Newspapers / Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, … / April 3, 1920, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
The Weather Wilmington's Fair Saturday; Sunday. cloudy, prob ably 6lowers. .. , AUTOMOBILE SHOW April 6 to 10 VOL. CIIL No. 368. . . ' . 5 .. . Jc Si . . ... . . , ' '"' ' " 11 ' 1 ' " ' 10 TAX LUXURIES TO RAISE FUNDS FOR BONUS TO SOLDIERS Vocational Education Will Be Provided As Alternative To Cash Plan. HOUSE IS RECORDED AGAINST BOND ISSUE Details Of Measure Will Be Worked Out By A Sub-Committee To Be Named. Washington, April 2. Soldier relief legislation, with probable provision, for a cash bonus, funds 'for which would be raised by a sales or luxuries ' tax, was approved today by the house ways and means committee by a vote of 16 to 6. Details of the bill to' be recom mended will be worked out by sub committees to be appointed Monday. Members of the committee hope .to obtain final action by.; the house, be fore the contemplated recess for the national political conventions, but they express doubt whether action by the senate could be had at this ses sion. ' , V;. " '1 Inaugurate Special Tax. r Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, the republican leader, after a confer ence today with other senate republi cans as to future legislation In the tenate, said he thought this would in clude a bill to give a money bonus to former service men. witb provisions for a special tax to raise the necessary funds. " - . The program approved by the house committee declares against any bond ifsue. It is understood to have been submitted by Representative ' Long worth, republican, Ohio, and was dis cussed at great length in executive session. .." While the exact form of "the legis lation was not decided -uponl commit tee discussion was said to have indi cjted approval of a plan of .extending vocational education as An alternative to the cash bonus. These two plans are a part of the American legion's pro gram. Its other selected .plan of gov ernment aid to soldiers and sailors for building homes or obtaining ownership of farms were said by some members of the committee to" involve too many difficulties to be worked out by legis lation before the recess. ;: : ' Ready In a Fortnight. . Spokesmen for the committee, said it vas planned to have the final draft of the legislation ready for submission to the house within a fortnight. ' As no decision was made as to the amount cf the bonus or the cost of other plans t) at might be adopted, it was said that r.o estimate of the funds needed could be made at thU time. It also was said that there had been no decirion as to whether the bonus would be paid in a lump surri or be graduated according to the length of service 'of each in dividual. V , -:. , The program is understood "to have the appro val"6f the republican leaders of the house, assuring early considera tion for it. ! - - ' ' - ' GEN. PEYTON C. MARCH . INSPECTS CAMP BRAGG Expected To Leave Fayetteville For Washington Last Night. (Special to The Star.) r Fayetteville. N. C, April " 2. General Peyton C. March, chief of staff of the United States army, in spected Camp Bragg here todays com pleting an inspection tour which has carried him to Atlanta and Columbus, Georgia, as well Ks Fayetteville," Camp Benning being visited at Columbus. The general did not arrive here until '45 this afternoon, coming by way of Sanford, after missing a connection on the Seaboard which would hav placed him here at noon.r His departure for Washington, planned for 11:02. tonight, may be delayed until tomorrow morn ing. He was accompanied by Capt. John Milliken. ' . . - ;"" '.....f' The postponement of a dinner which was. to have been given the distinguish ed visitors by Fayetteville -citizens was necessitated by the uncertainty of his arrival, and General March; took dinner with MaJ. Gen. Williams Mc Kair, camp commander, at the latter's residence on the reservation. BOTH FORDS GUILTY COMPLICITY TO ROB One Sentenced to 17 Years While The Other Gets 10. Seale, Ala., April 2. Rufus Ford was rounrt guilty of the ', charge of com plicity to rob the Phenix-Girard Bank at Girard, Ala., and was sentenced to serye seventeen years at hard labor. Upon hearing of