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Cook to a Queen Read Mrs. Wilson's Art icles on Woman*8 Page. WITHDRAWAL OF WRIT WOULD AID IN ENDING STRIKE RESULTS IN DOUBT IN MARYLAND AND NEW JERSEY STATE ELECTION FURNISHES FEW SPIRITED FIGHTS GOTH YEAR. VOI UMR et> M MUKK 309 RICHMOND, VA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1919. ?SIXTEEN PAGES. ?c.b?eb ?FAIR PRICE, THREE L MAY BE REQUIRED IN BOTH STATES Coolidge Sweeps Massa chusetts on Law and Order Platform. GOVERNOR'S LABOR ATTITUDE INDORSED BY OLD BAY STATE Republican Candidate Carries Kentucky in Gubernatorial Contest. OHIO STANDS BY PROHIBITION Dry Majority, Indorsing Law En forcement and Federal Amcnd ineiit, Approximates 75,000. Republicans elected their guberna torial candidates In Massachusetts and Kentucky yesterday, while In New Jer sey and In Maryland late returns ln dicato neck-and-neck races. Mississippi elected u Democratic Governor. Tho result in Maryland was In doubt at midnight. With less than one-half of tluj city of Baltimore heard from, Attorney-General Albert C. Ritchie, Democratic nominee for Governor, was leading- his Republican opponent, Henry W. Nice, State's attorney of Baltimore, by 1,000 In Raltnrnoro city. Rased on these figures the Democrats were claiming that Mr, Ritehie would carry Baltimore by about 1,200, Few definite returns had been re delved from the counties, however, and it scented probable that the result would not be known for some hours. With returns lacking from only 30S districts out of tho 2.U11 In the State, most of them In counties which nor mally are strongly Democratic, New ton A. K. Bugbuo, Republican candi date candidate for Governor, had a lead early today of 3,263 over Edward I. IMwards. the Democratic nominee. Rugbee's total was 159.1!<6 and that of Edwards 155,V33. Reports had been re ceived from only nbout half of Hudson County.. Tho Republican loaders asserted stoutly that Bugbee would carry the ViOO. but Ed wards' campaign managers were equnlly Insistent that ha would be victorious. The Democrats based their hopes on the missing dis tricts In Hudson an?l Essex, asserting that Jersey City alone would wipe out Dugbee's advantage. "L?w and Order" Cnndlilatr Winn. Governor Calvin Coolidge, Republi can. was re-elected Governor of Mas sachusetts yesterday by an overwhelm ing plurality over Richard H. Dewls, Democrat. Last year, when txnig also was bis opponent ho won by u plu rality cf 17,035. The vote today swept him Into office aga'in by a margin which had reached more than 85,000 at 11 o'clock tonight; with two-thirds of tho returns counted. Tho "law and ordej-" slogan of Gov ernor Coolidge, based upon his stmd against the striking Roston policemen, brought out a heavy reserve Republi can vote. The Democrats also worked hard to bring the voters to the uolls, with the result that the total vote waa one of tho heaviest ever cast In the State. ?Returns from 677 election precincts out of 974. from 311 cities and towns out of 353, outside of Roston, gave for Governor: Coolidge. 185,1 S9; Dong, 92,065. In Boston. Dong's plurality of nearly 20,000 last year was cut to less than half that figure today. Fred J. Rurrell. Republican candi date for State Treasurer, and the other nominees on the State's ticket, were ' elected by large pluralities. Morrow Governor of Kentnrlcy. The election of Edwin P. Morrow, Republican. as Governor of Kentucky, was conceded last night by Democratic party officials. Ohio has gone dry by 75,000. JameB A. White, ^hio dry superin tendent. made this claim last night on reports of uniform dry gains or from ten to twenty-nine to a precinct over 1918. when the drys won by 25,000. The returns are very meager, but in a brief summary, it may be said that the liberals are making slight gains in the cities, while the drys arje mak ing heavier gains In the country. Through Ohio "law-and-order" "can didates have been elected and Social ists have been defeated by heavy votes. Ohjo, by the vote, ratifies the Fed eral prohibition amendment and ap proves the Crabbe State-wide enforce ment act. Though subjected to heavy hammering by the liberals. It has run up even with tho other propositions. The. State rejects a repeal of State wide prohibition and defeats an at^ tempt to legalize 2.75 per cent beer. The State has rejected, it seems, a State amendment to classify property for taxation. The soldier vote was a distinct dis appointment to the liberals, who ex pected that the 265,000 men who wero absent last fall would overturn the dry majority. Antf-Soclalint Mnjorlllm Heavy. The majorities against Socialists *ero emphatic. In .Toledo, Mayor '?Jornell