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CRISIS LIKE THAT OF WAR
By CLINTON XV. OiUlKItT
Special Correspondent of the F.tenlng I'uhllr
Ledger
Washington. Auk. S. The rent isno
as to whether we nre to have n
ponHnnnnee of exeriltive eovorntnent, !
whether we will co on linvlnR what it necti.ul. rallril attention to the ililTei-
lias been popular to rail a "mar," or n j rm r bi'tw.-nn llulpuria ami tirrorr oxer j
balanced organisation of Tresldent and Tliracn. I're" reports. Senator liriin )
Conj?ro.. will he settled in the next desee vaiil. indii-ated that becmisp thej
few weeks. lAinerlean P'-neo roininiiiniit'r wen-j
AVill Conres have a pulley to meet Mipportini: Itiilcann. Premier ni.eli. j
the nitnation of foiial nnri".t that exists; f Cre.ve. wn I n-ed at Allien, n. ,
or will it abdicate, or will it. as dur-al1 )m( nniiiini-rd oppositinn to the,
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the President proposes and she ,m
Mtr. ,- ill i. f,,,-,,,,,hil,. ill,, nnliries
and leave linn to exerule them? i
Coneress (Mail to Sidestep
There is not a sign that t'oncieis in
the existing eriis will show the capac
ity to act The letter of Senator Cum
mins to the President v. a-- symptomatic.
Of course there were sound reasons for
rayinc that the eventne. through hi
ngent. the director general of railroads,
had full power to act Hut it was I
snid with too much unction: too deep a
sigh of relief went with the utterance.
Paiiitkhlii ii us. rttili Imi t'lllit ( i flilitti 1
the responsibililj of' choosing between a ',
strike that would iiaraijye the trans-
portntion of the oountr and raising ;
the wages of railroad workers and thus n.v,nril' for Uiilgnri.i s support of der
rnilroad rates, hastening a new cycle i ninny.
of ndvaucing prices "I don't believe anv Ameriian will
The President politely asked Con- j , ipprove it," said Mr Lodge. ' It seems
eress, which has been piofe?ing to tiPitn m0 n a rent and net edible wiong."
strong, wnai
it would do. He was
constitutional!.! punctilious. Congress
would sidestep. It had good legal
grounds for sidestepping Hut the truth
Is it has sidestepped with infinite icllef
Crisis as Serious as War
Mr Plumb intimated to the startled
members of the House interstate com
merce committee that it would either he
his plan or revolution. In other words
the country, tlinnks to the labor lead
ers, faces in peace a crisis as serious as
war The same rensons for concentrat
ing power in the hands of the execu
tive thnt existed during the conflict with
Germany nre going to be reproduced
and perpetuated now that the conflict is
over.
What is Congress going to do? Is it
going to face the situation courageous
ly? Or is it going to wait upon the
President, insist that it is his tnsk to
sdjal with a disagreeable and danger --oil'
situation and give him, ns during
the war, all the authority he asks for?
The President's policy is plain. lie
will be "gracious" to Congress. As in
the case of the wage increases demanded
by the railway shopmen, he will turn
to Congress and sny. "f.entlcmcn of co
eo,ual authority, what is your pleas
ure?" And if Congress has no pleasure he
will make his proposals, ask for an
thority on the ground that grear punuci
;iemergencj wf. - . ongrcss 'i
t . .; r .". .1.
'Kraals nini llie amnion, . nil- nicui.
question whether the concentration of I
power into executive bands i to go on
will be answered.
r, ,,i i i . -ii '
ConcreRs will have moved us unwill-
ingness or incompetence to meet emer
"
gencies, even In peace. The pretense of
strength will have to he dropped. tThe
lovely theory that we can get Congress
hack upon its feet again by a two-by-four
President, that. Congress being
weak, all we need is a weak President
to have a strong government, will have
to be abandoned.
A view of Congress in this exigency
is not reassuring. It is in at least as
close touch with the country as is the
tvvnnnticrt hut it .till not discover the
social unrest, the political reactions t0
the high cost of living
, , . ... ,
11 mougni oi ,uanue . uj wune ine
nation drifted, if you believe Mr. Plumb.
within sight of revolution And even
when it had been reminded of the crisis.
it still, through Mr. Mondell. begged
to go for a little while to Atlantic City.
It has no policy. It waited to hear
this afternoon from the President. Its
organization is weak. The real head of
the majority in the House is not the
nominal head. The Senate committee
aystcm is showing an extraordinary in
capacity to function, though the only
hope of congressional government lies
in a envelopment of the committee sys
tem. Besides, though Congress shows a
certain courage In personally facing Mr.
Wilson, it has no courage to meet such
a social crisis as now confronts it.
It hides its face in its bands, and
trembles.
Crisis May Aid Wilson
Politically, some think It wise to
I throw all responsibility to meet the ex
isting crisis upon Mr. Wilson, on the
theory that he cannot meet it. liut
when that is done deliberately in time
of peace, the autocracy issue is de
stroyed; moreover, it has alwa)s been
recognized that a grave crisis is the
best friend of an administration seek
ing to continue in power. It is the
endless social crisis that perpetuates
Lloyd (Seorge.