the verdict of guilty gainst his brother, Tom Ford, 'With drew his plea of not guilty and en tered one of guilty. He was? sen tfnced to ten years imprisonment. .v Al STRIA SENDS AN EASTER " GREETING TO AMERICA Vienna, April 2. President Seltz, of Austria, through the Associated Press, sends an Easter message to the Ameri can peopie aa follows: ,; : - Thanks to the generous food drafts American relief warehouses, we- are e to make Easter a veritable feast t Jy for many Poor families. " I wish ? tnank the generous donors and wish t"em th same joy with benefit by their 'ftarts of those who benefit, by their onerous gifts." , - . ,i; - n, vFREJfCII MAY RESIGN. - Dublin, April 2. The Freeman's urnai, in an article today, -advances vra , Laa'1 ieia jviarsna viBcoum. rronu ... . v iw 18 to resign his post as "eutenant.of Ireland and that h M Juoru he will vvvuea Dy iiora uecios. NATIONAL GUARD 5- i-V . i... IN TOBACCO WAR Night .Riders Have Again Be come Active In Kentucky . v.; District. ' Mayfleld, Ky.. April 2.-A machine ean squad of the state national guard was on duty , here tonight following a report la8t n,eht that & sec0nd &t tack was to be made on Mayfleld to bacco chutes by night riders as a re ef tibic "nt declIn ln the nthtnmber 0f citIns - spent last night in arms awaiting an attack but none materialized. ' acK but tvT?011 8luad was aed Mf JUie Bunk Gardner, of the circuit court; as a precautionary meas- LMtrtfl ,WtS o6 here today frora Leltchfleld. by Governor Edwin P. Mor row. It was accompanied by Adjutant General J. ' M. 'Deweese t and was in command of Captain William Taylor, it consisted of eight' other men who. in addition ta the machine gun, were armed with rifles. , Judge Gardner yesterday ! Instructed a special grand Jury to Investigate the burning last Friday night of the May field .tobacco chute by a ban4 of night riders said to have numbered, 200. The soldiers today assisted deputy sheriffs in bringing "in witnesses summoned' to appear before the grand jury.- Governor Morrow, it was announced, has offered a reward of JSOO'forthe arrest and conviction of any ten .men who. took part in the attack last week. . - i . DRUG FIRM IS SPKIVDIXG MILLION DOLLARS FOR WHISKEY Cincinnati, April , 2. A million dollar whiskey deal was consummated here today when ? a Cincinnati drug " firm purchased from a Lexington, Ky., dis tillery ,)t or medical purposes, warehouse certificates for 5,000 barrels or 250,000 srallons nf tha Unnnr. T. .u i - - u .... - 1 v u -. ud oaiQ pi ICQ was J1.30 a gallon, the' government tax &.zv ana tne state tax fifty cents, mak ing the total cost per gallon $4. WORKMEN CEASE CONTROL t ;; IN RUHR DISTRICT OF GERMANY Duesseldorf. April 2. Control by the workmen erased thAArAtlaiiv at nnAn today throughout the ftuhr . district unaer tne peace ti.-ms . ratified last night at Essen- Today beings GooJ Friday, religioust ceremonies were strictly;, observed, i The turning; pver of their duties to the police In the va rious cities is expected to be a. gradual process. The general strike was call ed off this morning and resumption of work, will take place tomorrow. , , 7 TEACHERS ARE DEMANDING . EQ.UALITY IN COMPENSATION Philadelphia, April 2. Delegates of the American Federation of Teachers, representing, every eastern state from Maine to Georgia, adopted a resolution at" their "better schools" conference here today recommending $2,000 as the proper minimum annual salary for teachers in. city as well aB country schools. Equal pay for same work with out distinction as to sex was urged. YALE MAKES CLEAN SWEEP. ' Richmond, Va., April 2. Yale made a clean sweep in the tennis tournament against the Country Club of Virginia this afternoon; its racketers winning all sets in both singles and doubles. Garland, Yale captain, featured the af ternoon's play. ' . . WILL DISPENSE LIQUORS. Richmond, Va., April 2. Judge D. C. Richardson, of the Hustings court, having granted - permits to several druggists here to dispense ardent spir its under the recently, amended Mapp law. they were preparing today to seek federal sanction to procure stocks of liquor. .