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FIRST LADOR TROUBLE
OF ADMINISTRATION IS
APPEALED HARDING
i . 7, 1 : ;--'7 ',-i'?.'til 4"- '
Meat-Packers' .Employes Ast
Executive to Prevent Re- , V
duction of Wages ' r J
ASK QUICK ACTION
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Instruct Gompers to Go Person
ally to White :Hoiise .and
Urge tne Request B
OitA HA, Neb., ";' March 9-. President
Harding was appealed' to tonight by
representatives of " the padklng ;;- house
employes with a request that he iry
to prevent a proposed' reduction of
;wages and re-ad justment, Of ; worklngf
hours, which have been . announced by
meat packers to become effective
'March 14. .7 V'v'-'" 71" 7 "7r
Samuel Gkmpers,' president "of . the
Am(rican Federation of Labor was
asked In another telegram ,,to go to-' the
white house as the direct : representa
tive of the meat cutters' . union and
urge Immediate action: on , the request.
He was asked also to. call a meeting
Monday in Chicago of all allied unions
working for the packers to outline con
certed action in event of a strike. 7 V
Delegates to the conference here
called by the) Amalgamated-Meat Cut
ters nnd Butcher-Workmen 7f North
America, voted unanimously ; today to
appeal to the President in1 .n " effort
to forestall abrogation of, the .wartime
agreement, between the packers and
their employes. The action .of the
delegates who represent workers " In
every large" packing center, affects 20,-
000 employes, union officials said.
The telegram to the President asked
him to request the packers to hold in
abeyance the wage' and, hour changes,
announced ' as effectiye , Monday, until
the secretary of labor, can Investigate
charges contained in the message. The
conference also adopted a resolution
requesting the President ; td "use his
good offices to compel . the packers to
comply with . the 7 agreement entered
into by the government, and that un
less the packers consent; that he exer
cise his power to place the packing
house industry under government con
trol and operation and publicly brand
the present ' owners,; and managers of
the i ndtistry as" -a-mehace - to "the 'gov
ernment and society fn general." - "t
A strike--warning- appeared, "th ithe
same resolution which Instructed union
officers to 'take such action as will re
sult in a unanimous resistance to the
return to the ten-hour workday, .wage
reductions and other, barbarous condi
tions that exlsted prior to ,1917," un
less President Harding sends assurance
of action. ? This i resolution, according
to Dennis 'Lane,': secretary-treasurer of
the union means authorization for a
strike affecting all packing house em-,
ployes of the United States and-Canada.
The decision to appeal to the .chief
executive was made in a lengthy ses
sion of the executive board this afterr
noon. The recommendations were-Immediately
placed before the delegates
in general conference. A heated dis
cussion followed In which the, proposed
action of the packers in reducing
wages by approximately 15 per cent
and making straight "time" apply for
ten hours dally Instead of eight, was
unanimously denounced. ' -: (-
The delegates present were, unani
mouBly in favor of , striking if the
changes announced by the packers a,re
put Into effect, according to Mr. Lane.
A referendum vote will be necessary,
however, before the strike order can be
proposed he said. , ; '- ' .. .7
During the war, the. telegram con
tinued, "workers of the packing plants
were confronted with mounting 'living
costs, and. at the same (time. 'informa
tion of the "enormous profits'" or the
packers were published broadcast.
"In this national emergency," the
telegram said, "the employers showed
fight and said they were willing' that
a strike should take place, on1-the other
nand the employes' representatives in
duced them to remain on the Job as a
patriotic duty. . President; Wilson suc
ceeded In bringing; the 1 packers into
"fitiforcroo onH th result ,-WaS III
Agreement that, during period ' of the
.'J-ar, they would submit all points of
'lifference to their employes for arbitra
tion Judge Alschuler was selected to
arbitrate, these differences."' 7 V 17-
The telegram further ' recites that
the agreement was continued' after, the
armistice at the request of packers and
that now-at the very beginning of the
re-construction" period,, the, packers re
pealed their agreement. -..-They have
further announced that beginning next
Monday they reduce wages 12 1-3 . td 15
Per cent and re-instate the 10-hour day
in all their plants, Judge Alschuler
having granted the employes an eight
hour day in the first award.' -t.J.-
We charge," the telegram said, "that
the packers having forced "' livestock
Prices down to a lower level ...than the
pre-war level-and having filled thejr
storehouses to overflowing with , meat
bought at the lowest prices on the hoof,
now propose- to cripple Industry - de
liberately for the purpose of. unloading
this meat at enhanced prices upon the
Public, thereby achieving. he 'double
purpose of 'enormous profits by adding
to the cost of living to the general pub
l c, and of striking, at the same time,
a body blow at organised labor for the
purpose of destroying It." An ."orderly
and established method of proceeding
in Industrial affairs,; bjr .conference, and
abritration," is advocated in the , tele
gram. -"; '-' ' .V- y
Denial th4t the packers .had , large
Wores of meat on hand wm made in a
statement tonight by Richard Hebb
of Chicago, speaking for the packers.
