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airad Observer WEATHER" Sbewwre aad, thaaetasiscms . probably . Weeaenday , aad Thursday. ' ; watch urri , It M Hri.l-X ttWCWS sees safes nMM Mi Beetf - mlsstat sir t mm f . ,- " III .eUV' I il5 1 VOL (X NO. 37. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAYi ROJElCW, N. G, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 6, J919.y a SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE i' FIVE CENTS TV TV4. . LEAGUE OPPONENTS PLAN TO GRILL SECTT AT Public Hearing of Foreign Re lations Committee Scene off . Dispute That Bordered On An Uproar ' ' SHANTUNG SETTLEMENT. . ATTACKED IN THE SENATE Watson, of Indiana, Declared ! Tt TXT a km ,.t DTAMatnAn a a - " "t " mm , Jwwmwww e ; Proposition As Hasiver Been Proposed To Civiliza- , tipn," and Casta a Slur On s The "Imericanisation" of President; Newberry, of Michigan,- Kaises Objections , To Defensive Treaty Wits France; Lodge Notifies Sen- ; . ate He Will Speak On Lea ' gue Next Tuesday Washington, Aug. 5. (By The JLsso cUUd Press.) The League of Nations ad the Shantung settlement both time in for nor bitter criticism today in the Senate's consideration of the treaty -with Germany, v. At public hearing of the Foreign delations -eomittee issues of the league controversy started a dispute which boe dcrcd on an uproar, and in the Senate chamber en attack on the Shantung Iirovixioa by Senator Watson, Rcpub iean, of Indiana, developed a scries of sharp exchanges. , The Cassis Belli. The committee's elash over the league grew out of the examination of Norman Davis, ' financial adviser to the Ver sailles pints conference, and centered is a heated discussion of the attitude of President Wilson towrd eupplying the committee with adequate information. " Chairman Lodgtv-tcplying to a aag- .L.l ..... , ' 1 . i - I 1 . - llHV,w,. w..,.. w .... .... -- rum U'fore the, eoiniuirtec, declared Jlr. Wilson never had offered te do so end had failed te send important tnfor mutton repeatedly asked for. Senator l'ittnittn, Democrat; ef Nvda,.es4id that. In. hi uUmt lev PnnirrtM mirk am offer had beea mad but tlmt ibe eosa mitte mriority had igno-'ed It - - . nil iw wfiii w - One the subject f the league kal let a raised, league opponents gave a foretastg of what may develop when Secretary Laming appears -before the committee tomorrow by keeping the wit aess under a running lire of questions relating to provisions of the covenant. It was when Mr. Davia declined to pose as aa expert on the subject and in reply to a question, suggested that the Presi dent be consulted, that the committee members-clashed over Mr. Wilson's course, in the matter. UadM.pri5Bt. plana Jh questioning of the Secretary of State tomorrow will be In open session and it is expected he will be asked to disclose many features of the Versailles negotiations, with ths league covenant and the Shantung agreement occupying a prominent place in the discussions. The Senate ad journed tonight until Thursday ao to morrow's committee session may be un interrupted. Watson's Bitter Criticism.- 8enator Watson in bis Senate speech declared the treaty provision givlug Japan control in Shantung province was "as monstrous a proposition as has ever beea proposed to civilisation," and said he could not vote for ratification if the Shantung section remained unamended and if Japan gave no more definite promise of restoring the province to China. In reply to a question from Senator Borah, Kepublictin, of Idaho, as to what sort of declaration from Japaa would be satisfactory, the In diana Senator said It would have to be one providing for withdrawal ef Japanese forces prior to the Senate's aetian on the treaty. Japan's claim to the province,' Mr. Watson averted, was based on one wrong heaped upon another, while the history Of Japanese interests in China gave the li to Japan's protestations of good faith la her promise to witnarnw, The Court ef Moral Suaaort. Senator niteheock, Democrat, of Ne braska, asked to what court China could - bring her claims ahould the treaty aid the League of Nations fail. In that ease, Mr. Watson replied, China would have to fall back on the moral aupport aha always had received hers and eta where ia prit timea "whea we' had an American for President who thought of Ameriea first. Senator Lodge said he understood thst within two hours of the signing of the treaty at Versailles, the Chines dele ' fcUea had offered to sign if assured fuey would have the right to bring the tibaatoag ease before tie league later, but that ''even that was denied them." Objection te French Treaty. Tie objection that the special defen sive treaty with France violate! the fJartd eanstirutlon. bv bind ins? Col great to declare war in eertata circum stances were expressed ia a resolution introduced daring the day by Senator Newberry, Bepnbiieaa, ef Michigan. I wild direct the judiciary com mittee te aire an opinion as U whether Mt'S-atioa. - ' . geaatcr Ledge gave notice today that le would eddresn the Senate next Tuesday en th league. Ai the loader of t! epjiotUies t aeroplane at the cov enant ia M yreaeai -era, na ex-ne.