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®he Atlanta Saumal VOL. XXII. NO. 24. HITCHCOCK INVITES UmWDOO MOVES SENATORS TO CONFER FOR COMMITTEE DIV lIfUOT TREAD AGREEMENT Both Parties Are Included. Meanwhile Paris Council Expedites Work, Planning Peace by Christmas WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—Senator Hitchcock, administration leader, to day invited a number of senators, both Democrats and Republicans, to I a conference on the peace treaty. In , *. inviting the senators, Senator Hitch- I cock said the conference is for the purpose of framing a compromise, if possible, which would insure the support of two-thirds of the sen ate. - The conference will be held dur- ; v ing the recess although a definite j date has not yet been fixed. COUNCIL PLANS FOR PEACE BY CHRISTMAS FARIS, Dec. 22. —The supreme < council, it became known today, is | making every effort to .each an : agreement with Germany on the i question of reparation for the sinking | of the German fleet at Seapa Flow I so that the protocol may be signed ’• and ratifications of the treaty of Ver sailles exchanged before Christmas. The terms of the note replying to the last communication of the German representatives were con sidered by the council this morning. No decision being reached, it. was planned to hold another’ session this evening. It was belie ved the note, if then com pleted, would be handed during the evening to Baron vonLersner, head of the German mission, in the hope of expediting whatever consideration the German delegation found necessary to give it. Few details now remain to be dis » posed of by the council to clean up -the work of the . peace conference, with the exception of the Hungarian and Turkish treaties and the Rus sian situation. It was thought to day uill else might be disposed of in time t<i permit the celebration of i Christmas, in a state of effective . peace witii; Germany unless that na- . tion maintained certain of her objec- ! lions to the final terms, after re- I c.-ivii’g the council's note. Sc bin's demand tor priority to the . amount ofi 2,500,000,000 francs in i i 'pa.aiiom;, on the same footing as : that aceoSdcd Belgium, was dis- 1 • cussed by the supreme council today Jfe ', but no decision was reached. It ap peared to ‘be tljc feeling that this v as a question for Ihe reparations commission to dispose qf after the _ of Versailles and st. Ger tifeln had been put into effect. All the powers interested except ; Rumania having concurred in the j • allotment of the distribution of the j rolling stock of the railways of the ■ old Austro-Hungarian empire, the | council decided to send a note to I Rumania asking her to signify her . r*. cptaqce. D’ANNUNZIO TO MAKE DECISION FOR HIMSELF TRIESTE!, Dec. 22.—Notwithstand ing the efforts to delay or cancel the proposed plebiscite in Fiume on the question of accepting the proposals of General Daroglio, the Italian • . chief of staff, providing for the sub- stitution of Italian regulars for the d'Annunzio forces of occupation, the vote after all was taker, and is re ported to have gone strongly in fav or of accepting the proposals. Ga briele d’Annunzio. however, declined , to accept the result and declared he would reserve the decision to him self. According to officials who had charge of the polling the vote ■>, was 85 per cent in favor of occupa tion by regular Italian forces. NC-4 Reaches Mobile After Seeking Safety From Fog on Gulf Isle MOBILE, Ala.. Dec. 22.—The .* trans-Atlantic naval seaplane NC-4, . missing for several hours after leav ing Galveston, Texas, on a non-stop flight to Mobile, arrived here at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon, having spent the night at Grand Isle, fifty miles fropi New Orleans, the sea plane having been forced to descend on (account of the heavy fog. / Commander A. C. Read and his crew selected Grand Isle because 'heir maps showed, a town there. | The place was completely destroyed by a tidal wave in 1893 which drown ed 300 persons, nothing remaining now but a small fishing camp. The commander of the trans-Atlan tic craft Stated he had experienced z much trouble in battling the fog on his trip from Galveston Satur day afternoon, the seaplane having to seek the surface of the water four times because of the heavy mist V. which covered the gulf. The radio ' apparatus is capable of sending but twenty miles when the craft is on the water and no point was commu nicated with and of the many messages sent out from w’ireless : stations on the- coast reached the fog-marooned ship. . The officers of the craft were not lost but feared to attempt to make Mobile in the fog. According to their statements on arrival here, 1 they did not think that persons ashore would feai* for their safety because of- prevailing weather condi ' tidns making it impossible to fly their craft with safety. President Will Eat Turkey Christmas Day WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—Children living along the road between Wash i - ington and the Country Club of Vir ginia, where President Wilson plays golf, will receive Christmas presents from the White House this year as usual, despite the president’s illness. The presents have been purchased and will be delivered Christmas morning probably by Mrs. Wilson. Another usual custom* that of giv . ing turkeys to all employes in the ' White House executive offices, also will be observed. The president will be permitted to eat turkey Christmas day, Rear Ad miral Grayson, his physician, said *oday. He will be served by Mrs. i Wilson in his room. Foreign Relations Committee I Reports Favorably on ■ Knox Resolution to Effect Peace With Germany WASHINGTON.—The peace treaty controversy was revived in its full vigor Saturday just before the sen ate went home for Christmas. The new moves for the formal es tablishment of peace, one by ratifi cation of the treaty and the other without, were the agencies which re opened the many-sided fight among ‘ the divergent elements of senate ■ members. Neither proposal got any- j where, but it generally was conced- I ed that the day’s work would help j bring to a focus early in January the I trend of senate opinion toward some sort of settlement. The suggestion which caused the greatest stir carpe late in the day from Senator Underwood, Democrat, Alabama, who proposed a resolution for appointment of a .committee of i ten senators to work out.a compro mise ratification of the treaty. He asked for immediate action but Sen ator Lodge, of Massachusetts, t.he Republican leader, forced the resolu tion over until after the holidays. The other move for peace came from Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, a former Republican secretary of state, who secured approval of the foreign relations committee for a res olution to repeal the declaration of war and to demand of Germany, on pain of an economic boycott, all the material benefits provided for under the unratified treaty. The mild res ervation group of Republicans promptly served notice they would j not support such • measure, however. | and it went into a waiting stage from j which the democrats predicted i: ! never would emerge. Privately, the mild group expressed , much dissatisfaction with the day':.' developments and made plans to go ahead determinedly with their effort; for a bi-partisan agreement on res ervations. They made a sharp pro test to their party leaders agains’ the Knox resolution and' indicated ; they had not blocked a vote on it. Underwood's Appeal Senator Underwood, in presenting liis resolution, made a plea for active work toward a compromise during the Christmas declaring the country demanded peace and that It had been demonstrated little progress in that direction could be made in the open senate. He suggested that the vice president in naming the ten conferees should act on the advice of | Senator Lodge and Senator Hitch- ! Cock. of Nebraska, the acting Demo cratic leader. Many senators aipong the Demo- , e.rats and the mild 'reservation Re- I publicans declared the Underwood proposal was in line with their con ciliation negotiations and should be adopted. Unanimous consent will not be required when the next at tempt is made to get consideration. In approving the Knox resolution the foreign relations committee di vided 7 to 3 along strict party lines, the only representative of the mild reseavationists on the committee, Senator McCumbmer, Republican. North Dakota, being absent. r Before taking final action the Re publican majority substituted the Knox proposal, which would require passage by both senate and house and signature by the president, for one by Senator Lodge, which was designed to secure action by congress only. The move w r as taken to mean abandonment of any effort to declare a state of peace without the concur rence of President Wilson. It was said by the Republican leaders that the Knox resolution would be brought forw’ard after the holidays as a compromise plan, but when Senator Knox reported it for the committee he had it put on the calendar so that a majority vote will be required to get it before the senate. In a formal statement Senator Knox declared the w’hole purpose of his resolution was to break the trea ty deadlock and return the nation to a peace-time basis while the con troversy over ratification proceeds. Adoption of the measure, he said, would not interfere with future rat ification 4f the senate found away to accomplish it. Denounced by Hitchcock By Senator Hitchcock the measure was denounced as a "preposterous” resolution designed to defeat the League of Nations. He predicted it never would be passed by the sen ate, approved by the president or accepted by Germany. Speaking for the wild reservation Republican, Senator Kellog, of Minnesota, issued a statement saying that group