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LEAGUE QUEST!
WILL NOT GO TO
POiUISBEUEF
Senators of Both Parties
?
Hold That a Compromise
Will Be Effected.
MR. LODGE SEEN VOICING
VIEWS OF EXTREMISTS
6. 0. P. and Democratic Statesmen
Averse to Delaying- Peace Dec
laration Until Dec.. 1920.
BY X. O. MKSSKXGKR.
Cautious-minded men of both
parties in the Senate are disposed to
hold that it will not be necessary to
submit the league of nations question
to settlement at the polls, believing
that recourse to such a last resort
vill be obviated by a compromise In
'> o Senate. The suggestion of Sen
ator Lodge is regarded as voicing the
views of the extreme opponents of
the league in any form, rather than
vrhat is believed to be the prepon
derating sentiment in the Senate fa
vorable to a league ox nations in some
form.
There is reason to believe that
President Wilson has been advised,
sinc-e the action in the Senate, by ad
ministration senators whose opinions
he respects, that a little yielding on
his part will bring about a compro
mise. and that, in their opinion, two
thi:-ds of the Senate will prefer a
compromise to carrying the question
into the elections. What decisoin the
President may reach upon this sug
g-c^tion. which is said to have been
made to him, probably will not be
disclosed for the present.
League With Beservations Favored.
It is foreseen by many senators Uiat
the next contest in the Senate will
eome between the would-be "killers"
of the league and a combination of
democrats and republicans who wauld
set up a league, retaining the essen
tial features of the reservations
adopted by a majority of the Senate
heretofore.
Not even the most fatuous senatorial
supporter of the league in its first
form now entertains a hope that any
reversal of sentiment in the Senate or
any pressure from the country, or
from any outside source, can com
mand a two-thirds vote in the Sen
ate for the original covenant Bar
ring the "battalion of death." it. is
thougtat that senators are' generally
convinced that the majority feeling in
the country at large is for a league
of nations?with reservations.
Parties Might "Straddle" Question.
Certain difficulties in submitting the
Issue to the voters at the polls are
foreseen. It eculd only be doiie by
the two great parties pronouncing
upon the question in their national
Platforms, and right there the firs'
hurdle would be approached. It is
pointed out that both platforms
might generalise upon the issue,
might "straddle" it in such a way, as
to perplex the voters.
For instance, it is argued, would the
I- publican platform take the Lodge
r' -.-rvatlons as they are written and
pledge the republican party to stand
or all upon them? And, would the
democrats have the temerity to declare
in their platform that all the propo
sitions looking to the so-called "Amer
icanizing" of the covenant are an
athema and must be rejected In toto?
Are Averse to Postponing Peace.
Uut over and above such academic
discussion is the existent fact that
icost of the senators in the two par
ties are averse to carrying the issue to
tne polls, thereby postponing formal
declaration of peace until the assem
bling of Congress one year from next
December. This attitude is expected
to be the controlling fore.- to b ing
about a compromise and ratification of
the treaty, with reservations to the
covenant.
Senators May Not Stay 'Begular."
Here is another point: It is known
that a number of democratic senators
followed President Wilson to the de
flating of the treaty virtually under
protest and only to preserve party reg
ularity. They had preferred a com
promise, but were overborne by the
executive. It is said to be a serious
question how long they will stand out
in an irreconcilable position, such as
would send the issue to the elections
next year.
GEN. YUDENITCH, WITH
STAFF, IN ESTHONIA
Stockholm Dispatch Says Aiiti-Bol
sheviki Leader Has Ar
rived at *Reval.
STflCK-HOLJI, November 2J. Gen.
Nicholas Yudenitch, anti-bolshcviki <om
jnander on the northwest Russian front,
has arrived at Reval, capital of Esthonial
with his staff, according to a dispatch
to the Svenska Dagbladet.
T?patches from Reval under date of
November lti reported the forces of Gen.
Yudenitch to be crowded into a smali
Space of territory near Yair.burg sixty
eient miles southwest of Pctrograd. and
iii :> serious state of disorganisation. The
dispatch said that in answer to an in
quiry of Gen. Yudenitch as to what
Ksthonia would do if he were obliged
to cross the Esthonian frontier, the
Esthonian authorities told him he could
bring his hospitals and supplies, but
that his soldiers must disarm. Helsing
fors advices of the same date reported
that some of Yudenitch's troops already
tad entered the Esthonian lines.
