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Show to private companies for $4.1$ to $3.30 a ton. the The tankers were described a only floating property this government then owned on which a profit could' have been made," The witness declared no on in the entire division of operations knew that such a large percentage of our ships were buying the open market at advanced prices because the operating of Its division did not' know what one chief departments was doing. two days testimony Concludtng his relating mainly to the alleged lack of an accounting system by the board prior to the advent of Judge Payne, Mr. Gillen outlined, at the request of the committee, what he termed "recommendations as to a constructive program." He said that the board had too many operators of its ships, who created not only an unnecessary overhead expense, but who caused losses by bidding against each other for chipping business. He said the present 173 operators should be cut to not more than fifty. - lit Special Assistant to Chairman Payne Cite Instance of Government ' Neglect, Tell Investigating Com; Should Lessen Burden. He asserted the new shipping board mittee That Tankers Were should be relieved of all burdena of past - Operated. Privately NSW YORK. Nor, 1. Fallurs of the tank steamer department of tho United State shipping board to utilise Ita fleet of bulk Oil carriers for the needs of ship pin board vessel! caused a loss to the government of $3,000,000 in on month, Martin J. Gillen testified today before the Walsh congressional committee Inquiring Into, the shipping board transactions. Oiilea was special assistant to Chalrbnan John Barton Payne last' May, when, he said, tho alleged for-m- sr The ' taitk steamer ' department' bad ' Of these, vessels, he added. twenty, were loathe bands. .of private, op, era tore It was discovered on May II vessels were tlqd up laat that fifty-foat southern ports for lack of fuel oil, and in addition 40 per cent of the operators were buying oil on the open market for At the same time, be $4 td $( a barret. cent of tho 0U we were added, CO per ' carrying in otir ships was furnished at fifty-fo- ur ur a barrel" , Operators Complain. $3,07 T ,'T ; transactions,' of the- - problem of sales, and of ths liquidation of old accounts. To do this, he explained, congress should create a' small liquidating corporation, mads up of five big" business men, ths In tu make corporation to be nonpolitical w Up. The shipping board should then be ormemganized so that each of the six should bers, aside from tho chairman, which have a definite line of work for he would be responsible, such as the problems of docks and docking, allocations, repairs and similar matters. The main idea In his suggestion, he said. Was to enable the board now appointed to go ahead and function for the future. The witness also declared he was not .of. government operation of ships any more than he was In favor of other of the government. Including department the war and navy departments, handling could be taken care of that operations . by private interests. out of our troubles It is my hop that we will get legislation that will be a protection to us If ever again we are called upon to go to war, be said. The witness expressed the opinion that we win have a strong merchant marine when we have a shipping board without ships to operate, the board supported by legislation that will enable our ships to meet foreign competition, and which will check Industries which are now sucking the life blood out of the Industry. .. Corporal Lang Accused in Additional Charges alien further testified that this condition of affairs was disclosed through PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Nov. 18 complaints of two operators. Captain' ?By '.the Associated Press.) Additional Pauj Foley was then bead of the tank evidence charging Freeman Lang, former- Hi )fScSaexSxsa0!W-oSSjHatlan prisoners was preasoertainod he did not know that ships murdering sented today before the jtavat court of were compelled to buy oil at a higher pries inquiry investigating the activities of the m then could have been furnished by the American marines til Haiti. The evidence waa presented by Meratus board." Captain Foley, bo added, waa He tesK later relieved