Wooster daily Republican. (Wooster, Ohio), 1918-06-29

              wooster Daily Republican OUR WIEE 8EBVI0B OItm you today the um mi that appMn la tomorrow oernljig'i tapers. lb 7edh; Fair tonight and Sunday. Cooler tonight j ia north portion. - Vol. XXXII, No. 25 WO0STE1, OHIO SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1918 Price 2c. By Carrier 10c a Vc.l mm BE NAVAL 1 A E NEAR mm Mirk- AMERICANS TAKE 40 PRISONERS; GERMAN ATTACKS ARE REPULSED Paris, June 29. Forty Americans in the ApreMiont forest (Woevre front,), tin1 French war office announced today. In Lorraine other prisoners and some war material were taken. The Germans made two attempts to recapture positions taken from them south of the Aisne river yesterday. The attacks were carried out by numerous battalions between Fosse Sessblas and Cutry and were all repulsed. All of the French front remained intact. Southwest of Kheims the Italians delivered a strong counter attack in the Mount Blitfny sector, forcing back the Germans and retaking some of the German advanced positions. The French made a number of raids northwest of Mont-didier, (Picardy front) during the night, the communique said. "INORDINATE iGREED" IS CHARGE " MADE AGAINST WAR PROFITEERS Packers, Millers, and Other Bis; Manufacturers Charged With Flagrant Violation of Laws. Washington, June 29. The federal trade commission laid wide onen, before the U. S. Senate this afternoon' complete and startling exposure of what it termed flagrant profiteering carried on by the huge manufacturing and distributing concerns and monopolies. The commission directly chareed mnnv of them with Inordinate greed and barefneed fraud. The report covers a thorough research into the enormous profits (of the Tive big packer, the flour milling- trade, producer of basic metals, oils and chemicals, coal and lumber, leather and cann'ng industries, am is in response to a request from Congress vnir probably will check the profiteers through the enactment of nrre effective criminal Statutes. The com-m'srlon strikes fit the Industries whose output Is price regulated by the government showing that heavy profits are being made by the low con concerns. It charges the big packers, Armous, Swift, Morris, W'lson and Cudahy and their subsidiary companies, with manipulations of the market that embrace pvpry device that Is useful to them wHHntit rfard to law." The packers reward, the report savs, is expressed In terms of profit, evealinf that four concerns alone have pocketed In IP 15, 19 1C and 1917 If HO OOO.OOfl most of it excess profits. The average pre-war profit for these concerns, omitting Wilson r--H comnanv during the period of 1912, .1913 and 19H was $19,000.-000 During the three war years, these firms made an excess of $121, 000,000 over the prewar gains, Th commission refers to the meat in-dutrv thus: 1 "However delicate a definition Is framed for 'profiteering' these packers have preyed upon the people unconscionably. They are soon to come undfr further government regulation approved by executive order." WMie the alc of these companies during this period Increased 150 percent the return of profit increased 400 percent the report charges or t wo and one half times as much as the sales. The profit taken by Morris and company is reported by the rommis-s'on at 263.7 percent on the tnre millions of capital stock outstanding. The pre-war average was 8.6 percent. It sv. In the case of the other four packers they earned a rate on common capital stock that was much lover, the commission says, reporting it ss rnnginsr from 27 percul to ?,7 percent. The reason for this is the f o announcement of stock dividends end capitalization of their growing surpluses Armour and romnanv raised its $ 20.000. 