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VOL. CX. NO.S4.
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY
RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1919.
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
PRICE: HVE CENTS.
STRIKE IN IRON AND STEEL
INDUSTRY STARTED WITH
ATTACK BY STATE POLICE
Troopers Charged Crowd of
Union Men Holding Mass
Meeting and Broke Up
The Assemblage
DONE AT REQUEST OF
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
Bcene f Trouble Was at North
Clairton, 20 Miles From
Pittsburgh, and There Were
- Minor Disturbances Else
where, Resulting From Ac
tion of Workmen Bent On
Holding Mass Meetings;
Secretary Foster Will Lodge
Complaint With State Gov
ernment bent on holding labor mass-meet ings
in the Pittsburg district today uabcrcd
in the strike- in the iron and steel in
dustry. The most serious disturbance
, occurred at North Clairton, twenty
miles from Pittsburg. bit, in the af
ternoon, where the State troopers
charged a crowd ef union men holding
a mass-meeting and broke it Ui. Re
sistance was offered and it is charged
by union leaders that the mounted
policemen "used their clubs vigorously
. and injured a number ia the rrowd.
4 About a doxen men were arrested. Thtj
meeting was broken up at the request
of "men I authorities.
Th Crow Scattered."
According to eye-witnesses, the meet
ing was proceeding quietly when the
State police broke it up. The crowd
scattered and some ran up a railroad
embankment and threw stone nnd
other missiles at th trxpers. During
the melee, several in the crowd were
struck on the bend by the policemen,
it was said. The er-jntl soon scattered
and es far as ;mi le learned no one
was seriously injured. During the melee
the horse of one of the troopers suf
fered a broken teg. It is alleged that
several shots were 8 red by some one
c in the crowd.'"'
v Will Camalala to Staff Aatheritlea.
-i, William Z. Vaster ,i-tsrv of the
national committee for organizing iron
ana swri, worsen, lonigm ssiu xnni a
vigorous protest would be lodged with
the Stste government against what he
termed a 'murderous attack upon law-tb-ding
people." -
Some of the blast furnaces of .h9
Carnegie Steel Company are located nt
Clairton.
Trouble At McKeesport.
There was s slight disturbance at
McKeesport, where union organizers
attempted to hold a mas meeting in
defiance of the proclamation of Mayor
George Lysle forbidding public gath
erings. More than 2,308 steel work
era and sympathizers ' were gathered
. near the southern limits of the city
when a squad of McKeesport police
dispersed them, driving the crowd into
Glassport, an adjoining borough.
Followed To Adjoining Town.
When the crowd, again began to as
semble in Glassport the local police
appeared and ordered the meeting dis
persed. The erowd refused to move and a de
tachment of State police appeared and
with drawn clubs broke up the meet
ing. No one was injured, two aliens
wer arrested for refusing to obey the
rder of the polieeto "move on.
1 After dispersing the .Glassport meet
ing the State police retnrned to Mc
Keesport and patrolled the street.
: Crowds were dispersed without diffi
culty. t All 'preparations had been completed
I by Mayer Lysle tonight for' putting
down disorder in McKeesport. All day
long men1 were being sworn in. ae pe
' eial officers. Members of the MeKee
port Chamber of Commerce were sworn
in as special police.
J,S0 Civilian Police On Daly Today.
More than 2,500 civilian police are
now available - for duty, Mayor lysle
' said. About 3.000 employes of plants
at McKeesport have beea made deputy
sheriffs o protect company property,
it was stated. ; The steel plants in and
about McKeesport employ approximate
ly 18,000 workmen.
Plants Under Heavy Casrd.
'AH plants ia the McKeesport district
are under heavy guard tonight. Search
lights have beea installed and command
all' entrances to the company's prop
erty. 5 ., ' . '
Quiet .reigned throughout the day at
Dnquesne, Homestead . and East Dn
un. There wa no attempt made
by the steel men to. hold meetings and
there was Bo congregating on the
streets. . t.
- Prepared Te Protect Property.
