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IH '1 ' TODAY'S METAL PRICES " ' gt itX & B V i KT 'Vlf f j w ath-p Yn V, I Hfl 1 NEW YORK-Copper 1894c; iron ajid antimony un,' , W I Jj, j fm 4 V" "4 . Voight and Friday" fair;-riot muSi chageTn"' changed; .eadr.zsc; zinc a82c r FEARLESS INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE NEWSPAPER' . j IHlj Fiftieth Year-No. 1 Price Five cents OGDEN CITTrUTI TlTURSDAY EVENING' JANUARY 1, 1920 LAST EDITION 4 TTm! 9K ' &-AJ v A4fe i4M A444 ' . .i . . , . 1 MNJIPT l fli Pres. Wilsoia Attaches Hi Signature to Sugar BI B ' Before Midnight HI . WASHINGTON, Jan- 1 President i Bfc Wilson has signed the McNary bill j Hjf continuing the United States sugar Hh equalization board through 1920. It r. was,, announced today at the White' Hr House that his signature had been al-j IHjl tached before midnight last night j 1 i Secretaiy Tumulty in making the' HBft jt; announcement, issued this statement: Mlar? "The president has signed the sugar i 1: control bill. The bill confers discre-j Hflf tion on the president in ihe matter joU HB purchaaing sugar from Cuba. It is HKf ' doubtful whether it will be practicable , Hw or ise or tue president to exercise HH the power carried so far as the pur-' He chase and distribution of sugar arcj HH concerned. IK Some of the Cuban sugar has al-j HH ready been purchased and there is noj HHf central control over sugar in Cuba as' there was last year and it might there-. Hi! be impossible for the government to HHk step in and purchase the sugar without ; II increasing the price to the consumer.! Hi The- bill, however, continues the licens- j Ik ing power also and this power may be! IV used to assist in controlling the profi-i II teering among distributors. Much Cu II ban sugar is coming in now and thej IB indications are that prices have II reached their peak and that there will i I' be a tendency for prices to fall in ,the H? next few weeks. I IH on i ' II YEAR'S Oil! f IS' fUT ONE i kimmmm I WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. New Year's, day was quietly observed here today. In official circles there was the usual round of social functions although at the White House there was no formal celebration because of the illnees of the president. Secretary of State Lnnsing and Mrs. Lansing were the hosts at a luncheon for the diplomatic corps and receptions were held by Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Dan iels, Secretary of War and Mrs. Baker and Assistant Secretary of War and Mrs. Crowell. ! (Messages to the nation were issued last night by Vice President Marshall and several members of the cabinet in all of which was expressed a note of optimism for the coming year. DRY NEW YEAR IN ST. LOUIS. fi I ST. LOUIS. Jan. 1. St. Louis' Now Fear's eve celebration was said to lave been the "dryest" in its history .virile dining rcorns of hotels and cafes ivero crowded, most of the revelers contented themselves with cider. Some, however, brought their own , liquor and were charged "corkage." I There was only a little noise and but llfcw Inebriate persons were seen. If 7 CLEMENCEAU TAKING REST. 7 PARIS, Jan. 1. (Havns.) Premier j Clemenceau left Paris last evening for I t Var, southeastern Fi-ance, where he . I will spend a few days. oo 1 1 A&44A,A.444AAA. if 1 P DEMAND FOR AUTOMOBILES. 1 ' H' I fc WINNIPEG, Jan. 1. The de- mand for automobiles in the prov- I f inccs is so great that American I O factories will be unable to meet , f $ the demand for 1920 cars, accord- J ing to local dealers today, It Jn 1 0 estimated that Canada will spend itflj f I ?10,000,000 for automobiles dur- lfTatv,M O Ing the year. BI r FACE h Wffl BeOpenSeasM for' , Radicals, Says Attomeyj ; General j I WASHINGTON, Jvn. 1. The year 1 1920 will bo an "open season" for bol jshovists, anarchists and kindred radi cals who are in this country with the jidea of overthrowing the government, iln a statement published today Attor ney General Palmer nnnounced that ! the policy of the department of justice in dealing with the "red" menace dur ing the coming year will be one of i i "unflinching, persistent and aggres-j Islve waflfare against ts-class.cof-J fenders. No qnnrter will be shown, he declared, and every moveraont : 'aimed at the government, no matter! i how it is cloaked, will be dealt with j sternly. I The attorney general declared that I agents of the department had ireced i directly to this clement 75 per cent