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HTML, 1T. Best Advertising ; Medium In North Carolina WEATHER Fair aad cooler Monday; Tata, day probably rata. rve VOL' OX. NO. 69. RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1919. PRICE: FIVE CENTS 1 V.YtV GOES TO AID IN TREATY MAKING L J . THE CROWDER AND AfffllFFAIR TO FEED HUNS BUT EXPECT TO RNISH THEYMUSTVORKfUPWORKTONIGHT RETURN OE PRICES REPUBLICANS TO VP TO NORMAL LEVEL BLAME CUB m Ml d!E 1.- Explanation of Differences Dis closed in Letter From Crow der To Sec. Baker DEALS WITH SEVERE MILITARY SENTENCES Defend! Act of Congress on Subject But Not Bespon sible For It (By tha Associated Pna.) Washington, March 9. Differences between Major General Enoch H. Crow der, Judge Advocate General and Brig adier General Samuel T- Ansell, former acting Judge Advocate General, were explained and the ordering of a thor ough investigation, by Jbe tnspeetor General of the Army into tbeWhole subject of the administration "of mill' ter was one from Mr.-Baker asking the udga Advocate General for a complete statemtnf a s to WtrpcralwfeTt justice. . The Secretary wrote that his own acquaintance with the facts con vinced him that the conditions implied by recent complaints "do not exist and had not existed," but that it was "essen tial that the families of all those young men who had a place in our magnifi cent army should be reassured."' ' ''-BefeKi-rAtalHit CrtttetfaSiC-X- T- .l fl I j - erai aeTcnse against recent criticism in Congress and elsewhere eoncernUg -J srtiirrtit, era! atrense against recent criticisms in -dturtmrartial rM and - hanrat -that General Ansell, without his knowledge ! and consent had submitted a brief to Secretary Baker early in the war urg ing a revolution in the military justice system. Gen. Crowder alse aaid that at about the same time that this brief was aub mited, Gen. Ansell without consulting the Secretary of War obtained an order from the chief of atafT appointing An sell acting Judge Advocate General. This wa after General Ansell had requested General Crowder's aid in get tin; such an order and had been told by the latter to tnko the matter up with Mr. Baker. The order was To Yoked by Secretary Baker before It waa published after . General Crowder had called i to-Mr.- Baker's -attention. " Caatroveray Magnified. The Judge Advocate General said the ''supposed eontroversy' between him self and General Ansell as to military justice had been magnified llnee "the ' real issues and the only .qnes" were in . --- --- ... , ,iirraif.n.oa Ar Anm nn a. ia vhithap ih. power to review and verturn executed verdicts of general court-martials .exist ed and whether that power should be exercised by the Judge Advocate Gen eral or the President. Turning to criticisms that the sen tences of court-martials during the war ' haVA tt0n atrrwinnl V unro f.nna,.l ! Crnmrlr-i- wml. fcnf hl. nn :.uTf -. . ...u.. . uimui, tico and not a criticism of his adminis- tratlpn of that system. , D!?h. 8"(t"- ' It is a criticism," he said, "of the' officers who imposed, for instance, sen- tences of death for sentinels convicted of sleeping on post, for soldiers will-! fully, and contumaciously refusing to bey the direct orders ef iheri com- j Tanr justw-e durinir tn war was dii- . .. i many wa fonironiea, ne atu'a, wtis o; h may pa necessary to nave a Boon q j-aris ami assist m uiw ri.iMjuai- war intiuMnri nouru, hm cinurnmri iL.i2:UiQn vl a roiivuar armt to renlaeo tnn - . . - . .. - . : ll t aV . - I a. I I V . i i 1 t n .1 a. 1L. -Cn.i:..a Uer to Kt-cretary Baker, made public to-; "'i'" ' .ra,.p.f. t(( ,iia luT1Umanity ofconliiiWng T-m- - win b: io mort IcMsl V P A"1' ration" of funds f3r repairs tad im- dsv nt th Wa, Ttonarrnw.