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WATCH LAtL on yonr MP". Band nmwiI Ave days before expiration In order to avoid nil lnr Ik single eopv. .., THE WEATHER Nerta Carellaa Ueal iW. er , Wednssdayi ; Tharsdar rohaaly Mr. . "f; ;; voil cxin. no. )3i; sixteen paces today. RALEIGH, N. C.WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 1 1 , 1921. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICEj FIVE CENTS mm RULES FOR POSTMASTERS Warding Issues Orders Making It Possible; To Shake Dem ' ocrats Out of Offices REGULATIONS TO WORK AS WILL HAYS DESIRES Hew Civil Servico Regulations Provide For Certification of Three Highest To President Who Will Then Name One of Them; Comprehensive Exam, ination Provided For The New and Observer Bureai, 003 District. National Bank Bldg., By XDWARD E. BRITTON. (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, May 10 The prepara tions to shut out Democrats from port office appointments in the first, second and third class and get rid of incum bents serving under the executive or der of President Wilson show that the forecast made by me a number of times in the News and Observer is to be marked correct. The plan announced today from the White House in an executive order makes it so that the civil service commission shall certify to Postmaster General Will Hays the results of examinations directed to be i i 1 il .... nn 1 than trt submit the name of one of the three highest to President Harding for ap pointment 'unless it is established that the character or residence ef any such applicant disqualifies im for appoint ment. And when an appointee under eivil service rules is at the end of his term the Postmaster General may in his discretion submit the name of such person for renomination without fur ther examination. Applicants must not be above 65 years of age, and if it is desired to make nomination for any office of a person already in the classi fied eivil service such person must be found by the eivil service commis sion to meet the minmlum requirements for the office. This 'stipulation will enable Mr. Hays to pick out his choice of men now under civil service. To Shake Democrats Oat. With the executive order there is al so issued a statement setting out the view that it squares itself .with eivil servico rules and laws as applying to other appointments, and that it ap plies; to all "present" incumbents' el postoSeoa whoso terms- nave already expired, and to all incumbent as their present terms and. With a total of 82,138 postmasters of all classes there are 700 in the first class, S,017 second chut, 0,583 third alas, these being cov ered by the ew -order, there being 39,433 in the fourtk class now nndsr civil service regulaitona and laws. The Harding order of today paves the way to shake the Democrats out of office' as nnioklv u their terms entire. It is set xortn who it xnai were win oe no "cloistered, scholastie examinations "which might result in a high grade in theory, but not a guarantee of efficiency in fact." The eivil servico examination to be used is to be approved by the' Presi dent, and is to be based on the appli esn't business training, experience, fitness, organising and executive ability and general qualifications for - an effi cient administration. It Works Either Way. All in all the order is one that is intended to shake the plum tree for "deserving Bopubllcans" and shove th incumbent Democrats into outer dark ness. It is so shaped as to say to the civil service reformers that it is all right, but shsped also so, that in the hands of Postmaster'General Will Hays it ean bo used to. take care of Republi cans who ars expected to at least get one place out of three in examination for a postoffice appointment. Demo cratic incumbents may as well prepare to make way for Republicans as thel terms expire, ss it will be seen that the executive order issued today will work any way that an astute and resourceful postmaster general may desire it to work. All that is needed to getputit eration is for the term of sn incum bent to expire, and the button will be touched to fill his plsee with a Re publican. - The Postoffice Department announeed today the creation of a new postoffice at Hanes in Forsyth county. B. O. Ben nett, whose address is given as. Winston 8alem is announced as the appointee of this fourth class postoffiee. A star service is announeed as being established from Asheville to Leicester, 13 miles and back, six times a week, with M. F. Coffey, of West Asheville, ss the contractor at $1,100 per annum. Another new star route announced by the Postoffice Department being Leices ter ef Odessa to Sandy Mush, returning by Cross Rock snd Canto to Leicester, l miles and back, six times a week, with Wendell Brown as the contractor at $720 per annum. C. T. Honeyeutt, a native of Samp son county, who