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FORTY-EIGHT PACES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 28-1919. ' FORTY-EIGHT PAGES TODAY.
PRICEs FIVE CENTS.
OF UNITED STATES
Shipping ' Board Announces
That It Will Take Over Eight
Vessels at Once '
1ST INCLUDES SECOND
LARGEST SHIP IN WORLD
England Had Expected To Take
J Over1 Big Boats. But War De
i, partment, Which Had Ships
-Tor i Transporting Troops,
; Will i Turn Them Over . To
America ' . ' """ ',""; ".
Washington, 8cpt. 27.-Eij1it German
liners, including the former Hamburg -
Amirieun steamer lmperator, second
largest hip lu llis, world, allocated to
'th United Stater, by the later-aiueo
Shipping Commission after the signing
of tiro armistice nu.l used to Bring nonic
l Amerieun troops, uie to be retained by
'ing prepared by tb SUipifing Board,
I Tho lmperator find been allocated by
the Allied Naval Commhsioa at Paria
to Great Britai and the British mini
ster of shipping expected that the ahip
weald be delivered to him today at Ho
boken for use by the Canard tin in
service betweea New York and England.
Tie Shipping Board announced today,
borreTer, that It had taken the liner
over from the War Department and
ordered survey to determine repairs
accessary for use as a finer.
Director lasnee Statement.
3. H. iiosseter, director of the division
at operations of the board issued to
iaht the following statement: v
' "It is understood by the United State
Shipping Board -that-the-ImperatotV
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria and six ether
ex-Germs a thip-aow in New York, were
allocated to Uio U nitttf State uock-r the
' terms of pence and the board therefore
assigned these teasels -to,-the War De-
t partment for the repatriation of troops.
. Th'.k ervlc' being now performed the
, chairman of the board requested the
' War Department te deliver the ships to
i the United Butt's Shipping Boar J.. At-
T" cordiqifly th .War Department this
morning re-ilellvpred the lmperator at
New York to the Shipping Board representative-."
..;.'. ,.,:,S..-,-.'-:..-i".,.
; ' Standard' Oil '' Tanks Involved. ..
While no f,.e;;;l of the board would
stand sponjof fur the statement, it ws
understood that the action of the hoard
la fttalUng tl. sJiln ws ft direct re
sult ef a doetiion by the Supreme' Ee'o
oni 'e Council at Brussels to. allocate
to the eUlies twelve oil tank steamers
in German porta which tho Standard
Oil Company, - Nw Jersey. eontends
aro its property. ' The . ships ' were
, operated under the German lag but
- - the company claimed they belonged to
Its German subsidiary.
Under-Secretary of State Folk, head
' )f the American peace delegation . at
J?aris, lias sought to have the) twelve nil
(hips allocated for the transportation
)f oil from tho United States to Crr
' many. . The represcntaiivee of the.Lve
Great Powcta at Psris egreed, but the
Supremo Eeonomio Council, on which
the United States is . not mow . repre
sented, r ordered Germany to tern the
. , vessels ever to the allies. ' . ,
' Alleeattra la Permanont. '
In aanonaeing that the shipping
board weuld retaid the eight German
,' finer, Mr. Rosscter said their alloen-
. tion to tli United Slates was perman
ent. When th ship were delivered
by the Germans in England, the ship
ping board, it was explained, turned
them over to the War Department for
tjse as transport and fin now taken
them back for eommercfat employment.
It was said at ths War Department
- today that since the ships bad .been as
signed to' it by th shipping board, the
, department's only course wna to return
them when a longer needed as trans
port. At th Stat Department it was
said that the matter had not been
i brought formally to Mho- attention ef
V official tbert and e state meat was
1 forthcoming. - -r-"
President May Art. -'
Greet Britain baa contended that ths
allocation of th eight liners ty ths
later-Allied Commission was only tem
porary, and that when th need for the
ship as troop transport bad passed,
, they were to revert to . th allied pool
. for permanent jriloe-tioa among th
allied and- associated powers.
. Officials of th shipping board would
not say upon what authority they were
eetlng. It waa expected, however, that
- ' th whole question would b brought to
r (Continued Pag Two.)
