Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 334, 9 December 1918 — Page 10

RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM MONDAY, DEC. 9, 1918. PERMANENT WAGE t FOR RAILROAD " MEN IS AIM stroyer ' crews have well earned the rest they are getting now after eighteen month of activity and during that has gained the admiration of all naval men. The Americans are' idle now.' No longer do tho commanders study maps and worry over rings and cross marks. The Hun has gone and the Americans are enjoying their relaxation to the full. candidates committee of- the Friends Foreign Mission board, Ross Hailey, ! general secretary said Monday. Friends' Board Considers Candidates for Missions Plans for new missions in foreign fields were considered. The committee expects to send a number of young people to missions this spring and summer. Candidates for foreign missions were considered at a meeting cf the

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i. ! Standardization of Pay and f Working Conditions to Come Out of U. S. Control.

; .. Bv Associated Press1) ; NEW YORK. Dec. 9. Establishment ; of permanent wage rates for the 2,-j ! 000.00 railway workers of the United'

States, to continue after the cost of living has decreased, Is the aim of the United States railroad administra-' lion, according to W. S. Carter, director of the division of labor, who spoke

here today on "The Effect of Federal , Control on Railway Labor" before the ; Academy of Political Science. j Mr. Carter, in his address, in which he outlined what Director General McAdoo had accomplished for railway workers during the last eleven months of federal control, and in making note of the fact that under the existing congressional act the lines j will pass back to private control on j r before 21 months after the declara-: tion of peace, expressed the hope I "that the rights and aspirations of labor in the operation of the railroads' will receive due consideration it4 con-1

press decides to enact additional legislation affecting them." The government, said Mr. Carter, took over the railroads with a majority of employes educated by experience to believe in the theory of the strike and it has taken timo and patience to convince them that "under federal control justice will prevail, without strike or threats of strike."x Standardization of wages and worklng conditions of railway employes, Mr. Carter believed, would prove to be the most pronounced effect of federal control. While the complete harmonization of labor has not yet been achieved by the United States railroad administration, Mr. Carter said,, "the directorFcneral has ordered the board of railroad wages n ud working conditions to make futher investigations so that all may know they will have a "square deal." In conclusion tiic speaker referred to the recognition of the eight-hour day by Mr. McAdoo and said it marked ft great advance in nullifying discontent nd unrest.

RULINGS for MERCHANTS To the Merchants of the Counties of Wayne, Fayette, Union and Franklin: As district chairman of the Merchants' Economy Committee of the State Council of Defense, which committee has not been disbanded, I am authorized to say regarding the rulings heretofore made as affecting the merchants, only two rulings have been lifted, namely: : 1. Merchants are at liberty to hire as much extra help for the holiday season as they wish. 2. The ruling as to hours of closinj, which forbid extra hours for the holiday season, has been lifted. All the other rulings, such as reduced deliveries, returning of merchandise, approvals, etc., are still in force. However, this exception as to the return of merchandise has been made for the Christmas season but the original ruling will be in force again after January 1, 1919. All returns and exchanges of Christmas purchases must be mad 'not later than January 1st. This changed ruling should be strictly adhered to. bEE B. NUSBAUM, District Chairman, Merchants' Economy Committee, State Council of Defense.

U. S. Destroyers Given Accurate Knowledge of Sub Movements

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(Ry Associated Pres3) QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 9. When American destroyers during the last IS months of the war steamed out of Queenstown to convoy merchant ships and transports through the submarine infested area of the North Atlantic, they went with accurate information of the whereabouts of the enemy Uboats as supplied by the British admiralty. As a destroyer flotilla moved out to sea the commodore would le bending over his maps with his navigators. On the nrnps were little rings, sometimes many and sometimes only a few, each denoting where a German submarine was known to be. The maps also had a cross mark' showing where the flotilla was to meet the convoy. "How do you know a submarine is

about in that locality," a destroyer captain was asked as he examined his maps. "Well we know, and pretty definitely," came the reply with a smile. The U-boat 76 is about hre (pointing to a ring), she has been thej-e three days operating within a radius of about 30 miles and will return to her base in four more days if some of us don't get her. We don't know exactly what vessel this one is over here (pointing to another ring), but we think it is the U-G!). She's going to her base tomorrow." The captain pointed out other rings and be had accounted for all on his maps. This knowledge of the whereabouts of the lurking enemy was not unusual so accurate is the information concerning the submarine obtained by the

allied naval authorities. Simething was known of every submarine operating in the water about the British Isles. But knowing where a submarine might be and sinking it were two different operations. On the wide expanse of water the submarine might change its plans or act against direct orders. All this added to the excitement of the chase as the destroyers ploughed through the sea toward the crossmark. The flotilla would go plunging and rolling along until it sighted the ships it was to convoy. The meeting place reached, the crews of the destroyers would answer the shouts and cheers of those aboard the convoy and then would turn smartly to the task at hand, that of protecting the larger vessels from the lurkers within the circles on the maps. The crews of the American destroyers operated from Queenstown throughout the entire zone which had witnessed mcsL-of the U-boat crimes against unarmed passenger and merchant vessels. They knew how deadly the submarines were. All this was an incentive to -hard work and the de-

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