D. Schreiber, who broke an ? iitomobile plant strike, was re jected by 10,000. In Cleveland, the . -epuhlican tnjnd carried back Into ? dice Mayor H. D. Davis. In -Colum bus. Mayor George J. Karb. Domocrat, is probably defeated. In Hamilton, homo of radical social ism, Mayor C. J. Smith, Domocrat, and . w"and-order candidate, wtts re elected by double his usual majority, in J jnua, Mayor Hamilton, who was .arrested during the war for Socialist activities, was defeated. Wornn Wins in New York City. election of Robert D. Moran, TV as President of the Board -L?iiVrme,n of Ncw York City by a of al>out 4,000 over his Ri opponent, Flornvllo H. Da }nH-no by the" late rc 5? districts mlS9ing. Tho 1V7?,lo?an- 364.791; LaGuordia. Tri IJL Socialist, 111,359. P DaQuardla had been run " of abmit onoA ?a lndIcated plurality Aa a result of the Pnn? . v9te O"1" various omce8, Pollce Commissioner Enrlght In the evening sent out notice to all pro c'nct commanders as follows: election is very close. There will probably be a recount. You will therefore see to it that ail ballot boxes ' Bftaled before being re foftt-ri "M bal^t boxes shall he locked np in the station hopdes and a patrolman shall be kept on guard." Tnirt* 8tat? the. Republicans made Important gains In municipal (Continued on Second PageO"? ..?? ?- . ? ' y I mmmmmmmmm mhupi ?? Moran Conducts Campaign While 111 at His Home MOW YORK, Nov. 4.?Robert h. .Moron, onmlldatr for president of the Hoard of Aldermen, conducted IiIn contpnlRu from a nick bed. lib nil* recently operated on for np pendlcltid and hi* condition wan Murh um to prevent hlin fri>m votinK today. Women played an Important part In Mornn'ii rnmpalKn, un tliey did In the whole election. They conducted an active cnnTumi and ewtnbllNhed Mcveral dlatrict beadquartera where tea wm given to callern every after noon and every effort wan uiade to brlnic out the woman vote and mo Hiving the men Into line for the Tnm iiiany candidate. Although a connld rrublc number of women refrained from rreUtrriDR, practically all of Hume who did register voted. The ntrencth of the Socialist vote wnA another feature of the election. .In men O'.N'ell, thi- Soclallnt candidate for president of the Hoard of Alder men. (cut about 15 ?er cent of the total vote. DEMOCRACY UNOPPOSED IN RICHMOND ELECTION Nearly 2,000 Voters Go to Polls to Approve Results of August Primary. E. M. ROWELLE LEADS TICKET Comparatively Few Electors Scratch HalloLs, Depositing Their Slips With Few Alterations ? Mills Succeeds Wendenburg in Senate. Richmond Democrats, nearly 2,000 strong, went to the pollu yesterday between sunrise and sunset, and set their official approval on the straight ticket of candidates for the Corpora tion Commission, State Senate and Hou?e of Delegates, nominated in the August primary. There were no up sets because there was no chance for any. In fho absence of Republican opposition in the capital of a Slate almost solidly Democratic, all went as merrily as a wedding bell. Very Kew Ticket* Scratched. There was no excitement and the absence of the usual "politicking" was noticeable. Voters went to the ballot hoxes In the thirty-four precincts Into which' the four wards of Richmond aro divided and. in tho majority of casea. deposited tho slip without alterations. Tho number of scratches , nr/ile was very small. Apathy jvas I evident throdghout. the day Irt' tn? , exercise of the right of suffrage, al ! though John M. Purcell, chairman of the City Democratic Committee, called : on the voters to come out and perform their duty. For the first time in the history ! of the State, two members of the State j Corporation Commission were elected i by the people, Judge William F. Rhea and Berkley D. Adams. Members of the body have hitherto been appointed by the Governor. The count last night showed that 1.937 votes were cast for ! Mr. Adams and 1,932 for Judge Rhea. Itowelle I.endn Ticket. Morgan R. Mills, nominee for the State Senate, polled the smallest num ; her of votes, 1.908. Edward M. | Rowelle. candidate for re-election as clerk of the City Circuit Court, Be ! cured the largest number, 1.94B. What : little activity there was centered in I the first precinct of Leo Ward, where 155 men came to the polls and voted. The fifth precinct of Jefferson Ward polled the next largest number, 139, for the majority of the candidates, j Although the election . here was largely a matter of routine, the num ber of votes exceeded the estimate given during the day by men well informed politically. Several stated that the vote would probably be about 1.200. Their opinion was based on the number of ballots cast In previous elections of the