MISS TAFT WOULD HAVE
UNION OFfROFESSORS
Daughter ' of Sz-President
- Thinks Strike For Higher
r h ; . ... gjjari,); in Order
Brysi Mswr, Pa, SepL tt. Miss Hele
Taft, acting president of the Brya Mawr
College, declared today in aa address
. before tli alumni conference in the
Bryn, Mawr campaign for tlJXAflCQ to
Increase faculty remuneration, that shs
wished the professors f th country
would tirganis a anion and strike for
higher alariee. -
fch said that they had a better eaa
than th ministers. Miss Tsft, holds
that the faculty of Brya Mawr and
ther college are taking th fcost rea
sonable way poesible to press - their
claims. 8h said they ar justided in
refusing! to serve the country. Miss
Taft pointed out that she would not ob
ject ta a strike as a college executive,
beean she believed It would aot b a
strike against th college executives,
th eellep director or trustees, but
a?ttnst the public, which ought to be
zra '.e to pay for it education.
SUCCEEDS BENSON ; : -
AS BUREAU CHIEF
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Bead Admiral Robert E. Coontx has
cea asmcd by Secretary ef th Navy
Usaiela a chief of naval operations to
succeed Bear Admiral William 8. Ban
son, retired. This bureau I th most
important In, th Navy Department. "
Warring - Labor . From Union
'.Standpoint Scores Its Most -;
Successful Tie-Up ;: ,
COVER fJ WENT BLAMED
BY LEADER IN STRIKE
President of - Bailway ; TJnion
;l Cays' Etrikets " Not at War
" With Public But With Those
; Xn . Control ' of Jaffairi- of
V Country; Denies It Is in De-
fense of Union Bights .
' liondon,' Sept. 2? (By Th Associa
ted Press.) Th first day of the. great
strike ''la England 's history passed with
out disorder, but with practically com
plete stoppoc of railway transporta
tion throughout the country. , Thus far
It bn been ; from a union standpoint
the most successful tie-ap of industry
ever recorded iy warthsg 'labor. -
Tonight -a great' maa-meeting ' of
railway men was hold in Albert ball, at
which .Jame Henry Thomas,'- secretary
ef . th National Union ef 'Bailwaymea
after th audience for an hoor had
sung "The Bod Flag' delivered a
heated speech of eensure ' against the
government and declared' that trouble
was brewing which might lead to blood
shed. ",- -v-' '' ' '"' s--.' ' ' ."' ; '
' Both Thomas and 0. T. Cramp, presi
dent of the' union, who has preceded
him, asserted that the men were firmly
behind th leader in this great crisis.
- V , Dealowaco' Goveraawnt. ' ,v-
Preaident Cramp denounced th gov
ernment statement regarding th par
pose of the strike aa "a drliberau tie."
It was Sot th public with whom th
striker' were at .war," h declared, "it
was th people who were for th mo
ment' la .tho position of .directing th
affair of th tonatry." j.
; All "the power of hell, . the . press,
platform and perhaps th pulpit would
be invoked against th strikers, said
President Cramp, but if they remained
solid they would be victorious. "
Both speakers denounced what they
characterised as the government at
tempt to bio th mind .of. ta public
by saying that the sfrik waa 'aot la
defense of aaioa right but against th
life of the community. Answering the
premier's strong, statement earlier lav)
the day that the strike was aa aaarehis
tie conspiracy ags'nst th government
8ecrtary Thoma declared if that were
true, -tied help the country.
."My answer to the prime' minister's
challenge,'' said Mr. Thomas, "is that
if ho will aow ssy to as flieial)y him
self, aot Influenced or Intimidated by
anyone else, if he will ssy as head' of
the- State,- that he is - prepared - to- con
cede to the 'nam principle ef alt rail
way servants, then ths strik eaa cease
st onee.1 - -
v 'Strlh Tst' f. Power. - 1
Official pronouncement from govern
ment soureee and bitter rejoinders from
the railway executive coapled with th
attitude ef th' press, which b largely
with ths government,' hss- surrounded
the strik with aNieeidedly political
atmosphere. " The genera) feeling s ex
pressed by the newspapers Is that th
present struggle is a test between the
relative power ef th government and
of i-th organized working-classes.
