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TIieNew ' L' f ' ' 1 ' WEATH&R .. : Partly cloudy Friday and SsU - urday, probably beat thaader akewtra. " WATCH LAIZL a e eVa. tMni ' rver 47 Man eastnusa sos aiwU i VOL CX. NO. 32. SIXTEEN PACES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1, 1919. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY PRICE: FIVE CENTS. "5 X. V SHARPER DEFINITION OF , SENATE ISSUES RAISED BY LEAGUE OF Seven Republican Senators Agree To definite Group 1 of Reservations As . . ;. "Middle Ground" NEW DECLARATION THAT WILL THROW MORE LIGHT , ON SHANTUNG EXPECTED 1$ May Come From Tokio, But , If Hot The White Home Will ; - Supply It; Alien Property i Section Brought Into Qnes ' tion at Meeting of Commit tee; President Submit Pro tocor Agreed On at Ver I saiQes; Reservations Insisted ! Tp0n By Republicans Washingtoa, July 31. Development shaped up today for .a (harper definition tot the Senate issues raited by the league of atioae and the Shantung agreement, while another aad hitherto obscure see-tlox-of the Versailles treaty relating to alien enemy property was brought under Ire ia the foreign, relations com mittee. " To the league controversy seven Re publican Senators, all friendly to the treaty, added a, new feature by agree ing to a definite group of reservations whose wording they hope will furnish a middle ground attrseting enough mem bers of both parties to insure the league's acceptance by the Senate. More Light en Shantaag Item. Begirding Shantung, it became known that in the near future a declaration throwing light on Japan's Intentions is definitely counted oa by sdministrstion Senators. It msy come, it is said, from Tokio, but failing thst, from the White IIousc. A'len Property Section. . The alien property section, brought into question -for the first time, wis declared by .Republican Senators at a publl committee hearing, to "validate" iL every, respect the acts of A. Mitchell Pelmet as IW enemy propcrtr easto 'tfLtn'eVjaiat the. ;door of!gM appeal vea to American citlianS -who were minority, stockholders .in .German con es r si, providing that "no question shall bo raised as lo the regularity of a transfer of any proBerty" under war legislation. , Mora Treaty Speeches. Poring the day there was mora speech making oa the treaty ia the Senate, and President Wilson submitted for ratifi cation along with the treaty the proto col agreed to at Versailles coataiaing additional requirements upon Germany. The President also was told by two more Republicans at the White House that reservations would be necessary if the league is to, he ratified. New Agreement Attract Attention. Of the day's development the agree meat of toe seven Republicans attracted perhaps the widest attention st the Cap ital. , for aeveral weeks Senators of that party who desire to see the league ac cepted have been shaping a reservation program designed to further protect astional interests without weakening vitally the league covenant. The re sult of their work wis a group of four reservstions relating to the powers of Congress under Article X, the Monroe Doctrine, national control of domestic problems aad the right of withdrawal. The seven who gave their assent to these reservations ia the phraseology as agreed on were Senators MeCumher, North Dakota, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee; MeNary, Oregon; Cummins, lows' Colt, Rhode Island; Leareot, Wisconsin; Kellogg, Minne sota, and Spencer, Missouri. Although the extent to which they will be bound by their agreement was net revealed, it was declared they realised fully that they might hold the balance of power in any reservation vote and thus, eut off any attempt for mora radical qualifications as wsll, as prevent unreserved ratification. Wilson Urged To Accept. . Negotiations are understood to he already under way with Democratic Senators to induce the- administratioa to accept suck a reservstioa program, aad from the attitude of President Wil son la hi White' House conferences some Republicans believe he will de cide to accede to the proposal. Meat of the stipulations ia ths Me-Cumber-McNary .reservations are de alared 1y the administration leaders to be already covered ia the present Ian got re of the covenant, and it Is under stood they have advanced the counter proposal that a separata molatioa be adopted giving the Senate's interpre tation of these point so ss to mske re negotiation an necessary. . No agreement with administratioa Beasiors or with the President is ex pected, however, ia the immediate fu ture. i' . ... , Development ia Shantaag Matter. Although there waa no word from tba White House or the State Deportment during the day regardwg the diplomatic discussions with TokV about 8haatung, H waa declared positively -, ia other q sorter that a development waa hnmi asst. It was said It might take