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Await Wilson
Action on Coal
Board Reports
Miner? Willing to Accept
Majority Findings, Ex?
cept as to Percentage
of Raise and Hours
Compromise Is Suggested
President May Seek to Set?
tle the Disputed Points
by Further Conferences
By Theodore M. Knappen
WASHINGTON. March 12.-?In te ros t
ln the partially revealed but ?till un?
published finding? of the coal com?
mission centered to-day in speculation
as*to whether President Wilson would
accept or reject the majority report.
No decision is expected from the.
president until he has the. minority
report of John P. White before him -
und that report was not completed to
dsy?but there was talk at the White
House about the President ironing out
the differences between the; two re?
port
Whether that would be at?
tempted through a reconvening of the
commission or by direct conference
between miners and operators, under
Presidential direction, was not inti
?t*i1' . ,_ ,1 -ill. ?
It is an open question whether Chair?
man Henry M. Robinson, who repre?
sented the public interest, on the three
cornered board, would consent to re?
turn to Washington to reconsider a
decision that he believes to be in the
public interest. Kn route to Cali?
fornia, he tarried in Ravenna, Ohio,
to-dsv and was several times com?
municated with from Washington on
the long distance telephone.
The miners are willing to accept the
majority report on everything except
?He percentage of pay increase and the
ixing of the working day at eight
hours from bank to bank; and of these
two pomts thry are even more insist?
ent on a shorter working day than
they are or. higher pay. If they could
get'a six or seven-hour day, with the
approximately '?? per cent increase in
compensation agreed to by the ma?
jority of the commission, they would
bt satisfied.
Shortage or Higher Coats Seen
Chairman Robinson, it. is understood.
ig adamantine on the conclusion that
**-ith the world in it* present condition
of deficient production this is no time
to talk of six and seven-hour working
days. The increase favored by the
majority will cost the country $100,
000,000 a year, and a reduction of the
working time would result, experts
say, in either a shortage of coal or
itill higher costs to the public. Rob?
inson is represented as being impressed
with the prospect that with a regular?
ising of coal production, which he con
liders entirely feasible, through stor?
age by large consumers end other
means the miners can be kept steadily
at work throughout the year and can
easily produce enough coal for an ex?
port trade of 100,000.000 tons a year,
provided they will accept an eight
hour day. With a slump in agricul?
tural and manufactured export? very
generally forecast, a large volume of
coal exports may soon be of great
economic importance.
It was authoritatively learned to-day
that Rombrandt Peale, representing the
?perators on the commission, was as
,much displeased with the majority re?
port, which was dictated by Robinson,
as White was. but as the only way of
avoiding three separate reports finally
acceded to Robinson's position, though
he had to swallow such a bitter dose
for the operators as the* retention of
the check-off system, which practically
means that the operators must continue
to be the financial medium for keeping
*he union mine workers of America
numerically strong and plethorically
financed.
Operators Keep Unions Strong
It Is well known that the average
miner will not ordinarily pay his dues
personally into the treasury of his
union and thereby keep himself in
good standing and the union active.
Under the check-off system, which the
miners have gradually forced on to the
operators, the latter deduct from each
man's pay envelopo the amount of his
neekly dues and turn it over to
the union treasurer, thus keeping alive
the machinery for exacting from them
further concessions from year to year.
Although consumers of anthracite
foul may have felt that their interest
in the bituminous dispute was only one
of curiosity, the fact that a new scale
ia now under consideration to take
the place of the one that expires
March 31, makes it certain that what?
ever advances in wages or alteration
in working conditions the bituminous
miners may get as the result of the
commission's work will be duplicated,
if not bettered, in the anthracite field,
with certain increases in the cost of
anthracite.
Failure of National
Board Will Not Halt
Coal Wage Conference
Inability of the National Coal Com?
mission to reach an agreement on
wages for workers in the bituminous
fields will have no effect upon the wags
conferences being held here for the
purpose of reaching a new wage agr?e
mont for hard coal miners.
Members of the sub-committee hold?
ing conferences at the Union League
tlub yesterday announced that their
meetings wero running more smoothly
than before and that they had hopes
? an early agreement. Just how long
the sessions will continue could not bo
fold yesterday, however.
