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, VOL. XXII. NUMBER 8.
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MOMENT LOSES
OT VOTE OF 38 TO ID
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Senate Takes Unexpected
Action on Senator Lodge’s
Suggestion—Many Sena
tors Were Absent
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—8 y a
vote of 38 to 40, the senate today
defeated the Johnson amendment'to
the" peace treaty to equalize voting
strength within the League of Na
tions.
The vote was unexpectedly at the
request of Senator Lodge after Sen
ator Hitchcock, administration lead
er, announced that he would ask
for unanimous consent to vote at
1:30 p. m.
“I see no reason why we cannot
vote right now,” Senator Lodge de
clared, and the roll was called with
out further delay.
Immediately after the defeat of the
amendment, Senator Johnson, Cali
fornia, introduced a second amend
ment which seeks to accomplish the
same oljjeat as his first one.
A number of senators were absent
when the roll call was called, no ad
vance notice of the vote having been
issued. The final result, however,
would not have been changed as all
absentees were paired with Senators
taking opposite positions.
The senate Mepared to vote im
mediately o nthe Moses amendment.
The Roll Call
The roll cal follows:
For Adoption—Republican*: Ball,
Borah, Brandegee, Capper, Cummins,
Curtis, Dillingham, Fall, France, Fre
linghuys'en, Gronna, Harding, John
son ,of California; Jones, of Wash
ington; Kenyon, Knox, LaFollette,
Lenroot, Lodge, McCormick, McLean,
Moses, New, Newberry, Norris, Page,
Penrose, Phipps, Poindexter, Sher
man, Smoot, Spencer, Sutherland,
Townsend, Wadsworth and Warren—•
thirty-six.
Democrats—Gore and Shields—two.
Total, thirty-eight.
Against Adoption Republicans:
Colt, Edge, Hale, Kellogg, Keyes,
McCumber. McNary, Nelson and Ster
ling—nine.
Democrats Bankhead, Chamber
lain, Culberson, Dial, Fletcher, Gary,
Gerry, Harris, Harrison. Henderson,
Hitchcock, Jones, of New Mexico;
King, Kirby. McKellar, Myers, Nu
gent, Overman, Pomerene, Ransdell,
Robinson, Sheppard, Simmons, Smith,
of Arizona; Smith, of Maryland;
Swanson, Thomas', Trajnmell, Under
wood, Walsh, of Montana, and Wil
liams—thirty-one.
Several Democratic senators, in
cluding Phelan. California; Smith,
Georgia, and Ashurst, Arizona, enter
ed the chamber after the vote on the
Johhson ’amendment was taken and
protested that they had been taken
unawares by the sudden veto and
asked permission to state their at
titude on the question.
Os the eighteen senators voting,
Senator Walsh. Democrat, Massa
chusetts, voted for the Johnson
amendment, but later withdrew his
vote in\the absence of his pair, Sen
ator Stanley, Democrat, of Kentucky,
who opposed the amendment. Others
absent or paired and not voting -were:
For. adoption—Senator Calder; Re
publican, New York; Reed, Democrat,
Missouri; Elkins, Republican, West
Virginia; Fernaid, Republican, Maine,
and Watson, Republican. Indiana.
Against—Ashurst, Democrat, Ari
zona; Beckham, Democrat, Kentucky;
Johnson, Democrat, South Dakota:
Kendrick. Democrat, Wyoming; Mar
tin, Democrat Virginia; Owen. Demo
crat. Oklahoma; Phelan, Democrat,
California; Pittman, Democrat, Ne
vada; Smith, Democrat, Georgia-;
Smith, Democrat, South Carolina, and
Walcott, Democrat, Delaware. . j
At least half a dozen senators •.
were attending a Roosevelt memorial j
meeting in another part of the city I
when the vote was taken.
GEORGIA RESOLUTION
PRESENTED TO SENATE
M ASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—A resolu
ti adopted by the Georgia state
legislature in 1852 urging that this
government avoid ’1 international
alliances was laid before the senate
today by Hoke Smith. Georgia. Dem
ocrat.