LAWYER HURLS TUMBLER
AT WITNESS; FINED $50
LYNCHBURG, Va., November 22.
Judge Christian, in the corporation
court here, fined John L. Lee, the noted
criminal attorney, $50 for contempt for
liuriing a glass tumbler at J. V. Carter,
* wholesale lumber dealer, who was oii
the witness stand. Mr. Lee later apolo
B *ed to the court, but <>id not request
the remittance of the fine.
Tn<-. case on trial was a. $10,000 d&m
8.:-'. suit of Lee C. Rhodes against C. E.
X wis for alleged m&iicious prosecution!
7-fc asked Carter why lie compromised
*h chum against him rather than light
It out. Mr. Carter replied that he did sr
??Uier than come in contact wiu- "sven
IT-on as John L. Lee." Mr. . . i-, .
the gla.-ic. threw it : - ...
fcroeJs hire on out J ,...
DECLARES SENATOR LODGE
PUTS PATRIOTISM SECOND
Mr. Hitchcock Charges Foreign Relations
Chairman With Thinking First of Politics
? in Treaty Ratification.
| Qflarging that Senator Lodge, re
, publican Senate leader and chairman
of the foreign x'elations committee,
, who last r.ight issued a statement
? saying there is ho further room l'or
; compromise on* the peace t reaty, and
urging that the treaty question bo
; carried to the next political campaign.
, "is evidently thinking more of poli
i ties than he is of patriotism." Senator
Hitchcock, leading the administration
forcen in the Senate in support of the
treaty, today expressed the opinion
that the Senrte would ratify the
: treaty when it meets in December.
He made it clear that ill his opinio::
. Senator I.odge's suggestion was ",u
r perfluou*.
1
Jn a statement issued toaa
Hitchcock said:
"Senator Lodge xpreseed the ardent
wish to carry the treaty and the res* r
r vations which the .Seru.te defeated
. intp the campaign as, an issue.
"I regret to say that Senator Lodge
is evidently thinking more ol' politics
than he is of patriotism.
! "To my "mind the highest 'interests
(of the United States and of the world
i demand ratification of the treaty.
j "Failed to Win Majority Vote."
j "The reservations to which Senator
| Lodge refers in his statement did not
j even receive a majority vote of the
. Senate, although the party which Son
! ator Lodge leads controls the Senate,
j Hir party is split on ratification in
? the Senate as well as throughout the
1 country. The reservations were not
! framed for the purpose of ratifying
i the treaty. They were framed for the
I purpose of making: it impossible for
| many supporters of the treaty to vote
j for ratification in that form. The
reservations were supported by fifteen
| senators who would not vote for the i
! treaty under any circumstances and j
t who'voted against every form of rati- |
flection. |
| ''Those senators, after helping Lodge i
i to force those reservations upon the :
I Senate, voted 'no' when the resolution '?
containing them came to a vote.
"Reservations in the ratification of i
| the treaty are inevitable, but they j
, must bo framed and agreed to by sena- [
, tors who expect to vote for ratifica-!
; tlon. When'the-Senate meets in De-!
j cember th?re will be e ghty-one sena-:
j tors out of the ninety-sSx who favor]
i ratification in some form. They are
WESTiDCH
Drives \ Opens to Intfease
Membership of Associa
tions to 25,000.
i
.Woodrow Wilson, President of the I
United States, was one of the first '
residents of the District to sign an
application blank in the drive which
opened today to increase the member
ship of the citizens' associations from
approximately 8,000 to 2?.,000. i
Mr. Wilson applied for membership
i in the West End Association, which
I covers the territory of the White
| House. Commissioner Brownlow,
chairman of the board of District
Commissioners, was the solicitor and
indorser of the President's applica
tion. His application will come .up
for approval at the next meeting of
j the association.
j With the President leading the way.
j members of the central committee in
charge of the drive exregsed con- !
j fidence today that every man in
. Washington who Is not already a
i member will join the association in
! his neighborhood and work for the
j betterment of his community and the
| city as a whole.
Women Asked *o Join.
i - !
| Nearly ail of the associations now
j admit women, and in the territories of
I these organizations the fair residents
; also will be solicited.
| Two big features have been arranged
'for today to let everybody in town
know that the drive is on- and that
I it is now time for them to sign up.
