Nevada State Journal (Newspaper) - August 8, 1919, Reno, Nevada Metal Prices BAR Electrolytic spot Aug spot 5.80 Sept spot Sept FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS The highest yesterday was 90 degrees lowest W Forecast for VOL NO 147 NEVADA FRIDAY AUGUST 8 1919 President To Go Before Con- gress Today to Present Message EXTENSION OF FOOD ACT IS PLANNED Labor Problems and High Prices to Furnish Theme of Address Aug Wilson put the finishing touches on his cost of living address to con- gress today and prepared to deliver it in tomorrow at 4 o'clock One possibility loomed up to en the president's plans It was that either leaders might noi be to round up a quorum in the house and that some members ing or parliamentary rules by ing the point might forestall the joint session of house and Donate Blanton democrat of Texas served notice on Republican Leader that he for one would insist on a legal quorum Republican and democratic leaders both accordingly made the telegraph wires hot with messages dering tack in time for morrow afternoon The address will be confined to before congress what measures in the opinion of tho president and of the sub-committee appointed by At- torney General Palmer should be en- acted at onoe to bring relief to the public the existing high prices All the elements that have create the condition the country finds itself in today in the view of these men will bo dealt with These in- clude it was learned authoritatively labor problems and strikes resulting from them and production which interfered strikes To this extent the matter of road wages will be included in the ad- dress hut a solution oC tho entire road problem will not be suggested beyond the suggestion already made to congress by the president in his ter to tho chairmen of the senate and house interstate commerce sions No recommendation will be mado for a licensing system of producers manufacturers or dealers No recommendation will be made lor a law limiting the margin of profit on commodities No concrete law clearly defining hoarding and profiteering will be asked although recommendations will be made for laws designed to bolster up the existing lawa under which the attorney general expects to reach price gougers and hoarders The president will ask for an ex- tension of the Lever food control act to make it applicable as a measure and to include all ties shoes clothing and ries as well as food This much as to tho contents of the address was learned after President Wilson had called Into conference late today members of the cabinet and th'a sub-committee and revised iS their Developments today in the ment's efforts to reduce high living costs Announcement America Need Fear No Navy Admiral of Pacific Says at Dinner to Daniels BIG FLEET Pacific Armada Welcomed to New Home Under the Sierras SAN DIEGO Aug the American ar- greatest that has ever turned a propeller blade in the fic came today to make the seas un- der the Sierra and Cascade slopes its home In an inspiring naval ade Admiral Hugh newly created fleet passed in review of of the Navy Daniels and and Mayors of the western states and cities aboard the cruiser Montana anchored off Coronado beach while thousands lined the shore to in the welcome Six miles of war vessels thirty-one in number some of which had held Foolish If or Any Nation To At- tempt Invasion He Asserts SAN DIEGO Aug Rodman commander of the fleet in an address tonight at a tendered Secretary of the j Navy at the Hotel Del gave an intimate sketch of the new Pacific fleet and some of the sons that lej to Its brought to the west coast Admiral Redman said Tc who is unaccustomed to making addresses in public I am afraid you have given me rather a large proposition in the discussion of the fleet so I will confine myself giving you a brief description of it and some of the salient reasons for sending such a powerful fleet to this coast Two years ago when we entered the war we had a strong competitor as to who had the second largest navy Great Britain of course taking the first place Competitor Wiped Out Well that competitor has been wiped off the face of the earth it has been completely eliminated in fact doubly so for noc only was U chased off the high seas nnd driven T v its holfs behind Its guns in its guard with the British in the North Sea swung past the reviewing ship firing from the dreadnaughts salutes of nineteen guns in honor oE the of the navy as they came abeam the required one hour for this vast fleet of dread naughts battleships of lesser type and 21 sleek and speedy destroyers to pass the welcoming party The war vessels turned in shore by the Montana then stood away to the southward for three miles came about and steamed into the northwest ing almost a complete circle and then the dreadnaughts took up their an- off the beach while the and destroyers came into the bay Secretary of the Navy Daniels ing from the bridge of the Montana after destroyer This is realization of a dream I kept constantly in view for six years since I first came to the Pacific coast shortly after induction into office to study naval conditions here I con- of an American fleet that was truly an American fleet equally at home and in equal strength on both fortified like a lot of stricken rats but it was compelled under stress to ignore der and then with the usual Hun treachery was surreptitiously sunk at its anchorage in Flow