same nature as those yesterday. RESTRAINING ORDER IS ISSUED KEEPING CHIEF FROM TRYING LUMPKIN Defense Contends Mayor Is Only Official to Sit in Judg ment on Patrolmen. An order temporarily restraining Chief of Police A. C. Sherry from try ing Patrolman M. F. Lumpkin, on a charge of infractions of the rules of ?the Police Department, was issued yes terday by Judge Crump, of the Law and Equity Couri. Attorneys L. O. Wendenburg, J. C. Nunnally and Willis B. Miller, who represent Patrolman Lumpkin, filed the writ of^prohlbltion against the chief yesterday morning in time to prevent the trial of that officer, which was to take place at 1 o'clock yesterday. Whether Chief of Police Sherry or Mayor Ainslie is empowered to try tho officer is the bone of contention. Great stress 'is laid by the defense on a statute of the Constitution which con fers this power exclusively on the Mayor, although the city charter de clares that this authority Is vested in the Chief of Police. No date for the hearing of the writ when It comes up on Its merits has yet been set, and much Interest has been aroused In law. circles concern ing the point at issue. Charges of compounding a misde meanor in connection with the dlsmis nal of a transporting case In Hustings Court against Patrolman Lumpkin wote tried In Police Court some time ngo and dismissed. OIL IS RETORTED FOUND NEAR SCOTLAND, GEORGIA Stnte Geologist Warn*, However, That Evidence of Commercial Vnlne In Not Conclimlve. TBy Associated Press.l ATLANTA, ?!ov. 4.?Natural oil has ,beon discovered In Georgia, Dr. S. W. McCallie, State ge-ologlst, announced to day after an Investigation extending over two months. The oil has been found on the prop erty vcf H. G. Sample, near Scotland. In Talafer County, Dr. McCallie said. It refined about 66 per cent kerosene which, ho said, was about the quality of Cailofvnla oil and Inferior to most of that In Texas and Oklahoma. While advising the owner of tire property that he bellevod, boring o>f, test wella Is warranted, tho ?Stato geologist added a Tjublic warning tp the outruns of Georgia that "evidence we have before ub is not conoluslvc so far as the existence of oil In coro moro'al value ia concerned." E Democratic Floor Leader Defeats His Opponent by 450 Majority. JOHN PAUL BESTS CONRAD Rockingham Sends Republican to Senate?Two Cities Adopt Commission Plan. Featured by spirited contests be tween Democratic and Republican nominees In several of the western and southwestern districts of the State, and general apathy and light balloting in t&e central and eastern portions, where the Democratic ticket was unopposed, slight (gains by the ftepuo'icana and the adoption of the city manager form of government ? in Lynchbursf .and Newport News^ wero the outstanding ?features of "he general elections yes terday. In many counties where Re publicans fal'ed to come in*o the lie id to oppose 'he Democrats. Independents offered themselves as candidates, but were disrated almost wltluut excep tion. In N'ewport News, the commission form of government was adopted by a majority of more than 4 to 1. The plan provides for an expert municipal executive, a paid council of tK'e, the obliteration of all ward lines and the ute of the referendum. Initiative and recall. Ill Lynchburg the vote was much closer, the plurality for adoption i amounting to 340. The Lynchburg ' plan also provides for a Council of five men who will succeed the former bicameral council and Mayor. The new form will go into effect on September 1, 1920. Candidates for the new coun cil will be nominated in April and elected in June. Cl*iie Fight in Rorklnglinra. According to reports reaching Rlch | inond last niRiU. ir. no section of the 1 State was the fight closer for the Senate and H-.use of Delega'es than in the Rockingham District. There John l'aul. Republican, was elected over his Democratic opponent, former State Senator G. N. Conrad, for the upper House. The Republicans also ejected one member o_- the two to be selected for the llous*., and the Beco.ii jeat is still In dojbt. D, W. Earnan, Re publican candidate for Cgmmonwfealth s 1 Att.irn?.v, defeated hi* Ct-mqfcratlc op Tponent. Reports from Harrisonburg last night indicated that the ?ntlre Republican ticket ' wa*s returned vic torious in Shenandoah County. R. Holman \Vtills. Democratic floor leader in the House, came forth the winner after a hot battle In Roanoke. He was opposed by W. H. Lewis, Re publican. Willis' majority was 450 votes. Ha carried his own precinct two to one, but this was needed to offset some precincts which were car ried by Lewis. In no campaign In the State were Democratic politicians more Interested