Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 8, 1920, Page 1

—~ VOL. LXII—NO. 8 POPULATION 29,919 1. PLAN FOR REGULATION OF ALL AMERCAN INDUSTRY It Has Been Prepared by Glenn E. Plumb, Who Declares That |, “the Existing Industrial System is Crashing Around Our Ears; “That Wages Bear No Relation to the Value of Ser- vices Rendered and “That Profits Are Wrongfully Ex- acted”—Its Fundamentals Are That the Workman Should be Compensated Entirely According to the Amount of Value of Services Rendered, and Receive an Equivalent Amount in Value of the Services of Others; the Public to Obtain Better, Cheaper and More Products as the Progress of Arts Permit; Denies the Power of the Public to Regulate or Deprive the Owner of Property of His Investment, Honestly Made. Washington, Jarn (By the A. P)— A Plumb plan for ail American indus- try, modeled after the plan of the same name for the railroads, has been prepared and is expected to be pub- licly announced svon. Copies of the plan, ' captioned “An Indus! Program, by Glenn E. Plumb,” are being circulated in Washington, and some of them have been received in government circles. Briefly, the plan prop American industiry the partite railroad control time age with the backing great been of brotherhoods, and which it has an the announced would fssue at the elections. pract Iy the same divi sentation for ' capital, N be made L propol n of repre- labor. and the four di- is classed into vistons i v 1—Those ic in owner- and operation, including the and’ the small artisan, con- and manufacturer who is both laborer and consumer.” “formerly indi through organiza- o developed that ownership ed from labor and concerns I only in direction and supervision of production, in which it eng. L ave no ustries “based upon a grant from society in the shape of a fran- chise, grant of privilege or monopoly.” In this division are included all public sefvice corporations excent those en- gaged in interstate commerce “and all industries cnzaged In erxploiting nat- ural resources.” These latter are de- scribed as Including mines, gas and waterpawer. +—Railroads and commercial trans- tion facilities. The plan ex- ains that are considered sen- erately from the nublic service faeili- ties embraced in the third division be- cause the fermer are “vnder loeal con- 1rol created by local authorities and subiect to loeal regulatior fundamental interest” In these the Plumb plan declares. “is the need of society for the prod- { that iadustry or the service T it renders, that calls the m~us- try into beinz. Tn the first two cl, es where society has made no grant the free working of the law of piv and demand vrotects the public interest.” “Public interest” plan as follows: “Tt defined in the = “the rizht of the to obtain Dhetter, cheaper or more products or service the gress of the arts permits mak- ing of more or better zoods or service a ta Jower cost of nrodretion. The constitution denies {he nower of the public so to exerc ts nower of reg- mlation as to deprive the owner of the wroperty of his Investment. actually and prudently made. or of arn on such investment. ¥f so- giety pays more than 'this emount which the owner retains as a profit, society pays more than it lawfully is required to pay and the owner re- ceives more than he is lawfully enti- tled to receive.” Under the heading “Rights of La- bor.” the plan declares that the meas- ure of what a workman shall receive “depends entirely upon the amount in value of service which he renders. He is entitled to receive an equrvalent alue of the is * crashing wages bear no relation to the services rendered and that “pro wrongfully exacted.” “To correct this system,” says Plumb’s plan, “there must be abs lute equality between the three inter- ests—the public. capital, labor. To accomplish this end, I submit to the American people the true foundation for the reconstruction of our indust- Irial system. This requires that thel grant of society, existing either in a | privilege, monopoly. or grant, shall be deemed the investment which society makes in that industry benefited by ! the .grant: that the capital required| to support the industry shall also be fits ‘are deemed an _ investment. Labor, the| creative power of individuals em- ployed, Shall be deemed an invest- | ment. “Society shall receive profits on its investment In the shape of better, cheaper, and more service. “Capital shall receive its share in guaranteed protection of investment, and that current rate of return which in the markets of the world procures the acceptance at par, of the securi- t which represent, invested capital. bor shall receive as its return upon its investment of human - effort that rate of wages which in the free markets of the world procures the service of that class-eof labor, and; -in addition to wages, shall receive its share of all the savings which labor can. effect in the processes of produc-! tion, “In {hose industries which