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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-02-21

Washington, Feb. 1S.-President VIII
son Is preparing to take some action
to end the strikes In Atlantic coast
shlpyards which threaten to tie up a
large part Of the shipbuilding industry
of the East. The president has given
the situation his personal attention.
A direct appeal to the president to
intervene was made by officers of the
brotherhood OF Carpenters and Join
ers, approximately 80 per cent of whose
members In the New York district are
out demanding immediate assurances
Of higher wages and closed-shop con-
dltions.
Chairman Hurley of the shipping
board, who Friday night renewed his
demand that William l.. Hutchinson,
president of the Carpenters brother
hood. send the strikers back to work,
pending settlement of their grew
,ances by the shipbulldlng wage adj
justment board. lookup the situation
again in conference with General
Manager Piez of the Emergency Fleet
corporation; V. Everitt Macy. chairman
of the wage adjustment board, and
Acting Secretary Roosevelt of the
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-02-21

Arthur Bugg, farmer of Hick-
man County. is in Jail. charged with
shooting Young Brooks, of Quanah,
Tex, at the courthouse at Clinton
last week. Brooks was shot four
times. Physicians pronounce his
condition as serious.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-02-21

A large harvest of natural ice is
being strongly urged. The Food Ad-
ministration states that assurance
can not be given that there will be
a sufficient supply of ammonia for
the manufacture Of the customary
amount Of artificial ice next sum
mer.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-02-21

Officers at Camp Zachary TaylO:
must not seek promotion through
pull" from outside friends. Ac-
crding TO an order made known
Tuesday all promotions, assign
ments, transfers or special consid-
Grafton must come only through
military channels.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-02-21

Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the recent
ambassador from England TO the
United States, has just died in Can
ada where he went after leaving
this country. Although not consid-
cred as one of the strongest men OF
England. he rendered valuable SER
vice and aided in furthering the
good relations at time when a dip
lomatic 'blunder would have been
serious. He had many friends in
this country.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-02-21

Japan, through her war minister.
Terauchi, has made it known that
should conditions in Russia become
SO disturbed as TO menace the peace
Of the east she would assume the
burden of meeting the situation by
force. A man Of resources and
ability is coming to our country as
ambassador OF Japan in the person
of Viscount Ishii, the head of the
commission that made the recent
friendly agreement between the
United States and Japan.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-02-21

The president Of China has just
made a most remarkable proclama-
ton in which he confesses his in
capacity to act as chief executive
and promises to resign as soon as
conditions are more settled. He ac-
knowledges a lack Of knowledge OF
men and admits poor appointments
TO various positions. Other weak
nesses are likewise mentioned. IL
this a new kind of politics or just
Chinese camOufage.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-02-21

Read that sensible letter 10 Be
rea Girls by Dean OF Women. Miss
Bowersox, ON page six in the
Home Department.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-02-21

II is the opinion of the United
States Food Administration that the
gross maximum profit for whole
salers in -four should not exceed
from so TO rs cents per barrel. The
profit TO retail dealers in original
mill packages should not exceed
from 80 cents TO si.2Op barrel, de-
pending upon the character OF ser
vice performed. Where retailers
sell in amounts less than the orig
inal mill packages, the gross profit
should not exceed 4 cent a pound.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-02-21

Have you ever thought that
teachers are likely TO be exceed
ingly scarce' Read Scarcity OF
Teachers a National Peril" on page
two.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-02-21
WILSON TO ACT
IN SHIP STRIKE
"Raise Pay, or We All Quit" Is
Demand Of 5000 Carpen.
ters in U. S. Yards.
APPEAL DIRECT TO PRESIDENT
President 10 Preparing to Take Some
Action to End Labor Troubles In
Atlantic Coast Plants Sit.
uation Periis v. s.

Washington, Feb. 1s.--If the present
shipbuilding crisis makes necessary
the drafting of labor for shipyards,
Secretary of Labor Wilson declared
that the shipyards themselves must
be drafted. Il am opposed" he said.
TO drafting labor for private employ
ers. IL II becomes necessary to draft
labor, we must also draft the plants"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-02-21

DR.. John I. Patterson, dean of the
University of Louisville, has Offer
Ell suggestions TO the Council of De.
Tense whereby colleges of the ma
ton may provide trained men for
the government without interfering
with higher education. Doctor Pat
terson's plan has met with high
praise from national leaders.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-02-21

We easily forget our faults when
they are only known TO ourselves.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-02-21

One thousand members of the 336th
Infantry, composed of selects from
Louisville and Kentucky, have been
ordered to other localities. The I'M
expected order keeps secret the
destination of the soldiers who will
be moved in three sections. The
kentuckians were examined at the
camp hospital and those who sue
ccssfully passed the physical tests
were ordered TO be fully equipped
and ready to leave at a moments
notice.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-02-21

Get a broader vision OF the sit
nation in Europe by reading Prof.
Robertson's article on page two:
"A Constitutional basis for Eu-
rope"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-02-21
aPowerIess." says Hutchinson.