the form of k pablia avowal Ijy Tokio of hsr secret understanding for return of Shantung to China or that President Wilton might make a statement of his Information oa the subject. , v . - Criticism af ths elien enemy, provis ion of the treat came out while the for eign relations committer wan question, ing Bradley Palmer, aa adviser to the American peace delegation. Chairman (Coatlaaed oa Pago Tea.) . NATIONS E Oklahoma Senator Thinks We Should Be Haopy To Grasp Such An Opportunity (By The Associated Press.) Washington, July's!. The Senate wss urged todsy by Senator Owen, Demo erst, of Oklahoma, to accept ths league of Nations covenant in order to estab lish a new world order, and not to delay its action by "captions and partisan" disputes over ths wording of Its various provisions. "I shell not criticise the rhetoric or the verbiage of the covenant," said Mr. Owes. "This eovensnt is wise. It Is thoughtfully drawn. In Us substance it is splendid. In its purpose It ia glorious. "A perfect contract between scoun drels ia worthless. An imperfect contract between trustworthy friends, who have fought and bled together in a eommoB love of justice aad library, is of very great value. Let us be de voutly thankful for the opportunity to bind the world together in bonds of peace. Washington Didn't Mean This. "The oriponents of the covenant de clare with suspicions sesl thst we are violsting ths sdviee of our revered Washington and ignoring hit warning agains entangling alliances. Tho en tangling alliances to which Wsshing ton roferred were sgreements, common in his day, making offiensive nnd de fensive alliances between one autocracy and another. Washington hsd not the faintest conception of the present covenant establishing a world order bp the democracies of the world. Ths. pres. eat ooVonant protrudes ths possibility of military dyaastle alliances. Monroe Doctrine Safe, j ' V .Without a gleam of humor, there at opponents of the lesgus who have the hardihood to confront tho intelligence of : mankind with tho astonishing pro posal that ths present eovenaat would abolish the Monroe doctrine. But the eovenaat actually recognizes, ia terms, the Monroe doctrine, which is all any reasonable man ought to desire. " "Some of the hostile critics ct the eovenaat insist thst our sovereignty would be invaded. This whlmsieal con ceit has nothing to justify it. It Is grossly unreasonable to argue that 45 nations would unanimously vote a pre cedent to invade their own sovereignty." E Presence of Troops Has Salu tary Effect But Violence Continues Chicago, III., July flt.-'-Baoe wer ter ror and bloodshed hsd absted tonight sfter four days and nights of rioting, but violence continued to occur sporad ically, notwithstanding a force of 0,500 State troops and thousands of police men. who were on active duty ia the Southside negro quarters. . , Death List IL Three negroes died todsy- of - bullet wounds, sinking the official corrected death" list 83, of whom' 18 were' ne groes. Only one of three wss shot to dsy, though a dozen or more members of both races were, wounded, in. the scattered disturbances, most of them of a minor character. In the downtown district tonight a crowd of white men attacked and severely beat a negro. Them, was no shooting by troops who were ordered on the streets last night by .Governor Lowdsn on tho request of Meyer Thompson. Ths negroes were comparatively quiet tonight. The presence of the troopj hsd a salutary effect oa disturb ing elements among both whites aad blacks. Feed Sent to Negro Zone. Food supplies ware rushed into the negro sections by co-operation of the Wholesale Grocers' Association, the po lice and the troops. The black belt remsined a barred tone where whites might aot enter aad even the guarded trucks of groceries were driven only to the "deadline" by white chauffeurs who then were - relieved by negro drivers under police escort. ' , Msay of the poorer negroes were re ported in dire need of food aad I th ou t funds. Today waa pay-day at the stock yards but aegroet feared to go there to draw their wsges. Several haadred white In search of four aegroes who had hlddea In the stock yards were drlvea off by militia men. , , ' - r, NO CASK," TBI GERMANS STUCK OUT THEIR TONGUES AT FRENCH. ' Paris. July. SL The judge advocate attached to tho second permanent oourt martial, who iarestigatsd the taeideat connected with the departure of the German delegates from Versailles, finds that then la a6 ease. ' It bss been established that the Ger mans aroused the protests' of ths crowd by sticking out their tongues at the spectators and shouting, "hoehs." LEAGUE COVE III IMPROVEM III If CHICAGO SITUATION RELIEF FROWTHIBH ; COST OF LIVING At Both White' House and Cap. itol Efforts Are Made To. i Devise Means - INVESTIGATECAUSE OF EXISTING PRICE LEVELS Among Resolutions Introduced Is. One To Seduce