-ted to aennd the key-note ef the nVht aeaiiit aareMrved rstiflcation. The statement from Tokio regarding Japan's Inteationa ia Bnaatung reacneo (fjeauaaac rage nevwm.j . . E STUFF ON MARKET Capt. Ashe Writes Senator Simmons a Helpful Way To Stop Old H.CJL. NEW BERN GROCER ALSO SENDS IN SUGGESTIONS Limitation On Domestic Pur chases Not Applying To Ex ports Places American Su gar Buyers at Disadvantage, He Claims; Movements of Carolinians at Capital News and Observer Bureau, 803 District National Bank Bldg. By 8. ft. WINTERS. (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, Aug. 5. "We have not had a ease of sugar for a month, and we hare three hundred customers we sell to whom we are not able to ship a pound of sugar,' writes a New Bern grocer to Senator Simmons ia lodging aa indictment against the government fixing the prices on sweets. The East ern North Carolina merchant state that he' placed orders with the Amerieaa Sugar Keftning Co, in Juns or early July and only ten days ago their agent for the New Bern district consigned one ear for shipment in September. Imagine housewives preserving the surplus plans snd peaches' .with sugar delivered in September. . it seems inai mis government naa fixed a price at which the refiners shall ehargq; the' Amerieaa' people for sugar, but has net fixed a price at which they shall sell abroad, which has resulted inJ the worst scarcity- of sugar here since the United States entered the war," bitterly eomnlaina the New Bern sn-ncev. Cisrol gre lyar 3f.by- ta-awr-4 erimcBt axing tha prieea at which tba refiners shall sell tb American people. aad o fixing-the priee at which -they shall sell lor. export hat "resulted ia the scarcity of sugar In this country, thea it looka like arrangemeiU are wrong, snd should be remedied by takiag off the restrictions as to selling tha Amer ican people, and allow them to compete with the foreiga market. .It ia unfair to the Amerieaa people ia view of past sacrifices aad high taxes to bo treated In this manner, aad they should hare some Immediate relief. - "We call this condition to your at tention as it may be possible you are GQi aware of the present situation, and ! a ... 'ii ( .1 ,, - . .. ... ws irnat; si. were is anyinug mat ran be done towards bringing relief that yea will do so as aooa as possible. The United Ststes equalisation board wired to the Southern Wholesale Grocers As sociation two or three weeks ago ad vising they had orders the refiners to stop exporting sugar a few days and ship to the domestic trade, but no sugar haa eome this way yet. The refiners must be storing it for export whea the time limit expires, so they esa export it in." A Washington citizen in a complaint registered iu a local paper this after noon stating that plum trees were loaded with luscious fruit aad rot ia nearby vicinities. He cites the pathetic instnnce of a widow with several small children who could not afford to get sugar to preserve these plums to pro vide for her family in the future more fortunate is worldly goods than the woman he cites, this Wsshington eiti sea purchased tea pounds of the plums PUT COLD STORAG only to return to Washington ..ad tad that .e could not get over too pt.unds of etigjr to preserve tlr ir.. Sell Cold Storage Staff. Advisee Captain Aake. While authorities la Washington are tusseling with the high eost of living burning high wages the law of supply and demand aad a multitude of other sgeneies Capt. 8. A. Ashe, the vcterna historiaa aad observant citisea of Bal eigli. ia a letter to Serator Simmons, takes a broadside Badge at cold stor age. Evidently. Captaia Ashe would unearth some of the millions of cold storage eggs aad poultry preserved for perhaps a couple of years or more and place them on the market. "But I want to west ton that I quickest way to bring prieea down to a level,", aaya