of' ! the unrest in the country. Acquaint- J ances with the doctrines of the "reds" ' Mr. Palmer said, was the most forcible method of ending thoir activities, and he urged the American people In the : interest of law and order, peace and (happiness and the maintenance of na I tional solidarity to study the full 'meaning of the radical Idea and to counteract it through tho teaching of Americanism in the press, the church, the school and labor organizations. The bolshcvist movement does not represent the radicalism of progress, Mr. Palmer declared, but introduces j dictatorships by force and violence and is distinctly a criminal and dis-1 honest scheme instead of a movement of liberty-loving persons. "Lenlne, himself, it is proved, raado the statement that 'among every hun dred bolshevists there is ono real bol shevlst, thirty-nine criminals and six ty fools.' And in Russia's experiment, wo find, the dictatorship of the prole tariat after two years of wasteful con sumption of accumulated stocks, still are promising the peasants peace, bread and land. The dictatorship of the proletariat has degenerated into a miliLary dictatorship of a subsidized' aud corrupt portion of the proletariat.'' . Acquaintance with tho doctrino of t the "reds" Mr. Palmer Baid, was the most forcible method of ending their activities in this country. He urged thov American people, in the Interests of law and order, peace and happiness and Mho maintenance of national soli darity, to study the full- meaning of the 'red' idea and to counteract it through tho teaching of Americanism i in tho press, the church, tho school land labor organizations." AMERICAN BUSINESS OUTLOOK. WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. American business feols anxious over what the future holnsthe federal reserve board announced in its view of December business conditions. The continued ad vance in prices, the reduction in pro duction, and the high cost of living, j are regarded aa a commercial monace. j Although the retail trade showed great activity and wholesalers and manufacturers are piled with orders, the growth in business, the report said, was in dollars and not in pro duction. High priced laber refuses to work regularly and demands short hours with the consequent falling off In production. Uncertainty as todevolopments of the next three month is retarding ex pansion in trade, tho report added, and cautious manufacturers were said to bo inclined not to comlmit themsolves far Into tho future. Labor unrest showed some abate ment during the month, but the idle ness of workmen was Considered a greater problem than ' systematic strikes. The housing congestion is expected to be relieved by the increase in con struction, whih tiie reportpredlcted, would be eliminated by a decrease in the value of raw sites. CREDIT MEN WARN PEOPLE. NEW YORK, Jan. 3. Tle entire industrial stmcture of the nation will" UANSEY PROSECUTOR Prosecutor Edmund C. Gasklll of Atlantlc-co. N. J.. Is handling the Dansey case for the state, and has Intimated that the killing of lltt'e Billy was premeditated. topple if prices continue to advance, J. H. Tregoe, secretary of tho National Association of Credit Men said In a statement to members of that organiza tion. When PViCQShihp. ad-. -vancdo- "beyond ir cerTBfiifWe' explained, the salaried class will quit buying and production will fall off. "Economies must be exercised, ex travagant buying must be crushed, waste must be reduced," Mr. Tregoe warned, "so thnt the cost of produc tion may represent necessary' items alone and the strain on production bo brought within the limits of comfort able living and its prime necessities." Ho added that unrest could be largely "healed by the application of the Gold en Rule." COMMERCIAL OUTLOOK FOR 1920. WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. (By tho As sociated Press.) Secretary Alexander, of the dopartmont of commerce, sums up the commercial outlook for 1920 aG follows: "The closing yeor witnessed a fabul ous growth of American foreign com merce. Our trade balance for 1919 will be approximately four billions. A great fleet of merchant ships, new in dustries, new sources of supply and increased knowledge of our resources, are some of tho assets gained from our war experience. Before the war we were engaged for the most part in tho development of our own business, with little serious thought of extension of our activities into world markets, and we wore