Volume of Currency, Another To Stop Speculation' On Food Ex changes; Attorney General Consults Hif h Officials (By the 'Associated Press.) Washington, July 31. Governmsntal machinery was set la motion today ia response to demands from the public that some official action be taken to rolicTS ths high cost of living. Prices, as they affect the average eitl sea, assumed first place in interest In the, capital. At the White House Presi dent Wilson was said to be giving "deep aad very thoughtful considers tion" to problems presented to him and the Railroad Administration by mem. bers of the railroad brotherhoods, who represented that prices would hsvs to eome down or wsges go up if social unrest was not to develop into up heavals. Ia the Senate and House the situa tion' gave rise to several resolutions to investigate the cause of existing pries levels, another to reduce the vohipn of currency in circulation ss a means of deflating prices, one to request the At torney General to stop speculation ia foods on exchanges, and another to sell this yesr's whesfeerop st market prices instead of at the government guars tee, the difference to be put up by the government. Attorney General Holds Consultation. . Late today Attorney General Palmer met sight high government officials whom hs hsd summoned to his offirs for a discussion of high eosts and ths betl methods to pursus to effect a re duction. After a general talk, lasting aesrly three hours, ths conference dis banded to meet again, probably next week, for further counsel based oa ad ditional Information to be collected la the meantime. . Thou attending tlis conference included Seeretariaa Glass, Houston,' Sedfleld and Wilson, Director General Hlnes, Chairman Murdoch, of the Federal Trade Commission; Assist ant Secretary of the Treasury Letting well' and W. B. Colver, of the Federal Trade Commission. - . Trainman Leo's Plata Talk. It developed today that demands for nvpre wages were pendiag before the Railroad Administration from several hundred thousand employes. Perhaps the frankest talk which government of ficials have heard in a long time came in this connection in the ststement of W. G. Lee, president of the Trainmen, before the Wage Adjustment Board. Mr. Lee told the bosrd that an increase in wages wss not ths proper solution of the present economic hardships un der which workingmen are laboring, be cause they would be followed by new Increases in the cost of everything, which would more than absorb the ad ditional pay. , Stop Profiteering. Until all classes get together to stop "profiteering,'' he said, the only thing for everyone to do is to get all ths wsges he can, a course which he de clared would result eventually in pre cipitating the "upheavsl'' now staring the eountry in the face. Sale of Surplus Army Food. ', As a step toward breaking the high prices,' plans sre being made by Sec retary Baker, Postmaster General Burleson and Representative Kelly, of Pennsylvania, to sell through the par cel post surplus army food stocks valued at 1124,000,000. Officials who attended the Attorney General's conference declined to dis enss whst took place. Mr. Palmer stated that the conference wss called chiefly for the purpose of making a survey of the situstion, developing sny information on which the head of ths nation's lsw enforcement machinery might act to cAirb profiteering. "It seems to be a universal psttime, putting this thing up to ths Attorney General," Mr. Palmer said smilingly. "Even the governors have taken to (Coatlaaed Oa Page Two.) NEWARK SELLS BACON RELEASED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT CHEAPER People Given Chance To Buy in Small Lots at Saving of 14 Cents The Pound . Newark, N. J., July 31. Mayor Chss. P. Gillea today opeaed the cltyi sale of bacon released by thf war depart ment at a downtown engine house. During the day 13 Other baeoa depots, eleven in ths city fire houses and ons in a club house were opened by volun teers of tba Women's section of the Mayors' Celebratloa committee. Fifteea tons of strip baeoa aad a half a ton of canned baeoa from the army warehouse ia Jersey City aad Fort Nswsrk were contained (a the first con signment. Many of ths strips which weighed If pounds wsro cut into smaller pieces for sale ia tho poorer sections of the city, each can containing U pounds.. '"'t i- Tho sales price to the public wss set at thirty-six cents for a strip aad 48 seats a pound for canned baeoa. This ia a two-cent advenes over the pries at which -Mayor Gillea bought the meat. Baeoa of the asms quality ia now being sold at retail shops, according to ths mayor, at from 60 to 68 aenta a pound. CUMMINGS HANDS THEM A HOT JOLT Tells Republicans of Sub-Committee That -He Assumes Fuir Responsibility- ASTOUNDED CHAIRMAN HE CALLED 'MY GQOD FELLOW' Surrounded By Air Inquiry . Committee About Trip Which He Called a "Junket," The Dem. National Chairman, With Mock Courtesy Flab bergasted His Inquisitors ' Washington, July 31. Homer 8. Cum mlngs, chairman of the Democratic national committee called before the Houss subcommittee investigation air craft expenditures to testify under oath tonight why he had permitted the pub licity bureau of his organization to brand a proposed committee trip to the Pacific coast ss a "Junket," took full responsibility for the ststement and de clared it was not a clreumstsncs to whst would eoms later. With a Smile So Blaad. From the moment he entered the committee room and introduced himself to the members demanding the expla nation until he went away Mr. Cum mings continually was smiling, while Chairman Freer pounded the table with great heat and stopped the pro ceedings to have certain replies stricken from the record. - "My Good Fellow!" With mock courtesy Mr. Cummings, turning to tho chairman and addressing him as "ray Gpod Fellow," said that he knew before he arrived that he would be unable to satisfy the Bepublicsas. There were ,one or two shsrp retorts from Chairman Frear to one of which the witneas, lighting one cigar, from another snd still smiling, declared, "my wssn't it a delicate thrust." At the outset Mr. Cummings told the committee that while he hsd aot read the particular article to which the Co publicans took offenss he quito ap proved It, except that it was not vigor out enough. It wss during this ques tioning that Chairman Freer told the stenographer not to permit, certain Statements to remain ia tho records, to whteV the witnssa replied that la A court of jostle, hs would , hsvs his tight. '. " ' '- yWhy a "Smelling Coeamltteer - Wst tht chairman wanted to know especially was tho basis for ths charge that ths sub-oommittee was a "smelling committee" and that it soon wss to start on a "junket" finally after a sharp wrangls Mr. Cummirgs said thst st he understood it the committee contemp lated a Westers trip to look Into spruce conditions relating to uvintlon when all of this had been gone over by Charles E. Hughes. Insists It's n "Junket." "There have been other Inquiries," the witness continued, "and this whole subject hss been canvassed until It Is thread-bare. Moreover, the taking tip of a subject of this cha raster by a com mittee which, I submit, is not friendly to ths administration an aot ia a posi tion to give aa unbiased report ia a waste of time and public money snd in ordinary political parlance a junket." "Is it fair to this committee when it Is ordered to make the trip te call it a junket," Chairman Frear asked. "I thlnk-so," Mr. Cummings replied. "It is perfect folly to spend money on n trip of this character when you ought really to send public accountants aad v hen there are so many other problems, including the high cost of living de manding consideration." . ShonU Bs "Good Bperta" By This Tim. "The Republican organization," the witness went on, "has indulged in plen ty of slsader directed at the President of the United States and you should be sportsmen enough to stand mild criti cism. This ia not a marker ts whnt'a coining." "If you do there will be sn investiga tion by the House," tho chairman in terrupted. "Fine"; the witness replied. "Khave quite enjoyed myself this svening." The Difference. In commending tho public- services of Mr. Hughei, who conducted the air craft inquiry, Mr. Cummings said the difference between Republican leaders in Congress snd the President wss that the President hsd selected for tho in quiry a man of known impartiality while the other was a purely political investigation. Representative Hagee, Republican, of New York, aaked Mr. Cummings for a yes or no answer bearing on the war investigation and the resultant sate of army food. Strike 'Em Oat! "Why that's a trick question," ihf witness replied.- "Its like saking a man If he's quit heating his wife." ? "Strike that out," Mr. Magee abontcd, and It was stricken out. Clistrmsa Frear contended that ths Democrats were making a concerted at tempt to discredit tho inq'ulry while Mr. Cummings insisted that ths Republicans in control of Congress were trying to erltleiss evsry singla act of the admin istration during the war, The commit tee chairman brought out thst prior to 1898 the witness was a Bepubllraa. He told how hs and Mr. Magea aad repro- sentaire Lee, Democrat, of Calif orala, members of tho committee, hsd protest ed against being forced to travel to the Pacific next month. Mr, Frear aaid he had been to the eoaat over svsry rail so the trip was ao "Juahet for him. There wss great need, Chairmaa Frear proceeded, for aa Inquiry into the forthcoming sale of millions of dollars worth of government property. He presented ft letter from Senator .Cham berlain, of Oregoa, enclosing plot urea Iff lumber engines lying in - ditches sang tns rauroao tracx. examining . (CsmUnaed Oa Pago Two.) ' FIRST CONCRETE VESSEL IS LAUNCHED IN WILMINGTON . LN ; HONOR OF PRESS ASSOCIATION Predicts American-made Goods 'Will ; Go to Ports of World in Own Bottoms t "T- . J J K V, . I ' . S .t0 ' V . 