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- V TWO m rrr " ' - -- . . . - , - ., i 1 . LABOR GOIIVEIITIOII URGES I'M Oil ALL . . .- ' , i v ' : ,. ,..'. . . I i . 11 . ' . . i . t j,, x . ., , . -y- ' Governor Bickett and Others Dis ; cuss Situation. Speaker Declare SMpjrard Situation in WtlmlaKtonv la IMaoTjpuilzlas 'laW,Thiriigbeit the State Opinions. J ' (Special Star Telegram.) Raleigh, June 4.Preslded over liy Governor Bickett and addressed by - United States Assistant Commissioner ' of Labor Louis F. Post, the special state labor convention called 1 by gov- ernor - Bickett today adopted ; resolu , tlons on the necessity of universal la bor and that In these critical times ' especially idleness la a crime,, asking co-operation of all agencies, . local, state and federal in relieving the la- - bor situation! - ! ' The suppression of the professional labor exploiter as demoralizers and disorganizes of industries was - scor ed and congress was desired to amend the draft law to render liable to mil itary service all. able-bodied males 18 to to years not steadily engaged five ,day per week t in useful employment; that the governor appoint county boards of public welfare to list all able bodied persons in the counties 18 years or over, not in useful employment, and list farmers and others needing labor ers and endeavor to get employers to refuse to employ . persons unless they( obligate to work regularly and , then promptly prosecute ther-. if they fail to work at least 40 hours per week. k The eounty T6ards to also explain to ,the people the difference between-the ' useless and useful employment and get the employment of women where this is possible and to generally conserve aValiable labor. The resolutions also urged town, or ganizations for going when ever pos sible into the country districts to give aid to the farmers In their harvest or other work, and declare that any one, white or black, who is able to work and will not work or enable other to work by giving up luxuries and need less service, is.guilty of slackerism. Governor Bickett told the conven llon he had called It together to get the best thought of the state on 'the solution of the labor problems, espec ially as It pertained to the present' ex ceptional condition. If he had known what to do he would not have called the conference. He hoped that what ever else was done, some really strong and effective attention would be given the elimination of the professional la bor agents going about the state get ting labor to quit Jobs and go else where and having in mind only the commission. He considered that the calling of a pecial session of the legislature was out of the question and should not be broached as a solution. Mr. Post spoke of America's reasons for being in the world war-and the necessity of unifi cation of interests In labor and capital ' for wining the war and of the steps the labor department is taking to solve the problem. The department now has over three hundred officers- where ' la bor needs can be filled with prospect of Angling either jobs or laborers; of ' the provision for postmasters to list Jobs and laborers also with a view to getting them together. H .did not. think! labor ' conscription tould ; be worked out unless the government - takes-over the'-lndustries. .:. Governor. Bickett named a' special committee 6if '' resolutions headed by President Latham 'of -the state farmers -convention and - including R. P.' Beas- - ley, state commissioner- of public wel fare, J.f L Barden. and J B. S. Thorpe, J of Baden. . In the general - diseussion Mr, Thorpe of Maden-told the conven- ! tion his working force at the great aluminum plant has "turned over," the past year 600 per cent, this represent ing the shift of labor with his plant. He was having a great deal of trou- ' ble In holding labor and getting any- - thing like a reasonably large percent age of efficiency or output. The mayor of Kinston told of effectiv prosecution of vagrants . . and idlers there and called for co-operation by ' municipalities and courts the state , state over so that idlers will not be forced from one town to another, but f must work if they stay in the state at - ' alL , President Latham, of the farmers convention, spoke for the farmers -and Insisted, that there must be some stan dardizing of wages so that the far mers will jiot be forced to pay prices for labor that will' bankrupt-them. The lumber .interests were, represented to the same effect and showing that . labor. agents are balling, the. labor out of communities 'by the wholesale all 'through. Eastern Carolina. . Mr.,BIankenship, district represen tative 6t the United States labor de partment told the convehtlon that he .' found unequal condtilons. Nathan O'- Berry had told the convention of id lers in Wilmington who ' proved em , ployment when brought into court. ' Mr, Blankenship said cotton compress . operators and other . employers there . . were responsible, In holding men for work one and two days per week. Em- ' ployers ought to be required to " give ' regular , employment. He believed the Wilmington situation Is seriously af fecting the labor conditions in the - state in that people are being urged to pour in there when there is no readi- . ness for ship yard employment for- a : long while , yet. This should be halted . and. labor should be dealt with. - Dr. Templeton advocated labor con- t scriptlon as a war measure only. W. . A. French said his farming section has v realised that if labor could not be had they must redouble efforts to Install more machinery and? do the work themselves; any way, they were solv ing the labor .problem in that way. ' Naval Motor Boat Lost. . Washington, June 4. Loss of , , the - naval motor Launch Ozark , with one . member of her crew, Charles E. Btich , ards, fireman, of Chipley, Fla., In a .heavy sea ft the coast May 12 was an nounced today byhe navy department. O'V-''' Seven Airmen Killed. ' . Washington, -x- June 4. Fatalities due ; to airplane accidents at flying fields in this ountry from May 15 to 25 numbered seven, the war depart ment announced.: ; . '.