000 eap-icl stock in 1916 to J100.000.000 witnont receiving a dollar more of c!ch Tb's precented them, the re-rort ravs. from showing enormous rtes of profit on their original capital.Famine of Independent packers the report adds further nre as hieh or slightly higher, than those of the bir five. Turning tip a rich vein of industrial subterfuges In cost completion ard accounting the comtnlsion re-veMs te the senate faults In the federal regulation of maximum prices done to "speed up" production, hut acting often to harass the smallei concerns and bring huge profits to the laree firms able to work on Me production basis. The report shows firms paying office salaries of more than 1100.000 annually to enhance the operating expenses where the government fixes a definite march) above costs. Items of Jepreclali"ii have been padded; Intercut on invf ments are Included In costs, con-' structlon work is recorded as re pairs, fictitious values are put un on raw materials and Inventories hate been manipulated; commercial bri- prisoners were captured hy tlie Manyv has been rampant, and resale piVe have bucn maintained or Increased, the report says. In many calf's goods were sold at spot prices welch has been contracted for as futures. 'The big five packers have been remotely co'MU'cted with the salmon canning industry and the report de votes further investigation to the leather business in connection v.iih the packers. Kvidenc of how the owners of packing -industries manipulated tiie leather industry, making enormous profits in hides, and reacting likewise on the retail shoe market is shown In copies of various letters submitted in the report The ways in which Swift and enntpanv proceeds when a government limita-' tion of profits Is expected the commission soys, is shown by a letter in which Louis F. Swift writes to his brother, Kdward F. Swift, stating that he has learned that the govern ment expects to establish a profit control in the leather Industry and snggestinig the advisability of reap praising their properties in certain companies Kdward F. replies: "I approve if done quietly am' promptly. K F. S." Indications of the earnings of tin big packers In the selling branch of their leather business is shown in th" following letter or Jan. 17, 1917 by the eastern Leather company, ;v Armour selling subsidiary to F. W doll, of Armour and Co: "We are enclosing our check or the National City Hank, New York Cltv pavable to Mr. Ogden Armour for' $91 5.7S7.00 same being a divi dend of U'.i percent on (he 17.27!1 shares cf common stock standing It his name. In addition to this and In accordance with our conversation in Chicago, we have set aside as a serpliis of $250,000 which repre septs ten percent of the common s'ock. We are also enclosing a check on the National ('it:' Hank for ti'02,1 4.fi2 pavable to Mr. Armour this being the balance due on fi,(i2n '"hares of common stock held for em ploves " Another letter to II. W. Hovd president of the Armour Leathei Company shows that earnings for three months ending April 2K, 1917 were $1,964,945. The same man writes to Mr. Armour, telling him that while the Central Leather Com pany does four times as much busl ness as the Armour company, they made only $1,9000,000. and after de ducting for bonds and dividends had only $40,000 left to apply to their surplus. The writer added, "I think, considering their lumber business which is wondeiful tle manager of the Pennsylvania Lumber Company told me that they never expected to realize the profits they were making on Hemlock lumber and that thev were doing an enormous business-that our statement is a great deal better than theirs." The reports on flour milling shows lhat in the face of the food admin istratlon's ruling of a 25 cents per (Continued on Tuge live) AUSTRO-GERMAN ALLIANCE IS TO BE RENEWED London, June 29. There w ill lw a resumption of the Austro-Cerman military and commercial alliance on July S, said an Kxchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen today giving the Salzburger Volksblatt as authority for the statement. There was an Important conference of Austrian and German officials at German great headquarters recently at which it was reported that a new Austro-Cerman alliance of a very binding character had been drawn un. The information originating at Salzburg may