Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. Partly cloudy and moderately warm tonight and tomorrow. Temperature for. twenfi{;{m hours ended at 2 p.m. today: at Full report on page 4. It iYestmhy's Net Circulation, Entered as second-cliss matter post office Washington, D. C. No. 28,597. 2 p.m. today; lowest, 68, At 83,428 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION" uening Sfar. WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15 1922 _THIRTY-SIX PAGES. - Member of the Associated Press H The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to | the use for republication of all news dispatches eredited to it or not otherwise credited in tii. Ppaper and also the locai news published Lereln. ‘ Al rights of publication of special | dispatches hereln are also reserved. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 TWO CENTS. ——— NATION-WIDE SOFT COAL.STRIKE ENDED SHOPMEN TURN DOWN LATEST PEACE PLAN; TIE-UP IN WEST ACUTE Mr. Harding to Act Within 48 Hours—Legislative Plans De- pend on Developments. ABINET WEIGHS SITUATION; “BIG FOUR” HOPES TO MEDIATE President, “His Back Up,” Described as| Unwilling to Make New Proposal for Peaceful Solution. By the Ausociated Press. President Harding will place the rail strike situation before Congress and before the country within forty-eight hours it was | officially announced today at the White House. The announcement came after the President had conferred |should not exceed $24,600,000. on the strike situation with his gress and after railroad union labor organizations had made | form cabinet and with leaders in Con- | public their rejection of the President’s last settlement proposal together with the statement that chiefs of the non-striking unions | of estimates goes to the Treasury in | planned tg continue their efforts at mediation of the rail con- troversy. The administration spokesman, who made known the Presi- dent’s purpose, declared there was “no grounds for the executive to stand upon in advancing any further proposition” for settle- ment of the railroad strike other than those which have already been laid before the managements and representatives of the| workmen now striking. The impression prevailed among the President’s advisers that he would, in his statement to Congress and through Congress to the country, make no suggestions as to legislation, but the admidistration spokesman said that depended upon the events that CUT OF §3.000000 - HAS BEEN ORDERED IND.C. ESTIMATES Budget Director Lord Ad- l vises Commissioners to Use Knife on Expenses. |SCHOOLS AND STREET | Trimming Process Will Also Be AYplied to Other Items in Bill. Approximately $3,000,000 more will have to be cut from the estimates of | the District government for the next i fiscal year, it became known today. the bureau of the | budget today that the annual expense account for the National Capital were advised by The best information available is !that the estimates in their present aggregate about $2 ! Thus, it will be seen, that between !now and September 15, when the book final shape, the city heads will have ito bear heavily on the pruning knife to keep within the limits laid down ! | for them. ] Two interesting developments re- ! | sulted from a conference which the | [three Commissioners had today with | Director of the Budget Lord.” They | were: | Further Hearing Granted. Decision by the bureau of the bud- to grant the Commissioners af , Bet hearing at the Treasury Department before the estimates are transmitted !to Congress will afford them an op-i | portunity to explain the items they | | will ask for. It 1s announced that Capt: R. D.; Stephens, one of Gen. Lord's as-| 1t is understood the Commissioners . 700,000. | A0 RENTS ORDERED LUTATCHASTLETN Reductions From $10 to 320] Made in Most Important Ruling in Board’s History. occur within the brief time before he speaks. The President was sald to feel that ountry and Con- sress that the exact conditions in the strike situation—the coal as well as the railroad dificulties—should be presented, as he has ascertained them during weeks of negotiation and con- ference. He does not consider, it was said, that the step will interfere with any peace efforts which may be con- tinued in other than governmental quarters, and he hopes that the coal difficulty may have at least partially disappeared by the time he presents his message. President _Harding, having aban- doned all efforts at mediation of the rail strike, was declared today by his advisers to have virtually decided to inform the railroad executives of the country that in the operation of trains they will be given the full protection and aid of the government. The President, it was stated, was determined that’ the only course the government now could pursue was the path it followed in the coal strike— extension of an invitation to the employers to operate their properties, and the federal government, with the co-operation of the states, would stand behind them In their efforts so ing of the public. The President was described by one of his advisers as “having his back up,” and fully convinced that noth- negotlation, | Endeavors at mediation. however, |were continued today by the leaders of the brotherhoods of railroad oper- ating employes and of the other raf road labor organizations whose