A country does not change adminis
trations during a war. The labor
unions promise industrial war. What
will be the attitude of the country
toward changing an administration
which is trying to avert that war?
Moreover, a restoration of war pow
ers over food and fuel, which seems
likely to be asked by Mr. Wilson, will
put vast opportunity for self-perpetuation
into the hands ot the administra
tion, will enlarge its outlook with labor
and will increase Its paternal relations
with the public at large.
If Congress accepts this time the
theory that policies must originate in
til great emergencies with the execu
tive, Congress has abdicated and abdi
cated for good. In the years that are
coming there is likely to be a prolonged
ctrisl.
The country is on the edge of the
.. strike against tho government, the
r i (strike for political effect he direct ac-
,- tioa that the more radrcal British labor
, lenders advocate. Such a tltuatiou as
, ,', (Mr. Plumb threatens will be often re-
" '' pea ted,
If Congress buries Its face io the ex
'ff r etive coat sleeve 'whenever revolution
i ??lfc&iw "it" head, (he (lay of Congress
Is la lMet. The next lew weeks will
BOUNDARIES
CAUSE STIR IN SENATE
Republicans Condemn Proposed
Award of Thrace to
Bulgaria
GREAT WRONG. SAYS LODGE
lly (lie Associated Press
W.iliinctnii. Aiir. s! Ilnnnditri .lis j
piitrs lieiwiM'ii tin' Itnlknti natliins wcipj
ili'lmlfil i" tl" Sonnto today,
Senator Itratiilcpci'. Itopiiblirau. "on- I
. ,,;..,
l'"Kim ot nations.
I 'oillllieilt HIS "H I reilelt
Wilson 1
statement I hut n "new day litis ilnwoed"
the world. Sennt'ir Itriinclesee -ji nl
Knropean lepoil- Mioiu'il t lint the I ill I
kens still were ntlnine. and that Itiilv
and logo Slnvin wort1 "at swords'
points
"Inrrcdlbl.i Wrong." as Lodge
"li show." sail Senaior l'ramlegee.
that eer tune we butt in nnd at
tenint to settle l-.lll opeilll lioinuaries
We eel nil
trouble. '
Kepnhliciin Lender Lodge protested)
against what lie termed the attempt i
"jo hand Thrace oer to Bulgaria as a
Senator Lodge smd I brace was
com
I be
noseil llf Creeks :l till ought t
joined" to Creecc
Senator Poindeter. Ilcpubliciiii. Wash
Ington, said the plnn to transfer, Creeks
in Thrace to I'.ulgaria was in line with
the riume and Shantung situations.
'Ilinuiiis Defends Thrace Award
Senator Thomas. Democrat. Colorado,
dei lured the American position lcgard
ins Thraci was not inconsistent.
I Thrace, lie said, is the natural outlet j
of I'.ulgaria to the Aegean sea. and that ,
I pe ice (ould not be secured b. dcn.wug
access of nations to world commerce.
The Coloiado senator said press re
1 ports indnatcd that ltn.lv and (ireece
iweie negotiating privatclv for ilistribu
) t ion of P.nlkiui territorj, adding:
"It seems that Italy and drocce are
playing both ends against t lie middle."
Settlement of I'alkan boundaries, he
declared, could not be accomplished by
any treat), but would require an armed
force.
JAMES B. HILL BURIED
Funeral Held Here for Lieutenant
Commander, Who Died at Sea
Lieutenant Commander .lames H,
Hill, commander of the transport Kin
nni ,
died living the vessel's last
trip flom yr.uuf. was buried today
with full 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 :i r honors, in the West
Laurel 1 1 ill t etnetery the Kov. .lolin
liraham. 01 in ncmany rresuyicrinn
Church, "f Chester, officiated.
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i held from an undertaking establish -
1...11.A,, i,i flu, woi'viotis vliioh ii-nrn
meat at Kighteenth and Chestnut
streets, the boil) was escorted to the
cemetei) b a battalion of sailors from
the navy )ard. under the command of
Commander A II. Miles, and was head
ed by a twenty -live piece navy )ard
band.
Lieutenant Commander Hill was a
member of the naval reserve. His
liome was "J 1(1." North College avenue
lie leaies a son. Robert, twentv one.
and twin
daughters, I.sther and .Mil
dred, seventeen, lie hail the record of
I. ..:.. ..,ri.jl P.O 11(111 Ampi-lenn soldi, iw
I nil niii i Hi"" ""' -
,.,., thr. oceans to tight in r ranee. '
I
PROBES FISHING INDUSTRY
U. S. Investigates Reports of De
struction of Sea Food
Trenton. Aug. S. In calling atten
tion to the campaign against food
hoarding nnd profiteering, I'nitcd States
District Attorney Joseph L. Itodine is- '
sued a statement today, in which lie de
clared that Department of .Justice agents ,
aie investigating reports of destruction
of fish foods along the Atlantic coast
for the purpose of keeping up the price
of tisli.
