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WEATHER i riM4y Isnllkt, Thnra i*r lawttM ?r?ktklr by rtla, Mark rk?i(f la teaffn tmrr. Trmpermtmn at 8 a. 4* IffW*. Str ait traymtar* far Or taker 2* far tk# laat tktrty yrar^ll IrgTfra. number 11,332. gay Washington, Wednesday evening, october 29, 1919. price TWO CENTS. KING LAYS WREATH ON WASHINGTON'S TOMB GOVERNMENT COAL COLORADO Today Flying Around the WorW. far Blasphemy, n To Make Yourself Perfect. Spare the Toy Balloon. Br ARTHUR BRISBANE. mi.) Next July flying men start Mound the world for prizes total to* one million dollar*. Five Months allowed for the round trip. Fifty or one hundred years from ?axt July the charge for an air trip around the world will be less than the price of an Atlantic 'TiWtlug now, and the time for the rovnd trio less than a week. A man is sentenced to two years in ariaon for blasphemy, which ?"??as saying impolite things on a religious wibiect. A considar ?h*e time should elapse between a round the world flying trip and a tn*l for blasphemy. They don't "*me exactly. Ik is difficult to understand the P'^ph?r charge and conviction on purely legal grounds. As Thomas Jefferson wrote to the Sultan of Morocco, this country oo religion?you may aeu?v? what you pleaae. In the eyes of a Mohammedan it jffigSKHSs ^ f?es ? big that theh* eyea were thouaands^f miles apart ^ OFPTCTALLT, this country is Su?oSsssr*"*,B-':,h"' . But. as a matter of fact, the con viction for blasphemy is satisfac tory to a majority of citisens. If 7 n aayanythin* unpleaaantabout ^ ?asjtv you hurt the feelings f ojmaaygoodcituens. It ia a good i HiTf t? ,mPvn?on those that will roily hurt the feelings of others. Bv ?rri??r of the House of Com women can ait and vote In ^ Lordr Th?t is one *p The next, which to iJ" Wl11 ^ ? decision j? lat nobody ait and vote in the rt^uee of Lorda Evea the coneer v-tiv? English will eventually * taat gives the power of legislation to a body created by ar.-;di?ot of birth and hampered a of average intelligence. Oat of Italy come great men and irnoortaat announcements. One tt^ian Galileo, told the world Moot the construction of the heavens and Ike slight importance ? rqr "?rth, which ceased to be f ??enter of creation after he bad spoien. ? ?ov comes the Italian Profes sor Ma ofaaa saying that Newton's *7 ?f f*?*ttattou is only partly STiii'sm?"^! to <!SDa^n' chaage modification He demonstrates ,1P** * pi?e or lead goating in t fcarmrv. the licruid metal, weighs VlMs than when ? isn't Hosting in tt^rnirjr. If weight or mass var then "directly as the oua," etc.. Is subject to variation "Volessor Micheison. of Chicago ' liferuty, and others had pre ? tonaly demonstrated that matte' ia action weighs less than matter at est. whJ.h is puzzling. The** met: have also come dangerously near to proving that there Is ac tually ao such thing as real mo* en p^fesaor Maiorana. to his own t 5.action, demonstrates that ' ^ system has existed for ' period of time immensely lonjrer !>.an scientist* had supposed. He has a new theory tor spontaneous production of heat in stars caased bv power ef gravitation in their Miajde strata and without com wtioo. According to his theory, ine sun can continue to light and v "HL?" fof **??? Perhaps hundreds, of mihons of years S longer than had been hoped. This nve* us opportunity for many in carnations on this globe, and time perhapa in Which to become really cmlized. Professor Maiorana* theories ?*y he discuaaed respectfully ong after thoaa that now smile, lgworantly or skeptically, are dead and forgotten. Science, so called. ? Galileo, and power silenced him when he told what _ through his home made teiescope?the rings of Sa rf*!I .and moons of outaide planer. Now what he scid is taught to children. They disturbed a gentleman, "Oom the Omnipotent;" said he imposed on ladies, some of them stylishly named, lured to his eso teric emporium. It is interesting that a man with ideas out of the East can per suade Americans to "make them selves perfect" by following these lastructions: "Stand on your right foot, close the left nostril with the forefinger of the right hand and pronounce the mysterious word "Oom."" To the dull mind