mem. bers have not been called out on strike. These leaders held another conference with B. M. Jewell, leader of the striking shoperaft workers, and the other chiefs of the striking unions. Foremost among the matters under consideration was understood to be the proposal of the brotherhood leaders that attempts be made to ne: gotiate a settlement with the rail- roads whose executives have shown an_inclination toward compromise, The whole rail strike situation was gone over by the President and his cabinet at their meeting today, and prior to the cabinet session Mr. Hard- ing had a lengthy conference with Senators Watson of Indiana and Kel- logg of Minnesota, republican mem- bers of the Senate interstate com. merce committee. He also conferred (Coutinued on Page 2, Column 1) — | Western Strikes Have Tied U P Lines " From Canadian Border to Mexico Br the Associated Pre SAN ERANCISCO, Calif., August 15. —From the Canadian boundary lines south almost to the Mexican border the Pacific coast states today felt a bitter pinch from the railroad tie-ups which have been developing, lifting and clamping - down again since Thursday night. Passengers who had been marooned at the desert towns which serve as terminals for the Santa Fe lines’ southwestern divisions had been brought to places of greater comfort, but little or nothing had been done for the fruit growers of northern Washington, southern Oreson or northern California, while but little more was being done for those in the San Joaquin valley of California, far- ther south. The strike of Union Pacific trans- portation employes at San Bernardino, Calif., was ended last night, and four trains moved eastward over that route’s Los Angeles-Salt Lake City line, but how far they would get, in view of continued walkouts at Cali- ente and Las Vegas, Nev., no one would hazard a guess. There was a tense situation at Las Vegas, where about 150 persons—men who have re- vlaced striking shopmen, guards e ployed to protect the railroad prop- erty, and the wives and children of some of both classes—were virtual prisoners in a railroad inclosure, pick- ¢ted all around by strikers. Freight Embarge Continued. Moreover, even shduld this line be opened. the resumption of transporta- tion thereon would have little effect on the situation farther north. Perish- able freight embargoes continue in affect on the Western Pacific’s line from Salt Lake City to San Francisco, an the Santa ¥e from Bakersfield, Calif., south and east, and on the Southern Pacific to all points east and north of Roseville, Calif., the latter blocking the route to Portland, Oreg., as well as that east via Ogden. Fruit growers and others directly affected .by the tie-ups took up thei cudgels In their own defense last night and meetings at Wenachee, Wash., ous appeals to Président Harding for rellef. The Wenachee gathering, as- serting that that district’s $25,000.000 frult crop—the product of a hole year'’s work—was endangered, offered ¢io supply and protect men to man ¢ ~ins to move the fruit. The Fresno meeting appealed to the President and / and Fresno, Calif., made vigor- the heads of the four EBr=at transpor- tation brotherhoods—the engineers, firemen, conductors and trainmen—to end the strike and avert what appears to be an hl'ult grower, or, falling that, to de- clare an armistice long e Permit the fruit crop to be mowed '° A new factor in the situation and one which experienced railroad men said might well be viewed with ap- prehension, was the refusal of pump- ing plant employes along the Sania Fe lines- to remain at work. . ¢ In: lspecuon by an Associated Press cor- { respondent disclosed that some.of the water tanks at desert points ‘along this road's lines, between Needles and San Bernardino, apparently were dry and others nearly so. Should the tanks fail to provide their usual supplies for locomotives it was asserted, by strikers that nof even such trains as could be manned by officials would get through. i, The situation at Roseville, Calit, brightened considerably with the an. jtouncement this morning that the brotherhood men, who have been on , strike there since Sunday, had reach ed an agreement with Southern Pa cific officials to return to work. Thi settlement, it is believed, will pre- vent a cris northern California, as Roseville h; been the key-block In the jam on the Southern Pacific. { GOVERNORE WARNS STRIKERS, Nevada Executive Pleads Against “ Wse of Violence. | By the Associated Press. LAS VEGAS, Nev. August 15.—Las Vegas was at a high tension today. For two days the town has been Without trains, malils, or fresh food- stuffs. the supply of the latter hav- I'-ln. been low before the railroad tle- up started. Stath police, armed with machine guns, were expected almost momentarily, but officers here eaid they feared an outbreak before rein- forcements arrived. Approximately 150 persons, rallroad shop employes. guards and their wives and children, were virtually prisoners in a railroad stockade here early today and Union Pacific strik- alrd! were maintaining pickets out- side. 3 Gov. Boyle, who has been here sev- eral days, addréssed the strikers late v y, delivering a warning against a “psychic’ jag.” told h between strikers and them a cl l non-union employers, or strikers- and il e by ing further could be done through imminent disaster to the| for the fruit growers of | sistants, has been assigned to work —He- also- inipection of streets and-other mu- m:?vn projects for which meney is to_be asked. 