had not been consulted about the resolu tion and would not support It until it was demonstrated that ratifica tion with reservations was impos sible. Five Killed, Another Badly Hurt m Crossing Smash Near Jacksonville ■ JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dee. 22. Wh'en a south-bound train on the j Atlantic Coast Line railroad cut an I automobile in two at a grade cross : ing four and a half miles southwest lof this city Sunday afternoon, five I persons were killed and one so badly injured that recovery is extremely doubtful. The dead . are Mrs. W. B. Talley, wife of a prominent architect of this city: Herbert Simmons, aged fourteen, who was driving the car; Ralph McMillan, aged thirteen, and James Selby, aged twelve. Roberta Cravy, aged twelve, step daughter of H. W. Purvis, superin tendent of the Seaboard Air Line j railroad, died soon after being re moved to the hospital. Sarah Talley, aged twelve, daugh i ter of Mrs. Talley, is in the hospital and not expected to live. The party of young people, chap eroned by Mrs. Talley, were going to the woods for Christmas holly and evergreen when the accident oc curred. And Eggs So High | IFSII The aerial service is experi- ; menting with the delivery of mail by parachute, so as to avoid mak ing landing- Their first trial was the dropping of a parcel post package, for Postmaster Merret O. Chance of Washington, D. C., con taining a dozen eggs. Chance is shown opening the package, none of the eggs being broken. SMSORSSEEK Ittffl suits FORTS® CENSUS Following a conference with W. C. Hunt, chief statistician for pojula-j Hou, bureau of the census, held at the Chamber of Commerce Mon day morning, the census supervisors of the state of Georgia, Florida and ; North and South Carolina held a ' meeting aiid adopted resolutions] seeking additional conipehsation for the work of taking the census \ next year. The resolutions ask for a salary of $2,500 for taking the census, with the additional compensation al ready allowed of.. $1 per thousand for names enrolled. The compen sation as now fixed is $1,500 with the additional $1 per thousand names. The resolutions call attention to the fact that the. enumerators have by an act of congress had their compensation increased., that the work of taking the census at this time is much more difficult than in the past, and that the increased cost of living and added expense create a condition that warrants more, pay for responsible for the work. The resolutions adopted are to be sent to every census supervisor in the United States with the request that each address a letter to the senators and. congressmen from his state, urging that the needed legis lation be adopted by congress. The conference with Mr. Hunt, which began Monday morning, was continued Monday afternoon. It is expected he will have individual meetings with such supervisors as are In need of special Instructions. Mr. Hunt is to leave for Wash ington Monday night. He has been holding meetings similar to that of Monday with supervisors in all sec tions of the country east of the Rocky mountains. He says he finds, as a, rule, the entire country is ready for the counting of noses for Uncle Sam oh January 2, when the work is to begin. Thirty-two supervisors were pres ent. only three congressional dis tricts two in North Carolina and one in Georgia, were without representa tion. While several of the super visors stated that they still neaded more enumerators, the concensus of opinion was that everything was in readiness to start the machinery on January 2, the day set for the be ginning of the work. Mr. Hunt did not deliver any spe cial charges to the supervisors, but talked over* plans and discussed prob lems that would arise during the work, pointing out how many knotty problems might be easily disposed of. He also stressed the necessity of each supervisor having an ample number of eniimerators. Government Must Show Cause on Liquor Suits of Two States WASHINGTON, De» 22.—The su preme court today delayed until Jan uary 5 its decision on whether the state of Rhode Island and the New Jersey Retail Liquor Dealers’ as sociation may bring suits testing the validity of the constitutional pro hibition amendment and the Volstead law enforcing it. The government on January 5. must file briefs showing cause why the New Jersey and Rhode Island suits should not be considered, Chief Jus tice White stated. This is an un usual procedure. Applications for permission to con test the amendment’s validity and seek injunctions against its enforce ment, in those states were presented last week. In both instances the amendment was alleged to conflict with the state police powers and with the federal constitution. In ordering the government to show cause the court, according to government attorneys, followed an unusual procedure as ordinarily in such instances, permission to bring such proceedings is given and a date fixed when they are returnable. The court, however, was generally be lieved to have been prompted by the fact that as the amendment becomes Infective on January 16 next, the procedure followed -would expedite matters. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1919. DANIELS ASKS AID FOR 2 BLUEJKKHSI IN JAIL IN MEXICO Men’s Commander Reports They Have Been Held Six Weeks Without Trial With i Little to Eat or Wear I WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Secre tary Daniels today wrote Secretary Lansing urging that the stat depart ment "take appropriate action” to secure the release or permit tela, of the two American blue- jackets who have been held in jail at Ma zatlan, Mexico, since their arrest there November 12 for alleged par ticipation in a street fight. A report from tue commander of the scout patrol boat Pocomoke, o which the two men were attacked, also was transmitted to Secretary Lansing claiming that the men had been held nearly six weeks without trial, enduring hardships, includ ng insufficient food, despite efforts of their commander and the American consul to persuade the Mexican au thorities to release them. / The navy department’s announce ment follows: "The navy department is in re ceipt of a letter from the command ing officer, U. S. S. Pocomoke, S. P. No. 265, through the commander U. S. Submarine base, San Pedro, Cal., which reports the arrest and detention by the civil authorities at • Mazatlan Sinaloa. Mexico, of Harry V. Leonard, machinist mate, second class, and Harry O. Martin, fireman, first class. "This letter, which was forwarded from San Pedro under date of De cember 8, is signed by George E. Hanning, boatswain, U. S. N., and gives details of the arrest and Im prisonment of the two members of the crew. "The secretary of the navy:; has sent a copy of the letter to the sec retary of state with the request that ‘appropriate action be taken by your department to the end 'that these men may avail themselves of the good offices of the consul or other accredited representative of this government during their tfial and that their release after prompt and legal action may be assured and their return to naval jurisdiction ef fected as soon as possible.’” GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO TOLD W- STOP ‘OUTRAGES’ WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—The state department instructed the American embassy at Mexico City today to insist to the Mexican gov ernment that “outrages” against American citizens in Mexico be stopped. At the same time the department ordered the embassy to renew its re quest that “every possible step be taken” to arrest the bandits vho kid naped Frederick Hugo, manager of a ranch near Musquiz, in Coahuila, re cently. Hugo was captured by Villistas and later was reported released with out ransom. With later reports, however, the department announced today that Hugo was released upon agreement that within twelve days he would pay a ransom of $1,500. The department also was informed that the Villistas took from Ameri can-owned ranches approximately $50,000, 148 horses and a large sup ply of food, during theirsrecent op erations in Coahuila. “The department has been ad vised,” said* an announcement today, “that while there were only 400 of the bandits engaged in the attack on Musquiz, the Mexican federal forces have about 750 men and six machine guns located within less than forty miles distance, took no steps to re lieve Musquiz.' The Mexican federal forces were under command of Generals Ricaut and Peraldi. and according to the de partment’s information, these forces did not attempt to go into Musquiz until after the Villistas evacuated the town.” At the same time that it an nounce instructions to make urgent representations to the Mexican gov ernment had been sent to the Ameri can embassy, the state department received information that five trains on the railroad between San Luis Po tosi and Tampico had been attacked and crews and passengers molested by bandits during the pas* five weeks. A train was blown up near Car denas, in San Luis Potosi state, on December 17, the department was ad vised, and ten passengers and sol diers were killed in a similar acci dent on that line on December 6. The department had no information ; that Americans were involved in i these affairs. War between President Carranza and General Alvero Obregon is i threatened, according to unofficial | advices from Mexico, received today by government officials. Obregon is the strongest contend er for the presidency. Carranza, these dispatches said, is determined to retain control even if he has to indefinitely postpone the national election, scheduled for July. Obregon apparently is ready to i take the field and start hostilities as j soon as Carranza shows his hand. Just now, the advices said, the two I leaders are playing a waiting game, I each ready to strike after the other i has made the first move. Stomach Trouble or Tape worm Banished i Many persons who suffer from i stomach trouble really have a tape : worm and don’t know it. A guar •an teed remedy which has proven to be remarkably effective in ex pelling tapeworms and giving quick relief in all forms of stomach trou ble is being sent on free trial by the Schoenherr Co., Dept. 55, Mil j waukee, Wis. They guarantee it to remove, in less than one hour, any tapeworm with its head. No pain, no dieting, no danger; also, to re lieve any form of stomach trouble or it costs nothing. Take advantage of their free trial offer. Write them today.