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WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1919-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES.
TWO CENTS.
SENATE DEBATES A F. OF L'S SUPPORT
OF MINERS WHILE AWAITING ACTION
OF STRIKE LEADERS AT INDIANAPOLIS
Reading of Council's
Statement Stirs
1
Legislators.
MR. MYERS FOR
FIGHT TO FINISH j
i
I
"Would Freeze Rath
er Than See Govern
ment Recede."
!
No Time for Cold Feet,
j Says Secretary Tumulty
Wkllr Hotmr official, rcfnncd
, today to comment on the nldr
mrnt of the Av.icrican Krdrra
tion of Labor upholding the
xtrlklng coal miner* and de
manding that the government
withdraw the injunction pro
ceeding* aealnut the official* of
the miner*' anion.
'?The altuatlon 1* in the hand*
of the court*," Secretary Tum
ulty *ald. pddlngt
"Thi* i* no time to get cold
, feet."
The reading of the statement of the
executive council of the A. F. of L.
on the coal strike, at the request of
Senator La Follette, precipitated a de
bate in the Senate today in which Sena- j
tor Myers of Montana declared himself
in favor of a finish tight to ascertain
whether law and the courts or the labor
union control the.country.
"I would rather freeze to death than
fee the government recede from the
position it has taken in this coal strike."
said Senator Myers. "I believe the
country is fronting the most serious
time since '61. The passage of the
Adanuon law, at the time of the threat
ened railroad strike. I think is the !
cause of most of our trouble today I
hope that mistake wiU not be repeated.
Wants Issue Decided.
% am in favor of having this Issue
decided now, without any compro
mise. Delay will only postpone the
?vil day. There is nothing in the
statement of the executive council of
LhHe.?hAmer,??n, Federation of Labor
Which would In any way justify any
jjody of citjsens defying the laws and
ine court#.
Senator La Follette asked for the
reading of the statement, in which the
American ^ration of Labor aligns
the? ,trlkinK' coal miners
immediately after the Senate met.
After the reading had proceeded for
some time and the buzz of conversa
i}?J! the chamber indicated that
little attention was being paid to it.
Senator La Follette arose and in in
dignation. requested that the reading
t?e not continued, since the senators
Were paying no attention to it. Sena- I
tor Norris of Nebraska, however, in- I
?isted that the reading continue.
conclusion Senator Owen of
Oklahoma put into the record letters .
he had received from the geolbgical !
survey showing that the coal miners
are not employed throughout the
year, but are laid off many days,
senator Owen suggested that the op
er*tor? d'd not permit the miners to
work full time, because if they did
larger production of coal would force
the prices down.
Blames Lack of Cars.
Senator Cummins of Iowa said that
while he was one of those that did 1
not believe the miners receive suffl- j
cient wage, yet he was of the opinion
/that the reason the miners were laid !
off was due to the failure of the rail- !
road administration to furnish suffi
cient coal cars and a disinclination of
the people to buy coal at certain
times of the year. Senator Owen re
torted that the disinclination of the
people was due to the high price of
coal To this Senator Cummins re
plied that the prices had been fixed
by Fuel Administrator Garfield, and
he admitted that he had marveled at I
these high prices.
Senator Owen said that he had pre- j
sented the letters from the geologi- I
cal survey so that the Senate might
have information regarding the sit
uation. and expressed the hope that
something might be done by Congress
to meet the serious situation con
fronting the country.
Held More Important Than Treaty, i
Senator Cummins said he would be !
^lad to see the time which is being 1
?wasted in consideration of the Ger- i
man treaty used to discuss these im- I
pcrtant domestic problems
"I agree with the senator from i
Jowa. said Senator Owen. "I think '
we are fiiddling while Rome is burn- !
ing. J
BRITISH OVERTURES
WITH REDS DENIED'
LONDON, November 10.?Great Brit- i
nin has no intention of opening peace!
negotiations with I,enin and Trotsky I
until the house of commons has had
s?n opportunity to discuss the subject.
Mr. Bonar Law, the government lead
er. declared in thS house of commons
today.
Mr. Bonar Law made this statement
In answering questions with reference
to Premier Lloyd George's speech at
the Guild Hall on Saturday, in which
he was supposed to have hinlerl of an
attempt to negotiate peace with the
bolsheviki in Itussia. He declared the
premier had simply expressed the how
that there would be some method found
of achieving peace with Russia.
