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VOL. CX. NO. 41
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. .1
RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 15, 1919.
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS.
ORDERS DISPATCHED TO
' CARRAfiZA GOVERNMENT
Definite Move in Long Expected
. Change of Policy in Deal
ing With Mexico r
5 '
NO MORE MURDERS OF
-GRINGOES TOLERATED
American Government Will
, Adopt Xadical Change In Iti
, Policy Wil!h Begard Tp Mexi.
co iT Lives , of Americans
Continue Unsaie; Mnst Ap
" prebend and Punish Murder
ru , era of Peter Catron; Text of
Diplomatic Notes '
Waeihingtoa, Aug. ii.-(By The At
toelated Preu.) Th first, definite
move toward the long expected change
in' polky la dealing with Mexk u
.disclosed today.
' Currant hat been warned that it
tho snurdsrl and outrages of Americana
continue, tha United States "may be
foreed to adopt a radical change in iti
policy with regard to Mexico."
While tba aanouncemcnt at the 8tiU
Department, however, eama no authori
tative indication of how far the Ameri
can goverament ia preparing to go to
enforce what lack only the diplomatic
technicalities of an ultimatum.
The government announced iti ac
tion by publiihing an exchange of
notes with Mexico City, and prefaced
its. official itatement, with the explana
tion that the diplomatic representa
tiona referred to .had been -taken "in
a k inn Mvl. nf murdert and
outrages of American citizen' in Mexi
co,' culminating ia the murder of Peter
Catron in San Luia Potosl last month,
and the perpetration of ftthrr nets in
disregard of American lives and prop-
Nota to Mexican Government.
Ther following note, the State De
partment announced, was presented to
the Mexican government by Charge
SummerUn of the American Embassy!
i ? Mexico City, July 22. 1919.
T "Sir i With reference to the Em
hassv'a note, dated July 16 rela-
tiva to tha murder f Peter. 'Catron,
near VaHei, Ban Ltl PotoaU r
about Vuly Tth last, I hat the hohor
re - inJfaiiu yo thai; I . r , wdt
tclegTnphfc instruction!' from my got'
eramcat to rg po th Mexican gov
ernmeat tha capture and puniehment
of taoN responsible (or this murder,
and the adoption of adequate measures
to prevent a recurrence of the minder
of American cutxen.
'I am alio instructed to state tlat
sLoutd the lives of American eitirens
cootinae to remain unsafe nnd these
murder! continue by reason of the' un-,
willingness or inability of the Mexican
government to afford adequate protec
tion, my government may be toreeu i
adopt radical change in ita policy
with regard to Mexico,
"Accept, sir, the renewed ueu ranees
of my highest consideration.
(Signed) "'George T. 8ummerlia,
. . '"Charge d'Affaircs.' "
Reply of Mexican, Gevernaneat.
To thla commnniention the Mexican
government returned the following re
fly, dated July 88, aigned to Sal0
Diego rernsadea, in charge f the D
partment of Foreign Belationa:
''Mr. Charge d'Aff aires:
"The Bote which your honor was
pleased to send me on the twenty
second instant, advised me of the In
structions which yon had received to
aetify thla department that if the lives
of tho cltisens of tho United Statei in
Mexico continued in stato of int
eurity, nnd if murders should eontinu
becnua of the unwillingness or in
ahilitT of the Mexican government to
viva adeauate protection, tffe govern
ment of the United States would be
compelled to adopt radical' changes la
it fw1imr with retard to Mexico.
'la reply I have the hopor to state
that tho feet that offenses against the
livaa f titixens of ths United State
have oeeurred in the territory of the
repubUe cannot bo notorionaly attrib
ute tn unwtlllnanesa to give protectioa.
The willingnesa to furnish thla pro
teetioa has been expressed repeatedly,
and the material difficulties ia the way
of fulfilling a promise, suppose
it is not fulfilled, ahonld not vbe con
fused with unwillingness to do sOj. es
pecially as this willingness haa been
demonstrated by keti.
. . "Moreover, if wo consider the pro
tection -of human Ufa in absolute terms,
that Is to lay, if Vo.