than In the Roanoke fight. It was expected that the majority would be small. rUson 'and Garrett Win. On the face of returns received up to 9 o'clock last night, George T. Itlson and W. A. Garrett. Democrats, were elected from the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Senatorial Districts, embracing Danville and Henry find Pittsylvania Counties. Senator Garrett represents Danville u.nd Henry County. \vhilu Seryitor Rlson Is the member of the upper house from Danville and Pittsylvania County. Both of the in cumbents were opposed by independ ents, who waged intensive campaigns and made strong fights. The major - ties ranged from 500 to 1,000. This same district also electcd the Demo cratic nominees for the House. John C Blair.' W. H. Bun tin and C. R. bar ren. All three had Independent oppo 8"voting |n Danville was listless, only 717 votes being cast. David P. Garvin led the ticket. In Franklin County, Dalton Dillard was re-elected to the Legislature by a majority of 800, tele phone messages to Danville fro? Rocky Mount, the county sen. 'nrtl cated last night. Nowhere in the State, however, was voting more listless than in Suffolk. Only 103 votes were polled there out of a voting population or ?more than 1,000. Very little attention was paid to the election by business men, who wero only reminded of the fact by the closed banks, advices from ^Suffolk stated last, night. Republican "Wins riaoe. Although twenty-seven out of twenty-nine precincts in Washington County gave Warren. Democratic nominee for tihe Senate from Wash ington and Smvth Counties. l.?'6 votes, he was defeated by ITassenger. Republican, by a majority of 125 bal lots. For the lower house of the Legislature from Washington County. Grey, Democrat, polled 1.622 votes afd defeated Phillips, Republican, for whom 1.361. ballots were cast. Rob ertson, Democrat, received 1.636 votes, while Anderson, Republican, received 1,614. Two precincts were missing late last night and the winner was In doubt. State Senator W. L. Andrews car ried his home city of Roanoke over J. A.. Walker Cardwell. Renublinn. in the race for the senatorship of the fourth district, composed of Roanoke and Montgomery Counties, and the cities of Roanoke and Radford. In Roanoke the vote for Andrews was 1,422 and for Caldwell, 621. In Fredericksburg, C. O'Conor Goolrlck, Democratic incumbent, polled 267 votes to 64 by his Republican oppo nent, Cooke. C. W. Mnssey sccured almost twice the number of votes of his Republican rival, SI. (\ Foster. Stnta Senator Harry F. Byrd, of Win chester, was re-elected by the Demo crats of Winchester and the Counties of Frederick nnd Shenandoah, without opposition. Only a small vote was polled. Republicans "Win In Carroll. Wlth? nlno precincts missing last night in Carroll County, the Repub lican candidates wero leading by a good majority. The closest fight was between Estol W. Ogle, Republican, and" S. G. Wright, Democrat, for tho" clerkship. Grayson County returned the usual Republican majority of from 250 to 600 votes.. J. M. Parsons, Republican, was electod to the State Senate without opposition.- Tbo vote In Campbell i County Vas rep.orted llg<ht. Demo-. | era tic condidrtes for courty oice* wore unopposed. In Lynchburg, Rob ert. A. Rupsell was elected to the Sen ate, and Maro C. Brown to the House without opposition. Unofficial returns from Botetourt County indicated tho election of G, W. Layman, Democratic candidate for the Senate, over Thomas J, Wilson. The majority of Layman would ho small, It was said. Layman Is now a patient ' (Continued on Third t Page.) SENATORS REJECT I LODGE PROPOSAL Another Shantung Amendment Is Defeated by Vote of 26 to 41. ONLY THREE MORE REMAIN Senator Borah Offers One to Strike Out Article X. of Covenant. UY JAMKS n. XOljRSE. WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.?The Senate today rejected another amendment to the peace treaty, tho proposal made by Senator Lodge to strike out all tho articics relating to the disposition of Shantung being defeated, 26 to 41. Tlio amendment was disposed of with out debate. So far as known, only three more amendments remained to be considered. These are the amendments by Senator La Foiletto to strike out all the labor provisions, a new amendment intro duced today by Senator Borah to strike out Article X. of the league of nations covenant aijd the Gore amendment, giving Congress the right to dispatch troops. An agreement was reached to take the vote on the La Follette amendment at 3 o'clock tomorrow after the Senate shall have heard a speech which Senator Reed, of Missouri, will deliver in favor of it3 adoption. Debate Im Concluded. The