—(Advt.) NOT CONSULTED ON , SETTLEMENT TERAi MINE OWNERS SAY Operators’ Failure to Accept' Plan Would Be “Amazing; ! Repudiation of Their Own ; Statements,’’ Says Palmer,. WASHINGTON, Dee. 22.—Coinci dent with President Wilson’s appoint ment Saturday of the commission of thfifee to carry out the government’s plan for settlement of the soft coal strike, the executive committee of the bituminous coal operators’ asso ciation issued a terse statement flat ly denying that the operators had agreed to or been consulted in re- I gard to the settlement terms. The operators’ denial was aimed I specifically at a statement contained | in Mr. Wilson’s identical letters to the three Commissioners he has se lected, Henry M. Robinson, Pasadena, Cal., representing the public; John P. White, representing the miners, and | Rembrandt Peale, of Pennsylvania, I representing the operators, that the i operators as well as the miners had ; “agreed to an dadopted", the govern- j ment’s proposal. It was met im mediately by a Statement from At torney Genefity Palmar declaring it would, be an “amazing repudiation of their own statements” if the op erators now failed to accept the set tlement plan. The president’s announcement and j the statements from the operators I and the attorney general which came I on its heels followed a day of con- ! ferences between Mr. Palmer and I representative of the min eowners ; and also a meeting of the operators’ I executive committee. No official word came from either , side as to.the nature of these discus- : sions, however, although it was ap- j parent that the president's announce- I ment was expected at the White House and no reason for the delay was disclosed. Later developments were said in some quarters to show that Mr. Palmer had been en deavoring to induce the operators to join fully in the government’s plans. | President’s I In his letter to Mr. Robinson, the ■ president reviewed the coal strike I situation and the various fruitless I efforts made to arrive at' a settle ment before his own plan was pro posed and adopted by the miners. Mr. Wilson said he had been informed that the operators have “generally agreed” to the plan and told the commissioners that if, in their I judgment after a full examination of ‘ the facts, “a readjustment of the , prioe of coal shall be. found neces- I he would clothe them with I t-W powers now vested in the fuel j administration to carry out that judgment. This grant of power will be given, howevet, the president add ed. only in the event of unanimous decision by the commission as to its findings. Production has now been resumed | at the mines, Mr. Wilson said, on I a sufficient’ scale to warrant ap- ; pointment of the commission to I make effective the terms of the i government’s proposals. He warned I I the commissioners, however, that I i while their decision as to a new ! wage scale for the coal miners ! would, he was quite sure, be ac cepted as a basis for an agreement in the coal fields whichjrpuld pro mote public welfare, no lasting benefit could come of a settlement that did not guard at every point the public interest. It was for this reason, Mr. Wilson said, that the requirement of unanimous decisions was imposed. The president informed the com missioners that on their acceptance, he would call a meeting of the commission in Washington to lay out plans for its work. Operators Deny Statement After President Wilson’s letter to the members of the coal committee was made public, the executive com mittee of the bituminous coal opera tors’ association issued a formal statement saying the operators had i “not agreed to any memorandum such t as that mentioned in the president’s letter . . . Involving a basis of ad justment of the coal strike.” The statement said the operators had not been consulted in the strike settle ment negotiations. RAILSHOPMEN PRESS DEMANDS FOR WAGE RAISE WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—Having withstood the steel and coal strike crises without being thrown into a condition of industrial chaos or warfare, as was freely predicted, the country today stood on the threshold of a railroad strike crisis. Led by representatives of 600,009 t'ailway shopmen, heads of the rail way unions planned to press their wage demands this