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VOL. XXII. NO. 19.
O. S. AMBSSSMOR
TO MEXICO CULLED
MEMITTEE
Fletcher First Witness Sum
moned on Fall Resolution.
Secretary Lansing to Be
Quizzed
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. —Begin-
ning consideration of Senator Fall’s
resolution directing the president tc
sever diplomatic relations with
Mexico, the senate foreign relations
committee today called upon Henry
P. Fletcher, United States ambassa
dor to Mexico, as its first witness.
Ambassador Fletcher’s testimony
and the discussion of it was saia
to have revealed considerable dit
icrence of opinion among committee
members regarding the best method
of protecting American interests !n
.he southern republic.
Questioning of Ambassador Fletch
er followed a long statement by-
Senator Fall, in which he laid before
the committee evidence which, ne
said proved that Carranza is back
of a propaganda system in this coun
. )ry comparable fn extent and vicious
ness to the German efforts before
America’s entrance Into the war.
Senator Fall told the committee that
in his opinion this is warrant for the
ejection from the United States ot
all Mexican diplomatic and consular
agents and for withdrawal of Amer
ican officials from Mexico.
Secretary Lansing will be called
before the committee before action
is taken' on the resolution of Sena
tor Fall. The committee hopes to
have the secretary before it later
today. Decision to call Mr. Lansin
for a discussion of the Mexican ques
tion was reached by the committee
after a two-hour session’ behind
closed doors.
When the committee recessed,
senators said the whole situation
was in an uncertain state. Senator
Hitchcock, of Nebraska, acting Dem
ocratic leader, said the’ administra
tion senators had not taken any def
inite stand against the resolution
but wanted the committee to be
fully advised before a course was
decided upon
■Senator Hitchcock introduced a
substitute resolution in the commit
tee, which, besides authorizing the
president to break diplomatic rela
tions with Mexico, would pledge sup- I
port of congress to him in any sub- ■
sequent action he might decide upon. ’
Republican leaders of the commit
tee were understood to have favored
the Fall resolution but they joined
with the Democrats in preparing to
get all the facts from Secretary
Lansing before reporting to the sen
ate.
Senators said much of the commit- ■
tee’s time was taken up with a dis- ;
russion of the phraseology of the I
Fal resolution. The chief reason
for summoning Secretary Lansing, it I
was said, was tp place the two pro
posals before him.
Ambassador Fletcher, it was -un
derstood, did not directly indorse
either the Fall resolution or the
Hitchcock substitute. He answered
many questions about the state de
partment’s course in recent negotia
tions with Mexico, in which he has
had an active part.
Virtualy all of these questions had
to do with the case of William O.
Jenkins* the American consular
agent under arrest at Puebla. He
went into this subject fully, and it
was said many of the questions to
be asked Secretary Lansing would
be of similar nature.
Administration senators called at
tention to the possible effect of adop
tion of the Fall resolution on the ef
forts of the government to secure
Jenkins’ release and are said to
have argued that a severance of dip
lomatic relations -might complicate
this and other questions which are
now the subject of discussion
through diplomatic channels.
It was apparent the substitute sug
gested by Senator Hitchcock would
meet with opposition because of the
blind promise some committee mem
bers professed to see in it. It was
said if the Hitchcock resolution were
adopted congress could not insist on
direct action if the president should
choose to adopt a more pacific
course.
Favorable Report Expected
The prevailing impression is that
the committee will report favorably
on the resolution, probably after con
siderable discussion.
Administration senators are oppos
ing it, on the ground that its pas
sage at tills time, would prove em
barrassing to the’ state department
which is trying by diplomatic means
to adjust difficulties with
Under the Fall resolut: the
whole Mexican problem will i pre
sented to congress, where there is
considerable sentiment in favor of
taking the initiative away from the
state department and without wait
ing for further provocation from
Mexico, urging the president to hand
over passports to the Mexican am
bassador and shut off further diplo
matic parley.
Adoption of the resolution,
administration senators declare,
would precipitate a crisis by inflam
ing the Mexican government against
the United States.
The danger, they point out, lies
in the fact that if the resolution
passed and President Wilson should
follow its “recommendations by break
ing off relations with Carranza find
withdrawing all American diplomatic
agents from Mexico, William O. Jen
kins the subject of the controversy,
probably would not be released by
the authorities at Puebla, and it
would then become incumbent on this
government to try to go in and get
the consular agent by force. This,
administration senators hold, would
mean nothing less than war.