Captaia Ashe, "nut inter fering with the law of supply, aad de mand, ia to elimlpajsa g scheme that has been in practice to evade the law of supply aad demand. I mean the scheme of cold storage. That eradicates the law of supply aad demand. Abolish that aad yoa restore tha operation ef the natural law. Under, ita power to regu late commerce Congress can forbid tba transportation ef food products that have been ia cold storage longer than errtaia specified periods, adjusting the several products. For tome a lonircr period, for others a shorter period. The effort would probably be remediaL" Charlotte Man In Llmba. Louis Otto Wilson, claiming Charlotte as his home, has been' arrested la Washington . charged witht having at tempted te smuggle twenty-four quarts of whiskey from Washington te the Queea City. He objected te kit deten tion and had a considerable tussling with the detective who effected hie ar rest. The Charlotte eitisen bad the li quor packed la two traaka art had offered, according te an alhtwtioa, to bribe aa employe ia the Washington baggage room to check the trunk through te Charlotte witfaeet a ticket - (Ceatlnnen en Fage Seven.) ... READJUSTMENT OF THEPRICEOFFLOUR - MaanMoam-a To Be Made at Expense of U. S. Treasury; Buy $10 Flour . " Urges Barnes WORK OF AGENCIES TO REDUCE COST OF LIVING President Preparing Address On Subject , To Be Sent To Congress Soon As Possible ; Department of Justice Or dered To Ferret Out and Prosecute Profiteers Washington, August 5. (By The As sociated Press.) These decisions were reached today by the government agen cies working to reduce the cost of liv ing and ally the country's unrest: President Wilson decided to address a message to Congress recommending additional legislation to aid in reduc ing the cost of livinj. Agents of the department of jnstiee were ordered to' ferret out all hoarders of necessaries and profiteers through out the country. They are to be prose cuted under the food control act. To Maintain Government Caarantee. Director Julius H. Barnes, of ths grain eorportaion, decided to maintain the government's guarantee dn wheat at $2.28 a bushel as a "reserve protec tion against a higher price later.! At the conclusion of a day'a activity by the President, the subcommittee of the Cabinet appointed by Attorney General Palmer and by the Attorney General himself, announcements were made of these immediate steps to be taken, and of the government's wheat policy. In a lengthy statement showing why the price of wheat would rise but for the government guarantee, Director Barnes promised a readjustment of flour prices at the expend of the nntional treasury as authorized by Congress if later developments indicated a world price for wheat lower tliaa the guar antee basis. SIS Flenr ia Carload Lots. - Immediate steps will be taken by the craia ornoratioa to sell standard ex port Soar ia every community of the country la carload tots at a price not imtaa jwvMm-irfmmm announced. ' Ifcis price, ta added, is lower by aaa dollar a barrel than nay price . ruling . during . he, Jast . four moat as. . Shrinkage la Wheat Fredeetlen. Usina Scares described aa coming Lfrem the grain corporation's own pri vate sources, Mr. Barnes predicted a shrinkage of "probably 400,000,000 bushels" ia the wheat production for North America, 230,000,000 bushels of which is in the United States, from the June forecast aad a further shrinkage in European wheat and rye production of 300,000,000 bushels outside Russia. Palmer and Wilson Confer. The hig- cost of living was not dla- austed at the regular Tuesday 'a eabineU- meeting. but Attorney General Palmer remained after the meeting to confer with the President aad presented memo randa prepared by the snb-eommttee stating what the government waa doing and what it proposes doing under ex isting laws, aad possible additional laws to cope with the situation. ' The Department of , Justice agents throughout tha country, the Attorney General said en leering the President, hare beea ordered to institute special (Continued ea Page Three.) Excessive Charges Exacted of Government By Owners of . Piers in New York Washington, August 5. Pier owners aad lessees ia New York garnered ex treme profits at the expeasa of the gov ernment during the war, the Shipping Board disclosed todsy in making pub lie a report regarding terminal charges at United 8tatea ports. It wss declared that the Board of Appraisal of the army ia hearings on the value of pier ledies of