this would ?eem a recipe for getting a small fly out of the back of your throat. Let prosperous ladies stand on the right foot as requested, think ing that they purify their souls. If "Oom the Omnipotent" can thus m !te a ?'ring, he is entitled to ad mire noa. I The .nost cruel thing you can do to a tittle boy is to rtick a pin into h try bsllocn Mr. Bland, Re p t> ican Congressman from In < -l should have known that and ic. . mad from saying: If General Psrshing didn't 1 - to5re about the disposition r i ugar tii-n ! ? did about the ^ f it it would be useless to ssk ) i I found him 200 miles from ?' e front on July 19, 1918, when t' e bartT? 0\r*cnu-Thierry was ' - VV t." 1.,'. ti< i . Jiucral Persia RAIL CHE IN WEST SEIZES FUEL 10 RUN LOCOMOTIVES DENVER Colo., Oct. 29.?The | United States Railroad Administra tion has commandeered all llgnltn coal mine* in Colorado from today until next Saturday, the date of the threatened nation-wide coal strike, *.t | we* learned today. This action was necessary, in ordfer ' that rallroad3 in the Rocky Moun tains region might b? assured of suf ficient fuel to operate trains. It wa? officially stated. The order does cot effect the bituminous and anthracite producing tie Ids of southern and western Colorado. Strike to Present Shet-Domi. Effort* are being continued to-lay by Stat* and civic authorities to pre vent a shut-down of mines if thv strike goes into effect. It is be lieved, however, that the men will ibid* by the order of the lht?m? tienal officers and cease work on Kooember 1. Weportw r??n mty enne in?llca-e| that, the #ovar: thousand coal miners in Wyoming will obey the strike order TO COMMANDEER IN COLORADO ONLY CHICAGO, Oct. 79.?No extension of the commandeering oC coal for rail road use to other States than Colorado I is contemplated, according to state l menu issued at the office of Hale Holden. regional director for the | Western district, today. In Colorado the step was taken to ! ! Insure 100 per cent delivery on Oov- j i ernment contracts, it was stated. Any ! i surplus over the contract amount will | I be ap?lt*<] on contracts for future de- ? j livery. The reason given for the move ! j was that production at Colorado mines i I has been beldw normal lately. SOUTHEAST ROADS HURRY COAL CARS ATLANTA. Ga., Oct. 29. ?south eastern ra >oad.< are hurryi-- coal shipments to forestall a fuel dho*t age as s result of the threatened i miners' strike. Instructions have j been issued to all railroads to u.ie I all available coal-carrying equipment ; and prevent cars remaining Idle, or j being delayed in loading or unload i tng. it was learned today. Twenty-four hours js fixed as a .reasonable time-limit for the unload i ing of cars. Consignees failing to | co-operate with the railroads admin i istrator will have i o further deliver j ies made to them during the [ emergency. Appproximately thirty days' supply : of coal In on hand In Atlanta co.tl > yards. It wss estimated today. So | orders have< been issued to confiscate coal for southeastern railroads, it wjs stated. j today" ing is the toy balloon of the Amer ican people. It is cruel to stick a I pin In it. General Pershing in his I photographs LOOKS like a hero; in his Interviews he TALKS like 1 a hero, and Mr. Bland should let j the country continue to believe he ! IS a hero. Mr. Bland is entitled to thank|, j however, for talking plainly about i the tendency of Government to get ; rid o' things that belong to the . American people and that the [ American people need. A while ago the authorlti?? were gayly selling twenty-two million' \ !K>unds of sugar from army .sup plies for foreign use. A little later, the tame army authorities were calling for twelve millions of | pounds of sugar tor army use. Now families are told they can | have half a pound of sugar. Write the neat two lines tor yourself. MINERS SHOW SIGNS OF YIELDING IN STRIKE IHDIASAPOLIS, Oft Jast before the miner*' chiefs went tato secret session to frame their reply to President Wilson on the coal strike, John L. Lewis, acting president, asserted that the coal operators can ??rt the strike by submitting: their case to aefotia* ttoa. Miner officials were ascertain