of his duties as head of the Touaslant, a native gendarme. ? tank steamer tified that Lang called a prisoner from department, n the Hinche jail In 1818, questioned him la response to a question by Congress-naKelley, Qlllen said Foley was now and killed him with a machine gun at director of operation of the board' en- ten paces while the prisoner was walktire fleet of more than 1100 ships, lnclud- - ing quietly away. The witness denied that the victim, was trying to escape when he las ths tankers. chart that wss mad of ths tank wa killed. . Toussiant also testified he sew Lang testified Qlllen jteamer operations, were in govern-- ! apply the electrlo current running from shewed that thirty-thre- e meat service ana others In semiprivate a wireless apparatus to a prisoner to and official work. Bom were operated make ths man talk. Asked In ' it the application proved fatal, for the benefit of public utilities and some in the service of eupplytng oil for shlp-- , ths witness replied: cannot I board fust stations abroad.. Among say, but b died la prison ping the Operators he named tho Standard Oil two day later." companies of New York and California, WILL ORDER INQUIRY. tbs Vacuum Oli company, Atlantic Re fining fchmpany, American Fuel Oil Trans Nov. 18. Secretary PHILADELPHIA, porta ti on company. Island Oil company, of War Baker, who was in Philadelphia the French & Canadian Steamship today attending th convention of th pany and others. consumers national league, said ' lie aa to would . order on investigation Tankers Are Leased. . whether wounded world war veterans are In He 'added that last May this country, being neglected government hospitals e welt as the entire world, was short of Frederick W. Galbraith, national comtankers. On ths open market such ships mander of tho American Legion, was were, being chartered at from $13 to $33 quoted her yesterday aa having said a deadweight ton, h said. The shipping wounded soldiers were neglected in the ' board waa leasing ita tankers, he added. hospitals. P Advo- Charles E. Hughes .J cates ItT Retention in Ar- gument (MngrsAdams wumv WMHiwmmwiwitH On" i Before - League. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 18. Charles LN Evans Hughe advocated retention of the , direct primary system in making party nominations for offices In states and leaser political units in an address tonight before delegates to ths convention of the National Municipal league, of which be is president. Fpeaklng on "The Fate of the Direct Primary," Mr. Hughes declared it was the "essential complement of the. short ballot, and that it would be a mistake to throw over th system In favor of a return td the Old convention system or its predecessor, the party caucus. He made plain that his remarks could apply only to political systems under stats jurisdiction, it not being possible under th to provide for direct presides tlal primaries. He said the primary system 'could be made an effective barometer of the will of parties only when primary laws provided for strict enrolment of voters, thus be strictly Insuring that nominations along party lines and within the control of tho members of th party in question. The open primary, in which. citizens vot th ticket of whlohever party they Choose, he said, had been proved a failure. The .idea) method of iKhkihg 'fiomiha-ttoti- s. Mr. Hugh'es said, was to jiav a convention to which delegates would be chosen by elections within th member- l i - V- ,i fabityles, rics and tailored for long service. all-wo- ol - s Utahi Greatest ' Clothing Stora Company r -- salt lake citt 0 A - x k '4 ' iUH' f'r4 y, w : 1 i - , , r 1 . -- V ,v A :M- "A ' fy- Y W : b A' 4 'f v W- I ' -- V ( 4 ' ' T jig i- - '71 a - " ' hi?'v'v ? If ; ff At X T ! V'A ' ' hi f J ! 