refer to the new pact. THIRD SUCCESSIVE RAID MADE ON PARIS Paris. Juno 2!) German airmen (raided Paris again last night tor the tnird lime in throe nights. Anti aircraft rhiis were in violent actlcn for twenty minutes. Some bombs were dnppi d, hut there was no report of anv victims. THE FIRST UNIT TO SAIL DIRECT RMCHES ITALY Washington, June 29. The firs' American unit to he sent direct from the I'nited Stales to ltalv arrived in ltalv today, chi.f of St at f, General March, announced this afternoon. (This unit consisted chiefly of noli? combatant", members of the sanitarv corps, engineers, and so forlli Already a regiment of I'mlrd Stat"! soldiers is fighting, in Italy, and more will be added as soon as the chief war council, sitting a! Versailles, deems it advisable. PRIVATE ROUTS THE FOE ALONE Beesley's Feats Rival Accomplishments of the Knights of oidj. London, June 29 The feats at arms of knights of old are rivaled in modern warfare by the remarkable record of Private Heesley, of the ri brigade, who has just been awarded the Victoria Cross. When all the otlieers andnon-commissioned officers had been killed in an attack, Private Heesley took command of his company. Leading the assault, he captinvd an enemy po: t single-handed, killed two Hermans at their machine guns and then shot dead an ollicer who attempted to man the guns, iniee more otliiers rushed from a dugout. One attempt - d to destroy a map. Heesley shot him, seized the map, and made pii.; oner the other officer. Four more ollicers came out. They were disarmed by the Indomitable Heesley and sent, bark as prisoners. As the enemy began to retreat, a comrade brought up a machine nun. Heesley used this with great effect on the fleeing (Jermans. for four hours, under a heavy fire, Heesley and his comrade held their position. The Hermans counter attacked, and Heesley's companion was wounded. Heesley kept his Lewis gun goinc and held the enemy in check until lone, after the post on his left had been wiped out. Not until daikm ws came did Heesley move back to the orig inal line, When he did, he brought along his wounded companion and the Lewis gun. Heesley then mount ed the gun on a parapet and kept it going against the enemy until 1 Ii I n )'-' had quieted down. i.i. wish to wi:n soi,in:u PINi: I.UTF, A K K . . June 29 - rli!r it Camp lieaurgard wrote ti e editor of a local paper sainc he would like to enrro; pond wit.h a Pirn Pluff iil with a view to matrimony. The editor published the lettir. The following day the vohlier recelv-'d ten proposals from as many girl:".. Proposals are still poiirinc In. AIR ACTIVITY IS INCREASING ONWEST FRONT London, June 29. That the aerial activity is Increasing on the western front was Indicated by the following report just Issued lv the air mini-try:"On the afternoon of June 2S our aeroplanes attacked workshops, rail wav sidings and the station at Thion-ville.Observation was difficult but direct hits were olfferv-'d on the works and railway line. Nearly three tons of bombs were dropped on this oh jfctive. Our formations were attacked bv hostile airplanes. Severe finhtintr ensued during which three hostile machines were s-hot down am! one other was driven down out 'd control. One of them it is known w:is (..rceil e l:,n.! till '1U'h engin trouble. On the preceding night our airplanes made a successful attack against the enemy's aerodoine at Holchen. Hombs were released from a low altitude and machine gun fire was directed against hangars. All of our machines returned fey. "The enemy bombed one of our erodrici la-t fiirht. but no material damage was done." ENGAGEMENT NOT DECISIVE; FOUR BRITISH ENGAGE 11 ENEMY SHIPS London, .1 uno 'J'.).