has been for the past 16 years in the railway mail service, snd who now has the run between Nor folk and Wilmington, was here today sad visited the Postoffiee Department with former 8enator Marion Butler. Mr. Honeyeutt is a candidate for a division superintendeacy, and has with him a number of letters of endorse ment as to his ability and efficiency from both Democrats and Republicans. The North Carolina Bankers msy hear an address from former Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo at the annual meeting of the Bank ers' Association in Greensboro en May the 24, 25, and 26. W. A. Hunt, ef Henderson, president of the associa tion, and. T. A. Ussle, of New Bern, the secretary and treasurer, were here today to see Senator Simmons en the matter, and Mr. MeAdoo wss in the city, being here to deliver an address before the great meeting of the League ef iissonio-Clubs- now going on hers . - . . ... i 11 . .1 V swer has not yet been secured from the 4 - - . AV- . 1 . lurnjrr iccrvuir vt uiv. irruurj, uu i the officers of the association are hop (Continned On Page Four.) TWO ROANOKE RAPIDS WOMEN WHO i . STICK TO STORIES OF ATTACKS 3 - , -r- On the left is sixteen year-old Lilla Gillespie, age 19, both of whom stick unequivocally to their first statements that they were victims ef attacks on Sundsy night by Jim Shsrpe and Alonzo Burleson at Roanoke Rapids. Efforts to discredit stories told by these young women have been bitterly resented by NO SURRENDER BY California Senator Will Push Fight On Dave Blair To Utmost Limits The News and Observer Bureau, 603 .District National Bank Bldg. By EDWARD E. BRITTON. (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, , May 10 Former Sen ator MarW Butler smiles sweetly and ha nothing to. say of the tight that Senator Hi Johnson is making to keep DarM H. -Blair of Wliuton BaJem from being sonfirmed a Comjriistoner of In ternal Revenue. Indeed it ia a fact that the California Senator ia picking some chestnuts from the fire for the former North Carolina Senator and the Butler smile - is justified by the turn of events, for he has thrown a fright into every Republican of the "hog com bine" slated for Federal offices who were members of the (North Carolina Be publican delegation at Chicago, for hia hand is turned against each and all of them. - He is ready with his club to take a whack at every Republican head from North- Carolina that shows up if he finds the name of that head in his black book" of those, whom he declares hare violated the law and "betrayed" him at the Republican National convention. And what he is doing to Mr. Blair may well put the fright into them. Johnson Strengthens Position. Senator Johnson is buttressing the position he has taken in opposition to the Blair confirmation with every atom of evidence that he ean gather. He has had in his possession for some time the announced figures of the, legalized primary vote for him in North Caro lina as the choice of Republicans for the presidential nomination, but he has now obtained the official figures from tVe office of the Secretary of State of North Carolina and will present them at the meeting of the Senate finance committee when for the third time' it takes up the Blair nomination on Thurs day. He will attack again along-the line of the utter disregard of the primary vote by Republican National Commit teeman Morehead, denominated by him as the "boss" of the North Carolina Re publican delegation, by '"Lieutenant" Blair of his staff and by the others who took to sneesing when Morehead took snuff. Republican State Chairman Lin ney, is on the pages of the "black book," for while on one ballot he is credited with having voted for Johnson, yet he jumped back into line with the Test of JOHNSON PLANNED the bunch who were voting for London on a mistaken hunch. Senator Johnson holds that the State chairman ought to have seen to it that he got justice, and has it in for Linney when his head shows up in the list of nominations for the position of -District Attorney for Western North Carolina. He puts him also in the ''betrayed" Johnson class snd if he wins out in the eontest against the nomination of Blair will be heart ened to eontinue the fight against the men whom he holds threw him down in Chicago. Clifford Comes to Front. 