- Hoovrl said that they Would need to. mdrton ther -id tire Siuremo 1 M.m De T mon !ll"auon BIler ,:,. , to .f0nomus.n laheej and irans- Caminclti-. jCamm issione.r of lihnucra-1 ..... . . I" . . manumit uuicvrs, anii lor ueseruon in--trig wrll be below normal, me Aus- i the name of A. Wrenn it tons. 8ur time of war and it is a criticism of the j tralian 1919 crop is small; tho Argen- rounding structures, including the Vic Congress which authorized a death pen-1 tine crop is no larger than that of ; toria Hotel, were; at one time threat- (Continued oa Page Two) Alleged Attempt To Organize a "Chapter" At Norfolk Comes To Grief Norfolk, Vs., Mar. 9. An alleged at tempt to organize a Bolshevik chapter was frustrated this afternoon when five detectives of the Norfolk police de partment, led by Special Agent B. F. Tt.ii.j . .1.. n i , t Jiuunnu, i im f.nit. w .uoi.tc, TiSSS UJlZ 4ns tenchurcn street, ana arrested . , men, nearly ail loreignerjv jyioJjvew meeting in a stuffy little bedroom, and held another, an aged man, as a mate-' risl witness,. The accused men are held at police headquarters on a technical charge of violation of tha espionage law and will be arraigned at noon tomorrow before United States Commissioner Stephen son. ' It was hinted last night that ad ditional charges would be placed against the men prior to their arraignment to day. A large quantity of literature, most of it printed Jn the Russian language, although a few pamphlets were in the Polish tongue, were seized by the po lice at tha time of the raid. The po lice say that the literature had to do , with all kinds of lawless propaganda, the subjects covered ranging from an archistic and nihilistic diatribes to Bol shevistic discourses on the rule of the proletoriat, I. W. W. subjects and com paratively mild-mannered treatises of socialism. ' Among the papers found were sheets sdvsrHsing a bond sals of the Bus s ari government,'' . and giving the ad dreM ef the American office as No. 58 Will strseVNVvrJi'oTk. . , Koaasd Up Ia Connecticut. Waterbury, Conn., March U One hundred and ninety .alleged Bolshevik! were rounded "up bjr'-tht polic at a meeting hers tonight. ' BOLSHEVIST GANG PINCHED BY POLICE Food Administrator Says It Is Necessary To Earn a . Liv ing for Himself . ABOUT WHEAT CROP GUARANTEE PRICE No free Market for 90 Per Cent World's Exports, He 1 Says, and Tells the Reason j Parii, March 9. (By The Associated Press.) That Herbert Hoover, the American food administrator and lately j French foreign minister, in bis talk 1 General Assembly is expected. The appointed director general of the inter- j with ""respondents today, discussed ; clerical forcea spent busy day. yes nlli.,1 rliPf Orinlti0n i to cease hi. I tn ""S ot the food situation in i terday getting the hundreds of JUls relief work in the summer was indicated 'Germany on the speedy conclusion of; passed Saturday In shape for ratifica !n . ..fn,.t in,.,! tnrl hT Mr. ! He "id hat ,h nerd tion today, and had cleared the way Hip7 .nn.rninir the wheat situation, i He intimated that a majority of his eo-; workers als. would return to private I lifel the'food administration will be able to 1 ment after next July." ''We, also, must earn a living," Mr. Hoover said. Wheat Crop Guarantee Price. Asked here 4oday-..wJiMher tl e United Statvcrnment w6ulFiosel1ie"6il- f lion dollars appropriated to support the r - . .. . ... v . ri Mr. Hoover aaid "The question efge eminent loss, if any, will resolve around .1 . JBfci . n. a l. . J i . . i - . luv Jumi ti-w ov" ' . , i. i . . i. A -: . I . v- i many particularly. different factors, lirst, whethetA!; - ' - MhArr! into from the 1918 erop to carry over next year; second, what the supply and demand will be for the 1919 crop; and, third, whether tho government should deliberately decide to' take a loss in order to lower tho price of bread. No Sarplus to Carry Over. ''As to the supply and demand for the 1918 crop, changes in the world de mand during the last month, shown by widespread investigation of the food needs of Europe, indicate that there will be no surplus to carry over into the 1919 crop. The Indian famine has proved so serious that a large part of the Australian wheat must go there at once, la addition, a considerable pro portion of (he-AuetralfoM. supply -which has been piling nP f years has spoiled. "The needs of Europe are larger than our previous estimates. Altogether the ! i..i.n.. mt h a.innW aj, rfom.n.l ,! "r present wheat now looks as though migut see wheat at J-jU a busnei . - , na in una in inn iron n D- ni 11 inpro . is a free market in wheat and uncon- trolled prices. So much for the l9i 1 crop. Thore can be no free market of - ninety per cent or tne wcriu s exports. wacai is comroiicQ oy u.e wneat exe.ni- tive in Lfln-lon. The ISIS Wheat trap. , - k to the- 1ft H erl.'