The steel plants at Homestead and
Dnquesne are prepared to protect their
property. Special barbed wire fences
liar linen constructed ahont exnnsed
property and searchlight have been
installed. liepmy- snerins ire patroll
ing the company properties. t ,
Although the fall of the anions made
l the strike effective tomorrow morning
! reports 'ahowed" that steel companies in
the Pittsburg ditriet, at least have al
ready felt the effect of the summons.
The skeleton Sunday day shifts in many
plants were aot as complete as under
normal -oadition and union leaders said
that v large number of men had de
cided .t to report tonight.
. Day ef Expectancy.
Bunds, a a day of expectancy in
virtually ail the iron and steel mill
; eommunit. es in the district. Active
i unionists busy canvassing men in
their comma titiee to get an idea of the
f extent of. the, walkout, and .In. the after
f anon mass-meetings were held in many
places in last efforts to persuade men
:a t'-e
IS GARY BIGGER MAN
THAN PRESIDENT, IS
FITZPATRICK'S QUERY
Chicago, III., 8ept. 11. While
anion meetings were in progreaa to
day all over -the Chicago steel dis
trict with leaders making Anal ap
peals to the men to obey the strike
call tomorrow morning and there
after atay away from the steel mills,
John Fitxpatrick. national chairman
of the committee for organising steel
workers, issued a statement assert
ing that E. H. Gary, head of the
United States Steel Corporation, had
reruHd to listen te President Wil
son, who advised a conference with
anion chiefs.
"The whole thing simmers down to
the question: 'Is E. H. Giry bigger
than the Chief Executive of this
country?'" said Mr. Fitxpstrlck.
i ftTrn AAKrtAniTiAH
til
No Indications of Uneasiness
Over Impending Strike To
Force Suspension
145 PLANTS IN TWENTY
STATES ARE INVOLVED
Gary and Farrell Spent Day at
Their Country Homes; 268,
O00 Employes and Officials
Will Wait To See What Per
Cent Responds . To Strike
Call Before Saying Anything
New York, Sept. 21. (By the- Asso
ciated Press.) The usual Sunday calm
prevailed today at the headquarters of
the United States Steal Corporation in
thia eity. There wss no indication of
aneaainesa over the fact that a strike
designed to force suspension of opera
tions in all the 'company's 1 plants is
twenty State will go into effoct tomor
row,' .f - -r - ,
Both Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the
board of directors, and James A. Far
rell, president of the corporation, spent
the day at their country homes. Mr.
Gary adheres to his policy of silence and
issued no statement of the company's
plans for combatting the strike. Each
subsidiary has been given permission
to meet the situation as its 'officers see
At. The only general order which has
been made public was the letter from
Mr. Gary to the presidents of the var
ious subsidiary companies directing
them not to yield on the principle of
the "open ahop."
I68,00 Employes.
It is not probable any comment will
be mafe oa the strike untjl the corpora
tion learns what percentage of its 268,
000 employes responds to the strike calt.
Theso reports must come from plants in
Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersev. Mary
land, Massachusetts, Illinois; Indiana,"
Michigan, Connecticut, -Alabama, Cali
fornia, Washington, Missouri, Kentucky,
Kansas, Wisconsin, Minnesota, West
Virginia, Delaware, New York aad On
tario, Canada,
Indirectly Half Million Aare Affected.
It was estimated however, that the
number of worker affected directly or
indirectly by the strike, will aggregate
half a million. The average daily pay
of the corporations' employes, including
the administrative and selling forces, ii
8.23 according to a recent report to
the directors. This is an increase of 116
per cent since 4914 when the average
wn 2,8 The average annual pay in
i9i; wes;ii,MO."fc,;;.;'; ;: . x
Iron ore properties of the corporation
are mainly In the Lake Superior dis
trict, the southern region of Alabama
and , Georgia, f Coal and coke proper
ties are 'located in Pennsylvania, Vir
ginia, Colorado, West Virginia, Ken
tucky, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Ex
tensive coke, oil and gas properties are
also owned and controlled in a num
ber of State aad at several lake ports
there are extensive ore docks. 'Seven
ocean-going steamer and numerons
smaller ernft are owned and operated
together with more than 1,000 mile of
railroad. ;, v..
Subsidiary. Companies.
