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i, , Penny -a-Word On Page Seven VOL. XXV. NO. 257. E Gold Flowed in a Steady Stream Toward Them For Four Years. REPORT IS SUBMITTED Committee's Recommends tion Embodies Several Valuable Ideas. C WASHINGTON, Sept. 24. Maxi knum profits for the five largest pack ers under limitations prescribed by the food Administration during the war "were unreasonably high," and from two and one-quarter to three times as " great as those in pre-war jrears, according to a report made to president Wilson by the federal trade commission on June 28, . 1918 but withheld from h .public, at the re quest of Food Administrator Hoover. A copy of the report, together with letters sent by .Mr. Hoover and the commission, -to ... the president, were transmitted $to the senate' today by iBt6A"la I'ftSEoiisa to &.gego- lution by (Senator Norria, repuDU can, .Nebraska. Becommendations made by the commission Included: "That net worth (actual invested capital represented by stock issued and surplus) as of November 1, 1917, be the basis upon which the allowed rate of profit be computed for all packers large and small. "That the normal rate for the five chief packers be seven per cent on net worth, with only one-half per cent Increase allowance for every 10 per cent increase . in weight slaugh tered, and one-half per cent decrease In rate for every 10 per cent decrease In weight slaughtered.; the maximum profit allowed not to go above nine per ;cent. That the maximum allowed the smaller packers be nine per cent in creasing on a sliding scale to eleven per" cent but without a decreasing scale. "That profits in excess of the pre scribed rates be applied against fur ther government purchases." In his letter to the president, dated July 8, 1918, Mr. Hfltover said he did not believe "any useful purpose is served by public ventilation of inter departmental disagreements as to governmental policy" and added: "If congress passes sufficiently strong excess profits legislation it will automatically correct the situation and meet the views of both the trade commission and ourselves. My pro posal is therefore that the whole mat ter shall be laid aside until the action of congress is determinable." Jury Holds Husband .... For Death of Wife RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 24. A cor orners jury has returned a verdict to the effect that Mrs. Daisy Louise Williams, 21 years! old, came to her death September 15 as the result of wounds inflicted by her- husband, Jo seph S. Williams,; 27, chauffeur for the prohibition officers who are charged with killing .Raymond Shack ?elford and Lawrence D. Hudson, on the Valley turnpike. Labor Organizers Are Held Under Heavy Bail ALBEMARLE. N. C. Sept. 24. 'Following the action of Judge Ingram .yesterday in holding Marvin T. Rich .and J. A. Graham, labor organizers, under $1,000 bond each for the Stan ley grand jury on charges of inciting jto riot, 27 textile workers and their i sympathizers were to be given pre liminary hearings here today in con jnection with the disorders at Wis- cassett mills, "10 days ago. Solicitor Brock announced last night that the workers, would be tried collectively. London Building Slow. LONDON, Spt. 24. Out of 4,008 l-.housing projects submitted to the linlstry of health, but 1.1 55 have Striking Shipbuilders Return Work Tomorrow Ml S NOYED UNUSUAL PROFITS THROUGHOUT WAR a approved, - . ... .? J i - ... 7' f'.... ' 1 III V. ' v: ' - &-,:T AV.-..-;...- ...'V;:; jv . t' '"!."" '' ' - "Z-i'-'TTTr-TIJ iiiiiihih. ji jiiiijn '.1 i V i . ' il TMl WlTTT WTTT "TODAY'S NEWS WILMINGTON, SHOWIN c Jtmmssi& mm Chapparal street in Corpus Christi, Texas, the day after the big storm, was filled from end to end with a mass of debris. Mexicans here are at work cleaning up the wreckage. Striking Shipbuilders Will Rettirti io; Work Tomorrow A. M. With AssulaiHie ....'. .". ; .v That rFuttvIhvfirfj! Striking shipbuilders "will re-" sume work at the Carolina .yard tomorrow morning. Decision to follow a course of this nature was - reached at to day's noon masg meeting of the strikers in the . Academy of Mu sic and came after the men had been assured of a quick and thor ough investigation into their grievances, either existing or im aginary. ' The meeting was closed to the public but was attended by Em mett L. Adams,, district represen tative for the middle Atlantic di vision of the industrial labor board for the emergency fleet corporation. Adams assured the men of a speedy and thorough investiga tion and they listened attentively to everything he -had to say. PRELATES PRESENT Conference Called- By Car dinal Gibbons Opens . Today. WASHINGTON, Sept. . 24. More than 600 bishops and other prelates of the Roman Catholic- church, repre senting every , section of, the country, were on hand to attend the opening session at Catholic University today of the conference called by Cardinal Gibbons. It will be the largest gath ering of Catholic churchmen since the meeting of 1884 In Baltimore, of which Cardinal Gibbons is the only surviving member. Interest in the conference is height ened by, the attendance of Cardinal Mercier,. Belgium's distinguished pre late, whose record of service to his country during the war has won the admiration of the world. Cardinal Mercier will address the conference today and . later . perhaps participate in some of Its discussions. K-i x Questions bearing on all phases of the work of the Catholic church in America will be considered at the conference, which is expected to con tinue in session several days. Breaks Teeth; Sues. . 