Confession in Mail Rob bery. Farmers Order Grain Strike. Harding Pleads For Simple Life. Commission to Investigate Ireland. PAGES TWO AND THREE. Iowa News: Nelson Wants to Atone For Crime. Sentiment For One Session Only. Clark Sees No Breakers Ahead. PAGE FOUR. Sports News ."jnd Story: "Doing It For the Kids." Notable Figure Quits Baseball. The Substitute Millionaire. PAGE SIX Editorial: 1 An Invitation to Thieves. Let Everybody Help Huff. The Business Field. PAQES SEVEN, EIGHT, fjINE.TEN AND ELEVEN. City News: Mr. and Mrs. Ray E. Jarrett Found Dead. Mystery Surrounds Cause of Death. Factories Laying Off Employes. Urges Newspaper Advertising. Italian Boys Confess Robbery. Train Kills Aged Man, PAGE TWELVE. Markets and General: Sharp Rally in Wheat. Corn Touches Low Level. Hogs (Sell Lower. ff* CALLS STRIKE National Society With 800 000 Members Issues Call. URGED AS STEP IN RJjTALIAT'^ Ail Local Branches of National Farm ers Union Asked to Withhold Pro ducts From Market Until Higher Prices Are Forced—Association In cludes Growers of Grains, Cotton, Wool and Live Stock. By Associated Press. Kansas City, Nov. 18.—A nation wide producers strike to combat the falling prices of farm products was urged in a call sent out today by the National Farmers Union to its local unions thruout the country, repre senting producers of grain, cotton, wool and live stock said to number 800,000. N The proposed strike was urged in retaliation for what the convention considered abnormal deflation in prices of, farm products, thru which it was asserted American farmers have been robbed of $1,000,000,000 in x'educed. value of products now on hand. All farmers wejre appealed to to hold this year's production from the market "until profit-making 'levels" were restored. The action of the^National Farmers Union was in line with a "wheat strike" called several weeks ago 'by the Wheat Growers Association of the United -States. Delegates asserted a considerable quantity^of this year's wheat crop was being held off the market by farmers. Threaten Reduced Production. Reduction of production in the fu ture was threatened "unless the priced of *ur products are fairly re adjusted TO the end that we may bb- tain just returns for our labors and investments," in another resolution approved by the convention. Officials of the organization poin ted out that the meArbers were not under obligations to obey the terms of the strike., but expressed the be lief that such a movement would be effective. A conference of representatives of all farmer organizations of tl»e coun try was called to meet in St. Louis Dec. 16 to consider'the creation of a national farm-marketing board. The resolutions calling for the strike were adopted in executive ses sion last evening and announced later by officers of the organization. Adoption was preceded by consider able discussion, officials said. Not Seeking Corner. Concerning the St. Louis meeting to create a national farm marketing board Charles S. Barrett, of Union City, Ga., who was elected president of the union for the fifteenth con- secutive time, said today1 "The purpose of the meeting is" not to form or create a corner but vto find a reasonable, rational way to market our products. The urban population should welcomte such a step, as it is the unstability of the market that has cause^ inflated prices for them." Other resolutions adopted at the executive session, officials said today, included one urging strict enforce ment of the Immigration laws and deportation of aliens seeking to over throw the government. Legislation for the recall of United States senators and representatives also was \irged. The meeting here will conclude late today. NO ^STRIKE" IN IOWA. Farm Federation Officials Take More Conservative Attitude. By Associated Press. Chicago, Nov. 18.^Advice to farm ers to curtail production activities and wait for price readjustment was given in statements made today by J. R. Howard, president of the Am erican Farm Bureau Federation, and C. W. Hunt, of Iowa Farm Bureau Federation. They declared that the market price of many farm products was below the cost of production, and while not contemplating a farm ers' strike, urged producers to "slow down" until prices adjust them selves. "Prices are frightfully low," Mr. Howard said. "All farm products have declined In price, the average arrived at this week approximately T6 per cenL The farmer doesnt think he ought to take a 72 per cent reduc tloiyand be compelled to buy cloth ing and farm machinery at a 15 per cent reduction. When 'other com modities come down to our firoducts we will go ahead with production. "We believe there is no Irreat sur plus of foodstuffs. Wheat this year is umler production. Oats are normal. There is an" overproduction ^f rice and t-orn. hut nil meats are short. .It is a matt'-r of adjustment and supply and demand.'' No Strike in Iowa. M~. Hunt declared that the Sowa federation did not contemplate a strike and was not in favor of one. He gave figures showing that the cost of production was more than the market price in several cases. Wheat, which, he said, cost SI.88 a bushel to produce, was selling at about $1.50, and corn costing the farmer about $1 was selling at 50 to 60 cents. "Prices are too iow," Mr. Hunt de- .