'f 5 ' 'y ' S ii t A VA , r 'f . f Y'' v t ,v I ' 9 1. & ' v 'As t V. Vs., Nov. ,18. A CHARLESTON, state trooper and a miner were killed tonight in a gun fight In th Mingo coun coal strike region, according to a rety port given out here-bthe state depart- ment of public safety. Colonel Jackson Arnold, commander of the state police, who issued the report, said his advices were that Ernest L. Ripley of Huntington, a trooper, is the dead officer and that th other1 man slain wak a union leader named Hatfield. State troopers were sent into ths Strike son several weeks ago to relievo United States soldiers, who were withdrawn. Th federal troop were called Into the region by Governor John Jr Cornwell, after numerous shooting affrays and disorders bad occurred. While the regular army men were in th field the situation waa, quiet, but since they departed a number of attacks, directed upon coal properties, have occurred. ' 6 - State Trooper Is Slain in Mine Strike Outbreak X l v W', - ' 1 ' i ' i "A ,, 1 ' 4 - v'r- - - W I J ''t' '' V . y - ? AI ' fi e-- y , J1' ty- -" - i I ' 1 . ' - m I nj IJ - - 1 2 s r I' Yl' ' st i i 4 wV $ H H ap:av j'A; ,,;--- ' r M ", tj ,S ? ' AavAvAUAvy. K-- jAAr--- ' ,, i , ' i 'f . ' A A.. I , ' i ' - iih w : , ' yI 4 ' f os ' ' t - ' " - ' '( v - - ' '. ' - WrAA sW tFQAr.Ml'h Arir.V, . O At ml llMdn . iWA . . AAfS'Fgk it r A... ' r- - ' I1 ... - VA. - 4 ' ' 'Y ',v.sr v 'A- -- - v ' , M.r. 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They say that two member of the trafflo squad had reported see- Ing th automobile In which the girl were taken to th park end had aald only three men end the two women were in the,.-N- ew evidence, Which th polio said conflict with the stories told by- - Law renc and iHarris Jorgensen and Marcus Brumberg, ths three held In connection with th rase, was obtained Lawrence Jorgensen waa said to today. have mad a second oonfssslon. In which he was declared to have admit ted attacking th women In Grant, park and taking ths pockelbook of ous FARMERS SUPPORT URGED. KANSAS CITY, Nov. 18 Aa appeal WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 Th eight-yefor til farmers to uphold policies adopted fight , between the Western Union by th annual convention of th National Telegraph oorapany and th Lbulsvtll A fi.rmer anion hers, was Issued at th by Charles S. BarNashville railroad as to the right of th closing session tonight Of th organisation. former to use th railroad's right of way rett, president were ssksd to supfarmer the for Its wires, reached ths supreme court port the movement for withholding farm today In theforra f en application br products from th market until prices th Western Union for a writ of certlor g level. at a The legal battle began In 1813. when th were again hi snt Western Union was ordered to remove It ported, Mr. Barrett aald,is "Itroadly will have poles and wires. An Injunction was ob no efieot.- - It 1 In th tntarest of farmer tallied by the telegraph company end- -' should receive their aceverywhere and tive support, enllct giving th. th right of way COUNCIL ORGANIZED, ENGINEERS ment of 13000. In March, 1813, the Kentucky WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 Th Ameri a law prohibiting th con can Engineering Council of the American passed demnation and the injunction was dis- Federated Engineering societies was or solved, in Us brief filed today, th West ganised today to promote a national proern Union contended that the Kentucky gram which Ita officers said would Include could be gubliahiuent cf a developmeul of publio law wee unconstitutional lf-- lt ,.C,HI.('A(K)1; Copyright 1920 Hart tchafincr & Alan i ' ' ,4 rj Mr. Vanderlip was in Stockholm up t a few day ago. He recently returned rrom Moscow end gave out a statement asserting that ha had secured a concession for 400,000 square miles of land la bibwrla, for a syndicate of Americans. Suits and OCoats in the newest , . ' if ifcY . LONDON, Nov, IS. ThO' American am baasy her was notified today that Washington D. Vanderlip, California oil and mining engineer who recently was In Moscow, will bo closely questioned by th intelligence department of Scotland Yard on hi arrival In London if the present plans of th police are out. Th notification was givencarried as a matter of courtesy and la not In like cases of lesser importance. gives Th interrogation will not necessarily be mad with th view of taking action against Mr. Vanderlip presence in En. fiend. It was said, but with the Intention of ascertaining what his activities had been Inexactly Russia In view of tho many conflicting reports published in London. Such Interrogation, It was bolnted out. would be In conformity with ho recently adopted attitude of the Brit ish government of discouraging travel be- tween Russia and England I - -' - w- - IS 1 t ' - .11 British Authorities Plan ,. to Quiz Vanderlip A. e. , Wallis-announce- le ? 