Although nothing has come from the
shipping board 10 indicate that Hutch
eson had replied TO Chairman Hurley's
second telegram. the union chief was
quoted In New York as saying that the
action of the men i'm going out does
not meet with his approval. He said.
however. that he had explained TO Mr..
Hurley that the carpenters organiza-
ton had no agreement regarding the
work and he was powerless 10 act.
Appointment of Roger w. Babson.
the statistician, who is a special agent
of the labor departments employment
service, as director OF a newly ere
ated division Of Industrial relations OF
the committee on public information.
was announced.
The new division will serve as a
point Of contact between the informa-
ton committee and the labor depart
ment and Mr.. Babson's first work will
be TO inform manufacturers Of the war
work which the department Of labor
is doing and OF the assistance which
the department can lend 20 employers.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-02-21
Managers Want to Fight.

Managers of shipyards want to fight
the New York district and nj Balti-
more, where the carpenters are on
strike, have asked the shipping board
TO let them fight the strikers, declar-
ing the time has come for the issue to
be settled. Thus far Chairman Hur-
ley has refused TO permit this. hold
ing that the trouble can be settled by
other means.
Shipping board officials said that
heads of other unions engaged In ship
building had given assurance that the
related trades would not be called out
I'm sympathetic strike. The other
unions. which have agreed TO leave all
differences TO the adjustment board.
are endeavoring, shipping board off,
Gals said. TO induce Hutchinson TO send
his men back to work, leaving set
Element of difficulties TO the adjust
ment board.
heads Of the American Federation OF
Labor, some officials charged. Is at the
bottom of much of the trouble. Hutch
eson. II is declared. declined TO en-
ter the agreement calling for settle
ment of differences by the adjustment
board. despite the fact that he was
urged to do so by federation chiefs.
The effect Of the shipping boards
second appeal 10 striking carpenters In
Eastern shipyards 10 return TO work
pending settlement of their grievances
by the. wage adjustment board was
anxiously awaited here.
The boards renewed request was
made by Chairman Hurley in tele-
gram TO William l.. Hutchinson. presl-
dent of the United brotherhood Of Car
penters and JOiners. virtually demand
ing that he send the striking ship
building employees back 10 their Jobs.
Earlier In the day Hutchinson had an.
swered a previous appeal with com
munication declaring II would be i'm
possible 10 net until he had some def
mite proposition from the shipping
board as to working conditions,
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

~HRISTOPHER BILLOPP won
Staten Island for New York
~" hocl ;p tho +iuo IF +ha N,,Le
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

terminal. 1t is true that the roads
entering New York from the West
would be better served than the others,
put they are precisely the ones that
have the greatest need of extended
marine terminals.
Eventually the new terminal would
extend from point about mile south
OF the Narrows to and including Great
hllls, but the first section, which it is
urged should be taken up for Immediate
consideration, would begin at the north -
erly point mentioned and thence ex-
oend southwark along the shore. Part
OF the land would be reclaimed ground.
Drought up to grade with material
dredged in making the channels and
paslns. The centre of the yards would
De about 2.5 miles from Ambrose Chan
mel at its nearest point and so miles
south OF Manhattan Island, and about
" miles to the main line of the Penn
sylvania Railway in New Jersey.
The first part of the first unit to he
oullt and one that could very soon be
carried to such point as to give re-
lief to the port congestion would he
the breakwater pier, which would ex-
tehd from the north end of the project
IN straight line to Hoffman Island
ana would then defect to the south to
o"lnburne Island. It's total length
would be about 1850 feet and it would
cross the West Bank Shoals. The end
Oh This breakwater, which would be
constructed as quay, would be but
l.5 miles from Ambrose Channel. the
nam entrance to New York Harbor. on
a line that would involve a minimum of
man9uvrlng in leaving that channel
TO approach the new terminal. The
berthing space along the inner fac.
Of this sea wall quay would be $500
1eet, and as emergency measure a COM
parative!y narrow foot channel could
be dredged along it, thus providing
room for many oceangoing vessels.
THIS quay could be temporarily served
with railway facilities by the extension
OF the Baltimore & Ohio tracks from
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
By Theodore M. Knappen