"'The new movement in congress has
i eclipsed temporarily the case of Jen
kins, held in a Mexican prison on
charges of conniving with his bandit
captors which state department of
ficials have declared to be unsub
stantiated. But around the- Jenkins
c-s» the future Mexican policy will
be created* and before long unless
Carranza changes his attitude toward
this government in its demand tor
the immediate release of the consular
agent the full weight of the United
States probably will be brought down
upon him. v
With President Wilson s repressive
influence removed for the time be
ing, t is not unlikely, some senators
said, that congress will take definite
action on the Mexican question, by
passing the Fall resolution or some
thing similar.
ADMINISTRATION
IS MARKING TIME
ON PEACE PACT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—The atti
tude of the administration today,
with regard to the peace treaty, is
.an attitude of “watchful waiting."
Believing that a great popular de
mand for ratification will come from
the country within a few weeks,
President Wilson is keeping “hands
off’’ the present situation, waiting
for this to materialize, according to
numerous indications.
The president refrained from di
rectly mentioning the treaty in his
message to congress, it is believed,
with the idea that further argu
ment was useless, that opponents of
the document would be moved only
by the wishes of their coi|stituents.
The need for it, friends of the ad
ministration predict, will steadily
become more apparent. They are
looking for events to convince the
people that the treaty is desirable
and that no other means of bring
ing about official peace wil do. The
president’s silence, they assert, does
not mean that he has given up the
fight, or that he is any less interest
ed in ratification than when he
toured the country appealing for it.
That he is “wrapped up in the
treaty,” -was the expression used by
one of his advisers in describing the
situation. He does not admit that
his coast-to-coast tour was with
out results. Mr. Wilson is under
stood to believe that he solved the
seeds of a great national demand
for ratification and that continued
delay will bring in a bumper crop
of requests, for ratification in the
shape of communcatons to senators.
The administration is awaiting the
harvest.
Recommendation of Mr. Wilson for
a third term by the state conven
tion at Pierre, S. D., was interpreted
by the president’s supporters as the
indorsement of the treaty, and as an
answer to the argument of those
who claim the pact is so dead the
Democrats will not want to exhume
it and make it an issue in 1920. Fur
ther indorsements of the administra
tion and indorsements of candidates
who stand for ratification, are con
fiently expected by Mr. Wilson’s
friends who construe the South Da
kota action as a practical “vote of
confidence” from Democrats of that
state.
Opponents of the treaty openly
scoff at the eidea that the nation
will demand ratification. They say
that if any wave of popular senti
ment for it were forthcoming it
would have been apparent’ early in
October, just after President TVil
son’s tour. Many congressmen re
turning to Washington after talk
ing to their constituents, say there
is practically no interest in the
treaty and that the people are rapid
ly forgetting it in devoting their at
tention to the coal shortage and
other pressing domestic problems.
Values in Farm Lands
Continue to Advance
As Recent Sales Show
Two sales in farm lands recent
ly announced by R. W. Parker, of
Madison, Ga., point to the fact that
values in farm lands'not only have
been maintained, but have advanced
in the past few weeks over what
was considered the crest of farm
land trading back in the summer
months.
The let-up in sales was attributed
by some to the invasion of the boll
weevil, together with various other
reasons for the decline in business
in this branch of the real estate field.
After the immense volume of busi
ness done in June and July This
decrease was pronounced and made
itself felt throughout this entire sec
tion of/the country.
sales by Mr. Parker will
have a decided tendency towards
establishing and renewing confidence
in farm land values, because of the
fact that in both of them a price
comparison is presented. One of
them, a parcel of 175 acres in the
middle section of the state, was
sold at the crest of high summer
prices for $175 per acre. The same
parcel was resold last week for
$187.50 per acre, an increase of $12.50
per acre. A ninety-six-acre tract
in the suburbs of Madison, Ga.. was
sold during the summer by Mr. Park
re for $40,000. Last week a deal
was consummated whereby this place
passed into the hands of the Fears
family for a consideration of $45,000,
at a profit of $5,000.
Confidence in real estate trading
over the state lapsed for some time
after the immediate decline in prices.