- wherever a eitixea ef the United totet
may be within, Mexican territory he
should enjoy special and effective pro-
iu:.. a . Mtrm such that his lu
may never be placed is danger. It is
not peeaibl for the government of Mex
ico to do this because so perfect a con
dition of security exists nowhere; wit
all the-mors reason is this true, con
sidering ths great territorial extent of
k. Mn.,hli ita aeantv MDDlotlen and
the difficult conditions which prevsil
after a long alvll war.
TK mmrnnieat of MelkO has
waya endeavored an far as poesil'le to
.i Miiritv to th lives ef for
eigners as wall as ef its nationals, but
the fact h that foreigners, through ig
norance, th lack of prudence, er rash
eageraeea for profit, venture te remain
er te travel in dangerous regione, there
bv incurring the riak of becoming tbt
victims of offenses and even trusting
te eeeapt offenses because of thejr be
ing foreigners.
h 'Tt '.fcoulit be remembered, aowevtr,
that always whea the governmeat of
Meiiea has had kaowledR Sf II of-
' fease H has pursued the presumably
guilty parties. The pursuit ia such
mm anrtlv is not the same as that or
dinarily mad ia eities ia the ease of
ordinary Crimea- because tD erreum
taneea are different It I' populous
eemmnaity. Ia the latter tt U rela-
(Cntlna4 e Pag Tw)
YATES WEBB AND
THE FEDERAL B
ENCH
Decision As To Whether Ap
pointment Will Be Made
Expected Soon
WESTERN DISTRICT MAY
HAVE BRACE OF JUDGES
Webb May Come In As Co-La-borer
With the Present Vet
eran Jurist; Movements of
Tarheels at the National
Capital; New P. M. at Brafg
town Xecommended
Th News and Observer Barean,
(03 District National Bank Blilg.
By 8. B. WINTERS.
(By BpeeiaL Leased Wire.
Washington, D. C, Aug. 14. The
Department of Justice will probably de- ;
term in within the next two weeks'
whether Judge James E. Boyd of
Greensboro ia incapacitated for future
service al Federal judge of North Caro
lina and subsequently recommend
Representative Edwin Yates Webb Of
Shelby for th federal bench. The ns
sistance of Attorney General A. Mitch
ell Palmer already at work and their
recommendations will perhaps be for
warded to President Wilson within a
fortnight.
(Attorney General Palmer is known to
favor Representative Webb for the va
cancy ia the event that the ''disability
clause" is written alongside the. name
of Judge Boyd. Or, possibly Congress
man Webb will be appointed na a co
in borer with Judge Boyd. Senator
Overman was positive today thnt the at
torney general would recommend Mr.
Webb. Mr. Pnlmer and the Shelby con
gressman wero frienda when they served
in Congresa together. Furthermore,
President Wilson haa already fold Sen
ator Overman that he was going te ap
point tue nmtn district congressman.
We Retail Kan f amamke-i1
- Acting upon protest from eitiaaaa of
Waahington Senator Simmoas aad Rep
resentative Godwia have registered with
the shipping board expressions of 'op
position to the changing of the name
of a steel vessel now being constructed
at Wilmington from the "Pembrooke
to City of Joliet. ' The shipping board
had expressed an intention ef authoris
ing the change of name. H. C. McQuen,
president of the Murchinaoa National
bank, in proteating the change wrote
Representative uodwia:
The same of Pembrooke was to
honor Mr. Pembroke Jones, who was
vice president of the Carolina -'Shipbuilding
Corporation, aad waa very ap
propriate as Mr. Joneswasdear to the
hearta of the people here and a man
of unquestioned distinction on account
of his high character and great public
spirit. Yon would conferafavor on us,
if you could nnd would have the origi
nal order carried oat snl the nam
Pembroke given to this ahip."
Another Cape Fear Dredge.
The War Department haa autborixed
the dispatch of another dredge fo Wil
mington for nae oa the Cape Fear river,
the vessel designated was the "Obsewn,"
and is from New Jersey. The fresh re
cruits will assist the old dredge ""Cape
tear' m maintaining the proper depth
lor plying commerce along the Cape
Fear.