-it i. of Sear. , , ' i t?.earlyt0 forao .,0.,ny P'wi" ! (niBU, Uur crop looas anyining irom . ten to twenty per cent greater next yfaT tfltn i'.t year. Before the war Russia, India, Bulgnria, Serbia and Ku- mauia all exported large amounts of wheat. Tks war famine, loss of seed and i.ik nt fertili.era nml nnnrchv ),ave cumulated to turn these countries into importers of wheat for the whole" i 0f next year. Central European seed-; Lurope. Altogether it would appear ' now that there would be no bread to i ivasto in any quarter of the world lor ' Kie next year, even if the world had j the money to pay for it and if the Bol- I sheviki did not get more territory. Market' Outlook Favorable. 1 l "Therefore, to all present appear-1 ances, it should be possible to market j the whole of next year's crop without i loss to the government. I "As to whether the government will , u?"1' VW"V"!T oi -u a rjusnei in oruer . lu.cr i.,r ... - ....... ,1 l. n mn.t.ir ll.-.l m ill of the day. It appears to me that the j worm price OI wncui, ll mere u a free market, may be above 2.26, and in any event such a loss would be a direct subtraction from bread prices , just as it is now paid in most ot r,uroiean countries, mere are very ; S'mt technical difficulties in the way of sucn sucn proceaure in me . num oiaira. ,., T V,.,: . rdUPoVri . the prlce 0f flour by fifty per cent , ...v v. -v --- , would only reduce the price of a one - pound loal rrom nine or ten cents, as at present, to seven or eight cents, be- causu ioo iuryc a pruiuruuu ui mc m creased cost of a loaf since the war is due to higher wages, ' manufacturing costs and tho cost of other supplies. DR. ALBERT NEW GERMAN UNDER-SEC. OF STATE He Was Closely Connected with The Bernstorff Plots ' in United States Weimar, Saturday, March 8. (By the Associated Press.) Dr.Heinrich F. Al bert, Privy Councillor and formerly commercial attache of the German Em bassy in Washington, has been appoint ed an under secretary of state and given tha direction of thechaneellory. s Investigations ' conducted .in this eountry since the entry of tha United States into the war the name of Dr. Heinrich Y. Albert aa been eloscly connected wlf'TarloHs plots in the Ger man Interests, ia conjunction with Count-Von Bernstorff, the Germsa Am bassador to the United States. Dr. Al bert was likewise extremely active in German propagandist work and ia the promotion of various German financial schemes in this country,' " Must Make Certain That Ex pense Caused by War's Dam age Shall Be Met MINISTER PICHON TALKS TO THE NEWSPAPERMEN Says Peace Conference Work Is No Longer Slow, Much Work Being Done Now (Br tlx Aaaoctaud Prcat.) raris, March 9.-rStcphen Tiehon, the; of supplying Ger&any was recognized ly alPthe governments represented at Paris. The hunger with which Ger-v quired. -Btnat -M akvBeptrattar-flare - ' .. T ArV ' .'-. could not be done if to G" , . , . i i ,. i . . : woraing aou uiu auiuiug iu luaau rn tain that the expense caused to the En tente countries by the destruction and damage of the war, should be met. In signing the armistice last Jan- a HAn( M" 4a-tiarrl "in- mm' mmcrcial fleet., to be used in re victualling Kurnie generally, and Ger- let.vcoutinucd the locent-meetinir at Spa fliefa1 ftat the arrangements were unnuuaianur.v imu that they would "absolutely refuse to part with their ships." Mart Live l'p To Terms. Thel Allies were willing, M. Pichon went on, not only to supply food, but to accord credit to Germany, but Gcr-1 . .... many must first declare her willingness to live up to the conditions of the January armistice. The Foreign Minister defended the Peace Conference against the charges that its work had been slow, saying; "It may have seemed alow at first, but there has been mnch progress dur ing the last few days. It should be borne ia mind that the instructions to Um cotnmrssinns to report on Marvh 8 did not apply to important commis sions which have bee a accredited since February 15 and which have been granted another weeks time. As soon as the terms of the German peace nave wen eonciimea. m. i-icnon 1 ........ I - . . . . . said, the council, would take 'up the 1 . i.t l l... .i.. ' ftitnrer boundary between Italy and for-j mpr Auf'.o-Hungarian territory. The ' h-jetX has already beeu discussed re-! but had Bot Jft tome bffore the i council. The council has adopted Premier T in-lt fhmrna' bh -fnrttimM ! , ,' future military strength of Germany,. flPPOrH n. o the rn n ster. who confirmed . " n - - - - the fact that this involves the abandon- ment of conscription in favor of a small professional army. s Z Zi TT Tit x- . ,l"fy .V , -"u"u rarii- thia mnrnmir lf:trovfi1 thfl fir. atnrv carriage factory on Cnion street owned by W. E. Black, but opearted underl ened. The damage was estimated at $100,000. PLYING SEVEN SEAS 1 f,ccuinfl Drrl.,oc f II C Tn vai I jmu I I uuuuiv vi u. iw -t - f anneSl LOinerS OT W 1 1 the Earth j (Br th Aaiatd Prm.l Washington, March 9 Por the first j tim lime the davs of the famous 'Clii- per .ships. Americsn merchant .craft now are plying the seven seas, carrying j products of the United States to the , jartnest corners oi tne eann ana wring. , t t. ., i I 'The Shipping Board announced today t that the American merchant marine fleet u. uu . v.vu .' - - . built up under the spur of war s neees - . sity now represented nearly one-nrtn oi J the entire sea-going tonnage of the wunu ou cwmpriwru i i.r rem ui " ships clearing from Lnited mates porta, as compared with 9.7 per cent before the great war, Trade routes not traversed by Ameri can craft for more than 50 years once more -are invaded, with new routes es tablished to China, Australia, New Zea land, India, the Dutch East' Indies, the' west coast of Africa and ports on the Mediterranean. Ships flying the Stars and Stripes also are. running regularly to' South America, Great Britain and Continental Europe, as well as to Can ada and Mexico. The fleet now engaged In overseas commerce consists of 351 freighters, Ht freight and passenger vessels, 71. oil tankers, S30 sailing vessels, and 16 mis cellaneous ships, aggregating 1 .Mil ,239 gross tons. Of this total 62S gross tons are employed ia trsns-Atlantie trade, 315,925 tons in trans-Pseifle trade, 402,731 tons ia South American trade, 761,252 tons ia Caribbean and Mexican trade, and 76,01 tons ia Alaska and Canadian trade. When the army and' asvy return to the Shipping lUard the 353 ships which they are operating the commercial fleet under the AmVicaa flag will be in creased by 17-tel gTonar tons, making the total 3,834.750 gross tons,' with many hundreds of thousands of tons building or under contract. , . AMERICAN CRAFT General Assembly Has Several Important Questions Yet To Dispose Of NO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION EXPECTED Clerical Forces Worked Sun day Getting Bills Enrolled for Ratification Today Adjournment shortly before 12 o'clock tonight of the present session of the for keeping up with the legislate machinery today, so that all bills could lie ratified before final adjournment. nftrfnrif niiMlinm fn 1tairtaA nf tnilav. Among them ia Senator Brown's bill s passed by the Senate, Hon Mpected to table the biU The peeled to table the bill whea it conies up today and Its supporters will not undertake a fight, it waa stated last night. The House Is committed already to the submission of the income tax amendment only at the next gen yraj 'yjeetten sad dc'ftrtjracr.gii5 danger its adoption by a confusion of issues. Won't Confute Imbcs. - Governor DeaghiOB oppd1brprflS posed amendment to increase the pay of members of tho General Assembly because he thought it unwise to submit too many questions to the people at one time. Tho House quickly killed that bill and will do likeeriso with the question of a constitutional convention . r. . .in . .. 