These sales of the past week will
have a tendance towards building up
in the minds of farm land owners
the f ict that there is still a market
so eir land, and at a profit over
v was considered good value some
i ■' ago.
Reels to Exchange Prisoners
ROME, Dec. 3. —Through interven
tion by the Vatican, the Bolshevik
government of Russia has agreed to
an exchange of prisoners of war with
Poland.
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DIFFICULTY
PRESIDENT'S MSE
Fiief Executive’s Wife Is
Bearing Unprecedented
Burdens for a Woman, in
Face of Bitter Calumnies
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Copyright, 1919, for The Atlanta
Journal.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—Behind
the scenes at the White House
where peering eyes cannot see but
where come newspaper editorials and
senatorial comment demanding to
know whether President Wilson
wrote his own message, whether he
is functioning as head of the gov
ernment, whether he should not be
legally declared incompetent to hold
office, there is a picture of heroic de
termination on the part of a worried
woman to save her husband’s life
and fight to the bitter end the politi
cal calumny that is being avalanched
upon the man who gave seven years
to public service and now lies a vic
tim of nervous exhaustion.
The attack, for it has been renewed
with vigor in the last few days,
is not directed at the cabinet nor at
the secretary to the president, but
against an unidentified power in the
White House. Why doesn’t some one
say what really ails the president?
Why doesn’t some one announce
whether he wrote his own message?
Why do not the physicians deny that
the president is paralyzed or men
tally unbalanced? Why didn’t the
president see Senator Hitchcock last
Saturday? Why the secrecy and the
mystery? Questions like these have
bombarded the White House of late,
and the best way to answer them is
to tell what is happening in the ex
ecutive mansion.
Between the president and the out
side world stands Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson, as devoted and faithful a
companion as ever nursed a sick man.
Day and night she is at his bedside,
not only ministering to his wants,
but reading the mass of memoranda
that is transmitted to her and de
termining what quantity he shall sec
each day. Mrs. Wilson has become
the president’s own secretary for
the time being. All notes that come
from government officials go to her
first.
Members of the cabinet communi
cate with Secretary Tumulty, who in
turn brings to Mrs. Wilson’s atten
tion the matters which ought to have
the president’s time and thought. He
helps determine the priority and rela
tive importance of the matters, but
Mrs. Wilson finally decides how
much work the president shall do
each day. It is a big task and an
immense responsibility, and it is
doubtful if ever a woman in Amer
ican history had such a burden. She
is constantly relying, however, on
the advice of the physicians who are
attending the president. They have
told her he will recover—his life
will be saved if he has rest and
care. As between a chance to save
a life and answer the numerous
statements and attacks that are be
ing made upon the president, Mrs.
Wilson has chosen the course of
stoical silence.
Why doesn’t some one say what
is the matter with the president?
Some of the most noted physicians
in the country have issued state
ments. Intimate details have from
time to time been revealed, even to
the extent of describing troubles
with the prostate gland and digestive
weaknesses. Dr. Dercum, the noted
neurologist, has issued a statement
saying the president was so much
improved that he didn’t belive he
would have to come back to the
White House for regular visits any
more. Other statements of reas
surance have been given. Yet the
outcry for more details—for more in
formation continues.
Wages Must Stay Up,
Organized Labor Says
SYRACUSE, N. Y„ Dec. 4.—While
organized labor seeks a decrease in
the cost of living, it will not con
sent to any reduction in wages for
a period of at least five years, ac
cording to a statement made here
today by James P. Holland, presi
dent of the state federation of la
bor.
The cost of food, clothing and rent
must come down first, Mr. Holland
said, and under no conditions can
the workers of America be expected
ever to drop back to the wage level
of pre-war days when they were
“ridiculously underpaid.”
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ATHENS. Ga., Dec. 4.—Dr. 1... G.
Hardman, former candidate 'for gov
ernor of Georgia, is ill at his home
in Commerce. His attending' physi
cian reports that he is much Yetter
today.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1919.
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U. S. Has 25,000 Men
And 2 Cruisers Within
Quick Reach of Mexico
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—Thfe
United States has 25,000 men and
two cruisers within easy striking) dis-,
tance of Mexico, ready to go into ac
tion should hostilities follow the
threatened severance of diplomatic
relations, it was learned today ai
the war and navy departments.
