The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, December 2, 1915, Page 2

PAGE WO THE NONPARTISAN LEADER Szgnzfzcant Things in Events of the Day EggSpeculators Have Congress May Neglect Proportional Repre- Corner of More Than a Bil- lion New York, Nov. 28.—Egg speculat- ors are holding a billion of eggs in storage rather than sell them at fair prices to the public, acording to H. P. Cassidy, former state food agent in this city. Furthermore, he charges the speculators are illegally selling their storage product as strictly fresh. Cold Storage as “Fresh.” “These speculators are seling stor- age eggs as ‘strictly fresh,’” Cassidy - said yesterday,. ‘and then they .are trying to fool people by czusing the arrest of little dealers. Trey have piles of eggs in the storage ware- houses, and they are gouging the pzo- ple in ptices. They are putting this storage product on the market ia competition with the strietly fresh eggs of the farmers, and, of ccurse, are able to undersell the farmer with a handsome_ profit to themselves. Net Properly Labeled. “Under the cold storage law of 1913 they must label their eggs prop- erly. They are not doing so, they are sclling these storaze eggs as fresh. The people are being done up finely. “The state food departreant is ar- resting the l.ttle fellows, but it does not reach out after the big fellows, thke men who are szraping the dates from the boxes of eggs that have been in cold storage; and, are puttir. them out as frech stuff. I challerge any one to contradict these state- ments. I can produce thz proofs.” Cassidy was one of the men instru- m:ntal in having the law of 1913 pass- ed. It provides that all egas placed in storage must have the date of their arrival there stamzed cn th: cases, and pilaces an eight-month limit on the storage of these eggs, to force the speculators to unload at reogular intervals, in the effort to prevent an egg corner. At the present time it is estimated there are 1,016,00,0C0 eggs in stor- age, or ‘16,000,000 dozen more ezgs than at this time last year. If the winter is a mild one the owners of these eggs will be squezzed hard in their competition with the great Am- erican hen; which will continue lay- ing eggs. i FORD HIRES PEACESHIP New York, Nov. 28.—Henry Ford announced, today he would take a peace expedition to Eurpoe to at- tempt to end the war. He said that “he Pad chartered tke Scandinavian . liner, Oscar II, which will sail De- . cember -4, with his' party. - Mr. Ford will invite leading Ameri- _can pacifists to join the expedition “and, those of other néutral nations as well. He aims to have a great peace vconference st one’ of the European " capitals. Mr. Ford outlined his peace plan in "the following statement: . “This conference iy to be a neutral -peace conference. - I shall invite all the prominent people who are oppos- .ed to war to get together in-one of “the larger cities in Holland or one of the Scandinavian countries. . *“% shall . charter the Oscar II to take the delegates who shall be chos- en from the Unitcd States, Central and South America to Europe. At the same time, delegates will be asked to join in the conference from all the neutral countries of Eurore. The ' conference will be held under tha auspices of the Internstional -Com- mittee of Women for . permanent peace. ‘To ¢top this war and other wars, we -shall have to stop preparedness, which only means war.” T e Water' Power Nation In Inter- est of War . Washington, Nov. 28.—From war to water power sounds like a far cry, yet the war in Europe practically has ended any possibility of the pass- age at the coming session of Congress of the bill for a water power plant at the high dam in the Mississippi river between St. Paul and Minnea- polis: There is some “inside” politics in- volved in the situaton. Lost at Last Session.” At the .last. Congress the water power interests had fixed up a bill which suited them very well, indeed, and had it almost passed through the House when Representative Sherley of Kentucky led a band.of insurgents against it and, secured the tacking on of an amendment reserving to the government the right to charge for the use of the water in navigabis streams if in the future it should deem it advisable. That did not suit the water power peorple at all, and so the bill was