Airman to Drop Envelopes.
| At 4:30 o'clock this afternoon E.
Hamilton Lee, post oflice aviator, will
fly over the city, dropping thousands
of envelopes containing a brief out
. line of what the citizens' associations
do and the advantages of belonging
, to them.
In each of 500 of these envelopes
1 there will be two theater tickets. The
| theaters which have contributed seats
i =re Shubert-Garrick, snubert-Belascu,
' Keith's. Poll's, Gayety and the Cran
dall houses.
Four-Minute Talks Tonight.
This evening at 7:30 o'clock a truck
with o band of music and a corps of
speakers will leave the District build
ing and make a tour of the city, stop
ping in various sections for four-min
i ute talks on the aims and purposes of
j the associations.
The baud wagon will make a round
of the business section from 7th street
and Pennsylvania avenue to the Pub
lic Library and along F and <3 streets
from 7th to 14th street. It will then
! branch out 14th street to Rhode Is
land avenue, to 16th fitreet, to K
] -treet, to 17th street, to Pennsylvania
; avenue, to , M street and Wisconsin
avenue, back through M street, Penn
sylvania avenue and II street, to 17th,
to Connecticut avenue, to Florida ave
nue, to 18th street, to Columbia road,
to 14th street, to U street, east to
I North Capitol, south to H street and
east to 8th street northeast, and
: thence to 7th street and Pennsylvania
avenue southeast.
The drive will continue* until De
! cember 1 and each association has
j arranged for a thorough canvass of
I its neighborhood during that time to
| enroll every man and woman not a
j member.
Biggest Argument. , .
' The biggest argument of the solic
i itors will be that until Washington
! gets representation in Congress or
i some other form of suffrage, the citi
zens' associations are the only chan
J nels through which the people of this
voteless city can voice their opinions
on civic questions.
They will point out to the men and
, women outside the associations how
i these organizations work for the im
! proveinent of street car si?rvice, for the
i laying of new streets and all other mat
ters that enter into the life of a com
| munity.
They will call attention to the fact
that District Commissioner; keep .?
| the ones to decide on what tiie reser
' vations should be. When sixty-four
: of those senators can agree upon res
erva lions, at; I believe ihey can agree,
' ratification will tnUe place."
I Senator Lodge States Position.
! Senator Lodge, in his statement issued
last night, declared there was no room
! for further compromise, and urged that
: the reservations adopted by the Senate
! be carried into the coming political cam
| paign.
i The declaration of Senator Lodge ro
j versed the position he and most other ,
j republican senators had taken toward '
' injection ol' the treaty into politics-,
i and was accepted in congressional!
and official circles as - iothed with an*i
? added significance by Mr. Lodge's con- !
' i'eronce with Will H. Haya, the repub
! !ic:'ii national chairman, just before
j the unsuccessful light Wednesday for j
ratitlcalion *vith the majority reserva- |
? t:ons included. T'ne statement follows: |
| *'T have 110 especial comment to j
i make. The case it; very simple. After
j four month3 of careful consideration ;
| and discussion the reservations were j
presented to the Senate. They were]
I purely American in their character,
?designed solely to Americanize the
j treaty and make it safe for the United I
I States.
! Says Majority Opposes Treaty. J
"Under the President's orders the fol- |
I lowers of til? administration in the \
j .Senate voted down those reservations, i
I It was also shown by a vote that there '
1 '..'23 n decisive majority ftgainst the
| treaty without the reservations,
j "Those reservations as presented to!
? the Senate will stand. There is no!
i room for further compromise between :
! Americanism and the supergovernnient j
; presented by the league. All I ask !
(now is that we may have the oppor- 1
, tunity to lay those reservations before j
! the American people. To that great and '
I final tribunal alone would I appeal. !
! "I wish to Carry those reservations
| into the campaign. 1 wish the Ameri- j
I can people to read and study tliem.t
They are not like t.he covenant of the I
, league. They are simple. I do not see
jthat there is one of them to which any |
| American can object. I want the peo- 1
P'e to see them, understand them and1
. think of them in every household, on ?
' every farm, in every shop and factory i
! throughout the land. Then let them 1
decide:"
AT CRISIS; ITALY'S
D'Annuntfo Is Determined to
Annex Dalmatia; May Be
Boomed for President.
i
By the Associated Tress.
LONDON. November 22.?The situa- |
tion on the Adriatic, as a result of !