And tfo I repeat in all truth that it is completely annihilated not a in fact not enough to offer a target to a ferry boat Credits Grand Fleet The primary credit for this be given to the grand fleet which had three years of the most hard work in accomplishing this be- fore we entered tho war but it should be remembered that when we did en- ter we contributed our full share by at once sending our destroyers mining other coasts This organization Into two powerful fleets is an epoch making event in naval history and presages the day when the whole fleet now composed of more than tons with more tons building will make the magnitude of this re- view seem small in that trie action STOCK YARD WORKERS ASK TROOPS REMOVAL CHICAGO Aug 7 tives of two union locals of stockyards employes voted tonight for a general strike tomorrow unless militia policemen and deputy are withdrawn from the yard More the persons are em- ployed in the stock yards A strike was virtually broken today when hundreds of white men their their work after about the negro workers returned to work under troops protection ing virtual exclusion of more than a week due to the race riots of vessels In the war zone all of which immediately took an active part anil rendered much valuable service No further thought need be given to any fears of Germany ever being a menace so long as present conditions obtain 4 It is true that we are now at peace with tho whole world nor can we imagine that any nation bar none will have the hardihood to make war on us so long as our fleet retains its present comparative strength and for it is a maxim in naval warfare that an enemy which is from us by the expanse of an ocean and which must be crossed to attack us must have a to our own to expect any degree of A war with Great Britain the only country that has a stronger navy than ours is to my mind utterly out question hende there is no other not one that we can imagine that would bo foolish enough to mtet us on our shorps or attempt an invasion Prepare for War When our ships had all returned from the war zone when peace was declared our secretary of the navy very wisely decided that Washington's time of peace for good and that since qur Atlantic coast had heretofore boen tho most probable scene of as it was that now being at the whole world with no Action by Other Nations To Be Required Before Pact Is Valid PITTMAN IDEA FUTILE Nevada Senator's Suggestion Is Quickly Turned Down by Lawmakers WASHINGTON Aug to stand against any to the peace treaty which do not specifically require acceptance by the other powers to enter the league of nations was voiced In senate de- bate today by Republican leaders Senator Lodge of the foreign relations committee declared that while in general practice a re- servation might become valid if to by the other parties to the treaty he hoped there would be a de- finite declaration by the senate that to make the treaty binding the other powers must accept the reservations made by this government The gestion was seconded by Senator Brandagee Republican Connecticut and later Senator Borah Republican Idaho declared that to a certain number opponents of unreserved ratification would insist upon such a course A proposal by Senator Pittman De- Nevada that reservations be embodied in a separate resolution and not made physically a part of the was opposed by the tion leaders as absolutely futile The senate adopted a resolution by Senator Walsh Democrat Montana asking the commute whether there were constitutional to the ratification of the ial treaty France Some tors have argued that because it ob- ligates the United States to help re- attack many on- the treaty curtails the constitutional power of congress to decide when the nation shall go to war Senator Kellogg declared it was clearly established that treaties could be made obligating the United States to make war under certain circum- stances His declaration was directed rather under the league covenant There was much informal sation among senators over President Wilson's statements on Shantung Some of the most bitter opponents of the treaty declared the information given by the president was not cient to dispel suspicion of Japan's in- tentions in the Chinese province but ACTONS 51 AX SHOWS fl fj tonight by an Actors hour be- by the i i Mere than theater at- were disappointed theaters Broadhurst Forty-fourth St Booth Shubert Gaiety Astor Republic Lyric wyn Cohan and Harris house and Knickerbocker Officials of the managers sociation have announced that they are ready Cor a and v that steps have been taken for an organization of thei mate vaudeville burlesque and moving picture interests to com- bat tho efforts for unionization of stago and screen artists New Cabinet Formed at pest With Approval of Entente OTHER TROOPS ARRIVE American French and British to Help Keep Order in Capital Wilson Authorizes Director General Hines to Take Such Actions as He Desires to Meet Demands of Railroad Men LETTER FROM SENATE COMMITTEE EMPOWERS EXECUTIVE TO HANDLE RAILWAY STRIKE PROBLEM Chief Obstacle to Decision Created by Strike of Employes Themselves Is Statement Given Out at White House WASHINGTON August tonight notified director General Hines that he was authorized to take up tho demands of road shop employes for higher wages decide them on their merits The president said that the letter sent him by Senator Cummins man of the committee