Kcports that icrtain farmers who;
cannot readily dispose of their produce'
feed it to the pigs are also being in- '
vestigated. the statement says.
OHIO MILKMEN INDICTED i
Plot to Raise Prices and Prevent
Competition Is Charged
Cleveland, Aug. 8. (By A. P i
Secret indictments, charging violation
of the Vulentiue nnti-trust law. were
returned todny against the president and
six other officials of the Ohio Farmers'
Co-operative Milk Company, an organi
zation of UOOO farmers and dairymen,
by the Cuyahogn county special grand
jurv investigating milk conditions.
II. AV. Ingersoll, attorney and fanner,
president of the company nnd six mem-
bers of the sales committee of twenty
one were Indicted. Capiases were is
sued for seven men. The indictment'
charges the men with conspiracy to raise
prices and prevent competition.
TIHEF SUSPECT RETURNED
Discharged Soldier Brought Back
From Columbus In Hanover Case
Edward S. Campbell, a discharged
soldier, who is said to be'n son of a
deputy Fnited Stutes marshal of Pitts
burgh, was brought back to Philadel
phia today from Columbus, O.. on sus
picion that he wns the thief who robbed
the Hanover Hotel, Twelfth .and Arch
streets, on June "0,
Campbell returned In the custody of
Detective William Moriarty.
The Hanover Hotel thief carried off
loot valued nt about .$fi00. including a
diamond pin and .$300 in cash.
The police say Campbell admits the
theft of clothing valued at $-00 from a
Bed Cross nurse who lives at KIcventh
and Vine streets.
He will be examined by Magistrate.
rcnnocV, today,
EVENING PUBLIC
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
J Continued from Page tine
! that there is no complete Immediate
remedy to be hnd from legislation ntul
i executive action. The free processes
of supplj and demand wil not oper
ate of themselves, and no legislative
or executive action can force ,them
Into full nnd natural operation until
there Is pence.
There Is now neither pacc nor
war.
World on Updating Tahlr
All the world is waiting with what
unnerving fears and haunting doubts
who can adeipmtel.v say? waiting to
know when it comes a peace in
which each nation shall make shift
for , itself as it can. or n peace
buttressed and supported h the will
and concert of the nations that have
the purpose and the power to do anil
to enforce what is right
I'olltlrnlly, economically, socially,
the world Is on the operating table,
and It lias not been possible to admin
ister any anesthetic. It is conscious.
It ev n watches the capital operation
ipon which it knows that its hope of
healthful life depends
It cannot think its business out or
iniike plans r j;ic intelligent and
proMdent direction to its affairs while
ii such a case. Where there is no
p. ace of iniliil there can be no energy
ill elllle.'lMM'.
orld Waits for Peace
I'lu if c.in be no I'ontiileni e ill in
iliift r . no cahulable basis for cred
us. ii" confident buying or system
niic silling, no certain prospect of
rinploMiicnt. no normal restoration of
liiisim ss. no hopeful attempt at ic
const no lion or the proper renssem
bling of the dislocated elements of en
terprise until peace has been estnb
lished and. so far ns may be. guar
nntced
Our national lit" has no doubt been
less radically disturbed and dismem
bered 'ban the national life of other
copies whom the war more directly
i fleeted, with all its terrible ravag
irg and destructive force, but it lias
b'.ii. nevertheless, profomull) af
filled and disarranged and our in
dustries our credits, our productive
npacit). our economic processes arc
inextricablv interwoven with those of
other nations and peoples most in
tiinately of all with the nntions and
peoples upon whom the chief bur
den mid confusion of the war fell and
who are now most dependent upon
tin i o-nporative ui tion of the world.
Foreign Trade I'ncerlalu
We are uist now shipping more
goods mil of mi- pints to foreign mar
kets than we ever shipped before
not fuodstufl- ni i el), but stuffs nnd
materials of cur) sort : but this i
no inde of what our foreign sales
will continue to be or of the effect
the volume of our exports will have
on supplies and prices.
It is impossible ,et to predict how
far or how long foreign purchasers
will be able to tinil the money or the
credit to pa) for or sustain such
purchases on such a scale ; how soon
or to what extent foreign manufac
turers can resume their former pro
duction, foreign farmers get their ac
customed crops from their own fields,
foreign mines resume their former
output, foreign merchants set up
again their old machinery of trade
with the ends of the earth.
All these things must remain un
certain until peine is established and
the nations of the world have con-
.ted the methods by which normal
life and indnstrj are to be restored.
All that we shall do. in the mean
time, to restrain profiteering and put
the life of our people upon a tolera
ble footing will be makeshift
piovisionnl
and
There can he no settled conditions
here or elsewhere until the treaty il
peace is out of the way and the work
of liquidating the war luu, become the
chief concern of our government and
of the other governif.'nts of the world.
Business Must Be 1'ncertain
liitii then business will inevitably
remain speculative and sway, now
this way and again that, with heay
losses or heavy gains, a it may
chance, and the consumer must take
care of both the gains and the losses,
There can be no peace prices so
long as our whale financial and econ
omic system Is on a war basis.