Gabriele D'Annunxio's campaign, has j
reached a crisis Private advices '
leave no doubt that he is determined I
: to annex Dalmatia and attack Mon- !
tenegro.
The Jugoslavs are stated to have |
concentrated troops and to be pre- !
pared to resist aggression.
Another report says a republican j
undercurrent directed against the 1
Italian monarchy exists among D'An
runzio's forces. It is not known, how- j
ever, whether the insurgent poet lead
er shares the reporied ambition of
this military element to attack the
government.
Talk of Presidency.
D'Annunrio, it appears, has been
stirred to further efforts by the fact
that the Italian elections were un
| favorable to his causc. Many adven- ,
1 turers are flocking to his standard,
I the reports state, and among a certain
element there seems to be a desire to !
make him president of Italy.
Some well informed quarters believe j
he merely desires to annex Dalmatia !
' for Italy and has no republican am
bition. Whatever his attitude may be ,
on this question however, there ap-!
pears to be no doubt that he has not
. abandoned his plans of aggression in
, the Adriatic. '?
I A late report from Rome says the
' military party, which favors the an
ne ation of Dalmatia, has brought j
such strong pressure to bear upon the
1 government that the situation is deli- j
catc.
Watched by American Embassy.
Today's London dispatches supple- '
ment advices frpm Rome received last
night, which reported the American
embassy actively engaged in watching
the situation, which was reported as
holding the possibility of serious de- '
veloprr.ent from hour to hour, as re- ;
garded both Italy proper and the Dal
matian coast.
Venice, to which Naval Attache
, Reeves has gone to report on condi
j tions, is only about seventy-flve miles
j from Kiume by the water route, and I
I nearer yet by the land lines. The pos- j
sibility of a move into Istrla by D'An- |
nunzio was mentioned in recent ad- 1
; vices, in which case the prediction j
, was made that whole divisions of
j Italian regulars would be likely lo
: follow him. An lstrian move would
; take him to the borders of Venetia,
j in which Venice lies.
Italy's internal conditions have been
1 rendered more uncertain by the re- .
cent elections, which gave the so
cialists largely increased representa
tion and were accompanied by disor
ders in various parte of the kingdom.
The issue is sharply drawn between
the nationalist elements, which ap
plaud D'Annunzio's Fiume adventure,
and the pacifist socialists who are
bitterly against any move that will
be likely again to involve Italy in
war. There have been hints recently
that Jugoslavia is not likely to re
main passive under further penetra
tion by D'Annunzio along the Dalma
tian coas., demobilization of her army
being suspended.
PEZET BEACHES NEW YOBK.
Peruvian Ambassador Expected
Here in a Few Days.
NEW YORK, November 22.?Fod
| erico A. Pezot, newly appointed Pe
I ruvian ambassador to Washington,
I arrived here on the steamship Santa
j Luisa today. He is recovering from
an attack of bronchial pneumonia,
with which he was stricken on the
voyage. Ho will remain a few days
lrt New Yuri, to recuperate .before
> .?H.in'llIK "? v' tv 1?1
or u. s., wins
STILL IS held
I
State Department Says Mex- i
ico City Press Made This
Statement Yesterday.
Although the note sent by the j
American government to the Mexican j
government Wednesday demanding I
the immediate release of "William O. :
Jenkins, American consular agent at
Puebla, was delivered to the Mexican j
foreign office the same evening, the ]
Mexico City press yesterday said Jen- |
kins still was in the penitentiary, it
was announced today at the State De- j
partmen I.
No reply to the American note has ,
been received and Lhere was no indi- i
cation when one would be made.
No Data Sustaining Charges.
Officials reiterated today that the ;
department had received no informa- t
lion that would tend to sustain the
charges of the Puebla authorities that
?Jenkins was in collusion with the
bandits who kidnaped him and held
him for $150,000 ranponi.
Beport From Jenkins.
The State Department has made
public the substance of a report from
Jenkins on his capture and his sub
sequent treatment in a hospital at
Puebla, alter his friends had agreed
to pay $150,000 in gold for his ran
som. It was dated November 7 and
amplified the account which Jenkins
wroLe to Representative Davis of
Tennessee.