loo indlfferont as regards our position of inferiority on the high seas. Today we are awake as nover before. The pride of ante-bellum days is revived and we look to see our flag at the masthead of an American mer chant ship in every important seaport of the world, carrying American goods wherever markets may bo found. Abnormal Conditions Passing. "Abnormal conditions, wo hope, are passing. Tho tremondous increase in the exports of tho war period, rnado up largely of military supplies and the still greater exports of the months fol lowing the war, in which food stuffs figured largely, may not contlnuo in definitely. These tremondous figures havo brought satisfaction to all but give grave concern to those who look forward to 1920. The exchange situa tion in 'Europe is a grave problem and is so uncomfortable for foreign buyers as to necessitate in somo cases gov ernment restriction on buying. If wo would continue our foreign trade at its present high level there must be a freer and fuller exchange of commodities and a largo extension of credit to European buyers. So Jet us look for a condition in which buy ing and selling will be of profit to both sides. On that basis we may build a commercial structure on a firm found ation. "It is too much to expect that nor mal conditions for which we all are so impatient should como within the 14 months sinco the signing of the armistice. Existing conditions are not unliko those following other wars, only the problems are of greater proportions and more complex. Our democratic situation is not free from difficulty. Let us hope that in the year 1920 there will bo less social unrest that produc tion will increase and living costs bo gradually reduced and that by in telligent co-operation and unselfish re gard for the public welfare our national prosperity may continue." oo TYPEWRITERS IN HOUSE. LONDON. Dec 16. Typewriters have Just been put Into use for the, first time in the house of commons jjress gallery, but over the protests 6r a minority, of older members CHICAGO Police and Detectives, Watch Cdebrators j Drink Liquors j CHICAGO. Jen. 1. Chicago's younr? husky New Year, nursed last night on hip pocket bottles, showed no signs of being as dry as congress nnd the su premo court lind forecast. Cafes became cafotcrlac last night an'l serve yourself service apparently pro- vlded adequate to produce all the tradl- tional joys of the New Yqar welcome. j tlife fltreiit'nvont by nboarclK" Hip pock et flocks were fashionable, but thirstier ones transported '.their select private 3tocks to downtown- eating places In 3Ult cases, baskets, golf bags, unil In one case even a trunk was used. Chief Garrlty Is Glad Police threats of enforcement of th-i drnsilc search law failed of execution. Glum faced detectives assigned to watelt the downtown cafes, stood idly by and with envious eye watched thq contrabnnd J liquor disappear. Chief Garrlty. who earlier In Die day had announced the law would be enforced, made the rounds at midnight and In a'j.. famous downtown hotel delivered a short spscch to 'the revelers. '" "I am glad to see everybocy Is having such a good time," ho said. On the streets tho merry revelers were as numerous a3 ever Inthc early evening. Armed with horns, whistles, gay cap and confetti they prepared to greet the Ncir Year, but a driving snowstorm and rapid ly falling mercury soon drovo the major, ity to cover. oo Prince William to far Mexico Mow M High Seas MEXICO CITY, Wednesday, Dec. 31. Prince William, second son of the king of Sweden, is scheduled to arrive in Mexico soon,. and will visit Mexico City and other municipalities through out this country, according to tele graphic advices received hero last' night. mThc present whereabouts of the prince'is not stated definitely, but the text of the tolegrams infer that he Is now on tho high sens. ': GONGALES TO ANNOUNCE POLICY. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., .Jan. 1. The platform upon which General Pablo Gonzales will seek election as presi dent of Mexico will be announced by General Gonzales in a speech ho will make today at the Iris1- theatre in Mexico City before a meeting held un der the auspices of the. Gonzalistas club of Mexico, according to tolc-i graphic advices reaching hero last night from Mexico City. . oo ' ARMY STOCKS DESTROYED. . v NANTES, Jan. 1. Vast sheds, housing American army stocks on St, Anne island near tho state 4- railroad station, wore ' destroyed -f 4- by fire last night with their con- tents. uu t FUNERAL FOR OSLER. t BALTIMORE, Md., Jan. 1. Impronslvo service in honor of tho late Sir William Osier wilt be hold in Old St. Paul's Protestant Epis- copal church hero this afternoon at the same hour thnt tho funeral O services for the famous physician will, b) hold at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, England. 