the Bush Terminal showed that dur ing the war berthing chargea ia New Tork harbor were 2S0 to asuO a day, whereas before the wsr charges for the same berths for ocean steamships had been from (M to 80 a day. One witness who appeared before the board said owners and lessees expected to make a higher profit "because every body's doing 4t -charging ae much as ha can." The report added "there is some evi dence that aa understanding between pier owners had influence, -upon tha high prices paid for piers. Examina tion of chargea shows , increases In some instances of 800 per cent." The report makes various recflm aaendatioas regarding standardisation of chargea aad facilities. . . Check-Bela Needed Jfew. A report ea eeeaa rates also issued by the Shipping Board sflakee recom mendations aad mentions specifically rate fluctuations, adding "these hava imposed a great handicap apon business aad- placed heavy burden en buyers aad Beers ef commodities. ... The policy ef government control of rates, the report said, 'ia fntly justi fied by the facta shows. Indeed the shewing would indicate that the gov ernment might properly have gone farther tba a It went ia the standsrdU aation or atabilixatioa ef eeeaa rates. ' TE GOUGED UNCI! SAM E Two Hundred Members Present at. First Session in The . 0. Henry Hotel - PERMANENT HOlIE, IN - RALEIGH, IS URGED Address of Welcome By 0. Sam Bradihaw; JEesponse By 0. Max .Gardner; - President Aydlett Callstfor "Hafl of Jurisprudence,"; and For An ' Increased Nujnber of Judges (By a Staff Correspondent.) GreeunborBi August fit For the first time in its history, the Gate City U en tertaining the annual convention of the North Carolina Bar Association and the welcome extended, the two hundred lawyers la atteadaaee at the opening meeting this evening fh the beautiful assembly hall of the brand new 0. Henry hotel by O. Sam Bradsbaw, mem ber of the local bar 'and a vice-president of the association, waa ia keeping with this eity'a far-famed hospitality. v n xwnt vt'I . President X.' C Bsr Aaaoclatloa. ' I ' Jt '; Was UVeloJkqelMal 'Vttsllentr iVAjdlett of iiUbUL CSiy, sailed theeonveatiAn ta enter-tonight' and introduced Mr. Eradjriiavr rh remiad. ad his audience , that la additioa'to having a history of which aha it proud, Greensboro; also has at least doxen lawyers well fitted for a judgeship, if Judge Jim Boyd wanted to restga of President Wilsoa wanted to 'appoint another. - i; Mr. Bradshaw paid tribute to ths long list of distinguished lawyers of , the Grensbore bar,' who have -wrought 'Veil for State and Nation, Interspersing his short address with msny bright sallies ef wit and occasionally launching Into heights of oratory, as he spoke of tka A TIOMAS W. DAVIS, - Secretary IS. C. Bar Aaaeelstlea. many good things that Greensboro has, including nearly a hundred lawyers. Gardner Responds. Stanley Wtuborne, of Murfreeiboro, waa detained at home because of Su- pcrior Court, and Lieutenant Governor O. Max Gardner was pressed into service to respond to ths eloquent, address of welcome. Paying tribute to the splendid record of North Carolina lawyers in the world war, particularly in arouaing the peo ple to the necessity of beating the Hnn, Mr. Gardner declared he was proud to belong to the legal profcsniea. He warned his' fellow members of the bar. however, that the great unrest now ea'-. iating and the grave problems pressing for solution demand even greater wis dom in the future perhaps thaa did the war. But he felt confident that the lawyers would do their full duty. The lieutenant Governor, ia eloquent language, pictured , the necessity of eqnality of opportunity as being the essential of any politicul or social pro gram that ia mapped out la the future. ' Adveeetee Permanent Heme. , - Building of a permanent heme for the North Carolina Bar Association in Raleigh with a fixed time, for, boldiit? the annual meetings was advocated by Mr. & F. Aydlett, of Elizabeth City, re tiring president, la his ranual address. He would have the building dedicated to jurisprudence ia North Caroliaa. With a structure fitted an with committee rooms and adorned with works ef art, President Aydlett believes that a strong incentive would be created to place the entire profession on a higher plane. , fThis ia not aa idle dream," said Mr. Adylett It esa be a fact - It j prac tical and eaaiy within our reach. It Can be done for about $200,000. Secwre a site in Raleigh, plan a build In such that the lawyers aad onr fellow cltixeas BAR lill ' ' ' .'