The subsidiary companies of the cor
poration are the' Carnegie Steel, Illi
nois Steel, Universal Portland Cement,
Indinna Steel, Minnesota Steel, Lorain
Steel. National Tube, National Steel
aad Wire, American Sheet and Tin
Plate Company, 8haron .Tin Plate,
American Bridge, Union Steel, Clairton
Steel, Clairton By-product Coke. Fed
eral Ship-building, -Canadian Steel,
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad,
Fairfield and Chickasaw Ship-building
in addition to it coal, coke, iron ere
and , transportation properties. .The
railroad : include..,. t) ; . Besietner
Lake Erie, Elgia, Jollet and Eaatera,
Duluth and Iron Kange and. the Du
lutb, Messab and Northern,
Many Employee . -Are Shareholders.
fTecords of IheorporatioU horthat
89,71 employe have l become share
holders la the companies for "which
they work. They own 156,680 share of
stock and the pay of the employes who
own it range from S3 JO a day for com
mon laborer to 30 a day for skilled
rollersfin the mill.
AMERICANS LAND IN
THE FIUME REGION
Home, Friday, Sept. 19. (By the As
sociated rre ) The Giornalo d 'Italia
announce that an American contingent
has landed at Bucearl, ia the , Fiume
rom ' ,
HAU UUItl 5UMUAY
sWSk. 4 SJBBtSBfa m
ITALIAN PREMIER
FACES WORLD CRISIS'
Premier Nitti, whose denunciation of
the poet D'Annunzio's coup on the Adri
atic may weaken hia hold on the senti
ment of the Italian people.
S. MARINES REPORTED
LANDED NEAR FIUME.
.London, .Sept. 21. An exchange tele
graph despatch from Milan, dated Fri
day, qtiotea the Corriere Delia Sera as
saying that a party of American marines
has lsndcd at Buccari, five mile east
of Fiume.
E
IS VOTE ON LEAGUE
Shares Interest of Week With
Steel Strike, On Tip-Toe
of Expectation ,.
FIRST ACTUAL TEST OF
STRENGTH IS IMMINENT
Eeed To Speak Today and Pe
riod of Fast In-llghtlng Is
Close at Hand; Marshall and
Johnson To Be On Deck For
First Vote, When 6 Votes of
Britain Is Attacked
Washington, Sept. 21. (By The As
sociated Press,) Imminence.: of de
cisive vote by the Senate on amending
the League of Nation covenant ' will
hold the German peace treaty pre-eminent
in affair of Congress thi week.
Except for concern over the industrial
tituation, especially the steel workers'
strike, the League of .Nations contest
promises to 'draft all "other question
at the capitol, ..:..
The second week of actual considera
tion of the peace treaty will open to
morrow, with both advocates and pp
poncnts of the league ' conceding thd
approach of the first actual" test of
strength. By the end of the week or
early aext week both faction expect
the first vote on amendment , of the
league covenant. While the Senate, i
engrossed with the treaty, (he House
will be comparatively inactive,' con
sidering dy tariff revision and 'other
miner bills. ,
Full Voting Strength on Hand,
i The Senate faction we to, have. their
full voting strength on. hand, tomorrow
to remain until ,the roll-ealls are
reached Little action, however, is ex
pected for a few days. Debate will be
resumed tomorrow, Senator Beed, Dem
ocrat, of Missouri, planning a lengthy
address iu attack on the league cove
nant. . ,A few other addresses are be
lag prepared, but it i expected the
period of fait and furiou "iu-flghting"
toon will be reached.' " "
First TeeL
The first test of strength undoubtedly
will center about the amendment of
Senator Johnson, Republican, of Cali
fornia, to giv Great Britain and the
United ' State equal voting power in
the league assembly. Bepublkaa lead
era believe they eaa muster their great
est strength en this amendment and
consider that, if '.adopted it could en
hance their prospects of voting further
amendments. Democratic leaders, how
ever, express unimpaired confidence
that with aid of Republican opposing
amendments they will be able to de
feat ch and every amendment.
Bet There's Other Baaiaess. -,
Although. Senate committee meeting.