“It’s a little old,” Senator Smith
explained, ‘‘but it carries a line of
thought that is very valuable in i
these days,”
Rome Man Saves Horse
But Train Kills Him
ROME, Ga„ Oct. 27.—While driv
ing his horse from the track to save
its life, W. H. Smathers, aged sixty
five. was struck in the head by one |
of the car steps of the passing train I
on the W. & A. railway Sunday ,
morning and instantly killed. The
accident occurred near his home on
Sixth avenuA
BEATS GAS OR
ELECTRICITY
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ney, No Odor; Most Brilliant
tight M-nown
A new lamp, which experts agree
»>v«s the most powerful home light
m the world, is the latest achieve
ment of W. H. Hoffstot, 913 Factory
Bldg., Kansas City. Mo. This re
markable new lamp beats gas or
electricity—gives more light than
three hundred candles, eighteen ordi
nary lamps or ten brilliant electric
lights, and costs only one cent a
night, a blessing to every home or
farm or in small town. It is abso
lutely safe and gives universal satis
faction. A child can carry it. It is
the ambition of Mr. Hoffstot to have
every home, store, hall or church
enjoy the increased comfort of this
powerful, pleasing, brilliant.' white
light, and he will send one of his new
lamps oh free trial to any reader of
The Journal who writes him. He wants
one person in each locality to whom
Ihe can refer new customers. Take
/advantage of his free offer. Agents
wanted. Write him today.—(Advtj
SHE’S SENT BY EXPRESS
FROM LONDON TO KANSAS
TOPEKA. Kan. —The strangest ex
press package ever received in To
peka has arrived from London.
It was wrapped in blue serge and
a purple scarf. It had rosy cheeks,
big gray eyes and a captivating
smile. ‘ f
The package was Miss Doreen
Steer, seventeen-year-old English
girl, who was shipped to America
by express to become the adopted
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. W.
Dare, of Topeka. She is their
grand niece.
Doreen was on a train on the way
to Plymouth from London and was
114 miles from the seaport when
the trainmen struck. She and her ex
pressman escort caught a taxi for the
-Ll4-mile run and made the steamer
Noordam.
Arrangements to have Jiis niece
sent by express were made by Mr.
Dare through the local agent. An
express company representative ac
companied Miss Steer from London
to Plymouth. Other representatives
met her in New York and Chicago,
took her to hotels, engaged her rail
way passage and sleeper accommo
dations, arranged for her meals and
took charge of her baggage. She was
delivered to Mr. Brayman in Topeka
and the receipt of her safe delivery
was signed by Mr. Dare just the
same as if she had been a box of
rosy-faced peaches.
N. Y. Town Claims to Be
First “Flyless Town”
Health authorities of Saranac
Lake, N. Y., declare that Saranac
probably is the first ‘‘flyless
town” in the world.
Health Officer Trembley reports
that, despite unusually hot weath
er in June, July and August, there
are hardly any more flies here
than most places have in Jan
uary, and that next year there
will be none at all.
It cost the town about SI,OOO
to eradicate the fly nuisance,
which was accomplished by re
quiring that garbage be screened
and frequently removed.
Dr. Trembley regards “swat the I
fly” campaigns as useless and )
says the only way to eliminate
flies is to put a ban on all their
breeding places and, he adds, this
can be done. ;
LABOR CONGRESS IS I
POSTPOrJEDBECAUSEi
OF LJIEJELEGJTES
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—. Failure
of many of the foreign delegates
to reach Washington today .caused
postponement of the meeting of
the National Federation of trades
unions until tomorrow.
President Gompers, of -the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, took the
action postponing the meeting,
which was called preliminary to the
meeting of the International Labor
conference, set up in the k'
section of the peace treaty. This
conference is to get under way
Wednesday.
J. Oumdegeest, delegate frotn
Holland, was one of the few dele
gates on hand for the National
Federation of Trades unions meet
ing today. W. A. Attleton, British
delegate, is expected to preside at
tomorrow’s meeting.
The conference of the Interna
tional Congress Work mi? 1 Wonxen
js also scheduled to open ton <
row.
Men and women known throughout
the world for their work in connec
tion with the organized labor move
ment xare here today. Hotels are
packed. Many distinguished dele
gates are "guests in private homes.