"HRISTOPHER BILLOPP wor
Staten Island for New Yorl
back in the time of the Duke
of York by managing to sail around
it in his sloop Bentley in three minutes
less than twenty-four hours. If he
hadn't circumnavigated the island
within day it would have belonged
to the Duke of Berkeley and New
Jersey. That shows how Staten ISL
and was taken according to time meas
urcments.
In 1855 rapid transit between Man
haitian and Staten Island was intro
duced in the form of semi-weekly
packet service, which shows how far
the island was from New York.
1t takes only twenty minutes now to
get from Manhattan to Staten Island
in a comfortable and roomy ferry, bu,
the big island is still long way from
New York's understanding and appre-
citation.
Greater New York has much difficult
ty in divorcing itself from Manhattan
But the time has come when the
long-neglected island of the Lower Bay
must no longer ae neglected if New
York is to maintain its present proud
supremacy as the greatest of Ameri-
can ports. New York has very great
need for marine terminals on deep
water and directly connected with the
mainland.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

Fourth--Favorable marine conditions,
such as ease of man9uvring ships to
berths, no strong cross tidal currents,
no sudden changes of course, sheltered
Earbor, free from ice blockades, saving
Of twenty-four miles for large ocean
liners.
All of these advantages are combined
with the essential one of ample room,
Staten Island is undeveloped. There
is nothing to destroy, remove or COM
promise with in working out COM
prehensive modern development with
the best mechanical freight handling
devices. The engineers would have
free hand and clear field to
give New York a terminal that would
be without all of the shortcomings to
be found in greater or less degree
elsewhere in the port. Being in a sec
ton of the city that is not as yet
highly developed in any way, it could
be coordinated easily with existing ter
minals elsewhere.
The railways that could make
direct connection with the proposed
terminal via the New Jersey shore
and Staten Island are the Pcnnsyl-
vania, the Central Railroad of New
Jersey, the Baltimore g. Ohio and
the Lehigh Valley, though the
latter would require short ex-
tension to the main terminal rail-
way which it is proposed to build to
open the way to the marine terminals.
Other important roads entering the
port on the New Jersey side and not
having direct physical connection with
the proposed terminal connecting rail-
way could undoubtedly gain this con-
nectlon by means of traffic rights over
lines having such connection. The
New York Central, the New Haven and
the Long Island railroads could form
line of traffic in conjunction with the
He'll Gate Bridge that would reach
Lower New York Bay. From this point
these roads would have to use floats
and lighters, pending the completion
OF tunnel under the Narrows con-
meeting Long Island with the proposed
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
Beware of the
lntellectuals
BY Norreys Jephson O'Conor

ne enemy we are fighting is no
less deadly with the pen than
with the sword, and we must
ever be on our guard against state
ments, rumors and fears, unless we
know that these come direct from a
frst-hand source. The German would
poison our minds as readily as he
would poison our wells and our food.
MS efforts are particularly directed
toward the people generally regarded
as "intellectuals. These men and
women are usually such as, having been
all their lives devoted to ideals in the
endeavor to sweeten the daily environ
ment of their fellows, fail to realize
that the Germans do not hesitate to
make use OF these ideals TO the ruina-
ton Of those who hold them and their
equally gullible countrymen.
Among writers and artists there is
still much talk of not mingling art
and politics, when our enemy is
only too eager to put art TO the service
OF politics. Such we know now to have
been the mission of the German pro-
fessors who visited this country before
the war, of the gifts of the Kaiser to
art museums and to universities. And
yet we still allow foreign born writers.
OF whose association with the Allied
cause we have no direct proof, to ad-
dress our gatherings, to have voice
at our meetings, to discuss politics.
Many of the "intellectuals" hate war
and all it stands for; let them. how
ever, fight in self-dcfence. No person
Of foreign birth or parentage who has
not given full proof of his loyalty to
the war should be allowed to take IN
active part in any literary, artistic or
social organization. Through the open
minded intellectual" much dangerous
propaganda is spread abroad. A clear
instance of this is the Irish rebellion !,
OF 1915, where the leaders were intel
lectuals." They listened TO German 4
promises, and what did Germany do for
them? Did she, in order to support
the Sim Fein uprising, make a drive
similar to the one she has just st'
tempted? She led number Of high
minded men 10 death and got rid OF
fanatic Irishman who troubled her BY
landing him. in open boat from sub
marine, on the coast of Kerry.
VIII American "intelleetuals" give
ear TO men whose loyalty to the cause
of this country Is not clearly proven!
1t Is time for the "inteliectuslsb 70 ~
their house In erder.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
WlIN WHO BACK THE STATEN ISLAND PL1N|