week. They are determined to get’ a decision before the lines go back to private owner ship, which may occur any time aft er January 1. Rail Director Hines has armed himself with a detailed report from the department of justice, which aims to demonstrate that the price trend is downward and that living costs have decreased since the gov i ernment started its campaign to re i tiuce them. (The shopmen’s leaders gave the government 90 days in which to show a substantial de crease in living costs—or else face the menace of a strike if no higher wages were forthcoming.) Leaders of the railroad brother hoods and unions declare the 2,- 000,000 members of their organiza tions are very restive. It has been difficult to hold them in check, ac cording to their chiefs, and there is the constant menace of a great un authorized strike whih might give the reds a chance to seize ctfntro’ I and use the railroad walkout for I their own revolutionary purposes. When they meet Mr. Hines, these ' men declare they will also have de tailed figures ready on the cost of . living, and intimate that their re ports won’t agree with those pre pared by the government. Cripple From Birth, Boy Now Can Walk 1 WASHINGTON.—Peter Medrofus- eie. 5 years old, was brought to the Children’s hospital for treatment by a visiting nurse who found him in 1 his mountain home in West Virginia ; last spring/, Peter had never walked. After months of surgical the lad now runs about the hospital. DUE. TO CARELESSNESS 'A.... Cincinnati, o. —Due to care- lessness o£ a motorist, this boy h as to rema i n in this position every minute of the day and night wrowMErel lfor A ve weeks - Both legs were ibroken above the knees when the s child was hit. Physicians and nurses in a Cincinnati hospital, where tiie boy is enduring this ' I torture, say this is the only way '*■ I for the bones * n bis DtUe legs to heal P r °l ,er D z so that he will not .. - (■KHUIBCair Text of President's Letter Appointing Coal Commission WASHINGTON, De*:. 20.—The text of President Wilson’s letter to Henry M. Robinson, identical with those sent John P. White and Rembrandt Peale, the other two members of the coal com mission appointed today, fol lows: My Dear Mr. Robinson: On October 6, 1917, with the official approval and sanction of the United States Fuel Adminis tration, an agreement (since known as the ‘Washington Wage Agreement) was entered into be tween the operators and the union miners and mine workers of the. so-'called “Central com petit!ve bitun.iinous coal fields ” composed of Western Pennsylva nia, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, which provided for an increase in the production of bituminous coal and an increase in wages to the miners an:l mine workers Zi-om the the j existing scale of compensation. *~Tlfe agreement contained' the following clause; "Subject to the next biennial convention ‘of the United M:ne Workers of AmS*.ca, the mine workers’ representatives .agree that the present contract be ex tended during the ctn/luuation of the war and not to exceed two years from April 1 1918.” Subsequently, on January 19, 1918, this agreement was ap proved by the convention of the International pnion United Mine Workers of America. 60 Per Cent False Asked At the fourth biennial con vention of the International Un ion United Mine Workers of America, he>d in Cleveland, Ohio, from September 9 to September 23, 1919, the so-called scale com mittee submitted a report rec ommending among other things, that the convention demand a sixty per cent increase appli cable to all classifications of day labor and to all tonnage, yardage and dead -work rates throughout the central competitive field: that all new wage agreements replac ing existing agreeriients should be based on a six-hour work day from bank to bank, five days per week; the abolition of all automatic penalty clauses: that all contracts in the bituminous field should be declared to ex pire on November 1, 1.919; an.l that “in the event a satisfac tory wage agreement is not se cured for the central competi tive field before November 1, 1919, to replace the one now in effect, the international officers be authorized to and are here by instructed to call a general strike of all bituminous miners and mine workers throughout the United States, the same to become effective November 1, 1919.” Conferences Foil Subsequently conferences were held between representatives of the operators and of the miners, at which the miners’ demands were submitted and declined on the part of the operators. The officers of the international un ion, United Mine Workers of America, then issued so-called strike orders to all of their lo cal unions and members, requir ' ing them to cease work in the mining of bituminous coal at midnight on Friday. October 31. On October 15, 1919, the sec retary of labor called a confer ence between the operators and miners of the bituminous