He said that all storar atock n hand
on Pebraury 21 were but -'-11,000,009
Pounds more than-same date last ' year
and 61,000,000 pounds lower than in
1919. ... --;..-7.7 -.O-v.7rv;:'u:r71
TWO HUNDRED OUT Ojr"WOItK".
ZIRKLH, Ga.r March, fir-Nearly 200
men were thrown ont ! nt' work ;here
tonight by the shutting ,down or the
1 'avls-Zirkle oompany, J The . company
'Ik iiniikU 4 tm nnilnttl beoaUSS
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e Bank Chief s
To Remain In Office
William P. G. Hardine. of Alabama.
governor of the federal reserve board,
is one Democrat likely to remain in
office ' indefinitely, according to - reports
from - Washington.. It is said v that
President . Harding and Secretary of
the . Treasury Mellon admire the ' way
Governor , Harding has handled financial'-
affairs and, desire . him .to remain
in office ; as - long as he conveniently
can.77Mueh satisfaction was express
ed in.1 the capital because of the hew
President's attitude, as: it indicate
that the federal, reserve , system, is to
be kept out of politics. , . r -
REPUBLICAN POLICY IS
COSTING SOUTH MONEY
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Senator Simmons Worried Over
f Financial Outlook Account i
of .Treaty Situation
; (Special to The Star)
pinpVilntgikT' 'VwrBerh;
where he will rest until the extra ses
sion of congress convenes. t i
He Is worried over the business outlook-'
'The failure to ratifj? the Ver
sailles treaty and declare the' war1 off
with Germany has cost the south mil
lions of dollars." He e but little
hope. ' for improvement in -the .cotton
and tobacco sections for months to
come. '
, 1 The attitude ( of , the Republicans is
retarding , readjustment here - and
abroad. In this connection, It Is stated
On high authority that Germany would
take one million 'bales of American
cotton if she could get them to make
some ; arrangement to pay : for them.
Under similar conditions Caecho-Slova-kla
could take 300,000 bales, Rumania
300,000. Poland 200,000, Italy 600.00Q,
and Belgium and France large quanti
ties. Great Britain is faring better.
She is getting a good supply. .
Had the League of Nations been
agreed to,' then credits could have been
arranged. Experts -here believe that
eotton will go to four and five , cents
next year and be a "drug" on th market..'..'-
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GERMAN OCCUPATION IS
WITHOUT ANY INCIDENT
Allied Troops : Not" Opposed in
Taking Control - 7
. TjONDCN", , March 9.- (By Associated
Press) The allied "1 supreme 7 council
met , at the official ' residence of ' the
prime . minister, Mr. Lloyd-George, : In
Downing street," this afternoon- to con
sider application of i the x penalties for
Germany for '.: non-fulfillment of her
reparations obligations. "
- The members of the 4 council took
note of . the , fact that the German
towns 7 of ' Dusseldorf, Dulsburg and
Ruhrort had been occupied Tuesday
without r incident- and compared - notes
regarding v the action to be taken on
the second penalty, .'namely, - the Impo
sition by. eacty allied5, country of" such
a tax on, German .imports as it may
deem,,,nttlng.-:-.i v'-vk:. -; y ,-A 7 ,77 f
' 7: BBIiGl-iN TROOP MOVEMENT
", BERLIN, March - (By , Associated
Press)-r-The Belgians : have occupied
Hamborn,' to the north of ; Duieburg,
and the coaling .port of the? Tyssen
works. The occupation was -without
incident; ; '7; .A.C. :;9 ;-.-,;v. .
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. OERMAJT OFVICIAIiS TO ACT f "
DUSSELDORF, J. March ,V fl.-M3enera!