The war department today issued an
order directing Major General William
Lassiter to proceed at the expiration of
hi leave to Fayetteville to assumo
command of Camp Bragg.
Mevemeata ef Tarheels.
Representative Godwia has selected
Ja mes Cowling MeDiarmid, Jr., for ap
pointment' aa a cadet to the Military
Academy at West Point. His home is
in Fsyottoville.
K. 11. Arnold, general manager of the
Newport Bhip Buikling Company, waa
in Wasaingtoa today fresh from a viait
te his plantation near New Bera, where
he i constructing nine river steamers
for th War Department. The hull for
three of the vessela Lave been practi
cally completed and six ways for the
construction of the ships have bee a fin
ished. Mr. Arnold contemplate the
building of steel vessels ef liglit
draught in hi New Bera yards. The
Newport Bhip Building Company em
ployes a force es several haadred peo
ple and ia constantly reinforcing it
help. Mr. Arnold n delighted with th
(Ceatlaeed ea Pag Twe-)
msaMSViiKMaaaaMwMSSBiaM,H. 4
SUFFOCATED WHEN
SEWER DITCH CAVES
Popular Yi. Man of Fayette
ville Loses His Life While
At Work
(Speeial te the Newt and Obsertti.
' Fayettevill. Aug. 1. James W.
Parker, thirty-odd years old, wa killed
her this afternoon while at work oa
the laying of a sewer ia the eonstrne
tion of the lumber plant of the Jack
son Bros. Company whea th aide of
a sewer ditch ia which he wa work
ing caved in. Parker wa working en
the. piping tad wa unable te. escape
when th caTe-ln stsrted. . Life was
practically extinct before fellow-workmen
could rescue him.'
Mr. Parker' earn her from Parktoa
two ycrr ago, H leave a wife aad
three children. ! A gloom haa beea east
ever that portion ef th city where Mr.
Parker lived aad worked. Be was aa
extremely popular yeaeg man.
VILSON OFFERS TO
TALK OVER TREATY
WITH COMMITTEE
Sends Response To Request By
Chairman Lodge For
Appointment .
NEXT TUESDAY. AT
10 O'CLOCK TlMtE SET
i White House Chosen as Place
of Meeting, the1 Committee
Having Left Selection Open
To President; Text of Secre
tary Tumulty's Statement;
, Not Behind Locked Doors
CONFERENCE
. OR TUESDAY
Waahiairtea, Aag. I4. Presl4eat
Wilaoa, replying teaight te Senator
Ledge's request for an 'appointment
with the Senate Foreign , Relatione
eemaUttee to disease the peace
treaty, set Taesday morning at It
o'clock. The President stated thst
M is his preference that the fallen
publicity be given the conference se
that the people ef the country might
be pnt ia poaaessloa ef all the la
fenaatiea he haa about the treaty
4yf peace.
Washington, Aug.. President Wil
son's offer to talk over the peac
treaty with the Senate foreign rela
tions committee finally., waa accepted to
day. At the suggestion of Republican
members and by a virtually unanimous
vote, the committee decided to inform
the President it would be glad to meet
him at hia convenience to go over dis
puted points in the treaty and the
league of nations covenant. At the same
time the committee voted to call addi
tional witnesses and continue ita hear
ings. Tonight the President set 10 o'clock
next Tuesday for the meeting, and
wrote to Chairman Lodge that in line
wi'h a auggeation by the committee he
would not consider the discussion con
fidential ia nature. In notifying Mr
Wilson of th committee's decision, Sea.
ator Lodge had written that member
bebww Vy-eercey
a to any information they might "
ceive at the conference.
The President ehos the White Hous
as Uis plaee of meeting, although th
chairman had left th way opea for
him to come before the committee at
the Capitol if he preferred, writing that
tha committee would meet him it any
tim or place he might select.
Tamalty' Statement.