-ii NOMINATED CHIEF JUSTICE. Washington, April 2. VictOriano Mapa, of the Philippine Islands, was nominated today by President Wilson to be chief Justice of the supreme court of the Philippine Islands. women pigketers ; make Display for irish republic Police Were Unable To Interfere A In View Of Other De cisions.' Washington, April 2. Efforts of the state department today .. to have the Washington police authorities break up the: picketing: of the British - embassy by women favorable to an Irish repub lic failed today. , . V The police said that in the light of the decision of the federal courts in the case of Hhe suffragists who picketed the white house .two years ago, they were powerless to Act unless - there was disorder, -y . C ' . . ... ' t.i The women began the picketing this morning, a dOen of them marching up and down the sidewalk in front or the embassy on- Cdnnecticut avenue, displaying banners criticising the Brit ish government. This fact was brought to the attention of the state depart ment, and officials immediately con ferred with the district commissioners and police authorities. It IS said the British embassy had made no com plaint. ; TV;"''N' "T,::-.."" ' ' .i. 'iV' The women undertook a demonstra tion under thev capitol yesterday, but were turned away by'the capitol police. before going there i they getn impromptu demonstration on .Pennsyl vaSS avenue opposite .the.wbite QW.. ORDERED ON DUTY 1 WILMINGrTON, RAILROi SUFFER FROM BAD FLOODS Sevierville, Tenn.? Is Under Wa ter,"jAnd Residents Are '' Fleeing. Knoxville. Tenn., April ' 2. Floods following unusually heavy rains did widespread damage in 'this section last hight and today.' Ten miles ' of the Little "River Railroad company's tracks Jn the mountains above Knox ville were completely destroyed and from fifteen to twenty miles more were either destroyed or badly damaged. The damage7 to the road is estimated at more than $50;i000, will take two months or more to repair. . ! . ' : Trestle' Washed Away. The Knoxville and Augusta railway also suffered considerable loss : from washouts and lost two trestles between Maryville and Walland and Maryville and Cautderwobd." . ' ; A long stretch of the Southern fail ways tracks between Morristown and Asheville was inundated, and trains were running late, but no serious dam age was reported. . The . Louisville and Nashville rail road suffered severe washouts, between Etowah' and Copper Mil, on the At lanta division, causing one train to be annulled and "necessitating . the transfer of passengers on others. . Sevierville Under Water. . Sevierville, twenty-six miles east of Knoxville, was' completely under water today," and many families were forced to flee ' from their .homes. The. light and power plant was put out of com mission "and the town was cut oft from Knoxville when the high water covered the railroad tracks. At Knoxville the Tennessee river has reached a stage of 22 feet, butTsoon Is expected to begin falling. , :': . -Much damage was 'done by swollen creeks, the banks 'of which are thickly populated.- Last night and early this morning police reserves - were called out to assist' in bringing' families to safety. ':.--.; f. French Broad Out of Bound. Asheville, N. ,C April 2. Heavy rains, and high waters last night ahd today did great damage - - to many . sec tions . of western: North - Carolina, the Southern rail way being the . hardest hit-;The Murphy division of the South ern ' Is blocked for -more than . half its distance, by .heavy landslides and wash outa.--i, ,-hii:i--i ' Trains from Asheville. to Knoxville are marooned in the vicinity of Bridge port, a small village near .Newport, Tenn.,' tonight, and the Southern - has made arrangement . to feed the pas sengers ;and make them comfortable for the night., otner trains. aue nere from Cincinnati and the west. were de toured at Morristown and. Johnson City to the C. C.'& O. -" In "Asheville, the French Broad river reached the highest stage today, eight feet, of any time since the great fiftrtd nt 1818. the water being-in the basements of the big factories along the water front ana scores 01. xamuies havdbeen compelled to move out. . SHOE FACTORIES CLOSE DOWN. Marble Head, : Mass., April 2. De mands of turn shoe workers for in creased wages will tie up the shoe in dustry here, according to announce ments by manufacturers today. - The Parker, Shoe Company closed its shops to its 250 operatives, and the Herbert Humphrey and Sons. company announ ced it would t shut . down tomorrow night. The latter employs 600 hands. SERIOUS FLOODS AT CHATTANOOGA; h TRAINS DETOURED Forty-seven Foot Stage Is Pre r , dieted For Tennessee River r . By Sunday Night. ' Chattanooga, Tenn., April 2.