'BOSTON, Sept. 24.-r-Charging that she broke her teeth whilte eatling beans, Mary Armstrong has brought suit against the H- J. Heinz Co., of Cambridge, for $2,500. ; It is . con tended that some . foreign substance was in a an of beans, so. tbt the 7 - MANY BISHOPS AND fair -nant'e ' blemjtehed v. JOE NORfl CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY; AFTERNOON, G EFFECTS OF RECENT 41 ... i5 . ...'.- ' The meeting was '"attended " by over a thousand strikers and was orderly hv eivery respect. The men go; back to the yard to work tomorrow with the knowledge that their alleged grievances will be looked into without delay. Strikers assembled at the Academy at 11 o'clock. Big plac ards had been posted at strike headquarters over the Warren cigar store advising of the meet ing and urging full attendance. The meeting was in session for more than an hour. What trans pired" is unknown, save only to those who were privileged to at tend, but when the giant crowd filed out of the building early in the afternoon they came "smil ing, which was Indicative of the spirit that has prevailed since the men quit work Saturday at 10:30 New Attitude Toward Labor Inevitable Whv Kick Affainst the Pricks? Why Spit in Food We Know We Have to Eat? ) By JUDGE FRANK CARTER. No prophetic vision is required to see that the position of the North 'Carolina' democracy in the presiden tial campaign of 1920 will be faith fully equivocal. - The status of. labor,, in . its relations to capital arid with society . as a whole, is bound, to be the overshadowing issue of that cam paign, and; irrespective of the iden tity of the candidate, the party will assuredly take its, law on this, as on all other subjects, from Woodrow Wilson. Dismissing for the moment the highly significant intimations that the president's attitude1 will be one of far reaching radicalism, it is perfect ly safe to ' assume that his . irreducible minimum will be complete liberty .of unionization in every branch; of .in dustry, with its corollaries .of the em ployers', recognition of the unions and the giacht of collective bargaining and, in addition, some .form of par ticipation by labor in the control and direction' 'of industrial . enterprise. No person of even niodeVate public in telligence now presumes to doubt that the national convention, to cQnvene about nine' months hence, will pledge the democracy of the nation -to the enactment of laws of iiniversal application,- assuring to labor at least the rights above outlined. And the com petition fo the support of organized labor will be sq keen that the re publicans may be expected to match, approximately, the democratic pro gram. The backward public opinionr still unfortunately dominant in pur state, that regards labor as the pensioner, if not as the'chattel or serf of its em-. nlover the sentiment that is more outraged by the 'wounding at vAlbe-; we have.to' eat theTmess of a sauarfr firiarle - thani tfy-thfa1 ifotblfctrfai: iaiwhwj J1 - STORM v -e ' V w AtttS- - 4 53.c ' v. w ... a. m. . ' v. Nothing like, disorder or row dyism has been apparent at any time since the men quit work. They have appeared to be in a genial frame of mind and the consensus V of opinion on the street was that fleet corporation and company officials, would find them willing and ready fco treat at any time, v The sound of the air hammer will be heard again in the morn ing when activities are resumed at the plant on the lower Cape Fear and work will replace the idleness that bas: been engaged in and probably enjoyed since the men went! out in' protest against alleged working . conditions. News of the partial settlement (CONTINUED. ON. PAGE TWO). lotte will be a good deal embarrass ed, if not a little-stultified, as it shuf fles into unconvinced ditrnent with the higher conception of labor as the more important factor "in pro duction, as the progenitor of capital, as the nobility of .nature, as the pro phylaxis of life. We call ourselves 'democrats down in North Carolina"; that is, most' of us do. The rule of .the people-Hthat's what we profess, whether we cai ourselves democrats v or ' republicans. The rule of the people, forsooth; and yet, who will naDe the North Carolina community where the rich idler Is not. a gentleman and. the working who seeks the betterment of his kind through organization1 is not frowned on-as a public enemy? We call ourselves democrats and yet nine out of ten of us who are. not wage earners regard hiring as a ben efaction which should compel the gratitude of the hired and think the foundations of. the state are threaten ed by-every move, that looks toward the independence of iabor. . Praise God, we've got another think coming! ; Whether with much or little sin cerity of conversion, . we have' got to take up a new attitude toward labor, orsfind some - dark corner of - politics in which to flock :,by ourselves. The white housed conference, 'now only two weelcs off, will blaze the path of the new thought along which we are to be ; presidentially led.. In the meantime, ? it J isn't helping matters even a. little bit to be shoot ing the . outworn -.ideas, with steel jacketed, bullets, into: folks who feel the stirrings of ; the new dispensation. The flop will- be awkward enough at best what's the use . or neaping up the measure of scorn? - Knowing that - , U.