Degoutte's7proclamatibn of a state of
siege ordered the surrender of all arms
within IB hours and. prohibited ftrikes
or sabotage. The German authorities
and the police arev to act under super
vision of the allies.: .Street traffio will
not ba hindered . unless . disturbances
arise. , t. , r ' . '
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' AMERICAN BOWLING CQNGRES8
- BUFFALO,- March . Three teams
won Places among the 10 . leaders In
the two-man rolling of the American
bowline congress tournament here to
dayU All were Buffalo pairs, - ..They
were William Drexler and J. Feinner,
with a toUl of 1,219, pina. placing thirdj
I-MiUar and S, Smith, rolling 'into
fourth Place with a score of 1.217 pins
aad A MeDenald and G, Jaman, who
lust managed to; get into the charmed
circle, scoring ft 1.170 total which put
them in, 10th place, -, i-77." .;. ' :
.'Eleven i of the 4ft r twe.a -. team,
rolling today s shot ever the L100 tetal
1:" enlvC thre i( were high
enough to win a plaee among the leadV
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A RULING OF PALMER
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Ex-Attorney-General Holds Wine
and Beer May; Be Used
, for Medicine
UPSET DRY PLAN
Unless New ::4ttorney-General
Oyerrules Palmer, Restric
z tion Program Killed
WASHINGTON, March' 9. Beer and
wines : are given the same status as
whiskey under an opinion by the attorney-general
made r public today by
the-bureau of internal revenue.
The ruling, one of the most - Im
portant since , the advent of national
prom&itlon. makes it possible for all
alcoholic liquors to be used for- meHieai
and other non-beverage purposes and
i or an to be manufactured and sold
for these purposes' subject only to the
li'nitations of the Volstead act on non
beverage intoxicants.
. The opinion was written by-former
iwiuejfueurai raimer, tne aay be
fore he retired from ; office, and wan in
reply to a series wo f questions from in
ternal revenue and prohibition officials
bearing on construction of half a dozen
moot points in the law.- .
wnether It will upset any regula
tions of the revenue and enforcement
bureaus had not been determined to
night. Commissioner Williams of the
revenue bureau saying he had not had
an opportunity to study the opinion.
He made'; it public... without comment
and said that officials, concerned with
enforcement would pre'pare at once to
draft regulations carrying out the attorney-general's
' construction of the
dry law. v
There were many rumors afloat that
the opinion had wrecked plans of dry
advocates to obtain further restric
tion of liquor sales. Officials refused
to comment on these reports, however,
hut Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel
for the anti-saloon league, issued a
statement fn which - he said that 89
states had' codes prohibiting the pre
scribing: of beer' for medical purposes.
Mr. -Wheeler declared that the opinion
was not in accord -with the purpose of
the federal law. -
..7Congress clearly did '? not intend to
attempt to legalise what the state
laws rohibiU" Mr.- Wheeler -. said.
"Unless the opinion is overruled, con
gress should amend the - law,
T la
dlfficulUttfpur
.ouov '.ww isvvciiHMenv unu toe orewers
are on tne sa,me side or the case , and
there is no one to contest it, unless
the new attorney-general overrules the
opinion. , vv .
The opinion appeared ambiguous in
some respects,-some officials said, and
as a, result they, wer. unable, to deter
mine whether the government had pow
er lr the light of , the ruling to limit
the .number; of prescriptions which a
physician may 'write except . that the
law specifies no more than one pint
pr person in a ten-day period." Mr.
Pslmer declared he believed It the pur
pose of congress. to leave , the physician
"unfettered .by governmental control."
Yet he thought .that .regulation might
properly restrict the amount to be fold
on any one prescription.
Mr.. Palmer called .attention to pro
visions of the law wltiich apparently
had left the physician to. act on his
judgment. He suggested then that
when a physician abused the privilege
he cculd be: dealt with criminally, but
added . that 1 in ' no case should the
Judgment of the physician be sup
planted by enforcement officials.
Replying- to ' the question, whether
the- government could restrict the num
ber of permits to manufacture, sell or
Mr Limir nipfl. fh-f0"', trooPs Buffered heavy losses at Kras
Mr. Palmer, explained that the Vol- noyeselo. 18 miles southeast of Petro
'III nrr, tmi!L,iJ?n 1 6 "i"6'! srad-' and t; Gatchlna, 40 mile. to,the
to which permits could be Issued and southwest ;
had permitted no discrimination' be
tween persons within those classes.