Through these three conclaves, or
ganized labor throughout the world
is prepared to collect its full influ
ence and direct it along a single
line to impress governments, public
sentiment and capital with the ne
cessity for immediate reform of social
and economic legislation and pro
cedure.
Subjects to Ee Discussed
Some subjects on which action will
come are:
The eight-hour day, women and
children in industry, unemployment
insurance, arbitration and mediation,
collective bargaining, strikes and
lockouts, and the sharing of man
agement and profits of industry with
workers.
The National Federation of Trade
Unions meeting, a. preliminary to
the International Labor Conference
is a continuation of the session held
during July in Amsterdam. It
in this organization that President
Samuel Gompers, of the American
Federation of Labor, and Daniel
Tobin, representing America, com
bined with the British delegates in
a fight to reduce the influence of
Germany in the labor world. Ger
many, with more than 5,000,000 or
ganized workers, has the most ex
tensive union labor force of any
nation
Women’s Convention
Working women of the world will
organize as a single force for the
I first time tomorrow, when their con-
I gress assembles with Mrs. Raymond
Robbins, of Chicago, as the direct
ing head. This conference was
planned to co-operate with the In
ternational Labor Conference of the!
League of Nations. It will include
representatives of more than thirty
nations. Many noted women are here
to attend it. among them being Mrs.
Mary McAlister, of England, one of I
the first women to stand for a seat in
the house of commons.
The international labor conference
is intende dto be representative not
only of organized labor in each of
forty-five nations concerned, but also
of the governments of those nations
It is based on the charter granted
world albor in the peace treaty which
the Paris 'conference intended as a
reward for the services of workers
in helping to win the war for the
allies.
Prosecution of Reds
I Favored in Report of
Senate Committee
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—Persons
exhibiting the red flag*or advocating
overthrow of the government would
be subject to federal prosecution un
der a bill ordered favorably reported
today by the senate judiciary com
mittee.
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MAY HELP GUARD
KNOXVILLE CARS
KNOXVILLE. Tenn., Oct. 27.—A
force of 600 state militiamen is
now mobilized in tne state armory
in this city, under command of Gen
eral E. B. Sweeney, adjutant gen
eral of the state. Motor trucks and
touring cars are provided, ready
quickly to transport troops to any
part of the city in which they may
be needed in the event of disorders
growing out of the continued effort
today to operate street cars by non
union men. General Sweenejr was ad
vised this morning that General E.
M. Lewis, in command at Camp Gor
don, Atlanta,, had been ordered to
take command of the situation in
Knoxville in the event federal troops
are deemed necessary, and it is ex
pected that should such an emer
gency arise, federal soldiers will be
speeded here from Camp Gordon.
The state troops arriving here this
morning came from Johnson City,
Athens and Cleveland, Tenn., and two
additional companies from Chatta
nooga will reach the city this after
noon. General Sweeney also has a
machine-gun detachment here and he
announced that “disorders will be
quelled with bullets if such should
be necqssary.” He also stated that
the city tvill be placed under martial
law if need arises.
With state in readiness to
quell any attempts at renewed riot
ing, street railway officials announced
today they would endeavor to con
tinue with non-union men, resump
tion of which Sunday, after eight
days’ idleness due to a strike, result
ed in intermittent clashes through
out the day.
Charges of inefficiency on the part
of the police, who are members of
the policemen’s union, were made
Sunday, following the disorders. No
serious injuries were reported, the
trouble being confined to minor dis
turbances in various parts of the
city.
It was po.nted out that in view
of the fact that the cars carry mail
boxes, interference with’the operation
of the system would involve LhG fed
eral governmnt.
The rioting made .c necessary for
the city to call for soldiers for the
second time in sixty days, the prev
ious occasion being the rioting fol
lowing the wrecking of the county
jail by a mob seeking Maurice Mayes,
negro, since convicted of killing a
white woman. Fourteen men were
acquitted Saturday of felony charges
growing out of the previous dis
orders.
Soldiers will not be placed on the
cars, except as a last resort, it was
stated. Their presence in the city
ready for immediate use is deemed
sufficient, General Sweeney indi
cated.
Both local troops and those due
to arrive will be quartered at the
armory and at strategic points in the
city, it was stated.