- A lengthy verbatim report issued offi
cially tonight concerning Friday's "con
ference "between the government 1 and
raltwaymea . shows that - Secretary
Thomas asked for a minimum of sixty
shillings a week for all worker. Mr.
Lloyd Georg admitted that th rail
waymen before the war had been "dis
graceful! underpaid." . - '
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RAILWAY TRAFFIC
STOPS COMPLETELY
ALBEfIARLE ILLS
ALL WILL RESUME
Local Textile Union and Mill
' Representatives Reach ;
V- Agreement
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
OPERATIVES TO GO BACK
Each, of 19 Defendant Opera
tives Bound Orer Under
4 Bond ' of $200; Nol Pros
. . Taken in Cases of Pour Oth-
ers ; Warrants Still Unserved
r On Pivs of The Strikers
- Albemarle, Sept. 27. AU mills wlU
resume operation Monday morning ia
Albemarle, ia accordance with an agree
ment reached ia a conference between
representatives of th Wiseassett Mill
Company ad the Efird Manufacturing
Company amd th executive committee
of the locat Textile Union.
maauftu'reVr''gi':'W"'hir'W
committees 'from the union and that
they acknowledge their right to collec
tive bargaining. AU former employes
will be taken back with out prejudice,
aad they will be allowed to pay house
rent accumulated for period of the strike
at th rat of tea per cent a month
giving them tea months to pay th in
debtedness. . '
Bead ef S2M Each.
' Judge W. K. Littleton, bound under
bonds ef 200 each the 19 defendant
who were on trial yesterday and today.
Twenty-three wen oa trial but Solicitor
Brock, took a nol-pros ia th cases
against John I. Thompson,- Jasper Pop
lin, Georg Lineberry and Jasper
Heever, stating that sufficient videne
waa aot developed to hold the men.
. Warrants are still anserved for live
meaf Joha Britt, Charles Cooper,' Price
Troutaan, Fred Pennington and John
Lemmons, Jr. ciag as yet unappre
hended Dee Perter aad Fred B. Burls-
ar iil," Porter being confined to his
bed from th wound received oa the
morning of the picketing which resulted
ia light and Burleson suffering from
m u-inor malady.
" Persaaael f Defendants.
Th man who will airnnr ia RnnarlAV
Court to answer the, -esarg - of -iamr-
rwetiavre fkich Sinsmsna Buck Dennis,
Oeorge Dennis, Allea Tucker, Grady
Boyd, Paul Austins; Jaek Morris, Dan
Lewis,' Jason Tucker.' Bob Carpenter,
Iiben Dennia, Duaeaa Solomon. Luther
Poplin Henry Parkr, Georg Walker,
naa tcusseiu w. . Hmitn, i. L Bar
be and J. A. Lee.
Day'a Coart Prseeedlaaw. 1
' Th Bute rested Its case, after th
introduction f n witness, and th de
fense without putting sp any witnesses
als rtited, .Tberenpoa hsiraa a series
of arguments which lasted from 11
o clock until I p. m. At their con
clusion Judge W. K. Littletoa, farmer-
magistrate, nrst took; oeeasioa to thank
tba-apeetator for good behavior and
th lawyers for their uniform courtesy
ta bim. , He said he seldom triad a eat
anloA it were sworn away from soras
other magis tnl practicing th mor
peaceful portion of that calling. . lie
further expressed bimmlf as being srm
pathstis with anions, being 4 member
of the farmers' anion, but ' that it
eemed ta him a violation of tbe law for
the men to haTe undertaken by fore
to prevent other men from going to
work.
Oa Probable Cans.