The lettera were not made public, but
Secretary Tumulty issued this state
ment: "The Preaident received Senator
Lodge's request for an appointment to
meet the Foreign Relatione committee
to discuss the treaty ef peace. Of
course the President welcomes this op
portunity to meet the Foreign Rela
tiona committee and haa fixed Tuesday
morning at 10 a. m. aa tho time for a
meeting at the White House. The ua
precedented conditions of the confer
ence as set by Senator Lodge in hi
letter to the President fits in with the
President's t-wa preference ns to pub-
ty, so thnt th people of the country
may .bo nut in possession of all the in
forms He he- has about the treaty ef
peace.
Senator Lodge had suggested, it be
earn known, that owing to th absence
ef some members the appointment be
made for some day subsequent to Mon
day next.
"Nothing Confidential."
Mr. Lodge told the Preaident that it
was assumed by the committee thst
nothing said at the meeting would be
considered confidential. He recalled
that the plan of the Senate waa to eon
aider the treaty ia open executive set'
sioa, and in view of this plan th com
niitte felt that any informntion in re
gara to me treaty wmcu came into ineir
poossession should not be withheld
from the public.
It wss to this paragraph of tha let
tcr that Mr. Tumulty referred in atat
ing the President's desire for publicity,
The proposal to consult th President
grew out of a general discussion
whether the committee should eontinue
its hearinga or proceed to act on th
facts already before it.
Lodge' Proposal.
- Senator Johnson, Republican, of Call
foraia, is understood first to have men
tioned the President a witness, but
th formal suggestion that the com.
mitte meet him was mad by Senator
Lodge.
Democratic members, promptly sec
ooding th suggestion, pointed out that
th committee had beea told of th
peac negotiations, and declared that
Mr. Wilson' informal offer to receive
th members it th Whit Hous re
mained open. This offer was mad
through Senator Hitchcock, of Neb
raska, th administration leader, when
th committee first took up th treaty
a month ago. Th decision to ict on
the proposal was taken without a rec
ord tot.
Additional WHaeaaee.
Is deciding to call additional wit
nesses, the committee reversed its de
cision reaehed yesterday te speed ac
tios oa th treaty. It was .voted to re
quest appearance of. flv persons, ad
visers at Versailles who resigned, it
ha been reported., beetuje they dis
agreed with decisions ef th conference
regarding Shantung and Russia. They
are E. T. ' Williams, & K. Moraback
sad William C. Bullitt. Th others
summoned are Joha C. Gergnsoa aad
Thomas F. Mjllard, suggested at au
thorities ea far tattera affair.
- Dividing ia te eight, theommitte
v (Cea timed ea Pag Two.)
FORD WINS HIS SUIT
AGAINST TRIBUNE
Verdict Is For Only Six Cents
But That's a Small Mat
ter With Henry I
REVIEW OF THELIBEL '
CASE DECIDED YESTERDAY
Jury Says the Detroiter Is Not j
' An "Anarchist" as the Windy j
City Newspaper Called Him ; ;
' Bishop Williams" Testimony !
in Pavor of Plaintiff Recall- j
, ed; Other Evidence .
Mt. Clemens. Mich.. Aug,. 14. A jury
tonight awarded Henry Ford six cents
damage! against the Chicago Tribune
for calling him an anarchist.
Orvy Hulett, foreman of the jury,
said that they took "nine ballots that
I can remember," the first one, accord
ing to Leonard Measel, another jumr,
standing 8 to 4 in favor of awarding Air.
Ford some damages.
Attorney Alfred J. Murphy for Ford
said: '
"The important issue in thi ease hat
been determined favorably to the plain
tiff. He haa been vindicated. Money
damages were entirely sulwrdinate and
were aot sought by Mr. I ord. He
stands not only vindicated but his atti
tude as an American citixen haa been
justified after a trial which raised
every issue agsinst him which ingenu
ity and research eonld present. His
friends are entirely satisfled."
Weymouth Kirkland, of counsel for
the Tribune, aaid:
'W eonaider it a victory for the
reasoa that Attorney Alfred Locking,
in closing for Mr. Ford, stated that
anything less than substantial damage
would be a defeat for hia client."
Review of Famous Salt.
It was on June S3. 1918, after Mexi-
can bandits had raided Columbus, N.
M., and military preparedness was a
burning issue, not only because of the
Mexican menace, but 'because of the
conflagration in Europe, that the Chica
go Tribune printed ita famous editorial
henund "Ford is an Anarchist."