DOCTORS OF SOUTH MEET.
Medical Association, With 750 At
tending, Assembles at Asheville.
ASHEVTLLE. X. C., November 10.?
tVith approximately 750 present, the
lirst session of the thirteenth annual
convention of the Southern Medical
Association convened here this morn
ing. with five different gatherings in
session at the same time. The gen
eral sessions of the association will
be presided over by Dr. Llewellyn
Barker of Johns Hopkins, Baltimore,
president.
LABOR FIGHT BECOMES TEST
OF GOVERNMENT'S AUTHORITY
\ .?
All Three Constitutional Branches Agree as to
Illegality of Strike and Question of _
Sovereignty Is Made Issue,
BY X. O. MESSENGER.
It is held in administration quar
ters here that the threatened in
dustrial controversy has ceased to
be a contest between labor and
capital and is now a test of author
ity as between labor and the gov
ernment of the United States.
"It is now a question of the
sovereignty of the United States,"
said one high official today. He is
believed to voice the opinion gen
erally held in administrative cir
cles. ?
The three constitutional branches
of the government have held the
coal miners' strike to be illegal.
The President of the United
States, with the unanimous ap
proval of his cabinet, so declared
in a formal and official announce
ment.
The Congress of the United States,
through a resolution adopted by
formal vote?the House unani
mously and the Senate with but
six dissenting votes?approved the
action of the executive branch and
pledged the support of Congress to
all legal measures.
The federal court has. after hear
ing in_which labor was given its
day in court, sustained the position
taken by the executive and declar
ed the strike to be illegal.
In Complete Agreement.
Thus the legislative, judicial and
executive branches of the govern
ment, the three co-ordinate govern
ing powers set up by the Constitution
of the United States for the people of
this ?ountry, have functioned and
have agreed in entirety. The repre
sentatives of the people?that is to
say, the Congress wsich makes the
laws, the judicial branch which con
strues the laws and the executive
branch, sworn to execute the laws?
are in accord upon this particular
question.
Now comes the American Federa
tion of Labor to declare:, "By all
the facts in the case; the miners' '
DJL LABOR MAY GO
OUT IF OMRS DO
C. L. U. Secretary Declares
'Government by Injunction'
May Be Protested Here.
Prospects for a general '"strike of
organized labor In the National Capi
tal loomed today when officials of the j
Central tabor Union declared that i
body would support the American
Federation In case a nation-wide strike
of all union labor were called.
Newton A. James, secretary of the
Central Labor Union, stated today
that in case the American Federation
of Labor's statement, made by the
executive council last night, me^ns
there is to be a general strike, the
Central Labor Union will back the
striking coal miners bv making such,
a protest against a policy'of "govern- j
inent by injunction."
Calling of such a strike by the Cen- |
tral Labor Union, it was stated, would :
bring out every union man and worn- i
an in Washington who is a member of
a labor organization affiliated, with
the Central Labor Union. i
Radicals Likely to Control.
At tonight's meeting of the Central j
Labor Union it is expected the ag- |
gressive element will hold the reins.
It is expected that the organization j
will place itself on record as com- !
pletely indorsing the stand of the 1
American Federation of Labor. even :
if that means calling out every mem- j
ber of organized labor in the city. i
Strong opposition is expected from 1
the more conservative element in i
the Central Labor Union to adoption '?
of a policy of antagonism to govern- !
inent. Hut men at the head of the
organization believe the aggressive '
and militant element will be in con- |
trol.
C. Jj. U.'s Indorsement Reiterated. |
"The Central Labor Union stands
pat in its indorsement of the action
of the American Federation of Labor !
yesterday in regard to the coal j
miners' strike," said Secretary tames .
today. "We are preparing resolutions !
to be presented at tonight's meeting j
of the central body, giving our un- I
equivocal indorsement to the strikers !
and pledging our moral and financial }
support to our struggling brothers i
in the coal fields. If the dec.aration j
of support of the executive council j
of the American Federation of Labor
is to be interpreted to mean that I
there is to be a nation-wide general !
strike, we shall back the coal miners |
bv making such a protest against I
the policy of government by injunc- I
tion. even though such a general j
strike is contrary to the policy of the
American Federation of Labor up to I
the present time, and also strongly
opposed personally and officially in
the past by President Gompers.
Thinks Parting of Ways Is Here.