- A naval engagement between four P.rit-Mi destroyers and 11 German war ships was announced in the si iteineiit issued by Hie admiralty, this afternoon. The admiralty's text slates the battle took place Thursday evening, while the British destroyers were cruisHig off the Belgian coast. The Four "British destroyers engaged eight German war snips lor hllcon minutes at Jong distance. Three more of the enemy shipes, making eleven in all, approached the Uritish ships. I'pon the appearance of additional hips the 1'ritish ships fell back to their support. The enemy, the statement of the admiralty, says, did not follow. The destroyers were not actively engaged. BoiS ON SEVEN FRONTS THRU RUSSIA lioudon, .June L'!. Fighting' bet ween t he I'.olshevik forces and counter revolutionists is raging on seen fronts in If us- st'i, 'said a dispatch from IVIiograd today, dated .June ill. That Holsheviki sin is imf dead eonipl.-tely is shown by the energy with which they are combatting the counter revolutionary movement', the dispatch said. The campaign of the monarchists is being carried on with vigor, too. The seriousness of the anti I'.olshevik movement is shown by the fact that workers are being urged to "defend the re - itiou winch is lu g menaced ar licrents of the ex-czar. Nobody knows positively n live or dead. Vestcidav the jM lus positive terms and e i: . . i i ioua,v s oispauMies iiMiicnu mav be found before long at the his new reign. The National Tidctide of Copenhagen' stales that the for pier dowager empress, Maria I Vodorvona, temporarily is in tin Crimea, ami, even wilh the German militarv in power there mic nas not been able to proceed o lclilliai'k. The lilac ii'ominciit in k lllllidl (Ml is an or Russia especially SENATE PASSES ARMY BILL; TELLS WILSON TO RAISE 5,000,000 ARMY Washiiu'ton, June 29.--Hy a vol.' of 4.ri to 4 1 an amendment was add ed to the army appropriation fill, i.i the senate this afternoon, diiertiu, the president to raiim an army of live million miui as s p lily a: po:. sihle. The revolution was iutrodui ed by senator McCumlier, Washington, June 29 The Anni appropriation hill carrying an ap proptlatlon of 12 billion dollai ; fo. army purposes, this ainoiinl. to be ex pemled by June "0, i:ii:i, was p:is: ed by the senate without toll call this afternoon. The bill (,'fves the president un limited authority to raise ami tali'-charge of the army as he r.ees crowderIsIoTaIew lieutenant general asiiinrton, June 29 -The penal' without record vote, this afternoon approveil the conferring of the till-of lieutenant general of Piovost M.ir shall C.eneral ( low del. PRES7WILS0N VETOES THE POSTOFFICE BILL Washington, June 29 -President Wilson, this afternoon, vetoed l!n postollice nppiopiiafion bill. 3 U.S. AIRMEN ARE KILLED ON FRENCH FRONT With the Amerian . Army in Frame, June 29. Thre American airmen were killed in accidents on Wednesday morning. It was learned today. Lieut. L. W. Mayor, of ir-mingham, Ala., and bis observer wer killed when their machine, which had Just ascended, crashed to earth. ("apt. K. P. .Vines, of Niagara Falls, N. y., was killed in a similar manner. . .am llack Hundred and whether ex-czar confirmation of Nicholas is liis death was ill some detail i i j i i .! i - i nai tie may-ne h in alive ami lead of a ll)o einelit to l esfol'e i'anizat ion that ant i scinel ie al lias long oeen ii s N(.i.i i -www Mar ville. c.'il.. .inn,. :".i, ... ,iw collie; III. jii, r lew oi in farm. it is owned by 'Yli iinild. wlio I'iil tons worms on coffee grounds mihI bran until Ihev are big enough to tempi the big trout in the California le-I'l I ill: 1 1 li t .. PERSHING TELLS HOW ' AMERICANS WIN OUT Washington, .Pine 29 The C: plnvenient of the A luel i, a II po'-ii ions at Chateau Thierry a ml the ia it II I e ot :: pi j Miiicrs was lb- i 'h" I b (Jeiii r.il Pershing in lis- i i i u 1 1 1 ! ! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . (iniav. i-il Pi i l ing : t.tl ., II, n o A II- 1 1 ia Ii I, i n Ii i lies w n e dow II ed w i Iiv 'k. our avialoi: d'lii us the FIVE ARE DEAD IN TRAIN CRASH Two Army Officer? Among Wreck Victims err, are Injured. Five Oth I I' ago. .1 n lie 2'i I 'i ve men. ill ihidiiig two aiiiiV upper-, are ifead and tive oi f r are not i-vpnteil to live tod.it :n the ie-u!l of a era h on the Aurora. Plgm and Chirago railroad, an interui ban I Jertrlr line, when a ta.