- - (Continued ea Fage Sevea.) SENATOR ROBINSON SPEAKS AT WI NDSOR Distinguished Arkansan Shows - Necessity For Establishing League of Nations BERTIE'S HEROES GET WARM WELCOME HOME Submarine Chasers, Dirigible, Hydroplane and Other At tractions; Mrs. F, D. Win- ston, Chairman of Arrange ments; Cameron Morrison Tells of Opportunities (By a Staff Correspondent.) Windsor, Aug. 6. With submarine chasers lining her wharves, hydroplanes nnd dirigiblea circling around the space under which stood thousands of her cili xens, a naval band playing to the time of Judge Francis D. Winston, a carrier pigeon with gold service stars flitting between the town and the Norfolk Naval base and speeches by United States Senator and a candidate for governor, Bertie county with one note today celebrated for her returned soldiers and sailors. Senator Joseph T. Bobinson, who holds a 'record of nerving as congressman, governor and senator of Arkansas in sixteen dnys, was ths headliner in oratory, .Cameron Morrison, of Char lotte, brought the biggest part of the morning audience back in the .after noon with some more thrown in for good treasure. Mayor Catling Welcomes Crowd. Mayor Gatling, a lieutenant who saw service overseas, welcomed the crowd and Judge Winston wss at all times complete master of eeremonies. The program Including the parade and the dinner, represented the handiwork of Mrs. Winston, chairman of the Bertie chapter of the Red Cross, and her care fully made plans for the celebration Were superbly executed with the assist' anee of the Red Cross workers. For Leagae Without Amendment. , Senator Robinson, ardent champion of tho league of nations without amend snent or reservation, held the biggest part cf the crowd including more than one hundred service men, during aa boars' able discussion of the overworked article ten in the league of aatioas and tlMi tiiirh enel nf Uvlno. ' subtnarnsea -under command of ICaptaU-Ptiea.. held epesv, house after the speaking tbia morning ana taew sands lupon, thousands went from tha town te inspect the boats. - Just after the big dinner, a giant dirl gible from Langley Field was sighted and for thirty minutes it kept the crowd entertained while it circled the square pi curatory to leading on the lawa ia front ofJudge Winston's nome. Tha carrier pigeon, with twelve months' service in France, came down en the chasers with Captsln Price, and just before Senator Robinron began speaking was loosed by Mrs. Winston, with a message to Admiral Feleher at tha Norfolk naval base, bearing the thanks of Bertie for the loan of the chasers, the planes and the band, along WHS the compliments- of Senator Rob inson. Many Handsome Floats. Conspicuous among the many hand some floats given a place in the parade was the one that bore the white banner with seventeen gold stars, denoting Bertle't loss in men to the allied cause. Another of striking note was drawn by a pair of snow-white horses, and on the body rode Miss Bosabud Nowell, impersonating Joan of Arc. Senator Bobinson, adverting to the (Continued on Page Seven.) THCAR0L1 IRE Appointments Announced Yes terday For The Districts In This State CENSUS D TO Washington, Aug. S. Nams of the mea who will direct the taking of the 1920 census in some of tho Southern States were aanounced today. Other States will be announced Inter. Those appointed today Include North Carolina, as follows: First, Lloyd J. Lawrence, Murfrees boro; second, W. O. Honord, Tarboro; third, Rivers D. Johnson, Warsaw; fourth, Otway B. Moss, rJpring Hope; fifth, Joha K. Tucker, Yanccyvillej sixth, Henry L. Cook, Fayetteville; seventh, Lester A. Martin, Lexington; eighth, Arthur L. Deal, Mooresville; ninth, Jos. M., MeConnell, Davidson; tenth, Corsey U. Buchanan, Hvlva; eleventh, John D. Biggs, Williamsfon. HEARINGS ON UNIVERSAL . MIUTARYJTRAINING BILL Washingtos, Aug. 8. Hearing on ths War Department's bill outlining s permanent military policy with univer sal military training as a feature und ea other bills a w ending will open Thursday before a Seuate military sub committee, with General March as the priaeipal witness, Chalmivn Wadsworth announced today, following a meeting of tha committee. , Secretary Baker, General Pershing, as well as other military experts, will ap pear later. The hearings will be ope. , Cereeratiea Cesn. Counsel Resign. Richmond, Aug. 5. Oscar Shewmak, counsel for the Stnta corporation com mission, today tendered hia resignation. No explanation wai