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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1919
Page
1
President Wilson assumes direct command to curb food prices as labor groups push for higher wages. Cabinet and agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission, prepare a plan to curb profiteering and ease living costs while considering currency reduction and wheat market actions.
Labor's statement urges public ownership of the railroads with tripartite control by the public, operators, and workers. It argues wage gains alone fail and calls for a lease to a public service corporation managed by balanced representation. It links cost relief to reduced transportation costs and consumer prices, and notes forthcoming hearings before the House committee on interstate commerce.
New York, Aug 4. Stocks tumbled amid mass liquidation and short selling as the railway shop men’s strike and calls for government control spurred a broad decline. Rails led losses, but nearly all names fell. over 300 issues traded as quotes slid to day’s lows and markets closed late to catch up.
Rail unions led by B M Jewell press for Plumb plan and tri partite control of railroads. They demand government ownership with workers and public profits oversight, threaten general strike if wage increases are delayed or denied. 250000 shop workers already on strike or ready to vote.
An explosion at the United States arsenal in Raritan New Jersey damaged powder magazines at 1 o clock this afternoon and sparked fires in several buildings. Early reports claimed about twelve dead but later officials said six were injured, none fatally, as firefighters prevented spread to main structures.
Rome reports the government sets home grown grain crop prices for next year at 70 lire per quintal for hard soft and semi hard wheat, a slight drop from this year by 5 4 lire respectively. The policy extends to Southern Italy and island growers into the coming year.
London reports Lord Lytton, linked to the British Ambassador post to the United States, states there is nothing in the speculation. He says he knows nothing beyond what has appeared in newspapers.
A well made bomb was found this morning on the lower edge of the Shot Tower at Fayette and Front streets. Sergt. John Rusk of the Central district discovered it and transported it to the Central police station. The device is an 8 inch tube containing dynamite and powder with a fuse cap inserted from the end. No explosion attempt appears to have been made.
Six failed arson attempts were made to burn the Henrietta apartments in downtown Norfolk. A resident stopped the first blaze, while police and firemen detected the other five at two hour intervals. Each fire started in a pasteboard box with shavings in a third floor hall closet.
Rioters in Liverpool were driven from the streets by troops with fixed bayonets at dawn after a night of violence. The Valiant and two destroyers moved to protect the docks as 400 people were arrested and damage reached about 1.25 million dollars. One man was killed and several wounded.
Because the Sunday Post sold out early last Sunday readers missed Al Jennings story. The Washington Post printed a special section with the O Henry life story exactly as in the Sunday Post and will give free copies to interested readers at newsdealers or the Post office.
Workers from machinists to blacksmiths walked out at the Washington Terminal Company shops in Eckington and Ivy City, with 350 joiners leaving at 8 am and repair work halted. Officials say the crafts left out solidly, while clerks and helpers also donned overalls. The strike aims at wage boosts or cost of living relief, with a federation vote due around August 24.
About 360 carmen and 400 other workers in the Potomac freight yards near Alexandria walked out at 7 am with engineers and clerks staying. By afternoon 16 oclock the strikers joined 3000 Southern Railway workers in a citywide meeting to plan actions until grievances are settled. Officials will focus on live stock and perishable freight as they monitor the stoppage.
The House interstate committee favored a Cummins bill to empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to suspend interstate rate changes during government control, amid defiance of President Wilson's push for a wage and rate board. An amendment also lets state bodies suspend state rates, while party lines and emergency legislation loom over hearings on railroad wage issues and the Plumb plan.
Los Angeles August 4 rewards totaling 11 500 are offered for arrest and conviction of those who placed a bomb that destroyed Oscar Lawler former assistant United States Attorney General home last night Mrs Lacher and her husband are in critical condition after severe burns in the ensuing fire Lawler is recovering though scarred and possibly blind but his eyesight will remain.
Nine miners are trapped behind a fire in a coal mine operated by C. D. Thomas Coal Company at Bietz near Charleston West Virginia. Rescue workers report the men are in communication with outside teams and expectations are they will be rescued.
The Washington police saga prompts criticism of new officers assigned to downtown duty after warning against shooting. Two privates face pension and possible manslaughter indictment for fatal shootings of Leo McLeod and Crosby Bynum, while fellow recruit J E Namey is suspended. Aging veterans blame administration for inexperienced assignments and unsafe morale.
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