Jenkins said that "a very import
ant matter" was that, "although the
local government could hardly be re
strained from sending troops out im
mediately to punish my captors V.hen
they learned o? my capture, they,
have not made the slightest effort to j
rio so since I returned twelve days ago. ;
although they have been incited to |
do so, but excuse themselves by say- ,
inp that they will do so." I
Jenkins also said it was "worthy ot: j
attention to take note of the attitude |
of the state government by Puebla as
sumed toward this incident, for al
most immediately after my capture
the official paper of the governor pub
lished the opinion that I had been in
strumental in my own kidnaping and
that I had formed a plot with the
rebels and other friends of mine to
cause international difficulties; also
that it was the intention .to collect
this ransom from the Mexican govern
ment and divide it," etc., etc.
Is "Indignant at Outrage."
"It is impossible," said Jenkins, "to
express my indignation at this out
lage on the part of the- local authori
ties. X am glad to say that the best \
element of this city ha* jocognixad in i
there attacks only an effort on the j
part of the governor to avoid the re
sponnibllity of his criminal neglect of ?
the protection of the city, and it is a j
source of much uatisfa<?tlofi t6'me to i
have received assurances from thou- j
sands of people here in this city and
from other places as well that the >
governor's plan la well understood." ?
The consular agent itemized the ex- j
penses he incurred in connection with j
his abduction, placing the total sum
at $357,341.91 Mexican gold, including
fee and expenses of his lawyer.
Jenkins' has announced his inten
tion to appeal to the government for
aid in defraying these expenses.
Advises of Action in Lack Selling.
The Mexican forfipn office has ad
vised the State Department that it !
is taking action in the case of Eugene ]
Lack, an American citizen, who v. as |
shot sit Mexicali, November 14, and
who died later at El Centro, Calif.
The Mexican note said the propel'
authorities had been notified of the
shooting with a view -to early "ad
ministration of justice."
The ' State Department announced
that Lack was an official connected
with the office of the sheriff of Im- ;
pertal county. Calif. and that a j
dispatch" to the department said the
shooting was unwarranted.
CAPITAL OF CflURLAND
IS CAPTURED BY LETTS
Legation at London Declares Vic- .
torious Advance of Armies
Continues.
LONDON. November 22.?Lettish
forces yesterday captured Mitau, capi
tal of Courlanfl, according to the Let
tish legation here. The Letts contin
ued their victorious advance.
Mitau was the headquarters of Gen.
von Eberhardt, who was sent Ijy the
German government to relieve Col.
Avaloff-Bermondt of command of the
German Baltic forces and supervise
their orderly return to Germany. The
Letts were reported in a Copenhagen
dispatch of November 15 to be encir
cling the town...
Advices from Berlin under date of
November 19 stated that the interal
lied commission was arranging with
the Letts and Lithuanians to permit of
the withdrawal of the German troops
without interference.
MR. PALMER'HAS COLD;
TAKES WEEK END REST
I Acting on the advice of liis physi- j
i cian, Attorney General Palmer today
j left Washington for a brief rest, but
'will be back at his desk in the De
l partment of Justice Monday. Only a
! few confidential- friends knew the At
S torney General's destination, as it was
' his desire to insure an uninterrupted
| week end.
Nothing more sorious than a te-1
i naoious cold in the head is bothering
Mr. Palmer, it was said, but even I
this may aggravate the exacting du- I
ties of his office at this time, and his
physician told him to take no chances I
of complications that may prove seri
ous.
IRISH attack soldiers.
Rescue Troop Uses Bayonet to Dis
' perse Londonderry Crowd.
LONDONDERRY, Ireland, November
22.?Soldiers returning to their
barracks last evening were attacked
and badly beaten by a crowd. The
police made an effort to assist them
but this proved fruitless and the
troops were compelled to take refuge
in the Salvation Army Hall, from
which they sent a telephone message
for help.
A company of soldiers came to the
rescue of the besieged men. the relief
| force advancing with fixed bayonets
J and dispersing the crowds. ?vho sliout
I , T-. wttrj Tn-Mfir!' T"i>- vvivi
David Lawrence Shows- In
adequacy of Present
Statutes.
BY DAVID LAW REWCE.
Every now and tlien something law
less and terrible happens to shock the
American people, whereupon speeches
are made In Congress, resolutions of i
inquiry are proposed and a general
hullabaloo ensues, designed to con
vince the people that their representa
tives In the Ho-.i?o end Senate arc on
the job and thai every littler thing
will be aitcnucl to just as soon a* j
the rneru mechanics ol' drafting a law j
and presenting it to the two houses ;
of Congress can be conveniently ?tc
comp'lished.