- Wlth !a forty seven foot stage .'of the .Tennesr see river predicted by Sunday night, and many of the low , sections of the city already, under' water, city- officials moved today to furnish relief : to flood sufferers. Early today" motor cycle policemen were sent into all threatened terri tory and the inhabitants were warned to move out at once the armory, taber nacle and school buildings have been set apart to house the homeless, and flood relief' headquarters have been es tablished atr the office of Mayor A. W. Chambliss. .;.-4:;. r-i: Traffic Is - Demoralised. Railroad and street car traffic is de moralized, a. long- fill on the Southern railroad , near r-Tyner having collapsed this morning; "necessitating the de touring of all traffic between Chatta nooga and both Knoxville and Atlanta. Several, important Dridges , fiear: the city have washed away and the street car line to . Roseville,. Georgia, is'.un. der water: . v .' . x Numerous manufacturing plants have already closed down and .virtually the entire, industry will have to cease oper ations by Sunday. - Colonel Foltfc. . in command at Fort Ogletnorpe,; Georgia, has offered as many ar.-ny flsld kitchens to. tee; city officials as are needed; but states that he could 'not Spare any troops to aid . in relief work; y, First Fatality Reported. r . ' The first fatality of the flood occurred this morning when a sixteen year old boy named Ward was drowned when his father drove a team over a bank into the swollen waters of Chattanooga ,.0ir na.r the city. The father. John Ward, , was caught in a tree from which he was rescued by men m a boat several-hours later. . Two ' horses were drowned. .x ' : Reports , from other sections along the river show that ': the flood stage has "been ' passed at . Khorville and Charleston, above the'cltyv and at Flor ence and Rlverton-'U Alabama, below Chattanooga.',... - f IN ANCIAL DAMAGE N. C., SATTODAY M LABORERS INSIST ON WAGE INCREASE; : GONEERENGE ENDS Attempt To Settle Strike At At lantic 'Ports Results In , Failure. SHIPPING COMPANIES t DECIDE TO STAND FIRM Employers Refuse; To Grant In crease Because They Are . Losing Money Now. ' Washington, April 2. A conference - of coastwise shipping Interests and longshoremen, which -convened at the department of . labor," today to attempt a settlement of .the strikes at Atlantic and . gulf ports, dissolved, late . today without having, reached an agreement. Assistant .Secretary Post, of the la bor department, eaid he saw no hope of. bringing the twb. sides together, and could "see no other conclusion than to declare the 4 conference dis SOlved.'.' -J vi"' ; "''.'!.,: r r Employes Won't Recede. ; Mr. Post said employes were unwill ing, to recede, from their demand for an immediate increase iri wages, and employers refused' torant the in crease at present "because they are already losing money and cannot -add to their. deficit." :Ll'-f-J;. . Representatives of a dozen coastwise shipping companies' and of organiza tions' representing the- 20,000 men - who are out on strike , attended the conr ference. Neither, side ?had . any Xhn nouncement to make at its conclusion, beyond . reiteration of rtheir.. intention to stand flrm. f"-t-'-1'.: v ' '' ' - Reports thet femployes of railways serving the docks J, affected ' by the strike 'i have threatened to refuse ;' to handle freighf . cohsighed to"-" these points reached the labor department today. - "" - - -; : Food Supplies Affected. - The tie-up, at" Important ports as excited the interest, of government, of ficials,, it was. ' explained 'at ; the labor department;' principally because of the effect-, upon; food supplies in New York andv New-: England. tJrtfb' of the f earjly pf-flfO nee "of;- uth ert-'- trOck Vfar moved by fsteamer; at, this" seaion, as well" as important quantities of cotton and naval stdres, it was Said. . h GEN. WOOD DEFENDS MILITARY TRAINING Also Advocates Upbuilding Of A " Strong American Merchant :m I- Marine. 