H went oa to say that he bound
them over under Bo particular eouut,
hawing found probable cans ander the
teatimany. -"'i - - ' -" -. .
la reply to n question from th coun
sel, for th defense, h stated that he
considered th mea mor particularly
guilty under th second ouat. 8om
discussions as to amount of, bond took
place, the solicitor suggesting thst it
". ' (Continued oa Page Fenrteen)
GREENVILLE READY TO
GREET HEROES OF 30TH
South Carolina City Gaily Dec
orated On Ere of Beunion
-y "I.. ' ofVeterans-' '4
Greenville. 8. CV 8ept, tt-Thousands
ef Amerieaxt Ssgs aad festoon
with a scattering ' ef allied colors,
whipped ia ths b re wee tonight a vibrant
message of joyons welcome to th gal
lant veteran of th immortal Thirtieth
division who havo begun to arriv by
th hundreds to attesd the first rs
aaioa of the Old Hickory Association,
aa event that commemorates th first
anniversary of the breaking of th Uin
denburg line by thi division of patri
cti Teaaesseans, orth sad 8oath Caro
linians. . :.; '
Priaeipal streets ar arched from one
ad t th other with slmos a canopy
of redwhit sad bine, whil th resi
dences and stores ar decorated as never
before.' Th bom firei have bee kept
burning tot the mea : who - kept the
faith. . i i '-, '
Greeaville's weleom to th Thirtieth
is her ' heartiest welcome back home.
Ia the words of Mayer Hsrvley, Green
ville Inexpressibly values-th honor of
being th first reunion city. Through
out ths Thirtieth's 'career oversea
Greenville watched with unsurpassed in
terest and .proud expectancy it pro
gress snd with anabated gernss
awaited it retura borne.
The uer. ss of the reualoa" is as
sured ssd with thi accomplishment the
veteran's nssoetstioa is insured of a
long life of ssefulness.snd undoubted
growth, secording to a statement today
of CoL Holmes B. Bprlnrs, chairmss
of ths organisaUoa committee
ORKTOMORROV
Raleigh Engineer Is Jelled
In Wreck of Seaboard Train
Mr.' C. R. Smith, Seaboard Air Une engineer, of Raleigh,
his white fireman, and an unidentified man were killed last
night when Seaboard Air Line passenger train No. 6, headed
for Jacksonville, Fla., was wrecked three miles south of Peters
burg. The fireman, Mr. H. M. Ferguson, of Richmond, .was
buried under the coal of the overturned engine and early this
morning his body had not been recovered. 4
From information available last night, the Seaboard train
ran Into an open switch at 10 :35. An hour later, the wrecking
crew from Raleigh had left for Petersburg.1 It was stated defi
nitely here last.night that none of the passengers were injured.
The unidentified body found In the wreckage is believed to
be that of a tramp beating his way on the train.'
Mr. Smith, the dead engineer, who lived at 112 N. Mc
Dowell street, is survived by, a widow and one son, Mr. Rice
Smith. : ' " , . ' ' -
For' some time after it became known that the Seaboard
through passenger train had been wrecked the name of the en
gineer could not be learned. It was after midnight before Mrs.
Smith could be notified of the tragedy. ; Friends in the neigh
borhood immediately went to the home and remained with her.
From the meager information available, the theory was
advanced in railroad circles here that the tragedy was the work
of trainwreckers. The switch had been opened and the big en
gine with its string of cars smashed into it without notice. The
engine was overturned, but the cars were left standing.
T
EXPENSIVE
Bankers of South Complain of
Commercial Exchange of
. Unit of Exchange
TO TAKE MATTER UP WITH
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Good - News Prom Phosphate
Beds; Doughton1 To Talk at
Jefferson Oct. 9 ; Britton Se-
. cures Speaker Por N. 0. Col
lege Por Women On Pound-
. ers' Day . .
?h New and Observer Bureau,
603 District National Bank Bid.
,., . By B. 8. POWELL, .. ' 1
. Washington, Bept atfTht' stark
browned affinity of the Always popular
jitney, tn penny, - u giving norm
Carolina banker a great deal f con
cern these day. 'It I eostinar th
banker tl-62 t get a hundred dollars
worth ef the pesky thiaga to th Bute
iron th treasury. - ..