1 Some Demoeratie Senators who have talked with me say that they do not vt how the North Carolina Senators will be able to vote for he eonfirmstibn of Llair in the facn of his view that he need not pay any attention to the North Carolina primary law. They hold tl:.it ao matter how well they regard Mr. Blair personally tiiat they must place their personal feelings toward him ick of thdt, regard for the law of 'North Carolina in regard to primaries. Aad there is being made quietly an effort to put Col. Edward Clifford, of Chicago, back into the tug of war for the posi tion of Commissioner of Internal Bevs nuo. That the Illinois man has been con firmed as an assistant secretary of the treasury they hold to be ia his favor, for his confirmation for that position, after he bad failed to secure the nomi nation for the internal revenue' post, they ssy will assure his confirmation if be is now named by President Hard ing for that place. Bat there is a stead- (Continued On Page Tea.) ' -"SSL. "-At .v. i Berkley and on the right in Miss Anna their friends who Know tnem. . OF CHILD FAILS Greensboro Mother Wins When Petition For Writ of Habeas Corpus Is Withdrawn Legal fight brought by J. J. Moore, Sunday school emblem salesman, of Philadelphia, for the seven-year-old daughter of Mrs. Madeline Love, of Greensboro, came to an end last night when attorneys for Moore, said to bo a man of means tad a prominent ehutqh igure is Philadelphia,, wOWjew.,.jti tion for writ of habeas corpus before JbJh George Connor. This action followed several confer ences daring tho dsy and night and came when the attorneys for Mrs. Love had laid their cards on the table and exhibited the answer in the case. The answer was not filed and will not be filed. Governor T. W. Bickett and Attorney General J. 8. Manning represented the petitioners, while It. N. Simms and J. M. Broughton appeared for the defense. Mrs. Love with the little girl was present in the court ronm yesterday afternoon, during the preliminaries and the conference between principals and attorneys which followed in the pres ence of Judge Connor with the court room cleared. The mother was injured Monday in Greensboro when Moore, in company with Deputy Sheriff Bud Stell, rf Wske County, went there to serve the papers which would bring the little girl int- tho V.. ike County court. Acor.i;.i!6? to the deputy sheriff, Mrs. Love ran down the steps and pitched off the sidewalk, in the effort to get tli" li:Mo girl before Moore and the officer- could secure the child. Mrs. Love suffered an injury to her knee, w!.i I.ct dr.icbter eluded Moore and ran ttr::isTht irio the arms of Stell. Mrs. Love with the little girl and her brother accompanied the officer to Raleigh. According to Moore, the' child was conveyed' to him several years ago by an instrument legal under tae 1'ennsyl vania law, but the mother later re moved the child to Greensboro, where she fi now living. Mrs. Love, on the other hsnd, resisted Moore's efforts to obtain austody of the child, maintaining that the papers giv ing the little girl to him were signed by her without a knowledge of their trne contents. Theaction of the attcrneys for Moore in wsthdraxring the petition for habeas corpus followed the intimation by Judjre GeorBy Connor thnt if it came to an issue and Mrs. Love maintained her answer as it sppeared yesterday, he would have to Rive the mother the eua tody of the child. MOREHEAD CITY PAYS TRIBUTE TO ITS HEROES Congrestunan Brinion Delivers Addresses at Unveiling of Handsome ' Memorial Morehead City, May 10. The hand some marble drinking fountain, More head City's memorial to James Irving Fulford, who was killed in France and Ijeorinrd Day, Sailor who was lost on the Cyclops, was unveiled here today rn the presence of more than four thou sand perwus, who joined with the ex- serviee men of Carteret eounty in pay ing tribute to those who gave their lives in the great war in honoring the seven surviving followers of Lee. Congressman 8. M. Brinson made the principal address, his subject being "The Confederate Veteran, His Value to Posterity." Capt. E. H. Bain, of Goldsboro, followed ' Congressman Brin son by tilling of how Young Fulford lost his life. Capt. Bain was within few steps of Fulford when he was shot down ia a battle with German anipers. Senator Luther HamUtoa who served ss a Lieutenant In France, confined his remarks to the valuable assistance ren dered by the women ia their wbrk at home. Ono hundred and fifty ei-ser-vice men were provided witk dinner F HT FOR CUSTODY by the Chamber of Commerce. FIRST OUTBREAK' BY REPUBLICANS COMES IN SENATE Senator LaFollette Introduces Resolution Condemning Nam ing of Delegates RECALLS REFUSAL TO RATIFY LEAGUE Resolution Declares Sending of Representatives To Allied Councils Is Contrary To American Ideals; Condemns Warfare Being Carried On In Ireland Washington, May 10. The first open outbreak of Bcpublieaa dissatisfaction with the administration policy came in the 8enate today with she introduction by Senator LaFsllette, Kcpublican, Wisconsin, of a resolution condemning appointment of American representa tives to the allies councils in Europe. Tho resolution, proposed a declara tion by the Senate "that it is contrary to American ideals and traditions for the government of the United States to participate in any manner" in the allied councils. The Wisconsin