Liquor Interests Fight
In Court for Right to
Sell Bonded Wares
LOUISVILLE, Ky„ Oct. 27.—At
torneys for the national liquor in
terests were here today for the sec
ond step in a contest inaugurated
October 10 in the federal court here
to test the constitutionality of the
war-time prohibition law and event
ually secure the release for sale ot
70.000,000 gallons of whisky in bond
valued at approximately $75,000,000
The preliminary skirmish today
contemplated arguments on a mo
tion for an injunction against El
wood Hamilton, collector of interna)
revenue for Kentucky, which in ef
fect would restrain him from inter
fering with removal of the whisky
which largely is in Kentucky ware
houses.
The suit was brought by the Ken
tucky Distilleries and Warehouse
company on behalf of distillers gen
erally. It raises the question of
the power of congress to prohibit the
sale of-distilled spirits manufactured
long before the United States entered
tile war. and is based largely on the
fifth amendment tv the constitution,
which prohibits confiscation of private
property without compensation.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1919.
STATE DEPARTMENT
IS USED ROM
FOR JEMS IS M
Slayers of American Avia
tors Are Sought by Au
thorities Success of
Hunt Appears Certain
WASHINGTON, Oct.
of William O. Jenkins, Affijbrican con
sular agent at Peubia Mexico, who
was kidnaped by bandits on October
19, was effected by payment of the
$150,000 in gold demanded by the
Raptors, the state department was
advised today by the American em
bassy at Mexico City.
The dispatch did not make clear
whether the Mexican government or
friends of Mr. Jenkins paid the
ransom. An inquiry as to this point
has been sent to Mexico City by the
state department.
Official announcement of the re
lease of Mr. Jenkins was made in
the following statement by tfee de
partment:
“William O. Jenkins, the American
consular agent who was robbed and
kidnaped at a factory which he
owns in Puebla, Mexico, on October
19, has been released following pay
ment of ransom, according to a mes
sage from the American embassy at
/Mexico City.
“The rebels who held him near
Puebla demanded ransom of $150,090
in gold. The message says that the
third secretary of the embassy* Mat
thew E. Hanna, who was sept to
Puebla by the embassy, notified the
embassy yesterday that Mr. Jenkins
had sent him a message from within
the Mexican federal lines that the
ransom had been paid to the kidnap
ers and that he was on the way to
Puebla. The department is awaiting
more details.
“The Mexican government Satur
day advised the American embassy
: that it would ‘omit no efforts to
: save Jenkins’ life.’ ”
Although Mr. Jenkins was kid
naped on October 19, news ,of his
detention did not reach his .family
here until last Wednesday, when a
telegram was received from his sis
ter. Later word came from her that
besides kidnaping Mr. Jenkins, the
bandits who held him for ransom
had also plundered his ranch home,
securing $60,000. Whether all or
part of this had been recovered was
a phase of the case not clear here.
Another point not disclosed was the
exact time of Mr. Jenkins’ release.
His sister’s message, telephoned
here from Fresno, said “today,” but
the date of the message was not tele
phoned, the consular agent’fa father
said, and whether his detention had
ended Saturday or Sunday was not
known. -J
SLAYERS OF
AVIATORS ARE SOUGHT
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Oct. 27.—Plans
were put in operation today in
Lower California, Mexico, as well as
at Washington, looking to the ar
rest of the Mexican fishermen ac
cused of murdering Lieutenants Ce
cil H. Connolly and Frederick Water
house, American aviators, who flew
into Mexican territory on August 21
and subsequently lost their lives.
The identity of the accused men
is known both to Mexican and Amer
ican officials, it was announced of
ficially when the aviators’ bodies
were brought on the destroyer Aaron
Ward last night, from Lower Call
forania, and because of the friendly
relations existing between the Amer
ican government and. Governor Esta
ban Cantu, of Lower California, com
paratively little difficulty is antici
pated in apprehending them.
The aviators’ record of their suf
ferings and brief letters to their
mothers, scratched on the wings and
fusilage of their plane, were brought
here by Joe Allen-Richards, a mining
engineer, who first reported discovery
of the bodies.
At one time the aviators were
within twelve miles of an American
operated mine, where they could have
found food and safety.