lost in the Senatz, A Different Situation. Now, by reason oi tie position on military preparedness by Claude Kit- chin, the prespective chairman of the ways and means committee in the House, Representative Shorly be- comes thz floor spokesman of the ad- ministration as to military legislation, tke most imminent subject of propos- ed legislaton. Representative Sher- tey’s leadership in this matter makes even strongar the strategic position he can command ax to his water pow- er policy. Besides, he has the advantage that the last session was just following an election, and this one is just on the cve of an election. It will be harder for the water poweor intercsts to com- mendeer votes against the She:rley amendments. ' The Result. The result will be that they will hold the situation in the Senate, which from their viewpoint, is still “safe and sane,” and while tkey can- not pass what they want in the House over Representative Sherley’s head, he cannot pass what he waats through the Senate over the heads of a com- mittee committed against his policy. Meantime the St. Paul-Minneapolis dam is helpless. A sgpecial bill pro- viding for it cannot be passed be- cause Lindley M. Garrison, secretary of war, believes that all pending plans of the sort should await the passage of a new general dam bill. OUSTED AFTER THIRTY YEARS. Kan-as City, Nov. 28.—Thrty years ago Charles L. Jean, one of Kansas City’s old settlers, moved onto a plot of ground at 2004 Wyandotte street, built a litttle home, and batched. A month ago he was moved out of his home into the street and there he lived for a week, cooking his meals over a stove on the curb and sleepy ing under the canopy of a sheet. At the age of 70 years he was ad- mitted to the county poor farm by the county court this morning. During the last four years, until a short time ago, the land was, owned, by Herbzrt Woolf. Each month Jean paid Woolf $1 for rent and each tima Woolf gave the dollar back. The tranaction prevented Jean from ac- quiring squatter title to the land, Many times he paid the rent with the same dollar, keeping it on hand for such occasions, while he lived on, the few dimes he could pick up by dping, chores, But Woolf sold the ground and the new owner wanted it. Now the poor farm has a new inmate, ASETRS ‘generally adepted. ‘they-see -fit. _ sentation Is3Put In Force By Ohioans Ashtabula, O., Nov. 238.—Under: Ash-:: tabula’s new government. by - propor- tional representaton, every faction. of voters totaling: more-than one-eighth of the votes cast, gets one-represen:.. tative in the city:council." The . change -was. made-Nov::2..-- Asktabula with-20,000:pepulation is. the first American -city.to-adopt the- ‘plan. . It is said to:be.truly, repre- . sentative of all the:citizens.and the plan’s advocates.. predict .i Citizens Pleased. - They claim, it is based on prin ple while others are based«on:pats" ronage. The citizens -geém.: - to be pleased, with it. ; Party control, an obJectlon to the city manager plan, has- been ‘obviated- by the Ashtabula plan, it is claim- ed. It is said that by having the best man of any group of voters seek a ccuncil place on his group’s princi- ples, ward politics is abolished. There were fourteen candidates for seven placss, each neminated by a 2 rer cent voters’ petition on ron-par- tisan ballots. Each candidate's fac- tion was stated after his name. The Results, Each voter put the figure 17afer kis first choice. His vote cou-xte’fi% but one cardidate, but he could make sceond choice, a third, fcurth, filth and o on until there were no iore. nawes. The councilmen were chbsen at large. ) Election to office was dzt2rmined by dividing the total vote by eigh'y giving, in Ashtabula, a quotiént of 372 on the basis of 2,972 votes. Any candidate with 372 first-choice vot:s was elected. If he had over 372 they were given to the next highest man not already elected. Low cardidatcs were dropped and their votcs added to the next high- est choice on the ballot. When the ballots were counted the business fac- tion had three representatives, the Irish, Swede and Italian each one and the Socialist (the only party men- tioned) one. GERMANY SEIZES FOOD Berlin, Nov. 23.