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VOL. JNO. XXII. NO. 26.
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Secretary Wilson Joins Con
ference Operators in !
Chicago Consider Wage
Situation»
WASHINGTON. Dec. 29. —Members!
of the commission named by Presi-I
dent Wilson under the coal strike
settlement''agreement to investigate
wages and prices in the bituminous
Coal industry, conferred with Secre
tary Tumulty today at the White
House. The commission is expected I
to lay out a program for its work
at meetings during the day.
-Members of the executive commit
tee of the bituminous coal operators’
association, also Were in the city to
l day, and it. was expected that the
? operators finally would, tender the
assistance to the commission in its,
work, in spite of objections that have '
been made by the operators to the
government’s plan.
Under the strike (settlement- agree
ment with the miners. made by
Attorney General Palmer, with Pres
ident Wilson’s authorization, work I
has been resumed at the mines, a
14-per cent increase in wages has
been given the miners, and the gov
ernmentfixed, prices on coal of $2.35
per ton for mine rujP at the mine,
have been retained. The commission
sis empowered to grant further in
creases if found necessary, and to
increase the price of coal, if that is
necessary, and has been requested to
report a decision within sixty days.
The members of. the commission
are Henry M. Rdbinson of Pasadena,
Cal., chairman; Rembrandt Peale,
representating the operators, and
John P. White, representing the min
ers.
Secretary of Labor Wilson later
Joined the conference. John H. Kee- ■
gam, a member of the department’s i
commission on conciliation, who took, I
part in the settlement with the min- ;
ers, accompanied Mr. Wilson to the I
White House.
BITUMINOUS OPERATORS
HOLD SESSION IN CHICAGO |
CHICAGO, Dec. 28. —Representa-
tives of coal operators in the bi
tuminous fields met here today to
discuss the attitude to be adopted
toward the findings of the commis
sion appointed by President Wilson'
to adjust wages of miners after set
tlement of the recent nation-wide
strike.
The operators assert that they
have not committed themselves as
to accepting or indorsing any de
cision the president's commission
may reach.
Most of the mine operators op
posed any raise hi miners’ wages
above the 14 per cent, set by Dr.
a. ..carjield. -.fuxauT federal fuel
administrator, which became the fcre-
Ihniniary wage advance when the
strike was settled at Indianapolis by
Attorney General Palmar and the
union leaders. They contended that
any increase in wages above the 14
per cent would raise the cost of
production, and finally the consumer
would be obliged to pay a higher
price for* coal.
Inquest Held Over
Body of Officer Slain
Near Viceroy’s Home
, DUBLIN. Dec. 29.—Details of SJtn
’ day's shooting affray near the vice
regal lodge in Phoenix Park were
given today at the inquest over the
body of Lieutenant Boast, an officer
of the guard, who was killed at the
same time that a civilian found in
the park was shot. The firing led to
belief in some quarters last night
■. that’ an attack was being made
gainst the lodge, the residence of
Lord- French, the viceroy, whose life
was attempted last week.
Evidence given at the inquest by
two soldiers of the guard showed
that at 3 o’clock on Sunday morning
they, with Lieutenant Boast, left the
vice regal lodge and went on patrol
down the road, where they saw a man
crossing the grass.
When they challenged the he
/ refused to reply, and they rushed
him. Shots were fired and the lieu
. tenant collapsed.
• The corporal of the guard, it was
testified, fired at the civilian, who
fell. The soldiers swore they saw
six civilians, who fired the shots that
' brought down the lieutenant. They'
fired at the civilians, but the latter
disappeared.
’ The dead civilian was identified as
'Laurence Kennedy, n baker's laborer,
who lived in_t»uotcn.
LONDON PAPER URGES
IRISH HOME RULE PLAN
LONDON, Dec. 2C. —The govern
ment should go “steadily forward”
with its plan to enforce Premier
Lltryd George’s home rule plan for
Ireland, despite yesterday's apparent
renewal of a “reign of terror,” the
Daily ChrctfiTcie declared today.
Because: of the mystery surround
ing the latest outbreak, in which
Lieutenant Boast, of the British
- army, and Laurence Carey, a civilian,
were killed in a Clash between sql-
X.'.triers apd’Civilians on the vide regal
v grounds at Dublin, newspapers’ com
ment here today generally was
guarded.
The Chronicle considered the in
cident "not signKjcant." . •’
V£f thty Sjnn Fein want to prevent
• Listers’ consent to be ruled by an
■ : Irish parliament it could not pro
vide a better object lesson.” in the
opinion of the Daily Graphic.
’ The Timfcs blames Lord Lieutenant
Erenqh, the. Irish viceroy, as well as
the Sinn Ffcin leaders.. The lord lieu
tenant’s hesitation to condemn Such
attacks . rya’ke' the situation worse,
, in -the opinion of the paper.
k The newspapers were inclined to
view with some suspicion the report
' that the l&fe'st shooting affray re
sulted wheriv Irish radicals attempted
J to raid the vice regal lodge/ pre
. sutnatily for a second attempt on the
life .of Lord French. It was inti
mated a denial of raid story may
be forthcoming £nd that possibly
tire killing of both Lieutenant Bofist
atid ! Carey vijas a fatal mistake. There
x was one that Carey, with; a
patty/ of civilians, was returning
home near Phoenix Park when spr-
Lr jii'ised by soldiers. In the general <jx
ei tment, -it '.was ’■ ‘said, both sides
started shooMng.