Thus far only the miners' demands
nave been considered by the commit?
tee of operators and mine workers' of?
ficials. The men ask for a 60 per cent
?ncrease in pay and fourteen other
*"Pulations, having to do chiefly with
corking conditions. One of these has
io do with the proposed closed shop
?jreement throughout the bituminous
"rldg.
. "eanwhile, the operators are prepar
*"?? a counter offer to make to the
?}en at the next session of the body.
vit Hi<ie has otr<,rod anything that
- '?Ifht be considered an ultimatum, and
" 'j expected that any suspension of
?? ?auction will be avoided by reach
x en agreement before the close of
?a month,
???mes Gorman, secretary ef the An
Dr. Grant
11 A. n. Service
Jk* Interchurch World
Movement and New y^
4 P. M?M*a?ic
Vet??. "M???oni Requiem'?
PoMic Forum at 8 P. M.
WALTER W. LIGGETT
The Nonpartifan League la
Action,
? ^?? cllB?h ?f ?*? Ascetuioii
Fifth eve. and Tenth Street.
thracita Conciliation Board and ?eer?
tary of the sab-comraltte? holding the
present hearings, announced that the
proceeding*? were going forward satis?
factorily. He issued a brief state?
ment in which he told of the -subject,
nnder consideration.
Arrests of indicted
Coal Men Due Monday
Several Leaders of tho Mine
Workers Said To Be Among
Those in the List of 73
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
INDIANAPOLIS. March 12.-~Govern
ment agents were engaged to-day in
the preparation of 125 capiases which
are to be ?served on the coal operators
and miners indicted yesterday on the
charge of conspiracy and violation of
the Lever act. The names of those
who will fall into the government drag?
net, are being closely guarded until
the arrests are made. Information
leaked out. during tho day, however,
that seventy-three of those indicted
live outside of the State of Indiana,
many of them in Illinois, Ohio and
Pennsylvania.
Fifty-two operators and miners of
j Indiana will be forced to stand trial.
| The Indiana defendants will be ar
j rested by deputies working out of the
, office of Mark St?ren, United States
: marshal, while service on the otheT
| defendants will be sent to the United
| States attorneys in the states where
i they live. No arrests are expected he
| fore Monday or Tuesday of next week.
There were reports that aside from
a number of the leading coal operators
of the country being in the list of
those indicted are also several leaders
of the United Mine Workers of America.
Henry Warrum, attorney for the United
Mine Workers, was In conference with
Special Assistant United States Attor
! ney Slack at the Federal building to?
day.
The basic charge against all of those
indicted, of whom two-thirds are op
| erators, is reported to be a conspiracy
i to limit production of coal during the
| coal strike last fall. Charges wer?
? made by Federal officials that the
i union mine leaders and the operators
i in their joint conferences talked pro
! duction and price as well as the miners'
! demand for increased wages.
; Mrs. Leeds' Prince Denies
| Renouncing Royal Rights
?Christopher of Greece Declares
j Reports of Official Announce?
ment Are False
A cable dispatch received from
i Frederick Wrirth jr., as legal adviser
| of Prince Christopher of Greece,
dated at Geneva, Switzerland, was re?
ceived by The Associated Press yes
j terday stating that in view of pub
! lished reports that the Official
Gazette of Athens had announced that
Prince Christopher had renounced all
his rights to succession, both Greek
and Danish, he was directed by Prince
Christopher to state that the pub?
lished reports are absolutely without
founadtion. The dispatch adds:
"Prince Christopher has not re?
nounced any of bis rights, either
royal or personal, Greek or Danish,
directly or indirectly nor yet by in?
ference. Prince Christopher desires,
furthermore, to deny all reports
which have been or may be published
to the effect that the relations of the
family are in any way strained; on
the contrary, they ctfuld not be more
cordial."
Prince Christopher, a son of the
late King George of Greece, was
married January 31 to Mrs. Wlliam B.
Leeds, who Inherited $14,000,000 from
her late husband. Constantino, former
King of Greece, was reported to have
broken off relations with? Prince
Christopher because of his marriage
to the wealthy American widow.
7,000 Strike
On Coastwise
Piers To-day
i ?,?
_,_ OoetisueS n*sm ?at? en?
ling expense at this time simply means
additions to th. already almost unsup
portable burden? which the owners of
the companies now are bearing in the
expectation that a hoped for increase
in freight rates will permit the opera?
tion of the lines without loss."