1 Senator Cara' bill to amend the pri mary election law Is to be considered by the Houso today, if It gets out of com mittee. After being passed by the Sen ate, it went to the House and was re ferred to the committee on elections; which was disposed to let the bill die in short order. However, further consid eration was agreed to and it ia duo to W taaea up today. - . litfa local .'imlalatl wmalns to be disposed of ia the Jiouse and the Senate had reached the end of its calendar with the exception of roll call bills, which were put on their first reading Saturday. They will be put upon their second reading today and . UL, L. !-( - ''8' "i'" 'i all other business, the elocn will be run ..i i : un in mlilnicht nftpr a recess and a " legislative day begun in order to put them oa their final passage. Spirited Debate Likely closlng hour, of the Senate ses- gion today, promise several interested ti. i.;ii. imnr hi.m ia - .n -vm -,!-. .i.:-i:.iil..- jne isrummill Dill jor Bierm.aimn i inraatfl uf wnBx .institutions when j i l. it, v.i-i.,,. in by physicians ciarg0. This measure went through the ( n0Use with little opposition but . its . course iu the Senate is uncertain. It 1 rime up Saturday night and Senator Connor immediately moved to table it, tit-t-iiat-u utiiiaauio s'J ' .v ,,, fin.ii -n-arnteiJ to let it BO over until a full attendance pf the Senators could be had. Supporters of the bill hnve the word' of eminent specialists in the treatment of the feeble-minded to the effect that it is a humanitarian measure. Gov ernor Bickett in his biennial message and again in a special message to the (rtnernl Assembly has approved the idea, believing emphatically that everjH- child born into the world is entitled to a fair chance. To allow the ..feeble minded to transmit their weakness of j mind to posterity is considered by the ! supporters of this measure as infinitely j more wrong than to render it impos sible by a simple operation, which is declared by physicians not to bo harm- ! ful in results. Tll( nrvnt hill nrov d ne for a uni- ' . . form system of appointing memoers oi throughout the State will also meet with vigorous op position in the Senate. It has been passed by the House and was reported favorably by the Senate education committee. Senate Mav Table It. Senator Warren's bill providing for election of members of boards of edu- . i . .. J u .1.. ; in the House. Bep- ; resentative Teagiw introduced a simi- ; reseniaiive icaiMj muiuuu ; )ar j, in tnc House which was turned oyia for the Bryant bill. Representatives of the six counties in the-Htate which now have popular eiee- i Uon of boar(1g have been opposed to i . . - an, , i.P(.auw, t took this right sway from them. It is not at all improbable that the Bryant bill will I tabled in the Senate, which would leave the situation unchanged.' Another matter that will claim the attention of both the Senate and the House today will be fish legislation. It in now proposed to impose tho same license taxes on fishermen as was em bodied In a bill two years ago. That was defeated and in fact it had been agreed not to impose any taxes this year, but the appropriations commit tee felt that -the Fisheries Commission should now be able to take care of it self and left it unprovided for ia the general appropriations bill. This leaves the commission without revenue aud the members claim they will be unnble to continue a supervision of the industry unless some means of support is fives. Many Legislators Leave. Although seventy-one Bepresenta tives and thirty-six Senators voted Sat urday to remain over until Tuesday to complete the business of the General Assembly, there was a general exodus (Ceatiaaed aa Faga Tw) T.W Taussig is chairman of the Luited ! States Tariff rommission ami ne lias; been asked by President Wilson to go j Ue3'1011 Hi - - r - Benin Thursday Regarding! Turning Over ot uerman ' Merchant Ships GERMANS MUST EXECUTE CONDITIONS ARTICLE 8 Must Place Hun Fleet Under Control of Allies During Armistice