According -jo another story, Carey
<?izfed LSoas.t'wjy the throat and pre
ipitated the. light.
PLANS PROPOSED I
FOR PREVENTING |
LABOR CONFLICTS
Features of Plan
For Strike Court
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—Here
are the main features of the plan I
for strike courts proposed to the
country by President Wilson’s in- ■
dustrial commission of seventeen
which has been in session here j
since December 1:
A/ national tribunal—virtually i
a supreme court fo’r settlement of i
industrial disputes—composed of i
nine members.
Twelve regional tribunals with ;
a chairman appointed by the pres- ;
zident to be the permanent offi
' cials and with both capital and
labor to have the right to choose
three representatives for each
dispute to sit with the chair- i
man.
These regional boards would
correspond to lower federal
courts.
Decisions of all boards to be
unanimous and binding on both
parties when arrived at.
Provision for choice of an um
pire in case a board failed to ar
rive at a unanimous decision.
> ■
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—Tenta
tive recommendations for the estab
lishment of machinery to prevent or
retard labor conflicts in private in
dustry were announced today’ by the
president’s industrial conference,
with a view' to obtaining construc
tive criticism before a final plan is
adopted.
The plan as outlined now contem
plates the creation of a national in
dustrial tribunal and regional boards
of inquiry and adjustment, which
would move to the settlement of dis
putes before there was any stoppage
of production. Decisions would have I
the full force and effect of a trade i
agreement between the parties to the
dispute. 4
Remarking that some public utili
ties, such as railroads, are essential
to the very existence of the people,
the conference’s tentative statement
expressed the opinion that the “in- I
terniption jn such essential public T
utilities-is intolerable.”
But the conference states that fur- I
ther consideration is required of the I
problem whether some method can !
be arrived at that will avert all dan
ger of interruption to service.
Government employes, the third |
class, into which the wage-earning
public are divided, should have the
right to associate for mutual protec- |
tion, the statement declared, but “no \
interference by any group with the
continuous operation of government i
functions through concerted cessa- I
tion of work or threats thereof can ;
be permitted.”
When the conference reconvenes i
January 12, public hearings will be j
held to expert advice as to !
the drafting of the final recommend- >
ations in the light of such criticism j
of the tentative report as may be re- I
ceived.
Principles Believed Becommenda
tions
. While stating that at this time it
was believed more essential to de
vise machinery for averting con
flicts than to undertake a discussion
of the causes of unrest, the confer
ence indicated ’clearly the general
principles on which it has based its
recommendations.
“Our modern industrial organiza
tion,” the tentative report said, “if
it is not to become a failure, must
yield to the individual larger satis
faction with life. . . . Not only
must the theory that labor is a com
modity' be abandoned, blit the con
cept of leadership must be substi
tuted for that of mastership. . . .
Human fellowship iff industry must
either be an empty phrase or a liv
ing fact.
“Bending the growth of better re
lationships betw'een employers and
employes, the practical approach to
the problem is to devise a method
lor preventing or retarding conflicts
by providing machinery' for the ad
justment of differences. To be suc
cessful such tribunals must be so or
ganized as to operate promptly as
well as impartiality. . . . The
plain fact is that the public has long
been uneasy’ about the power of
great employers; it is becoming un
easy about /he power of great labor L
organizations. The community must
be assured against domination by
either.
“The plan which follows does not
propose to do away with the ultimate
right to strike, to discharge or to
. maintain the closed or the open I
shop.”
The national industrial tribunal, ,
suggested by the conference, would ■
consist of nine members appointed by’ I
the president, three each represent- I
ing the employers, employes and the !
public. The tribunal. in general, i
would be a board of appeal, whose :
decisions must be unanimous, bt’l
provision made for public ma
jority and minority reports in casfes t
where no agreement was possible.
Industrial regions, probably twelve
in number conforming to the federal |
reserve'System, would be outlined and.;
a regional chairman appointed for
each by the presidept. Vice chain- .
men would-be named by s the tribu- t
nal. if the work in any region re
quired it.' ■.■'•:
Panels #* *y»i? , pyes and Employes
for .each Region would be prepared by '
the- secretary of commence ( and.;the |
secretary .'of: labor, respectively, p.ft- .
ep conferences with the employers and
workers of’/that region/ Each panel. I
approved hy the president, would be i
classified by industries among ■ the i
employers and hy industries, wi,th ■
sub-classifications* Into crafts, among I
the employes. Lots would he
to determine the order of names in
each panel.