Sec. Tumulty Lays
Prohibition Enforcing
Act Before Wilson
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.—The na
tional prohibition act, passed to en
force both war time and constitu
tional prohibition, was laid before
President Wilson today.
Carrying with him the bill and
the opinion of Attorney General
Palmer on its constitutionality. Sec
retary Tumulty went to the pres
ident’s room shortly after noon.
WILLIAM O. JENKINS.
American consular agent at
Pueblo, Mexico, who has been
released by bandits -who kid
napped him and demand $150,-
000 for his ransom. This
was his second experience of
the kind.
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union sms stike
OROEWTSWD
President Wilson’s Plea for
Arbitration Ineffectual,
Nation’s Interests to Be
Protected’, Says President
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 27.—Of
ficials of the United Mine Workers
are powerless to rescind the order
calling for all miners to strike No
vember 1, William Green, secretary
treasurer, said today. They cannot
respond to President Wilson’s appeal
for withdrawal of the strike order
without action of a convention be
cause the strike was called by the
convention which met in Cleveland.
Mr. Green said.
In a statement today, Governor
Goodrich strongly supported Presi
dent Wilson in his stand. He said:
“I am glad to know that President
Wilson has taken a most positive
stand agg-ins tthe calling of a coal
strike on the first day of November.
It is the duty of every good citizen
of the nation to support the presi
dent in this emergency. He can
count upon the support of Indiana in
every step he takes, not only> to pre
vent the carrying out of strike,
bpt in preserving order and in re
suming work in the mines at the ear
liest possible date.”
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—Holding
the impending coal strike to be
not only unjustifiable but also un
lawful, President Wilson in a state
ment issued tonight with the sup
port of his entire cabinet, called on
the coal miners of the nation, both
union officers and members, to res
cind the strike order effective No
vember 1.
The president declined to enter
into the merits of the controversy
between the miners and operators,
but emphatically declared that the
strike, which he characterized as
the most far-reaching proposal in
the nation’s history to restrict pro
duction and distribution of all neces
saries of life, had apparently been
ordered without a vote of the in
dividual miners concerned. For this
reason, the president served definite
notice “that the law will be en
forced and the means will be found
to protect the interests of the nation
in any emergency that may arise out
of this unhappy business.”
Cabinet Holds Two Sessions
The president’s statement was Is
sued tonight after his cabinet had
gone over the entire situation with
Secretary Wilson, of the labor de
partment, whose efforts to bring
miners and operators together in
negotiations had failed. The cabi
net, with only Secretary Lansing de
tained at his home by illness, miss
ing, met first in the morning and
again tonight. Rear Admiral Gray
son, the president’s personal phy
sician was summoned to the eve
ning session. Apparently he agreed
to the submission of the matter io
his patient, for soon afterward the
cabinet meeting broke up and the
president’s statement was issued.
The president in his statement re
viewed the steps leading up to the
strike call, including the Cleveland
convention of the United Mine Work
ers’ of America one month ago, at
which the demands for a thirty-hour
y week and a sixty per cent increase
in wages was 'formulated.
L _ The war in itself, the president as
serted, still was a fact, peace ne
t_ gotiations still in suspense and
troops still being transported. Be
>_ cause of these factors and the added
i r consideration that victims of the
A strike would be among both the* rich
|t and the poor of the nation, the presi
g den. said the proposed wa-H?cnit could
y only be considered as unlawful, and
J as the nation’s executive entrusted
e with enforcement of the law, he
would use the means at his disposal
e to prevent any stoppage of work.
Mediation Offered.
The services of the government
as a mediator, offered yesterday by
the president through Secretary Wil
son but 4®t accepted, were again
held out, the president declaring that
he held himself in readiness at the
request of either or both sides to
1 appoint a commission to investigate
the situation, to effect an orderly
L_ settlement of disputed question with
L_ due recognition of the rights of the
i- miners, the operators and the public,
e There was no direct Intimation ot
what steps the cabinet had discussed
d to prevent stoppage of work should
1 the president’s solemn warning to
- the miners to rescind the strike
:- order fail of result. It was regarded
as significant, howeVer, that atten-
- tio.. was drawn in White House cir
cles to the statements made by Sec
retary Baker in a recent address in
Cleveland, when Mr. Baker an
nounced that department commanders
had been directed to furnish troops
at the request of governors without
referring the matter to Washington.