Senator introduced his resolution after assurances had been given to President Herding today that there was little criticism among Repub lican Senators over the appointments and that the opposition of a small number of Republican Senators was not serious. The resolution recalled refusal of the Senator to approve the treaty of Ver sailles or to sanction the League of Nations; deelsrd that American par ticipation in the allied policies abroad would be an acceptance of their "im perialistic policies," snd said in conclus ion: It is the sense of the Senste that It is contrary to American ideals and traditions for the government of the United States to participate in any man ner in councils, the purposes of which constitute a denial of freedom and self- government and thus sanction, or appear to sanction, the acts of oppression which are now being inflicted upon Ireland, India, and other subject nations, and that it ia the sense of the Senate that the government of the United States should not take part ia any foreign councils eieept upon the express under standing that the purposes of such councils are to be the fulfillment of the nledcea mads by the responsible repre sentatives ef this country and the allied governments daring' the war, foremost smengst wntem was ins saiamis antral throughoit th wvrld ef government by consent of the- governed. It nlao was declared that "barbarous and uncivilised warfare is now being wsged against the people ef Ireland. Senator LaFollette had his resolution read and asked that it lie over, in posi tion for discussion in a few days. . After the LaFollette resolution had been introduced Senator Harrison, Dem ocrat, Mississippi, presented and had read an article by William Allen White, of Kansas, and an editorial in a local newspaper regarding the administrtlon policy. Senator Harrison said "that much significance" was attached be cause, be said, the newspaper was ''dominated" by- Secretary Hoover of the Department of Commerce. SENATE TO VOTE ON THE TARIFF BILL LATE TODAY Washington, May 10. The emergency tariff bill come to a vote in the Senate late tomorrow with passage regarded as certain by even the strongest of its opponents. The messure is expected by those in (Continued On Page F,our.) GENERAL CARR PLEASED WITH MANY RESPONSES Durham Man Expresses Appre. ciation For Assurances .of Support For Him Durham, May 10. General Julian fi. Carr, who returned from a trip North yesterday, is delighted with the cordial response the announcement of his can didacy for congress-at-large has evoked. The General had no idea so msny of his friends were interested, he declares, snd in view of the many letters he baa received endorsing his candidacy, he issued the following statement to hia friends today: ''I have st noon today, Monday, just arrived at home after an absence of a week to find my mail so full of assur ances of support lor eongressman-at-large that I am simply overwhelmed, and take this opportunity to thank my friends for their confidence in my can didacy and their assurance of support. "My wish and expectation was that my snnouncoment might be favorably received, but I hesitated to believe as some of my friends have written me that "Men, women and children want to make it unanimous. "I appreciate the many kindly evi dences of my friends snd proposs mak ing to each a personal acknowledgment, but meanwhile I trust they will per mit this acknowledgment to suffice.' - t- Bargain Days Special bargain days are institu tion in many retail establishments. Every woman knows about them tfiey have their recognized place In the calendar along with wash day, ironing day and baking day. But there are other bargain days you'll find them every day in the Want Ad Columns. Dsy in and day out, in season snd out of season, you'll find bargains, genuine underprieings in nearly every thing you require in the Want Ad Columns of your favorite home psper. Go bargain hunting in the Want Ad Columns. If you bnve something to sell phone 127 Our Want Ad Man will gladly call for your Ad. WHITEWASHED AN OFFICER OF ARMY JOHN SON CHARGES Congressman Bluntly Ques tions Commander of Post Who Let Bergdoll Leave QUOTES FROM RECORD TO SUSTAIN POSITION Colonel Hunt, Who Issued Or. der Permitting Draft Evader To Leave For Search For "Pot of Oold," Appears Be. fore Congressional Commit. tee To Testify Washington, Msy 10. The charge that Colonel John E. Hunt, former eommnndant at the disciplinary bar racks at Governor's Island, was "white washed" by a court-martial resulting from his alleged failure to take proper precautions to prevent the escape of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, of Phila delphia draft dodger,, was msde late today at the end of a long session of the House investigating committee. Called before the committee to tell what precautions he had