debate on the L<a Follette amend ment was practically concluded today, but Senator Lodge asked to have final action on it put over until tomorrow to enable Senator Heed, who has been ill, to discuss it. The vote by which the Shantung amendment was defeated differed only slightly from the vote fly which the committee amendment to name China instead of Japan as tho recipient of Shantung was rejected. In today's voting. Senators Cummins, Kenyon. Shields and Thomas, who opposed the committee amendment, switched their votes to the support of Senator Lodge's proposal to strike all the Shantung matter frotn the treaty. Twenty-three Republicans and three Democrats? Gore, Shields and Thomas?voted for the Lodge amendment, while twelve Republicans and . twenty-nine Demo crats voted against It. The Republi cans who opposed It were: Colt. ^lale. Kellogg, K<nr,es, Lenroot. MeCumb'er, MWCary, NefSjon, Smoof, Spencer, Sterling and Townsend. Would Strike Out Article K. In support of his amendment to strike out Article X. Senator Borah told the Senate that the reservation proposed by the committee did not go far enough, in that it would still per mit the league of nations council sit ting at Geneva to order the participa tion of American troops in foreign controversies. He declared that the reservation made no provision to the effect that such orders would have to ] be sanctioned by Congress. By striking out the entjre article. Senator Borah asserted, the United States would be relieved from any obligation to pro tect the territorial integrity or politi cal Independence of any foreign coun try. Senator Jones. of Washington, brought forward a suggestion that the committee reservation should be amended by providing that the repre sentative of the United States In the council "shall not give his assent to any decision involving the use of the j military and naN'al, forces of the United States under the provisions of thisj covenant until it has been submitted to Congress and has been expressly authorized." "Unless an amendment of this char acter is agreed to by the Senate, I shall vote to reject tho treaty." Senator Jones said. 7 MILLION 'SHIP TONS OF SUPPLIES SENT TO AMERICAN SOLDIERS Report of Charles Dawes Also s Shows Big Purchases Made in France. ' TRv Associated Pre?s. 1 WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.?A total of 7,600,000 ship tbns of supplies were sent from the United States to Ameri can armies in France between June. 1917, anil December. 191R. and 10.192 000 tons were purchased in Rurupe. Charles G. Dawes, of Chicago, former brigadier general .and purchasing agent, today told the Senate Military Committee. H? said purchasing power for the army should not be centralized in a single ofllclal. "I thought all purchasing ought to | be centralized when General Pershing | made me head of the supply board," Mr. Dawes said. "Three weekp' ex l perlence showed me that the practice of allowing every army service to buy for itself was a necessity for fighting. Nothing should interfere between the ordor for supplier on the lighting line and its execution. A central office takes the pressuro off." The cost of material bought in Eu rope, Mr. Dawes said, was $1,024,000,000. and It included 134,000 tons of motor vehicles over 1,000.000 animals, and over 1,000,000 tons- of coal, wood nnd timber. G E R M A N sThI P PIN G COTT 0 N OUT OF SAVANNAH, GA. Dozen Lnrtre Steamer*) From European Port* Are Now nt Loading IIockM for CnrgocM. SAVANNAH, Nov. 4.?The beginning o: heavy shlpmen'.3 of cotton lo Europe is seen In tho load ng heri ?<; twelve large steamers wltih between 150.000 and 200,000 bales of cotton, which Ij destinca ' for Get man and other for eign pcrts. "his does not ncln ie a number of more moderate *ize-.l steam ers, which are loading cottonseed products and similar commodities. About an equal number ajpe due for early arrival, and others are being constantly added to the list. Somo are of very large calibre, registering more than 5.000 tons not. They are bound for the various European ports, Liverpool, Havre, Bremen, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Ghorit and ports in South-' em Europe. SoverAl stonmcrs have already cleared and sailed for German ports, both Bremen and Hamburg, and others nre*now loading. Savannah has ajways beon a favorlto port with Gor man buyers, and the movement long 1 interrupted by the war. has com menced. I But Surface Indications Are That Each Is Willing to Negotiate. PUBLIC BEGINS TO ' SUFFER Montana Is Especially Hard Hit, With Coal Bins Empty and Schools Closing. fBy Associated Press.! CHICAGO, Nov. 4.?At the end of the fourth day of the