'I :s: Canton, - Ohio, April t.--Major Gem" eral Leonard Wood, in an address here tonight, emphasized universal military training . and ' the benefits which he said . would accrue, to the Ration by adoption of that system. . . tHe did not' touch upon ; the ""favorite son" issue, and made no rerenc to Senator Warren G, Harding. General Wood declared that the na tion needed a budget system,, end recommended as one means of improv ing the present system that every cab inet member should be permitted to ap pear on - the floor of either house of congress to defend the policy, of bis department. ' ' "-':'r' ; "The . budget. systemIs th,e.7most sure means or bringing about a gen eral national' ' retrenchment,"'" he de--clared ' ;1 . .Establishment of an American mer chant marine was advocated by the speaker. t :':...,;. i. jO .:'' "We . have a chance that we never may have -again," - he said. ''England, depleted . in man rpower, almost empty of . treasure, is going to. the limit of her means to build up her 'commerce and to : re-establish her trade routes, while today we are smothering and strangling business .initiative .through the excess profits and other, taxes." - J- MRS; SARAH TAMi iPM Physician Testifies She Could Not Have Caused Daugh ter's Death Alone. , Pawj Paw,. Mich, April 2. Mrs. Sarah Tabor could, not alone ; have been re sponsible for the death of her daugh ter, Maude Tabor . Virgo,": according- to 'testomony .today at' her- preliminary hearing: on a .charge of murder by Dr. A. S. Warthln, University of Michigan pathologist, v .; ' . : . Dr. Warthln! performed an autopsy over Mrs. - .Virgo's- body shortly - after It was found : in ; the ; woman's '."hope chest" in the basement of her Lawton home, and,' found, he -testified, that death, was due to Illegal surgery. The operation he 'believed " could not .have been performed by Mrs. Tabor unas sisted. - He also- testified that the body had been 'partially, embalmed. ' T . ; Mrs. Tabor who is 80-years-old," was re-arrested this ; morning von . srr new charge, the original .proceedings - hay ing been dismissed when - the supreme court found , the evidence insufficient. The hearing is expected to continue into next week. : .' -.- .'J : ' ',s'- ' 'i h Boston, Mass., April 2. The shipping boara steamer lake uiko arrived nere today -frorn..Fowey, England, ; with two of the crew, charged -witb -mutiny.- . ; 3, 1920. WOMAN SUFFRAGE . ADVOCATES FIGHT TO WIN DELAWARE Will Attempt Td Influence Vot ers Oyer The Eastern Holi day PeriodV . Dover, Deh, April 2. Undismayed by the defeat of .the resolution to. ratify the federal woman suffrage amendment by the lower chouse of the Delaware legislature, suffragist leadera v today started a state-wide drive in ad effort to win over members of the legislature. oy cnangmg the opinion of their con stituents. V A larke delegation of Suffrage work ers started from here on a tour, of. the state. It is planned v to visit everv town and hamlet and in speeches urge the voters to call upon their repre sentative in the , assembly, to support the suffrage resolution.. It Is also planned to obtain petitions and signed statements from as' many voters as possible to present to the legislators. -.When' the , legislature reassembles on Monday after the Easter holidays suffrage advocates said tonight they were confident their Strength In both branches would be materially increas ed. They hoped to obtain reconsider ation of the ratification resolution by the house; but, - should this fall, they pointed out that an Identical resolution is still in the senate, and if passed, by the upper branch, it could be brought before the house at any time. " ; - The suffragists claim to have a ma jority of one ; in the senate. , , MISTRIAL DECLARED IN . URSULA BRODERICK CASE .' St. X.ouis'.'Mo April 2. A mistrial was declared tonight in the case of Ursula Broderick,; 16-years-old, charged with : the murder of her - stepf ather, Joseph : F, ; Woo'dlocS, shot to death in their home here last April, v After de liberating more than twentyrhours the jury reported '"hopelessly deadlocked." Judge ' Klein declared a mistrial and ordered the case're-tried "on May 3rd. OLD HICKORY DIVISION ' WILL, MEET AT ASHEVILLE Greenville, S. C , April 2. Selection ofL dates and ad.opMon of a tentative program for" the second .annual , con vention of 'the Old Hickory Associa tion (30th division, A. E. F.)' to :b held, in Asheville this, fall, .will be' fit tended "tcp- at a meeting -of the ; xee-l live conittee..jwWchClodI held tn Asheville Saturday afternoon. ... i. ... v .1 . THREE -SMUGGLERS SHOT. ) - - Laredo, ' Texas April 2:- In a "battle late yesterday between four 'American customs inspectors and seven alleged Mexican smugglers, forty miles south east' of Laredo;. three .f the ."sraug Urs were shot and killed. - The others escaped . into Mexico. -. None of the Americans was injured. ; SECRETARY FOR IRELAND. London, April 2. Sir Hamar Green wood, under secretary for home af fairs, has-been appointed chief secre tary for Ireland, according to official announcement this .. afternoon. Sir Hamar succeed Ian McPhersom who resigned yesterday. ' v' - " ' , RAILROAD WAGE CONTROVERSY. , Washington, April , 2. Thev whole railroad wage controversy was placed before President Wilson- today, for the third time since ' railroad :. labor, filed 4ts. demands for" a general increase , in wages last summer. . . SOUTH AMERICAN EDITOR SHOT AND .. KILLED IN DUEL Former President Of Uruguay Was Victor On Field Of Honor. , Menteviedo, - Uruguay, April ' 2. Washington Beltran, editoy of " the newspaper. EI Pais, was shot and kill ed " in a: tiuel today by Jose Batlley, Ordones, former president of Uruguay. ' The duel took place this morning with the usual formalities and with seconds .'and surgeons, in attendance. The weapons- used were pistols. Bel tran was .'shot in the breast and died shortly afterward. , ; I - The morning ' newspapers today printed announcements of the im pending duel. They said, that former President Batlle had sent his seconds to Beltran, challengi.ng the- journalist because of statements published in El Pais, which. Batlle , consider, offensive. Beltran was a nationalist member of the chamber of deputies and -a leader of that party, which is opposed to the "Batllistas."- Batlle . has twice been president of Uruguay. ' f i " : Yesterday was not. the first time that Jose . Batlle y Ordones met an adversary; on the field under the code of. honor. ' On January 13 last, Batlle was ,twice wounded in the arm during jiu duel withlawords fought with Sena tor; Leqjie 'Aguirre.'y He was . rendered incapable - of continuing' the 'fight a few seconds after it started, ,and the duel- was.. susgjended. " r. . '. ' ' : -It was said at' the time-. that Batlle had ( sent"- his "seconds to" Agulrre be cause of ah article printed-In El Pais, of - which Agulrre was "tor-proprietor, charging - that the" former president .was seeking to acquire predominance in ;the chamber of deputies to further his- personal ends. 3 - - . L' ' "':- "' In 1906, while .president of -Uruguay, Batlle agreed to fight -i'-duet with Dr. Luis Alberto do Herera,-a member of thechamber of deputies - and s former secretary" of the ;legatlon : at ;Wash In gton .after Battle's term of president was ended. Nothing; - so', far 'as ' is known 'ever -came- of this agreement. V . . . . . ' J VANDERLIP SAlfS y FALSE PROSPERITY . , SERIOUS DANGER Sixty Per Cent. Efficiency Of Labor Is Responsible For Low Productivity. ' Chicago, April 2. America has en tered an era of false prosperity, Frank A. Vanderlip, formerly president of the National City Bank of New York, de clared today In an address. 'J ' Mr. Vanderlip is n route to Japan where, in connection with a committee of , commissioners,, he ' will investigate conditions governing, trade relations between the United States and Japan. "There are three things upon which real prosperity . must be based," he said. "These are ample ; capital, effl cient labor and an application of sound economics. We are prosperous today in the face of all three fundamentals and our prosperity-is false as. well as dangerous, . ; . ; ; s : "Incomes today- are' large- than ever before; profits are larger; and yet fresh capital for business enterprise is less available than ever before. The chief reason for this is the government taxes. "But even were taxes ; reduced, ' the situation would not be sound. 