should, properly be owned by the community, and where the capital emploved has 1n absolute guaranty of integrity, and return, al}l o fthe savings reflected in return, all of the savings reflected in ~reaseq efficiency should be .evenly di- vided between the public and labor. “In such industries employing pri- vate capital to.render public. service, based on a grant, the public, or con- sumers, should- still enjoy one half of the savings of such efficie Capital and labor jointly should receive the benefit of the. other half, to be dis- tributeq between capital and labor in the proportion of their respective in- vestments. The public’'s half should be reflected in a reduction of price to the consumers.” CONNECTICUT ICE CORP, FORMED; $1000,000 CAPITAL Hartford, Conn., Jan. 7.—The forma- tion of a million dollar ice company, to_be known as the Connecticut Ice cofporation, was announced here .to- night. The corporation has closed negotiations with the Connecticut Light and Power company for & 25- year lease of the ice-cutting privileges on the artificial lake in the Housatonic river valley near Stevenson. The huge <dam recently completed there by the power company has created a lake ten miles long. It was estimated that this body of water would vield from 500,000 1t oa million tons of ice a season. Of the ten organizers of the ice <orporation, eight are prominent bus- inéss and .professional men of New Haven. It was announced that arti- wles of incorporation would be filed at ‘the secretary of state’s office within a few days The incorporators were given as follows: Joseph E. Hubinger, bank president; Norris 8. Lippitt. bank official and coal dealer; Charles W. Murdock, con- tractor; Joseph A. Weibel, brewery owner; Colonel I. M. Ullman, presidént ‘of the New Haven chamber of com- ‘merce:. Dr. Herman P. Hessler; Er- nest S. Phillips. tire manufactures, Jacob P. Goodhart. lawyer. all of New Javen; Colonel Robert O. Baton of North Haven and G. Harold Gilpatric sof Putnam, state treasurer. Mr. Goodhart, speaking for the di- rectors of the project, sald that 34 Mhollow tile fcehouses are to be built along the shores of the Housatonic Jake, at a cost of about $500,000, and from these it was planned to ship ice %o New Haven Bridzenort, Waterbury, Parbury and New York city. Owing Ro the lateness of the season, the at- torney said, probably not more than 100000 tons of ice would be cut this ‘winter. but it was planned to have a statewide dlstribution as soon as pos- sible. The fce on the lake is mow 13 {F;hea thick, according to Mr. Good- rt. MAKING PLANS FOR A STATE BANK IN CHILE . New York, Jan. 7.—Chile is planning the erzanization of a state bank, pat- 1erned after the federal reserve hank &7 this country, members of the Chile American association were toid today by Samue] Claro Lastarria, a mem- ber of the Chilean mission to the i’an- American finanelal conferenee, at a Inncheon here teday in honor of the visiting delegatesn. The South American country also is trying to stabilize -international ex- change. he said. Banks are.no lonzer allowrd to issue notes there, he added, and all pubMe currencv is guaranteed by a deposit In gold. Taking into con- sideration the average exchange rate lof twelve years he explained that it Inas been nroposed to fix 2 standard of 4 cents in American money = sequiva- t to 12 pence in zold. RAILWAY MEN TO CO-OPERATE TO OVERCOME HIGH PRICES Washington, Jan. 7.—(By The A. P.) ng to obtain satisfactory relief from the high cost of living either through further wage advances by the railroad administration or from the| anti-profiteering campaign of the de- partment of justice, officials of the | four big brotherhoods and the railroad | shop crafts affiliated with the Amer-| ican Federation of Labor have decided | to seek a solution for themselves through co-operative buying, produc- tion and distribution. The step was construed, in some quarters as indi- | cating that demands for further wage increases would not he pressed pend- ing outcome of the experiment. Details of the co-operative scheme have not yet been completed, but plans | have heen under consideration since! the former labore conference at Chica- 2o in November. The formation of the_all-Ameriean farmer-labor co-op- erative commission ,an outgrowth of the conference, was announced today at_its offices here, Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and one of the organizers of the Chi- cago meeting, is general treasurer of the co-operative commission, and oth er officials’ of the railway employ: organizations are officers of the com- mision, FOUND COIN COUNTERFEITING EQUIPMENT IN BRIDGEPORT Bridgeport, Jan. T.