-l mil bound train from ' liii-a:ro :lrurk a to. ivy tru'k at ; treet fins .jug in Plmhur-t, wet of here. 'I he dead a re : Major Hubert C. Hrooks.' P. S. A.. a-d;laiit tei rnii in:; nffi.er of the ciiicaL'o ill ire t. Captain Harold Janh. P. S A . ;!n i:i!en. ins., I: w. imni.ip. mo torman. H heatnn Ill s; Hairy C. We-.tph.ll. Klgin, 111. Tile 'ar is faid In have been (ravelin" vivtv luil.-s an ..mh, :i regular bomebound special for Chi apo l ommiilerrt and made no stiip al Islmhiir-t; hence when the motor truck which was tdallcil mi the tracks loomed into siehf. It was impossible to stop the train. The rno-lorman Hunl.ip was instantly killed apd It Is believed that tin- driver of tfe truck, who was taken unconscious to a local hospital will not recover, i iiv BRITISH ADVANCE TO DEPTH OF MILE ON WIDE FRONT; HUNS ARE CAUGHT NAPPING BY THE ALLIES London, dune The number of prisoners captured by; tlie British in their Jong advance yesterday east of Nippe forest (Flanders front) has been increased to more than 400, the war office announced today. During the night great artillery! activity developed in, the sector of Vairo wood (Picardy front) lu the fighting near Nieppo wood yesterday the British1 advanced to the average depth of a mile over a 3 1-2 milei front. It was a surprise attack and the Germans were taken conn I letch off their guard. In addition to taking many prison ers the F.ritish .captured three villages and upwards of ai score of machine guns. ; The text of the war office report follows; " The total number of prisoners taken 4jy ns yesterday in,' Hie successful operation east of the Nieppe forest exceeds.400. This figure does' not include the captives taken west of Merits. Two German field guns' and some trench mortars were -1 I I'll I IV IS !1 Si V MM... 1 III.. J -.. ii. i ii hi ii.-, hp", i in- iiu .pposite Vain- wood, south of 'Ml. I... . 1 .. !.. .. I i neie nas oeen increased the N'ielilie forest also. BIG BUILDING COLLAPSES; 25 DEADIN RUINS Sloiix City, loua, June "!. Twenty-five persons nre belieed to have been killed tins alien, imoi when the Puff building ollap-eil. l ire broke out ami Is still horning. lew hodii'M have been recoefeil ami removed to ni'iliilles, ollllileei' IC cueis are icsisi firemen scarcb-i'lg the niiiis for bodies. Ollltt ltO KIPS S III CO tiio' i.isii i s sLvi ki:i: I ' lyton ( ihio, .1 ii ue :'!( A II hough ( ioveriinieiit officials usin hed tliroeghiiiil the I'niled Slates for .loiin i;ong, oi Aioutt'ouier.v t iiunty, whom t h"v believ ed to be a .slacker. Ponn died a hen) on (he h.lllle fn Ids in France. While reading the list of casual-lies of the lnelicall overseas fold's a few days ago, relatives 'round Hong's name with In - Mmil eomery county aildres ' .- r , . . hi . home ad dies, Home ltalv. liollg h id euli' lei w it'lollt nolil'v- ing his beard. AUSTRIAN LOSS 320,000 IN THE PIAVE BATTLE W.t hiaginii. June 29. pi lu.-en '.'l.l'iie a'ol liigioHi .n til, in-, were Mile, bv the Italian III the halt e of I ''I' I'll V e, ,id oldlllg III ill I III ll III lol ii a I Ion I ei i iwd I., lay b I lie w al ll' Jl I I I melt! . i "orp- e- J i ; 1 1 d l Ie- em in- 1 1 on! on hot h .lli- nl 1 1 , ii er, ,,n, i.i:: n j Ml I ' ' .ic.d h-n. not yet Im i 'i buried ci i i ii ing to be i sal relation )' I v. een I lie lb .el a I, it v. on ml. i. I I: n ils! ! oj ,. ad w uuid ii,i in that in t I.i . ' is I on in it . t haii 2 .(ii.ioiu A ii d 1 1 'ii . wiie w en mi i; . ii i In -i ll'tll.'bor .'11,(11:1) pi i. oim I . cap! Ill ed I V the llj.ll I,., holiid l.e add":. 'I'1',:; I :::! I be A usl i i.nt o in t !i,,f bill Ie not h . -, I ha u ',tni U. U.S. IT WATCHING MEXICO CAREFULLY Wa-liimton. Jane 29 That the I'liiled (:-,.ile, i,, w.iti hllig all Mexii iin deeli.piiieiit.. is sliown by Hie ciili-i . in of the American government in Hie leh h r incident, wheiein Atn- bili-s.'ldor Fled her's protest ilgaitlst the Mexican laiil la was utilised h tlie Mi Ml, I ll l inrl 1 1 1 1 1 -1 1 1 Wllililllt 1, 1st .i-kilii'. the lonsiiit of I he Fluted Stale, I Ie- -tiite department is Very direct in it . language. wi n nn on pi i: to aimpt ONI; oltpll N l.