He: said the withholding of permits
could not be done legally even though
officials were convinced , that fewer
permits would suffice in any given state
or city. 7. '.-
Mr. Palmer advised officials that
they have "ample authority" to write
such regulations as they believed nec
essary to make . certain the . enforce
ment of the . law. Dry advocates
stressed this statement,7 declaring that
by it, means would be. found to cir
cumvent and handicap the sales of
beer and -wines and would not throw
open the door to manufacture of quan
tities of alcoholic beer again, as anti
prohibitionists insisted. " ; :
TORNADO IN MISSISSIPPI
, MACON, Miss. ; March , 9. A tornado
whloh struck several points in Nexubee
county today at 2 p. m., injured. a score
of s persons and caused " damage . esti
mated at $25,000.
JUST A FEW FACTS ABOUT CIRCULATION
''JP real analysis of circulation Is the A. B. C. (Audit Bureau
of Circulation) Statement. .,,;, . , , '-..... -.
' Nearly all newspapers are members and the - advertiser should ask
to bo shown the latest A. B. C. Statement before placing his business '
? .;'- j -Me reflgu re s printed on -the front page of a newspaper with the
word NET before them mean little or nothing to the advertiser,
. NET PAID circulation figures mean a good deal more. 7 . 77 '7
But -ACTUAXi NET PAID ONE EDITION, circulation figures are the
' 1 figures the advertiser should ask for, - - , a -
7 Do you know that ALL EDITIONS are figured by afternoon news
papers in computing their circulation? Frequently two papers reach
7, th same family. -f - ' -. - ..':: j . ' .
This is WASTE CIRCULATION, and does not benefit the advertiser.
' HERB IS THE VITAL QUESTIONS-MR.' BUSINESS MAN: " .
; ' Comihg or going--WHICH? : "
Mr and Mrs. Brown have a sum of money to spend. " " '
. DO YOU WANT TO CATCH THEM COMING OR GOING? t .
When the morning paper, reaches -them they are coming. i
When they get the afternoon paper they are goinghome.
It .is too Jate to shop, and the movies and theaters will get their
money if, they come-,out again,.-. ---7.
; . - Any merchant will tell you that his busiest hours are from il a. m."
to" 5 p. m, AND THAT IS BEFORE THE AFTERNOON NEWSPAPER
7 REACHES THE HOMES, ... . . t.
Sunday . The Morning Star will print approximately TEN THOU
SAND COPIES IN . ITS REGULAR BDlT ON . -.'-....
, ' Now, Mr-Business Man, stop-a moment and consider that the morno
ing paper reaches four members of a family where two afternoon newt.
7" papers reach one family. , - i . . -
. Compare the circulation figures -and : decide for ' yourself if ; THE
- MORNING STAR is not absolutely the best medium to -carry your mes-
sage into-thej homes of Wilmington and the surrounding territory.:
THE MORNING STAR
fORMERlMEHBERSfOF
RUSSIAN DUMA SEND A
Ask American Food Supplies for
the VNew Reyolutionary' 3j
.7 EfiEort ki Russia, :
BORE FROM WITHIN
-':k
Say Present Movement 'Conies
From the Russian People V v
and Must Succeed :
PARIS, AJarch 9. The - executive
committee: for former members of the
Russian - duma with headquarters here
sent a . cable ; message today to Boris
Bakhmeteff, 'the Russian "ambassador"
at Washington, to make representa
tions at the state department on be-
half ot the revolutionary movement in
Kronstadt' and elsewhere. The ambas
sador wag asked to explain "the nature
of the revolution and to request that
food and. other aid, on purely humani
tarian grounds, be lent to" the scene
directly or through the American Red
Cross. . 7 . ; . 7, v- -,- -
.vicholai Avskentieff, ; president of
the committee. told the Associated
Press today - that" the committee; as a
result of direct secret . communication
established with the Interior of Russia
through Finland,' was in a position to
state; that the present movement ?as
ntiiely different from all previous at
tacks against the bolshevists.