as to what steps they conld take at the meeting today. Save were of the opinion that fee meeting would hate power to caacel the strike order, while others eoatended that a conten tion of the miners wonld hare to be called into ??sslon again be fore this ronld be accomplished. Lewis said the ceaventien was recessed at Cleveland, and can E b? reconvened within a few days if the operators show an Inclin ation to **talk bvsiaess." IMF MAY HIE MUM ' Dr. Harry A. Garfield, former Uni ted States Fuel Administrator, visited the White House today at request of J. P. Tumulty, Secretary to President Wilson. v Dr. Garfield went Into conference with Secretary Tumulty, and It was generally believed that he had been aent for to arrange for reviving the fuel administration in tile event of a coal strike. "I have been sent for," said Dr. Garfield, "and I hnve been keeping 'ft touch with the coal situation." Fur ther than that he would not talk. May Invoke Lever Aet. It is understood the Cabinet fas de termined to employ provision* of the Lever food and fuel act if necessary to prevent a stoppage of coal produc tion. This act, under which the fuel administration was created, would al low the Government to sr-lse mines and to move agaln*t persons respon sible for halting production of neces sities. The Cabinet meeting ye#t< rdiy dis cussed thU along with othir phases of the industrial situation. Dr. Garfield drew up the contract with the miners under which they agreed to work until the end of the war or April. 1920. and it was under stood that he was also to discuss this contract. I>eay Mlaera' Caatentloa. It was stated at the White House today that statements by the miners I that the President has virtually rec ! ognised the end of the war by his j^Jeto message on wartime prohibition ' do not hold. It was pointed out that the purposes of the wartime prohibi tion act have been been accomplished by demobilization, while wartime in dustrial conditions still prevail. The Railroad Administration is waiting to see whether the threatened soft coal strike will be settled. Brlce Claggstt. assistant of Kail Director Hines, said today In denying that the Railroad Administration had ordered the seizure of coal In transit. Claggett also denied that Hines au thorized Regional Director Hale Hol den to confiscate coal in transit In Col orado. CABINET WILL ACT IF MINERS STRIKE President Wilson and members of his Cabinet today are looking with hopeful eyes toward Indianapolis, where the momentous conference of the leaders of the United Mine Work ers is scheduled for today. Each official expresses his optimism as to the result of the confcrence, but there is an unmistakable air of anxiety prevailing in official circles. Administration leaders openly ex press their hope thai the strlki called for Xovembor 1 will be av? ted by a recall of the strike ord< r by thu leaders and the acceptance of Pr*? dent Wilson's offer to nsme a tribunal to arbitrate the differences. Should the strike b? 'ailed, how ever,- the Cabinet Is prepared it, at-t tor the protection of the public T' Is action. It Is stated, will ntt be ag . ast the miners alone, but also against any [overt act on the pait of the operators. Any move on the part v* '? vern ment will be drastic, iut t will be fair to both sides, it m oxnuuuced. The world of labor gathered In Washington today, rfad the city Is host to the most remarkable gather ing of working men and women in the world's history. All nations are represented?all but the United States, which can seat no delegates until the treaty of peace is ratified by the Senate. It is a situation which causes the for eign delegates, who looked to the American 1 abort tea for leadership, a good deal of bewilderment. Thirty two nations are represented. Address By Secretary Wilson. Secretary of Labor Wilson made a brief address of welcome to the flrst international labor conference, which opened in the Pan-American building at noon today, and then withdrew. Samuel Oompera. Frank Morrison, and other officials of the American Federation of Labor, sat far back In the hall, among the visitors' seats, and .lookM mournfully at the table which had barn reserved for