So annoying 1 this small wnlt of com-
mereial exchange- that- Senator Bim
mon hss beea sked by a well known
banker of Goldsborto-taks thst mat
ter up with the Treasury Department
nnd see if soma relief enn aot be b-
bained. Th Goldsboro banker tells the
Senator ia his letter of protest thst his
bank uses anywhere from S300 to 1500
worth of the pennies a week, ths- most
of which goes for railroad ticket aad
soft drinks. - , - -
Senator Simmons will of course try
to get some relief. Ia fact he has al
ready communicated, the matter to Sec
retary Carter Glaaf, transmitting ths
firotest of the Goldsboro men, aad ask
ng the Secretary if some relief esnnot
b furnished banker ander the exist
ing law. If not, be desire to know
from th Beeretary just what the dis
position of th Treasury ' Department
would be toward, legislation providing
ror rcuer. i
Wooley to be Fonader's Day Speaker.
B W Wooley, member of the Inter
state uommcrce Commission snd a
prominent Kentuckinn, has accepted an
invitation extended through Edward .
Britton, private secretary to Secretary
Daniel, to deliver the priaeipal address
st the North Carolina " College for
Women oa Founder's Dav October S.
Mr. Britton received the seeeptsnce of
in commissioner today nnd notified
President Foust, who extended thi in
vltation oa the part of ths board of
directors. , t
Commissioner-Wooley is prominent ia
purine me, and 1 aa unusually charm
ing speaker. He ia man of large
business affairs, aa activ Democrat and
Close if riend of Secretary Daniel. ,
Goldsboro Want Belle.
J Anions: the other thlnn that enraawd
th attention of Senator 8immons today
was a petition from Goldsboro folks
requesting one or more piece of Ger
man artillery captured by Americana
tiuriag the world wnr. Goldsboro aad
Wavne county, propose to; -erect
250,000 memorial building to the he
roes of th lat struggle with th Hun.
Fifty-four mea from that county gave
their lives for' th wans of th allies
ad th Chamber' of .Commerce, with
other Organizations, 1 anxious to get
som battle relic captured from the
vanquished nation.
r Phosphate Sltaatloa Improving. '
, Th railroad administration today in
formed th Senator that ths strike
troubles oa ths Florida railroads haul
ing phosphats rocks, hsvs beea given
close attention With the 'result that the
railroad mea har beea afforded armed
protection and ar aow at work again.
The1 actio oa th part of th 'railroad
mea, holding up the movement to the
fertiliser factories, 1 attributed to in
timidation by those sympathising with
ths striker rather dhaa tho strikers.
The situation was first called to the
attention of Director Genernl Hines by
Sens tor Simmons at th instance of J.
B, Chamberlain, prominent fertiliser
msa of Raleigh, who stated thst unless
quick action was taken the South would
be short of fertiliser th coming ea
oa. : c i : - - - -.-.
Movements f North Carolinians.
Another North Carolina news item
from the Senator' oflle today Is the
decision f th War Department to re
tain Major Chas M. Hulvey, command-
(Coatlaa oa Pg Two.)
hiiii nniiinniiirn
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No Important Change In Condi
tion of President, His Phy
v - . sldan States
COMPLETE REST NOW
PRESCRIBED BY GRAYSON
Special Train Given Right of
Way With Stops Only at
Long Intervals To Change
Engines ; Presidential Party
Spends Day Packing Up Af
ter Long Tour
- Oa Board President Wilson's Special
TtaU, Sept. tlAltheugh Uaefitted by
severed hour of sleep, Preldt Wil
ipn's cogdJtlo ahpwei a Important
chang tonight,' whil thi (pteial train
a whlck 1 mad hi interrupted ton!
of the" country, waa approaching Wash
ington. Lat ia th afternoon Dr. Cary T.
Grayson, President Wllson'e ' personal
physician, issued thi ballctiat
"Th eonditloa of the President this
afternoon shows no very mtrlal
chang since thi morning, but h ha
benefitted f rom th lep and rest '
ths early hours of 'the day.
; "GRAYSON."
- Bemaining ia bed nearly all day, th
President was aid to hav regained
som of th loss, of strength which
followed his - nervous attack ef yes
terday. His train is due in Washington
tomorrow morning and h will b taken
to th Whit House for a mor com
plete rest from hi long speech-making
trip for ths peace treaty.
The bulletin issued , by Dr. Oraysoa
was th second of the day, a morning
statement declaring ther was little
change from Mr. Wilson's condition of
yesterday, - which - bad beea described
as "not alarming."
