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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-31
STRIKE AND LOCKOUT.
BANNED DURING WAR.
BY NEW AGREEMENT
Drawn Up by Conference
Board, of Which Taft
Is a Member.
GOVERNMENT MEDIATION
TO SETTLE DISPUTES
National Program Outlined by
Representatives of Capt.
tai and Unions.
GIVES RIGHT TO ORGANIZE
Existing Conditions in Regard to
Wages, Hours and Health
Will BE Continued.
GOVERNMENT MEDIATION
TO SETTLE DISPUTES
GIVES RIGHT TO ORGANIZE
Existing Conditions in Regard to
Wages, Hours and Health
Will BE Continued.


"NS'''H"IoN March "',-Ah asree'
m"ft that there shall be no strikes or
lochouts during the war, and recon-
,nenda,jon ,b,, an iu,,,,s;ria, d;s,,,c,
j.,
- ''0''
''n' arc the pFinclpai provisions OF
d ha''hai war TABOR program projected
~ representatives. OF ca"liai ana !ab"F
ana mad public tonight by Secre-
"ay OF LABOR "i!soh.
me program was cra"n up by six
''P' '9e"'" yves OF capi'ai' SIX OF !ap"r
an '"o '"'H representing '"c Pub"c'
"'''F conferences lasting for more Than
month ihc p'"i,' rcp'"sei t''' ''Vea
'l"'e' i'cS'"ch' ial' an" RANK
N"'sh.
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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-31
ING MEANS OF SETTLING
DISPUTES MUST he TRIED

"The board shall refuse to take
coEnizance OF controversy OF en-
nloycr and workers in any field OF in
dustry or other activity where there
is by agreement or Federal law
means of settlement which has not been
invoked"
Both Mr.. Taft and Mr.. Walsh gave out
sIpplemcntary statements on the work
of the confcrces. Mr.. Taft said:
II am profoundly gratified that the
conference has reached an agreement
upon the plan for Il national labor
Loard. 1t certainly is not too much
to say that 1t was due to the self
restraint, tact and earnest patriotic de-
sire OF the representatives of the en-
ploycrs and the workers to reach a con-
clus!on OF course, the next question
is. Will our plan work. ] hope, and
think, il will. if administered in tho
spirit in which it was formulated and
agreed upon"
MIR Walsh's statement follows:
"'rhc plan submitted represents the
best thought of capital and labor as
TO what the policy of our government
with respect to industrial relations
during the war ought to- be.
"Tho principles declared might be
called an Industrial chart for the gov
crnmcnt, securing to the employer
maximum production and to the work.
er. tho strongest guarantee of his right
20 organias and the healthy growth
OF the principles OF democracy as ap.
piled to industry. as we'll as the highest
protection OF his economic wcIfara. II
tho plan Is adopted by the government
CONTINUED on Fifth page.)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-31
PROVIDES FOR Equal
PAY FOR WOMEN on job

"if IL shall become necessary to en-
ploy women on work ordinarily per-
formed by men, they must be allowed
equal pay for equal work.
THE basic ciGht-hour day is recoS-
nizcd as applicable in all cases in
which existing Law requires ii. In all
other cases the question OF hours OF
labor shall he settled with due regard
10 governmental necessities and the
welfare, health ana proper comfort OF
the workers.
THE maximum production OF all war
industries should be maintained
"In fixing wages. hours and cond-
tons OF labor. regard should always he
had TO the labor standards. wage scales
and other conditions prevailing in the
localities affected.
THE right Of all workers. including
common laborcrs. to a living wage is
hereby declared
The national war labor boards func-
tions and powers should be as follows:
ITO bring about Il settlement, by
mediation and concilation, Of every
controversy arising between employers
and workers in the field OF production
necessary for the effective conduct of
the war.
ITO do the same thing in similar
controversies in other fields OF national
activity.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-26
CECIL COUNTY NOTES.
Special Correspondence of Every Eyenin,