them, and which ?u comrpjcnoHsly vacant. "This* graat body hW a mission of subline importance entrusted to it," said Sacretary Wilson. "I know that It will discharge Its duty well. In fluences which would wreck the world sr? at work all about us. and, we must five no voles to them. There are other Influences which would deny to labor any progress, and these wa must find ways and aieans of resisting." Ma Barrett Speaks. John Barrett, dlractor of the Pan Amerlcan Union, also made an ad dress of wslcome, and M. Arthur Fontaine, bead of the French dele gation, and chairman of the organ ising committee,'replied on behalf of the visitors. Delegates from thirty-two different allied and neutral countries are at* tending, and within a few days Ger man and Austrian representatives will arrive. The Delegates' Official Ouide contains no mention of these, inasmuch as plans for the conference were begun last April, before the treaty had been submitted to' Ger many. The conference sitting here therefore must say wh*-fhar delegates from enemy countries mr.T sit- Both (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Keeping Up With The Times A FACT A DAY The United States Depart ment of Labor hasn't any doubt on the subject of the desirability and efficiency of advertising. A statement just issued from Roger W. Bab son's bureau of that depart ment says: "If you are not adver tising, then advertise, be cause it saves money for you and it reducis the price to the consumer. "Advertising prevents ' profiteering. It insures honest profits and makes them permanent. "The message of the U. S. Department of La bor to merchants and manufacturers and to all progressive American business men is to ad vertise. "Tell the public about your goods. The con sumer has plenty of money. He is willing to spend it and we want him to spend it on American made products. The easiest, quickest and most economical way in which this can be accomplished ' is by advertising." Start your campaign right now. "hal-HsUln4" Lanadry 'raagli dry) a Star Laundry process that lavs* worr* vark, Urns ao4 traoMa.? Adrt. ltTT ARIE IMPRESS, noted English music hall singer and actress, who mysteriously disappeared frofti the steamship Orduna while the vessel was at sea. On the ar rival of the ship in New York, Captain Taylor, of the Orduna, declared that following the disappearance of the actress the vessel had been searched from stem to stern three times and that no trace of the passenger could be found. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 29?With the arrest of Ave men and one woman hero last night police believe today that the Key to the solution of the bomb plot mystery of last June when eight homes of prominent men throughout the country were bombed, U at hand. A/sixth man was arrested today after an all-night search. Police're vealed that his arrest is perhaps the most Important so far In thoir inves tigation, but concealed his identity. Further arrests here and in several of the cities in which the June bomb outrages took place are expected to follow. Detectives were on their way to Chicago, New York, Washington and other cities to co-operate in bring ing about additional arrests. L.ra4 To Anarchist's Trail. "We believe these arrests will open the trail to the moat dangerous an archist circle In the country that has been at work In more than one hun dred cities throughout the country," declared Police Captain Martin La velle, who has spent all of his time since last June in running down the bombers. Information which brought about the arrests last night came from Chi cago. According to the "tip" the central police station here was to be blown up as the officers assembled for Voll call in the evening. It was to have been an Inside Job, one of the members of the gang plan ning to seek a position on the force In order to plant the bomb. Additional information secured by Captain Lavelle and his assistants, in dicated that the gang was planning a widespread bomb attack for next spring. Til Ink Mea Bonbrd Mayor'* Home. Police believe that one of the five men arrested here was directly con cerned In the bombing of the home of Mayor Davis and another partici pant