Investigations aad all other affair will
be fubordiaated to the treaty controv
ersy it Is planned to dispose of other
business daily before the treaty - i
eailcd upvrLeadewlioBe te act thi
week the prohibition enforcement bill
and possibly, the food control exten
sion act to provide profiteering penal
tie. I- ';- -'-.:-' ; -... .'
ALLIES MAY DEMAND
EXTRADITION OF THE
EX-KAISERJN 2 WEEKS
Taris, Sept. 21. (Havas.) The Dutch
minister . in Pari, has been advised,
according to the Libre Belgiqne of Bm.
seJa, tljat HoJland . within two week
will vceeive a demand for the extradi
tion of former Emperor William on be-Is-'.X
ci ! allies. . -,
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PARAMOUNT ISSU
CENTRAL UNION - .
VOTES AGAINST
GENERAL STRIKE
Boston, Mass., Sept, 21. The Bos
ton Central Labor Union ct a Meet
ing today held for the purpose of
determining its attltade toward Ike
police strike In this city decided
against calling a general strike at
this time.
The report of President Michael J.
O'Doanell, oa behalf of the commit
tee or IT which ana had charge of
the situation for the Central Labor
Union, that "the time Is not new op.
port una for the ordering of a gen
eral strike,'' waa ananlsnonsly . ac
cepted. No roll-call of anions for
reports of their Individual strike
votes waa taken.
ELEVEN OF LOST
mm land
Six Days In Open Boat They
Recite Experience of
?ATE df oTheRsIdN
THE SUNKEN BAYR0NT0
The Vessel With 7,000 Tons of j
Wheal Was Bound From I
Galveston To Marseilles;
Chief Officer Moody and Ten
Men, Carried To Tasapa,
Tell Story of Foundering
Tampa, Fin., Sept. 21 (By the Asso
ciated Press.) After drifting six day
in an opea boat, Chief Officer A. H.
Moodie and ten other survivors of the
ll,000-ten 8. 8. Bayronto, eunk' Sept.
11, off the Tortugas, were brought into
Tampa by the local fishing smack Ida,
which picked them up eighty miles
southwest of Egmout Key. Another
lifeboat with twenty-four men from the
Bayronto has not been heard from. Fif
teen men including Captain T. Eversett
and most of the officer were left on
the ship because the other' lifeboats
were smashed, bat it i reported that
they 7 were taken off by the schooner
F&anle. aad Fay,'. Tampa to, Havana.
The eleven men brought to Tampa are
Chief Officer Moodie, V. Col, wlrelea
operator j W. Saunders, j carpenter; E.
Abbott, lamp trimmer; Boatswaia
Bridle and Firemen T. Brett, A. Bherin,
Edmund,-- Donovan,
Griffin and W. DenUy.
The Bayronto foundered in heavy tea
without running aground. When the
ship listed sixty degree, the remain
ing two bests were launched. Moodie
and his ten men had five gallons of
water and 100 biscuit Two day later,
running short of water, they spread
their oiled enata and caught half a
bucket of rain water. Tuesday they
caught a few fish and ate them raw. At
3 . m., Sept. 12, they aighted a big
two-masted steamer and sent up distress
rockets, but Moodie say the ship paid
no attention exeept to turn and run off
in the opposite direction.
Almost Nsked, Bodies Blistered.
The nien were almost naked. They
poured Salt water over their hodie
to cool them, and the aim blistered
th (loin. Many of them have bail and
abscesses formed by the exposure. Peter
Taylor, English vice consul, is looking
after their wrelfare.
The' 11,000 ton steamship Bayronto,
with -7,000 tons of wheat, waa bound
from Galveston to- Marseilles, via Nor
folk. It is owned by the Bay Steamship
Company, London. It was torpedoed in
July, 1918, and had been laid up for
repairs until it tailed from Southamp
ton last month on thi trip. Chief Offi
cer Moodie states that he was on the
steamship Bayronto. ,ln. July, 1917,
which sank a U-boat then, and he wa
afterward ..decorated by King George
with the B. 8. C, the eaptaia getting
the D, 8. O. . Moodie also ha the .Vic
tory medal, the Merchant Service medal,
the 1914 nudal and on his sleeve three
gold 1 torpedoes and five yearly service
chevron. i, " 'rz'T. J'" r"
A. H. Moodie is from Dundee, Scot
land; Victor Cole . from London, aad
the other all from (Southampton.