However, no war-like steps have
been taken by the government. Re
ports that naval reserves had been
ordered to get ready for duty were
denied at the navy department. The
war department has, of course, a
set of up-to-date plans for invasion
of Mexico, but these were prepared
by the war college as part of its
routine work.
The 25,000 available troops are.
scattered along the entire Mexican
border. A large percentage are men
attached to the aviation establish
ment, but also thenj. are units oi
infantry, field artillery and cavalry.
In addition, there are approximately
14,000 cavalrymen of the Texas na
tional guard who could be called into
service. Major General Joseph T.
Dickman, who fought in the worla
war, is in command on the border.
The United States cruisers Dolphin
and Niagara are stationed in the
Gulf of Mexico, the Dolphin at
Tampico and the Niagara at Puerta
Cortez. Three destroyers are now
going up the coast of . Central Ameri
ca to join the Pacific fleet, while
two others are at Guantanamo about
to follow. 1
On account of the Y a P'd demobili
zation, the strength of the army in
the United States today is less than
180,000 men. The war department has
estimated it would take 450,006
troops three years to completely
“pacify” Mexico.
Secretary Daniels today denied
that any orders have been issued to
naval reserve forces throughout the
country to be ready for immediate
duty. ,
The only explanation that he coula
give for the widespread report was
that a recent order t othe naval re
servists to communicate their ad
dresses to the navy department have
been confused. This order had no sig
nificance. he said.
Hays Outlines Party
Policy of Republicans
NEW YORK, Dec. 4. —No distinc
tion must be made between men and
women in politics, Will H. Hays,
chairman of the Republican national
committee, declared in a speech last
night at a banquet given by the
women’s division of the national
committee and the Republican state
executive committee. Mr. Hays said
the Republican iTarty would offer to
women everything offered to men.
Among other future policies of- the
party he outlined were:
A national budget system.
Federal regulation, not ownership
of industries.
Aid to business and remedial legis
lation for labor.
Strong anti-bolshevist legislation.
Figure for Pleasure and Profit
rhe Semi-Weekly Journal’s Figure Puzzle Game is now in full
swing, but there is still plenty of time for every reader of this paper
to play the game.,.
The time answers are sent in will have no bearing on the awards
just so that all answers are sent in before January 31, 1920.
This Figure Puzzle Game is by far the most interesting enter
tainment ever furnished its readers by a newspaper. And not only is
the pastime free, but The Semi-Weekly* Journal is going to divide
SI,OOO among the most successful players.
Turn to Page 8 in this issue and read all* about this interesting
gYne. Nothing to do but play.
Fight in Congress Is
Forecast on Changes
In Revenue Legislation
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—A new
contest between the Democratic ad
ministration and the Republican con
gress over revision of revenue laws
was apparently approaching today.
Both administration and congres
sional leaders agree there must be
revision to meet record peace-time
expenditures but agreement ends
there.
Secretary of the Treasury Glass,
backed by President Wilson, wants
a revision started at once. Repub
lican leaders say it will not be done
at this session of congress.
Mr. Glass, again backed by the
president, wants excess profits taxes
abolished and an increase in the
normal income tax rate and the sur
tax rate on intermediate incomes.
Republican leaders say they are
doubtful about raising sufficient rev
enue if this is done.
The president in his message to
congress came out strongly against
tariff legislation. Congressional lead
ers say a new tariff should be en
acted although they doubt the ad
visability of doing this, knowing the
president would veto the bill.
Wants Advance Action
The revenue bill for 1920 was en
acted at the last session of the sixty
fifth congress. Mr. GlaSs contends
that the present session should frame
a bill for 1921 so that business -will
know in advance what taxes it will
have to pay and the government can
prepare its machinery for tax col
lection.
"There will be no general revision
at this session,” said Representative
Longworth, Ohio, a member of the
house ways and means committee,
today.
There is a tradition that the party
which frames a revenue measure just
before election fares badly at the
hands of the voters, but congres
sional leaders deny they have this
possibility in mind in delaying.
Mr. Glass in his annual report to
congress declared -the excess profits
tax “encourages wasteful expenditure,
puts a premium on overcapitalization
and a penalty on brains dis-
courages new ventures and confirms
old ventures in their monopolies.”
He also put upon it part of the blame
for high prices.