Editorial writers of the Tribune tes
tified that they had followed Mr.1 Ford's
paeifistle propaganda, but had not
reeoenited it a a real danger to the
country until" a news item wa received
frtm. Detroit that MK Ford -watlrytng
to discourage ths recruiting ef th
guard which had been ordered te th
Bio Grande. Th item, authenticity of
which wa denied by Ford witnesses,
state' that the Ford company would
aot pay the aalarle of employe who
wnt to th border, hold their places
for them nor care for their dependents.
The Greaser Insinuation.
It was then that the editorial was
written. It called Mr. Ford an "ignor
ant iibnllst." and remarked that his
views o,i disarmament might be differ
ent if his . factories were oh the Bio
Grande instead of th peaceful Cannd-
1..
"""'
filed suit in the Federal eourt at Chi
eago, but later withdrew it and insti
tuted proceedings in the State court at
Detroit. Here th Tribune tpplied for
a change of venue and Judge James
G. Tucker, of the Circuit court of Ma
eomb eounty, at Mt. Clemens, was
agreed upon to hear th case. Selection
by a jury began May 12. It consisted
of eleven farmers and one road builder.
A feature ef the case was the pro
duction by the defendant of more than
twenty witnesses from the-Mexicaa
border to testify to raids, murders
ssd other sets which, to the mind of
Tribune counsel, rstsblished the fact
thst there was a condition of anarchy
along the border.
Professor Reeve' Compsrlsoa.
.Professor Reeves, of the University
of Michigsn, appearing aa a expert,
testified that many of the Ford utter
ances corresponded with the teaching!
of well-recognlxod annrchists.- He gave
definitions of the word "anarchist,"
which contained no reference to bomb
throwing, but which denoted one who
works to overturn t fie government.
Counsel for the defendant argued
that government exists only; so far ss
it can enforce its decrees and irroteet
the lives and property of its citizens,
that without force there can be no
government and that where there is no
government there is anarchy.
Therefor, they (ought to establish
that in opposing the recruiting of sol
diers Mr. Ford opposed government it
self snl, by the same token, sought to
establish anarchy. Hence "Ford is an
anarchist," they said. Th defense
throughout wa on of justification and
th right of fair eomment.
Ford Backed By Bible.
Bishop Charlca D. William, Episcopal
Bithop of Eastern Michigan, was one of
th principal witnesses for th plnintiff.
Many of Mr, Ford't utterances which t
(Contlnaed ea Page Twelve.)
BUILDING HOPES DASHED.
BURLINGTON IN GLOOM
Burlington, Aug. 14. There it much
disappointment- here ever th newt that
Mr. Lawrence Holt, , Br., ha receded
from hit position to give (100,000 for
th erection of a community building in
honor of Alamane toldiert Who lost
their live in the war. Th Burlington
Newt of yetterday carried a lengthy
article la which it voiced lively dissntis
feetioa with th tura which affairs had
taken.' It it understood that the Origi
nal proposition wat that Mr, Holt would
girt 1100,000 if th people of Burllngtoa
would raise tl 6,000 ' to malntal the
buildipg for, two years. Subscriptions
for maintenance' to the ' amount of
23,000 were raised. There is still hope
that om plan may b reached under
which Mr. Holt eaa become a large con
tributor to th building if not oa th
sesl originally contemplated It la ex-
J petted that Mr. Bolt soon will itsu
statement explaining hi position.
Counsol for the manufacturer at firstfmeni frganiiwoS w. "
GOVERNMENT CAMPAIGN TO
REDUCE COST OF LIVING HAS
THE REAL PUNCH BEHIND IT
E
F
OF STATE MONEY
Put Funds In Banks in Counties
Where They Originate, Ask
County Commissioners -
COUNTY RULERS ALSO
ENDORSE REVALUATION
Decide To Meet Next Tear in
Asheville ; W. O. Jones, of
High Point, New President;
Various Addresses on Live
Stock, Good Boads, Taxation
And Other Subjects'
(Speeiat to The News snd Observer.)