mines in the central competitive field, which conferences also resulted in failure to reach an agreement. In a letter to Secretary Wilson which was submitted io the con ference, I said: Arbitration Suggested "If for any reason the miners and operators fail to come to a mutual understanding, the inter ests of the public are of such vital importance in connection with the production of coal that it is incumbent upon them to re fer the matters in dispute to a board of arbitration for deter mination and to continue the op eration of the mines pending the decision of the board.” Subsequently, on October 25, 1919, I issued a statement in which I said that a strike in the circumstances therein described “is not only unjustifiable, it is unlawful,” and added: "I express no opinion on the merits of the controversy. I have already suggested a plan by which a settlement may be reached and I hold in readiness, at the request of ei ther or both sides, to appoint at once a tribunal to investigate all the facts with a view to aiding in the earliest possible time or- derly settlement of the ques tions at issue between the coal operators and the coal miners, to the end that the just rights, not only of those interested, but also of the general public may be fully protected.” Injunction Asked Despite my earnest appeal that the men remain at work, the officers of th© United Mine Workers of America rejected all the proposals for a peaceful and orderly adjustment and declared that’ the strike would go on. Ac cordingly, at my direction, the attorney general filed a bill in equity in the United States dis trict court at Indianapolis, pray ing for an injunction to restrain the officers of the United Mine Workers of America from doing any act in furtherance of the strike. A restraining order was issued by tlr* court, followed by a writ cf temporary injunction on -November 8, 191-9, tn whielr the defendants were commanded to cancel and revoke the strike orders theretofore issued. These strike orders were accordingly ievoke< in a form approved by the court, but the men did not return to work in sufficiently large number to bring about a production of coal anywhere ap proaching normal. Miners Accept Plan On December 6, 1919, I issued a statemnt in which I restated the government's position, ap pealed to the miners to return to work and renewed my sug gestion that upon the general resumption of mining operations a suitable tribunal would be erected for the purpose of in vestigating and adjusting the matters in controversy between the operators and the miners. This statement was submitted to a meeting of the officers of the International Union, United Mine Workers of America, hav ing authority to take action, which meeting adopted as its act a memorandum prepared by the attorney general and ap proved by me, embodying the suggestions contained in my statement of December 6th. I am informed also that the op erators ha?ve generally agreed to the plan therein outlined. I enclose for your information a copy of my statement of De cember 6, 1919, and the memo landum just' referred to. Promises Ample Powers There has now been a general resumption of operation in all parts of the bituminous coal fields sufficient to warrant the appointment of a commission such as is referred to in the memorandum of the attorney general, and I have according ly appointed you: Mr. Rembrandt Reale, a“ mine owner and opera tor if) active business; and Mr. John P. White, a practical miner, as a commission with the pow ers and duties as set forth in the memorandum agreed to and adopted by the miners and op erators. who conducted all the prior negotiations. If a re adjustment of the prices of coal shall be found necessary, I shall be pleased to transfer to the commission, subject to its unan imous action, the owers here tofore vested in the fuel ad ministrator for that purpose. Unanimous Action Advised I am sure it is not necessary for me to call your attention-to the tremendous importance of the work of this commission or the great opportunity which it presents for lasting service, to the coal industry and to the country. If the facts covering all the phases of the coal industry necessary to a proper adjust ment of the matters subn»itted to you shall be investigated and reported to the public, I am sure that your report, in addi tion to being reefipted as the basis for a new wage -agreement, for the bituminous coal miners, will promote trie public wel fare and make for a settled con dition in the industry. No set tlement can be had in this mat ter, permanent epd lasting in its benefits, as affecting either the miners, the coal operators or the general public, unless the findings of this body are com prehensive in their character and embrace and guard at every point th" public interest. To this end, I deem it Important that your conclusion should be reached 'by unanimous action. Upon your neci