Period Paris, March 8. The plans adopted by the Supreme War Council tonight aniW which nei-otintiona with the Ger- M aulhofitlea flfding the turning over of the German merchant ships will be resumed, after their recent interrup tion at Spa, provide for the holding of the sessions of the negotiators at Brus sels. The allied delegates will leave Paris next Wednesday for tho Belgian j capital aud the first session in the re- j sumption of tho negotiations win proiv ably be .l,d.l.TiWdayJ.a.p.Be.of the , e aid to the American peace uci- NEGOTIATIONS AT DCI PI AM PADITAI l nr rum WjHHJ The plaua determined upon by the ; in Myers Park, residential suburb of ; ' V"". " a council, as already statedprovide for i Charlotte, which ho will develop iat .""J ,' , f .t ' """i' .,0" taking over the German merchant ships , a magnificent estate to be occupied by n,mttlu ,0 I'usincss and industry la re- -in return for a food- supply for Ger-1 tho capitalist during several mouths j I"'''6 " l' obtained from a state many.unUl the. next .harvest. The chief each year, according to authorized an- j of ,heir purpoaes. difficulty thus far he a been over the J nouncemcht made herd today; Thef y-'PI'Ptias t ttaV manner of payment for the food sup- umount involved in tho transaction is were needed by the War Depart- . plies but the new proposals are expect-; considerably more than ilOiiXM), the m(,nt to continue ita provision for the ed to meet the former objections. ! property transferred including the resi-r ADlern forces overseas aad to hastes -L It is understood that the payments ' denre of Z. V. Taylor, president of the ,r'e "'turn of the soldiers to peaceful will come from threo sources Pirst, in , Southern Public- Utilities Company, and . pursuits, as Secretary Baker has point- the form of products such as coal, and . others. e'' out- These appropriations repre- ' potash ; seeoad, from credits which Oor- J(r. ukc is president and principal scnieu aiso a large creait lor the pur many lias in neutral countries which ' financial factor in the Southern Power ' ,n'M, f materials and supplies and the j hm nf have ..nBavailable because ef the financial blockade; and third, i trie current for the operation of hun from foreign securities held by Ger- ,lr,.(), 0f nianiifaeturing plants in the many. i rarolinas and is the. parent corporation It is estimated that these three sources win reauuy yiem anout ?.w,- 000,(KK), which ia the sum required to pay for food relief to an extent eonsid- cred adequate to carry the Germans un-1 the tim. of fD(,ir harvest German Ships to Move lT. S. Troops. Front the nature of the exrhauges during the negotiations at Spa the al- !;, Jnn.ntn. ,nA nDnn In ll.nl the new proposals will lie acceptable to the Germans, and tho belief generally j prevails that an adjustment will lie j r.ached tinder which Gorman ships will I j SOon become available (to move Ameri : l,mI ' " v..... One of the main influences in bring- ! ing about the decision of the supreme council was said to be a letter read by Premier Lloyd George from a British general setting forth the fxtreme ser iousness of the food conditions in Ger many. It wa.4 also stated that British soldiers iu German territwere pro-; n , thormonieter above J0bg on the Railroad testing against seeing women amTchil-; ' uuo uu uc asuuvou dren about them dying of starvation. j the "reezing point by attempting to; Commission ," Marshal Foch. the allied commander bomb the American positions on fV , ZXrZt ,,intp(. nn . ' pointed to conduct the uegotiations will be present. Decision To Notify Germany. - Paris, March 8. The Havas Agency's ; smmti tn Wcit n a,lakvai msAlinn ahtk itiii stu. preme war council says: devolVto'thl r?hT.r tion ereateil by the interruption of tne Spa negotiations. It was decided to no - tify Germany that she must execute the conditions of article 8 of the supple- iiientary armistice s gnea ai ireves on i ... . ,..,, ,i,;.. ..,';, i , ... .i January 1(1, which Stipulated that in ! "r an(1 1 e nen,- machmra were,n.jleer, now chairman of he central order to insure the