Wrightsville Beach, Aug. 14. En
dorsemcnt of , tho revaluation act,
adoption of a resolution calling for
an act requiring the State treasurer to
deposit State funds in banks in the
counties in which they originste aad
election of officers for the ensuing year
constituted the chief featurea of the
annual meeting of the North Carolina
Association of County Commissioners,
which was held here today In conjunc
tion with the convention of the Good
Roads and the Automobile Associations.
Asheville was selected aa the place
for the next convention after Greens
boro had made a strong bid and Com
missioner Scarborough had extended aa
urgent invitation from Raleigh. The
new officers elected are: President,
W. C. Jones, High Point ; ' vice-president,
B. A. Patton, Asheville; secretary
(re-elected), R. K: Davenport, Gas
tonla; district vice-presidents, first,
J. L. Hastell, WilHamtttn ; second, C.
W Sprnlll, Jr, Windsor: third. W. ii,
Kornegay, Albert worth, C. B.
TowBsand, Lumbertoaj fifth, W. C.
Boren,, Greensboro j sixth, W. A. Me
Girt; seventh, Dr. J. E. Hart, Wadoa
boroj eighth. Nat Tomlin, Statesville;
ninth, A. M. McDonald, Charlotte;
tenth, T. U Gynn, Spring Hill.
The meeting opened with an addreaa
on the revaluation act by Corporation
Commissioner A. J. Maxwell, followed
by reports on the varioua State high
way projects and address by Chairman
Frank Page, of the Highway Commis
sion, with sddresses in the afternoon
by Clement S. Vcker, of Baltimore,
vice-president of the Southern Settle-
. n . T. Urill! If
State veterinarian; Dr. R. P. Huffman,
district veterinary I agent ; Dr. Hart
well Robhins, in charge of tick eradi
cation work in thia section; Dr. ('has.
E. Low, New Hanover health officer,
and Lieut. A. W. Fuchs, in charge ot
mosquito eradication work in Wilming
ton. The visitors were taken late this af
ternoon for a tour over New Hanover'
excellent roads and to witness demon
strations of road building, mosquito
eradication work and stump blowing,
with a watermelon feast nt the close,
and tonight a aouvenlr ball is being
given st uimina pavilion ia their
honor.
Tho convention closes tomorrow with
a meeting of the North Carolina Auto
mobile Association and business ses
sion of the North Carolina Good Roads
Association.
Urges Livestock Production,
The nations that are most prosperous
are those thnt raise livestock and tho
best ( livestock section In' the United
States is the Southeastern portion, Mr.
Ucktr told the commissioners in tn ad
dress dealing with tome of the pmlv
lems that need to be solved. Mr. Ucker'a
address was admirably backed up with
an - address by Dr. Robhins on tick
eradication, and hy Drs. Moor and
Huffman on hog cholera control. The
convention adopted a resolution asking
for a Rtnte-nide law against ticks.
With only sunshine and the indoniitu
ble will of its people to do, Mr. Ueker
laid California through concerted effort
and well-directed advertising, haa put
Itself very much on the map. While
in Wilmington Inst fall with Secretory
pf the Intrrjnr Lane, be had found
California lettuce listed upon the hill
of fare. Inipiiirv developed the fact
that it wss grown in Columbus county.
Concerning the people at home, Mr,
Ueker was hound to say that they have
gotten into s state of lethargy while
people abroad feel that something must
be wrong or else such natural advan
tages as the South is reputed to have
would not go begging.