- ' HAEROWTNG TALE. TOLD BY CAROLINA SURVIVORS (Continued From, Page One.) fearing that the submarine 'would shell the steamer df hh dld hot obey the or der, signaled , the engineer to reverse the engines and stop. i. . , f . Ordered Off in 20 Minutes. ; "A German officer"" with an armed guard came alongside and gave orders to our captain to lower all boats and leave the - ship-in twenty minutes. Of course it would be' useless to" say that none of us was' frightened, for. there were more .'than, gdQ.jon'-a. shi-p about to be sunk' there-?-ust5;be: -some -tlmia ones. Good ' order i was : maintained, however... The .sea - was smooth , and there appeared tp -be no .new elements of danger.' : ' . rj. .. , V "'V' 'v'-i-- "Nobody thought '-far storm and the German o.fflcers appeared to. show, con- sideratlonv to th&' passengers as . tney hurried f "leaCVe ithe ;-steamer. In i got ing through the steamer the Germans found a fireman -who had been, left be hind and he ordered a lifeboat to re turn for him, . "When . this , last bpat was clear the Germans ' shelled theCarolina seven tim es. Then' she burst into flames. sinking, slowly- -' $, , "After we had drifted for I do not know how long there .were faint -flash-esofNlightning on the horizon and la ter when the puffy wind began to strengthen we instinctively knew there was trouble ' ahead. Storm, High. Waves, Darkness, "The storm came; quicker than we expected -it, -The -wind blew like a gale and kicked up a nasty sea. . The boats pitched and Boon .became separ ated. We, who were in a motor launch, seemed to be alon ein the storm Hough er and rougher became the water and the boat rolled and pitched. Finally she capsized and all of the thirty-five in her were thrown into the sea. She was righted and capsized again while we clung to her. -This ' occurred sev eral times. The storm passed and the sea began to calm. It was pitch dark. "Finally we kept the launch Tighter, but she was full of water. We clung to her and bailed out the water with our hands. Some could not stand the strain,- became exhausted,; let go their hold and sank.--It was terrible. We' balled out enough water to let one of us In. Then - he bailed furiously and enough water was scooped out to per mit a second to get into the launch. We kept on bailing until the launch was able to bear the, weight fa third and a fourth. . "We kept this 7 up all night. When the last was helped over the side we found that there but "nineteen of us. Sixteen had gone.' "With the coming of daylight the hopes of the survivors rose with the sun. The sea had calmed, but davlieht revealed nothing but the broad ex panse of the Atlantic. All hands came to the conclusion that none of the oth e rboats had safely come through the storm and that all In them must have perished. - "After awhile an ontect was seen in the water. There was no way to reach it, as the launch had lost.her gasoline and oars. . The launch, however, drift ed close and the survivors were 'start led ito discover a girl alive clinging to the bodies of two . drowned men. The bodies were incased In life belts, but the girl wore none. She appeared to De a good swimmer and with her own eqorts ,-and clinging - to the two. bodies for;.subport she naiiagedi to re main afloat.. The launch ot near enough to her to-effect-her, rescue and she proved to be Elona Donato Virola.' of Port! Rico. . She: is one? of -the two women landed. She was one of those In . the launch . and became , separated from it when it capsized. The identity of the. two ' dead men Is-iootl known. Their bodies were lef t ami the launch continued to drift .until' Monday after noon when it was picked up by the British vessel.' All .the passengers and crew suffered from ' exhaustion but were well on the way to ; recovery when they left for New Tork. , Thirteen by. train and five, who miss ed the train, went to Harrington. Del.. by automobile where they connected with a train northbound from Norfolk. The two women brought ashore wore but little clothing and they were sun- plied with complete outfits by the wo men or Lewes. ..i m fr-s f, i gt'-Z M0? At I. 1 CHAS. Wr FAIRBANKS . v, , DIED LAST NIGHT To Prlve Out Ualarla and Build up the :J:.'i ,v.-.'.::-v 'System -'.-:'-t , 1 " Take the ."old standard GROVE'S TASTELESS . chill ' TONIC. Tou know what you are taking as, the formula is printed on every , label,' showing it" is quinine and iron ' In a .tasteless form. $oc.--Adv. , DEAD AND MISSING OF U-B OATS' RAID IS 58 (Continued From Page One.) on the scene of the raiders last ex ploit, scourihg the sea for further trace of the enemy U-boat as they come..