otance of this ap pointment, I shall be pleased to call an early meeting of the commission in Washington so that you may promptly lay out plans ([or your work. SinceYely yours, (Signed) WOODROW WILSON. Scents a copy. $1.25 A YEAR. OPERATORS DUE TO f MAKE NEXT MOVE IN CDAL CONTROVERSY Operators to Abide by Com misison’s Decision —Con- tempt of Court for Kansas Chief Is Imminent Operators to Accede To President’s Plan WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—C0al operators will co-operate fully with President Wilson’s three-man commission, named to investigate the mining situation, it was learned today at headquarters of the executive committee of the Bituminus Coal Operators’ asso ciation. The meeting scheduled, for tomorrow in Cleveland at which the proposition of standing aloof from President Wilson’s plan of settlement was .to be discussed, ’ has been called off, it was an nounced. BY DAVXD LAWRENCE tCop.vt'iglil, 1919, for Th'? Atlnuta .lournal..) ' WASHINGTON, Dec.-22._The gov-, ernment is having its first critical experience in trying to put into con crete settlement some of the many j vague phrases bandied about in con- I gressional speeches and presidential j messages so often about “harmonla- ; ing the relations between capital and j labor.” For a while the coal miners Tvere I the object of bitter criticism and the I operators seemed to be the reason- | able folks willing to do anything to ; get coal for the country. Even the ! delicate power of injunction was used in an effdrt to bend the will of the I miners—and they finally agreed to j negotiate. Out \of the series of ne- j gotiations has come another plan ! sponsored by the government. The j miners like it—the operators do not. I So in executive quarters one finds 1 opinion veering. Now it is the op- • erators who are blocking a settle- I ment. . j The laymen may be puzzled but ; the observer close at hand is no bet- I ter off. For both sides are making contradictory stands and intimating ' that the other isn’t telling the truth. For instance, the operators cliaint they weren't consulted in the latest memorandum for a settlement of the strike. The officials at the depart- ' ment of justice say the opposite, • It appears that P. M. Bogart re- i ceived, for the operators, a copy ’ of the Palmer memorandum just be fore the miners’ convention rece.lv- ( ed it at Indianapolis. The operstr J tors on the other hand admit that, ' but say they called attention to the fact that the plan was a charge from the Garfield scheine of settlement. They deny that anybody approved it for them. Game of Barter and Bargain The many ups and downs of the controversy filled with technical de tails and charges, counter-charges simply give one the impression that the whole thing is merely the old fashioned same old game of barter and bargain. First the miners cry out that they must have a 40 per cent incr. <.se in wages or starve. The operators offer 20 per cent. Sec retary Wilson things 31 per cent is right. Along comes Dr. Garfield and > insists upon 14 per cent. The operators being ti'ainad to the , art of bargaining squirm and make it ' appear that they are hard hit by . that 14 per cent, but that to be good sports and .to stand by their gov ernmen hey will absorb the 14 per cent. But no big Increase in coal production ’ comes. The state gov ernments become restive and begin 1 negotiating separately with the miners. The situation becomes serious and the government tries its hand again, this time with President Wil son himself appealing to both sideir to accept a commission, to settle the dispute. The miners repeat that they are and accept., They, too, make it appear that the settlement is altogether satisfactory. Their convention remains in session long, and the radicals are represent ed as terribly stubborn. Finally the miners are on record as accepting. Then it is the operators’ turn again. The viewpoint of the opera tors is that a commission of three is too small and that they are un- ; willing to bestow upon it sweeping I powers over the coal industry, espe-, ; cially when at. any time within the' ' near future the Lever act. underl i which the comission would have! j the same powers as the fuel'admin-1 I istration had, may come off thel j statute books. They are consider-; I ing seriously whether to agree to I the plan as a commission of “inves-i tigation,” and not as a body whose' ; results are binding upon them. Pastor Is Charged With Rent Gouging IVILMINGTON, De].—Tenants of j ; the Rev. George Henry Dore, or O',e l i Church of the New Jerusalem, ap-'i peared before the anti-rent-gouging i committee and complained that Rev. I Mr. Dole had increased the rental ’ i of his dwellings 100 per cent and re- ■ fused to make repairs. Bsats Sas or Eiectricity Kew Damp Has Ko Wick Wo Cl>?.u- I ney, Wo Otlcr, Most Bril- liant Light Known. 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