"We intend to put through resolu
tions to this efTect at tonight's meet- i
ing of the Central Labor Union. We
of the old leadership of local organ
ized labor feel that the parting of the
ways has come, when the fight of or
ganized labor against capital backed
by the courts and the weapon of gov
ernment by injunction must be waged
with weapons that will injure to the
masses their rights in their fight for
justice."
The statement of Secretary James
was Indorsed by Rd Toone of the Bak
ery Salesmen, Henry Miller of the
Brewery Workers, Charles Frazier of
the Machinists, Thomas H. Jones of
the Stationary Engineers. C. C. Coulter
of the Retail Clerks' Union and oth
ers of the official personnel of the
Central Labor Union and business
agents of local unions.
strike is justified, We indorse it.
Apparently the issue would seem
to be joined by the officials of the
Federation of l^abor, and the men in
the ranks will now be face to face
with the choice of supporting their
leaders' declaration or the solemn
and official pronouncement of the
government of the Lmted St?*"
through all of its constitutional
branches that the facts in the case
do not Justify the strike. .
The statement was made toaaj,
unofficially, in high official quarters,
that there will be no weakening on
the part of the soyernment * or the
moment, the situation is in the hands
of the executive and judicial branch
es. with Congress standing in re
serve. its position defined. No one
in Washington expects Judge Ander
son of the federal court to back
track on his decision, nor to lack
firmness in enforcing the court s or
der. if the order is defied by the mine
union leaders.
Position of Workers.
The administration at Washington,
it can be stated by authority, has
no intention of abating its position
and will support the federal court
if called upon. From today on. it is
said, all interest will center in the
action taken by the rank and file or
labor as to the attitude assumed by
the heads of the American Federa
tion of Labor, together with drift of
public sentiment in support of either
the strikers or the government.
It is thought here that public senti
ment. outside of organized labor,
will be affected by the outburst of
anarchistic utterances by the '?reds.'
which has come just at a time to
call attention to their activities.
While no fair-minded man will as
sociate the criminal theories of the
?Teds" with the aims of organised
labor, it is said that the people will
hardly fail to take note of the fact
that the "reds" are ready instantly
to seize upon any widespread indus
trial agitation to forward their
Vicious ends for the destruction of
government and society and will en
deavor to "tail-on" to nation-wide
strikes if they should be called.
Gompers and Attorney Gen
eral Were Near Agreement,
Lawrence Holds.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Responsibility for the continuance
of the coal strike rests upon one
man?John L. Lewis, acting president
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica. Conferences between Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, and Attorney
General Palmer had proceeded to the
point where-an.agreement was almost
reached and needed only the approval
of Mr. Lewis, but the latter blocked
the settlement.
Mr. Gompers was looking at tfie
question from the broad point of view
of the advantage or disadvantage to
labor as a whole in the present con
troversy. He wanted to see, the in
junction proceedings dismissed be
cause of the vital precedent that it
was about to establish, and evidently
thought that a rescinding of the
strike order in the coal fields was not
too great a price to pay.
But Mr. Lewis thought otherwise,
since he looked at the question from
the point of view of the miners and
his own relationship to the strike?
a knowledge that should he falter in
the course he had outlined for him
self his own standing with the miners
might be imperiled.
"Boring From Within."
So the statement issued by the
American Federation of Labor de
nouncing the injunction proceedings
at Indianapolis and declaring that the
American Federation thought the coal
strike justified and would put all Its
power and resources behind said
strike must be viewed in the light of
Friday's conference between the At
torney General and Mr. Gompers.
They reveal what ha? been all too
apparent in Washington in recent
months, namely, that Samuel Gompers
is afraid he may lose his job and that
the "boring from within," which Wil
liam Z. Foster of the steel strikers
urged upon his colleagues of the 1.
W W faith, in asking them to get
on the inside of the American Federa
tion of Labor, is at last having its
elT^ie apprehension that unless the
conservatives like Mr. Gompers are
permitted to .retain control of labor
in America the radicals will get the
upper hand and bring industrial chaos
has seized the men in the high offices
of the American Federation of L^"r.
It cannot be dismissed merely as a
desire on their part to retain political
power inside' thPe big organization as
ITth^r is?envery?rreasortoybrieve
-
"'"del- 'the' 'country ?nVthe' p'resen"
render the country ln the
crisis is to preserve *
ranks of labor and hold the radicals
in check from within.