-x Reported Treaty On Mexico Denied By Washington By Associated Press. Mexio^ City, Nov. 1«.—The text^of a treaty alleged to have been signed in Washington in May, 1917, by the United (States, .Great Britain anl anoe, outlining their course of ac jn In Mexico and South \America, as published this morning by La ranguajc!la, a newspaper reoentlv es tablished support former Minister of the Treasury Luis Cabrera. The Important olauses of treaty, according to the newspaper,' provided for recognition of the Monroe doctrine by Great Britain and France and priority for United States rights in Mexico. England agreed not to permit Japan to ac quire territory in Central or South America or on the Pacific ocean. Extensive 'provisions were made for the development of the Tartaplco oil tlelds for the benefit of the three nations. La Vanguardla asserts, evep tp the extent of furnishing troop^ in'case such action should be neces«arj/ to provide a continuous flow of qll, the United States agree ing to the priority of English rights to 'such fuel supplies. "In case Japan objects the United and British fleets are to unite against the 'orientals," says the news* paper*! version of the alleged treaty. The United States may acquire control ol the Mexican railroads and, if necessary, extend its territorial ex pansion to the Panama canal." La Vang^uardia says that the text of the treatyTas published by*lt, is an* authenticated copy ..obtained in the United States from an unnamed source. Not So, Says Washington. By Associated Press. Washinirton, Nov. 18.—Under Sec retary Davis, of the state department, denied today that the United States, Great Britain and France had en tered into any treaty outlining their course of action in Mexico and Souttv America, as alleged by La Van guardia, a Mexico City newspaper. State department officials said a similar report regarding an alleged treaty between the three countries had been circulated In Mexico City dn last Oct. 8, and that the Mexican minister of foreign afTalrs on that occasion had specifically denied tl report. clared. "We think the farmers ought to slowf down until there is a price adjustment. No one is suffering no one is in want of food products. The farmer is willing to take a loss, but he- can't lose it all. _. -J "The market Is showing some re sponse already, y&nd in sixty days there ought to be a readjustment in market prices. The Iiwa -bankers are willing to go with us and work with the farmers, and we look for more favora/ble conditions soon," T^KTILE OUTPUT OUT HALF. Majority of Mills in East Cutting Down Working Forces. Boston, Mass., Nov. 18.—Curtail ment of production, which began some months ago In New England textile industries employing 300,000 operative^, has reached a point where 7»the total output is less than one-half that of one year ago, according to a fcanvass today of the great mill cen ters. In some instanoes the curtailment runs as high as 80 per cent. A few mills have shut down entirely. The majority have adopted a working schedule of three or four days a week. Mills that continue in operation on full time with full crews are excep tional. Thus far, only Isolated announce ments of wage reductions have ap peared and those have been for the most part In small mills where oper atives have been presented the choice of a 10 per cent wage Sut or a shut down, the manufacturers finding themselves "unable to continue busi ness under the former wkge expense." In only one of the big textile mills now operating, that df the» Lawrence Manufacturing Company in Lowell, known as the largest hosiery plant in the world, has there been a wage cut. The mill recently resumed pro duction after a shutdown with a wa&e reduction of from 20 to 33 per cent. The agreement reached at Fall River after several conferences be tween cotton manufacturers' and operatives' committees providing for a continuance of the present scale of wages, the highest In the history of the Industry, has been greeted with much Interest In union labor circles as an Indication possibly of the at titude than manufacturers In other districts may take, regardless of the depressed market conditions and the general curtailment of the working schedule. PRESIDENT'S HEALTH BETTER. Ending of Suspense Over Election Outcome Helps Executive. By Associated Press. Washington, Nov. 18.—President Wilson's hea|th was said today by White House officials, to have shown Improvement since the election and the consequent removal of the anxiety shown by the president over the- decision of the electorate. Despite the cold weather. Mr. Wil son spends a portion of each day on the south portico of the White House. Ho also is devoting much to public business and to the preparation of his annual message to congress. MEXICANS BANISH GRJNGOES. ^Strikers al: Mont Oova Order Am ericans to Leave Country. By Associated Press. Laredo, Tex., Nov. 18.