“I do not think the ways and means
committee is likely’ to follow this
suggestion,” was the answer Repre
sentative Green, lowa, made to Sec
retary Glass. Green, next to Chair
man Fordney, is ranking member of
the committee.
King Welcomes Prince
At Private Function
LONDON. Dec. 4. — (By the Asso
ciated Press.) —Although the wel
come home dinner to the Prince of
Wales at Buckingham Palace Mon
day night was a private function.
King George greeted his son in a
set speech, addressing him as “My
dear son,” and adding. “I wish you
a most hearty welcome on your re
turn home, safe and sound.”
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Report of Auditor Shows
That Total Impairment of
Institution Was $143,-
138.61 —Confidence Now
Restored
Acting on the report of W. O. Mar
tin, auditor, as to the restored finan
cial condition of the Fairburn Bank
ing company. William J. Speer, state
bank examiner, on Thursday issued
an order directing Mr.,Martin to re
turn the bank to its stockholders and
directors and authorize it to resume
business at once. He announced that
the bank will open for business at' U
o’clock Friday morning.
Mr. Martin’s report shows that the
total impairment of the bank was
$143,138.61, which is several thou
sands dollars larger than the im
pairment reported some weeks ago,
before he completed his investigation.
This impairment consisted of the
capital stocK of $50,000, the accu
mulated surplus of $32,000, and a
further loss of $61,138.61, a major
portion of ■which was previously
charged by the auditor to William B.
Green, the former vice president, who
now is awaiting trial on a charge of
misuse of the funds of the bank.
Impairment Made Good
The report shows that the impair
ment of $61,138.61 has been made
good, with “a small margin over of
$501.44,” and in addition new capi
tal of $50,000 has been subscribed.
Os this amount, 60 per cent has been
paid in. Although, as the report
states, “the former capital and sur
plus probably are gone forever, the
bank is stronger by $91,640.05 than
when taken in charge by the state
banking department.” This item
of $91,640.05 of the restored
shortage, with the overplus amount
and the cash paid in by the stock
holders.
The report then states, after recit
ing the above condensed statement of
the bank’s condition:
“A very strong board of directors
and officers have been elected, and it
is with much gratification that, as
your representative, we now are ablo
to report to you that the bank is not
only solvent, but in our opinion is in
every way strongly intrenched in the
confidence of all concerned.”
Mr. Speer’s Order
Based on this report, Bank Exam
iner Speer issued the following or
der:
“Acting upon the showing made to
me in your report of even date, which
shows that the bank has been restor
ed to solvency, it is ordered that you
return said bank to its stockholders
and di/ectors. It is of course in or
der that you take proper receipts
from its officers for all of the assets
belonging to it now in your hands.
It affords us great pleasure that this
condition has been made possible, and
we not only wish to congratulate but
to thank you for the valuable service
rendered in the reorganization of this
institution.”
The new officers of the bank as
elected by the directors are as fol
lows :
Chairman of the Board —W. T. Rob
erts.
President —J. H .Longino.
Vice President —Dr. L. M. Hobgood.
Cashier —George Edmondson.
Mr. Roberts formerly was president
of the bank, while William B. Greene
was vice president. Mr. Longino was
president some years ago. Mr. Ed
mondson is the same cashier.
Although the auditor’s report does
not state from what source the im
pairment or shortage of $61,138.61
has been restored, it is understood
that a part of it comes from col
lateral put up by William B. Green
and the balance from an assessment
paid by the stockholders. .
First Strawberries From
Florida Reach Atlanta
Right in the face of the weather
man’s forecast of a cold wave they
are here at last —the first shipment
of strawberries sent out of Florida
this season.
The firm of Green & Milam,
on Produce Row, Thursday announc
ed the arrival of eighty quarts of.
large, red strawberries of the Klon
dike variety. According to H. C.
Baker, of the produce firm, this is
a distinction which is not usually
accorded Atlanta. Usually the first
shipment of strawberries out of
Florida are sent to the eastern mark
ets. Mr. Baker quotes the price of
the first shipment at sl.lO per quart,
wholesale
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roaming the prairies and “pale faces’’ than snails’ toes
west of the Mississippi. He is 103 years old and lives in an Indian,
village near Santa Fe, X. M.' His great-grandson, who he holds in
his arms, is due to have quite a different experience with life.