7 - . y '- Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels was the truest of the North Carolina Press Association and the people of, Wil mington yesterday upon the occasion of ths launching of the concrete ship "Capo Fear," the first to be launched from a gov ernment shipyard in tht qity - AMERICA DESTINED TO BE - DOMINANT MARITIME NATION Never Again Will United State The Ports of World In Foreign-Owned Bottom, Secre tary of Navy Josephus Daniels Declares In Address At Launching of Cape Fear In Wilmington Upon The Con vening of North Carolina Press Association (Special to The News aad Observer.) Wilmington, July 31. Wilmington,' long famed for the genuineness of snd depth of its hospitality, heaped cour tesies upon Secretary Daniels here today. Oa arrival here today hs wns met by the members of the reception committee and taken for aa sutomobile drive. Various show phices of the city, Carolina heights, Olesnder, a new real estate develop ment of Hugh McRae winter garden, Kdgewood, and the whole ' section be tween Wilmington and Wrightavtlle were visited ia a swift ride. The Sec retsry was accompanied by Col. Walker Taylor, collector of the Port; Boa. John D. Bellamy, former Congressman;. Hugh MacRae and Jamee H. Cowan, serretsry of the chamber of commerce. Following the journey to Wrigbtsville, Mr. Daniels was conducted to ths mam moth plant of the Steel Ship Building Corporation .located on the Cape Fear, and half mile or so below the plsnt for concrete ships. Here he wss met 'by Lorenzo C. Dilks, presiderifoeVthe cor poration! Ralph Btarrett, general mas sger; Elwood Glass, assistant secrrtsry, snd other officials. He was condneted to a specially prepared stand where the two thousand employes of the compsny had len assembled to hear the csbinct member. Secretary Daaieb Speaks. Mr. Stsrrett introduced the Navy head ss a man who hsd made his name known in every corner of the globe. Labor personified in the big gath ering, showed its approval of tb) com prehensive compliment paid to the gov ernment oflicer. Mr. Daniels rejoiced with his hearers at thu splendid part America bad played ia ths war. "Our people," he said, "responded to the call of our country as ons man and, ss Vs say ia the navy, with a cheerful Aye, Aye, Sir." 'He recalled the aaxlous moments in the esrly dsys of Americas' participation in the war wha the cry was always for more ships and when it seemed that we might rase the war, not for. ths want of men, or for the wnt of munitions, but for the went of transportation. "Ws hsd had." he said, "a visioa ss to every thing except as to ships and ws saw with dismay ths folly of ths unwise statesmanship of a generation. Growth of-Jfsvy. Rapidly thea the speaker told of the gigaatie preparations which were made to send mea overseas aad he brought a chorus of cheers when be said ha was proud to have 'beea ia the navy whra we carried from America to France two mlllioa soldiers aad nsver lost a ana a. Never again ha declared would the American people permit the trane portatloa of their p red nets to depend oa foreign steamships. Ha ansa mtnted oa tht fact that the sntlrs American navy whta Roblcy D. Xvaas Dy - the - sea. ; Send Hcnernade Goods To mads his famous voysgs waa only 22, 000 tons. Tomorrow," hs said, "I Isave for California to Join the Paeifle fleet and thst alone is 640,0(10 tons and ths Atlantic fleet is just ss large. He resehed the heart of his hearers snd won eome of the heartiest ap plause of the dsy whea he said that his ewa father had been a snip car penter aad had in the years of 61 -'64, on these very wsters, helped build ships for the transportation of Ameri can goods. The Navy Secretary ap pealed for a larger development of the shipping and ship building industry, declaring that we eould never become a prosperous people through relying oa only a few industries. Paya Tribute to Labor. In all three of the day's speeches Sec retary Daniels paid tribute to labor asserting that the old reward for which labor wrought would never luflice again. He told of labors heroic psrt in the war snd. he said labor's reward ia peace should be commensurate. It is a hun dred years sines ths war began' except on the calendar, Secretary Daniels said, smphssing ths revolution in sentiment with respect to the' participation Of labor ia ths fruits of its effort. "The men who labor," he exclaimed, "hsvs saved the republic and having saved it they will see that justice is done those who toil." Secretary Daniels spoks in psrt at the ship ysrds ss follows: "Since the days of ths Argonauts ths romsnce of the sea has been an impell ing factor in ths affairs of mea. The opal sea, with