- " Sckooner Sunk Teaterday. Secretary Daniels tonight directed that the brief report from the destroy er be made public The destroyer her self with two survivors f the Balrd, a 279 ton craft, hailing from Wilming ton, Del., was still hunting for the en emy. The announcement which naval officials said contained all the depart ment knew of today's activities of the submarines, is as follows: "The navy department has received a dispatch from a United States des troyer at 9:30 o'clock this morning that she Interrupted an attack by an enemy submarine on the French steamer Radlolelne, about 65 miles off the Maryland k coast. The destroyer also, took on board two men from the Edward Balr - which was bombed and sinking. . .:. ". ' . . "A later report was received stating tnat tne Aadioeine had - arived at an Atlantic port. - - May b Morlnsr - South. As the situation stood tonight the enemy craft may still be moving south. along the coast; The scene of their greatest sucess 'against -defenseless shipping on Sunday and Monday ' was off New Jersey. The pressure of the patrol fleets '.was probably .what sent him southward last night. Naval offi cials believe that, the seas are being so warm for them that - the slightest error in-Judgment.-may ring destruc tion at any moment, u So far as coast wise .. shipping goes- it , Is certain that everything at sea eorulpped with radio knows the danger- and is : moving on courses to avoid it. Gradually also the the sailing crafts are getting the word, The official .-list of vessels sunk by the U-boats as given out tonight , by the navy department included seven schooners and f our - steamers. The statement; follows: ... - List of Ships Known Lost. "The latest reports received by the navy department indicate that the fol lowing vessels have been sunk as a re suit ., ,of enemy 1u submarine. , activity along this coast -' . ......) . - Schooner JEdna. 325 tons, bombed. Schooner; Hattie; JDUhn, 36 tons, bombed. ': : 2' ,''1,.': ,: Ju Schooner. Hoppange about 1,500 tons , Schooner : Edward ? I H. Cole, 1,791 tdnsrbombed.y.'J- teis: :;y: "- - -''J-' :, Schoner,- Jsabel -B.a Wiley,- -, 776 tons bombed. v--- ' . ' :: v" Schooner Jacob Haskell, ' 1.778 tons; bombed.' :'-:::t:iT:-':?'----':?:: Steamship Winnecone 1,869 . tons torpedoed. z- ; ;'VV ::';'; ," 'V- ic' ' . ' RteamgWD '--Carolina "5.039 tons. . . Schoonef Edward v. Balr, 2T9- tons Steamship Herbert' Ls Pratt, ,7,200 tons; raised. "and towed'-to port. . ' Steamship TexeL - : , . -rt. '. '.4- ' i5 ' fe ' . W ' , V'; i i ' -if''- CHARLES WARREN FAIRBANKS. (Continued From Page One) . v the hiding place of runaway . slaves and no black man ever was turned away from the door, . Fairbanks was eight years old whenv Abraham Lin coln was elected president. "Then fol lowed the civil war. the stirring scene of whighthe future vice-presi dent followed . with keen interest. jrairoanics at 15 entered Ohio Wes- leyan college at Delaware, O., shar ingtnl attic room wth the ion of an other farmer, and the two cooked their own meals. ' .- Fairbanks did car penter work , to earn his first law books.,.. -,' ,t'c . . .-'..h.- Soon after he was graduated, Mr. Fairbanks was appointed agent of The Associated Press at Pittsburgh, Pa., holding that position for one year. His most Important assignment was the rally of the democrats and" liberal re publicans in 1872. 'This was rone of the largest meetings of the campaign and was addressed by Hoarce Gree ley. Later in life he frequently re ferred with keen delight to his work as a newspaper man. - From Pittsburgh 'Mr.- Fairbanks went to Cleveland and completed his law course. In 1874 he married Miss Cornelia Cole, the culmination of a romance that-began when both were members of the editorial: staff of their college paper. To' them Were born five children, one daughter,, and four sons. After marriage Mr. Fairbanks mov ed to Indianapolis1-and' opened a law office. He took a deep interest in pol itics and assisted in local, state and national campaigns, managed Walter Q. Gresham's campaign for. the re publican nomination for the presiden cy In 18S8, and later labored indus triously for Benjamin Harrison' nomination. h It has been stated many times that Mr. Fairbanks did more- to commit the republican party in Indiana to the gold standard In 1896 than any other man, and that he wrote the money plank in the national platform adopt ed at the St. Louis convention,' over which he presided' as temporary chair man. When William McKlnley was nominated for. the presidency Mr. Fairbanks toured the country In his interest, -iia :';v.7. : : .In January, 1987,, Mr. Fairbanks was elected to the United States senate. He became a close adviser f the pres ident In the trying times before and during the Spanish-American war. Among Mr. Falrbank's greatest' ser vices to his country were those per- xormd while .nas was a memner or the United I States and British " joint com mission, . which dealt with 1 the Alasv kan boundary,, lake fishing and othe questibns. ' "' .7.- ' r ! -: Mr. Fairbanks was recognised as one of the national leaders- ox the republican uarty and as suoh v was made chairman of the committee on resolutions at tile Philadelphia na tional convention in 1900. He 'resign ed from the senate March' -4, 1905, having been elected vice-president on Roosevelt. : " -;- y'i While he was vice-president, Mr. Fairbanks, In 1908.-, became a candi date for1 the nomination for presi dent. 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