Regional Adjustment Boards
When "a dispute arose in any re
gion, the chairman would request
each side - to.'submit it to a regional
board of adjustment, consisting of
the chairman, one representative
chosen by each side, and two unchal
lenged members of . each panel. Ap
pointment of representatives of both
sides to any dispute would consti
tute an agreement to continue the
status that existed whep the trouble
arose. Decisions of such regional
boards would have to be unanirnoti^ 1
or the question would be referred by
unanimous vote to an umpire, whose
decision .would be final, or to the na
tional tribunal.
Refusal by any side to a contro
versy to submit to adjustment would
result in the constitution of a re
gional board of inquiry, consisting
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Mill Ml EM;
UNIONHEADSMEH
Wages, Anti-Strike Legisla-1
tion and Question of Oper-'
ation Come to Fore in Na-
i tional Capital
j WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—While
I the joint congressional conference
committee was discussing points of
difference between the Cummins and
Esch railroad reorganization bills
I today in an effort to conciliate
minor disagreements and pave the
way to consideration of the all-im
portant anti-strike provisions of the
Cummins measure, high railroad
union officials gathering here to at
tend a conference called by Samuel'
Gompers to • formulate a definite
policy' to be pursued with Regard to
the labor clauses of the senate bill.
The chiefs of the four great rail
road brotherhoods and ten affiliated
organizations were to meet late to
day.
Prior to the union conference of
ficials of several unions affiliated
with the brotherhoods strongly in
dicated their conviction that 'the’
conference would adopt a declaration
of principles similar to that of the
railw’ay' machinists’ union, which
voted to strike if the more drastic
labor provisions of the . Cummins
bill-should become law'.
Representatives of the railroad
unions affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor who had plan
ned to confer 4MI Director General
Hines today' relative tjo wage in
creases decided at the last moment
not to see the director to-
I day. No reason for thCi, postpone
i meat was given nor did the union
officials indicate when they would
ask for a conference.
Settlement of thite issue was
postponed fall at the re
quest of President Wilson, pend- j
ing the results of the government’s
campaign against the high cost of ;
i* living.' No definite |ime was fixed j
| for this conference and it was said ;
i i‘ would be postponed until Tuesdav ;
; should it conflict with the general i
j meeting, of union officials discuss- I
I ing the' anti-strike law- situation. •
LF/ZGUECALLTO
BE ISSUED AFTER
PACT R ATIFICATION
-
PARIS, Dec. 29.—Informal notice
I of the first meeting of the council I
I of the League of Nations probably;
; will be given a “day” or two after
| the exchange of ratifications of the
1 treaty of Versailles. Ambassador I
I Wallace called the stiate department
. in Washington to this effect after ;
. this motning’s meeting of the su- :
preme council, which had the ques- ,
tion under consideration.
It is still an open question w'heth- ;
er the formal call for the meeting
shall be issued by' President Wil- -
son, as originally provided for, or
whether in view of the fact that
the United States has not ratified
the treaty, the call shall be issued |
by Premier Clemenceau, the pres- |
ident of the peace conference. This ;
question, as well as the place for ;
the meeting of the members of the i
council, ivill probably be decided to- ;
morrow.
*The date for the exchange of rat- ;
incations on which the call for the
meetipg of the league’s council de
pends, is still uncertain, nothing hav
ing been heard from the Germans in
response to the latest allied note.
The expectation in official circles is
that some word from Berlin regard
ing the subject will be at hand by'
tomorrow unless interrupted tele- I
graphic transmission causes further
delay. <
According the terms of .the
peace .treaty, Germany was to fur
nish by December 31. a statement
regarding a number of different ques
tions dealt with by the treaty. As
the of ratifications is not
yet defiflitely' in sight, however, the
; council today considered the possi
bility of extending the .time for this
statement.
'The conditions under which Ger
many is to turn over the light cruis
-1 ers demanded as part of the repara
tion so rthe destruction of the Scapa
I Flow fleet, also was discussed by I
I the council..
It was decided to send congratu- |
I Idtions to General Niessel, heading i
I the mission to the Baltic, on the -
i manner in -which its task, in con- i
I neetion with the evacuation of the I
| Baltic provinces by the German I
■ troops, has been carried out.
i Former Kaiser s Trial to
IBe Shortly After Peace,
Pans Paper Declares
FARIS, Dec.' 2'J—-The,Egho de Paris i
I said today the French and British
j governments haxl decided to ask for
I extradition for' the former kaiser as
' soon as the provisions o s f the Ver
i sallies peace treaty are. carried out.
i London dispatches Saturday report
i ed French and British -legal experts
[had’been in consultation there over
punishment for German leaders guil
; ty of war crimes and had exchanged
i complete lists of those who would
rbe punished. Tke former crown
| prince was mentioned as among the
j guilty' Germans . who ’hnust face trial i
! but no mention was made of the;
! former kaiser. ' ■
; The Versailles treaty will be made ’
I effective .early in 1920.