—Virtually the en- tire food supply of the nation iy expected - soon to pass under govern- ment control to insure an equitable distribution of supplies at fair prices among the entire population, rich and poor. ded today to the list of products whose sale will be regulated by the state.. The federal council author- ized, the chancellor to issue regula- tions covering trade in them. Many Vegetahles Included. The chancellor wasalso authorized to establish maximum prices.for buck wheat and millet, marmalades and honey, vegetables, fruits and sauer- kraut. These prices apply to pro- ducers. Local authorities in. muni- cipalities of more than 10,000 popula- tion. are -required, - to fix - maximum rices, for. retailers. in_these supplies. ~ . & P D e N YO NGOV 282 CHUTAGE ML + oo st The authorities in smaller places are empowered to take. cimilar action if’ The chancellor..is- given. authority to set. a high- limit above which prices may not go. Maxlmum Prize Fixed. . Bread, potatoes, pork, milk and butter already have been subjected to. & *maximium “ price-schedile; -~ Ths* consumption of other meats is regu- lated and estimated, by so-called ‘ meatless. days.” Maximum : prices for .all varieties- of fresh meats and fish are b:lieved to be in sight. Coffee, tea and cocoa were ad- . Tenant Farmers Use Guns In Fight For Lower Rents. And Prices -New. Madrid,- Mo., Nov. -28: ———Thnre is ‘war.in New Madrid and Dunklin counties. - It- buvst forth last week -when- +“night- -riders " surrounded - a- gang. of - officers and-detectives,.con-... ‘cealed in-a-shackand. opened . fire.on -them..~ Two .of the detectives: were . . wounded : and also: sevéral* .of .. the: . “nighte 1. ders 2 ; < ‘The" trouble: has b '-bié'v?ing -for many “moons. - <Most~of ' the farming -« S Jands in ‘tkese -counties-are’owned by -, ‘bankers- and: retired landlords, -who -:live in the-town of New- Madrid. The:-. - ~rents are-outlandishly-high. . Tenants - .- . have -been firotesting for:a-long time. They have :-also:---been:. protesting against-: the - high- prices -charged ~by: . ~the-merchants cof "New-Madrid. - But their protests -have.-fallen . upon.un- heading ears. Hired Detectives. New Madrid’s military consists of landowners and merchants. Its ord- nance-is nondescript, from high pow- erful rifle to shotguns and pepper- box pistols. Its generals are hired detectives and the opposing army consists of terants and laborers. More. money and, chearer rents were among the demands of the “night riders;” cheaper food prices is the arpeal made to_ the merchants. Neither cry has been h=ard. And driven to desperation of bat- tle with death, they are fighting for that which they believe is due them. And it will be a battle to death, un- less greater forces are brought to suppress them. First Battle Starts, Monday right’s outbreak was the result of many months of quibbling. Day after day, the night riders say, have they urged for humane treat- ment. It was of no avail.Then they threw down the gauntlet of war. Tha challenge was accepted. The landowners imported several detectives. Among them are federal secret cervice men. . They were. se- creted in a plank shack on the farm of T. S.. Heisserer, banker and land- owner. Their presence was discov- ered by the night.riders. 600 Shots Fired. Some time Monday night the night riders surrounded the house. The first cvidence of their pres:nce was a ripping volley, shtortly after mid- night. The. battle raged for forty minutes and more than 600 shots were exchanged. After the .battle the night riders took their wounded and retreated. The next day New Madrid took up the fight. She armed herzelf to the teeth and with:bloodhounds-set upon the trail. Nine of the. riders wers caught. No sooner were they placed. in jail when. ominous threats—threats, came Fouring .in.and_now New Mad- rid.awaits the attack. ~ROBSEVELT HELPS RAILWAYS len, former: president. of the-New. Ha- - ven, testxfled "in the ‘trial of the in- -- dicted “directors that ‘the piitchase of the Boston & Maine by the New Ha- ven railroad was made with full con- .gent of Col. Roosevelt, . then presi- dent, and Sec’y of Interlor Franklm' : L. Lane, then an mterstute com- meres” comniissioner: with him, Mellen said, that it was better ‘from a military standpoint to have the Bbston & Maine owned by an’ American corporation ' than to have it fall int6 the hands of a Ca- nadian company. They ~agreed -+ v or-w