Linea Involved
Besides the Savannah Line, the
strike which is due to begin at 8 a. m.
to-day, will hit the Mallory, Clyde, Old
Dominion and Morgan lines. The vote
was taken a tthree meetings, the de?
cision being unanimous everywhere.
Local 1069 met in Greenwich Hall,
Christopher and Hudson streets;
Locals 915 and 895, in St. Veronica
Hall, Barrow and Washington streets,
and the Checkers' Union, at 164
Eleventh A9venue.
Without notice tho longshoremen
employed on the piers of the Southern
Pacific, Clyde, Mallory and Ocenn
Steamship companies walked out on
March 5. They returned last Tuesday,
saying that they would work for one
week and that meanwhile their de?
mands must be acted upon. After
a moeting of representatives of the In?
ternational Longshoremen's Associa?
tion and the steamship managers an
answer to their demands in writing
| was requested by tho association.
Spiker and Wife
Adopt War Baby
Child Born of Romance
in England Becomes
Legal Ward of Father
Special Tiixpatrh to The Tribune
BALTIMORE, March 12.?Appearing
? in the Circuit Court to-day with her
hnsband, Perley Spiker, who was the.
i father of the child made the object of
?the proceedings, Mrs. Cora Spiker asked
I and obtained from Judge Stanton the
legal adoption by herself and husband
of Alfred Ray Spiker, the infant off?
spring of her husband and Emily
Knowles ("now Emily Spiker), which
| was born in England in the closing pe
! riod of the war. The parties to the
? proceedings, and who were all pres?
ent, were Mr. and Mrs. Spiker, young
Guy Spiker, who recently married Miss
Knowles, and the former English girl.
The three principals, Perley Spiker,
his wife and the mother of the child,
during the time that Attorney Benja?
min F. Freeny explained to the court
the circumstances that led to tho fil?
ing of the, adoption petition, were
grouped in front of the judge's bench,
Spiker standing between the two wom?
en. The lawyer told of the dual rela?
tionship which the "petitioner, Perley
Spiker," had sustained to the women
as husband of the one and the war?
time sweetheart of the other.
He likewise dwelt upon the sequel
of the last-named relationship, which it
was the object of the proceedings in
some measure to offset. Both Spiker
and his wife, Mr. Freeny said, wero
anxious to assume the care and educa?
tion of the child, chiefly because they
believed the mother was not so situ?
ated financially as to be able to do
this.
On the other hand, the income of
Perley Spiker, as a steel worker, was
Pallbearers to
* Organize Union
Speoiel Disputen to The Tribune
NASHVILLE, Tenn., March
12.?An application for charter
has been made to Romans Hailey,
clerk of the County Court here,
by R. H. Bumpass, of Mason,
Fayette County, and others for a
new labor union, to be known as
"The Independent Pallbearers So?
ciety." The application is being
held up, pending investigation of
the purposes of the organization.
more than $100 weekly. This motive
of Mr. and Mrs. Spiker, the attorney
said, was seconded by a strong love
which each of them bore for the infant.
The baby's mother, when questioned
by Judge Stanton, said she voluntarily
gave up the child. She told the judge
that she hud given her consent unre?
servedly because her husband's means
would not admit of the child being
given the opportunity in life which it
deserved at her hands.
Lansing's Old Post
Vacant To-Morrow
Passports May Be Held
Up Until Senators Pass
on Colby's ?Nomination
Frcnx The Tribvn+'.i Washington Burea*
WASHINGTON, March 12.?The
United States will be without a
Secretary of State after to-morrow
because of the Senate's delay in con?
firming the appointment of Bain
bridge Colby.
Frank L. Polk, who has been act?
ing secretary since Robert Lansing re?
signed R.t the request of President
Wilson on February 13, will become
Under Secretary again to-morrow. The
law permits him to act as secretary
fur only thirtty days, but does not
provide for temporarily filling the
position after the expiration of that
period.
As Under Secretary of State, Mr.
Polk will continue to direct the af?
fairs of the department.. Ho will bo
unable to sign passports, proclama?
tions and other documents to which
the signature of the Secretary of
?States is required. No passports can
be Issued and no Presidential procla?
mations made until a new secretary
if? qualified.