—Complete coun- terfeiting equipment for the manufac- ture of quarters. half ’ dollars and nickels, was found by Lieut. William N. Keiser of the fire department at the home of Nicholas Camarra. Syl- van avenue, yesterday afternoon, while investigating tife cause of a small fire, -it became known today. Camarra was held .in the police court today in bonds of $1,000 for the federal authorities, The equipment and metal, which gave evidence of having been used within 24 hours. has been turned over to federal agents. ‘TWO GERMANS DEPORTED | ON STEAMER MONGou'AI New York, Jan, Two Germans arrested in recent raids on New York jReds were deported from Ellis Island | on the American steamship Mongolia which sailed today for Hamburg. They were George Schwarzwalder and Ernest Emil Albert Heitmuller. They were taken from the island under guard and their transportation was paid by federal agents. THE BOLSHEVIKI HAVE OCCUPIED TAGANROG London, Jan. T7.—The bolsheviki occupied Taganrog; in the territory of the Don Cossacks, on the north shore of the Sea of Azov, -| eemmission. Miners Vote 1639 to 221 tolipholdOfficers Endorsed the Action of the In- ternational Officers in Cut- ting Off the Strike. Columbus, O., Jan.'7.—International officers of tne United Mine Workers of America will go betore the commission appointed by President Wilson-to ar- bitrate final settiement of the contro- versy between the miners and opera- tors with the backing of the rank and file of the miners of the country, as a result of action here today of tne re- convened convention of the uuncry organization. z By'a vote of 1,639 to 221, the con- vention adopted’ the motion of Philip Murray, president of the Pennsylvania soft coal miners, to endorse the action of the international officers in cailing off the strike and agreeing to accept the president’s proposal, which pro- vides for a 14 per cent. advance in wages and agreement to submit all questions indispute to the president's The convention adjourned sine die and Acting President Lewis and Sec- retary Green will meet with the in- ternational executive board of the yajnerd organization here tomorrow before going to Washington, wnere they are to appear next Monday be- fore the president’s coal commission. The hearing in Washington is called for the purpose of allowing the miners’ scale committee of the central, com- petitive field to present the miners’ case to the commission, John P. White, one of the members of this commission. was present at the con- vention when the vote was taken. The vote came after three days o1 debate and a stor wind-up_in which a small but no minority tried to swing the convention in favor of postponing acceptance of the presi- dents proposal until after the com- mission has made its award, Opponents, failing to block accept- ance of the settlemeit, filed charges c of influénza 'ropoM ‘Ep in pain, o Price of coal was raised 50 cents a | ton in New York. Canada’s war casualities were 212,- 703, of which 68,843 were dead. Gold sold at 109s 3Y2d an ounce in London, compared with 109s 5d af previous close. . 3 Boats plying the Delaware reported being hampered by ice floes the heav- iest in three yars. A French aviatrix arrived at Rabat, Morocco, from Paris, having made the flight in two days. It is reported that all the Govern- ment-owned wheat in Chicago and Milwaukee was sold. » Bar silver was quoted at 7673 pence an ounce in London, compared with $1.31% ih New York. .Germansubsidiary of General Elec- trict and other Berlin ‘plants to close as a result of coal shortage. It was annognced in London that German ships fsunk at Scapa Fdow will be blown up by the Allies shortly. The dollar was quoted at 10 francs 75 centimes in Paris, compared with 10 franes 76 centimes at previous close ..Newspaper Soir, of Brussels, reports Belgium will not sign treaty with Hol- land, elaborated by the council - of fifteen in Paris. According to Senator Lusk, raids on radicals have merely scratched the surface. He said there were 20,000 in New York State. Appeal of William O. Jenkins for nullification of his Telease on bail was denied by Criminal Court Judge Guz- man, in Pueblo. Fires last year in United States and anada estimated to have ineurred against Acting 1'resident Lev und | ';1561;3:85“1“”19"1175‘ compared with Secretary Green, demanding their re- | $817,014, n moval from oftice and suspension as | . ! members of the union for ten years| . Y@nacio Bonillas, Ambassador to the for alleged violation of the instrues tions of the Cleveland convention and “cowardis The charges were signed by Joe Lynol and Thomas F. O’Connor, Peo- ria, Ill, delegates. President Lewis vacated “the chair and turned the gavel over to J. C. Lewis, president of tne Iowa miners, when the charges were brought. Secretary Green hesi- tated about reading them becaunse he was invelved. * The convention then voted to require Lynol, the autnor o the charges, to read them. Lynol re- fused, saying he was not responsible for the charges, but was instructed by his lccal union to present them. Green then read the charges and _con- vention later. by an almost unanimous vote, repu téd the charges by triking them from the record of the proceedings. Opponents of the