Mr. Wilsos sst np a short time during
the early afternoon, but Dr. Grayson,
nforeing strictly his ml of absolut
rest, did aot permit his patient to give
attention to executive effairs or to ex
ert himself ia any other way. The phy
sician spent practically th entire day
with the President aad insisted oa
keeping 'hi mind away from th cares
of hi office and of th treaty fight.
During th ntir day Mrs. Wilsos, too,
wss ia constant attendance upon her
husband, Insisting upon acting as his
nurs and ministering in person to
many of his waata. -
Dr. Graysoa seem id particularly
pleased st the rest which the President
waa abi to get during last night and
this morning. Throughout ths evening
and rly sight Mr. Wilsoa had been
restless but in th early morning h
fell into a sound sleep which lasted for
several hours. Although Mill weak, hi
" .
; (Ceatiaaed oa Pag Tw)
RAILROAD SHOPMEN HAVE
REACHED AN AGREEMENT
Washington, Sept. : 7-Bcpresenta-tivss
ef affilisted unions comprising the
railroad shopmen, were reported tonight
to hav reached a general understanding
with th Railroad Administration v
ring wages aad working condition to
remain in-affect while th government
retain control of the linee. Detail
were not ivailabl "as the agreement j
stnl t be completed, it waa said, but
officials of t j America Federation ef
Labor, familiar with terms of th un
derstanding, were quoted a describing
it the most far-reacing-and eompre-
hensrv advancement ever made by or
ganised lsbor. : ' : ;:.. :
Mor than 000,000 railway employes
are included la th group of anion
knowa aa th Bailroad Shopmen. Ac
cording to meagre statements obtained
from various sources, the contemplated
agreement includes a union wag seal
for each trad union involved, the
statement of a baai S-hour day. tim
snd a half for overtime ana many thr
detailed provisions, all to be incor
porated in uniform contracts, which
would terminate automatically ' whea
th road war handed heck to privat
eperatioa- - -, ; . ,
IIMLUUI1 nilllllLU
IN CAPITAL TODAY
WANT SENATE COMMITTEE
TO PROBE CONDITIONS AT
FIRST HAND IN PITTSBURG
UNION UB0RT0MASS
FORCES FOR OFFENSIVE!
Baring failed la the first week
of th Mewl atria to Barely; th
Industry, - although crippling many
plant and forcing a ahatowwa In
m centers, aajtoa labor I mean
ing It force for a greater Teaaivs
tesaorrow, whea approximately 15,
M emplsy of the '.Bethlehem
' Steel Company hav beea ordered to
Join th walkeat. ,
Oa the other bnnfi, offlclsla mt in
United State 8 tee) Coraoratleo aad .
Iadepadat compaaiee, who claim
to hav wen back many crtera,
ar preparing to taaneu a driv f
their ww a. In aa ffrt to rwopea
aa assay plant aa psmlhl sad la.
ereaaw th oataal In mill heat la
peratloa.
The sixth day of th ladaatrial
struggle, which passing without
serieas dlaorder, hreaght a great
advance to cither aide, waa marked
by th following developmental
Oa Formal . aaaow ace meat by
th strikers' aatlonal commltto that
th Bethlehem atrlk wwald become
effective tomorrow."
i . .... . , ,ul...i.T.:mLfl-i..,,jf-.RJw.wwwwJt Kr
: jTW'iaSraw!t, .tpO. .,..!' .t. -.,
mltteo to visit rituoargh aad la-
la-
'veatlgat far itlf "can of th
atrlk' aad "Illegal sad - bratal
authoda employed by the steel cor
poration to break th strike.' .
Thro Aaaoaacmnt that ta
striker wwald Mater with th tall
road brother "en matter In
onaactloa with th strik." ,
f ear Kxprssslen f confidence la
William X. r eater, secretary of tho
Striker aatlonal committee, adapt
ed by that body after attack bad
been mad oa Footer, la tTowgrsss
aad alaewher, , far alleged radl
callsssV ...
i Five DetalUag of addllloaal
lie la vnrton eltls to afford pro
tectloa to wekra dasiringf to to-'
tarn to their petx temerr ji.