its ceaseless motion, with its far-reaching horison, leading to ths uttermost parts of the world, has called with alluring romanticism to ths youth of sU lands. "Practical minds hsvs capitalised that romanticism for ths benefit of man kind. The former greatness of Bruges, Antwery, Vsaiee, Genoa, and many other ancient and mediaeval eitles and lands owe their place in history to those who 'west down to sea ia ships And if sea power meant so much ia thoss aacient and mediaeval times, whsa primitive "fcrsft plied the sea, whea cargo hsadling and sailing was a matter of muscle rather than machiaes, whea brute strength occupied ths stage; how much more does sea power mesa today f Centuries of maritime experiaece aad the advancement of science, sulmiaat iag ia the modern power-driven giant of tho sees, has placed sea power In aa Intrenched position which will asver bs disputed by aay other activity of man. Sea power is ons tf the prime factors la ths future development of the world; its proper una will ateaa un told benefits to future generations, ,' 1 VadersUad Meaning of Sea. "Today as asver before the American ,J. .(Contused Oa Page Two.) J 1 SECRETARY!) F Hon. Josephus Daniels Spends Busy Day With Newspaper Men in City-By-Sea.. ;; MAKES TWO ADDRESSES DURING HIS VISIT THERE 0 a . Following Address of Welcome By Mayor Moore, Editorial Party Visits Steel Shipyard and Then Attend Launching of Big Ship After Which They; Again Hear Secretary ' i (Special to the News and Observer.) Wilmington July SL The first dai ' session of the annual convention of tho North Carolina Press Association for . 1919 waa made memorsbls by reasoa of ths fact that in honor of tho annual asssmbllng of ths editors tho . rst con crete ship front a government owned , shipyard was launched hero.' . ' - Another event which made tba day : ons of exceptional interest waa tho Sreseneo of the Secretary of tho Navy, oa. Josephus Daniels, who paid his re spects to his fellow brethrjn of tho press in aa address at the Victoria The ' atra, witnessed with them the launching of the ship Cape Fear, spoke to the two thousand operatives ' of the ' Carollaa Shipbuilding Corporation, which ia building 12 steel ships of largs tonnage ' here, lunched -with the editors aad their -wives at ths mess hall of the Carolina Shipbuilding Corporatioa, aad left to night at T o'clock, returning to Wash- ' ingtoa, with ons of the busiest days ef , recent months behind him. v. i . Abandon Scheduled Progress. ' ', Ths program of the Press Association was so badly disarranged by the arrival aa hour late of Secretary Daniels' train that contemplated sessions at the Oce ania hotel were practically abandoned save fat ths night sessioa and ths lay givsn over to the sxerelses incident to tba ship launching and tho whit to tho plant, where tb steel ships are building. There were, however, formal ppeaiaf . , PRISIDINT X. W. WHITIHIAD. t exercises at the Ocanle, the address of weleome being delivered by Mayor P, Q. Moore, after the convention wss call ed to order by President Z. W. White head. The mayor felicitated them upon their good use ef the opportunities for " usefulness which their profeasion af forded them and called on ths . to aid in making Wilmington the port that by rights it ought to be. Re enlarged lpoa the advantages of Wilmington as a pork and upon the many historical assoeia tions which cluster sround it. Editor Dowd Responds. Ths responae to the sddress of wsl4 eome wss made several hours later ia the mess ball of the Carolina Shipbuild ing Corporation by W. C. Dowd, editor of the Charlotte News, who voiced the appreciation of the Press Association for ths courtesies extended by the Care Una RhiphniMing Corporation, as- pressed the delight of himself and fel low editors st the evidences ef pro gress which Wilmington revealed aa every "hand, particularly ia ship eon struetion, urged that North Carollaa business men pull for Wilmington aa ths State's great port and indicated his great satisfaction at the fact that tho Shipping Bosrd hsd allocated aias ships to the port. Although scheduled for S o'clock it ' wss 4:30 befors ths 300 foot reinforced concrete stesmshlp, ths Caps Ftar, built by ths Liberty Shipbuilding Com. psny, glided or more literally tumbled Uto the water. The scene was a parti cularly striking one, all the more tp preeiated, perhaps, beeauss of tho un expected wslt. 1 Ths plsnt Is located oa the Cape Fear at the aouthsra sad ef the dry. City Has Half Holiday. "V . The bsnkf of ths Cape Fear roof of the ship ways, aad aU nearby buildings were filled with peopjle, the city hav ing declared a half holiday, aeroplaaea from Camp Bragg sailed over the scene at frequent intervals ss the prsllmla srles for the ehrlrtsnlng wsro snacted. , The . editorial party witnessed the launching from th decks of the eoast .(Continue, oa Pago light), AW