provisioning of! "n.imes able from this course to fly - advisory purchasing committee, direct C rmany and the remsinder of Europe, within revolver range of the allied; ' temporarily tha new d' Germany must place her merchantjeet ops, guBba. and armored trains.! SitS- tudrr the control of the allied and as-1 sociated powers for tho period of the) armistice, this arrangement to have no effect upon t'to final disposition of the shipsi" - -- ' ( Flood ia Alabama. Ghattanoogs, Tenn., March 9. Ac cording to information reaching weath er bureau officials here tiday unusual flood conditions aro prevailing on' the lower Tennessee river, the stream bar ing risea so rapidly as to alarm, many towns along the banks. At Guntersville, Ala., the rise was thirteea and 'a half feet in seventy-two hours, bringing the flood tide up to twenty-one feet, and still rising. The river has reached twenty -one feet at Florence, Ala, Plans of Industrial Board To Hasten That Object Is Announced MACHINERY TO OPERATE LAW SUPPLY AND DEMAND Effort Will Be Made To Start It Up Again After Inter ference By War (Br th Awoclatrd Pnu.) Washington, March 9. Completion of the personnel of the Industrial Board of the Department of Commerce, to gether with the plans of the board for hastening the return of prices and wages to a normal level was announced today through the Council of National Defense. . Associated: with licorgo rrcs, or 1 a former member of the , (Icorgo It. .lames, of Memphis', Tenn.; T. C. Powell, of Cincinnati, and William " Ti, if, ;t.7 TsrfiKSii-sr fKZsar TwAct. it was announced, is to bring about the , operation of tho laws of supply nnd de- j maud, interfered with by the processes : of war. To this end conferences will be held with representatives of the chief I industries "to deride -on prices to be i ffeHrel - tnrh. nattrm-ns ttrgfrnTnmerr - u - low enougn ro encourago miying ana me : ri-iimfitinit nf tin mini ai-t 1 fit iia Hope to Reduce Price of Labor. Abp.;M vaya,Th bUl proposed the . ?m ..u o. ,wno,.7le scale of price, is achieved, said the announcement, "the cost of living will have so far been reduced as to Create automatically reductions in the price of labor without interfering with Ameri-I'"6 can standards and ideals for the treat- ment and" living conditions of lnlior, ' and thus the Inst inflating element will , have been withdrawn from prices. It is lieueveil Time industry win agree xnni the cost of living must bo substantially reduced before labor should bo asked to accept lower wages nnd thus industry should stand the first shock of read justment." "BUCK" DUKE TO ERECT ' HOME AT CHARLOTTE Power Company Magnate In vests $100,000 in Desirable Land for Purpose Charlotte March 9 -J B. Duke, New j Urk aud North (aroliua niulti-mil- lionairo and tobacco magnate has pur-, chased ' morn than six nerrs of ground i Company, which furnishes hydro-elec- , 0f )jl0 iutrrurban, traction and public utilities companies serving a ; 0f cjtit,g jn tne two States, numlier ARCHANGEL FRONT Confusion Resulting From the Similar Markings of Opposing Airplanes Archangel, Friday, March 7. (B the Associated Press.) The Bolsheviki toil advantaue of vesterd.iv of the firHt Vaga from an airplane. The machine, was the first one observed to War the e w red array Identification mark, a rA .In, The bombs f e II wnnoui causing y uaniagc. ni.-, ...c beginning of the campaign last summer ther has been much confusion on both sidei of the lino because the Bolshcv.ki ; !'Jr,,,aBM lm ,h 'd' Rui,Silm maA - . ,. , 1 " "imllar to the markings on tht allied planes thr.t it was hardly possi- j to distinguish the ono from f i 1 while the allied .planes were similarly! able thus to kpproach the Bolsheviki. ! Th- general situation on the Vaga front was unchanged today. I -a to yes te.day the enemy renewed his bombard men on the Dvina. There was also considerable patrol activity. On the railroad front the Bolsheviki yesterday aftcrn on twice began shell ing but were speedily silenced by t' s allied guns. The village of Kadish, which 'has changed hands or seven times is ipiin la