settlement canedl for ‘speeches from Frapk Farrington, president of the Illinois miners, and Alex Hpwat, of the Kansas miners. Farrington arose and tried to obtain recognition from Secretary Green, who occupied the chair, after the conven- tion had voted to close debate. Green ruled him out of order. Howat did not attempt to speak. A In explaining why he had decided to accept the president's proposal of set- tlement, Lewis said he “had no desire to defeat the United States govern- ment in a contest.” “L shall never lead any organiza- tion but an American organization,” Lewis declared, “and if the day ever ccmes when this organization is dom- inated by people who are false to American traditions, that day 1 will cease to be an officer in it.” He ‘pointed out that throughout the forty days' strike ont a single life was lost and id the organization had “emerged unydathed' whereas con- tinuation of the strike and revolt] against the government would have meant “disaster and defeat.” Lewis promised delegates to con- tinue the fight far their demands for higher nay and shortér hours and ad- justment of local working conditions before the president issi DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETS TODAY; ‘Washington, *Jai 7.—The treaty as a campaign issue loomed conspicuous on the political horizon | today as leaders® of the democratic party, gathered here for the quadren- nial meeting of the democratic na-| tional committee, laid preliminary plans for the presidential contest. Already overshadowing the fight for} the national convention, which-appar- | ently narrowed during the day tof Kansas City and San Francisco, dis- cussion of the treaty got an addition- al impetus when it became known that at its. meeting tomorrow the committee would be asked by its of- ficers to formally put itself squarely behind President President Wilson in his stand in the treaty controv. A resolution making such a decla- ration prepared for presentation and Chairman Cummings of the com- mittee predicted that it would be adopted. It is understood to be in general terms, endorsing’ the presi dent’s course without declaring spe fically for unreserved ratification, but Mr. Cummings said the intention w to make its language so plain that there would be, no doubt that the party stood “behind the president.” The announcement stirred up end- less speculation when it was coupled | with unverified reports that William | Jenrings Bryan would advocate a dif-| ferent course in his speech at the big Jackson Day banquet to be held un- der the auspices of the committee to- morrow night. peace THREE INMATES ESCAPED FROM INSANE ASYLUM.| Bridgewater, Mass, Jan. 7.—Three inmates of the state hospital for the insane escaped tonight by breaking through the iron grating to a door, and were still at large late tonight. The men are Raymond Hodgerymer of Worcester. William R. Ward, a ne- gro, of Moston. Who was committed to the asylum from the state prison, and Lucius Grubbs, a negro, of Mos- ton, who was committed = from the state reformatory, to which he was Tnited States''will resign and return 0 Mexico City to become a candidate in the presidential election. A $4,000,000,000 balance of trade in favor of the United States was the estimate for 1919, according to Secre- tary of Commerce Alexander. Hearing o the appeal .of Victor Berger convicted of interfering with the draft, set by the Cihcuit Court of Appeals of Chicdgo for Feb. 19. Gold coin amounting to $40,000 was withdrawn from the Sub-Treasury for export to Ceylon. A shipment of $30- 000 was made to South America. Senator McNary published a cable- gram from President Menocal, of Cuba, in which it yyas stated half of the Cuban sugar crop remained. unm- sold. .. Trains between New Haven “and New York were stalled for about two hours last night as a result of a short circuit in the power house at Cos Cob. Eleven radicals were arrested in Waterbury last night by federal men and the local pelice. Unless Congress appropriates $9,000-° 000 of Navy Department funds avail- able for repairing ships, many em- ployes at navy yards will be discharg- ed Feb. 1, . ..Sales of the United Cigar Stores, owned by the United States Retail Stores Corp., amounted to $62,038,000 in 1919, an inerease of $10,067,000 over the year preceding. Plans of Mayor Couzens for a m nicipally owned street railway syste to compete with the present system operated by the” Detroit Unitd Rail- ways will he submitted to the City Council. Finland, Esthon and Poland will prti Letvia, Lithuania ipate in the Hels. ingfors corference finally arranged for Jan. 15. All will be represented by their foreign, ministers and military experts.