Special Correspondence of Every Evening
Elkton, Md, Aug. 26.-The family
OF Corporal Arthur 6 Cameron. a mem
Der of Company f, of Elkton, who was
injured in battle IN France on August Z,
have been informed by the War Depart
ment of his death during the past week.
Young Cameron was the first local boy
to Law down his life on the battlefield tor
his country.
J. r. Sheppard Of New York City. a
former Rising Sun boy has sent 10 the
trustees of the Rising sun NJ. r. Church,
his check for 81 .l25 to deffay the cost Of
new carpet and the installing Of electric
lights in the church
The public schools throughout cecil
county Will reopen on Monday, sep
ternber g.
Robert NJ. Crouch, formerly assistant
agent at North East station, who enlisted
last fall and went to France, Is now doing
service as a tram dispatcher on French
railway
The funeral of Adra " Smith, highly
respected citizen Of this section who died
at Union Hospital, Thursday, was held
Sunday afternoon from his late home on
West High street, Rev. George p. Jones
officiating
Martin Burke and Mary Baker: Joe
dry and Edna Anderson and Albert Q
Lunb and Edith NJ Walls, all Of vii
mington: and Walter i. Mcdaniel
Glasgow, Del, and Mary J. OFT Locust
Grove Md, were married in klkton
Saturday afternoon, by Rev. George
p Jones.
Mrs. Thomas Cochran and family Of
East Orange. \. J., are spending the week
with Mrs George r. Ash, at Holly Hall
Ensign Fletcher Cochran, who also wa:
in the party has left for New Orleans
where he is stationed on a sub-chaser.
DIR. C. Ross Crothers Of Chester. Pa
has purchased the White Point farm
IS acres, along North East river, from
Gin ton Purner
T he Maryland Good Roads Commits
SION has workmen engaged this week
placing the steel draw over the Sassafras
river. co meeting c eel and Kent counties
The new bridge, when compile ed, viii
be nearly quarter Of mile long
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-26
MIDGET AIRPLAkES
NO LARGER THAN BIRD
Only Have Spread of IS Feet and
Will be in General Use
After War.

London, july 30 Correspondence Of
The Associated Press The smallest
British airplanes now being manufactured
are actually of less span than the largest
birds The gr at albatross has been known
TO measure nearly IS feet from wing tip
to wing-tip A certain type Of midget
airpIane recently exhibited III London Is
only - feet in width
These are the machines which We may
expect to see after the war, carrying our
mails. declared Major Orde Lees, of the
British aviation service, ''and they will be
almost as universal rs the smart automo-
bile mail vans of pre-war times. These
small machines will be largely used by the
postal authorities on account of the exist
ing limitations Of storage and starting
grounds 10 our great cities, Postal aero
dromes, like railway stations, must be
near the postoficcs, at least IN the initial
States Of the development.
Later the problem NAV be solved by
the use Of pneumatic tube communIca-
ton between the central postoffices and
the postal aerodromes. In delivering let
ters to distances Of $50 miles or more, the
big types Of airpane will be used, but for
local work small machines are likely 10 be
much more serVlceable.
dropping he mail bags by parachute
will be given "A good trial, and this if sue
cessful, will be Of great assistance. Bags
NAV also be picked up while flying after
the manner in which mallbags are now
caught by express trains
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-26
Won Kissing CONF{SS[S
LOOlING BELGIUM
Squeezed Lemon Loses ItsValue,
He Comments After
Robbing Country.

New York Aug 2t Open confession
of German plundernR OF Belgium and Of
plans to continue it were made at meet
ing Of the German Economic Commission
for Belgium held at Brussels June l9
1915. 4 German official report of this
meeting has just now come into possession
of the Belgian government and has been
made public here by the British Wireless
Service
Governor General Won Bissing stated IT
the meeting that the shortage OF raw
materials in Belgium was partly due II
the net that they were carried away at
the eginning Of the war Thousands
of m tchines, hesaid have been transported
to Germany To make war munitions.
Won Kissing said that he had two aims.
the good Of Belgium and the prevention #
any revival of Belgian industry which
would harm German industries. He ex-
planned his solicitude for the good of
Belgium bv adding that "a squeezed lem
ON loses its value and lad COW gives
no milk "
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-26

had gone through 20 the 0ulIo', whore d
stopped, and had then descended Or yeen
swallowed INTO the stomach
An X-r1y examination clearly showed
the bali IN the iutcetine@ l},t instead ~
removing It ~ an operation the surgeons
decided % await the course ~ nature and
SEQ If the soldier would digest the rifle
ball And thus he did Ono Of the
surgeons remarked that the chances of
such a thing happening were loss than
onc ~ 8 million, but colleague added
that the chances were far lcse than that
az he could not recall any like case IN the
whole range ~ military sltrgcrv
Many of the French poilus under
American care were iu The wards of tho
Daughter Of the American Confndrrary
with the beds marked with 10 names ~
tho we'll known southern figures such IS
~ionewaI Jackson, Senator Xebui0u
Vance General Joseph Wheeler of Ala-
bam8
when the big dictarv kitchen wae .n-
spccfnd later there was 4 savory nell "
American dishes ord dainfje ierg
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-26
AMERICANS TIN HAT"
STANDS BATTLE TEST
Helmet Withstood Shrapnel and
Machine Gun Fire and Saved
Life of Marine