"I want " the ;. American people 7 to
know,". sJdvM.7 Avskentieff, "that the
revoluuon" now going on is one organ
ised by the people of Russia and that
it differs in every way- from the out
breaks of WrangeJ, Kolchak, Denikine
and Tudenltoh. It is a declaration of
the resentment of the people of Russia
against bplshevlsm The present phase
of it may be, put down by the brutal
force of the Tbolsheviki,! but a nation
wide revolution is sure to come in
April or May, We believe this is the
beginning of the end of bolshevism. I
: "The; executive committee - decided
last January that bolshevism can be
defeated , only . from within rand not
with expeditions such as that of Gen
eral Wrangel. The present revolution
proves the- wisdom of our decision. The
anti-bolshevik " movement -will' . help
with propaganda,1 aupplies of food and
similar' aid; but no military ,tfoTC. will
"ur; preseni , aeaire ia tOv ruaft. loQa
to the area .temporarily, freed from the
bolshevlki. . We -7 hope i the American
Red Cross will give us the supplies It
has available in northeast Europe. "Wei
do not ask the United: States to par
ticipate In the'." situation i in any way,
political, but by confining - itself strict
ly to humanitarian aid it can do much
indirectly to bring; about freedom in
Russia." -i.-.'-ifc 7 .
BOLSHEVIK UPRISING BREAKS -OITT
AT THE CITT OF BATVM
BATTJM,5 March; .A bolshevik up
rising hag broken -out here. Thousands
of ; persons, in adG'tton Ato the allied
mission -and' members of 'the Georgian
government are- leaving-v The bolshe-V-ki
hold "'he' railway '-from Kutale to
Ratum. ' - '";'-.",::
EEVOLI'TIOVARIE CAPTURJB 1
NEARLY AI.I -'' OV PETROGRAI)
LONDON, March J A dispatch to
the London - Times from Riga dated
Wednesday .ays that all the bolshevik
leaders in Petrograd escaped by motor
car .following the capture by revolu
tionaries this moroii:g of the entire
city, with the. exception of Nlcolal anl
frlnlnn roll iaq A oof i skt at mx ' t a.
The Krasrtoya Gorko and Oranlen
(baum fortresses have surrendered. The
red army has retreated; 20 versts.
RAIL RATE VIA SOUTH '
ATLANTIC PORTS CUT
High as 30 Per Cent Reduction
to Cilban Ports
LOUISVnuIvB. Ky., March 9. -Notice
of a substantial reduction In rates ef
fective March 15 from gulf and south
Atlantic ports to Havana on classes
ind on .commodities to Cuban out
pprts, was , received at ; the office; of
the foreign commerce service. Southern
railway, here -today. The reductions in
some cases, it was announced, are as
high as SO per cent.-.;
Shippers and manufacturers over a
wide territory,; it was said, have keen
interest in, the subject.
AfiOTHER TRAIN IS RUN
OVER A; BiblLINES
Bf A PIliKM-UP GREW
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pngineer" Woodward ahdCon
5 101 Watkins in Charge
jgg of the Passenger Trip , V
KIO OTHER STRIKES
Southeastern Railroad Men Vote
sfetaiiceBut' OpposeJExr
7 tension of Strike 7
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 9. An
other passenger train was operated on
the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
railway from Birmingham to Lineville
and return today, A. H. Woodward,
fchairman of the Woodward Iron com
pany, again handling the'throttle with
C, R. Watkins,- who has been with the.
road since , it began business 18 years
ago; serving, as conductor and other
members of the crew being officials of
the road and employes Jt the Wood
ward Iron company.
The office' of" Superintendent V. E.
Whittaker, announced tonight "that
there was prospect of partially resum
ing freight service -in, the immediate
future, and that passenger service
would be (improved. The passenger
train will probably make the round
trip to Lineville again tomorrow, it
was said. ' , . 7 .
.'Great inconvenience is reported from
towns along the 'A. B. and A.,- lumber
mnis are closing dowp and cattle for I
snipmeni are-peing flrlven long. dls -
tances through . .the country to other
railway lines, reports lecelved here to-'
day indicate; ?"Cfltizens of Asheland
uave . aaoptea : resolutions calling for
law, enforcement and t nrotection of
property, while resolutions have been
adopted by Tifton, Oa., people, declar
ing that present conditions would per
8ilt the trainmen to accept wage re
ductions and that "the people of Tif
ton will stand by the railroad.'.'
Twenty bags of mail went -out vti
the train and 30 were taken on- at
Liineville.
. N. H. Evans, In charge of the strike
here, declares that the employes of the
road are remaining 100 per cent out.