Not many days ago a trageuy oc
curred in Centralia. Wash., and the
attention of the country was focused I
on the activities of the I. W. W. Not
many weeks before that bombs were
thrown and the life of the Attorney
General himself was threatened, let,
since the subject was broached in
Congress oil- June 14 last, although
seventy bills have been introduced to
deal with radicalism, not one was
placed on the statute books, and Con
gress serenely adjourned this week
without so much at1 public, statement
of its intentions or the reasons for its
failure to act upon a danger to the
public welfare.
No Crime to Preach Anarchy. j
For the fact is upon the authority
of the Attorney General himself that
tilery are today no laws which make
it a crime to. preach jnarchy or sedi
tion. Moreover, those who have at
tempted to bring about the forcible
overthrow of the government of the
United States have committed no
crime unless their acts .amount to
treason, rebellion or seditious con
spiracy. To prove conspiracy the
acts of two persons acting In col
lusion must be clearly unlawful. In
dividually, therefore, a person may go
the limit at present and cannot be
punished unless some one else co
operates with him or her in the plan
ning of the crime. Furthermore, "re
bellion" and "treason" liave been de
fined as levying war or giving aid
and comfort to the enemies of the
United States. But the advising of
defiance of law is not a crime under
the general criminal laws, whether
the same be done by printing and
circulating literature or. by the spok
en word. Nor is it a crime to advise
and openly advocate the uiiia>>ic u -
struction of industry and the unlaw
ful and violent destruction of prop
erty.
Test Case Described.
To test existing statutes, the De
partment of Justice has brought va
rious suits, with the same result. In- '
deed, an anarchistic organization in
operation in Buffalo, N. Y., circulated
a manifesto appealing to the prole
tariat to arise and destroy the gov
ernment of the United States and sub
stitute bolslievism. After advocating
the assassination of public officials,
the document declared: "Make way
for bolshevisnl for the Department of
J^abor, mines, railways, fields, fac
tories and shops?let the Soviets ?e
organized promptly." It openly ad
vocated rebellion, thus: "Proclaim
| yourself openly an anarchist. Let the
revolution come. Hail to the immacu
late and redeeming anarchy."
Yet what happened in that case?
Judge Hazel of the western district
of New York dismissed the case and
discharged the defendant. Here is
what he said and why he did it:
"I do not think that Congress when |
it enacted this law (the conspiracy .
statutes) had In mind such a situation j
? (Continued on Seventh Page.)
BREACH WIDENED
IN COAL PARLEY.
OPERATORS SAY:
Chairman Brewster Declares |
"Only Few Words" Remain
to Be Said.
OBJECT TO PROPOSAL
OF SECRETARY WILSON
Acting President of United Mine'
Workers Declines to Discuss Sug
gested Pay Increase.
LABOR LEADER EXPECTS
EARLY SETTLEMENT WITH
31 PER CENT INCREASE
SPRINGFIELD, 111.,- November j
22.?Predictions of an early set
tlement of the coal strike were
received today from Stephen
Sullivan. president of the
i Springfield subdistriot of the i
i United Mine Workers, who is in i
1 Washington attending the con- | !
j fercnce of miners and operators. j
Sullivan telegraphed miners' j I
officials that Ue expected an , i
I agreement on a 31 per cent in- ! ;
crease ~and that work would ;
probably be resumed within ! I
three days.
Bituminous coal operators in the j
central competitive tield declared to- ;
day that Secretary Wilson's proposal j
to the joint wage scale committees ;
yestefday had served only to widen j
tlio breach between the operators and |
miners.
"There are only a few more words j
to say, and they will be said very i
soon." declared Thomas T. Brewster, i
chairman of the operators, before en
tering: the meeting of the operators'
scale committee.
It was understood that Secretary
Wilson had proposed to the miners
and operators yesterday an increase !
of 27.12 cents a ton for coal diggers
and $1.5S per day for day laborers.
Some operators said this was wholly
unsatisfactory to them.
After the scale committee adjourned
the operators would make no formal
statement, but some of them said pri
vately they would go into session late
today with the miners' representa
tives with a dettnite policy.