soft-coal strike that has cloned nearly all union mines In the country and. largely stopped pro duction, with about 425.000 miners idle, there had been no break or weakening on the part either of the miners or the operators. ThaVe were indications that each side was willing to negotiate, but each seemed determined that the other should surrender some point before diplomatic relatiohs should be re sumed. The chlofs of organized labor, par ticularly Samuel Oompnrs, suggested that the government should dissolve its Injunction against the mine workers' officials and that such a move would indicate that the way was open to pcace. The mine operators main tained their attitude that the strike must be called off before negotiations could he opened. John I,. Lewis, act ing president of the miners' organi zation, said the negotiations could start any time. nesrln to F>cl Strike'* KfTect. While "operators and miners re mained idle and the mines flood de serted. except for such men as tl\* unions allowed to remain in the shafts and upper works to care for machin ery, the public in some sections had begun to feel the effect of the strike in a serious measure. Montana was especially distressed, the strike having closed schools in Billings, while descriptions of the situation in that State indicated many householders were on the verge of suffering. Coal bins of many homes were empty, dispatches said, and many farmers in the dry-farming regtons were without fuel. . Three branches of the State univer .'^"d thii State Normal School at. 'lJTilTyfi nV&y liaVe" to close shortlv. Of ficials were considering the question of taking several hundred prisoners from the penitentiary at Deer Lodge to the mountains to cut wood for the prison. In the Southwest many consumers had no coal, but the regional coal com mittee announced today those victims of the strike would be given a two weeks' supply. St. Louig dealers de clared they were almost out of coal, and petitioned the government to re turn to authority the former State fuel administrator of Missouri. ? Itailroada t'ncmbirraMiied. Railroad operation continued with-, out interruption. The railroad ad ministration has outlined Its program for conserving coal stocks, and will have a central committee sitting con stantly at Washington to receive re ports and to Instruct the regional com mittees. There was little change in the situa tion today. Among the announcements tonight was one from Thomas Brew ster, chairman of the coal operators' scale committee at St. Louis, that the majority of operators may file dam age suits against the United Mine Workers of America, alleging breach of contract. While the Mine Workers' body de cided that the war was ovpr and their contract with the mine owners expired the operators have maintained that the war nflver has been officially terminated and the strike was a contract viola tion. Such suits would bo filed by opeators individually, and not by the operators association. Mr. Brewster said. No Thought of DlwmlMsal.' Mini*1" L l^ewis. acting head of the ,Jj?e %\?rk.<;rs' ?'ho today stated that the collective bargaining machinery or miners and operators was still in tact and all that was necessary was Government and operators to put it in motion, tonight said imme diate resumption of negotiations could ,?oV,.,lismK?sal.0f t,,c Government's injunction suit. He did not say miners would return to, work to obtain nego tiations. The government, however through the Attorney-General's office y )et il bc known that the injunction proceeding* would stand and that there was no thought of dismissal. COMBINATION SUGAR SALES ? HELD ILLEGAL BY JURORS Announce Tliot Dealer* Making Same Are Violating Provisions of Antitriifit Law, Combination sales of sugar bv which the purchaser is required to buy other merchandise in order to obtain it, was declared a violation of the antitrust law yesterday by tho grand jury investigating the high cost of living here. In a statement addressed to Judge D. c Richardson, of Uo Hustings Court, the jurors declare: '"Tho grand jury has determined that combination soles?that U> de manding the purchase of other goods as a condition for the purchase of siicar? Is a viola*' of the antitrust law. j h?reb^\ P"blIo to this effect and -est t^ie citi zens to advise u.<C -? violation wh'ch may hereafter come 10 their at tention. "CHARLES P. TAYLOR, mv ? .i. , "Foreman." That the jury was not through with Its investigation of the sugar situa tion with tho report made yesterday was evident when it was announced last night t^iat railway shipping and receiving clerks of the various roti touching Richmond will bo summoned before tho grand jury today to tell i what quantity bf sugar is coming Into Richmond. Tt was the intention of the Jury yes terday to summon the receiving clerks I but tholr action was delayed. Tho only witness summoned before the Jury was Colonel C. R. Keiley, secre- i tarv of the .Virginia Stato Council of Defense. 