Better roads, better drainage, better
health, better rural schools these are
some of the things that must be at
tended to. Two hundred mlllior e re
of land are available for development,
The South before the War Between th
States hsd sn sgrlcullurul aristocracy
and a monopoly on cotton, one of tho
world's nereaaitiea. .The tide or I rami
eratioa has been to the westward be
fa us the great continental railroad
run east and west. It haa aever yet
come into Its own. Organised public
aentimrnt for these things that th
South must sve In order to advance
waa suggested by! Mr. Ueker the
remcdr. Th means tor solution would
h found whes the people demand them
he said.. . .... . .s '
"We hve gone far enough v 1th the
revaluation act that I. believe I taa say
(Ceatlaaed en pag .Tw)
F
WPLAN
J
FORR.R,G0NTROL
Presented To House l.-C. Com
mittee By General Counsel
of R. R. Securities
LABOR SHOULD SHARE
IN CARRIERS' EARNINGS
Holds That Capital Is Entitled
To Its Return of Six Per
Cent; Labor To Fair Wage;
Labor And The Public To
Share in Division of Excess
Earnings by the Boads
"Washington, Aug. 14. Ths Warfield
plan for railroad control, with provisloa
for a fist return of si per cent on cap
ital iavested, waa presented today to
ths Hous Interstate Commerce Com
mittee by Luther M. Walter, general
counsel of the National Association of
Owners of Railroad Securities.
Fundamentals Explained.
The fundamental of the plan, includ
ing division of ill surplus over the fixed
return smong employes, the public sad
the road earning it, were explained by
Mr. Walter, who declared it rould be
put into effect immediately.
'The Keystone of the Warfield plan"
the witness said, is a congressional di
rection to the Interstate Commerce
Commission that it shall mako freight
and pasaenger rates sufficient to pay
operating expenses, maintain railroad
propertica and give' "not less than aix
per eent return npoi the aggregate fair
value of the property devoted te trans
portation in each of the principal traf
fic territories.''
Participation By Labor.
Mr. Walter opposed Federal incor
poration, I TrflHijWjftatti tintret nnd a
secretary of transportatioa ia the cabi
net, aftd declared that uader the mini
mum return plan the net result of ope
rations in the pre-war test period, the
basis of government rental, some of the
carriers would have turned in a aurplns
for divisioa between emploves and tht
pubjie.
It was a fundamental of the Warfield
pmn tho witness said, thst labor should
participate in the earnings of the car
riers. We believe," he declared, "that cap
ital is entitled to its return of aix per
cent; that labor ia entitled to a fair
wage, and that the iress earned by
the carriers, after paying their wages
and six per cent upon capital, ahould be
divided with labor aad the public. La
bor's share should be used for the es
tablishment of the insurance ayatem or
for profit sharing. By reason of the
largely increased duties which will fall
upon tho commission, the aecurity
holders ask Coagresa to create aix re
gional interstate commerce easnmissions.
subordinate to the rommisaion, but with
oil the powers of the interstate com
n.eree commission m their respective
territories.
Regional Conmissieaosu
''Our plan contemplates thst these re
gional commissions shall art aa boards
of conciliation ia settling wage dis
putes, being a body close to the em
ployes, the carriers sad the shippers.
"This plan would create a corpor
ation operated without profit to tlie
inilioads and managed by the nine
interstate, commerce commissions and
eight railroad men selected by the rail
roads. This corporation jtould furnish
expert advire to the rnmmissioa in the
operation of carrier, mild unify ter
m'nals, would operate njoipmcnt alien
at haa been built by the railroad ad
ministration and allocated to the indi
vidual railroads. It would furnish a
great clearing house for railroad opera
tion, and in timet of emergency would
conttitute the directing fore for the
kindling of the railroads as a single
system.'
This corporation would furnish at
all time a trained and efficient means
for Immediate mobiliiatio ef the
railroads for war purposes, without ad
hew Cemmander fet Camp Bragg.
Washington,,. Aug. 14.-Maj. Uea.
William Lassiter was todsy prdered I
take eommaad of Camp Bragg, Jorth
Carolina. ,
ONE MAN ON THE JOB
WARF1ELD PLAN
Unmistakable Evidence Of It
Yesterday In Many Cities
Throughout Country ; ; v
AFTER THE DISHONEST
GOUGERS OF THE PUBLIC
" , . , , 'i r
Head of Department Jt Justice
Tells Senate Committee Why
He Asked For Amendatory
Act Providing the Two Tears'
Imprisonment and Criminal
Penalty of $5,000; No Wot.
rj About "Constitutionality'''
After We Break the Back
bone of Profiteering With
Such a Law, Said Attorney
General Palmer '
SEIZURE OF FOODSTUFF
AT DURHAM IMMINENT.