Lurope will not, cannot recoup her
iiipital or put her restless, distracted
people to work until she knows ex
actly where she stands in respect of
peace ; nnd what we will do is for
lier the chief question upon which
her quietude of mind nnd confidence
of purpose depend.
While there is any possibility that
tho pence terms may lie changed or
may bo held long In abeyance or may
not be enforced because of divisions
of opinion among the powers associ
ated against uermany. it is into to
look for permanent relief.
Would Limit Wheat Shipments
Hut what we ran do we should do,
and should do at once. And there is
a great deal that we can do. provi
sional though It be.
Wheat shipments and credits Io fa
rilitate the purchase of our wheat
ran and will be limited and controlled
In such a way as not to raise but
rather to lower the price of flour here.
The government hns the power, with
in certain limits, to. regulate that.
We ennnot deny wheat to foreign
peoples who are In dire need of it,
and we do not wish to do ho ; but. for
tunately, though the wheat crop is
not what we hoped It would be, it is
, nuumant if handled with providen
tial care. The price of wheat is lower
in the I'nited States than in F.urope.
nnd can with proper management be
kept so.
By way of immediate relief, surplus
storks of both' food and clothing in the
hnnds of the government will be sold,
and of course sold at prices at which
there Is no profit.
Will Draw.but Private Stocks
And by way. oL a more permanent
correction.,ofprires. surplus stocks in
private hands will be drawn out of
storage and put upon tho market.
Fortunately, under the terms of
the food control act, the hoarding of
foodstuffs ran he checked and pre
vented; and they will be with the
greatest energy.
Foodstuffs can be drawn out of
storage nnd sold by legal action which
the Department of Justice will in
stitute wherever necessary: but so
soon as the situntlon is systematically
deult with it is not likely that the
courts will often have to be resorted
to.
Much of the accumulating of stocks
has, no doubt, beep due to the sort of
LEbGER-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY,
speculation which always results from
uncertainty.
(Ireat surpluses were accumulated
because It wns Impossible to foresee
what the market would disclose nnd
dealers were determined to' be ready
for whatever might happen, as well
as eager to reap the full odvnntnge of
rising prices.
They will now see the disadvantage
as well as the danger of holding off
from the new process of distribution.
More Food Than Last Year
Some very interesting nnd slgnifi
inut facts with regnrd to stocks on
hand and the rise of prices in the
face of abundnnce have been dis
closed by the inquiries of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, the Department
of Labor nnd the federal trade com
mission. They seem to justify the statement
that in the case of ninny necessary
commodities effective menns have been
found to prevent the normal opera
tion of the law of supply nnd de
mand Disregarding the surplus stocks In
the hands of (he government, there
was a greater supply of foodstuffs
in this country on .liinc 1 of this year
than at the same dale last year.
In the combined total of a number
of the most important foods in dry
and cold storage the excess is quite
1!) per cent. And yet prices have
risen.
The supply of fresh eggs on hand
in .1'iiie of this year, for example,
was greater by nearly 10 per cent
thin the supply on hand at the same
time last year, and yet the whole
sale price was forty cents a dozen, as
ngninst thirty cents a year ago.
The stock of frozen fowls had in
creased more than -!)S per cent, and
yet the price bad risen nlso from
thirty -four and n half cents per pound
to thirty-seven anil a half cents.
larger Stocks; Higher Prices
The supply of creamery butter had
increased 111 per cent nnd the price
from forty -one to fifty-three cents
per pound.
The supply of salt beef had been
augmented .1 per cent and the price
had gone up from S.U a barrel to
S.'tti a liaircl.
Canned corn had increased in stock
nearly !!' per cent and had remained
substantially the same in price. In a
lew foodstuffs the prices had declined,
but in nothing like the proportion in
which the supply had increased.
For example, the stock of canned
tomatoes bad inci cased 101! per cent
and yet the price had declined onlv
twenty -five cents per dozen cans.
In some cases there had been the
usual lesult of an increase of price
follow ing a decrease of supply, but
in almost every instance the increase
of price had been disproportionate to
the decrease in .stock.
Prosecutions Promised
The attorney general hns been mak
ing a careful .study of the situation
as a whole and of the laws that can
bo applied to better it. nnd is con
vinced thnt. under the stimulation
and temptation of exceptional cir
cumstances, combinations of produc
ers and combinations of traders have
been formed for the control of the
supplies and prices, which are clear-.
ly in restraint of trade, and against
theso prosecutions will be promptly
instituted nnd actively pushed which
will in nil likelihood hnve a prompt
corrective effect.
There Is reason to believe that
the prices of leather, of coal, of lum
ber and of textiles have been ma
terially affected by forms of concert
and co operation among the produc
ers and marketers of these and other
universally necessary commodities
which it will be possible to redress.
No watchful or energetic effort will
he spared to accomplish thjs neces
sary result.
I trust thnt there will not be many
cases in whicli prosecution will be
necessary. Public action will no doubt
cause many who have perhaps unwit
tingly adopted illegul methods to
abandon them promptly and of their
own motion.