taken to safe guard Bergdoll while on a gold hunting expedition to the Maryland mountain, Colonel Hunt had bean on the stand for nearly five hours when be was taken in hsnd by Representative John son, Democrat, Kentucky, for a grilling eross -examination. Witness Blantly Questioned. Some of the questions put to tho wit ness were extremely blunt and of a personal nature. Then, after asking for a yes or no answer, as to whether he had been aiven affair trial and whether he had been aggressively persecuted, Mr. Johnson proceeded to quote irom the court martial record certain state ments by the prosecuting officer direct ed at the good standing of tho ac cused. ''Is that a vigorous prosecuting aneeeh" Mr. Johnson asked, and Hunt Instantly replied that it was a plea for his conviction as be saw n. At this juncture John H. Sherburne. OI DOBlon, counsel IVK luf wuiihiwm, interposed thst it was only fair to read from the judge advocate's address, a course which the committee approved. "It is my purpose to show, although I msy not have the full co-operation of counsel for this committee, asr. jonn- son declared, "that tho court-martial record contains mora than a suspicion that this witness waa whitewashed and that counsel participated only in a half hearted DroseeaUoa. Ana l tains: will' show more as I get further into ii." . Tho loud clanging of the House bell for a vote on the army bill and brief Informal discussion aa to the advisa bility of inserting the entire court-mar tial proceedings in the records of the committee hearing broke up the meet ing at this point. Reads From Uia Record. Extracts from the Judge Advocate's sddress quoted by Mr. Johnson set forth that the prosecution did not think or intimate that Colonel Hunt wanted Bergdoll to escape or was in any con spiracy to that end, and that it wss realized Hunt was "the sorriest of all" that the prisoner got away. Colonel Hunt, recently recovered from a long illness, took no psrt in the discussion. In the course of his ex amination he described plans for Berg doll to leave under military guard for Hagerstown, ltd., in search of the buried gold, and declared that no of ficer was available at the time and that he had the utmost confidence in Ser geant O'Uare, who was directly re sponsible for the safe aetura of the prisoner. . Asked by Chairman Peters if the escape was due to his own fault or to the incompetency of tho guard, Hunt denied vigorously that he was respon sible for the man's escapes and added that, he did not want to characterize the conduct of the sergeant as derilee tion of duty. Mystery and Romance in U. S. Big Cargo Service Told by Daniels By JOSEPHUS DANIELS Former Secretary of the Nary 1913 to 1121 Mystery has always attached itself to the aei, and romnnce to the lives of those who go down to the sea in ships. This article is to deal with what was, la a way, a prosaic branch of the serv ice, but it will tell of both mystery and romance. The initials "N. O. T. 8." may not be as familiar to the landsman reader aa some others which were in frequent use during the war, but every sailor knew them snd knew them well not only the sailors of our own country, but of all other countries having ships on the Atlsntie in 1918. "N. O. T. 8." stood for the largest cargo fleet on earth operating under a single management the naval over seas transportation service. On Jan. 1, 1018, it did not hare tven a paper exitenre; on Jan. 8 it was formally organized and named; by July it comprised 198 vessels and when the armistice en me in November its fleet consisted of 150 assigned ships, of which 378 were in actual opi r.it ion snd the rest in course of eonstruition or pre paring to go into commission. Its total maximum tonnage was 3,800,000 dead weight. 35,00 Men la Service This was s development of tho navy's work which got less attention than its magnitude mid importance merited. It was one of the biggest things wo did, and among the chief reasons why we hsd to raise and train such sn enormous nersonnel. There were some -live thou sand officers snd thirty thousand men ia this service. Had the war continued through 1919, scenroing to our estimates we would have reouired at least '.'0,000 officers and 200,000 me a for this braneh of the errieo, alone. -The shipping board schedule for 191819 contemplated the 6ERMANY ACCEJT8 ALLIED ULTIMATUM BT A VOTE OF 221 TO ITS IN REICHSTAG. Berlin, May If (By tho Asso ciated Prsoa.) -Germany has ac cepted tko. Allied Hlsaatoaa. The Reichstag tonight by a vote of 221 to ITi, yielded to the Seal demands of the Allied sowers, aad la ao do ing, sgreoel to falSII the tense et the treaty of Versailles "to the ca pacltr" of the nation to do so. : Dr. Wirt, tat Centrist leader. Is ally see code! In forming a coalition cablaet coenaosed of Centrists, Ma jority Socialists and Democrats, which, cost