In this particular outrage is ex (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) V CLAIM FRAUD IN KIDNAPING OF U. S. AGENT Secretary of State Lansing today was disposed to consider lightly reports that William O. Jenkins had been kidnaped as a part of a scheme to discredit the Mexican government. While the Secretary would not comment he indicated very atrongly that he did not believe Jenkins would lend himself to sny such plan. The State Department was to day without further advices c>n cerning Jenkins, Secretary Len sing stated. | MEXICO CITY, Oct. 2S>.?An inves [ tigation of the capture of W. O. Jenkins, American consular agent at Puebla, by Mexicans, who released him upon the receipt of $150,000 ran som, Is being made at Puebla by Mexican government authorities. It was announced today. Eduardo Mestra, attorney for Mr. Jenkins, who paid the money to the Mexicans and acted a? lone agent in securing the release of the American official. Is reported to have been ar rested at Puebla. beir.g subsequently released on 10,000 pesos bail. Deny He Waa Ki. n .i>?-a. A dispatch from Puebla said th*t after his arrest, Vestra declared ru mors that the consular agent had not been kidnaped were "absolutely un founded." Hllario Medina, acting foreign min ister, said Mr. Jenkins' exequatur had not been rescinded, but the govern ment was waiting the result of the investigation now being made at Puebla. The sensational turn the caae na* taken followed the allegation by cer tain state officials at Puebla that they believed Mr. Jenkins had not been kidnaped by bandits, but that the whole thing was a plan to col lect ransom and work against the government. PRESIDENT STILL j GAINING SLOWLY Passed Another Good Night, According to White House Official*. ?Tto PrMUtoafa ?totfllj oratlBM. He k Mttef, ?leeptag, SlMttif nl aniHlfe ttef wclL Hit prmit laprvre ?eat ku a?w rauM a petal nrj to Imm daily MMh. Tke yMpk *f tk nmatrj will be promptly iMfH ?( aay rhiifrt ta hi* ttkillM. GRIT SO 5 r blwj. S'l'ITl." President WIImu'i alow progrtM toward recovery *u tduncH br Mother restful night, according to White House officials this norvloc Thf President "a strength Is a lowly returning. according to Dr. Grayson, and he is bow abls to actually en joy his meals, although he has to as aume a semi-sitting position while eatiaf. A diet selected for strengtb (1tIo( food properties Is strictly ad hered to dally, but Its ran pa Is wide and the President's appetits is being kept on edge. BRITISH FIRE UPON RIOTERS IN EGYPT Two Persea* Efflod,jW But in Hew OvtbreolTviB Alexandria LONDON, Oct. 20.?Two rioters wero killed, ten injured and twoaty-seeaa policemen were hurt la another oat break at Alexandria, Egypt. said ? news dispatch from Alexandria today. Two lorries filled with British troops were attacked la front of the Alexandria mosque. Missiles were thrown, and troops replied by firms into the crowd. Part of the Egyptian railway em ployes hare rone oa strike, according to the Alexandria correspondeat of the Central News Agoacy. Studsate marched through the streets of the city bearing placards reading: "We don't want the Mtlner commission." Lord Milaer has been coin missioned by the British government to go to Egypt and Investigate the disorders sad the claims of the Egyptlaa na tional i?ts. CUTTER SPEEDS TO AID CRIPPLED SHIP Shipping Board Steamer' Hoxie Breaks Propeller On Way From Brest. BOSTON, Oct. 2?.?Radiograms te-' day said that the United States Ship- j pins Board's steamer Hoxie, Brest for I New York, was limping- toward Nan tucket with a broken propeller bled The coastguard cutter Seneca waa speeding to the aaalatance of the Hoxie. With her water supply depleted, oww Ing to a le&ky valve, the steamer Lake Furlough, another Shipplag Board boat put in here for repairs. j The ship ssiled from Norfolk 0<v i tober 25. 