( II MiiM'll Lu. Angeh s, Cal., June 29 - An orphan a month until tlie war is over s tint, plan recently adopted by Mr. and Mrs William Iioran, of the fashionable Wilshire Houlcvard here They have already become godparents to ten tiny mites of French humanity ami will continue the habit once a month until France is able to care for its war orphans unaided. 1 - ri - ....CM 1 l . . . iiiuiieiy huh oeen very active the Homme and west of Fouchy. -i-ll . ... . . ariiuery lirilig on DOtll Sides Of, Mla-klng the Germans suddenly; on two widely separated Hectors, F-ciich and Hritlsh troops have improved (heir positions and captured I, 400 prisoners. Hy their enterprise in taking thfli lnii.it ive unexpectedly, the allies ap-parent ly caught the German nap pl'tg and realized their objectives la u ghort lime. The British rectified their lino east of Hazebrouak irt . I' landers. South of the Aisne the I'le'ich drove th e enemy back on the Important. Amhleny-Montgobert sector, which bars the open space between the forests of Complegte and "' Vi'ler-Cotterets. The fighting here ' continues. Not only did the allies straighten out their lines, but they took from the Germans salients which would ' have suited admirably as "Jurrtplta -m ' off" points in other operations; uAI -I'll though the Hritlsh attacked sin- a i 'nuM of three and n half miles and '' ' the Fretii h on a four and one-half miles, each effort was Intended as a purely local operation to harass the enemy. In the north the British wiped Out the Gerpiini salient toward the N'.ep-pe forest northwest of Mervllle, and I I. at town now Is menaced seriously. Three hnnilets were retaken in an :ol m i' of one mile and the Ger. n nsi lost .'Mil prisoners, Australian troops around Morris, north of Mer-viHe, made a small gain and took: I er! v I h ree Germans, After his check on the Noyon-Motiididier front, the German crown prince made a strong attack south or the Ah tie for Hie apparentpur-po'-e of gelling in behind the forest or omplegne The large part of the gains made then Imve been recaptured h villi- Frew h n Important poslt-I )is were taken from the Germans, u'.i'c Hues were penetrated at sec-(i 'I points to a depth of more than a mite 'I'l e French bag of prisoners totals 1,(100. P.erlin reports' t li o German troops :' -t ri', in u to check theFranco-Hrlt-Mi aiiacKs Mi rville is the farthest poi'il wet the Germans reached In I' e l.v battle, and the British gain there bsons the peril to Haze-bii'in k. N'o less satisfactory from the allied viewpoint is the successful French thrust south of the Aisne, which :,lso relieved enemy pressure a' ; more or less vital point. The ( ; mans show no intention of i oiii l'ig the offensive, but it may be thst the French and Hrltish strokes will par them to action before the .illies p'gain other Important posit-iies between. Vpres and Khelnis. I xcept in Flanders and south of tho Aisne, the western battle front han l-ei'l (iilt. liitense aerial activity continues wit! out a P t-iip. The Germans re-p"iii it their raid on Paris Friday night for the third night in succes-tion, I nl only a few bombs wer ilroppi-l In fightiiiK In the air. al-iel airmen -ve accounted for fifty-three enemy machines,' while Berlin report:; the shooting down of twenty-live allied airplanes. French airmen are bombing military targets In Pic-a'N'v anil north of the Marne, and Hiitish bombers persist in their raids III the reginti about Met. FC;I ting activity on the Italjan front is cf minor character- Artil-lerrv i'ihIs have been increased in vi-ror aloi'g the front ustro Hun-gui in trenches on the Asiago plateau have been penetrated by British t roups, who took prisoners. FIVE DIVISIONS HAVE ' COMPLETED THEIR WORK Wa: ' 'ln-.'on, June 29 Five divisions of I'nited States troops that have been training with the British armv. hav been turned back to Con-em! P rshinc as fit for service. The training has been completed, . "5 If ' "'f ;"; 1 ?