~ # A monolith costing about $30,000 is to be erected in New York harbor to commemorate the United States Navy's part in the worid war, it was announced by Secretary of the Navy | Daniels. Two officers and twenty-five of the crew of a steam dredge narrowly es- | caped death when the vessel capsized and sank in the East River after be-| ing rammed by a-barge. The men jumped overboard. Rconstruction of the house at Doorn recently bought by the former Emper- or William of Germany is progressing steadily, although the former kaiser| expects_demand for his éxtradiction: to be made upon Holland. In 1918 the U. S. Shipping Board contracted with 12 Japanese shipyards for 30 cargo ships with a total - of deadweight tons. Seventeen were delivered; the remainder will be completed before June 1. Representative Hudspeth, of Texas, introduced a bill prohibiting any per- son, corporation or association from selling any contract for future deliv- ery of cotton within the United States| unless the seller has the cotton ac- tually in his possession. ON TRIAL FOR MAKING AND SELLING WOOD ALCOHOL New York, Jan. 7.—Five more of the twenty-three men indicta yesterday in connection with the manufacture and . distribution of . wood - alcohol “whiskey” which spread death and illness .in - Connecticut -at’ Christmas time were arraigned in federal, court today, charged with conspiracy. to defeat the war timi roliibition law. Four were held in_ $50,000 -bail -each. They were Cosimo D’Ambrosia. Salva- tore Bsposito. Adolph Panarelli and Luigi Puca. Carmine Licenziato was held in $10.000. A1l vleaded not gullty. | TRIAL OF CAPTAIN DETZER sentenced for breaking and entering. RE-INDICTED FOR HOARDING 2,000,000 POUNDS OF BACON New York, Jan. 7.—Louis Leavitt, a white lead manufacturer whose de- murrer to an indictment: charging profiteering ‘in the hoarding of maore than 2,000,000 pounds of bacon, was sustained Monday by Federal .Judge Garvin, was re-indicteq today. Leavitt claimed he beught the bacon from the government at its own price. The old bail bonds of $10.000 was mnewed. TEMPORARILY ADJOURNED New York, Jan. 7—After = a brief session today, the trial of Captain 14 PAGES—98 COLUMNS York Assemly Five Socialists on By Judiciary Committee as to Their Loy- alty. Albany, N. Y., Jan. 7.—Five social- ists, members of the New York state legislature, were denied their seats by resolution of that body today. The ac- tion was based on whether they were loyal to this country and until the judiciary committée of the assembly decides whether they are eligible to take their seats they will be denied all rights and privileges of members. The men ousted from the chamber were August Claessens, of New York, the party leader; Samuel A. De Witt and Samuel Orr of the Bronx; Charles Solomon of Kings, and Louis Wald- man of New York. The preamble of the resolution deny- ing them admission to the floor sets forth that their allegiance to their par- ty disqualifies them from serving the state. It declares that the August convention of the socialist party in Chicago declared adherence and solid- arity with the revolutionary party of Soviet Russia; that by such adber- ence and declaratjon the socialist par- ty has indorsed the principles of the Communist international now ' being held at Moscow, which is pledged to the forcible and violent overthrow of all existing organized governments; and that a member may Be expelled or suspended from his party “for failing or refusing, when elected to public of- fice * * * to carry out such in- structions as he may havé received from the party organization.” Speaker Thaddeus C. Sweet directed the sergeant-at-arms to bring the so- cialist members before the bar of the house. When the five men were lined up before him the speaker said: “You are seeking seats in this body —you who have heen elected on a platform that is absolutely”inimical to the best interests of the state of New York and of the United States. “It is interesting to note that Lud- wig C. A. K. Martens, the self-styled Soviet ambassador, became a member of the socialist party upon his entry into this country and took part in its deliberations. It is therefore quite evident that you, in spite of your oath of office, are bound to act subject .to instructions received from an execu- tive committef which may be made up in &yhole or in part of aliens or alien enemies,. holding allegiance to gov ernments o organizations whose in- terests may be diametrically opposed to the best interests of the United States. 25 “It is every citizen’s right to his day in court; if this house should adopt a resolution declaring your seat vacant pending a hearing before a tribunal of this house you will be given an op- portunity to prove your right to a seat in this body.” As soon as the speaker had finished Majority Leader Simon L, Adler of Monroe offered the resolution declar- ing vacant the seats of the socifilist members. Charles Solomon,.the Kings socialist, attempted to get recognition but the speaker ruled that the resolu- tion was not debatable and the roll call began . " The vote was 140 to 6, Louis Wald- man, one of the unseated men, did not respond. on the roll call, but his four colleagues and two Bronx democrats. William S. Evans and J. Fairfax Mc- Laughlin, vated in the negative. TO CO-ORDINATE TO RID . NATION OF RADICALS ‘Washington, Jan. 7.