Major General Wood, in the central
department already has exercised that
i authority in the steel strike situa
tion.
I It was officially learned tonigh*
i that the government is relying on
i lhe Lever act to combat the coal
strike should it develop to the stage
where it would cause distress and
suffering throughout the country.
This was determined on at the cab
inet meeting today.
| Scope of Dever Act
I i The Lever act gives the president
5 i broad powers to take any steps neces
|, sary to insure the continuous pro
i' ■ duction > " nec'~sities during the
>; - war emergency which extends until
|. the proclamation of peace. . Attorney
S General Palmer has decided the gov
s' ornment has ample power to act tin
|| tier this law any one who
| halts production. Fuel is specifical
tj I ly mentioned in the act, as is the
11 word “mine.”
j Without further authority, it was
| printed out the president could tak,
11 ever the mines for governmental or
| eration as it is provided any “factory.
| establishment, mine or plant” can
| be thus seized to insure production
? I Under this the government Has pow
t i er to act against strikers, as being
■ guilty of stopping production.
? GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
READY FOR STRIKE CALL
j I WASHINGTON. Oct. 27.—While
j; awaiting the miners* answer to the
i; demand for withdrawal of the coal
;i strike order, government officials to
ri day were ready to act to protect pub
ji lie interest in case the strike is call
-5 ed.
' There are several openings through
SHE SOLVES H. C. OF SILK HOSE—The only woman in
America who has successfully solved the high cost of silk stftck
ings is Florence Walton, the dancer. She deci’ded that $9 a
pair was too much. Especially as she frequently “went through”
a pair in a single evening. As a substitute, she evolved the
scheme of rubbing her—ah—legs—with pumice stone before
she went on to dance, and she found the public never sus
pected that the silken hosiery was missing. .
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SCORES INJURED
AS LONGSHOREMEN
BATTLE WORKERS
NEW YORK, Oct. 27.—Scores of
persons were injured in a pitched bat
tle between 2,000 striking longshore*
men and several hundred men who
were on their way to work at the
Bush terminal docks in Brooklyn
this morning. «
Between fifty and one hundred re
volver shots were fired, and sticks,
stones, bricks and clubs were used
by the combatants. Police reserves
were summoned and teh arrests were
made.
The disturbance occurred at Forty
third street and Second avenue.
Brooklyn, and waged along both
streets for two blocks befort it was
quelled by the police, who used their
clubs freely. One policeman was
struck on the head with a brick and
seriously injured.
The ten men arrested were badly
beaten and had their wounds dressed
by police surgeons. Two of them
were taken to the hospital. Others
wounded in the fighting were taken
away by friends. ’
Several hundred men gathered about
the entrance to the North river piers,
on the New York side, but the activ
ity of representatives of the Butler
faction prevented them from going
to wopk. These pickets dashed from
pier to pier in automobiles, urging
the men to stay out, and, it is al
leged, threatening them with vio
lence if they ignored the request.
A small detachment of soldiers was
stationed near the piers, but officials
said these were to be used in un
loading transports docking on the
New York side of the river.
At the offices of the International
Mercantile Marine it. was announced
the liner Celtic will sail tomorrow,
after being loaded by picked squads
of longshoremen.
Earthquake in Italy
Rings Church Bells
ROME, Oct. 27.—Earthquake
shocks were felt Saturday in vari
ous parts of Tuscany. At Arezzo,
capital of the province, the shock
caused the church bells to ring, and
many of the iikliabirants fled from
their houses in alarm. The shock
at Florence was weak.
which the government may step into
the coal controversy.
The' present contract, wnich is to
run until the end of the war or until
April 1, 1920, was made with the
sanction of the fuel administration,
a government' agency. This was
pointed out specifically by President
Wilson in his warning to the miners
Saturday that the government con
sidered the proposed strike unlaw
ful.
The food control law also gives
the government opportunity to take
a hand in the strike through its
provisions making it illegal to in
terfere with production and allow
ing the government to take over a
mine to insure continued produc
tion.