Corn and Provisions i
i Up on Canadian Action
CHICAGO, Dec. . 29—-Corn and all
i other commodities dealt'; in on the I
; Chicago board of trade advanced '
I sharply today when it ‘ was learned
• that the Canadian ogvetnment had I
increased the price of wheat in Can
ada 50 cents a bushel. Traders in
' .grains and here were
caught unawares by the action of the
Canadian government, which also
included permission to ship flour
from the United States into Canada.
The principal recorded this morn-
■ ing- immediately' after the opening
■of the exchange was in the price of
corn, the cash quotation of which
kidv-anced 3 l-4c to a total price of
a
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1919.
LORD GREY GOES
BACK TO TELL OF
TREATY POSITION
BY DAVID LAWBENCE
' (Copyright, 1919, for Tile Atlanta Journal..) ,i
I WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—Viscount'
I Edward Grey—the man who as <or
i eign secretary of Great Britain, led
I the allies in the critical moments of
; July 1914—returns this week to
I Europe to tell the people over there
i exactly’ what he believes to be at
I isshie in the treaty controversy in
the United States. The ambassador
leaves in no complaining spirit and
in no Captious or impatient mood.
He is neither slighted by his inabil
ity to have an audience with Presi
dent Wilson nor is he impressed
with the charge that politics alone
lie. at the bottom of America’s hesita
tion to ratify the peace treaty.
It is true in one sense that the
mission of Lord Grey’ has been a
failure but in quite another sense U
is about the most important misi*
sion that could have been contem
plated for this critical moment
the relations of the United
and Europe. «
It will be remembered that Lord
Grey was sent to the United States
to discuss with President Wilson
certain questions arising out of the
ratification of th z e peace treaty.
When he got here Mr. Wilson had
suffered a nervous collapse and not
even the secretary of state was per
mitted to see him, and furthermore
so far as America is. concerned there
have been no “questions arising out
of the ratification of the peace
treaty” for the obvious reason that
the treaty which Europe expected
to see ratified by October and the
first meeting of the League of Na
tions in session by' then still remains
unacted upon by the senate of the
United States.
Two Courses Open
There remained two thing's which
Lord Grey could pursue—wait here
till the senate acted, which might
prolong his visit in America beyond
the time which he had agreed on
account of his failing health to re
main in the United States, or else
go back home and serve the Euro
pean people best by telling them ex
actly what is involved in the treaty
’controversy in the United States. \
Naturally Lord Grey' chose the lat
ter. In such a situation as the pres
ent nothing but first-hand considera
tion and personal contact could en-y
lighten a foreigner on the
causes of America’s treaty struggle.
The British envoy has had an op
portunity to meet Senator Lodge, the
' Republican leader, and other op
i ponents of the treaty. He has had a
; chance to discuss with them ,the rea
sons for their desire for reservations
I as well as their reasons for wanting
■ io see America keep out of-Europe
.''.’together. He .has been able to seize
up the situation and bring back a
comprehensive report. He will be
’s'.ened to in Europe because of 'liis
markable prestige in European ,<li
. plomacy both inside and outside of
! H'.-’uain, and because of the fact that
' he has dealt it first-hand with the
-principals in the. Artteriean 'ireaty
tight.
Lord Grey will hardly tell the
I European peoples that the same na-
■ timt which showed her unselfishness
i in-the great war now would be guilty
; of selfishness in seeking to dissociate
’ herself entirely from the prostrated
; European countries and thus seek to
■ impost added burdens on the peoples
■ who bore the brunt of the war for
! human freedom.
Lord Grey will hardly co-nfirm the
; charges of so many’ people in this
I ccuntry’ that Senator Lodge has been
I seeking partisan advantage alone in
• his keen battle with the president. /
I But unquestionably he will' tell
I Europe about the unique character
iof the American form of govern
: ment 'Which makes the egislative
i branch of the government independ-
■ ent of the executive so that the
country might have one party in
congress and another party in the
White House. And he will be able
to trace, for the benefit of European
peoples who are accustomed to the
parliamentary form of government
and an executive responsible to the
legislature, the growing tendency on
■ the part of they executive from the
days of Roosevelt on to proceed in
dependently of the other branches
of the government.
He will be able to describe the
reasons for America’s hesitation to
enter into a binding contract for
participation in European affairs
without knowing first exactly what
the committments are going to be.
Limitation of Authority
Summed up, the European observ
ers, including the ambassadors and
writers who have been making a
study of the American treaty’ con
troversy, see it possible to boil all
the reservations down to a single
I resolution, namely that in the opera-
I tion of so important an instrument
■as the covenant of the League of
■ Nations, the president of the United
I States 'shall not have the power to
! commit the United States to any
! obligation—moral, political, physical,
Beef Prices to Be High ,
i For Seven More Years,
Says Stock Yard Expert
CHICAGO, -pec. 29. —A shortage of
•1.000,000 cattle in’ the year just
I closing will 'cause, high prices for
beef and beef products for at loast
seven years more, it was declared
by M. F. Horine, statistician for thfe
Union Stock Yards, in his annual re
port today.