-, ....... , --w- WILMINGTON'S SEPTEMBER 24, 1919 REWIANED LOYAL Four Italian Warships Are Named as Unites of Fiumen Nvy. ALL ARE NEW VESSELS Copies of Proclamation Are Broadcasted Through out the City. POLA, Monday, Sept. 22.--(By Thiaf Associated Press. Four Italian war ships, the battleship Dante Alighieri and the destroyers Miradello, Nullo and Abba are named as units of the "Fiuman navy" in a proclamation written. by. Captain Cabrielle d'Annun zio and distributed in this city. The proclamation praises' the' men of these ships for "their loyalty to the Fiuman cause' and extblls them foe their "valorous acts." It ' Is; stated here it was because of the desertions of these four vessels from th regular ItallanVnavjr-that allied- -oofeunanders were'.forcei fb. with draw from the hafj bor-of JFJume which "iwaa considered unsafe- while JJtx Dante Alighieri -was anchored there and was loyal to' the d'Annunzlo cause.. - - Dispatches' from . Fiutne . soon after Captain Cabrielle d'AnnunzioV coup stated "the Dante Alighieri was unable to leave that port because her machin ery was damaged by the crew but more recently It was reported she had departed, having on board Admiral Casanova who was placed under vir tual arrest in Fiume when he8 landed and attempted to interfere with Cap tain d'Annunzio's control of the town. There is no record in available lists of the three destroyers named in the foregoing dispatch and it is probable they are vessels which have been built since the beginning of the war. Gompers Is Included Among Those Called Washington, Sept. 24. Represen tatives of the railroad brotherhoods and President Gompers of the Amer ican Federation of Labor were among witnesses called today before the sen ate commerce committee. They are opposed to anti-strike provisions of tion bill. Planning to Overthrow New German Gov't GENEVA, Monday, Sept. 24. A general strike in all industries in Ger many, the dissolution of the German army and the overthrow of the dem ocratic German, government in fav or of a communist regime during the coming winter has been decided upon at a conference held by Russian and German revolutionists, according to the Munich Neusest Nachrichten. The newspapers says the headquar ters of the movement ar to be estab lished at Lelpsic and will be in close touch with - Moscow. Heroic Belgian Prelate Is in Washington Today W.SEflNGTON, Sept. 24. Cardin al Mercier, the heroic Belgian pre late who consistently defied the Ger man invaders through all their occu pation of his unhappy country and became one of the world figures of the war, was in the American capital to day to attend the conference of Cath blic prelates from all over-the country called by Cardinal Gibbons. This morning Cardinal Mercier took part in the dedicating and blessing of the new seminary. In the after noon he was to be the guest of honor at a luncheon at the Belgian legation, where he planned to spend the night. . Tomorrow he is expected to deliver an address at the conference of pre lates, at the Catholic Ilniyerslty. Cardinal Mercier is expected to re turn to the city after President Wil son ends his western tour, and then will return the visit the president ja!4 .to biro .la. Bebzium-' I ' CAPT. DANNUNZ1Q PRAISES MEN WHO ',4 Mi HOME -PAPER Aerial Patrol Established In Youngtown Strike Area By Police; To Make Picture Big Centers Continue to Feel the Effects of Continued Idleness; Rioting of More Than Incipient Nature Has Broken Out in Many Sections. YOUNGSTOWN, O., Sept. 24. An aerial patrol of the Youngs town strike district was established today by the police depart ment. Aerial photographs will be taken of activities abou the big plants and turned over to the police department. BILL IS BRANDED AS BOLD ATTEMPT AT BONDAGE, SAYS . Takes Away the. Rights Of Citizenship From the Railroad Men. . WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, Sections of, the; CumiQinsjcUrad reconstruc idn'buV'whfch' would rforbid strikes by railway- employes continued to draw fire today before the senate interstate commerce committee. Officials of the railroad brothjer hoods attacked the proposals as a re turn to slavery, in industry. "In these proposals take away rights of bitizenship from railroad men," P. J. MacNamara, vice president of the brotherhood of firemen and engine men. "It makes serfs out of men." W. N. Doak, vice president of the trainmen's brotherhood, classed the sections as "the - most bold attempt at bondage since the civil war." "They strilte down the last vestage of civil rights, we possess," he said. "They upset all policies and principles which labor has secured for their gov ernment in the past. Railroad orga nizations might, as well go out of busi ness. Machinery provided in the bill for adjudicating wage disputes, he said, constituted "the meanest form of compulsory arbitration.'