Sees Little Success by Gompers.
But the evidence to date would
seem to indicate that Mr. Gompers
and his associates are having little
success. The test came first in the
steel strike, when Mr. Gompers ad
mittedly failed to prevent the strike,
which he himself disapproved. His
efTorts last week at the Department
of Justice were predicated on the as
?umDtlon that he could influence the
judgment of the leaders of the miners,
but that. too. has gone by the board,
so that government officials are won
dering how much pow^rjir. Gompers
has in the ranks of labor.
Thev were not, therefore, disposed
to become unduly excited over the
statement Issued by the executive
* (rv}ntinued. on gecond PageQ t
General Committee
and Officers in
Conference.
CONSIDER RECALL
OF STRIKE ORDER
Refuse to Predict Out
come Before Going
Into Session.
By the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., November
10?The general committee of the
Vnlted Mine Worker* of America,
which met here today to take ac
tion on the mandatory injunction
of Federal Judge A. B. Anderson
demanding that the strike order be
rescinded before 6 p.m. tomorrow*
was still In session at 1. o'clock
this afternoon and no Intimation
J what the action of the commit
| tee would be was given ont.
The meeting place of the com
mittee, which includes Internation
al officials, district presidents and
members of the executive board
and scale committee, representing
425,000 striking bituminous coal
miners, wns kept secret until just
a few minutes before the confer
ence convened.
A sergennt-at-arms was sta
tioned at the entrance to the hall
and only delegates were permitted
to approach within twenty feet of
the entrance.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., November 10.
?All the members of the general com
mittee of the mine workers, including
international officers, district presi
dents and members of the executive
board and scale committee, were pres
ent, it was said, when the conference
assembled in the Lincoln Hotel short
ly before 11 o'clock to discuss the
court mandate that the strike order to
the bituminous coal miners must be
rescinded.
It was found the executive board
room at headquarters would not ac
commodate the full membership of
the general committee, and the meet
in* was transferred to the h?tel as
sembly room.
Call of Today's Meeting.
Today's meeting was called follow
theJ.88u*nce Judge Andersen's
order. The call sent out by the union
heads was directed to all district
presidents, members of the executive
board of the organisation and the en
tire personnel of the miners' scale
committee. Members of the general
committee would not comment on the
strike situation.
The majority of the miners' officials
seemed to take their cue from the
statement issued last night by John
L. Lewis, acting president of the
mine workers, in which he said:
Statements to the effect that I shall
or shall not comply with the man
datory proceeding of the injunction
writ are unauthorized and premature."
While It was believed in some cir
cles that an order rescinding the strike
order issued October 15 would be ap
proved by the miners' committee and
sent on its way to the coil fields be
? fore 6 p.m. tomorrow, the time limit
set by Judge Anderson, its reception
I by the coal diggers was regarded as
| problematical. In some districts, it
was asserted, there was no question
j that the miners would return to work
immediately on receipt of the word
! from headquarters calling oft the
strike, but in others the action of the
men was- considered doubtful.
Reports From Fields.
Reports from the various coal fields
since the strike was called indicate
'hat many union men contend that
the general committee of the miners
have no suthoritv to re?"in<l the or
der for the strike, which, they as
sert. was decided upon by the regu
lar convention of the United Mine
Workers meeting In Cleveland in
September.
In case the recall order should be
issued* by the miners' general com- i
mittee and some of the Individual i
members of the union refused to I
recognize the authority of the order I
and remain idle any action contem- I
plated by the government could not :
be learned this morning.
A hint, however, was given during i
the proceedings in the United States!
district court Saturday, when Judge !
nderson said "The Lever act makes
it an unlawful conspiracy for two or I
more persons to arrange to limit the
production of coal. That is perfectly
anparent to me. Everybody knows
that."
No action, it was said, is planned by
the government until after the time
limit set by Judge Anderson for the
issuance of the strike rcfall order.
Maanwhile attorneys for the union
were said to be busy preparing their
case for an appeal to the United
States circuit court of appeals in Chi
cago.
CANADA MUST RESTRICT
TO SECURE U. S. COAL
Bailroad Administration's Commit
tee So Bules as to Fuel-Other
Than for Emergencies.
In order to obtain more American
coal than is needed for emergencies,
Canada mus adopt restrictions on |he
use of coal similar to those in effect
in the United States.