—Complete co- ordination of all governmental agen- cies together with- an awakened con- ress tonight had give nthe campaign to rid the nation of radicals a broader aspect. While Assistant Attorney General Garvan’s force continued its raids, including a search for Ludwig C. . K. Martens, self-styled -envoy of the Russian soviet government, there were evidences of new activity and more determined co-operation in all other departments or the govern- ment. Congress received a bill' introduced by Representative Johnson, republi-- can, of Washington, which would make every government employe an agent for ferreting out undesirables Each clerk would be given the duty of re- porting any information concerning alien activities to the department of justice, and the immigration authori- ties.. Representative Johnson said his bill would also serve to rid the gov- ernment departments of persons de- scribed as “trouble breeders.” SUFFIELD MAN KILLED HIS WIFE WITH HAMMER Su eld, Conn., . 7.—George Matuska, 51, killed his wife, Maggie, al their home here today by striking her on the head with a hammer. The murder. according to Matuska's son, John 21 years old, was the result Juarcel over & boarder in the hou Matuska had ordered the man from the house, but Mrs, Matuska had al- lowed him to remain, according to the n., Matuska ha eight children, nging in- age from 2 months to 21 vears. Five of them, including the oldest son, were Wwitnesses of the murder. Matuska told John Eagleson, fore- man of the Pinney tobacco planta- tion, on which the Matuska home is located, that he had killed his wife. Officer Cooney of the Suffield police arrested Matuska. He will be given a,hearing tomorrow in the town court. “MOTHERS’ PENSION” BILL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY Toronto, Jan. 7.—Premier Drury to- day promised definite and early action on the “mothers’ pension” bill when informed by social workers that its enactment was absolutely necessary to. save numbers of Ontario families from “positive tragedy.” OBITUARY. Rev. Henry ‘W. Ecklund. New York,!Jan. 7.—The death was announced~ today of Rev. Henry W, Ecklund, 'one of “'the most widely known clergymef- of - the Swedish Methodist. . Episcopal .church _and au- thor of more than 200 of its hvmns. He died of apeplexy .at-his home. in Brooklyp yesterday at the age of 71. Richard Bli Newport, R, L, Jan.. 7. — Richard Bliss, who for. 31 years until his re- tirement in 1914 was librarian of the ‘Redwood Library here, died at his Karl W. Detzer on charges of alleged brutality to American soldiers at Le Mans, was adjourneq until tomorrow, owing to the arrival at Governor's Isl- and of ‘Grover C. Bergdoll, the young Philadelphia milliohaire arrested as a draft dodger. The adjournment was necessary, it was announced, in.order that Major William F. Kelly, judge advocate, might give his attention to the new arrival, home ' today! B ,fl?pflgflme he was assistant in the musedm of comparative zoology at Cambridge, Mass., am}; bibliographer of “the United States Geological sur- vey and the northern trans-coatinen- tal survey. He was a contributor to various sclentific periodicals. He was born in Springfield, Mass., in 1842, and served in the 46th Massachusetts Infantry in the Civil War. i WEALTHY TIONAL CAPTURE GF e Grover Cleveland Bergoll, Son of a Former Ma; Appre- Mother, Who Threatened Philadelphia, Jan. 7. — Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, wealthy son of a former brewer and charged with be- ing a draft dodger and deserter from the army, was captured today while hiding in the palatial residence of his mother on the outskirts of this city. Tonight he is a prisoner on Govern- or’s Island, N. Y. awaiting trial by courtmartial. The capture of Bergdoll, whose brother, Erwin, the widely known au- tomobile racer, is still missing, also charged with dodging the draft, was as sensational as has been his career in" the last five' years. More than a dozen federal and scity oflicers partici- pated in the raid on the Bergdoll home. Resistance was offered by the mother, Mrs. Emma Bergdoll, who threatened to shoot the officers and was disarmed after a rough and tum- ble fight. Later in the day she was held in $10,000 bail on charges of as sault and battery with intent to kill and conspiracy to prevent the execu- tion of search_ and arrest warrants. Bail was_furnisheq by her son-in-law. When'she was compelled to remove her shoe from her left foot to have it measured for police records, the police found $28,000 in cash in her stocking. Grover Bergdoll disappeared in Au- gust, 1917, and search for him as an alleged draft dodger was made all over the United States and Mexico. Several times federal agents searched the three residences maintained by the Bergdolls in this vicinity. On one