Mr. HOrine said it will be impos
sible to make good the shortage of
1919 before 1927, and that the de
; partment of agriculture’s report con
cerning. the number of cattle in the
United States wa,s too optimistic.
An increase of 377,000 animals of
; all kinds received at the Union
■ Stock Yards for tlie year 1919 over
’ 1918. Was reported. Cattle receipts,
I however, 'dfecrea'sed 290,00’0.
Supreme Court of
i Mexico Will Decide
Jenkins’ Case Shortly
I MEXICO CITY, Mex.. Dec. 28.
I (Delayed.-)—The supreme court of
I Mexico will decide within 15 days
whether William O. Jenkins. Amer-
I lean consular agent, charged with
I collusion with bandits who recently
| abducted him shall be tried before
; a federal . court or the state court
, of Puebla, it was learned today.
Julio Mitchell, prosecuting attor
ney of .Puebla, who had been collect
ed evidence in the Jenkins case com
pleted his work and turned over all
data to the supreme He
! stated today-he had found “new and
I more damaging evidence” against
j Jenkins.
IttEMENin '
i HI SEW PI i FOB
PUMIWISE
I t
Democrats and Mild Repub-1
licans Said to Have Agfeed
on Three Changes in Ong- ■
inal Reservations
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—Ilepubii- '
can and Dqipocratic senators work- i
ing for a peace treaty’ compromise '
centered tfieir attention today on a I
plan said to have been accepted by’
, the mild reservation Republicans and
by’ a number of Democrats for rati
fication with three modifications in I
' the fourteen reservations approved
by the senate majority at the last
session.
| The three changes, which some
senators believe would make the res
ervations acceptable to two-thirds,
deal with the preamble declaration
that the qualifications must be ac
quiesced in -by the other powers,
with article ten and with Shantung.
The mild, group believe Senator
Lodge, the Republican leader, will be
willing to make these changes and
that Senator Hitchcock, leafier of
the Democrats,, also -will beX satis
fied wit.li thenV It was said, how
ever, neither of the party heads in
the senate had yet expressed a fin«H v
opifiion.
Under the new preamble suggest
ed, the senate reservations would be
regarded as accepted by the other
parties to the treaty unless specific
objection were made within a limit
ed time. The wording of the article
ten reservation would be changed so
as to eliminate the language which
President Wilson said he would re
gard as a rejection of the' treaty
and to substitute an affirmative dec
laration that the article’s obligations
' are accepted with the understanding
that future congresses shall be at
liberty' to decide questions of peace
, and war. Language which some sen-
J ators have regar'ded as offensive to
other powers would be modified in
the Shantung reservation.
Although compromise talk on this
other modification plans' Continues
among the senators remaining here,
there are so ■ many absent that no I
concrete action is expected until the
senate reassembles next,Monday.
Woman Is Mentioned
As Latest Figure in
Brown Murder Case
; itoUNT Mich.; Dec. 29. ■
i Maeomb Cotinty atrfliocities were to- I
; day investigating a new angle of ;
I the slaying of J. Stanley Brown, son i'
of a Detroit manufacture?, whose I
body was found in his automobile on ’
the road from Detroit last Wednes
day' morning.
I The new information was a state- !
i ment by Miss Gladys Summit, who |
; came here late last night from Bat- ;
tie Creek and gave the officers a i
story involving a young woman who, •
until last Saturday, lived in Battle ;
Creek and who, Miss Summit de- I
dared, bad been much in Brown’s ■
company just prior to his death.
The girl, whose name Miss Sum- I
I mit gave to the officers, left Battle I
Creek for Mount Clemens early last i
week, the statement say's, after bor- !
rowing a uniform from a soldier sta- I
tioned at Camp Custer. She returned
to Battle Creek Wednesday after- 1
noon, Miss Summit declared, with a I
large sum of money and, v attired in
j new and expensive clothihg. Later,
! when informed of Brown’s death by
I Miss Summit, the statement says,
the girl displayed unsual interest
and inquired if her name was men
tioned by the newspaper report.
Discussing the latest development I
of the investigation, Alan Straight. |
chief of police, who returned here i
last night with Miss Summit, recall
ed the statement of a farmer that
the latter had pafesed Brown’s auto
mobile late Tuesday night and some
distance down the road had passed a
figure dressed , in man’s clothing, but
who, he said, did not walk or look
like a man. This peculiarity, the
farmer said, attracted a second look
at the pedestrian.
Miss Summit’s statement that a
, uniform had been borrowed from a
Camp Custer soldier. Chief Straight
declared, was corroborated by the j
• fact that the soldier called at the I
[ young woman’s rooming house dur-
, ing the officer’s investigation there
to ask the return of the uniform.
Straight, said he believed the..„sol
dier was not in any other way con
nected with the case.
j Miss Summit’s statemetit- says the
I young ■woman asked her to join her
! on a visit to Mount Clemens, where
I she said, she had an engagement
. i with the slain man.
■ I “I’ll get Brown’s money and ring ;
■ I if I have to kill hkn,” the statement I
; I quotes the girl as saying.