John L. Lewis acting president of!
the United Mine Workers of America, i
would not discuss Mr. Wilson's pro- ?
posal. saying that it was agreed that
happenings at the conference at which
Mr. Wilson's offer wan made were to j
lie regarded by. both sides as confiden- |
tial.
Alabama Conference Continues.
Alabama operators and miners coil- .
tinued their conference with Assistant !
Attorney General Amgs regarding tlio {
action of operators in that field' charged I
with refusing to re-engage union work- ?
ers who went out on strike November 1 ]
and . sought their old places when the |
strike was called off. -
Attorney. General Palmer is out of j
the city today, and it was said at his of- j
fice that he would not see Fuel Admin- \
istrator Garfield before Monday, when !
they would go into conference with Di- I
(Continued on Second Page.) ;
:MS CRIPPLED :
BY COAL SHORTAGE!
IN CENTRAL WEST
' |
i
Additional Shutdowns Feared i
j
Pending Strike SeUle
ment.
By tlie Associate*! Press.
CHICAGO, November 22.?Additional j
shutdowns of industrial plants, main
ly in the central west, today were ir
prospect as the striking bituminour
coal miners began their fourth week
of idleness and the operators-miners
i wages seule conference at Washing
ton apparently remained deadlocked.
More encouraging reports frori
West Virginia. Colorado and th?
of Washington were received, hut
from the other soft co.nl fields no in
dication came of an intention to re
sume work. With the supply being
shortened daily, however, it wa.
agreed among officials that if dis
aster was to be averted something
must be done quickly to add to th
[relatively small quantity of fuel now
[ being brought out.
TTndetermined Delay Probabie.
In that connection it was pointed
out that the shortage probably would
not be relieved immediately, following
an agreement lit Washington by the!
wage scale conferees, as the miners,!
before returning to work generally,!
might await approval of a convention!
of union delegates to be summoned i
after the settlement terms were an
nounced.
More than, 1,700 carloads of coal
were received in Chicago from the
east yesterday, but it was held for ro- I
lease only to public utilities and in- j
dispensable industries. In emergency)
some of it would be released to homes,
chairman of the coal committee said. .
Conserving- Fuel at Pittsburgh.
PITTSBURGH, November 22.?There ,
is every evidence that industr'al and ,
domestic consumers of coal are heed- i
ing the warning of the Pittsburgh coal j
distribution committee of the United!
States Railroad Administration to'
conserve fuel and thereby avert a
fuel famine in the district, authorities ,
here said today.
j
Half-Time Work Contemplated.
INDIANAPOLIS, Intl., November 22. '
?Sweeping curtailment of the use of j
coal and electric j>owcr has bceome i
necessary in Indiana to prevent com
p'.ete suspension of industry within a I
short time, and to accomplish this end
half-time operation of all manufacturing
plants in Indianapolis probably will be- I
come effective next week.
There has been no change in the
situation in the coal fields.
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May Renew West Virginia Strike. ;
CHARLESTON. W. Va? November I
22.?The possibility of renewed strikes I
in the coal fields of West Virginia ap- \
parently hinge upon action of the op- !
eratore' and miners' conference at i
Washington, according to reports from ,
the mining regions.
Fred S. Mooney. district secretary- i
treasurer of the United Mine Workers, j
said today that the union men who had 1
returned to work following the rescind- '
ing of tho strike order would come out
again Monday or Tuesday next unless
tho representatives of the miners and
operators at Washington came to some :
agreement before that time.
PREMISES AWARDED
COLLEGIATE ALUMNAE!
Lawyers for Clarence L. Hay Ord- j
ered to Return Property to
Association.
James Mandevillo Carlisle, Walter;
B. Howe and Samuel E. Swayze, coun- i
|sel for Clarence L. Hay, owner of
premises, 1G07 II street northwest,
have been ordered by Justice Bailey ,
of the District Supreme Court to re- i
turn the property to the possession of
the Association of Collegiate Alum- j
nae.
The court held the action of the '
lawyers in securing possession of the j
property by the aid of a private de- i
tec'tive shortly after midnight Novem- !
ber 1. to be a contempt of court. The
association is suing .Mr. Hay to com- j
pel the execution of a lease to the I
property. Mr. Hay is in Mexico, and !
it was charged the lawyers hired a
detective tt> visit the house and Dy a
ruse to get the caretaker out of (he ;
premises, to which he was forbidden I
to return.