U Washed Away.
A survivor of the wrecked steamship
Lake Winona, a Porte Kican negro, was
brought in with the Bayronto sailor.
It ia reported that fifteen of the Wi
nona crew were afloat in an open boat
when a wave washed away all but th
negro and an Italian. The latter died
later and the negro threw -the body
overboard.' The sole survivor afterward
sighted the Bayronto boat, which di
vided their men in th two boat, which,
rrere picked up a few minute liter by
th fishing imark.
NORTH. ELBOW SWEPT BY
WAVES FOBTY FEET MICH
Miami, Fla., 8ept. .21. A tale of nf
fring, hardship and privation nasur
passed by any growing eat of the tropi
cal hurricane which passed over .the
outhern end ef Florida aad Cuba re
cently and did so much damage st Cor
pus Christi snd other Texas towns, hs
neea brought nere rrom xvortn Klnow
Bay by sub-ehasor 335, Waves swept
entirely over the island, which )s forty
feet Wn;hr-4etr(ye4-all honsp except
th lighthouse and filled the inhabitant'
cistern with tea water. The islanders
were without water eleven day and
food almost Ions. -i .V " '
Wave and wind atruck the Islet with
such force that large pieces of rock were:
torn away and swept into, the sea. Not
a vestige1 of human habitation wa left,
save only the lighthoui in which th
twelve survivors huddled aad awaited
the arrival of the help they prayed for.
North Elbow Bay i la the (trait of
Florida about1 half way" between 'th
Florida peninsula and Cobar;
ited once in tare month by a Cuban
(Contlaaed PsgW Two.)
GEO. M'ANENY MAY
BE GERMAN ENVOY
Former New Tork Borough President,
fc M v.w l.arir.DHV
ftlWiWWWiwfeifi
J W,Ar ir,, lWr
ican Ambassador to Berlin if the rumors
received from diplomatic circles sre
true. It is believed that President Wil
son will for want Mr. ilcAneny's name
to the Senate a soon as diplomatic re
lations are restored with Germany.
H
Large Array For Both State
and Defense in Albemarle
Conspiracy Case
Albemarle, Sept. 21. Judge Thomas
A. Jones aad Attorney Thomas J. Her
kins, of Asheville; Frank Armfleld and
T. D. Manesa, of Concord; C. B. Fet
aer and J. F. Flowers, of Charlotte,
are th counsel for th defense of the
uniea members under arrest ia Albe
marle for conspiracy, so far arrived.
Jack Balaton, counsel of the American
Federation of Labor, will arrive from
Salisbury tonight. Th Central hotel
alas bear on its register along with
these name those of Solicitor W. E.
Brock and Marvin L. Bitch. Bitch ar
rived ia Albemarle late Sunday r.fter
noon. Warranto are iaaued for . thirty
alleged conspirators in all, three not
having yet been apprehended. Twenty
seven are under bond of twenty-five
hundred dollar each. Their prelimi
nary hearing is set for Monday morn
ing at 10 o'clock. Attorneys Fetncr
and Flowers, of Charlotte, resented a
flippant remark anent the sentiment
against their client Marvin L. Ritch
in Charlotte. They both were strong
in the assertion that all members of
the Charlotte bsr resented the insinu
ation against one of their number,
Ritch himself 'had nothing to say. He
eemed cheerful and effervescent in
conversation which is ssid to be hi
usual manner.
As 6 o clock drew nesr the cotton
mill operatives whom these lawyers are
in Albemarle to defend assembled in
small groups about the hotel entrance
au1 nearby. They were seeking the
Wis ho Mr. Barrett had promised
wo!ia net end them.
The array of local attorneys em
ployed to assist Solicitor Brock ia the
prosecution is formidable. They are
R. L. Pmith, Judge B. Lane Brown,
Judge Oscar J. Sikes, O, B. B. Rey
nolds, J. R. Price, I. B. Burleson aad
W. .1 Mann. .
. AMorney for. the defense assembled
in the Central hotel in conference
shortly after 7 o'clock and began their
task-of interviewing their many clients
and ' assembling information prepara
tory to the trial Monday morning.