This statement was made today by
the railroad administration's central
coal committee after members had read
the complaint in the Canada house of !
commons by J. D. Reid, minister of
? railways, that citizens of Alberta were i
1 sufferlnc from lack of fuel.
I Canadian production l? small, com- !
I mittee members said, and consequent
I ly the pincli of the strike was felt in '
I that country immediately after ship- I
ments ceased.
Replying to Mr. Reid's statement!
that nearly 45,000 Canadian railway
cars were held on this side of the
boundary against 23,000 American
cars in Canada railroad administra
tion officials said the movement of
cars was as free and unrestricted as
before the strike began. Many of
these cars were sent from Canadian
roads to the coal-producing districts
of this country before the strike be
gan, it was stated, and they will be re
turned to their home roads as rapidly
as traffic mrtrliUnns permit.
i
CUMBERLAND MEN
NOT UNIT ON COAL
STRIKE QUESTION
No Serious Grievance Found
in Field Supplying Wasn
ington With Fuel.
(A staff correspondent of The Star was Bent
to Investigate the condition in the Western
Maryland coal field*, because Washington re
ceives a large proportion of its supply of
bitmuinous from that region.)
from a Staff Correspondents
CUMBERLAND, Md., November 10.?
at most of U? mines in this
section blew thi# morning, after beifg
silent for a veek. None of the striking
mlMrt itftOKWKl td ?<*k Ui4w#-.- tow
ever, even though fires were started
under the boilers at the mines ? and
everything was in readiness for re
sumption of work.
Sentiment of the majority of the min
er* on strike appears to be against re
turning to work, even though the strike
order should be withdrawn by the na
tional officers of the mine workers'
tihlon.
If pn order is received at headquar
ters here of district No. 1# from na
tional officers of the United Mine
Workers of America rescinding and
recalling the strike order, many of
the union miners in Georges Creek
and Upper Potomac fields will return
to work some time this week. Many
others will not. It is safe to say
there will be no general resumptioh
of coal production immediately; also
it is safe to say the miners are in a
receptive mood, and would welcome
reopening of negotiations with the
operators.
As regards the stand of the oper
ators. willingness was expressed yes
terday ?.nd today by all of them to
reopen negotiations with the men as
soon ap work is resumed. Not one
representative. of the operators ex
pressed any desire to stand for can
cellation of wage scales existing prior
to "the strike; all declared willingness
to begin again just where work left
off.
Conservatives Want to Work.
The conservative element in the lo
cals of the miners' union in this dis
trict wants the strike called off and
work resumed. If this element pre
vails reopening of the mines is a ques
tion of a few days or a week.
The fact that non-union mines in
this and adjacent fields are working to
the limit of their productive capacity
and getting out hundreds of cars of
coal daily, with production slowly in
creasing, is a strong factor. Union
miners do not like to set non-union
men profiting at their expense;
neither do operators whose mines are
manned by union men like to see their
non-union competitors making money
while their own mines are closed and
idle. Not a ton of coal has come out
of union mines in the Georges Creek
and Upper Potomac fields since the
men walked out November 1.
Soma Union Mines Resume.
On the other hand, some of the union
mines in other West Virginia fields
have resumed operations. While dis
trict officials deny absolutely that
any union miners have deserted the
strike, they are bitter in denuncia
tion of "traitors," giving the impres
sion that they know of defections
from union ranks.
Miners in this field have not as yet
felt the effects of the strike. While I
the yhave been idle fo rthe last week,
they have been running along on
their last pay and still have the
pay they drew today. *
This was the regular bi-weekly pay
day at the mines in this district, the
men drawing their money for the coal
they mined up to midnight October 31.
It will be their last pay until the
strike is settled, unless the men get
back to work at once and earn a
"short pay" covering the remainder
of the present two weeks' period.
Slight Settle Strike.
From conversations with scores of
miners in all parts of this 'field it is I
apparent that so far as local condi-j
tions are concerned the strike might
be settled in an hour, if representa
tives of the miners themselves?not
salaried organizers and district offi
cials?and of the operators would get
together. The only questions that are
actually, vital here, these conversa
tions indicate, are open recognition
of the union, elimination of dead time
and some method of distributing work
through the actual working season, so
as to avoid successions of idleness and
rush work.