' Mr. Evans has requested that in
ternational brotherhood officers come
to Birmingham, tut they have not - yet
arrived. ' , 7.77' " 7
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EMPLOYES-OP OTHER ROADS: 7 ,
- OPPOSE STRIKE EXTEN SION
'Mcoiajwhiiuniojr
here today declared that the employes
of,. the different roads In the southeast
have vo,ted to give financial assistance
to the striking employes of the A. Ji.
and A., and are opposing any efforts
to extend the strike to other lines. ;
FEDERAL MEDIATORS WORKING-.
r - TO COMPOSE THE TROUBLE
ATLANTA, March 9. Efforts to ad
just the wage reduction' Strike on the
Atlanta, ' Birmingham and Atlantic
railway continued today but with no
announcement' from the two represen
tatives of the federal mediation board
as to their progress.
Union leaders said so far they had
held but one conference ; with the
mediators sent here from 'Washington
and that this was' a preliminary one.
- The fifth day of the strike, which
has paralyzed transportation on the
road excejpt '-for. one. train Monday,
was marked today by; departure of
two trains, and by a petition filed in
federal court here attacking the con
stitutionality'' of . section' nine of the
Newlands act which requires 20 : days
notice before reduction of wages. The
petitions 'are filed by counsel for the
Birmingham Trust company, on whose
petition .the. road recently . went f into
receivership, and were set for hearing
March 26, at which , time federal dis
trict Judge Sibley also expects , to hear
argument on the extent and scope 4of
the wage reduction.! . ... .
Reports are coming in from the. sec
tions of. Alabama and; Georgia served
only by the A. .B.. and A., that farmers
fear that a continuation : of the strike
majMWipalr.' planting of .thecrops- be
cause of the freight embargo halting
movement of fertilizer and other ma
terials.'. - - -. ; " ' -
BROTHERHOODS aSUGCEST THE
REGIONAL CONFERENCE IDEA
CHICAGO, March 9. A suggestion
that conferences be held between rail
road .executives." andi trfeir. employes
with the view -of establishing regional
boards of" control to "mediate between
the-' two' groups has been made by
executives of the"' big four railroad
brotherhoods, E. T. Whiter, ; chairman
f -the conference-- board of - managers
of '-the association of railroad execu
tives, said i today. 7 :
, Mr, Whiter's statement was In re
ply to rumors "that ; the railroad
executives had" sought a conference
with the employes' representatives to
discuss the national ' agreements.
Mr. White - said he was nnable to
say wh,at, If any, action had been taken
concerning the proposed conference.
WIIiL COMPEL ROADS TO fBE
. OBEDIENT TO RAIL . BOARD
" CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 9.Legis
lation to comple railroad managers to
conform to decisions of the railroad
labor board ' will . be introduced at the
special session of congress next month,
said Grand President E. H Fitzgerald,
of, the brotherhood of railway clerks,
freight handlers, express and station
employee who -returned to Cincinnati
today .from Chieago where he has; oeea
In conference for several weeks with
heads of other, railroad labor organiza
tions, i Mr. Fitkgerland said: ..- . -;
- "Railroad ; labour has observod ""the
Cummins-Each act and .had obeyed the
decisions of , the - board in every par
ticular. . " '.7
,:''We have information that : mak.es
n believe that every road in the conn
try that Is in financial straits will reduce-
wages in disregard - ot the rail
way: labor . board, he added. "Hence
if there Js to b peace In the -railroad
industry and prevention of 'what the
bummins-Esch act calls an jnteruptton
of V transoortatIon7 something in tBa
rnature' of tath must ha pt ' Into- the
AOt'tP ooerca roaa,T 7 . - v
OLDEST
Woman Lawyer Will
Defend Woman Client
For the first, time in: the history of
Jthe - New York courts arid probably In
I the history of the country, a woman
lawyer will defend 'a woman accused
( of the murder-of a Woman. ' The wo-
man attorney -Is Mies Theresa B. Du
bin, of. New. -York 04 ty,, and, her client
is Mrs. Donatella. Massiella, of Corona,
Long -Island, accused of haying killed
Mrs. Ooncetta Altieri, a" neighbor. Mrs.
Massiella, when first arrested, pleaded
for one of her, own sex to defend her.