1 1 ' 'f , now be had at - rC :'v, ' lLi 't , . bsrf s 1 f I V- 5 y ' ?' : :4 NEW YORK, Nov. 18. Representative Johnson of the house .committee on immigration, today that completed body's investigation of conditions at Kills Island, and tonight followed other members of tho committee to Washington, where ho said a meeting would b held Immediately .to frame legislation for lmprovemonl 'of the Immigration service. Mr. Johnson spent the day In conference with Commissioner Wallis and other officials. Ho said ha wss obtaining information from records of cases In whloh aliens had been admitted under bond by the secretary of labor, after they had been ordered excluded by apodal boards of inquiry. Commissioner he ha received word from Senator Sterling of 8outh Dakota, a member of the senate Immigration committee, saying h would visit Ellis Island next Tuesday. this sale and can , r ; Committee Completes Its Ellis Island Investigation are included in ' ' I .WILLIAMSON, W. Va., Nov. 18. Private Ernest L. Rlpplev of th stat police and William Hatfield, said to bo a Union organiser, killed each other In a pistol fight at Sands, twenty-fiv- e miles east of her tonight, according to reports received by Captain Brocks, commander of th troopers on duty In th Mingo coal strlk region. ' ner ' --- f ' , f - c ship of the party. This convention, besides of the organization enunciating the policies of the organization, should discuss likely candidates for office, making public their recommendations, to bo subsequently ratified or reversed In favor of other candidates by the voters at tho party elections. Mr. Hughes summed up tho of tho direct primary system inadvantage two argu- ments: First," ho said, "it a weapon in th bands of the partyplaces voters which they can us with offset in case of need. They are no longer helpless. This fact puts party leaders on their iaaxafsvidari? hWia'Wule and unselfish leader who ta endeavoring to maintain good standards in lien with sound publio sentiment. It favors a disposition not to create situations which are likely to challenge a test. Second, tho fact of this control gives to the voters a consciousness of power and responsibility, if things do not go fight, theyknow that the trouble lies with them. The importance of this, assurance ehould not be overlooked In any diacussion of the apathy of th eleo-t- o rate. ' ' ' , ' ' T"- ' -- -- ; & .. Fight Reaches Supreme Court mad to apply to litigation pending moment of Its passage. at ths ar y, profit-payin- , y-- ' ' kiirt !; ' .'Ue works, creation of a federal budget system, solution of th transportation problem and conservation of the countrys Washington was tentatively selected a headquartermar of th counUl which will than thirty engineering represent societies with a combined" membership of more than 103,00a Herbert Hoover will address th council tomorrow night. NEW PAPER IN RECEIVERSHIP., ABERDEEN. 8. D.. Nov. 18 Tb Northwest Square Deal Nonpartisan league dally newspaper here, today, went Into th hands of a receiver. A petition filed in circuit court Tuesday by stock holder states that farmers of this vicinity Invested I01.3H3.33 In cash and notes in support of the paper since January In addition, a mortgage of of this $3000 against (h real estate ef th news- and a running Indebtedness of Japer monthly, Is said to have been InThe mortcurred by th puhlloatlon. gaged plant is ths sol asset ef tb firm, stockholder! declare, , y-- Women Keep' Hats Off; Court Fines for Contempt CHICAGO, Nov. Jl Equal suffrage for women means that they must not wear their bets when In bis courtroom. Justice of th Peso F. f. Arltig declared today when h fined two women $3 each for contempt of court when they refused to remove their bat. Tbs women paid. When tho justice called ths court tw order he said; Everybody' will please remove' their hal. Oscar McCann Mrs and Mrs. Frederick Ritter 'failed to slit So. The a moment, but tbs two continued to wear their hats. "Five dollars and roaie for' contempt pf court, aald the justice. "If women , can have equal suffrage with men, they can Also remove their hats In my court-roo. court-hesitate- . .. |