Open recognition of the union, the
miners say, can be brought about
by the operators agreeing to deduct
union dues in the paymasters' offices,
exactly as the fees for company doc
tors are deducted. In making up
pay rolls it is the custom of the
companies ,to deduct- <1.25 a month j
(.Continued on Seventh Pagp.) .
THE MODERN AJAX.
Mother-in-Law et al.
May Visit a Month Only '
LONDON, October 30 (by the
Associated Pre?i<).?Household
er* In the I'nlted Kingdom are
barred from entertaining their
mothers-in-law or other irnests
longer than four weeks by an
order from the ministry of food.
This edict, which Is part of the
food eon nervation program,
limits the stay of a visitor in a
private house to one month.
PRESIDENT MAY SEE
' ETQMORROW
n. -
Royal Guest to Call on Mrs.
Wilson?Route From Sta
tion Tomorrow Noon.
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales,
will call on Mr^ Wilson at the White
House tomorrow afternoon and proba
bly will see the President for a few
moments in the chief executive's sick
room.
Dr. _Grayson Bald today that the
President's health would permit him
to see the royal visitor if the prince
so desired, and it is thought that his
highness will be glad to renew the
acquaintance with President Wilson
which was begun?in Europe.
Prince to Arrive Tomorrow Noon.
The special train bringing the prince
from Refuses Point, N. T.. where he
crossed from Canada into the United
States today, is speeding toward
Washington and will reach here at
noon tomorrow, at which time Vice
President Marshall and an imposing
group of civil and military represent
atives will meet the royal party at
the Union station.
Escorted by a squadron of cavalry,
the prince will be taken to the Bel
mont residence, 1618 New Hampshire
avenue, where he will immediately
entertain the members of his suite
land the American officials attached
to his party at an informal luncheon.
He will receive and return official
calls during the afternoon, the most
important being his call at the White
House at 3 o'clock.
Prince's Party.
The personnel of the prince's party
follows:
Rear Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey, "K.
C. B.. K. C- M. G.. chief of staff.
Maj. Gep. Sir Henry Burstall, K. C.
B. K. C. M. G.
Lieut. Col. B. W. M. Grigg. C. M. G..
D. S. O.. .M. C., military secretary.
Sir-Godfrey Thomas, baronet, pri
vate secretary.
Commander Dudley North, C. M. O.,
R. N. ?
I Capt. Lord Claud Hamilton, D. S. O.,
equerry.
Capt. the Hon. Piers Legh, equerry
A retinue of nineteen persons at
tached to the suite.
; t - ? - -
- U. S. Officials With Party.
The following are the American
officials attached to the prince s party: j
? Maj Gen. Btddle, military aid.
Rear Admiral Nlblack. naval aid.
Jefferson Caftery, first secretary of ;
embassy, special represetnative of the i
State Department.
L. Lanier Winslow, second secretary
of embassy:
Myron Hofer, third secretary of em
b Maj. R. A. Sharpe, special aid to the
Secretary of State.
Lieut. Commander A. B. Legare.
U. S. N. R. F.. aid to Rear Admiral
Niblack. ? ,. v ,
Capt. John N. Potter, aid to Maj.
Gen. Biddle.
J. M. Nye, special agent of the De
partment of State. . _
Inspector Clifford L Grant, chief of
detectives; Inspector Harry L. Cess
ford. assistant superintendent of
police; Detective Edward Kelly and |
Senct W O. Holmes compose a detail
of members of Maj. Pullman s squad
to accompany the Prince of \Vales
narty from the Canadian border to
this city The detail was made at the
request of the State Department.
Detectives Keck, Lynn, Jett, Mor
gan Grant and Kelly and a number
of uniformed policemen will compose
the guard in this city. Capt. George
! H Williams of the fourth precinct, a
native of England, will have charge
! of the detail. He was in charge of the
I nollce detail two years ago, when the I
! British mission, headed by Sir Arthur
( Balfour, visited this city.
Route From Union Station.
Maj Pullman has arranged for a de
tail of police from the several pre
cincts to escort the royal party from
Union station to the Belmont resi
dence, where they will stay while in
this city. The party will reach Union
i ' (Continued qn Second Pagq.l . .
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9
SYMBOLIC EVENTS
ON ARMISTICE DAY
HERE TOMORROW
Gen. Pershing, Army Flyers
and Other Fighting Men
in Local Program.