'ndom W. Bates ranks high among American river and
"0ror en9neers HIS experience and achievements
e"er the ord The ports of Antep nodnized
by him. and his vorh engineering fields has been Of hord ss
Importance.
job" 1egs Oidey moam erpert some vays
has orh for the Federal along River and Ban hos
te attention of engineers Attevard arves
Docks and Ferries for the City Phodepa continued appy his
experience Vath credit to himself audth port
f. G. Fearng 0he belonging younger generation of euo
mee's and being knowm primarily in the of mng va able to
9 TO Dear an experience engineering Investigations qhch rem
dered HIM peculiarly fitted problem inypd
m the study Of Nea0 York's shipping stuato1
Uth such hensees
CT Ne York; the public that aer fnoz
plans and details they upon the benefit Of
based real achievement r
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
New York Needs
Ocean Terminals

The lack of sufficient ocean termi-
nails and the cost and difficulty of
using those not directly connected with
the mainland have been emphasized
by the strain that has been put on
our port facilities by the extraordi-
nary demands Of war. These demands
have projected US into the future and
have given US glimpse of the chronic
condition that will beset US in the or
dinary course of the growth of the
port.
New York's railway terminals have
been so congested for several years
now, partly on account of the slow
and tedious methods by which freight
intended for export must be handled
at most of the main terminals, that
the national railway administration
has been forced to divert shipments
to other ports. This diversion will
open up new permanent trade. chan
nels and serve to develop rival ports.
In this way some Of the business that
ordinarily would have been handled by
New York will be lost for good and
all. More will be lost in the fierce
commercial competition that will fol-
low the war unless New York provides
more and better marine terminals.
The additional expense and tho de-
lays involved in transshipping so
much Of the export freight across the
Hudson and in loading so much more
Of it, by lighters. sometimes invo!v-
ing the handling of goods three or four
tinass before they ars in the hold Of
. sAiA viuaaes b teiaxassd by ths
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
of the tidal waters that constitute the
Port Of New York.
Question Is
Imperative One

The preliminary study made by tn,
engineers brought out III clear relic
the fact that existing facilities are
totally inadequate, even for presen
needs, and allow for practically ne
future extension. The demand for i'm
mediate improvement is imperative
| "Thc tremendous congestion of the
Port of New York and the vexations
and ruinous delays in transmission
together with the rehandling expenses
on nearly all cargo entering and leav-
ing the port. have resulted in con-
dition from which it is absolutely es.
sential that relief be found" says the
report. "Few of the present terminals
offer the advantages which modern
terminal must have to handle with
efficiency and dispatch the present
heavy tonnage, and none of them is
able to provide adequately for trade
expansion, which is practically certain
to continue"
The engineers examined into the
possibilities presented for new termi-
nails in Manhattan, The Bronx, Brook
lyn, Queens, New Jersey and Staten ISL
land. The Bronx water frontage is found
unsuitable for heavy ocean terminal
development. The Manhattan shore line
is nearly developed to the limit and
lts terminals are badly congested be-
cause of inadequacy of railroad freight
terminal yards serving the piers. There
is no feasible method of relief to be
found on the Manhattan front except
at prohibitive cost, and even then it
would be subject to the handicaps of
expensive rehandling of freight and
crowded channels. The status of the
waterfront of Brooklyn and Queens
along the East River is similar to that
OF Manhattan. Jamaica Bay offers
room for terminals suitable for small
and easily manpuvred vessels, but it
is entirely removed from established d
rail and ocean routes entering the port.
On the New Jersey side the water
front north of Communipaw has been
developed almost as extensively as tina t
OF Manhattan and is limited by the
narrow yard areas between the piers
and the encroaching cliffs of the Pal
'sades to the north. South of Commu-
nipaw the shores of the bay are wide
and fat, and the dredging and main
tenance of deep channels and of ma
neuvring basins would be tedious and
costly. Much development has already
taken place there, but not for deep
water ocean terminals.
BY this process of elimination Stat
en- Island only remains. Its advan-
tages are found to be as follows:
First--The site is we'll adapted to a
marine terminal, so co6rdinated that
handling costs would be low, and we'll
located for effective cooperation with
the existing terminals of the port.
Second-Location on the continental
side of the port with consequent great
reduction of expensive barge trans
ference and of the congestion arising
from the cross-harbor movement, so
characteristic Of the North and East
rivers. The topography is favorable
for development of ample railway
terminals.
Third-Easily reached by important
trunk railway lines entering the port
by means Of an easily constructed and
relatively short eonnset!ns railway.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

ing terminals and still the foreign bus
mess increases at the rate OF more
s shah 100000 tons annually, so that
would tax the capacity of the first
part of the proposed terminal. Thus.
1T appears that the new terminal is
not something to be brooded over for
years, but something to be undertaken
at once if New York is not to force
to other ports the business that is
naturally drawn to it.