Publicity of Great Value
And publicity can accomplish n
great deal. The purchaser can often
tnke care of himself if he knows the
facts and Influences he is dealing
with and purchasers are not disin
clined to do nnytliing, either singly
or collectively, that may be necessary
for their self-protection.
The Department of Commerce, the
Department of Agriculture, the De
partment of Labor nnd the federal
trade commission can do a great deal
toward supplying the public, system
atically and at short Intervals', w'itli
information regarding the actual sup
ply of particular commodities that is
in existence nnd available, with re
gard to supplies which arc in exist
ence but not available because of
hoarding, and with regard to the
methods of price-fixing which are be-'
ing used by dealers in certain food
stuffs and other necessaries.
There can he little doubt that re.
tnllers are In part sometimes in large
part responsible for exorbitant prices ;
nnd it is quite practicable for the
government, through the agencies I
have mentioned, to supply the public
with full information ns to the prices
nt whicli retailers buy nnd ns to the
costs of transportation they pay. in
order that it may be known just what
margin of profit they arc demanding.
Opinions and concerted action on
tho part of purchasers can probably
do the rest.
That is, these agencies may per
form this indispensuble service pro
vided the Congress will supply them
with the necessary funds to prose
cute their inquiries nnd keep their
price lists up to date.
Hitherto the appropriation com
WHAT ARE LABOR'S
RIGHTS?
pORMER President William
A Howard Taft in a brilliant edi
torial has analyzed the demands
of the railroad men as presented
to the administration.
The subject is complex. The
keen, analytic mind of the former
President has reduced it to sim
plicity. Mr. Taft's editorial will appear
tomorrow morning in the
PUBLIC fcfc& LEDGER
ON HIGH LIVING COST
mittees of the houses have not always,
I fear, seen the full vnlue of these
Inquiries, and the departments nnd
commissions have been very much
straitened for menus to render this
service.
Adequate Funds Needed
That ndequnte funds be provided
by appropriation for this purpose,
and provided as promptly as pos
sible, is one of the means of greatly
iitneliornting the present distressing
conditions of livelihood that I have
come to urge, in this uttempt, to con
cert with you the best wnys to serve
the country iti this emergency. It is
one of the ubsoliitely necessary
means, underlying many others, and
can be supplied at once.
t ;ii(7 of thr Vr'i'rfrii' nir.isuflr nt
thii pnint hns tint yet hern (rcrircd.J
It would serve as a useful example
lo the other communities of the coun
try ns well ns greatly relieve local
distress if the Congress were to reg
ulate nil such matters very fully for
the District of Columbia, yvhere Its
legislative authority is without limit.
I would nlso recommend that it he
required that all goods destined for
interstate commerce should In every
case whero their form or package
makes it possible be plainly marked
with the price nt whicli they left the
hands of the producer. Such a re
quiremeut would bear a close analogy
to certain provisions of tho pure
food act. b) which it is required that
certain detailed information be given
on the label- of packages of food and
drugs.
And il does not seem to me that
we can confine ourselves to detailed
measures of this kind if it is indeed
our purpose to assume national con
trol of the piocesses of distribution.
I tnke it for gianted thnt that is our
purpose and our duty. Nothing less
will sutlioc.
We need not hesitate to handle a
national question in n national way.
We should go beyond the measures
1 have suggested. Wfi should for
mulate a law requiring a federal li
cense of all corporations engaged in
interstate commerce and embodying
in the license, or in the conditions
under whicli it is to be issued, spe
cific regulations designed t' secure
roinpctitho selling and prevent un
conscionable profits-in the method of
marketing.
Such a law would afford n welcome
opportunity to effect other much need
ed reforms in the business of inter
state shipment and in the methods of
I corporations which are engaged in it;
but for the moment I confine my
recommendations to the object imme
diately in linnd. which Is to lower
the cost of living.
May I not aTld that there is a bill
now pending before the Congress
which, if passed, would do much to
stop speculation nnd to prevent the
fradulenl methods of promotion by
which our people arc annually fleeced
of many millions of hard-earned
money.
Would Control Security Issues
I refer to the measure proposed by
the capital issues committee for the
control of security issues. It is n
measure formulated by men who
know the actual conditions of busi
ness, and its adoption would serve a
great and beneficent purpose.
We arc dealing, gentlemen of the
Congress, I need hnidly say, with
very critical and very difficult mat
te! s. We should go forward with
confidence along tho road we see, but
we should also seek to comprehend
the whole of the scene amidst whicli
we net. There is no ground for some
of tho fearful forecasts I hear uttered
about me, but the condition of the
world is unquestionably very grave
and we should face it comprehending.
The situation of our own country
is exceptionally fortunate. We of all
peoples can "afford to keep our heads
nnd to determine upon moderate and
sensible courses ot action which will
insure us agaiusl the passions and
distempers which nre working such
deep unhnppincss for some of tho dis
tressed nations on the other bide of the
sea.
But we will he involved in their
distresses unless wc help, nnd help
with energy and intelligence.