given as to the sause. ? . v BUSINESS OPPOSED TO FEDERAL OWNERSHIP AND II CONTROL OF RAILROADS PRI EOF CORN IS T Fight Against H. C. L Is Knocking Bottom out of Trade Values CHANCE OF DROP IN FLOUR OF TWO DOLLARS BARREL Pork Is Headed For The Cellar With The Toboggan Under Full Headway; Drop- ted $3.50 Yesterday To $44.50 Barrel For Septem ber Delivery Chicago, 111., August 5. (By The As sociated Press.) Efforts to anticipate the results of any quick switch ia the government policy for disposal of ths 191II domestie crop of whest knocked the bottom out of values today on the Board of Trade. Downward plunges ia the price of corn, the chief trading commodity, did not stop until the mar ket was 32 cents a bushel lower than when the campaign against the high cost of living began a week ago. Mav Cat Wheat sc Cents. !lras not until there remained only a single hour of business setlvity be fore the time set for a conference be tween President Wilson and Julius Barnes, federal wheat director, that the grain and provision trade appeared to give serious credence to reports eireu lated for days that the government would make a radical cut ia the price of wheat to consumers. The most defi nite of these report was that millers would get wheat from Ihe government SO cents, a bushel cheaper than the gev- srament had guaranteed. "Thia Would make flour lent expensive than at present by $2 S barrel. No Denial ef Reverted latontie. As corn prieea . have . beea largely based on a prevalent belief of farmers that I2.2S bushel for wheat meant S3 a bushel for corn and that the value of all other cereals and consequently of all livestock lad meat products had a similar substantial relation, aad the ab sence of any denial of reports that wheat prices would be severely cut, finally produced a tense situation lata today. Wholesale throwing overboard of holdings of all commodities made the exchange a scene of confusion not often rivalled In peace times. Will Ge Lower Todsy Battle Is On. Although the wildest of the flurry had. passed, when the gongs cleared the pits, the Outlook was that regardless of what the Washington conference de cided the markets tomorrow would fur nish further excitement. The most spectacular tumble todsy wss in the December delivery of corn, which, under furious selling, dropped 10 3-4 to $1.41, but' rebcunded, and rinsed at 11-42 1-2 to $1.4.1 1-4. At the same time pork pluuged down $.1.50 to $44.50 a barrel for September delivery and unlike corn, dlsplayc1 no power whatever to rise again from the bottom price reached. 15,000 Additional R. R. Shop men in Middle West Joined Strike Yesterday Chicago, III., Aug. 8. (By The Asso ciated Press.) Further spread of the railway shopmen's striks wss reported tonight by union official, who declared some 15,000 sdditionsl workers -in ths Middle West went out today ard that a strike of 10,000 men on the Norfolk and Western line had been act for to morrow. While these were the chief developments in the fifth day of the strike, it wss also announced that the bars had beea let dowa for the boiler makers to join the strike. L. M. Hnwverv president of the Chi cago District Council of the Federated Railway Shopmen's Union, which called the strike of shopmen, received a tele gram from E. C. Chase, the boiler makers' reprcsentojve on the na ionsl agreement committee of 78, saying that conditions "do not warrant holding mea nay longer." Hawver said Chnse had opposed the strike until a referendum of the workers liltd been taken. The agreement committee has been negotiat ing with the Railroad Administration in Washington. The shopmen s' s'rike has been de clared II legs 1 by railroad executives, who hsre msde the charge before the local bureau ef the department. of jus tice. R. H. Aishton, regional director of the northwest, asserted thst the striks wss illegal aiace the grand officers had oppoied it and- ordered the men to re turn to work. He expressed the hnpe that .those conducting the strike "in disobedience of their own highest au thority" weuld coma te their "senses soon, before disaster overtakes the whole country." Unloa officials said that while tha strike was called in -defiaaee of the E DOWNS OS NORFOLK-WESTERr IN GO OUT TODAY (Coatiaaed en Fage Seven.) Referendum By Chamber of Commerce of U. S. Shows : . 