- Six Reply by Secretary, of War
Baker so strikers' prete1 that ho
lacked aataority . to prevent m
' pleyamat ia Cklcsg of diackarged
wldler ra aalUrm as - artrik
gaarda. '? 1 V. '
Seven Seced sseeaag aent Gov-
Cex, of Okie, b Cvrw
Cornwall, of Wost Virginia, wara-
- tag bis of a throat d lavaaloa"
of Wot YlrrtnU aad Ohio otrlhard
. ankma.ta Welrten mill 1mo hy
tomorr irterneen.
Secretary - Daniels - Announcts
That Small Landing Force
Recovers Trau :
; .
Washington, Sept. 17. A force ef
Amerlcaa sailor from th cruiser
Orympiu - wna landed at Trau, oa the
lower Dalmatian Const September 23,
Beeretary Daniels announced today.
Without bloodshed the American
gained possession of th city, which
previously had been occupied by a fore
f Italian.
Secretary Daniels announcement mid:
"Oa September 23, a number of Ital
ians surprised and captured Trau, a
Dalmatian port ia the son assigned by
th Supreme Council to be policed by
the America. A small landing fore
from th V. 8. 8. Olympia micceeded
la recovering the town end preserving
order there without bloodshed. Per
blans ware persuaded by Admiral An
drews from taking sctlon."
Bear Admiral Andre we, commanding
the American aaval forces ia tho Adria
tic la reporting the landing, said be
acted ea instructions from the Bupreme
Council at Pari received after ho had
reported that a force of Italian, ap
parently revolutionists, hsd occupied
th city oa tho morning of September
23. The message did aot say whether
the Amertrsnt. still occupied th town,
but press dispatches from . Copenhagen
aad Paris hav said that tho Ameri
cans withdrew after turning tho town
over to the Jugo-Slav forces. Th Ital
ians, Admiral Andrews ' reported, re
tired whea th American laaded with
out offering resistance.
- It ws said at th Navy Department
that Trau waa la that see'tioa of the
Dalmatian eoaet aaeigned by tho-peace
eonferenee to th United Stat for -patrol.
Th Italia government i re
sponsible for tho atrip of coast line t
th northward aad th Preach for that
to th south. ' - .
HERBERT HOOVER GIVES
UP HIS PUBLIC OFFICE
Pormer PoodT Administrator
' Will Help Stanford Univer-
7 ilty Balse Salaries "
San Francisco, Sept. 27 Herbert C.
Hoover has "retired from public office"
aad is to dovoto hi future time -toward
n.aklng th S3 aad M a day salaries of
otanrord - university proteaaor more
commensurate with th IS nnd t wage
f horn ballding artisan aad to va
rious relief measures la Europe, accord
ing to a letter received frsm Hoover bv
a Ssa Francisco newspaper today. Th
letter was ia response to oao sent
Hoover asking about his future plans.
He is to return between aS5.000.000
and 190,000,000 ia foreign obllgstlons to
the United State treasury In partial
liquidation f th 1 00,000.000 voted by
Congress for relief purpose, he wrote:
I hop this will he a arrceable
surprise," he wrote. ''Moot of Congress
thought that the snoaey waa ran for
ever, bat vated for it anyway.''
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SAILORS LAUD FOR
" PATROL DUTY ONLY
National Labor Committee
Sends Request To Senator
Kenyon To Come
- 1 :
CLAIM LABOR OUTLAWED - '
. IN WEST PENNSYLVANIA
Conference Committee WLU Get
In Touch With Pour Railroad
Brotherhoods As Soon. At
Possible, It is Stated; Adopt
Vote of Confidence in Secre
tary Poster ; Steel Companies
Maintain That Workers Will
Plock Back To Work Mon
day; Many Mass Meetings"
Scheduled Por Today; Quiet
Everywhere
Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 27. Ths Nat
ional Committee for organizing iroa
and steel workers after canvassing the
steel strike situation hero today seat a
talon-tin In TTlul Ktrimm CU-.t.. v.. .