No embarrassment Is expected to
result from the unusual situation,
however, as the Senate leaders plan to
have the Senate act on the nomina?
tion of Mr. Colby within a week. The
Foreic-n Relations Committee has
practically concluded Its investiga?
tion of charges concerning Mr. Colby's
qualifications, unless Mr. Colby should
demand a public hearing on them, and
expects to report the nomination to
the Senate early jpext week "without
recommendation." The confirmation
of Mr. Colby is a foregone conclusion,
as both Republican and Democratic
leaders say no serious opposition will
develop.
President Wilson's notes to foreign
governments can be sent before Mr.
Colby takes office, it was explained, by
?-ending them by cable as memoranda
that would not require the signature
of the Secretary of State.
The Store Is closed at 5 P. M. daily
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Men's Spring Suits
ready-made, by custom tailors
from fabrics imiported by B? Alionan <& Co? are
now assembled on the Sixth Ffloor
It is not necessary for the discriminating wearer to have
clothing made especially to measure Sim order to insure
skilful tailoring and the use off the finest, selected cloths.
The present assortments are in a full range of sizes and
meet individual requirements in every part acta Ear.
Prices; $7S.OO to 1 10.00
Some of these Suits are handsomely finished with silk.
Men's Hats
ira the new shapes and shades for Spring are being
featured in the Department on the First Ffloor.
Soft Felt Hats . $6.00, 7.00, 8.00, 10.00
Derby Hats >: w ,>; ??; 8.00, 10.00
(Prices are exclusive of tax)
Pictorial Profits
Drop $683,000 in
Year on Records
Stock Losses Caused Sud*
den Cut, Says Witness at
Trial of Weber, Accused
of Bribe Offer Over Tax
Isadore Schlanger, government wit?
ness In the trial of Jay A. Weber, sec?
retary of the Pictorial Review Company,
charged with attempted bribery, testi?
fied yesterday that tho records of tke
corporation showed a profit of $700,000
in 1916 and only $17,000 in the follow?
ing year. This was due, the witness
asserted, to stock losses aggregating
$400,000, which had been charged off
on tho books.
Schlanger, while being cross
examined by John B. Stanchtleld, coun?
sel for Weber, said that in March,
1917, a dividend of $300,000 was de?
clared when the capital stock of the
company was $600,000. Later, In No?
vember, 1917, ho said the records
I showed that at a meeting of the board
I of directors this dividend hnd been
rescinded after the money hud been
distributed to the stockholders, and
that it was agreed to accept promissory
notes for the money paid out. The
witness declared that the note of Wil
| Ham P. Ahnclt, president of the cor
I poration and a large stockholder,
I never had been paid. By this trans?
action, Schlanger said, there was a
' difference of about. $100,000 in Ahnelt's
? tax.
Judge Cushman, before whom tho
en8e is being tried, ruled that copies
of the income tax returns of the Pic?
torial Review Company for 1914, 1915,
1916 and 1917 need not ne produce?
by E. Barrett Prettyman, a representa
! tive of the Internal Revenue Depart?
ment. Prettyman refused to give up
the copies on the ground that it was
forbidden by the regulations of his
department urtless the Secretary of the
Treasury or the Commissioner of In?
ternal Revenue gave the necessary per?
mission.
Jn his ruling Judge Cushman held
: that, if it should develop after the
trial, in the event Weber is convicted,
that the testimony of "Agents Gropper
and Schlanger was at variance with
the returns he would grant, a new trial.
While the discussion about the copies
of the tax returns was going on Frank
A. Roosa, one of Weber's attorney?,
asked for the arrest of Colonel Daniel
L. Porter because he had failed to pro
duce the returns. The subpoena was
originally served on Colonel Porter.
Judge Cushman ignored this request.
Benjamin P. DeWill, prosecuting the
case for the government, said he would
endeavor to obtain permission of the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue to
produce the papers in question. He
said there was nothing the government
wished to conceal.
Hubert B. Stokes, formerly an agent
of the Internal Revenue Department,
who took Weber in custody, followed
Schlanger on the stand. He told of the
instructions he had received from
Colonel Porter about following Weber
and the events leading up to the arrest
of Weber nt the Hotel McAlpin.