Miss Summit says she declined
, ■ the invitation, whereupon the gir“ i
I | replied: “Then I’ll get sbmeone |
> else to help me.”
Standardized Dress
H For American Women ‘
i; Now Appears on Way
. ; NEW YORK. —‘‘I think th? Arner
(i ieanized standard of dress is on the i
• j way,” said Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, ■
> ; president of the National American j
Woman’s Suffrage association, upon ;
her return from her recent tour of i
the United States.
When asked what form such ai
; standardization would be apt to take ;
she outlined the following:
r ■ “AH costumes will embody sense, !
beauty' and . dignity. Dresses will
_ i have short skirts, but not too short, i
f Sensible heels in place of French I
j heels will be demanded by women j
’ in the way of shoes. The waist will.
t be comfortably loose at the neck,
r but not exposing. Gowns will have
> harmonious colors, and straight lines,
F but the waistline will.nqt disappear.
“Decollette gowns will be worn
. for evening, they will not be
. extreme “backless” affairs such as I
. Paris Jias decreed.. ....... .....j
[ “Above all, American women will i
; ! demand’a national’ dress - whibh anai-'
i jhilat.es mincing ’hobble’ steps. Skirt >
• j freedom' Wfl be' Ih'e - main point ’o’f
j the dressfef the future.”
DRY LEADERS OF
SOUTH CONDEMN i
SALE OF POISON
I
Men who sell wood alcohol in the ’
guise o’ “whisky” were condemned j
as murderers and resolutions were !
adopted calling on congress to pro- :
vide ways and means sufficient to I
prevent further ravages of the |
'blind death.” at the prohibition en- 1
iorcement conference in the assem- i
bly hall of the Piedmont hotel Mon- j
t.ny' morning.
Men and women representing six j
southern states, Georgia, Florida I
Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina!
and Mississippi, unanimously voted
for the resolutions when they' were •
introduced by' Edward Young Clarke,
presiding as campaign director for;
the south.
“Nearly a hundred deaths in a few ;
days from drinking wood alcohol I
solA in the guise of corn liquor j
sweep aside all arguments and make
the success of this prohibition en- ,
forcement campaign Xp absolute i
necessity in the interest of saving
life,” said Mr. Clarke, in introducing
the resolutions. ■*
“Causing a man’s death by sell
ing him wood alcohol for whisky ’s
nothing short of murder, and tl e
man whd takes another’s life in that
manner should be convicted of mur
der and hanged just* as if he had
shot him down from ambush
“You men ahd ,yvdmen who have |
been organizing Ithe six ’ southern I
states for this prohibition enforce- !
ment campaign have been met from i
time, to time with the argument that I
the fight for prohibition has been I
'won; that the iaw has been put on ■
the statute books with measures to !
enforce it; that the need for further I
effort on the part of friends of prd- ■
hibitidn has passed and that there- !
fore the necessity for this campaign '
is not apparent.
“If ever an argument was literal!;,
shot to pieces this one has been in
the past few days. Nearly a hun- :
dred deaths from drinking wood al- I
cohol sold in defiance of law as corn '
whisky, to say nothing of those who I
have .been blinded for life from drink
ing it, confronts us with a situation
that horrifies any thinking man.,
“Yet there are those who lean back
serenely and comfortably' and calm- I
ly tell >us there is no need for al
campaign to see that these prohibi
tion laws are enforced and, if they '
are not enforced, to find out why
they' are not.
“This campaign in the last lew
days has gone bsydnd the necessity
for extended- argument in its behalf.
The news colunans of the newspa
pers .are carrying the arguments for
us, and none but the willfully blind
and deaf can fa'il to heed them.”
Text of R solutions a
. The resolutions were then adopted
amid applause with an .amendment
to the effect that, those' present pledg
ed their utmost efforts and that of
the organizetion they represent to
ward the campaign to stamp out the
J*blind death.” The resolutions fol
low:
“Whereas the appalling death
record resulting from drinking
wood alcohol sold as corn whisky
in criirfinal defiance of prohibi
tion lav's of the country and the
total disregard for human life
as shown by the liquor law vio
la rars demands immediate and
rigid enforcement of and
swift and adequate punishment.
“And, whereas the fact that
this startling condition can exist'
indicates either a laxity' of law
enforcement by' officials charged
with this duty, or failure of ar
resting officers to exercise prop
er vigilance in bringing these
i criminals to justice, or lack
i sufficient funds to supply the ma
chinery with which to enforce
I the prohibition law’s.
“Therefore, be it resolved,
That the prohibition enforcement
conference, respectfully calls the
attention of th? congress of the
United ' States to the existing
conditions and most earnestly
urges that sufficient funds and a
sufficient number of law enforce
ment officers be provided to in
sure proper enforcement of the
laws noty on the statute books
and to make impossible a repeti
tion of this Christmas tragedy.”
82.2 Per Cent in Cost
Os Living in 5 Years
BOSTON. Dec. 29.—An increase of
82.2 per cent in the cost of living
for American wage-earners between
July. 1914, and November, 1919, is
shown in a statement issued by the
national industrial conference board
today, based upon its most recent
I investigations.