U. S. ABANDONS
PLAN TO CONTROL
SUGAR SITUATION
WASHINGTON. Dec. 4.—Abandon
ment of governmental attempts to
control the distribution and sale of
sugar was announced today by At
torney General Palmer.
After the sugar equalization board
is dissolved December 31, the gov
ernment will confine its efforts to
prosecution of profiteering in Sugar,
Mr. Palmer said.
Explaining the department’s policy
for the future, Mr. Palmer said he
had “neither the power nor the fa
cilities” to control the purchase oi
distribution of sugar. This was said
to mean the end of the program sot
bringing in fresh supplies of sugai
from Cuban and other sources. Ap
parently little use can be rpade ot
the new authority- conferred upon
Mr. Palmer by the president, wno
designated him as food administra
tor.
“A conference was held this morn
ing between representatives of the
sugar equalization board and depart
ment of justice officials in which the
sugar situation was reviewed,” Mr.
Palmer said. “The department has
neither the power nor the facilities
with which to control the purchase
or distribution of sugar. The only
governmental body having this pow
er is the sugar equalization board,
and its control terminates December
31.
“The congress, although requested
to do so, has failed to extend the life
of the board. The department of
justice will confine its efforts in
the future to the enforcement of pro
visions of the Lever food control
act by prosecuting all instances of
sales of sugar for an unjust or un
reasonable profit. f
“The department of justice has
never attempted to fix the price of
sugar. In the past, it has accepted
the recommendations of the sugar
equilization board very in
determining maximum fair prices.
The fair margins of profit allowed
are those established by the food
administration. When such determi
nations were made, they have been
communicated to the district attor
neys, who were advised that any
sales iu excess of the maximum fig
ure set should be considered unfair
and unreasonable. The early termi
nation of the sugar equalization
board will make it impossible to set
any definite price on sugar in the
'future or control its distribution, Ev
ery sale will be treaty on its own
merits, and all cases where the dis
trict attorney has evidence indicat
ing an unfair profit or whitholding
of sugar from the normal channels
of consumption or any discrimination
In price to the manufacturer or to
the jobber supplying the domestic
consumer will proceed against under
the Lever act."
Determination of the department of
justice to abandon its program was
said to give full lee-way for a rise
in sugar prices. While federal agents
will continue to watch closely for
profiteering officials said prosecu
tions necessarily' would be limited to
punishment of dealers whose trans
actions are within the United States
as the government would have no
control over the prices at which su
gar comes into the country.
The Cuban supply, recently esti
mated at approximately 4,000,090
tons, will be the first to which Amer
ican refiners wllLturn. They, how
ever, must face stiff European com
petition in making their purchases
in that market.
Germans Deny Plan
To Increase Army
BERLIN, Wednesday, Dec. 3.
The government today gave out the
text of the entente note of Decem
ber 1, protesting against the develop
ment of Germany’s military forces.
The note reters to the formation ot
bodies outside the actual army, sucn
as the public security police, the
volunteer guard and the citizens
guard, in contravention, it is de
clared, of the peace treaty. The note
says the organizing of these bodies
“may be interpreted as an intention
on the part of Germany not to fulfill
the terms of the treaty,” and it re
quests the German government to
abolish these forces or to reduce them
in accordance with the provisions ot
the treaty.
According to a semi-official explana
tion issued here, the government de
nies any intention of increasing the
army. It declares the reduction ot
the army to the stipulated limit ot
200,000 is in full swing, and it ex
presses regret there never has beer,
a beginning of the mutual discus -
sion with the entente of the subject
of the strength of policing forces
which Germany finds it necessary
to maintain in the interest of public
security, although Germany several
months ago suggested such a dis-
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W WAGE SCALE
HILI. GEACCEPTED
Mine Union Heads to Face
Con tempt Proceedings Be
fore United States Judge
Tuesday Morning
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 4.—A
federal grand jury has been called
for next Monday morning to investi
gate charges that coal operators are
in league with miners in a conspiracy
to violate the Lever act, District At
torney L. Ert Slack announced to
day.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—The new
wage scale agreed to by the larger
< ■ operators was ready today to
be submitted to the fuel administra
tion for ratification. On this agree
ment, it was believed, a Compromise
■would be reached by the miners and
operators which would bring the soft
coal tie-up to a peaceful settlement.