1t in reported that the limit of $24.500.000 Includes appropriations for outside agencles, such as public grounds, Zoological Park and rent commission, which are chargeable to District revenues. These items usual- 1y amount to something in the vicin- ity of $2,000.000. If they aggregate that much this year it will mean that the actual amount which may be re- quested for the city itself will be around $22,000,000, which is practi- cally the amount allowed by Congress for the operation of the District gov- i ernment for the current fiscal year. Street Repairs Affectd. | The limitation now placed on the | Comissioners is almost certaln to ! make necessary a deep cut in the { tentative estimates of $1,200,000 for i new street improvements. It is real- | ized at the District building that the I need for street paving in every part of the city Is urgent, but the figure {at first recommended may have to be cut nearly In half in the interest of economy, which is being Impressed | upon all the government bureaus by {the budget organization. Another large item in the tenta- i tive estimates is the $8,400,000 for the school system, including new bulld- (ings and sites. This total also Is likely to be trimmed. The playground estimates as they stand at present call for the purchase lof five new grounds. In this con- Inection it was_ learned ,today that ithree of the locations tentatively recommended have been turned over for building operations in the past few weeks. This will necessitate the selection of new locations. Friends of the | playground department believe that | the beginning of bullding operations ion the sites referred to emphasizes | the fact that desirable pleces of land {for playgrounds in the congested {parts of the city are rapidly being; ! used up. ! The sewer department is anmother jageéncy that has asked for much more | for next year than it received in the { current appropriation bill. The sewer estimates are said to run well over $1,000,000, and no doubt that fizure ! will have to be pruned. . Salary Increases Doubtfal. | The tentative estimates provide ap- ! proximately $400,000 for, increasing salaries of statutory employes of -the | District, whose basic pay has not been revised In forty years. Whether the { Commissioners will touch this item | in the cutting process was not known today. y > With Commissioner Rudolph, chair- man of the board, back on the job Lo- day from his vacation, it is expected thit the city heads will go into aes- siori_tomorrow on the task of revis- Jng the estimates as presented by the department head: FIREW ATER RIGHT NAME FOR LIQUOR BLAZING IN STREET CALEXICO, Calif., August 15.—The government proved the wisdom of “poor La" in naming liquor “fire ‘Wwater” some centurtef ago. One hun- dred gallons of liquor conflscated by federal customs officers was ordered emptied into the gutter in the usual way yesterday. The thermémeter registered 120 in the shade,‘and when the-liquor spattered- on' the pavement it burst into flames from the heat of the sun's rays. Thé officérs- moved to another loca- tion and started pouring some into Members of Congress Delighted by Unexpected Action—One Man’s : 3 Rate Boosted. | | Substantial reductions in rent on [virtually all of the approximately 400 apartments in the Chastleton apart- !mem house, 16th and R streets, af- {fecting a number of representatives !in Congress and other prominent men, i were ordered today by the District Rent Commission. In the most lengthy determination | ever handed down in & rental case by | the commission, the various apart- to $20 each, with few exceptions, re- sulting in an approximate annual rental decrease of about $6,000. addition, the commission fixed the value of the property at $2,000,000— about $1,000,000 less than the present ! owner, a Wilmington, Del., holding 'corporlllon, is said to have paid for Ilhe building and grounds. Representatives Surprised. Congressmen returning to the eity Were pleased to learn that marked Jnnul reductions greeted them to- ! day. Representative. P. G. Ten Eyck {of New York was handed a surprise jplckl‘e in the form of & $25 lower- ing from his former rent of $1%0 a month. Pepresentative M. E. Rhodes of West Virginia recelved a 3§10 monthly decrease, making his new | rate $130 & month. Representative M. : C. Ansorge of New York, had his rent ! cut from $115 te $55 a month. Rep- ! resentative W. H. Kirkpatrick of Pennsylvania obtained a reduction of b 95 tp $70 a month. 