BUG REALTY DEAL IN
rr PINEBLUFF, SECTION
Boston Syndicate and Winston-
Salem Man Bay About Three
- Thousand' Acres"
'. Southern Pines, Sept. 21. A Boston
syndicate, with, J, B Jiowman, of Winston-Salem,,
haa bought -about three
thousand acres ef land between Aber
deen and south of Pinebluff, includ
ing all the undeveloped lands in Pine
bluff: The consideration is said to be
above 1125,000. W. a Alexander, of
Winston-tJaleaiM telling the property,
which "he bought v not long' ago from
local owner. '
A big new. hotel, a large number of
new tobacco farms,- and 4he develop
ment of Pinebluff a lively teal i
the schedule of the new owners, and
it i aid the seal of development will
be np to anything in thi section. Many
new orchard are to be included in the
development. The property is close to
the Seaboard railroad all ef its di-taneHV--"':a,fcwit''-r-L-'rw
BIG FIRE IN AMERICAN
MILITARY CAMP IN FRANCE
Pari, Sept SI. (Havas.) A large
fire started this morning in the Ameri
can military eaaip at Mirame and this
evening the .nitrate depot aad fna
powder factories at lit. Chamas, which
are relatively near the aeat ef the Von
flagratioa, .bad, been reached by the
flame. . - .. ..-..-v .
Athletic By Va. Leagner.
8ffolk. Va Sept. 21.8c0ut Tom
Turner from th Athletics arrived ia
Suffolk yesterday end bought from the
Suffolk Baseball Association Shortstop
LAVYERS GATHER
FOR RIOT HEARING
McCann, who. fwlicireslVtne'lfawretarT' would deny ite ' 'prS'siiiirityVtragiiii 'lr'!W'ebTinrfrilMrrrolMW'it11at
prospect n haa seen rrom aay of th
team la the Virginia league, . J
OF
ID BR0W1
Washington Indicator Starts I
'Em Running For Congress
and Com. of Agriculture
HOMER LYON TO OPPOSE
GODWIN IN THE SIXTH
Joseph A. Brown, of Columbus,
Said To Be Hunting Official
Shoes of Head of Agricul
tural Department; A Fore
taste Tor Judge Stacy When
' The Vacant Chair Is Placed
News snd Observer Bureau,
6l):t District Nntionnl Bank Bldg.
By r, e. Powell.
(Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, D. C, Sept. CI. The re
cent formal announcement from Solici
tor Homer Lynn, of Whitev:lle, that he
will oppose Congressman .Godwin for
ColumbiiSf will be . a candidiitu for
Comiuisn'oner of Agriculture this time.
CarefuHy culled clippings from East
ern Carolina papers containing the Lyon
statement await Congressman Godwin's
eye until he returns to his desk. He
has probably read them before, as he
lias been in the district sinie Wednes
day, but the announcement will just fy
a second double O.
Solicitor Lyon wasn't to run, Tar
Reels hero hail beard before the an
nouncement, if Judge Stacy did. The
opposition in the Sixth district wanted
to pick one strong man and center on
him. For that reason, Mr. Lyon h:is
held back a formal statement until
Judge IStacy indicated whether he would
run or not. It is supposed here that
neither the judge nor L. B. Varser, of
Lumberton, wanta to try and unseat
the Sixth district member this time.
Js Brawn for Com'r. of Agriculture.
So Senator Brown, who had been
waiting himself on district develop
ments, will elect to try for Major
Graham' job aad let Mr. Lyon do the
gunning for Mr. Godwin. If the Co
lumbu Senator ha one overhanging
ambition, other than to be of public
service generally, it i to e somebody
(uecced Mr. Godwin in Washington, it
ia n ambition which ho Uas nursed for
years, ao long and so xeaiouily until he
tried it himself four year ago and but
for a multiplicity of candidates ''assist
ing" him would hart undoubtedly real
ized hia dream.