The world must pay for the appall
ing destruction wrought by the great
war, and we are part of the world.
Wc must pay our share. For live
years now the industry of all Europe
hns been slack and disordered. The
normal crops have not been produced ;
the normal quantity of manufactured
goods has not been turned out.
Aid Europe or Face Chaos Here
Not until there are the usual crops
nnd the usual production of manufac
tured goods on the other side of the
Atlantic can Europe return to the
former conditions; and it wns upon
the former conditions, not the pres
ent, thnt our economic relations with
Kurope were built up. Wc must face
the fact that unless we help Ku
rope to get back to her normal life
and production, a chaos will ensue
there whicli will inevitably be com
municated to this country.
For the present, it is manifest, we
must quicken, not slacken, our own
production. Wc, and we almost
alone, now hold the world steady.
Upon our stendfnstness nnd self-possession
depend the affuirs of nations
everywhere. It Is In this supreme
crisis this crisis for all mankind
that America must prove her mettle.
In the presence of n world confused,
distracted, she must show herself
self-possessed, self-contained, capa
ble of sober and effective uction.
She saved Kurope by her action in
Seashore
Excursions
TO
ATLANTIC CITY
OCEAN CITY
WBLDWOOD
and CAPE WAY
EVERY DAY
7:00 A. a 'rm Chestnut or South St,
ferry. Retjrnlng leave Sea-
shore Points A V. M.
ADDITIOMAI. TRAINH NUNDAVS
For Atlantic City at 730 A, M.
For Wlldwood and Cape Mar tgehel.
itnger'a Landing only) at OiJO A. M.
Rfturnlnc additional train leayra Allan-
tie City only at IMS P, M,
$t OC nouND
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AUGUST 8, 1919
arms; she must now save It by her
action In peace. In saving Kurope
she will save herself, as she did upon
the battlefields of the war. The
calmness and capacity with which she
deals with nnd masters the problems
of pence will be the final test and
proof of her place among the peoples
of the world.
Kurope Our Biggest Customer
And, if only In our own Interest,
we must help the people overseas.
Kurope Is our biggest customer. Wo
ii'ttist keep her going or thousands of
our shops and scores of our mines
must close. There is no such thing
ns letting her go to ruin without our
selves sharing in the disaster.
In such circumstances'', face to face
with such tests, passion must be dis
carded. Passion nnd a disregard for
the rights of others hnve no place in
the counsels of n free people.
We need light, not heat, in these
solemn times of self-exnmlnatlon and
saving notion. There must be no
threats. Let there he only intelli
gent counsel, and let the best rea
sons win, not the strongest brute
force.. The world hns just destroyed
the arbitrary forces of a military
junta. It will live under no other.
All that is arbitrary and coercive is
In the discard. Those who seek to
employ it only prepure their own'
destruction.
Voices Serene Confidence
Wc cannot hastily and over night
revolutionize all the processes of our
economic life. We shall not attempt
to do so. These nTc days of deep ex
citement nnd fn extravagant speech ;
but with us these are things of the
sui'fncc.
Kvery one who is in real touch
with the silent masses of our great,
people knows thnt the old strong fibre
and steady self-control are still
there, firm against violence or any
distempered action that would throw
their affairs into confusion. I am
serenely confident that they will
readily find themselves.
WITHHOLD COLOMBIA
PACT CONFIRMATION
Senate Committeemen See Men
ace to Vast American
Oil Holdings
Washington. Aug. S. (Ily A. P.I
A presidential decree issued by the
Colombian government last June 20. de
claring petroleum lands of Colombia to
be "the properly of the nation," wns
laid before the Senate foreign relations
committee here today, und resulted in
indefinite postponement of committee
approval of the Colombian treaty.
I'nder the decree, n copy of which wns
sent to the committee by the State De
partment, vast American oil holdings
in Colombia would be threatened with
confiscation, members of the committee
said. The closest government super
vision in all nil operations is required
under a complicated licensing system.
There appears to be some doubt thnt
the decree will become effective, ns the
Colombian Supreme Court, to which It
was submitted, has failed to npprove it,
STOCKS DROP, THEN RALLY
Market Opens Strong, Slumps and
Finally Regains Strength
Now York, Aug. 8. ly A. P.I
After the slump in the final hour of
trading yesterday the stock market
opened today with gains of from 1 to
.'! points in those issues which were
weakest at the cloe of the previous
session.
The recovery proved to he of short
duration, however, and a new selling
movement developed after the market
had absorbed first offering. Unitrd
States Kubber lost its early gain nnd
i an additional 2 points, while Ttaldwiu
Locomotive fell under yesterday's low
' est.
I Pressure against I'nited States Steel
I was resumed and it lost a -j point
1 rise, falling a fraction under yesterday's
i minimum. Elsewhere in the active list
i reactions extended from 2 to S points.
More orderly conditions prevailed nt
i the end of the session nnd a firm tone
' ruled at the close. Kxtremc rallies,
ranged from two to ten points. Sales
approximated 2,000,000 shares.