Miss" Bubin, who "was-admitted to the
bar last year, was assigned .to the
case. - '' --7-- ' -' ' .:
ITALY TO SEEK MEANS
FOR PAYING, HER PEBTS
WUl-IErideavor;:' to Increase Her
7Expbxibf Stajpletb the V'
tJnite States v 1
WASHINGTON, March ' 9. (By Asso
ciated Press) Italy ' is preparing
through rehabilitation to improve her
financial condition, setting - in motion
again the machinery of relations and
production of the staples of .commerce
utilized In her foreign trade to dis
charge her debt to the United StAtes,
Rolando Ricci, the new. Italian am
bassador, said today in answer to an
inquiry. .The " debt, according to the
last annual report-of former Secretary
of the Treasury Houston, amounts to
$1,631,000,000. . ; - ;
The ambassador in a statement said:
!The following 'is my precise opin
ion in regard, to the American loans to
Italy and the payment of said loans
by Italy:; -7 '"J.''nf ' ' 1 '
"She must, rthrough a revision of the
accounts, ascertain the exact amount
of her debt. and. then ask for a conve
nient period of time within which to
pay it. This condition is essential; be
cause, otherwise it would be impossi
ble for Italy to rehabilitate, her finan
cial condition which is in ; its turn the
way whereby Italy 1 can pay her debt.
"Italy, would naturally ask the pre
ferred nation's treatment,- I. e., Italy
would ask that, in case of a cancella
tion or partial remittance of debt to
any. other nation, the j same treatment
be granted her. Like the United States,
Italy entered the war .without being
forced to do so by any aggression and
while the nations , that ; had been at
tacked were -in very difficult straits,
Italy got nothing out of 'the war, ex
cept her natural boundaries, and such
boundaries. Italy -conquered with her
own . military ;effort which -culminated
with the "victory of Vittorio Veneto. '
. "'Italy has, - therefore; a political at
titude and public-7 sentiment' ; which
agree completely' with the political at
titude arid .. public, sentimept . of . the
United States. 7 This I think and hope
will facilitate my . work here. . I ac
cepted the charge of doing this work
with this understanding of the situ
ation." i n
' The ambassador, expressed confidence
In the success of the 'efforts that are
now '-- being. ' made .to . bring about -; a
complete resumption of the formerly
large ' and 5 Important trade relations
between Italy and the. United States,
particularly , the Italian - export t trade
with-- this country; which: would be a
large . factor, in raettlng --the financial
obligations' of s Italy to "America. 7 He
Indicated, however, that, it would not
be' possible - at-first to -apply the pro
ceeds of the sale of ..Italian - products
imported into America directly toward
the reduction of the debt to this coun
try. ' . 7 '
'Although-
no Jntimation -. has coma
from ihe treasury VPf -a f disposition to
discuss the questions involved in a re
adjustment 'of theVlndebtedness of the
allied powers 'to -the United States, it
Is understood' to be regarded by the
heads of the foreign embassies There- as
a ' subject that must-vary soon be tak
en under consideration, Jn order- that
the house ways and means . committee
and the? senate -committee on finance
may be In Possession of faots regard
ing the probable payment -of interest
on , aecount of these .foreign - debts as
a basis for, their1 own calculations of
the- amount of "revenue 'that must be
raised- by - tariff and internal' revenue
la this country to meet lta budget,
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DAILY IN THE STATE.
WATCHING HARDING TO
SEEiiEfEto
OR SENATE FOLLOWER
With Division in : Senate, He
Must Decide Whether Tax
or Tariff Comes First v-
IN TAFTS POSITION
Is Confronted by Much the Same
Situation That' Faced a
Former President - - -
By DAVID LAWRENCE '
(Copyrfsat, 1821; by Tke Moraing ! j.
... "Star),.....'-' .
WASHINGTON. March 9. President
Harding has taken,'counsel with lead- '
ers of the senate ' and house as -to v
whether the tax bill or the tariff -shali
precede xn the legislative program . 7
of the special session of congress 1 to -be
convened next month, but 1 will
be Warren Harding' who will have to
make the decision. . 7 . . .; ; . .
Canvass today of some of the sen-
ators and representatites who attend- 7
ed the whit house dinner' reveals a -:-
variety or opinions as to a reconstruc- "
tion policy. There "are those who be
lieve nothing can be done In' the way
of adjusting tariff -schedules . until . it
Is. definitely knqwn how much money
will be available through taxation, or,
in other words, until a tax 'bill sat
isfactory to the -various interests and
classes of people in America discloses
how much money can be safely counted
upon for government revenue. Then,1
It is contended, the tariff bill can be '
framed and protection given irrespec '
tive of considerations of revenue. For .
obviously there are concerns in" the
United States who want a tariff , law
written , that will not necessarily give
the government revenue out of certain -schedules'
but which will give Ameri-.'
can industry a chancer to compete with
overseas goods, v. 7 s s
Tho question , of where the revenue
will be obtained on imports is . mere
over tied up with the greater consid
eration of levying taxes on products
that enter into the cost of living.. If,
as ii looks now, . some of . the ; items
that would have to be taxed in a tariff
bill would Increase some Items in the
householder's budget, some members
of congress prefer that the . money be
derived ?thr.ough other methods of tax
ation ; rather than the tariff.