.' . "You don't need to be afraid of or ganized strikes in this country," he declared, "but you do nsed to be afra.d cf the unorganized moo strike. When they start there is no way to get the men back. This bill simply fosters I. W. W.'ism and the on sbi uniorj movement, because it will ileatx-oy s-o-bor "organizations' v SEEKING TO CHECK EFFORTS OF ANTIS State Department Appears Alive to Detrimental Effect LONDON, Sept. 24. The American state department is taking measures to check the extension of the anti sal o on league's prohibition campaign in Europe, according to the Daily Mail which says two agents of the league who recently sought passport facili ties in Paris, -preparatory to visiting England were unable to obtain - the necessary vises. "The American state-department," the newspaper continues, "is fully alive to the detrimental effects "which an extension of the anti-saloon league's activities to ! Europe might have an international relations, espe cially at the present time, and is said to beVesoIved to avoid possible - mis understanding." . .The Daily Mail jrhich is conducting a campaign in opposition to William E. Johnson, organizer of the antl-sa-lpon league, says it is considered un likely that many more- anti -saloon campaigners will be allowed to em bark for England at " present and quotes Mr. Johnson as saying that; of ficers of the organization- are "scared at all ' the: attention wftioh has ;been focussed on the campaign here ? - Mil FIVE CENTS "Reports from vall steel centers to day recorded little change In the alignment of the opposing forces oi the labor unions and the steel com panies. In the Mahoning Valley, oi Ohio, the strikers success is complete, The industry, which is the backbone of Toungstown and a score of neigh boring villages, is paralyzed and all its 44,000 wage earners idle. Else where the struggle is being carried on with varying success, the issue still being doubtful on the great strategic sectors radiating from Pitts burg, and Chicago. In. the Pittsburg district the Car negie Steel oompany announced to day that the situation "looks good and backed up Its optimism with claims that men were returning to work in considerable numbers. As usual these claims were stoutly de nied by William Z. Foster, chief of staff fcr the unions, who reiterated his assertion of yesterday that xhs Lstrlke was spreading and claimed that two additional large plants had been closed today and that Homestead would be idle by the end of the week. The strikers placed pickets around various plants for the first tlnie. The situation around Chicago is more definite than that in the' Penn sylvania region. A majority of the . mills are closed and those .which are still operating are doing "so with re duced forces. The threatened sym pathetic strike of the Lake semen seemed nearer as the result of the re fusal of the Crews of 11 ore freight ers, to dobk their vessels. Important decisions affecting the spread of the strike to allied indus tries are expected to be the outcome of the meeting today in Pittsburg of" the National Steel Workers commit tee of which Mr. Foster is secretary. The question of summoning not only' the lake seamen but union trainmen to the assistance of the steel strikers will be discussed at this meeting. In the meantime the United States senate committee which will investi gate the strike is preparing for its first meeting tomorrow when Joh Fitzpatrick, commander-in-chief of the strikers will be the principal wit ness. " It was reported from Washington today that this committee would also investigate charges that Secretary Foster has I. W. W. affiliations and that there are more sinister motives involved in the strike than the ques tion of labor unionism. Rioting and disorder still mark the progress of the struggle but so far only sporadically. The latest out break occurred today at Cleveland where four men were - stabbed in battle between strikers and non strikers, two probably fatally. At Farrell where the gravest disturb ances to date have been reported, the town executive, Burgess Moody, Is under special guard as the result of numerous threats against his life and the streets are patrolled by large forces of state troopers and deputy sheriffs. PITTSBURG, Sept. 24. Interest in the nation-wide steel strike which has been in progress since Miday cen ters today in the meeting here of the national committee for organizing iron and steel workers. THose in close touch with the strike are of the opinion that the session ' called by William Z. Doster, secretary-treasurer of the committee will bring out im portant facts relating to the walkout of the thousands of workers who heeded the call of their leaders. Foster declares that the commit tee wilV not consider "peace plans" but will discuss the advisability of ex lending the strike to include seamen on Great Lake carrier vessels and union train men. The question of financing the strike will come up, and Foster, says he will bring to the at tention of the committee the "up-, provoked ' assaults" by state troopers on strikers. According to the secre-tary.-the . union is preparing for a long struggle, and declares the work- JCNTINUTE'D JDN PAGE TWO)j A1 r " n if " . f f - t' ' " v ri,': - Il I '! I 'II.. I
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