There was nothing in the monetary
situation to cause apprehension. Call
loans opeued at 5 to 5Vi per cent.
BUZ-Z-Z GO ELECTRIC FANS
Weatherman Say Cool, but Hugh
dlddlty Comes on Scene
The weathcrmnn said, "Cool today,"
but humidity came on the stage and
made its uncomfortable presence felt to
such u degree that people sweltered and
j set their electric fans to buzzing.
! The thermometer registered SO dc-
i grees at 1 o'clock, nnd It had descended
I to N4 degrees at !5 o'clock, but to most
people it seemed hotter than yesterday
when the temperature was averaging
three or four degrees higher, but then a
breeze cooled the pavements a trifle.
The weatherman still stuck to his
story this afternoon that coming breezes
would lower the humidity, but appear
ances were ngninst him.
He snid that there was little chance
that the temperature would soar any
higher at present, however, and visions
of a repetition of last year's scorching
spell at exactly tins time were nuaycu
somewhat. Yesterday, ji year ago, the
hot spell had reached Its crest at a
tempernture of 106 degrees. v
Luncheon and Ice Cream
of the game lilgli quality you
have always associated wltu
Whitman's Candles.
Open In (As tvening Hit tUvtn-
thirty fcr odu and for
candles
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LIFT UNDERSTUDIES MEXICAN PROBE BlLlTf
TOFAIBJlLKOuT PASSED BSENAT
New York Theatres, Closed Last
Night, Will Reopon With
New "Stars"
MANAGERS FIGHT STRIKERS
lly the Associated Tress
New York. Aug. 8. Understudies,
who hardly hoped to appear In first
night performances or even to be thrust
into the spotlight of n new play during
its summer debut,' suddenly became the
objects of much attention from Ilroad
wny theatre managers today. In sev
eral of the thirteen theatres where tho
stages were darkened last night by the
strike called by the Actors' Equity As
sociation, under stars will appear with
hastily arranged casts for tonight's per
formances, if the plnuB of the man
agers mature.
Tho strike Is confined so far to per
formers of the legitimate stage in this
city alone.
In the thirteen houses where the
strike was called more than 300 per
formers were prevented from appearing.
This nffected such well-known players
as Frank Bacon. Fny Baiuter, Hol
brook Tlllnn, Olive Wyndham. Harry
Kelly. Frank Fay, Frederick Santlcy.
New-bold Robinsou, Tessa Kosta nnd
Ralph Morgan. Not all these players
struck of themselves, but were kept
from performing by the closing of their
theatres last night.
More than 15,000 persons, including
many who had braved the Brooklyn
ftreet-cnr strike in order to reach the
theatres, were disappointed. In most
enses the suspension of performances
was announced from the stage after
managers had waited from fifteen to
thirty minutes to see whether the ac
tors would put in nn appearance.
The following theatres were af
fected :
Thirteen Theatres Closed
Broadhurst. showing "The Crimson
Alibi": Forty-fourth Street, showing
"The (.avrtlos of 1010": Rootli. "The
Better 'Ole" : Shubert. "Oh. What n
Clrl": Gaiety. "Llghtnin' " : Astor.
"East is West": Princess. "Nightie
Night"; Republic. "A Voice in the
Dark"; Lvric, "The Five Million";
Selwvn, "The Chnllenge" : Cohan &
ITni-rU. "A Tlnvnl Vagabond": Play
house. "At 0:4fi." and Knickerbocker,
"Listen. Lester."
The strike order followed eloe on the
hcelri of rejection by the Producing
Managers' Protective Association, of an
ultimatum demanding action by 7 p. in.
on demands which had been submitted
several davs ago
These demands Included recognition
of the Actors' Equity Association,
which recently wns affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor, extra
compensation for performances in ex
cess of eight n week nnd continuation
of the standard "equity" form of con
tract in use since 1017.
Managers to Retaliate
OfBeinlR of the Managers' Associa
tion have announced flint they are
"ready for a fight," and that steps have
been taken for nn orgnnization of the
"legitimate," vaudeville, burlesque nnd
moving picture interests to combat the
efforts for unionization ot stage nnd
screen artists.
Efforts were made nt several of the
theatres offering musical attractions to
continue the performances with chorus
girls nnd performers of lesser parts,
hut larire sections ot the audiences
started townrd the box office windows'
fn obtain refunds and this plan was'
called off. '
The rising curtain nt the Cohan &
Harris Theatre disclosed the chorus in
street costumes, nnd Sum Forrest, stage '
director, addressed the audience, in
forming them of the strike nnd nssert
ing It wns working a great injustice to
the chorus girls. i
"You have no grievance against '
Cohan & Harris, have you?" he asked. ,
turning toward the girls, who replied i
in chorus : t
"No sir." I
Tbis ended the eveninc's nerformance '
and the audience, after collecting re- '
funds nt the box office, joined the
Broadway throng of those who wore
"nil dressed up and no place to go."