99 Per Cent of Business Men Against It MEN THROW AWAY TOOLS JUST AS CROP-MOVING SEASON APPROACHES Threat of B. K. Strike .Con-, . Ll : CI a . n J, 1 ( tuiucs a a ajfrnsH wnjuw " Efforts of eadi6r Org tA ixed Labor To Hold Men ia Check; 200,000 Oara Idle Already and Unless B. E. k Equipment Can Be Kept is Order Mills, 'Mines and Fac tories Will Be Forced To Shut Down; Chamber , of Commerce Announcement r Washington, Aug. 8. The threat of a . railroad strike coatiauea to spread ' throughout the eouatry despite the Sort of the organised labor heads to hold the mea in cheek until authorl tative aad official strike votes can be taken. t And Crop Moving Seaaea Here. Shopmen everywhere throwing dowa -their tools in premature strike, it was' reported, were threatening national la- ' dustry, because without them the rail- ' roads equipment cannot be kept In usable order at the most accessary of. all times crop moving season. Above that hovered the threat af aa ' evea more serious labor situation, tha . demaad of au the organised railroad industry that Ae profits of the bud aess be overhauled vte retire private capital ana create a new partita control. see,$ee Cere Oot ef Cemmlaaien. iRepotta began coming In today say . big that unless rsilr.ad equlpmeat can ' Vim Vni U HHMtnflt tkAm mllla teliuK aad factories will W threatened wHh cloning. Jt waa .reported that there aow are mere than 800,000 ear eat ef commiasion." ,?. !'; .. . y laaineas) Opposed U Federal Ownership. Formal announcement waa made to' alght ef the final tabtlaUe ia the ' referendum conducted among bashes 1 . , . . . n . men or me Lumntr or I nnMiMi ex the United States ea the queatloa ef government ownership of railroads. . More than 99 per cent of the vote,' the official . announcement aaid, waa against it Hundreds ef Tkoessnds Threaten Strike Meanwhile threats of hundreds of -thousands of railroad employees to ge on itrike to force kigher wagea to meet the high eost tf living were reiterated. ' From many parrs of tha eouatry today 7 eame reports that atriking ahopmea re fused to return to .rork. deanita tha fact that their actio wa denounced as 1 illegal by the executive eouaeil of the six shop crafts. Strike bsllots were mailed out from the Amerieaa Federation of Labor for taking aa official vo'e aa to whether the 500,000 shopmen shall walk out to , obtain their demands aad express their disapproval ef President Wilson's ref erence of the railroad wage queatioa te . Congress. Demands also are being made by 450,000 clerks, freight headier and statioa employees. Director Ges- era! Hiae waa to have discussed their problem today with J. i. Forrester, grand president of the union, but ether business isterefered and the conference will be held tomorrow. M For Cent Again Ik Announcement of ths vote ef M per cent of the business men against gov ernment ownership was aceompaaicd by the following explanation of the reasoa ciueiug loe uecision: Reaseas Why Net. "1. Uader government ownership the development of railroad faeilitiea weuld -depend upon congressional appropria tioa, which would prevent tha aatiei pi'ion of the transportation need af , tie country. Appropriations would aot be mads ia the amount aad at the time heeded to incurs adequate develop ment of the railroad. Political eoasid- eratioae rnietit alio eABtrnl the ihmiI of appropriation and tha object for which they were mad. ". To acquire the railroad tha gov ernmrnt would hate to pledge it credit , f r eighteen to twenty billions of dol lars at a time whea other large fissa-cl.-ring must be done. It would be diffi cult for the government to dispoe ef , the securities required to purchase ths rv'lroads aad it would be necessary for the government to secure from five hun dred million to one billion dollars af ' new capital eaeh year, ft the govern-. mcit were to assume the burdca at I- rsncing the railroads ' at the present time when the war debt ia so large, ita interest rate would aeeeaaarily be a hgh as, if aot higher, than the rate at . which corporatiosi could secure capital. Not Efficient Becanse No Om petition. "3. Goreramcnt operation ia seldom, -5 if ever, as eQcieat as corporate maa- ; agement. Competition, the incentive te cfUeicncy and progress la private aa -terprises, is abseat from tha govera- meat administration of affaire. Iadlvld ual initiative is leas, bureaucratic ' methods are more characteristic, aad tha -services readered arc leu progressively ' efficient. ; Politics Weald Figaro. ' . Whil the government would pre- ' sumabty select officers aad employee by mean ef efficiency tests, political in- ' flueaees weald almost eertalaly be given (CenHaaed en Fag Two-) ,ji