Even without this law, officials
here point out the court’s
broad definition of war powers 1
would give the government plenty of
latitude for action. In passing on
various war laws the supreme court ;
declared that the government had
the power to do almost anything in
the interest of the nation’s existence. [
If miners whose leaders are soon '
to meet in Indianapolis, consent to
call off their strike, the coal opera- ■
tors may be the next ones to feel 1
the strong hand of the government, j
according to information here today. ;
While its first action was directed I
against the miners, it is known of- i
ficials do not hold the operators en- :
tirely blameless for the present con- I
dition of affairs.
Secretary of Labor Wilson has j
said several times that the opera- |
tors showed an uncompromising at- i
titude in the negotiations between I
the miners and operators here last 1
week. It was evident that the sec- I
retary believed that neither miners I
nor operators were showing the prop- I
er spirit of conciliation.
ICINNET DECIDES
TOCILINMUND
TIBLECONFEHE
WASHINGTON. Following the
dissolution of the industrial confer
ence last week after the withdrawal
of the organized labor element, Pres
ident Wilson’s cabinet decided Satur
day to call a new conference to con
tinue the effort to establish indus
trial peace.
It will consist of fifteen of the
most prominent Americans without
division into groups and the cabi
net will recommend nominations to
the president.
Two Cabinet Sessions
Threats of a general struggle be
tween capital and labor as result of
the breaking up of the national in
dustrial conference and the specter
of a nation-wide coal strike set for
next Saturday called President Wil
son’s cabinet into session twice last
Saturday.
The mere fact that the cabinet met
on a Saturday when there is usual’y
little official business conducted in
I Washington, emphasized the serious
i ness of the situation which suddenly
I has confronted government heads.
The cabinet was- assembled at re
quest of Secretary of Labor Wilson,
I whose efforts to avert the coal strike
I ended- in failui’e.
i /
Secretary of the Treasury Glass
I presided in absence of Secretary of
i State Lansing. J. P. Tumulty, sec
retary to the president attended the
meeting. Rail Director Hines also
was there.
At the morning session of the cabi
i net several plans of action were con-
I sidered, but no agreement was reach
ed. At 4:3 9 the session was re
I sumed.
The cabinet determined that all re
■ -our-•<-s of the federal government
! would be used to prevent public dis
! order in the coal strike or other dis
; p.utes and that the interests of the
public would be put above those of
any class or faction.
Hope was expressed that peaceful
means will be found to stop ar.
industrial struggle and that away
would be found to prevent the clos
ing of the coal mines and the dis
ruption of industry that would fol
low.
Baby Finger Prints
Are Mural Adornments
Rules New York Judge
NEW YORK, Oct. 27.—Baby fin
ger prints on the wallpaper are the
finest examples of mural art. This
iJbs the decision handed down in
the Bronx municipal court of Jus
tice Robitzek, in dismissing a suit
to recover alleged damages because
a baby had embellished the interior
decorations of an apartment with a
frieze all its own.
“This would be a happier world to
live in,” the justice said, "if baby
fingers could only make their im
print on the hearts of men and wom
en. I would rather see the print of
baby fingers on the wall of my house
than have- them adorned with the
world’s masterpieces.”
Warden Denies Rumors
Os Convict Debs’ Illness
Rumors to the effect that Eugene
V. Debs, national leader of the So
cialist party, was at the point of
death in the Atlanta federal prison
were declared to be untrue Monday
morning by Warden Fred Zerbst,
who stated that Debbs is in better
health now than at any time since
he has been in prison.
Debs Js 64 years old and the fact
that he has not been in very good
health has previously caused rumors
that he was dangerously ill and was
attempting, to secure release i-n order
to die out of prison.’ These rumors
were denied by Debs himself, who
has a|out nine years to serve in the
prison.
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LABOR WILL GOW
LIMIT TO (DESERVE *
RIGHTXSTRIKE
Passage in Either House of
Forbidding Legislation Will
Cause General Walkout,
Union Leaders Assert
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—Organiz
ed labor will go any limit to pre
serve the right to strike, officials of
the American Federation of Labor
said today in warning that passage
by either house of congress of the
anti-strike proposed in the pending
railroad bill would result in an im
mediate general walkout -over the
country.