During the last legislature, on account
of his ever-present interest in things
pertaining to rural development, he was
spprosched by many fellow tnemlx-rs
sad aaked to make the race for Commis
sioner of Agriculture. He wouldn't put
b'mself on record ss to lit candidacy,
nad haan't formally, done ao yet,' but
agreed with a auggestion that the Sixth
district situation was "till troublesome.
It appears almost certain to Washing
ton friends of the Columbus mnn that
he will run in the primaries in June
since Lyon js to run for Congress, lie
(Contlnaed oa Page Fonr.
AMBASSADORS AT THE
HACUE WITHDRAW; WHAT
CARDINAL MERCIER SAYS
London, Sept. 21. An official wire
less dispatch from Berlin dated Sutur
day, says that the Belgian Ambassa
dor at th Hague having ltecn with
drawn, the Dutch Ambassador at
Brussels alio haa been withdrawn.
Several times recently there have been
reports that diplomatic relations be
tween Belgium and Holland were strain
ed as a result of the demands of Bel
gium for' a revision of the treaty of
1839 between Belgium and Holland
under which Holland, annexed the
southern bank of the Scheldt river and
an elongated strip of Dutch Li m burg
lying between Belgium , and Germany.
What Cardinal Mercier 8ays.
Baltimore, Md., Sept. 21. When Car
dinal Mercier was informed tonight at
Cardinal Gibbons' residence of thero
ported severe nee of diplomatic relations
between Belgium and Holland, he laid:
i "I knew there- were difficulties but
hsd no reason to suppose a rupture was
imminent."., ;
Others in his party1 did not seem sur
prised over the new.
"Germany is recuperating," Cardinal
Mercier said. "And," put in M. Dea
aaia, "should she be allowed to recon
struct her strength Belgium may well
expect another invasion unless wo in
sure ourselves Ivy .fortifying the front
facing Dutch Limburg. . Thi we are
unable to do because our guns would
be trained on neutral . (Dutch) t:rri-
torp. Belgium should have put in n
stronger claim at the peace conference
for safety measure on the east bound
ary,, but unfortunately, Belgium's vote
wss very- weak at tho sessions. .
"Military history snd wars hnvc
taught u that rivers aro the only de
pendable line of defense. ' In this ease
it is the Meuse that mnat be fortified.
Asrt unle Belgium thelower
part ef the vital province,- new tuoless
from a military viewpoint, to the Dutch.
but essential ;to Belgium, nothing can
!Liaw"j;i.n ktb .!
invsde us by way of Liroburg .(intend
of respecting theflii.tch territory, their
dvsneTcould not have been held up.
be done. Had the Germans seen fit to
"Should another invasion, be nt-
temnted under the Ttresent nit nation the
entire bulk of the Belgian army would
bsr to. be concentrated in the vicinity
ef Waterloo. . Thi wuld eat away our
strength) of fortification to th south.
If eur concentration was in the aoutlt,
th noYth would be doomed. If the army
fore wa distributed along the border,
it could .not withstand .an attack. -
Aaked whether Belgium; anticipated
warcJtJerX'nriliniiiJ ,JIejsUaU!e,f kj
"Many Belgin would welcome it," M.
Demise volunteered, .. J
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LOCAL EMPLOYMENT
OFFICES IN N. C.
State Director Shipman In
Washington Hopes To Get
Them Restored
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
RETURNS TO WASHINGTON
'Car Shortage at Wilmington
Hampers Cotton Movement
Because Staple Is Not
Reaching Seaport For Ship
ment - Abroad; Exporters
Write Simmons About It
The News and Observer Bureau,
003 District National Bunk Bldg.
By It, E. POWELL.
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, Sept.- 21. Commissioner- ; .
of labor and Printiug M. I Shipman? . ? ....
Of North Carolina, left Washington for
Kalcigh this morning after conference
here with the Department of Labor 7 "
tSF3lBJ
I employment otticcs in .
North Carolina and conferred with
Director Roger, m regard to Federsl
nnd trial co-operation in taking the
upprnneliing cennu.i.