,7 It is much easier,, for example, from
a, political, point of view, to present 7
a tax bill that differs but little , from -the.rjevnue
measurea ofthe preceding.--?
administration "than" to t impose Chw
tariffs on specific Items In the cost, of
llvlngwhlch might enable political op
ponents to make convincing arguments
to the-- masses on the relationship of
the tariff to the cost of living. Mem
bers of congress had a taste of this
difficulty In trying to enact the Ford
ney tariff bill when. It was admitted,
that the measure might increase the
cost1 of sugar to the consumer.
President Harding had a good op
portunity, to learn how intricate is the
whole problem and how hard it is
going to be to obtain agreement even '
among the legislative leaders of his
own party. Mr7 Harding, however, has ,
sought to bring out the. various view- -points
and when he has absorbed them
all it will he the chief, executive who
will decide. The experiences of every
President in doing business with -congress
is that a- large committee such '
as attended the white house dinner
will hardly agree and that the man in
whom is vested the final responsibility
must make the" decision. - -
In many respects. Warren Harding is
encountering 7 the same- problems , a
confronted President Taft In the spring
of . 1909. just before the Aldrich-Payne
tariff law- was written. - Mr. Taft con
sulted the senate and .attempted to
bring out a national rather than a
sectional result. - He planned " only ; to 1
consult the senate and drive through
a program much more in line with the
national. Interest ' hut- the senatorial
minds dominated" and Mr. -Taft later
confessed that schedule K was "in- -7
defensible." ... ... . '.. .,,.., '
All Washington" Is "watching to .see
if President7Hardlngr, inhis consulta
tions with the senate will be Influenced '
to become a, follower or, a leader, ' Ahd
the fact is, knowing the conflicting In
terests " inside., congress, ' everybody '
hopes Mr; Harding will at the' very out-
set assert his leadership. , '7 ""
TENNESSEE LAWYER NAMED
ASSISTANT TO DALGHERTY
WASHINGTON March -Appointment
of James A. Fowler, of Knx -vllle,
Tenn., as special attorney assist- '
ing the attorney general, was announo
ed today by -. Attorney General Daugh
erty. .-- ,' .- : ; -, '-,.- , . -,- ,
, Mr. Fowler was formerly-an assist-
ant attorney general, under-' Attorney
General Wickersham, It, was explain- ,
d at the department of Justice, and Is
to' help .Mr- Daugherty T adjust his . of -floe
and such reprganlxation of the de
partment as may be' found necessary.
Appointment of Mr.; Fowler is the first '
selection -made by Mr. .Daugherty since
.assuming the office of -attorney gen 1
eral. : . . 77 7..-..? r
CHAPEL HILL IS : WINNER 7 . ;
EAST BASKETBALL HONORS
- CHAPEL HILL, March Chapel Hill
crashed Its way through to the eastern .
basketball championship by defeating
New Bern here tonight in a rough and
tumble fight with-both teams scrapping ,-. .
aggressively--for-the ball and" missing 7
score was 30 to 11. By virtue- of her -many
easy shots when they.gOt it, The
vlctorv. Chanel , iHill will - nlav J lth er -
Charlotte or Leaksville .for the state ' -
championship.- The latter two -teams
meet tomorrow night for the western 7
championship with, the - final ' game Fri- " -day
night. Close : guarding and . poor
shooting, chiefly by Chapel H11L ' '
'-. FLORIDA STILLS ARE CHEAPER
.TITUSVILLE, Fla.',. March 9. Liquor - :
still in1 Florida ara getting within
r nge of the poor ' man's purse. At a
public - aution - today - at " City Point,
Sheriff West- aold -one with all ' its :"
equipment for five cents.-. Authorities
on auch - subjects, say the .r still had
produced more ' thah $5,000 worth of
moonshine whiskey before the sheriff
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