American customs and symbolism
| will mark the Armistice day celebra
i tion at Lafayette Square tomorrow
| morning:, when aerial maneuvers bj
i Army flyers and an imitation battle
by a platoon ol goldifera, sailors aqd
marines will marC?We celebration ol
the flrst anniversary of the-cessatior
of hostilities.
Leading; officials of the crovernmeni
and citizens who have planned th<
bis demonstration trill be grouped It
a circle in the western pnd of th?
square symbolic of the old "council
circle" of the American Indians.
Each State Represented.
The firing- platoon, which will fire at
| will for one minute before the striking
of the hour of 11 o'clock, will be
composed of forty-eight men. one for
each state in the Union. Two redwood
trees, a typical American species, will
be planted as a living tribute to the
i patriotic civic and military spirit of
J the nation, and the roots will be cov
; ered with earth brought from every
| part of the country.
Gen. John J. Pershing will be pres
| ent with his staff at the oelebration
j and will assist in planting the "mili
j tary tree."
It is expected that President Wil
i son will watch the proceedings from
I one of the upper windows of the
; White House, and his autograph.
' along with that of Secretary of State
i Lansing and a number.of others, will
be placed with documents to be her
metically sealed and placed at the
roots of the trees.
To Offer Aerial Prayer.
The exercises IU the square are to
begin at 10:30 o'clock in the morning,
when the opening prayer will be made
| by Rev. Henry N. Couden, blind chap
I lain of the House of Representatives.
A part of the program will be a
moment of silence, which will be fol
lowed by an "aerial prayer" made
- by Lieut. Maynard, widely heralded
i as "the Flying Parson." and an or
I dained minister. The prayer will be
I recorded and repeated to the assem
I bly by wireless telephone, just as ut
! tered by Lieut. Maynard in his air
plane overhead.
In many respects the part of the
firing platoon, simulating the last mo
ments of the war. will be the most
interesting, especially as the soldiers
and marines will be in full field equip
ment. including trench helmets. The
platoon will be commant^fd by Col.
Russell C. Langdon. who served In
the infantry overseas, and there is a
friendly rivalry between the three
groups as to which shall present the
smartest appearance.
The expense of the celebration at
Lafayette Square tomorrow will be
met by private subscription, but the
public is asked to attend. Every one
from outside the District of Columbia
is expected to answer "Present" whan
the state name Is called by Fairfax
Naulty, who will conduct the "roll call
of the states." .
Music for the occasion will- be fur
nished by the Army band from Camp
Meade, as the presence of the Marine
Band will be required at the Union
station, where the Prince of Wales
will arive at noon.
While the main celebration is in
prgpress at Lafayette Square, tens of
thousands of other celebrants in gov
ernment offices, department stores,
public schools and other places will
be taking cognizance of the day. In
most places the program has been ar
ranged by the community service and
Will consist of chorus singing from 11
o'clock until eleven minutes after the
hour.
In the schools the children will not
leave their classrooms, but will put
aside other work for eleven minutes
to sing patriotic songs. The depart
ment store employes have been or
ganized to do their full part in ob
serving the eleven-minute song pe
riod, and in some of them customers
who happen to be in the store at the
time will be asked to join the cele
bration.
A special armistice meeting of the
Park View citizens, open to all adults
in the community,, will be held In the
Park View School house tomorrow
night at S o'clock.
The feature of this meeting will be
the welcome to the 171 Parkview men
who have returned from service In
France.
Dr. John Van Schalck, president of
the board of education will be the
principal speaker. He will relate his
personal knowledge of conditions con
nected with the signing of the armis
tice as witnessed by him while at the
front one year ago with the Red
Cross. Sergt. O. B. Miller of the Mo
tor Transport Corps also will speak
of his experiences-at the front. Spe
cial music will be a feature -of the
ftvpninc'a entertainment.
TREATY STRUGGLE
AT DECISIVE STAGE
TOOAYjNSENATE
Vote Expected on Reserva
tion to Article X, Which
President Rejected.
The long: struggle to qualify article
ten of the league of nations covenant
approached the decisive stage today
in the Senate. Before adjournment
the leaders hoped to "bring a vote on
the reservation proposed on, the sub
ject by the foreign relations com
mittee.
Except for the transposition of one
phrase, the reservation to article ten
is the same as that which President
Wilson declared during his western
trip he would regard as a rejection
of the treaty.
Text of the Beservation.