1 1, have talked with scores of big business men and the consensus is that labor is sixty per cent efficient. There is no non- employment today. . i "And vet despite this fact our pro ductivity is lower1 than li Has 1 ever been. But even with labor . efficient and capital plentiful, our prosperity still would be on a false ; bottom. The inflation of currency and Of bank credit has more than- anything else been re sponsible for the 250 . per cent rise in prices in the last six years, j '. . ' STEAMER REPORTED AFD3.E. f- New York,; April 2.- The - American steamship Eastern King, bound 'from new York to Cuban ports,- is on fire hear Sagua de la Grande, on the Cu ban i coast, according to a wireless message received here today ; by the naval j communication! service. The steamer Lake Medford . respVided to the .call for assistance and 1 pumping' water t ciito the ; fire,, the message .added..-,,--.., v., ; , .. V; . - A WD CREW SAFE. OFFICERS AND CREW SAFE. fCoUlria "and men of the crew, of ! the steamer Natenna which was lost off , Casa Blanca, Morocco, March 8, arrived here today on the steamer JiacK Ar row from Constantinople, Smyrna and Madeira. The 'Natenna was bound from Brest for Casa Blahca with coal when she .foundered, i " CHICAGO TRAINMEN STRIKE. 'Chicago, April 2. Seven hundred wltchmen and switch " tenders I em ployed in the Chicago terminal of the Chicago,' Milwaukee and Sfc. Paul rail road "were on strike today. They walk ed out last night to enforce demands for a wage increase of from-' 52 cents to 21 an hour and In protest, against the discharge of a yardmaster, they said. -. -:.. -..j . '. RUSSIA READY TO PAY, . - fetockholm, April 2. Russia Is ready to pay in gold and cereals for all kinds of industrial products, principals ly farming ' equipment, box.' cars and locomotives, which are needed urgent ly, "according tto v a statement issued here by representatives of Russian co operative societies.,-. - " ... "- MRS. ROY PRESIDENT. Cincinnati. DAnrll 2. Mrs. ', Harry Hoy. .Louisville. today "vvas ' elected president, and Mrs, Lois Snringer, ;Du lujh, secretary of the Delta 'Omricon national musical . sorority., which con cludes . e , threerday " conventfon here tomorrow. Louieviller will receive the 1921 meeting. : WAR DEPARTMENT ; TO LEND NITRATES ' TO DISTRIBUTORS WiU Take Care Of Situation Un tiU Chilean Nitrates Begin V To Arrive. v (Spdat to Tfce Star.) " ! Washington, April 2. A great many inquiries are being made, by the farm ers of North ; Carolina as to whether the department of agriculture is sell ing nitrate of soda-this year. - In response to these Jnquiries Sena tor Simmons .has conferred with offi cials of the agricultural department about . the matter, who informed him that on account of the 'fact that com mercial distributors have been able to get adequate shipments of nitrates the department has been 'taking no hand in the distributior. ? " . The agricultural . department states that while reports indicate -a shortage of nitrate in some aections, the short age of ships to bring the nitrates from South American countries has evidently been the cause, and .lt is believed that such conditions will notv exist longer than the latter part ' of April. -' ' A Joint resolution is being introduced in .nnrrB8 authorisiue s the ' war de partment to lend to "commercial dis tributors a-sufficient quantity of nitrate of soda to meet the present shortage. If congress grants this authority, and concerted effort is .being 'made to se cure prompt action, the ' war depart ment will be' in a position to furnish ample- to meet the needs.!' ' i Recently . the navy department re leased a large quantity of nitrate to tha fertlliver manufacturers of the country, which will also help to solve the problem." These releases, are to be rapid when the c-tlean nitrates be gin ; to arrive in . sufficient quantities to Juatify-lt. . -vj..vi - ' j WHOLE NUMBER 30,132. RAILWAY CLERKS' STRIKE IS ENDED; TO RESUME DUTY Conference Between Strikir Arid Norfolk and Western Officials Reached Result WALK-OUT OF TRAINMEN ( FAILED TO EVENTUATE Passenger Trains Operated On