4- Authorities Watch for Resells f Mew Year's Eve Revels CHICAGO. Jan. 1 Authorities througn out the country today gravely awattcJ reports from New Year's cvo revels for confirmation or refutation of their pre dictions that the wave of deaths from wood alcohol poisoning which took a toll of approximately 125 lives during the Christmas holidays, would be! repeated. Early today thqrc. was sllgli d-Vldanctj ,S3toTTOhfta"TT6wwiJroiI ttfu by Knowledge gained of the effects of drinking outlaw1! Hc'uor. The more pessimistic official.? pointed out. howovcr, that it probably would require a full day for tho serious consequences generally to become ap parent. Chlcopce, Mass., nnd the Connecticut valley with 50 deaths today still led a'l localities that suffered from the Christ mas flood of fake whisky. In Chicago 32 doaths attributable to wood alcohol poisoning had occurred since December J. according1 to Peter M. Hoffman, Cook county coroner. Federal Officers Bu6y Fully awakened to the dangers of con suming tho poisonous beverage, city, state and federal officers from Now York to San Francisco today wero directing thofr efforts toward eliminating sales of the liquid. Several states' attorneys an nounced their intention to ask for death penalties for venders of the poison if murder Indictments wero obtained. In New York, San Francisco, Chicago. Momphis. Tenn.; New Haven. Con.: and a number of other cities alleged sellers of the poisonous liquor wero under arre.-i-. Whisky substitutes Intended for Nov Year's celebrators at San Francisco con tained crude oil, embalming fluid, oil of peppermint and oil of carmine, chemical analysis revealed. Death Toll Seventeen. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 1. Thlr tyflve mon were under arrest in Con necticut today as a result of tho in vestigation of federal, stnto and city officials into the wave of fatalities caused by drinking poison whisky, The death toll in the state was seventeen. ROME, Jan- 1. Now Year's day was celebrated In Italy with almost the same ceremonies as Christmas, hore bofng a general exchange of presents, with dinners and other social affairs. The king received tho high digni taries of state at the Quirinal palace, beginning with the wearors of the An nunziata collar, who rank as his cous ins. Tho members of the cabinet, the senators, deputies and other officials followed. The diplomatic corps will bo received by the king and queen Friday evening. oo MEXICAN CONGRESS ADJOURNS. MEXICO CITY, Dodnesday, Dec. 31. Tho Mexican congress, which has been in regular session since early in Septombor, adjourned slno dip tonight. In the senate, government adlierents elected n majority of both tho perma nent legislative commission and tho body which will havo charge of tho in stallation of membors of tho next con gress which will meet September 1, 1920. AMERICAN MUNITIONS BURNED. NANTES, France, Jan. 1. (Havas.) Barracks containing large sloctts ol American army munitions were de stroyed by fire here last nigbj LIVING IN LONDON SINCE HER DIVORCE 5 The princessjf Pless. who j ! was Miss Daisy Cornwallis ! West, has 'secured n, divorce,-, "J i .slncelhe. wariand hat5returjD1edUttiut f'Sto-tondon.' Sfie''is fArfkiHgfier home wiCh her sister, the re j cently divorced Duchess of , Westminstor. Several sons of ! the princess sorvod In the Ger j man, array during til& wdr. One j j of. the many rumors concerning j j tho Princess of Pless, current j during the war, was to the ef ' feet that sh'e had been divorced ! in London, and shot as a spy in the Tower of London. trail! ! MM HE I I YELLOW FEVER i I . ' 1 ST. LOUIS, Mo.. Jan. 1. Science i has not yet discovered p. preventative jof epidemic diseases,- however a serum1 ; is being formulated that may eradicato yellow" fever, according to delegates attending tho convention of the Amer ican Association for tho Advancement of Science, in session here':. Warning was issued by the delegates against influenza, spinal mouingitis ' and infantile paralysis. ! Dr. Simon Flexner of the Rockefeller: instituto for medical rcseai-ch, and 