Its text follows:
"The United States assumes no obli
gation to preserve the territorial In
tegrity or political independence of
any other country or to interfere in
controversies between nations, whether
members of the league or not, under
the provisions of article 10, or to em
ploy the military or naval forces of
the United States under any article of
the treaty for any purpose, unless in
any particular case the Congress,
which, under the Constitution, has the
sole power to declare war or author
ise the employment of the military or
naval forces of the United States,
shall by act or joint resolution so
provide."
Numerous amendments had been
prepared by senators who wanted to
make the provision more drastic, and
considerable debate was expected,
but leaders hoped for a final roll call
before adjournment tonight.
Constitutional Issue Baised.
A constitutional issue raised in con
nection With the Senate's adoption
Saturday of a withdrawal reservation
continued a subject of interest while
the article ten reservation was under
discussion. Some senators expressed
doubt as to the real effect of the
withdrawal qualification.
The question came up on the reser
vation's provision that notice of with
drawal from league membership could
be given by a concurrent resolution
of Congress. Under congressional
practice a concurrent resolution Is not
sent to the White House for the Pres
ident's signature, and Senators Fall,
republican. New Mexico; Smith, dem
ocrat, Georgia, and other supporters.
Proceedings Open Early.
The Senate went to work on the ar
ticle X reservation an hour and a half
ahead of schedule, a motion by Re
publican Leader Lodge to dispense
with the usual Monday consideration
of dm calendar being agreed to unan
imously.
Senator Thomas, democrat, Colorado,
made the final attempt to modify the
reservation, moving to substitute the
draft orlgtnalljr drawn up by the
group of mild reservation republicans.
He would Construe article X as giv
ing the league only "advisory" au
thority in regard to use of force.
An attack on the committee draft
was made by Senator Walsh, demo
crat, Montana, who said it would
leave other nations bound to aid the
United States, while this country
i would dodge any responsibility to
safeguard them.
SNOWSTORM IN WEST
SWEEPING EASTWARD
SIOUX FALLS, S. D.. November 10.
?Snow, accompanied by sleet, de
j m.oralized wire service in South Da
| kota today. The storm started in
i the Black hills and is sweeping east
ward. The thermometer has dropped
to zero at Bome points.
DENVER, Col.. November 10.?
Telegraph service out of Denver was
crippled today by a severe blizzard
that followed twelve hours of heavy
snowfall throughout this section.
Trains from the east, west and north
; are from three to five hours late.
' Eight miles of telegraph poles of
' the Mountain State Telephone and
, Telegraph Company . were reported
1 down east of North Platte. Neb.
I FARGO. N. D., Novtftnber 10.?A mild
' blixzard pervailed In western Min
j nesota and eastern North Dakota to
day. Snow, driven by a twenty-five
mile wind, fell throughout the night
and continued this forenoon. The tem
perature is moderate.
LINCOLN, Neb.. November 10.?High
winds accompanied by snow in some
parts of Nebraska interfered with
transcontinental wire communication
today. The resultant drop in temper
ature found many communities fac
ing fuel shortages, according to the
state railway commission.
mat seek peace with eeds.
Baltics and Poland Expected to In
vite Bolsheviki to Parley.
HELSINGFORS. Sunday. November
9.?Opinion in political circles here is
that the Baltic states and Poland, at
! the conference being held at Dorpet.
wHl reach an agreement to invite the
bolsheviki to send representative* to
' Dorpat on November 17 to discuss
I peace It Is considered unlikely that
| Finland will enter the negotiations at
I the present time.
NEW ORLEANS D0CKMEN BACK
Begin Today Unloading Long De
layed Cargoes.
NEW ORLEANS. November 10.?
Five thousand union longshoremen, on
strike since October 10, returned to
work today and started to unload
vessels, many of which have been in
the harbor for a month unable to dis
charge cargoes.
Most of the vessels originally sent
here for loading were diverted to
other ports. The longshoremen voted
Saturday to return to work.
GERMAN ELECTIONS IGNORED
Votes Taken Will Have No Effect
on Final Allied Settlement.
PARIS. November 10.?The supreme
council has decided not to interfere
with the German municipal elections
now being J>eld in areas where plebis
cites are to be taken under the peace
^T^'has decided .however, that such
elections will be in no way bindinr
upon the allies, which will disregard
I them when the final settlement of af
fairs in the districts in question la ef
I (ectad. . . _ -- .