Adriatic Brings In Crew
Of Abandoned Schooner
Six Picked Up at Sea After'
Fighting Gale; Miss
Cohan Home
The White Star liner Adriatic, from :
Southampton and Cherbourg, arrived |
hero yesterday with 1,106 travelers, |
her passenger complement having been
augmented by Captain L. T. Hayes, of
the British schooner Maid of La Have,
and five of his crew who were picked
up after a fight of nearly two weeks
with stiff northwest galo3 off the coast
of Newfoundland.
The schooner was waterlogged and
|set on fire before abondoned. At the
j ship's concert Thursday night $280 of
; the $1,480 raised for the widows and
j orphans' fund was given to the men
j of the wrecked echooner.
Among tho passengers was Miss
Georgette E. Cohan, daughter of George
I M. Cohan, who has recently finished
! her London season in the play "Mr.
! Pem Passes By." Miss Cohan was met
; at the pier by her father and several
! friends. Mr. Cohan, it is said, contem?
plates writing a play for his daughter.
Also on board was Bishop Willia^n
j F. Anderson, of Cincinnati, who re
| cently completed a trip through Europe
? in the interest of the interallied church
! movement and tho Methodist Episcopal
? Church.
Among others on the vessel were
Mrs. C. Huntington Hatzfeldt, Thomas
C. Dagnall, J. E. Hargreavesj E. J.
Hambidge, Darlo Resta, Sir James
Kemnal, Miss Maude Odell. English
actress, and Captain Noel Livingston
Learmonth.
-.-.
Soviet Envoys on Way to Make
Trade Pact With Germanv !
COPENIL'VGEN, March 12.?A Rus- |
sian airplane, compelled to land at
I Kovno, Lithuania, yesterday had aboard ?
: one woman and three men, In addition
I to mails, says a despatch to "The j
j Berlin.ske Tidende" from Kovno. The |
! men, the despatch adds, carried writ
' ten authorizations to conclude ti'ade j
| agreements with Germanv.
Women Organize for Butler
League Starts Movement Indors?
ing Presidential Boom
The Nicholas Murray Butler for
President Women'? League was organ?
ized and started business yesterday at
the Hotel Commodore, with Mrs. John
S. Sheppard as chairman of the ex?
ecutive committee. Among the vice
presidents are Mrs. Charles S. Whit?
man, wife of the former Governor; Mrs.
Everett Hamilton and Mrs. Thomas R.
Procter. Mrs. Gardiner Gayley is
corresponding secretary and Mrs. Wil?
liam M.s V. Homan treasurer.
Among others prominent in the organ?
ization ara Mrs. Stephen H. Olin, Mrs.
John D. Prince, Mr?. Alfred E. Oitimen,
Mrs. Frank Gray Griswold, Mrs. Archi?
bald Douglas, Mrs. Howard Van Sin
deren, Mrs. Franklin H. Giddings,
Mrs. Stuart Duncan, Mis? Freling
huysen, Mrs. Newcomb Carlton, Miss
E. Louise Sands, Mrs. Stanley Lyman
Otis, Mrs. Lucien Evans, Mrs. Charles
D. Hilles, Dr. Lucy Osborne Wright.
Mrs. James A. Blanchard, Mrs. George
F. Cloyer, Mrs. Morell E. T. Tallett,
Mrs. Charles Thaddeus Terry, Mrs. John
R. Davies, Dr. Addison Boyce, Mrs.
Henry A. ?Todd and Mrs. Henry L.
Easton.
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BAKEB'S COCOA
is "welcome
Do not make the
mistake of think?
ing that cocoa is
only an occasional
drink. It is so
valuable a food
beverage, so rich
in the elements of
_ nutrition, so deli?
cious in flavor, and so wholesome that it
should be used regularly and often.
Booklet of Choice Recipes sent free.
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WCmm'SANM?L SPRINGSALES
Emhrucing Every Department
EN'S
SHOES
Regularly $15.50
without doubt the
most astonishing
values of the year!
This Sale has awakened men to the McCreery method of
merchandising. It has emphasized the fact that by handling
tremendous quantities in an expeditious way only can prices
be brought down. These shoes at $10.75 cannot be bought
at wholesale for that price to-day! And if you look into retail
conditions you'll soon find that they can't be bought for less
than $15.50. We repeat?this sale furnishes, without doubt,
the most astonishing shoe values of the year! Sixteen different
(high and low) styles for Spring.
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(Second Floor)
5th Avenue 35th Street
Use 5th Avenue Arcade