390 ARMY FLIERS DIE IN 10 MONTHS Tail Spin Most Prolific Cause of Fatalities at Camps. Since January 1, 181? the Army Air Service has had 390 fatalities at flying fields In the United ft a tea. Of this total, only 14. or 4 per cent, were attributed to failure of engine or collapse of plsnea. The cause of ? per ceat of the fatalities has asrer been MlaiMy determined. These fig ures were made public today by the atatiatlcs branch of the General Staff. The tall spin was the most prolific cause of fatalltiea, accounting for lit, or 30 per cent of the total. Sixty-one fatalities occurred as the result of collisions in the sir, 47 from nose dives, 21 from side slips. Thir teen men were struck by pro pellets and klllsd and IS died as ths result of Are. ? TAKE ULUAKI UPOU wwara ^ ; see hew Hot good digeetioa makes yee feet i im muses hh Heroic Belgium paid trfbatd to George Washington. father of the American Republic, today when Kiif Albert, aroompanied by hla royal coaaort Queen Elisabeth and tbe heir apparent Prince L<eopold. trudged ?lowly up to tbe gruve of tbe Great est American at Mount Ternon and placed a wreath of flower* on tt Tbe ran was strlvtn* to iktn th roust tbe clouds as tbs tall Igare of tbe bero king started bis walk toward tbe crave. Tbe assemblage steed with hMdi as tbe rreateet and most illue trtoua ftrvr* of tbe Europtu war far freedom and democracy paid trlkvt* to tbe father of democracy. In tew silent and well eboeea remarks KJnc Albert ealos'aed tbe life and tbe work of George WUahinsten. Tbe pilgrimacss to tbe vrnr nf Washington was ?de by tbe reyal party aboard tbe* Pteel dent's yaebt Mayflower. 3%er bearded tbs May ^trssC lbs. Wilson was an osnnbi nailer en Queen Elisabeth thia mora Inc. and a few mlnntee later tbe Queen and Mrs. Wilson left tbe hmmg resldeaee for a motor trip through Rock Creek and etipr narks la ene of tbe PreeMentlal ? Meanwhile Kins Albert. panted by Prince Leopold. Bureau of Bngraeina where a thro a* of nearly lh.tM _ sens bad aasembled awaiting bis ap pearance scheduled according to tbe program The Kin* and Prlnee wees wuleeaaed at tbe bnrean by Secretary ef tbe Treasury Qiaos. Aaslstaat Secretary Jameo R. Moyle and Jama* L. WIT metb, director of tbe bureau, lieri employe of tbe department eras at werk When the Kins entered and be saw each separata ailit of the free' engraving aad print las plant ran nlng at full blast. The party was at first conducted te (be stamp making department. tbdlte* to the pewer pre*# section tbe moaey makiag department, and tbe number lug aad oountlng department. The Unr showed great Intereet In tbe methods ei^/ployed In handily tbe huge bandies of currency aad ef protecting It against loss. Re was tn tereated In tbe employes and re marked several times of the efficiency displayed by the tboneande of en pl eyas All of tbe elevators used la one Toy Ins the party fi >m one 'floor to another la the great establishment had been decorated with He Is lax and American flags. At tbe conclusion of the inspecttnu the employes of tbe bureau were per mitted to leave their work and as ?em bled in front of the building, where fally ether persona bed authored The party drove away amidst \oclfemua and reverberating cheers Belgium'* mllll on a. through their rulers, extended thanka to the and Cross workers of America today when King Albert and Queen Ell as both paid an informal visit ts Red Croea na tional headquarters. The royal pair arrived at headqua** tera at lt:ll o'clock. Beventeontil street was thronged with pereoas anxious to get one gilmpee of tbe Belgian hsro monarch All employe* of the building were aseemblod on the front step* and the royal party paaeed up tbe broad ateps of the building through an atele at Red Crass girls from tbe Distrlet chapter dressed In unifdHaa. The unt forma and the waving American and Belgian flags made an imposing apectaole. Dr. Livingston Farrand. eh airman of the national organisation. WIV loughby Walling. rice chairman; Frederick Keppel. director of forelan affairs; Stockton Axson. national aeo retary. and Frederick Muaroe, geneml manager, formed a reception com> mlttee which met the reyal party aad escorted them Into the building Tbe rooms and halls ware crowded with workers all eager to get a glimpse of the King. Queen, aad Prince Many had beua standing there tor hours before M aarrlval. After a short jneeptien In tbe as sembly room Where all depart me at heeds ef tbe fsalBnilen ware pro sou ted ts tbe King aad Queen, tbe party was taken through tbe earteoa t