schedule Time Yesterday Throughout the System . . . ... ..... . Roanoke, Va.. Anril a conference here early today be tween officials of the Norfolk and Western Railway and local and miernationai representatives of organized crafts on the system, who have struck in sympathy wun the clerks who walked out March 22, a . settlement was reached under., the terms of which . all employes of the com pany will resume work immedi- aieiy. .; ; . According to comnanv offl. cials, under an agreement with the union representatives no fur- ther statement regarding the settlement of the differences be tween the road arid its employes' will be made public. Whether I the terms of adjustment con-! template the. removal of W. T. Divers and Amos Headley, non union 'clerks, whose discharge was; demanded by the railway j clerks, ; pi- whether these men f rm be retained in the service, couldriot'bd icertained neither company officials .nor union heads would divulge any infor mation. :. -Roanoke. Va.,- April 2. A confer- f ence here between Norfolk' and West ern " railway officials and union of ficials representing :s fifteen railroad i JSSnrart.nWhlch'ithe grievances of striking railway, clerks was taken nn tWe?noohnCl,p fl,f At 5:J6' 10C1?. IS ternoon. Railroad officials declared a statement would be made ubll0 lai tonight. Union heads stated they had no announcement to make. n ?ic'als of company will ' hbld i a conference again tonight, they an nounced, before the results of the meeting with -the union, officials will be made public. It was unofficially announced that a conference of the union heads also . was scheduled to night. ' " ... 1 . ' I Trainmen Make ComplalBt. tH1 the .-announcement rail road officials reiterateMhat they have received no official notice that mem- ! bers of -the Brotherhd of Railway s Trainmen -would walk out because of 1 what they claimed are "unsafe condl-' tions on the road as a result of tha 1 strike of railway- clerks) , About 6,000 men assembled at the company's, passenger station here shortly after 4 o'clock to see if the announced purpose of the trainmen' to ' walk-out at 4 o'clock would be car ried out. '- . The first train left Roanoke for the west at- 4;40 o'clock. It 'was soon fol lowed by another train. lA fireman on the first: train was called away, from his cab by a group of men, but after a hurried conference with them re turned to his engine and was aboard when the train left. The assemblage then broke up. Frefght Trains at Standstill. Durham, N, C, April 2. Nine clerks' in the local freight off ice' of the Nor folk and Western and two yard brake men . quit, their Jobs todav. lolnino- I union men elsewhere in a rAnrai walkout. Np freight trains -were operated to and from Durham over the Norfolk and Western lines today. All passenger trains, however, have been operated on scheduled time, f is Seven clerks in the local office, in cluding two telegraph operators, did not join the strikers: . - W. H. . Pritchard, agent here stated tonight - that without , operation of. . freight trains his reduced force can amply take care of the situation. No freight is 'being . received, j and de liveries consist , only , of such freight as was on hand when curtailment of train. a..4 - - i i Walk-ot la Ohio. Columbus, Ohio, April 2 Almost S,-; 000 - workmen - employed by the Nor folk and Western railway at the local; terminal and at Portsmouth struck to day irf sympathy with the brotherhood of railway clerks, whose - members went out March 22. ' - j Union officials predicted a complete tie-up of the system within a few days., Passenger trains still were run ning, but freight transportation was badly . crippled. No - cars for; connec tions are being accepted 'by the com- ; phny. . , :i: . . '.. j ,; ' Attempt tottle Strike. r ". ' Washington, April 2. John D. Col-" poys and Charles Benhelm, of the la bor department bureau of adjustment, were ordered to Roanoke, Virginia, to- day to confer" with representatives -of the striking clerks of the Norfolk 'and Western railroad with a view" to at tempting a 'settlement-of the strike. A 7 r- v 5- ' -'f '
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
April 3, 1920, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75