on interstate commerce had deal as I think best with the difficult of the railroad he The chief obstacle to a decision has been created by the men selves They have gone out on a strike and the ot their officers at the very moment when action in to their Interests The president's decision was announced tonight from the White House in the form of a letter sent by him to Mr If lues The president said until the employes return to work and again recognize the authority of their organization the whole matter must be at a standstill President's Letter The president's letter Dear Mr Director I am just in receipt of the letter from ator Albert B Cummins chairman of the senate committee on- interstate commerce which free I think best with the difficult of the wages of certain classes of railway employes and I take vantage of the occasion to write Authority Granted to Permit Carrying 125 Pounds of Food PEEL POST MIGHT HIT IS other senators ment reserved their against five big meat packers would be brought under the criminal and civil sections of the Sherman anti- trust law and under the section of the food control ac making it unlawful the hoarding of food Reports from attorneys over the country that they were ing with investigations t-I profiteering and hoarding and would make arrests wherever facts warranted A conference at the white House between President Wilson and the committee appointed by cabinet to recommend means of reducing living costs TOT Reduction Introduction of a joint resolution in congress proposing a reduction of one billion dollars in federal taxes next year by reducing government tures Introduction of another resolution in the senate asking the judiciary committee to determine whether it be advisable to prohibit the exporting of food clothing and other necessities Granting of authority to the office department to increase cel post weight limit from 12 to pounds so as to facilitate the dis- of surplus army foodstuffs to the people A report by the federal trade mission that stocks of food in storage this yaar were 20 per cent greater than a year ago despite the fact that priced of practically all foods have large increases While the grand jury continued to hear evidence in the riot cases and voted indictments against 23 more groes making a total of 54 negroes indicted thus far there was little dence of race feeling in the riot zone SUBMARINE IS SUNK BY BRITISH LONDON August Bolshevik submarine has been sunk in the Baltic Sea by the British torpedo boat de- Valorous and Vancouver cording to an official statement sued by the admiralty this evening prospective wars for years to come that our Pacific coast should be de- as our Atlantic coast had been in bygone You should understand that ships alone aro not all that to make a navy We must have navy yards dry docks coaling stations plants naval bases radio aerial and training stations and these must not only bo established and be ample to take care of a fleet but they must be actually tried out and tested to prove their efficiency Sends meet West And so on Page v BATTLESHIP IN TOW PROPELLOR DISABLED WASHINGTON Aug b Rhode island flagship of one of the new pacific fleet is being towed to canal zone with broken propelled shaft The battleship North Carolina has the disabled dreadnaught in tow Of season fi ac MOTORSHIP DISABLED SENDS HELP CALLS HALIFAX N a American motorship Aug Mount Baker bound from New York to Liverpool is disabled at sea and flashing radio calls for assistance according to the marine Intelligence office here go ashing angle worms and throws them into the tank occupied by the carp If the pet ash grabs them the man takes up his bait and tackle and proceeds to the nearest fishing place if on the other hand the carp passes them up the man stays at home As a result this returns with a fine catch every time he makes a trip to his favorite fishing stream so he says Criminal Prosecution Planned By Government Under Sherman Law i WASHINGTON Aug Tne case against the five big be placed before the ral grand jury which meets at ago three weeks hence This means hat criminal prosecution will be In- Charles P Clyne federal district at- orney at Chicago said today that be- ides asking indictments under the sections of the Sherman anti- rust law civil suits would be brought under that statute and that in ion the packers would be prosecuted food control act on of hoarding Thomas B Wilson president jof son Co issued statement today partly one the mits against the packers which was yesterday and td him I made no statement to the effect the department of justice fet from Wilson On the I cannot emphasize too the of justice will have tWe est co-operation from us Aug A dispatch from Vienna by way of hagen to the Exchange Tele- graph company says that the United States has sent on tum to Rumania demanding drawn t terms presented to Hungary oH pain of a of the merit of food to Rumania Wednesday Aug By the Associated Arch- duke Joseph who took over control of the government today has been invested temporarily supreme in the government The entente conferred this evening with Archduke Joseph and Premier It was stated that a full agreement was reached and that Premier president of the peace conference and the various foreign governments were informed of the results of the ence Thla evening Gen the chief of police Dr Fritz former secretary of the police department Dr M former