Paris, Aug. l5.-Thc case Of ono
American marine who went through
hail OF shraunel and machine gun fire
at fantlgny and IL now convaesclnR
from q wound IN the great American
military hospital at Neuily, IN the Paris
suburbs. seems 20 have demonstrated
that the American field helmet. commonly
called by soldiers the tin hat, is a
thoroughly reliable article when put 10
I he supreme test
This marine owed his life to his "tin
hnt " and the peculiar qualities uf its
steel in giving slightly without shatterng.
I'm the midst of the action he went down
with a ball striking he top Of the helmet
and pressing down 20 the skull He WAS
brought back. along wit Il the helmet which
showed deep indcntatlon about he size
of half n baseball II was this indentation
which had pressed down 10 the scalp.
making a wound which required trepaning
But there It stopped, and the metal Of tho
tin hat after giving 10 The missile until rs
force was spent, had stopped it in its
deadly flight straight toward the brain
The trcpaning operation was only slight
and the marine wns we'll on The way 10
recovery
The indented helmet was preserved,
not as n souvenir. but 10 bc forwarded to
the ordnance experts OF Washington to
show them the good qualities Of their
helmets II IS SAID that hard and brittle
steel. which would hive resisted without
giving, would have been shattered 10
bits by the impact and the ball would
have gone straight through the BRAIN
In m adjoining ward q stalwart young
marine who nd been IN the same Can
tignv fight stood Mt attention with no
apparent sign If wound Buf tho sur
rcon, feeling the hov- throat, nodded
approvingiy and then remarked that
this was ono of tho most remarkable cascq
that had eyer come under his observation.
and probably The only case of tho kind
on record 4 bullet had strlck the
soldier in the left side of the neck and
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-26
SEES DRAB TIMES AHEAD.
Cunard Liner Head Sights Nothing
But Gloom After War.

Liverpool, July STORMY days"
after the war @ere predicted today by
Sir Alfred Booth, presiding at the annunl
meeting Of the Cunard Line. The prin-
cipal dangers he forsaw were.
Difficulty of debating currency and
credit without destroying confidence.
The tendency TO maintain government
control which he said would produce
a deadening effect on enterprises.
International attempt TO divide up the
raw materials Of the world among coin-
peting industries, making politics, instead
of price determining factor of distribution.
"The international iealhusies cngendered
by such system said Sir Alfred, would
be sufficient to Kill any league of Nations
where we might have TO form
Labor unrest due to false hopes of a
new heaven and new earth
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-26

prepared for the wounded men. ard 10
~ ihc surgeon. ohefrcd ne cDck wis
the remark. Your dishes d. m9re go,t
than al vr medicine Ard ris -
literally true for these American rondet
do not want foreign foods utf long for %
simple oldfaetiened dtahc f Elmr
ike boiled cn-t9rI matted mlik eye
nog and broad and milk ~ fnf crp
p The food American cooh ra dong
their share. and down 10 the ast totail
the Americaoien of 'hr BIG military hose
ptal b. proving e blessing ~ the tmc~.-
can rnafmed ad wounded who have
rome back from 'ha front
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-26
Journalists and Idiots.

When we hear some sWeet-sccnted, two
legged, long-eared IDIOT tell what he would
publish in a paper if he ran one, we wish
we could give him the chance to try it.
There are enough laws governing news
papers today to make the job of editor a
profession that requires 20 years Of hard
training to keep out Of court, and an inn
possibility TO keep out of debt t.-Anoka
(Minn Union
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-26

terested to know that his family have
received letters from him written in the
trenches.
Miss Anne DUNCAN left today for Nlr-
gnia. where she will spend several weeks
visiting friends James DUNCAN, with his
son, William DUNCAN. will spend two
weeks at Asbury Park, n. },
James +. Eliason has returned to the
mountains, where his mother and Miss
Louise McCaulley have been staying for
three weeks. They will return during
the early part of the week, making the
trip BY automobile.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-26
BROKE LEG WHILE AT WORK.