occasion he wrote to.a local newspa- per saying he would return home if the authorities dropped the charge of deserter against him. Mrs. Bergdoll threatened death to any officer who entéred her home when they appeared at ' the mansion tod: federal agents said. Strategy was used and the front and rear en- trances were forced at the same time. It was at the rear that the mother had the struggle with the police and hended in the Palatial Residence of His Mother on the Outskirts of Philadelphia—Resistance Was Made by the to Shoot the Officers, and Was Disarmed After a Rough and Tumble l'aigilt-—When Searched the Woman Had $28,000 in Cash in Her Stock- ing—Was Held in $10,000 Bail. i was disarmed. A search of the house revealed Grover hiding in a window box seat on the second floor of the house. The seat was covered with neatly folded blankets and on top of these were thick plush cushions. He made no resistance as he was instant- ly covered by several pistols, 'T guess it's all up, I am glad it"is over, but am no deserter,” was all Bergdoll would say when captured. After a preliminary hearing at the federal building Bergdoll was immedi- ately taken to New Yo under. a heavy guard. Before leaving, he said he had roamed all over the United States. He returned home a few days ago. He said he saw his brother Erwin only once ang that was in Cin- cinnati six months ago. i _Grover Bergdoll's father is dead. The young man was much in the public eye before he was accused of draft dodging. The owner of several fast automobiles and an airplane, he was several times placed under arrest and heavily fined for speeding and otherwise recklessly running his ma- chine. In 1913 he was refused an au- tomobile license anq defied the au- thorities by running his motor with- out one. For this he served a short sentence in the county jail. He was in numerous collisions, in one of which six pérsons were injured. Later he took iation and was charged Dby the police With recklessness in air navigation by flying too low over the city. Bergdoll i mobile racing circles but never reach- ed the fame of his brother. Erwin. He =~ 2 many -events throughout the widely known in auto- .r. when he was drafted, is al- leged by the federal agents to have declared he would never fight again Germany, though he was born in thi countr; In 1914 he ‘offereq his ser- vices to Germany as an iator through the local German consul. HINES WOULD HAVE RAILROADS CONSOLIDATE New York, Jan. Compulsory eon- solidation of the railroads into a few great carporations before they return to_privaie .control. with. the.public and abor; as Well ‘as. capital, represented in the management of the systems, was advocated tonight by Director General Hines 1n an address before the Bar Association of New York city. Without this “fundamental recon- struction,” Mr. Hines declared, the “result will be progressively disap- pointing and in a few years the di satisfaction of the public will mani- fest itself through an insistant demand for a radically different plan which is not likely then to stdp short of out- right government ownership.” Pointing out the “almost impossible” situation of the railroads prior to fed- eral control, owing to the difficulty of financing the lines, Mr. Hines said that “our past experience has demon- strated that the old system will not succeed.” He advocated the fixing by congress of a general standard of rates to allow earnings ‘“clearly in'ex- cess of a reasonable return,” which “must go largely to providing adequate reserves to take care of years of depression and at the same time enough of the excess must be left with the company earning it to pro- vide adequate stimulus for efficiency. “We make a ve mistake in as- suming that the representatives of capital can alone manage the situa- tion,” Mr. Hines saj “The scheme of the past has been on that false theory and the result has heen that tie public had injected itself into the management through all sorts of agen- cies and labor has injected itself into the management thrbugh its own or- ganizations.” Describing the difficulties attending the immediate establishment of any plan of private management with ade- quate credit to provi the necessary capital needed for private develop- ment, Mr. Hines said that it was gen- erally agreed that this was one of the { most difficult financial periods in the history of the worl “Railroad credit is dependent, of course, upon the conclusions which the investing public reach as to the earn- ing capacity of the railroads,” he con- tinued. : reason of thfs condition the | Bublic interest is confronted with .a i serious dilemma. How can it at the { present moment make rates high enough to constitute adequate reas- surance io ilroad credit without at the same time making them much higher than would likely turn out to be necessary if -the period of radjust- ment could be postponed until a time of more stable conditions? ¢ . .