DKATIIK
IIUCKWAI.TUIl. Auu. S. at 130(1 MMary
v Oak Lane. ItlCUHE.N K. BUCKWAU
TUn, need 88. Rrlattvra nnd frltmli. also
members Meuiah Unlversnllat Church, tn
vlird to funeral atrvlces. Tues.. 11 u. ni..
240.1 Oxford it. Int. private. Weal Laurel
HIM Cem.
anAHAM. Buddenlv. Au- R. nOPEIlT
O. ailAHAM, aced US. Due notice ot fu
neral will tic given, from the parlora of C.
U. shurtleff, 3H2H Market et.
PmVRt.l. SitrlrUnlv A,- 9 innnv T
huebuml of I.ltltin Powell, aon of Charle'a I
II. and Mary Powell, rielatlvea nnd frlenda
ui.itv.i m luii.nii, im.. n;.ii, a, m.. HI nia
parents' residence, 4O'J0 We.itmlnjter nve.
Solemn reuulcm maea at Our Mother of Sor
rows' t'hurch. Int Hole rroii rem.
nATTAY. Ans R CHArtI.OTTB .HAT
TAV. widow of John F. Rattay, nnd daugh
ter of the late Jamea nnd Kllga Tludd. r.On.1
Frantford ae. Due notice of funeral will
be. glvwn.
BOOMS FOR HKNT
M'tll'ltllAN
CIERMANTOWN. 147 V Chelten .we. De"
Irahte rnoma. furnished and unfurnished!
tarss house and erounda: no housekeeping
near Jrood hoard, train and trolley: refa
J.EGmwell3t(5.
CHESTNUT AND JUNIPER STREETS
JEWELERS SILVERSMITHS LimL:
Hall Clocks
i
FAITHFULLY REPRODUCING THE
Beautiful Marqueterie Cases
Of The Period Of Queen Anne
SHOWN BY THIS
HOUSE EXCLUSIVELY.
King Resolution Broadened for
Committee Hearings at Any
Tlma and Place
VILLA ON RUN, SAYS MEXICO
By tho Associated Press
Washington. Aug. 8. Without oppo
sition or debate, the Senate today
adopted a resolution authorizing the
foreign relations committee to make
sweeping investigation of outrages
against Americans nnd American prop
erty in Mexico nnd "to report what, If
any, means should be taken to prevent
such outrages."
The resolution of Senator King,
Democrat,. of Utah, proposing the in
vestigation, was broadened so that the
committee could take testimony at(any,
piaee nnu at any time. Senator Lodge
is chairman of the committee. The mea
sure wns passed n few minutes nftcr it
was unanimously reported in the
Senate.
The text of the resolution follows:
"Resolved. That the committee on
foreign relations, or any subcommittee
thereof, is authorised and directed to
investigate the matter of damages and
outrages iuffered by citizens of the
I'nited States in the republic of Mexico,
Including the number of citizens of the
Fnited States who have been killed or
hnve suffered personal outrages in Mex
ico, and the amount of proper indemnl-i
ties tor such murders and outrages:
the quantity of damages suffered on;
account of the destruction, confiscation
and larceny of personal property and
the confiscation nnd deprivation of thev
use of lands nnd the. destruction of im
provements thereon.
"The number of citizens of the United
Stntes residing in Mexico nt the time
Porlirio Diaz retired from the presi
dency of Mexico nnd the number of
citizens of the I'nited Stales at pres
ent residing in Mexico and the nature
nnd amount of their present holdings
nnd properties in said coun'.ry and in
general any nnd nil acts of the govern
ment of Mexico nnd its citizens in
derogation of the rights of the United
States or of Its citizens.
"And for this purpose to sit nt any
time or plnce during the sessions of
Congress or during recess and to sub
poenn such witnesses nnd documents ns
may he necessary and to make a re
port of its findings in the premises to
the Senate."
Extermination, with slight exception,
of all Villista forc-CR in the state o!
Chihuahua, was reported in a state
ment issued yesterday by the Mexican
embassy. The statement follows :
"Diverse news having been published
lntely stating thnt the bandit Villa
has under his orders more than 4000
men in Chihuahua, the Mexican em
bassy requested reliable official infor
mntlon nnd it takes pleasure to an
nounce that the Villista hordes have
been completely dispersed, nnd that at
the present time there only exist In
Chihuahua small and insignificant
bands engnged in acts of banditry,
which nro being strongly persecuted
by government forces."
i rapacity
FROM MARKET STRUT WHARF
DAILY EXCURSIONS
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Atlantic City
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WirTat Coraons Inlet
inc. ad- Stone Harbor
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Saturday! and Sundays only 7.304
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Wlldwood BuDdaya ouly S.4SU
Special late train returning
from A tlantlo city Satur- .
days and Bundayi - - 0.1 5 (i
Ear6an City Eseursion Sunday
Market Street Wharf' - 7.00U
Sundays and Thursdays
Until Saptambcr 7, Inc.
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additional
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Round Trip Spring take
War Tax Market Street Wharf
14 cents Thursdays 7.00W
additional Sundays - - 7.20Ai
Additional train 7.00 H, tor Point
Pleasant. Long MrancD and principal
intermediate stations.
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