'president of the association, explained that scientists were progressing In thoir fight on cancer, saying that med ical research was "gradually ' getting into a position of strategic superiority" in its attacks on this malady. "It seems possible that yellow fever may be the first disease to be eradi cated by science," ho continued. "It is insect bone by a particular kind of mosquito. Dr. Noguchl. a Japanese scientist, is working-on a serum that may rid the human race of this af fliction." no Freush Factories Restm&ig. Work . . in -the North J i LILLE, Jan. 1. Production has been reached in about one-half tho factories of northern Franco where the oue break of the war paralyzed industries and where battles raged for four years. Figures examined today by the cor respondent of the Associated" Press, who is visiting the war zono undor tho special dispensation of tho govern ment, showed that In this region 30 000 plants employing ..S0O.O0O workers wero razed by gunfire, looted or badly disorganized. Officials consider tho work done during the last year as very credita ble as tho period between November 11, when tho armistice was signed, and the period of Mnrch was occupied by the authorities in getting ready for operations. oo LONDON, Dec. 16. In tho past raonth there havo been 871 prosecu tions In England on charges of prof iteering in food supplies. Convictions were obtained in 861 cases and fines aggregating ?20,000 have boon imposed. Liquors Flow Freely and - H Revelers Stay (M Until Ihvm H NEW YORK, Jan. 1. Celebration of. the advent of the New Year continue-2 until dawn in the hotel3 and restaurant along tho "Great While Way," lie rev ck ra taking advantage of what they con- sldored the last opportunity to eclebniti In the- htlnriou3 mimcndltfbnal to AorkJrv r i , rDroa'dv;-ay fremi rnidn'cht 'until nearly morning were cfcuol in else and spirit '.o those of former yea;-.. H While unnumbered thousands naral -l the thoroughfare with all sorts of no're makers, others, who with forcsightcdne.-s' had 'purchased stoqks of wine and liquors IH before July I. were making merry In lh" IH hotels and restaurants. IH Much of the liquid refreshment was enc iH in advance by truck and llmour-ino aU reservations for the night had been mad" iH A heavy profit through "corkage" nni jH "cooling" charges was reaped. jH Orderly Crowds on Streets Crowds on the streets while not lai'n- jH ing In exuberance, wore" moro crdcii. jH than In former yoprs. Two thou&m.l police officers who lined Broadway fro: i jH Thirty-third street nnd Cohmihui Circle. raid thy had little to do and few arres ; were made. jH The celebration wash not confined o jH -Incs r of merriment; The chimes of jH I hundreds' of churches rang out as of Kl jH I at midnight, while thousands of whistle-; ' shrieked an accompaniment. Many thou .ands attended watch night meetings In Ihe churches. A chorus' of 1.S00 voir, a sang at Madison Square garden, while a ' pageant was presented H Theatres wore crowded beyond capacity jH notwithstanding the fact that most of thr , larger houses had doubled tho price of admission. It was estimated that the box office receipts totalled $300,000. Two roo: garden.'; charged $11 a seat for thcU' !H midnight shows. ,H Notable Event of Day. ROME, Jan. 1. The most notable event o the clay was the address of Camille JBarrere. the French ambassa dor, during, a recaption to the French colony, at which he siid he bad never -H practiced "what is described' as secret diplomacy. Ho hoped- ho would never I commit such a sin, he .declared. 'H Brazil to Receive I 3,111 Germans and I Pay Steamer Fares BERLIN. Monday. Dec. 30. Brazil is ready to receive 3000 German agrl cultural workers and pay their steam er fares on Brazilian ships from Aras tordam, according to reports current throughout Germany. - Tho Vorwaerts says that Brazil has offered to advance the fare on cendi tion that it be repaid when the iniini grants aro established. GREAT FIRE RAGING. BUENOS AIRES, Wednesday, Dec. 31. A firo thirty miles in width in thit neighborhood of San German, a town on the line between Buenos Aires pro vinco and the Pampa territory, has been extinguished. Six hundred acres of wheat were destroyed. It.Uj, believed to have been sot by agitators. fin RIVER SEINE FLOODED. .O JM . PARTS, Jan. 1. The flood in O tho Seine has rison nearly three feot more and the depth of the O IH river at present exceeds that fixed in official estimates. 1