1 Norway nVooRnicea Nation. WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.?Czecho slovakia has been recognized l?y Nor way, according to a dispatch from Christlanla to the State Department today. * 1 Miners Ready to Confer .If Writ Is Vacated [Ily Annoclatrd Pre**.] INDIAN A POI.IS. Nov. 4.?AcHni: President John !<? l.f?vin, of the 1 nited Mine Workers of America, (oniKl>t stated th:it the miner* will lie wllllnp; to resume DrsotlnlluiiN nllli tin* operators iinme?lla>?ly If the restraining order now In forcc ngntnst tliem I* (vacated. stntement nnn mndc after l?e Injc nHowii n dixpotrK quotlne I'rrnldrnt Snmurl (ioniprrn, of the American Federation of Labor, an advocntlng fvithdrinvnl of the re straining; order nx a xtcp toward settlement of the strike. ? 31r. Lewi*' statement followm "If the Injunction Im vacated the miners will be wIIIIok Immediately to meet the oirereitlonw In Joint con ference to negotiate a nage scale."' Asked If miners would return to work prior to opening; of negotia tions, Mr. I#e-wls said <he miners' offer meant only "neK?tlntlonn with out reservations." nnd would udd nothing to thin declaration. E AT SHERMAN'S ADDRESS Delegates Declare That if It Repre sents Senate's Attitude Meet ing Will Move. MAY BRLVG OPEN BREACH Advocates of Forty-ElghHIour Week Clash With Defenders of Straight; Eight-llour Day During Ilot De bate on Question. fBy Associated Press.1 WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.?Incensed at crltlc&l remnrks of Senator Sherman,; of Illinois, In the Senate today, sev eral members of the international labor conference tonighf declared that un less official assurance was forthcoming that the addresses delivered yesterday and -today are not representative of| the attitude of the Senate, steps might bo taken to adjourn the conference or move it elsewhere. While the Senate addresses were barely mentioned In the conference hall, delegates freely discussed the mitter among themselves, and several. declared their willingness to leave Washington. Conference ofllclals. how- | ever, are making an effort to smooth out the dltllculty and avoid any. breal^J Advocates of a forly-eight-hour week, which Is favored by . the^, report of the organising committee, clashen today with defenders of a straight eight-hour day on the floor of the conference. Opinions of capital and labor delegates on this question are further apart than on any other item of the agenda, members said, and If the conflicting views can be reconciled speedy agreement on the other issues may be expected. ? The debate was opened by George N. Barnes, member of the British War Cabinet, and government delegato to the conference, with a speech in which ho Indorsed the forty-eight-hour week Instead of the straight eight-hour day. because the former is more "elastic" and can be put into effect more readily by all countries. Mr. Barnes, following his nddress, moved that the draft sub mitted to the convention for the forty eight-hour week, prepared by the or ganizing committee, be adopted by the conference as the basis of discussion, but that the question of its application to tropical and industrially undeveloped countries he referred to a committee for consideration, and report. Immediate protest against this mo tion was raised by P. M. Draper, Can-| ndian labor delegate, who declared Mr.) Barnes' proposal would shut out con- ] federation of the eight-hour day. Leon Jouhnux, French labor leader. Joined Mr. Drnper's protest, and added that the forty-eight-hour week Is only "an | Incident of th& principle of the eight hour day." WOULD PREVENTLABOR BY CHILDREN UNDER AGE OF SIXTEEN YEARS \ ' Working Women's Congress # Wants Medical Officer to Grant Certificates. rnv A?socIat?>rt r?re^s 1 WASHINGTON. Nov. 4.?Recom mendations that all nations enact! legislation prohibiting industrial labor! by children below the age of sixteen were made today hv the International Working Women's Congress in a reso lution adopted unanimously. Tho child labor resolution also pro vides tfhat a child to engage in any -"gainful occupation" must have com pleted Kt least his courses in the ele mentary school, and have been de clared physically (It by a medical of ficer. The congress also voted for legls- ? lation to prohibit the employment ' minors in dangerous occupations.! which might retard trneir -physical development with Insistence on the de sirability of regularly made physical inspections. The British delegation submitted a plan to make the congress a per manent organization with aflliliatlon with organizations of a "democrat '?? national character" containing a sub stantial proportion of women mem- I hers. The plan stipulates that only J women'may sit In the Joint commMteo ' of afllllation. PRESIDENT SIGNS MEASURE ENFORCING PROHIBITION Illll Appropriates S2.n0n.000 for That Purpour anil $0,000,000 tor ? Alaskan Itoad. fTtv A t ?