As n result of his interview at the
labor department, Mr. Hlupman said
todny that he felt confident local em
ployment office at linlcigh, Wilming- .. ,
Ion, Asheville, Greensboro and New
Hern, and possibly a few other town
in the Mtate, would be re-estahlished. ,
Tliey were discontinued when the Re
publican Congress failed to provide up- :
propnation for anything more than a
iState olbee and that ouly on a com
paratively minor scale.
Mr. Shipman feels that there i still :
much work fur the employment bureaus
to do in the Sfnte, particularly in the
matter of providing employment for
returned soldiers, a great many of
whom have not yet re-entered the whirl
of industrial activity. The past record
of the North Carolina offices is tueh,
Mr. Shipman believes, as to warrant
the department in even increasing th
appropriation ever the original allow- "
anee. ' ."
On October first, h stated, th offices ; .
of the Federal Director will be moved
from the Tinker building, in Raleigh,
tj the State' Department being where
he will co-ordinute federal end tate
labor departments, aad keep eagle watch
over hoth. His recent appointment and
acceptance of the federal director' joh,
succeeding Dr. George Bamaey, will in
nn wise interfere with hi duties as
Commissioner.
Mr. Shipman secured assurance from
Director Roger that the censu depart
ment would, a heretofore, co-ope rat
with hi ofhe.o in gathering data affect
ing the industries in North Carolina.
Secretary of Navy Back. -
Secretary Daniels and Mrs. Daniels,
logother with other member of th
party which accompanied Mr. Daniel
on his visit tojhe Pacific fleet, reached
Washington this afternoon. They wer
met here lv Josephus Daniel, Jr., of
Raleigh, and 'Worth Daniels, who is t
the naval academy.
Senator F. M. Simmons ha been re
ceiving complaints of, car shortage
In Wilmington. The cotton exporters
there, W, B, Cooper and Company, and -the
Sprunts, say that the proper move
ment of cotton to export market i
hampered became the railroads are not
providing cars to get the staple into
Wilmington. Mr. Hampton is handling
the matter with the railroad adminls-
tration and hopes for some early relief.
400 SHIP PASSENGERS
ARE STILL MISSING
Search For The 88 Members
of Crew of Valbanera Yields
Naught
. Key West, Fla., Sept. SWSearch for .'
the 400 passenger and SS member of
the crew of the Spanish passenger
steamer Valbanera, lost off Rebecca
Shoals Light, 4U miles from here, in th
recent gulf hurricane-, continued today-'
without results. ; -
Cuban Consul Millord, who directed
the work of the diver who identified,
the sunken hulk a that of the Vakba
nern, today willed a complete report
ef his investigation to official of th
Pcnelli Line, which ow-nedVthe steamer.
Consul Milord also asked for addi- '
tional instruction , a to, the employ- .'
ment of divers to search th wreck thor-
oughly for bodies. Pending receipt -of
a reply it i not expected that any fur
ther steps to investigate the wreck will
bo made. All vessels in these writers :
nrc keeping a lookout for traces of sur-
rivers. ' ,
Many Went Down With Vessel.
Washington, Sept. SI. Rear Admiral
Decker, commander of - the - Soventh
Navat district with headquarters nt Key
West, today reported to the Navy De
partment examination of theiwrecked
steamer off Rebecca- shoal lbjht near ,
Key West has established beyond a
doubt that-ehe was the Spanish passen
ger steamer Valbanera.
Admiral Decker in Lis report said that
examination of - the steamer' davit
by divers indicated that no effort was
made ro lower the port boats. In that
.-iim, with a nasirngftr lint of 00 aad
f" PnB'wt ol w
"mb" of 'h, "ew'.U ,0UJ
th of ,h,0 n Pfl'
with the vessel. Admiral Decker, re
ported, however,, that there were ne'
bodies or wrecknge in the vjcinity when .
the wreck was discovered fay submarine
chasers.
' Radio record at Key West, Admiral
Decker said, show that at 1:13 p. m., vn
September 12 the Valbanera called Key
West and sked if the tat'on had any
messages for her. . Ten minutes later
the Key West station called the steamer
but got no response. The hurricane wa
i " eonsiaerea imeiy ma
the Wp ank within a ew aiinutrs.