I This represents an advance of 10.4
per cent since November, 1918; 13.5
’per cent since March, 1919, when
prices dropped temporarily, and 5.8
per cent since last July.
The increase in the - - cost of the
five major-items in the family budget
since
cent; shelter, 38 per cent; clothing,
135 per cent; .fuel, heat and light,
48 per cent, and sundries, 75 per
cent.
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LONDON—-tyiss Eva Balfour, I
the Venus of England, wlfo has)
been a model for painters and ■
sculptors, is coining to America,
to appear on the stage. , Her.
I beauty and form have been, sol
,! much the subjects of art that even I
i poets have paid homage to Miss j
. Balfour.
MISSING GROOM’S
WIFE IS LOCATED
AND INTERVIEWED
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Although
! Dr. William Grey Vermilye, from his .
bed in the Cumberland Street hos- i
pital, Brooklyn, still had “nothing to i
say’ ’today, Mrs. William Grey 4’er- I
; milye, who says she is his wife, ex-,1
j pressed herself forcibly when in-
• formed of the doctor’s •‘engagement" i
! to Miss Ruth M. Keeney, of Monson,
i Mass. The doctor was scheduled,
according to Miss Keeney, to marry
her Christinas day in Mon. ou. but;
left her “waiting at: the church." >He
was located.'the following- day in the
hospital awaiting a mipor operatipp, :
I which will be performed today.
“The ’ very ideasard the Woman
I who said slip was married to Dr. !
i Vermilye twenty-five years ago,
talking over the telephone from, Hat- 1
risburg. Pa.. “Cf course the doctor
couldn't marry anybody else. I. am
Mrs. WUMatn 'Grey Ver■rnHyd’ '
“Dr. Vermilye spends mo.*- of h.'s.
I time at sea and When he is r.way 1
| make my, home in. Brooklyn with a.
Ison by a-former marriage.”
Mrs. Vermilye ■ said »she ha>>Mioi.
I hurried lo her. husband' - b;?.-Jsi-de bh-•
; cause she had- been told there* was
I nothing serious about his illnert:. ,
I After spending a night and' day I
under tire same roof with her hus
! band to have been. Miss Keeney was
I pronounced recovered from her hy- -
! teria brought on by Dr. Vermilye'”
I refusal to see her and was discharged
from the hospital iale yesterday.
Accompanied by her father, she re
turned to her home in Monson. Mass.. I
last night where the family "will
decide what they will do abouj the
affair.”
Dr. Vermilye refused to make any
comment when informed that hfi s
i wife had been located in Harrisburg,
! Pa., where she is living with her,
daughter.
When hospital officials, who say'
the physician is there to undergo a
slight operation, informed newspa
per men that he would see no one
except relatives, they' sent Dr. Ver
milye the following note:
“Your wife, said to be located in
Harrisburg, Pa., has made charges
which perhaps you would be glad, to
clear up. Will' yon please make a
definite statement and clear up the
whole matter?”
Dr. Vermilye's reply, which w.as
written on the back of the’ note,
was:
“I have nothing to say.”
Spanish Silver Up
With ‘Sevillanos Called
i MADRID, Dec. 29.—Spain is like-'*
make a nice profiJyJJirtfugh the
i increased price of-silver by the sale
'of 40,000 kilograms (88,160 pounds)
■ of that metal which the government
I secured when it called.in
! dollars ten ago.
These which were minted
+by a privKte”Tndividual, were current
i in Spain for a number of yeats and
I up tokthe time |the governmentxde
‘ dared'*Yhem to be not legal tender
■ they were used freely in trade. The
• government finally called them in
ana now is reaping the benefit.
-jri'-N’i's /, l Ol’Y.
A YEAR.
51® OF POISOa
BE POT
in MOffl CUSS
Officials Threaten Vigorous
Action Against Anyone
Dispensing Wood Alcohol
as Whisky
K
Anybody caught selling liquor pois
oned with wood alcohol in Atlanta
will be charged with murder, declared
Chief of Detectives Lamar Poole
Monday morning.
H,e will . be. prosecuted for mur
der. declared Solicitor John A. Boy
kin. and the death penalty will be
asked.
He should be convicted, in the
opinion of Judge John D. Humphries,
of the superior iourf, and Judge
| Humphries further said that en next
Monday, when thq January grand
I jury meets, he will include l in his
| charge, a special reference to the
| “blind death.”
Although the police say they' have
i not run across any Cases ’of wobd
i alcohol being sold/in tire guise of
' iiquor, it is stated by authorities at
( Grady hospital that there have been
1 five deaths in Atlanta since ikst
i, from drinking wood "alcohol
and that a number of persons are
now jiaving their eyes treated for
partial bliiydness caused by drinking
wood alcohol.
The police, said Chief have
been waging a vigorous war against
the sale of liquor in any’ form.