Special Correspondence Of Every Evening
Georgetown, Aug % While at work
in the canning factory Of John G Town
send d Co, in this town. Saturday,
Layton Conoway. a II year-old boy,
fell into the chain belt which carries
the pairing from the building and sus-
tanned break Of the right leg
Timely arrival Of some Of the other
employees saved the boy from having his
leg torn from the body.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-26
Antbe News ofthe Day Il Happens.

The evening newspaper n todag Uveq
You the neve from France up until 3 p. -n.
today The difference in time makes fhis
possible n You wish 70 keep q close
touch with the news of the war front
order tvcry Evening from y0ur nearest
dealer. if not already p regular reader
i2c q week. delivered 81 your har1e tde.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-26
MARI led AT SALISBURY.

Special Correspondence of Every Evening
Georgetown. Aug 26-Announce-
ment Of the marriage of Fred L Holloway +,
son Of James Holloway Of Delamr, and
Miss Frances Nicholson OF Salisbury,
Md. has been made,
The ceremony took place at Salisbury,
Wednesday night, Rev. Mr.. Davis officiat-
ing.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-26
AFTER SICKNESS
Mrs. Page Tells How Vinol Restored Her
Strength and Stopped Cough

Brooklyn, Conn. Pneumonia LETT me
weak, rundown and with cough for
which / doctored for six months without
getting better. A friend from Virginia
asked me to try Vinol 1t healed my
cough gave me a good appetite, | sleep
we'll and feel well and strong Mrs.
Thomas Page.
Vinol owes its success in such cases to
beef and cod liver peptones, iron and
manganese peptonates and glycero-
phosphates, the oldest and most famous
bodybuilding and strength-creating tonics
known.
NJ b. Danforths and druggists every
where.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-26

Two very DaQ 81
tacks of inflamma-
ton. My d 0 c t or
said he could d o
nothing more f or
me and / w ould
have 10 go TO the
hospital for an
alton, but
Lydia E. Pink
b a ms Vegetable
Compound and
S an tive W 8 sh
have entirely cured
me of my troubles
and i am now in
good health. ] am
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-26

willing you should use my
/" testimonial and hope to benefit
~ il other suffering women by SO
doing. Mrs. T. PLATT, 8
Woodbine St, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Operations upon women in our hos
pitals are constantly on the increase,
but before submitting to an operation
for ailments peculiar to their sex every
woman owes it to herself to give that
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E.
Pinkham's s Vegetable Compound, trial.
If complications exist write Lydia K.
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, for
advice.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-26
DOCTOR COULD
NOT HELP HER
But Lydia E Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound Saved
Her from a Serious
Operation.

Brooklyn. n. Y.--HI suffered some
thing dreadful from a displacement and
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-15

They undersubscribed their share. the bulletin
charges in the and loans. spite OF the
lact that they had made large profits from con
ditCns, and had had still larger profits assured them
by governmental action. War too fall very light
IS them, the loan committee says compared with
business men and workers n industrial centers
Certainly there has lack Of prosperity among
The farmers Of the agricultural Of the mid
le west II isn't apparent that farmers anywhere,
taking them in general, have suffered from con-
diuons but there Is a widespread impression among
other Of citizens thai they failed their
duty
The farmers may be able invest much
money in war loans other people imagine. especially
at this season. when they need funds the
new seasons work. Plentiful crops anyhow, are the
main consideration. surely the farmers can do
better this time in the matter Of loans than they
did the last occasions If they don't. they'll
begin to find themselves the objects Of unpleasant
criticism.
IL would be indeed If the citizens
additionally regarded the backbone Of the nation
and the chief of its ideals should stig
matted unpatrotic
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-15
II @A 2Sf&&=ze ~
APRIL IS. 1918.
PUSH THE TRUCK GARDEN.