The lawyers noted an appeal to the I
Court of Appeals and a supersedeas
bond was fixed at $5,000. Justice
Bailey reserved for determination
I what further action, if any. should be
:x iv;n reference to the alleged
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PAY OF TEACHERS
U/
Supt. Thurston Argues >or
Increased Salaries Before
Reclassification Board.
CITES THE DIFFICULTIES
OF MAINTAINING SYSTEM
Briefs Filed t>y the Representatives
of D. C. Educators Urging In
creased Compensation.
Publi</schools of the nation are
weakpfiing and are in danger the
^?pufftrv over as the result of inade
quate salaries and general lack of
recognition on the part of the public,
Supt. Ernest L. Thurston of the Dis
trict public schools told the joint con
gressional commission on reclassifica
tion of salaries in the District at the
hearing today for administrators
grade and high school teachers of
the local educational system.
Briefs asking for higher salaries
were presented by Supt. Thurston^
representing the administrator. .
M E. Aiton. representing the gra."?
school teachers, and Miss Alice Ded^.
representing the high school teachers.
The large room of the committee on
claims in the Senate office
where the hearing was held, m
crowded with school teachers and of
ficials.
Mr. Thurston's Argument.
There is almost absolute certainty
tliat the children of the immediate fu
ture will be less well taught unless
the country realizes the Pro?'e?
pfJiicators are facing, bupt. Thurston
said in acting as general ci?m.u
for the various groups, ho'.of teach
astounding/'11 Mr? ThiH^ton told^he re
^"The* bes't*a'uaMty of men and women
terns are losing much ?>' "cir ^
pitiable^Ba.aries. Th ere ex ists ?^>r *
^lUtauV?Sihn?gr1nBteo the. "stem people
?e$a7i} ?iTrmceiruhw xni
schools is -) Pcr nfi these "train
? as three ago. and tl^^n cal,ed
I ing turning, out fewer
Ser?Tn ^^4 PHPU
enrollment.
Problem Wot Solely Financial.
The school problem is not one of
financial relief alone Mr Thurston
pointed out. but one of general recofc
nition. The problem P^er.ed^the
joint commissioni in th ^ ict of
tion of the teache" orntnef jm
Toluinbia u ? Q w community,
C^^JSSS^ republic. Mr.
Th-The?proWem is that of evaluating
th- work of ^ducationa ng t.e?
^rvesPof?the UnUed $
judgment upo.i th- industrial
&
fb? of "f^jr liberties' the corn
moil school of America.
Character of the Allotment.
-This problem is not fundamentally
a question of allotment of compensation
to particular individuals, but it IB an
opment of the you'h ^r tta^ land.
'-No similar ?PP*tu^or^f S
been Presented ^ nation determining,
country that libcraticm. the sources
sources not only for this community, but
for this nation."
Points to Dual Nature of System.
Mr Thurston poir-ted out the duai
nature of the school system Here, com
prising both white and colored sctioois.
He~ advocated the establishment of a
separate business organisation lor the
school system, with a properly qua i
in charge, with adequate
clerical force to take over trie genera:
business administration of ^he fcchooi
evstem He said that the administra
tive officials were heartily in aceor.
with the requests of the teachers
a salary scale which will provide no
on 1? an adequate livelihood, but which
will attract to the profession nen and
women of the highest type ^
most complete general and profto. ion
alMPr.eThurston stated that a separate
brief will be filed with the reclasslflca
tions now given by a board of txam
iners.
No Reorganization Since 1906.
Recommendations to the reclassifi
cation commission on behalf of the
normal and high schools were made
by a committee, of which MUs Alice
Teachers*Un^on, was chairman. Other
HutcWn^ Mi?i
Thomas, Miss <3. Marsh. MissK. ?
lace Miss M. Hawes. Miss S. t.. St
mons, A. J. Marsh. S. E. Compton and
K n. Matting.ly.
??The schools have not been reor
ganized since the passage or the o.
*anic act of 190?." declared the brief.
"At that time the high school teachers
were Kiven a basic ^u-y of $1.00 ?
with yearly increase of *100 until .t
maximum of $1.S00 was reached. Hum
the hearings given before Congress In
1906 and from other investigations
seems as if this salary was fairly ade
quate for that period. Since that timf
however, the cost of living in thers
trict of Columbia has increased t>. pei
Ce,Tf no changes are made in tjie or
goact. we as!; tV?^ following s^? >
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