the hands of the Bolsheviki. The Americans found it useless to hoU the almost ds Td village and with drew to their old -itions at the bridge aero-- the Emtsa river. FIGHTING ON THE National Committeeman Shows Scheme in Filibuster Which Defeated Appropriation Bills SERIOUSLY HAMPERS COUNTRY'S INTERESTS Scheme Was To Force Presi- dent Wilson To Call Extra Session of Congress Nrwi and Ofcarrvar Bans. 4(M Dktrirt National bank Blow. Br 8. K. WINTER. . (Br Spwlal Lwri Win.) Washington, March 9 Defeat of de partmental appropriations and import if nt fiscal measures through a Republi can filibuster in the Senate, delays and hampers reconstruct ion, at the moment ;,hen the country's industrial and com mercial 'interests were reviving from tlie enects of the war, retards demM4 ration of troops, prevents 'the orgaui- in naval, military . nd general construc tion, aud impairs business confidence." " y--tadietaeat . of -Hetacr-sV Cummings, the newly elected chairman , r "ie leniocratie National committee ajrainst the Republican leaders, "Secretary Baker says the failure of appriipriatiiins for the War Department hinders its plans for dem6biliitioB. The greatest regret which I have about be retained in the service whom we were mil... - . : . formation of a regular army of 6W0 mnt , ,.: . . . , 7,, nu f' M"V"W W0" ,d lu,v P j 0K. om we, oth.- ,haTe ,0 , ,kcP- "U kad V" we could have started at ones " orKai'W-' ""9 Dotty ot men and with- (lrcw th temporary members of the army mho are, of course anxious to get "One of the results of this successful opposition to violate legislation vill be felt by practically every man and woman in the tax of 10 per cent on the sale of semi luxuries. The Democrats at tempted to appeal this provision bt the revenue act but the SUbuWruub 4hk impossible. Hamtfsl CesMqaeare. "Some faiat idea of the harmful eoa sequences of thia filibuster to the busi ness of the government aid the welfare of the people, including soldiers and workers, may be gained from a mere mention nf th t 1 1. . tioM whif , .M, . t,. , .-.". f ibet nUr and irn-- employment of labor. "The naval appropriations included o,000,000 fvr the bureau of saedieiue and surgery. Secretary Daniels says the defeat of the emergency deficiency bill has created a 'serious situation and made a hard job harder.' "The general deficiency bill provided an appropriatioa of f73O,fi,0OO which had been requested by the Bailrosd Administration as an addition to ita revolving fund for the compensation of the carriers and for improvements and betterments. "The soldier's settlement, which eoa templated the reclamation of lands aa homesteads for returning soldeirs, was defeajed hjrjg with" the rest. This measure would have made it possible TwsY- (CoatiB4loa Pat HINES COMMENDS JOHN . SKELT0N WILLIAMS' : Latter Eesisms One of Dual Waslllllgton MareS 9.j0Dn Skelton Williams has resigned as director of the ttaitroad Administration's division f . , i i ... : 11 UI noaore.,uu luiiviusra, uui. miu. ma!., Mlt.ii.mfin nf attvinrv Mnait. , (J Djre.tor General Hines, and will , continue his duties-as, comptroller of the currency. Ivk of time and energy to carry on his doulde. functions were .icom.M.o.deace litwee. Mr. Willuimi , ,. . . . , 1 . The division headed by Mr WUluuns ff organization of he Railroad Ad- i lie divided into two parts, HcnTy B. - of finance. Mr. Williams will beeoms chairman of a finance committee and chairman of an advisory committee oa purchases, and will continue a member -of the Bailroad Administration's staff, presiding at staff conferences ia ab , sence of the Director General as ia tht past. ' t " '- ..-' In ' accepting ' the resignation, Mr. nines wrote; " wish to testify ia the snoat us qualified terms to the patriotism, in tegrity and self-sserifice w:th which you have at all times discharged tha heavy additional duties Which resulted from your unselfish acceptance of this important administrative position, with, tha Bailroad Administration,''
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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