<! Prei-i 1 WA5HIINGTON, Nov. 4.?President Wilson today signed the urgent de ficiency appropriation bill, carrying $2,500,000 for enforcement of war time prphlbltlon and the food and fuel control net. The measure also pro vides $6,000,000 for the Alaskan rail road. Improvement In t'he President's con dition continued today, it wis said at the White House, and ho was .per mitted to do some other executive work. Give* Package of Sugar. NEW YORK. Nov. 4.?A three-pound package of sugar was given today to ench votor" in the seventeenth election precinct of tho Second Assembly Dis trict on the Lower East Side by "J.mmy" Kelly, Democratic district ityuler. The gift was made without regard to. the political preferences of tho voter. x SAYS INJUNCTION Believes Annulment of Pro ceedings Would Bring Peace Quickly. DECLARES NEGOTIATIONS COULD THEN BE RESUMED Union Leaders Estimate Mines Will Be Idle Four Weeks. GARFIELD READY TO ACT Attorney-General Palmer Believes Men Will Return if Court Sus 'tains Proceedings. WASHINGTON*, Nov. 4 -v the injunction obtained ZSlT? T Gompers, presided ot^tlT' 1'ederation of Labor, decUrt<T In^" Btatoment tonight. ln Charging that t<he Injunction v.. \> eravo wrong and cross blunder Mt Gompers said that if ,t we?e v?a?? mIners ancl operators invited to further conference by the Dep.rtm.M thn. hG had "an abiding faith:' "Sid" boU'U?il??lfe?/abiendi'dJu?'ment . whereby the roil ??a.n,d efrected, brought to an end." ik? can ft after h/T^urn here*"??"1 ^aa askedPmeenforUaeSst?aft neW8PaPers hay? the coal strike and tho^XaUo"""11* Ucmn"'u Miner.. . known that "he'dernnn'i lt ,a,,oultl'b? ? 1" eU which upon the aurf??A the radical and far-reach?^ . ae?*R *o ? ? means so. For several Bi. by no era have not eral yoar* the jailtt year's work-thM? mof^ th*n * hWf aging from 160 to lixli i"r daya intennlttent, by dav, and?^ per year' employment and fhn,, y w?ek&?i The miners simply^ask ^employin'Bnt* tlon Of the Work I no- ? i tor a r?*ulR, coal production and el^lorvmth?1 th#: be regular rathe? th?i?ent may " the miners vl-aL ian ,intermittent, operators to work fun ''3? Ply of coal thn? 1 i me tho 8"P force down the nri7i * would soon market, and thfa coal on* tlte' termined not to nermi'tera^tLr6 are d<^/ case might bett??i? ?!? . Tho miners' demanding- at leL,r ?H ted by tbelr hours' work uer week 1 1y1 of sI* more than they ari> ill0^ ,a r?aHy at the present timn ?rrnltted to work ?of the condUionT cie^?. "nd"?tandlhg , are responsible f??. vL y shows who.' "on and the caused th* Dre3ent Brings Higher Prices ' When ia 1914 *uA ^ , ric*"? wv an increase of 20 8 rece|vM operators raisSd^thf VeVlr to,n 'P Per ton. aurclv th? ,e price 5* tho standoTds Tf lffe ^nd>tlons and have deteriorated bv r?/-Ahe being no practical nrf? ?' there wages and their earning"06 1,1 th?lr the cost of livinir haU P?w'>?. whrl? ??d higher. lv,nff has soaraj higher UnlT^d Mino^Worker^of0?0"". ?f th* direct from m?<j rentes? ^VPer,ca wa? men. who at the r?"?,??5nt*tives of the cided that unit.o convention de Provement in wag A nUnb* tantIal ,nB"' of the working time' regulation strike order should h? VL* ffranted th? effect November 1 p !led'.tor and his associates th? ? Lewis SSSS^r^Ss -SSfuSttt- 8 ^"Present.'gjggj $ InJ?"o??? Could V., OM,,,.. * torney-Qeneral <oo.I1dCUre*d by the At nut a fxrota hinn,T?? .? wrong, onde0thelXsrtrlktl,0mi f<^"^^temptin/"? live leadership preva'ulngf u"placed % I e local mpn?Vwilent ,n th? hands Sf ine local men, who may vie with PtAtt 0 her arfdr,^ta^ ^laVe wit^ eacK ^ Injunction were vacated and the Department of Labor invite fil/h n,S?nference- 1 h.-we an abiding i.li't ''at a mutually honorabl? a(N rMhf i\TT operators declared to,. r'';bt the country was in for a pro^ l.lt5mJnouT neTrtj"' "> '*? Siv ?r?">????!? J 1 11 J. the two 8k2^3 toccth^r ?Hn W^lli ''r"" lu'nff-t,at "" ilH^' Washington headqiiai^ers "IY" ,i?. n?gh? MndTlon1? an,Klunc<'" that over, ??}? Situation '2Sf "n^aen thnu-j'to^at'^rhe?- flmX'evi1?ncor,^i' attempts to advance the selling price I)r nStnr^Va at Conference. P saw nr on^ those wto wldospread !oioVt? tha?en,n^U^