“On one point 1 believe there must be agreement and that is that any rate increase which will at all estab- ilish an adequate eredit for the va- rious railroad companies operating in- dependently on their own responsibili- ty must be substantially greater than a rate increase which would protect the situation - temporarily if unified control were continued until more sta- i ble, the conditions appear. This means that the public must pay a very sub- stantial price in an additional in- crease in rates for the privilege of the immediate resumption of private man- agement.” *' Defending the results obtained under federal control, the director general said: “If the rate increases made in June, 1918, had been effective January 1, 1918, the additional revenue without any increase in. operating expenses would have heen $494.000,000, thus more than offsetting the deficit and leaving a’profit of $14,000,000." FUNERAL OF PAUL ADAM, NOVELIST, WELL ATTENDED j Paris, Jan. 7.-(Havas). The fu- neral today of Paul Adam, the novel- ist, who died on January 2, wasg at- tended by all the chiefs of the Latin- American missions in France. Francisco De La Barra, former pro- visional president of Mexico, in pay- Ing_his respects to the dead writer, said the Latin-American countries had lost a great friend. General Mangzin and several other prominent parsonages also eulogized M. Agdam. |$500,000,000 NEEDED TO EVANGELIZE THE WORLD Atlantic City, , Jan. T.—A bud- | get of more than $500.000,000 will be ary 10 evangelize the world, ac- cording to leaders of the survey con= ference “of the . Interchurch World Movement of North America, Jaunch- ed here today, with Dr. John R. Mott, chairman of the executive ¢ommittee, presiding. More than one thousand delegates, representing 28 denomina- tions, responded to the roll call. ‘Dr.' Fred P. Haggard, head of _the survey department of the movement, outlined the great task confronting the Protestant church' and pictured the extent of the job of building up the material involveq in the world survey. Samuel Guy Inman, in charge of the Latin-American survey, declared that American mission boards are the only organizations which have developed a {practical, comprehensive and inclu- sive programme for solving the Mex- ican problem. Mr. Inman sai@ the Mexican problem was not a question of a “revolution to be sqeulched, but an evolution to be guided ission boards” he added, “are planning to help Mexico solve her lang problemsg by establishing eight agricultural schools, her social prob- lems, by setting up social centers in every town of more than 15000 peo- ple: her educational problems tablishing a universify in the City of Mexico and enlarging and multiplying high ~schools, mnormal and day schools.” HARVARD OBSERVATORY DISCOVERS ANOTHER STAR Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 7.—Another star has been discovered by the Har- vard College observatory. It was an- nounced tonight that Miss Joanna C. 8. Mackie, of the observatory 8&taff, in the course of her examination of photographs of the Milky Way taken recently at Cambridge, had detected the newcomer. Its position is right ascension 18 hours, 49 minutes, 30 gec- onds; declination plus 29 degrees, 6. wminutes (1,000). Miss Cannon, of the observatory staff, has studied the spectrum of tha new star and finds it to be character- istic of a nova in its early stages. Be- tween December 4 and 6 it increased rapidly in brightness from the 16th magnitude, or fainter. to a maximum of about Since that time it has undergone marked fluctuations and s present magnitude is only about 8.5. It is therefore far too faint to be seen with the naked eye. Other observatories with large struments are being asked by Harvardq observatory to determine d taileq characteristics of the spectrum of the new star and are being in+ formed that while it is now far te the west in the evening, it will soon be accessible for study in the early morning. 4 3 i oo PROVOST TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR MURDER OF BROWN, Mount Clemens, Mich., I T— Lloyd Prevost will be arraigned to- morrow on a charge of murdering J. Stanley Brown, county authorities an- nounced tonight. His attorpeys indi- cated he would stand mute and de- mand an examination. Prevost was formally placed under arrest today at the conclusion of the special grand jury investigation into the: death of Brown, a wealthy voung man whose body was found in his au- tomobile near here two weeks ago, Prevo: it was charged in the war- rant, killed Brown, who -was® his for- mer close friend, “deliberately and with fareful premeditation.” . Mrs.: Cecil Vester, against whom a charge of murder 'was lodged. last week, was released today. 3 gt ——c WOMAN CANDIDATE FO¥F. REP. NATIONAL CONVENTIO! Cambridge, Mass.., Jan. 7—Mrs. Al- bert Pleiffer. known to the stage as Alexandra Carlisle, ‘foday "announced her candidacy for delegate to ; publican national convention Eighth district.’ TR