—Striking Mexican coal miners who seized the mines at Mont Clova, district of Co ehuila, yesterday, have notified all Americans to leave the district, ac cording to reports reaching the United States consular office Neu va, Laredo, today.. Weather For Iowa: Generally Fair TV Warmer Friday, Boy Confesses and Exoner ates Brother Vho Had Confessed. PART OF STOLEN MAIL DESTROYED Contents of Five of Sacks, Contain ing Thousands of Dollars in Cash and Bonds, Burned When Youthful Thieves Become Fearful of Arrest Four Sacks Still Missing—Phil lips' Remarkable Story. Specal to Times-RepuMlcan. Council Blurfs. Nov. 18.—The third confession In (the $3,600,000 mall car robbery here Saturday night' was made to local investigators here late last night when Orville Ph/llips, 17 years old,, younger brother of Merl Phillips, who alfeady has confessed. told the agents that he and Fred E. PofTenbarger./W, also in custody, did the job and that his brother &erl had nothing to do with the rohhery. Merl, who already has confessed to standing guard on the locomotive, did not take a part In the robbery and made his confession in an effort to save and protect* according to the story of Orville. Orville gave himself up to save his brother, who was per juring himself to save him. Merl knew of the plans of Poffenbarger and Orville, according to Orville, and was on the engine to afford them pro tection, he said. A third man helped rob thenar and was outside In the auto when Poffen bargrer and Orville threw out the sacks, but. no amount of grilling on «ie part of the officials so far has Drought oot the identity of the third man or what beearii* "of'hltn. Orville gave himself up after he* had learned that his brother and Poffenbarger were under arrest and that hfs brother had not only In ch-iminated himself tout was sticking to his story In a way that has caused wonder on the part of the officials. Does Some Tall Lylng Merl had told every kind of a story In the world to shield his brother. even to giving fake descriptions of persons supposed to have taken part in the case, and identifying an inno cent person, Frank Williams, in Omaha, as one of the men who as sisted in the robbery .v He gave the name of Ray Roberts, Frank Wil liams and a score of others as the persons who assisted him. -At times he expanded his story to include his entire family, then contracted it to his original recitation. When the questioning became too hot for him he simply hung his head and refused to talk. Poffenbarger was nearly as good. He told much the same storjr as Phillips, but cleverness of the in vestigators succeeded in breaking down the yarns to such an extent that Orville thought best to give him self up. Who the third man is Orville has not told publicly. Poffenbarger has not, neither has Merl, so far as can be learned. Today the boys are be ing grilled in an effort to learn'the identity of the other men and the location of the four stolen sacks not yet recovered. Four Sacks Still Missing. What has become of the other sacks the boys say they don't know. Officials are questioning them in the belief that they do know. None of the bonds have been recovered. The boys say they have been burned, and they were not in the sacks recovered. Another phase of the sensational, spectacular: and wierd story whic^, unless contradicted by subsequent developments, will stand as one »of the most amazing modern incidents In crime, Is the continued effort of Merl Phillips to save his brother. Merl. when he first learned .of the plans of his brother and associates to rob the mall' train labored with them to give up their wild plans, but to no avail: and finally, finding that nothing he could do would swerve them from their purpose, he decided to stay with them and see if he could not as a last resort protect them from being discovered and caught in the act of robbing the mail car. Finally, when he saw that all was lost and that it was but a question of time when his brother would be caught, Merl almost verged upon the act of surrendering himself In order to act as a shield for his brother,, and then he was arrested and grilled, and for hours and hours was not permit- ^ji| ted to get a wink of sleep in the ef fort to force a confession from him. He smiled and held his counsel or dove into an angle that took the ex perienced government men on another of the numerous blind pas sages In which Merl led them. Almost equally dramatic Is the surrender of Orville Phillips, whose brotherly affection and regard was aroused by the efforts which Merl V'as making on his behalf. -..v '^i| ^1 a A I NUMBER 275 -41 U-' .41 «il vM Stolen Mall Burned. 5~s&'4? Five of the mall sacks were re covered late yesterday afternoon after Orville had revealed their whereabouts to the officials. Four were in the north enf of Bpoon Lake*, under the Jcf}, *jkPTed into an ordi nary mall sack. The other was lo cated fn An outftotise In Cochwnr park. The sacks were empty. The boys say they burned the contents when they became afraid of detection, but so far have not made public 'the amount of the stuff they burned, if