f rented by grave neces sity, speedily decided that accept, snce of tho aHlmatnns waa tho only tonne. Ia making this aanoaneetaeat to the Reichstag, the new chancellor asked for an Immediate decision by that body, aad la the voting which followed, the government was sus tained. The total aim which Germany la called apon te nay S,7ao,M,tN poa ads; disarmament most be csr. rled eat by Germany In accordance with the provisions of the treaty and the trial of war criminals saast be pat late effort. Nam rose other Isa portsat temas, la which Germany has beea ia defanlt, will be enforced. OFFERS GEN. HOKE AS IDEALOF YOUTH "Get You a Hero," Secretary Daniels Advises In Memo rial Day Address HOKE AN IDEAL BOTH IN WAR AND IN PEACE Joined To Courage and Military Knowledge, Grace of Justice and Right Living; Xinston Observes Annual Memorial Occasion With The Old-Time Enthusiasm Kinston, May 10. The local obser vance of tho Confederate Memorial day was markd by a revival of the old time enthusiasm and the presence in the exercises of a large number of Civil, - Spanish-American and World War veterans. Josephns Daniels, former Secretary of the Navy, delivered .e address. Mr. Daniels came at the in vitation of Alfred Waddell chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. The following program waa observed At the Grand Theatre at 11 o'clock Invocation by Bev. Lee McB. White, pas tor of tho First Bsptist church I "Dixie," by chorus; presentation of the speakers By Lieutenant Colonel John Hall Manning; address by Mr. Daniels; vocal solo by Mrs. W. W. Gill, of Danville, Va. The parade waa form ed at the heatre and marched to victory arch and from there to Maple wood cemetery. C. Felix Harvey was the chief Marahal, with E. Y. Speed, Clar ence A. Jeffries, Chsrles Perry, Vance Peery, Jarvis G. Poole, Roy Leach and Eli Perry as assistants. In the line in order were the American Legion band, the speaker and escorts; vet erans of the Wsr Between the Slates, Spanish-American war and World War fire department and other civic bod ies; Winnie Davis Chapter, Children of the Confederacy; Daughtera of the Confederacy, and citizens. At the arch the following program was carried out: Prayer by Rev. Charles L. Read, pastor of Queen Street Methodist Church; music by the band placing .of memorials. At the Cemeterv "Nearer My God, to Thee," was sung; Reynold Allen delivered sn address; graves were decorated; Rev. Francis Coffin, of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, said the benediction, and bugler sound cd "Tspe." At a dinner st the Central tohaceo warehouse the veterana of the three wars and others were guests, with George V. Cowper as toastmaster. In the afternoon the Confederate veterans (Continued On Page Four.) delivery of 1,924 vessels, the large ma jority of which would have been put into war service and msnncd by the navy. N. O, T. 8. was "the ferry to France," carrying millions of tons of munition?, guns, food, fuel, supplies, materials to our army and naval forces abroad. Fire tons of supplies a year were required for each soldie'. But I am not going to burden you with statistics. The story of what this pro saic ferry servico meant to the men en gaged in it may he best told by giving you the '"log" of one ship a typical ship and a typical experience in the N. O. T. 8. The George G. Henry prosaic, mat-ter-of fact name hsd made seven round trips to France, averaging sixty seven days to the trip, which allows for loading and unloading a fine rec ord for a cargo ateamer. Tackles s I! -Boat She was on her eighth trip and far out at sei, aline, footing her way under full speed, when she sighted a U-boat altnut 5,W) yards distant. This was at 6:50 in the morning of Sept. LH, l'JIH. "Full left wheel" was ordered. 'Gen eral quarters" was rung in. The forward gun went into nction snd the after gun followed quickly. Then the submarine opened fire. . 8-jmo shots fell short, others went over the Henry. The tat ter's shells were dropping in pretty lively fsshion aronnd the ''sub,' snd presently it withdrew beyond range, but kept in pursuit. For two hours it followed, firing sn occasional shot, but giving small chance to the Henry. Then it scored a hit a resl hit. A six inch si. ell struck the j Henry, piercing the after deck. It plunged diagonally downward, breaking the ex haust pips of the steering gear and ex- . . (Continued on Psgs Five.) SAYS RAIL RATES Glenn Plumb, Who Will Speak Here Tonight, Denounces National Administration WILL DO WHAT INTERESTS DEMAND, HE DECLARES Says Washington Authorities Are - Investigating Railroad Conditions Now From Every Angle Except That of Work, ingman; Will Speak In City Auditorium Tonight High railroad rates are now aa ebs stacle to traffic in the United States, declared Glenn E. Plumb, author ef the Plumb Plan, of tri partite