Although the proposed scale was
not made public pending its consid
eration by the fuel administration,
.it was understood to contain more
liberal concessions to the miners than
were suggested by Fuel Administra
tor Garfield, who proposed a 14 per
cent wage increase.
Reports of miners drifting back to
work were received from various
parts of the country, but conditions
in the central fields in the main ap
peared unchanged. The new offer,
the operators believed, would break
down the stubborn holdout of the
miners and ere long soft coal again
, would be issuing from the shafts in
volume and relieve the country of
the disastrous affects of a coal fam
ine.
Palmer Studies Evidence
Attorney General Palmer today
had before him a great mass of.
evidence in connection with activities
of leaders in the coal strike.
Assisted by Judge C. B. Ames, as
sistant attorney general. Mr. Palmer
is giving personal attention to, the
evidence nad sorting it for use Tues
day in. Indianapolis.
Judge Ames probably will leave
here Sunday for Indianapolis to di
rect the government’s side of the
case. This has not yet been definite
ly deorded, however. Presentation
of the government’s case may be
left to Dan G. Simms, of Lafayette.
Ind., special United States district
attorney.
If Judge Ames remains here It
will be because his presence is
needed to take charge of the collec
tion of nr’Wfti'oVinl evidence, dfiYciSlt
said today.
Sncclal Agents Active
Special agents of the justice de
partment are stationed in and near
every coal field. These men have
been at. work since November 8,
when Judge Anderson granted the
Injunction restraining mine union
leaders from directing and carrying
forward the strike. Mailing and tele
graphing reports daily, they have
crowded several files at the head
offices here with the story of the
activities of local leaders of the
miners, it was learned.
The evidence collected, althougn
not yet made public, is understood
to be a most exact description ot
the daily lives of the leaders. One
story is that a local leader went,
among the miners disguised as a
peddler to give them directions. J’m -
tice officials today, however, refusea
to verify this story.
Because of the serious coal situa
tion, railroads which usually operate
special trains between New York
and Palm Beach during the winter,
have been ordered )by the railroad
administration not to inaugurate this
special service at the present, at
least.
Production Encouraging
Complaints of the lack of uniformi
ty in the local application of coal
rationing orders brought out by Fuel
Administrator Garfield’s appeal to
the country reached fuel headquar
ters from several sections. Middle
western states and cities, particularly
Chicago, w’ere Insistent that the same
drastic resirtcitions apply in ‘he
>New England and eastern states as
are effective in the central region.
Production reports were viewed as
encouraging both in official circle#
and among operators' representatives
meeting here to consider the policy
that the employers should adopt ’n
coping with the coal miners strike.
It was said semi-officfially that an
upward tendency ' 'd been noted dur
ing the last two days. The opera
tors expected this to be accentuated
when the notices had been posted at
the mines of the new wage scile de
cided upon under Dr. Garfield’s sug
gestion of a 14 per cent increase.
a conference with Fuel Ad
ministrator Garfield, Senator Cum
mins. of lowa, announce dtoday that
the fuel administration had agreed
to increase by 50 per cent the coal
allotment for lowa, Missouri, Na
broskn. South Dakota and Kansas.
Rrdkefeller Foundation
Makes Annual Report
NEW YORK. Dec. 6.—Expendi
tures aggregating $15,050,202 were
made by the Rockefeller Foundation
during 1918 for the following pur
poses and in the following propor
tions, according to the annual re
port of the secretary, Edwin R. Em
bree made public here today:
First —War work. $11,105,226. t
Second —Public health, $1,255,990.
Third —Medical education and re
search, $2,419,866.
Fourth—Miscellaneous, $128,312.
'.Fifth —Administration, $140,808.
These outlays included more than
$5,500,000 for camp and community
welfare work, the united war work
fund, the Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A.
and the Kfiights of Columbus, and
$4,529,400 for the American Red
Cross.
In addition to its own department
al work, the Rockefeller Foundation
has contributed, the report says, to
the accomplishment of work under
taken by other and unaffiliated organ
izations.
Lloyd George Exoecte
Ratification by-Dec. 3!
LONDON. Dec. 4.—Premier
George told the house of cornnfTons
today he hoped the treaty of peace
vzquld bp, ratified finaly before De
cember 31.