1 -iwui'-"it- tl" - t. ' ' ''
I w "t , ""a w nave
in eommitte com to Pittsburg snd
investigate for iteelf th eonditioas th
steel strikers complain of ia western
Pennsylvania.
Th National.Commlttee also decided
to confer with the railroad brother
hood a matters la connection with th
trik. . .
Th telegram sent to Scnalor Ken
yon, which was decided upon by unani
mous action of th National Committee,
which represents tt unions involvsd ia
the strike, requested and arged th
committee, which is investigating th
th strik "to come to tho PitUburg
district at the earliest practical dt
for tho porpos of getting first-hand
evidence of tho cause of the strike aad
ef th illegal and brutal method em
ployed by the steel aorporatioa to break
th atrik."
Claim Laker I OntUwed.
"Ia maay instances th civil authori
ties hav entirely outlawed organised
labor," tho telegram deluded.
A conference committee of th Nat
ional Committe will get ia touch with
th head of th tour railroad brother
hood a sooa possible. - What th
steel worker will ask th brotherhood
we aot disclosed.
The committee before ft adjourned,
doptad i resolution endorsing and
s (firming it eonndeae la Willism X.
Foster, secretary of th National Com
mittee, who alleged radical attltuil
has beea attacked la Congres aad
elsewhere.
Beeretary Foster said tonight th
eommitte will give oat a document to
morrow that will be interesting. B
would aot say what it was.
Th sixth day of th strik la th
PitUburg district wss th quietest of
the week. Saturday being a half-holiday
in the steel Industry there was no
great change in th number of men st
Work, either in ths plant of th United
Stnte Steel Corporation or ia th mill
ef th indepeadeata, y " -
Employer Are Confident,
Th employer continued to make n
nouneement of smsll gains,- but the
strike leaders had .nothing to say ex
cept that the sltuatioa from their stand
point, remained satisfactory.
"Wait aatil Monday" was th word,
that earn from th Steel companies
everywhere ia th Pittsburgh strik
son. Th companies expect that th
opening of th second week will find
striker flocking baek to the mill. They
claim that thousands of man are willing
and ready to return but refrained from
fear of violence. Th striks district,
under heavy guard of State police, dep
uties sworn in by the sheriffs of th
several counties, mill guard aad de
tectives ha beea comparatively quiet
for several day and thi, company offi
cial say, eneonrage them in the be
lief that there will be a big retura
oa Monday, -v . .
Secretary roster eaid th anion had
no fear there weuld b any consider
!le number of deserters from th rash
f th atriker.
Mass Meeting Today.
Mas meetings will be held tomorrow
wherever the suthoritiet will permit
them for th purpose of Increasing the
ranks of th striker A large fore of
additional organiser ar in th field
to hand! th meetings. - .
Th strike, which began last Moaday,
haa resulted la the shutting down or
riprding of virtually every plant f
th United Statu Steel Corporation and
many of the independent mill. Th
subsidiaries of th Steel corporation
ware harder hit outside th Pittsburgh
district than they were In thi vicinity,,
according to reports. The Carnegie
8teel Company, largest of tho auhsid
iaries, managed to keep it great plant
at Homestead, Daqnesae and Braddoek,
running, although the striker claimed
they were badly crippled and constant
ly losing men. This was denied br the
Cnrnesi Company, which. Insists that
each dnv saw more mea returning to
work. The same reports cams from th
independent that kept their plants ia
perutiQaT.
Fear Person Killed.
T or person ware shot and killed
la wcrtera , Pennsvlvsnin during thv
week ss a result of th strike.'- . -
At New Castle a woman was shot by
a mill guard, it 1 alleged, aad died the
next day. Ia Farrell. nenr the Ohio
State line, where the most disorder oc
curred during the week, three mea were
shot and killed, all of them, according
to reports, by members of Pennsylvania
State police.:
One mat trooper naa ey shot
out end another wss seriously hurt in
th Farrell riots.
Th striker charg that during th
week maay me ware clubbed when
State trooper dispersed crowds. Hun
dreds of arrests were msde la the six
dys by the 8tsts police, deputy sher
iffs and local polle authorities. Many
.fCea tinned aa Pag Two.)