operation af the railroads, in discussing the present railway situation last night Mr. Plumb will speak in city auditorium tonight at 8 o'clock at a publie meeting;, and will also make an address at a banquet following the meeting in the private dining room of Smith's Cafeteria as the guest of the local Bail way Brother hoods. Mr. Plumb arrived ia the city yesterday. Mr. Plumb gave It as hia opinion that high rates were cutting down transportation to such an extent that , some roads were probably not making any money at all. ., Redaction Not Necessary D Mr. riumb declared tist the eontcaV tion of tho railroad management for a reduction of wages of employ ea as at . means of enabling them to make bothj ends meet was unfounded, stating than ths reduction was unnecessary nnd nnV warranted, because of the fact the ia erease granted to operatives by the Railroad Labor Board in July of last . year was based on the eost of living as of December 31, 1919. Mr. Plumb said that from December 81, 1919. to July, there was an increase in tho eost of living of about 10 per cent, and that from July last year to February of this year there was a decrease of about 10 per eent. Thus, Mr. Plumb said, tho cost of living at present a compared with the eost oa which the lneretse, granted last July was granted la praetU eally the saaaa. and there has been ao decrease aa tse railroad management claim. Asked aa to his opinion as to whsl th present governmental administration will da toward improving conditions in behalf ef tho masses of th people. Mr -Plumb stated that the 'present ndmin ietration will do whatever 8ig Business' demands of it." Questioned as to hia opinion on the proposed investigation of the railway problem by the adminis tration with a view to solution, Mr, Plumb said the administration waa look. , ing into the situstion at "every angle except the workingman's. The solution will be whatever is satisfactory to th big interests." Living Wsgs No Basis 'The living wage is no basis at all for fixing a man's earning power," declared Mr. Plumb. "The eost of living has nothing to do with what a man should earn; he ahould be compensated accord, ing to the value of the service he rend. '' ers, snd his wage should not bo fixed by sny body of men, but according to the actual figures of the cost to th producer and the consumer." Mr. i Plumb stated thst he thought labor organizations were stronger now than they were a year ago, and that th. wave of depression had not threatened their existence. ...... He declared that the nation waa ever, extended in its productive capacity. 'l went to the Geological Survey a few days sgo and they told me thnt th eountry bad thirty per eent mora mines than it needed. They are putting more eapitat bark into the mines than can be utilized. Some mines, they said, are idle all th time, and some part of th time, and as a consequence miners are not working all the time, for there is a surplus of them. The same thing is the condition in the steel industry; in all other industries, for that matter. Over-Prodsctiea New "Take the farmers, for instance. I have just returned from a Western tour. In Iowa I was told that there was a supply of eorn, oats snd wheat on hand big enough to supply th next year's needs if not an acre was planted this year. In Texas there sre tens of thtcsands of acres of produce ready for market that are rotting, becaur. th prcdure does not bring enough to pay the freight to Chicago snd pay enough to make shipment worth while. In Florida I was told that grape-fruit aud oranges were allowed to rot on the trees because the growers could not ship their products and maintain a price that would bring them a profitable re turn. "I saw cotton on platforms along th railroad out in the weather that ought to bring 11 cents snd the farmers rant gi t four cents for- it, because, they said, we produced more than the de maud. Hut we didn't, produce mors than the demand. We rould use it all, but we haven't got the purchasing power now. Tho. diminishing distribu tion of purchasing power is the'Caus of the depression." r-fc- CHARLOTTE DRIVER IN SPILL AT KINSTON RACE Kinston, May 10. Benjamin Withers, o Charlotte, waa seriously Injured in auto races hero this afternoon when hi car crashed into a fence. Withers is in a hospital with three ribs broken and one lung injured. Doctors aay he has a good chance to recover. Th spill was spectacular the injured driver walked about until a surgeon reached him. ' , Harvey Reaches England? Snuthamnten. Eng.. May 10. Colonel George Harvey, newly appointed n. bassador to the court 'of 8U James, srrived her this afternooa from, th Uaited SUtea,
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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May 11, 1921, edition 1
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