According to the police there has
been a conaiilerabie quantity of so-
I called potash liquor sold in Atlanta
which, the Grady hospital authorities
say' is almost as bad us wood al
i cohol, as it eats the' tissues of the
I stomach, ruining the JieaMh aud with
continued drinking cause?; death.'
; There are*'-a number of persons at
' the present time, the hospital au
i thorlLi’es say. who are under treat
meat rqg a- result of drinking potash
liquor.
■ The m:i,:<;rily of deaths’eaused from
liquor In .•tj.h.nta has not been from
wood ' aleohql.. according to Chief
I'c.ao. bu,t I‘rom a concoction of grain
alcohol and .potash and . excessjve
dciukjmg. If any person should be
caugnt i cliing wood alcohol, Chief
I’aoJ.e s::\ a charge of murder would
be made in.q , them.
Symptoms of Victims
V, lie:, a mrson is brought ipto
G. .ay hoapiial .suffering from alco
; hu.’is-.n the hospital authorities say
; first mv ' upon the part of the
dci.o'.-!, a. <1 nurses .is to examine, the
«!< ■ t'!’-■-•»-bfi ’riTiwt " for indications
of ’ t -.vviw.H'.,g: A person suffering
Iroa'. Ju i of wood alcohol, the
; * • ouid show a contrac-
tion. of ta .ntsplb; of the eyes. The
I>' . v I'ontrdct to the size Os
I a while a person drunk on
,o: d!iu.?. | v Liq-am* would have norma!
■ nine pupils.
in a statement, regarding the sittia
‘ timi tlird’igYout the country brought
by the wholesale distribution
of wood alcohol in the form of whis
; ):y and the number of deaths result;-
■ ing. Solicitor General John A. Boykin
: : a <! Monday morning that any per-
I son. caught selling 'he poison in this
| form would receive the full penalty
of the law and if such a person
was brought; before the. court under
ills jurisdiction he •-•■id. he would in
dict the offender for murder and
■sk for c .pital punishment. “Death
j resulting from the sale.of wood alco
hol isi •cold-blooded, my refer.” he sa’d.
I .Efforts to’slop liquor Traffic In
I.Wnnta and throughout the state o/
I Georgia Is being made by the local
I police, county police, sheriff's <l<"
; partment and government; officials.
The lai ter have formed dragnets
' -.hroughout the m6unt;.ir:s- -to catch
j- the runners.” while the oountL po
| lice fl're active in overhauling artto
: mobiles on their way to the city.
'(Despite the efforts, however, many
; of the “runners” reach the city and
! distribute their liquor.
242 Deaths Since July 1
Reports from various cities Mon
day showed that-at least 242 persons
' had died from wodcl alcohol poisoti-
I ing, the “Min'd death” {since prohibi
’! tion. v.wrt! into effect- July J. In
ftdd-!4 : ion. scores have been stricken
blind and others stiTl are Jn « ’sei'i
! ous condition. • • ■
FoUffwirig dre the re nor ted <?tstial
< ties of the new plague;. ;
’New York—Fifty-two dead. 100
blind, two seriously ill.
i Chicago—Sixty fiitad. -six ill.
| jChicopee. Mass. —TliirtyLeiKht/.lead.
' ten sefloinJy 'ill. -- ■ ' ’
I Cleweian*'—Fifteen dead. three
; blind, sixteen ' ill.
Holyoke—Fourteen dead. sevgn
, seriously ill.
Hartford, Conn.—Thirteen dead,
.-•■li'-eii seriously ill.
r X. testown, N. Y.—Seven dead.
Des’Moines—Six dead, twelve seri
' o-.T.ly ill. ;
Newark. N. Jl—Fivjpdewd.
St. Raul, Minn.—Four dead.
Springfield. sJfass. —Three dead,
five seriously iH.
Hadly, Mass.—Three dead. x
Syracuse, N. Y.—Two dead, one
ill. \
Emporium' £* a - —Two dead.
Buffalo, N. -f. —Two •'M<
• Mind.
St. Louis, Mo. —Two dead
Thompsonville, Conn. —Two dra#7
Boston, Masg,;—Two dead.
Camden, N. jT—Two dead.,’’
Toledo, O. —Two dead. ‘
A liicffimcnd -Va.—One dead,
.Milwaukee, Wiss.—One ®ead.
Columbus, p.—One
Meriden, Conn. —One dead,
: blind..
Mount C:\riueJ. Pa.—ltir«*
j Stamfo d. Conn. —One ill.
Federal, state and city
h.ave made a number of
; New iharh'nd and New
'net; :.rv tentatively clia
ma'M’amfht r. Internal
, ficials in New York,
aicated' that in some cases
charge W'ould be changed to
Demurrers Filed to
Newberry Indictments
' GRAND RAPID& Mich.. Dec. 28.
,j Demurrers alleging the two indict
j ments returned against Senator Tru
; man 11. Newberry to be faulty weft
filed in federal court here today.
They will be argued January 5. The
[demurrers claim the indicted men
I cannot be held under United States
1 laws for what may have in
; state primaries. *