Darham, N. C, Aag. M Althesga
ae warraats have been isseed, United
States Ceaamiasioner High Scarlett
aaaoaaced today that evidence ia
being gsthered here for the leisure
of ever SIU,( worth ef feedstaffs.
A rwpreseatatlve ef the Department
ef J sat Ice will srrlve here toerrew.
The food supplies, according te Mr.
Scarlett, have beea reported aa hav
ing been hoarded for mere tha a twe
years, sad are the property ef big
eeaeeras.
Waahington, Aug. 14. Indieatlona of
the real punch behind the , govern
ment' campaign to reduee the sott ot
living were given today in unmistak
able fashio ' ia many cities.
While Attorney General Palmer wa
telling the Senate agriculture commit
tee that he intended to prosecut every
dealer guilty of telling at higher price
than thos liated by th fair price com
mittee of each county, word earn frcm
Chicago, St. Leuit and Birmingham ot
seisurea of great qnantttiea of food
staff by Federal officials, who recently
wer iastructsd to proceed under the
food -control act te stop hoarding. Ja
Chicago 1,282 tuba ef butter, worth
100,000, was seised; la fit. Louis XM,1S0
pound of eoffe, which ha beta show
ing rapid l ivaacea in price,' aad in
Birmingham 1D0 barrel of tilgarr ' '.'
Mr. Palmer told th Senate commit
tee that he believed th great majority
of farmeri and food dealer wer aot
profiteering, but that the tuggetted
amendment to the food control let,
extending it to clothing and providing
a criminal penalty of (5,000 flu or two
yeara' imp-isonment, or both, ws
necessary to make effective th earn
paign against those who are dishon
estly gouging the public. Ther was a
division of opinion among th seaatort
ts to the advisability of the legitls
tion, several declaring that the amend
ment gave the Department of Justice
too drastie powers over commerce,
while others questioned the constitu
tionality of extending 'the life of the
food control set beyond tha declaration
of peace, as haa bee suggested. '
Csa Break Ita Backbone. l,i
"Given this penalty, we eaa break th
backbone of thia proflteerlne? in aixtw
days, Mr. Palmer retorted crisply.
-snu men you wont have to
worry
about constitutionality."
The House Agriculture committee
proceeded with cold storage legislation
today and announced that tomorrow the
amendment to the food control aet
would be taken up, with Aatistaat AN
tornuy General Amea discussing . the
need for it in the campaign, to reduce
pricea. Mayors of fifty New Jersey
cities made arrungomcnta to appear be
fore the rommittce Monday to demand
that aomcthiug effective be don te
migrate the hardships under which the
mau of average income la suffering.
Ne Slacking for Ceagreaamea. t j
Absent members of ths House were
ordered tonight to return to Washing
ton at once, when it bees me apparent
that the Agriculture committee would
report out the new legislation this
we-k. Republican Under Mondell and
Minority Leader Clark both declared
they were determined to have a quorum
present Monday.
While the more drastic method of
1'iusfvifiiuii win ib unea ry tn Depart
ment of Justice to punish aad top
flsgrant cases of profiteering, it wat
made clear today that the atill effec
tive licensing provision of th food
control net would be invoked te leach
dealer against whom no indictment
could bo found in Federal courts. r i
11 Centa Enough for Sugar,
Officials of the food administration
notified the department that eleven
cents a pound wa a fair price for
sugar and thia Information wa trans-
mittea io uisinct attorney, with th
significant statement that where higher
priies were being charged, ther evi
dently wa profiteering.
t to, 004 for Local Infercatloa CeaUrs.
Tho Department of Agriculture today
asked 600,000 from Congress for estab
lishing information renter ia varioua
eities, which would collect and dlswmi
nat information coqceriing price.
Jape Caa Net Assist Kolchak.
Tokio, Tuesday, Aug. 12. (By Ths
Associated Press.) It hat been learned
that th Japanese government, after
mature deliberation both by th Cabi
net aad the diplomatic tdviaory coun
cil, ha informed th government ef
Admiral Kolchak that Japan in unable
te accede to ita request te tend sev
eral division of troop to ' assist Kol
chak ea th.wr against th BoUhe
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