Statements have been spread in Indiana commune
ties producing pershabe crops that these crops should
grown this year because they could be
reports without foundation advces Purdue uni
versty from the L. S. food administration show the
other hand the urge that the usual acreage
for pcrshables De maintained. Read:
Foods OF the pershable products group are
essential to nutrition and their continued
production, distribution and consumption
vital in view of national and information
a necessities.
Not only these foods Of great and
in supplying the ordinary basis of
nutrition. but vary the diet and prom
palatabity used with
them; most OF them succulent supply
necessary bulk in the ration which aids diges
ton, and some serve as efficient and necessary
regulators bodily functions, thus warding
H health.
Any movement which leads substitute
culture Of perishable for the other will
liable to cause economic loss. It would be
unwise therefore, TO limit the devoted to
any class perishable crops
This attitude OF the food administration does away
any question aroused by these state
indicates the desire Of the food powers
hat the gardening in northwestern Indiana and
the various large cities, that the onion grow
ing business OF the regions northern Indiana.
The melon growing of the southwestern and southern
OF state, and the strawberry business Of the
southeastern section of the state be continued.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-15
VACATION TRAVEL

Pleasure-touring viii itself year low
est ebb.
Foreign trayeL for any but imperative reasons has
virtually ceased. Domestic travel destined TO suffer
big relapse. familiar slogan. See America first
has much OF the power j had the first year or
OF war. And those who really want to see
America viii find unusual obstacles placed in their
way.
With own country making in earnest and
mastering all its 80 win, national policy
forbid undue announcement OF travel The
railroad administration doubtless had this purpose in
mind when placed a ban the familiar railroad
travel folder with its aurng pictures and fascinating
descriptive appeals. Our railroads needed for the
moving Of food fue. and war materials and cannot
allow tourist traffic interfere
Vacation travel be stopped entirely. and
probably should Dee. We play
and then. But we cannot expect to
travel as usual And as the serious nature of the war
settles down upon us little by uttle.
We are reconciled staying home and working.
with a view pleasure-touring in happier times
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-15
Other Editor, Than Ours
DANIELS WISE WARNING.
(ChicagO Hcrald.l

Sec'y Daniels uttered needed word when he de-
cried the criminal action If mObs, though done
in the name patriotism. All of the lynchings and
mob murders which have been committed in Illinois
during the last months have it is sOugh
20 hide their inherent criminaty in the conceament
Of loyalty But tendency offer the patriots good
intention apology for the murderers act has
been too pronounced.
CoHinsvilIe. according to the reports emanating
therefrom deeply Tepentant the killing Of
Robert Prayer. Hundreds of citizens. il at
tended The funeral the slain shortly before by
a murderous mob Flowers decorated the bier Of the
dead man a few hours before denied the justice Of
reasonable hearing. CollinsVille repentant, but
neither regret. advertised by the of the
unity nor the poor Of flowers the grave
will suffice call the victim back to life
Colinsvile may sorrow that drunken men and boys
committed murder. hut II the people of thst
sincere they will insist upon the rigorous punishment
precisely the kind murder which practced by Ger
many. forced America war American COM
nuuities indulge their passions in such misdeeds
is to betray the country. Nothing that German prop
Uganda do viii strike directly the heart Of
the country the degradation which must come from
mob murders.
Illinois has been dshonored The American tradi-
ton mas been besmrched by that evil exhibition at
Collinsvile The guilty made 20 pay for their
crimes The decent citizens CT COllinsve must attend
20 that The state officials Of Illinois support
them Moreover the seif-respecting czenry OF every
other community must swiftly and powerfully repress
all OF those symptoms OF mob mania which un-
restrained. result the killing OF innocent or even
guilty people. Sec'y Daniels talked true patriotism
Illinois must practice IT,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-15

miles; density O.24, or about one
quarter Of earth's; force OF gravity,
2.65 times OF earth's.
After Jupiter is Saturn: distance
SS6, 600 900 miles; time OF revolu-
ton 2946 years: diameter without
rings), 1900 miles; density only
.O.13 OF earths, or O.72 OF water;
force Of gravity 1.1S, or about one
fifth greater than earth's Uranus,
distance 1,7s2,0Oe,OO0 miles; times
Of revolution. 50 years. diameter
81, 600 miles: density one-ffth Of
earth's; force of gravity nine-tenths
of earth's. Neptune, distance 2,
2.792. 100000 miles: time of reYolu-
ton 165 years; diameter $4,000
miles; density and force OF gravity
not much different from Uranus.
The intensity OF the light and heat
that the planets get from the sun
is inyersely as the squares Of their
distances, but the large outer
planets. may have thermal resources
Of their own.