departmental chief of the War try went to the building whore the cabinet was in session The deputation called on the ministers to resign and after a short conference cabinet decided to comply with the demand Indorse Archduke Authority was delegated by en- tente mission to Archduke Joseph who appointed Stephen former chief of a department In the war to her premier The foreign ministry red to the war to Gen In addition to the Rumanian troops in Budapest French WASHINGTON Aug to Increase temporarily the parcel post this letter iii order that I may In the public interest and in the Interests of the railroad employes make the present situation as clear and definite possible I thought it my duty to lay the question in its present pressing form before the committee of the senate because I thought matter I not act advantage of opportunity to purchase through postmasters and letter riers was granted the by the interstate ce com- mission was that during the sale buyers might place several orders at the same time out paying the initial postal change of five cents a pound more than once Julius today offered the government the mailing list of Roebuck Co of which he ia dent as a means of assisting in tho distribution of army foods Orders must be sent in cate BIG BOA CONSTRICTOR REPORTED STOWAWAY ON ONE OF WARSHIPS PAN DIEGO Aug A boa con- strictor is believed to be hiding on board one of the dreadnaughts at an- chor here today the fleet was visiting Panama ten days ago a party of sailors scaled Ancon mountain and found the constrictor sleeping under where he had gorged himself on a Panamanian goat Eight charged the snake and carried into Balboa the writhing serpent which was reported to have been slipped aboard one of the dreadnaughts dark just before the fleet sailed The boa is reported to have off Into can and Czech troops reached here The British forces are under the command of Gen Gordon The Continued on Page 5 STOCK PRICES DOWNWARD IN RUSH TO the darkness and hidden himself among the ship's stores No one has been able to find it of POSTAL EMPLOYES ASK PAY INCREASE WASHINGTON Aug Wilson was asked In a letter presented at the White House today to mend to congress an increase of DO per cent in the wages of postoffice and postal employed over the country to the high cost of living The letter was presented by a delegation secretary American Federation of TO and intermediate There to account VETERANS Ta INVITE FOCH TO AMERICA NEW YORK Aug Marshal will be invited to attend tho first national convention of the ican Legion to be held in on November ii It announced at the to against com- providing persons found guilty of ing passed reading -in the house of today therce All classes of stocks fell In the selling of hour which exceeded 7 0 Steels equipments and many of the industrials retarded as peace suffered most In the setback the ex- teni of which took trade so ly by Chief among the day's broke from 137 of the morning to ters here tonight RELIEF SHIPS Aug the com- mission has stopped all relief ships way to Budapest the position that he would be ed in letting ships reach Hungary while the Rumanians are now de- the people of c is OFFICERS United Society of Christian Endeavor today all officers except Cart terval control ing without their and proval Duty to Act Senator Cummins letter the unanimous oil the committee leaves me free and in- deed imposes on me the duty to act The question of the wages road shopmen was submitted you with remember to the board of railroad wages and working conditions of the railroad administration last ary but was not reported upon by the board until the sixteenth of July The delay was unavoidable because the board was continuously engaged in dealing with several wage matters affecting classes of employes who had not previously received consideration The board now having apprised us of this inability at the time being to agree upon recommendations it our duty to proceed with the matter in the hope of disposing of It You are therefore authorized to say to the railroad employes that the question of wages they have raised will be taken up and considered on its merits by the director general In- conference with their duly accredited representatives I hope will make it clear to the men that the railroad administration cannot deal with lems of this sort or with any problem affecting the men except through the duly chosen International officers the regularly constituted organization and their authorized committee Matters of so various a nature and affecting so many men cannot be dealt with except in this way Any action which brings the authority of the authorized the organization into question or dis- credits it must interfere with If not prevent action altogether The chief obstacle to a decision has been created by the men themselves They have gone out oh repudiated the authority of their off leers at the very moment when they were urging tion in regard to various Conference Blocked You will that a ence between yourself and the the men was arranged at the instance for 28 wage question the of national before conference took place or could place local bodies of railroad took action looking toward V Am strike on of southern secretary who took place before there WM pa opportunity to act in a pr conclusive way with respect to In the strikes and the repudiation of of organization no of to work and of own whole Accepted