William H. Johnston, president of
the International Association of Ma
chinists, the second largest union af
filiated 'with the federation, said “di
rect action” might be resorted to if
all other means of amnraig the in
terests of the unions failed. He re
ferred particularly to what he term
ed the efforts of the .mproyers to
shut out unions by binding their
workers with individual contracts.
Mr. Johnston announced that with
the passage of the anti-strike legis
lation, he would order immediately a
vote on a strike of the 350,000 mem
bers of his association and predicted
that the heads of the other 112 in
ternational unions in the American
Federation of Labor would take sim
ilar action. Other federation officials
agreed with this view.
While the legislation against
strikes now pending in congress ap
plies solely to railroad workers,
many of whom are not affiliated with
the federation, it was said today that
this legislation was one of the prin
cipal reasons why the heads of the
unions of the federation were to be
summoned here for a conference in
the near future.
Farmer Representatives
Present at the conference also
were representatives of the follow
ing farmers' organizations:
The National Board of Farm
organizations; the Federation of
Milk Producers, The American So
ciety of Equity and the National
Farmers’ union.
Mr. Gompers issued the follow
ing statement at the conclusion of
the meeting:
“A conference was held in the
A. F. of L. building this afternoon
.in which representatives of the A.
F. of L„ the railroad brotherhoods
and the four farmers* organiza
tions participated. General discus
sion ensued regarding the legisla
tion pending in congress inimicabla
to the rights and interests of tn>
dustrial and agricultural workers.
“Further discussion ensued re
garding legislation which should be
urged at the hands of congress in
the interests of the above.
“It was decided that the call
the conference determined upon by
the executive council of the A. F.
of L. should be jointly issued by
the executive council of the A. F. of
L. and the railroad brotherhoods.
"It was decided that the confer
ence should take place in Wash
ington Saturday, December 13.
Labor Alliance Seen
“The representatives of the farm
ers’ organizations, although in en
tire sympathy with the discussion
and purposes, stated that they had
no authority from their organiza
tion to join in the call for the
conference, but that the! rconven
tions, which would be held within
a month from now, would be glad
to receive invitations upon wjhich to
act, and select delegates tor the
December 13 conference.’’
Officials of the four railroad broth
erhoods conferred today with Mr.
Gompers and other officers of the
federation. It has been proposed
that the co-operation of the brother
hood be enlisted in the general fight
now being waged for recognition of
the princple of collective bargain
ing and representation by the chos
en spokesmen of labor.
Some close observers of the indus
trial situation sayl today an alliance
between the federation and the broth
erhoods appeared more than prob
able. They pointed to the anti-stfike
legislation and the notice pf the
railroad workers that they soon
would seek to force Increases in
wages as reasons why the brother
hoods would desire such an alliance.
Charles S. Barrett, president x qf
the National Farmers’ union, and
one of the farmers’ representatives
in the national Industrial conference
here, issued an appeal today to the
farmers to "be prepared to aid our
beloved country in her present hour
of need.”
A plea for "real sanity” also was
made today by Secretary Lane, who
acted as chairman of the Industrial
conference. In annoucfng that lie
had written the president supporting
the recommendation that a new body
be created to carry on the work for
which the conference was called,
Rome Man Will Be
Selected to Enforce
‘Dry’ Law in Georgia
ROME, Ga., Oct. 26.—John M. Van
diver, of Rome, will be appointed as
federal enforcement officer of the
prohibition laws in the state of Geor
gia, according to an official dis
patches from Washington received in
Rome Monday.
The duty of the prohibition en
forcement officer will be generally to
superintend enforcement of the dry
law and assist the United States dis
trict attorney in prosecuting violat
ors. The position is sai dto command
a salary of $4,000 per annum and is.
one of much importance, carrying
with it the appointment of a number
of zone officers.
Formal announcement of Mr. Van
diver’s appointment will not be made
for several days, but it is reliably
stated that he has been recommended
for the position by Senators Smith
and Harris and Congressman Gordon
Lee.
Philippine Cash
Leaks Into China
HONG KONG.—The shortage of
silver has brought about the smug
gling of currency out of the Philip
pine Islands to China, where it is
melted and recoined. American cus
toms officials are doing all in their
power to prevent this practice. A
heavy penalty is provided for taking
more than $12.50 in silver out-of the
Islands.