'X."A’un? Attorney General M. W. ‘Willerbrandt, who occupies apart- ment 503, will receive the benefit of & $25 reduction from $95 a month. The { Royal Hungarian legation, which is :located in apartments 42I™and 424, had its rate lowered from 3$265 to $237.50 a month. Rev. W. 8. Aber- nethy, pastor of lvary Baptist Church, where President Harding often attends, was granted a §$20 de- crease in his former rent of $120 a month. ‘ Pitts’ Reat Increaved. G. Bryan Pitts, one of the defense }wltne!m in the protracted Chastle- ton hearings, fared differently. His three apartments, which he is said to have been renting for $100 a month, will in the future cost him $325 a month. The price-fixing on the Chastleton | -property was undertaken by the rent commission on its own initiative after members of the commission had received numerous requests for rent- al adjustments from tenants, it was explained. In point of number of apartments affected.and size of the building, the determination today marks the Jnost important decision ever reached by the commission Probably the next largest determina. tion_was handed @own in the Merid- ian Mansions case some months ago. Means 88 Per Cemt Returm. The commission, in accordance with law, also fixed the annual allowancc to be made by the owners for main- tenance, repairs, taxes, service and all “other expenses connected with operating, the apartnient house. The eum fixed was $130,000. The com- mission’s estimatéd net return to the owner upon the value of $2,000,000 the gutter. Again- it. burst into| ®Stablished by the decision is 8.8 per ‘| lames and the flames fiashed up the | cent. | 4 stream of liquor and exploded one of | The determination sned by A. the tanks. The officers then poufed | Leftwich_ Sinclatr.. Cla: ears - the fire- water direct into-the sewe Doszens spectators saw the fire water fire..’ - : z n The firat ep in_arranging the new -rental edile wasitaken last' February. 1ALSO REDUCE VALUATION ! X cith the Commissioners _on their es- | far as they are directed €6 the serve|tinttess. etk company the city heads on'a tour of | ments were reduced in rent from $10 ! In; | Briand Arrested | - As Chicken T hief HOOVER TOINSIST ROUEN, France, August 15.—Police headquarters here, following an epi- aemic ot petty|Secretary Believes Prices chicken coop i % tnerts, recenuy| and Delivery Should Be Fix- sent out instruc- | tions for all the! commissaries of | this district to be on the lookout for suspicious charac- ters and to de- ed if Strike Ends. F»EAB%;RAIVSE [N CoSTS | Competition “for Fuel May Result e their of - {dentity. A young, ambitious , gerndirme, recent- Iy appointed. hafi- ed a pedestriany in Stiff Advances, along the high) road today, who He Says. 1S ‘was not so armed. 0 The gendarme b - escorted hls pris-| ;1 ogigiation by Congress to regu- oner to the near- est police station, [1ate distribution and. prices of coal two miles west u!fdurlnl the winter was declared to- | here, for further examination. “You made a wonderful capture,” |98Y PY Secretary Hoover to be neces- the prisoner told the youthful officer.| 88y even though operations soon are “You are certain to receive a lot of | started in the bituminous and anthra- ¢fedit for this arrest.” | cite flelds. Upon arriving at the station house ' 3 the prisoner was allowed to telephone | The suspension of work in the coal t9 the public prosecutor here, who |flelds, now in the twentieth week, has D Efi:elu'r';m‘grfi];f?e?:np{fi:fli"’ lowered coal stocks, Mr. Hoover ',,..,mk,. of France, who headed the;®2id. that not even immediate and French delegation to the Washington: reasonably full production will re- ;;:;';:"':::ehl:"'dtmm;e:;l;‘e;. He hadimove the necessity of some measure going fithing 2 few iles fomm ‘pio|of regulation during the mext six summer home in a nearby village: |months when the country makes its e i greatest drain on coal supplies. i | The federal coal dfstribution com- |FA"-URE UI: PARI [Y [ mittee, the Commerce Secretary point- |s Bl'flw .[U FRENEH'n!herwl!e they might become unduly { high. " i Price control by voluntary agree- H ment, Mr. Hoover said, has been suc- Poincare Depressed as Dele- | Tuaatir’s fome districts. but indrvid: {ual operators hnv‘e shown a tendency i ito break away from the maximum gates Quit London After ;i3 Preak away Talk on R ti Corbin division of the Loulevilie ang on Reparations. | Nashville railroad, Mr. Hoover said, By the Associated Press. ! virtually ties up ‘coal production in the Harlan flelds, where the output is about 50,000 tons a day. Suspen- LONDON, August 15.—The delegates | 8ion of these mines during the present to the unsuccessful allied conference on | $MeTEENCY Was Tegarded by Mr. German reparations left London today. Means of checking the price situ Premier Lioyd George was represent- | tjon resulting from competition b ed in the firge gathering which.said|tween railroads and public utilities farewell at the station to the French and Italian delegafions by his private secretary, Sir Edward Grige, and For- elgn Secretary Curzon by Sir William ! tafy forces and as an emergency agency and hence cannot continue {to direct distribution indefinitely. Mr. i Hoover also saw the need of imposi- jtion of some statutory control of 1 coal prices during for fuel were considered today by Federzl Fuel Distributor Spencer and the central coal committee, officials said. The committee was working toward a policy of more special pri- orders for coal shipments to Tyrrell. Others present included Sir|°rity railroads_and public utilities, which Robert Horne. chancellor of the exche- | eama mive such fuel movement quer, and the French and Italian am- | right nt‘ ‘way over coal moving under general priorities. Blanket priority orders, it was an- nounced, have been issued for the shipment of coal from the Alabama flelds for the relief of railroads in the | southwest running out, of St. Louis and lines in Illinois running out of Chicago. CANADIAN RAILWAYS » CUT SHOPMEN'S PAY Slash Wages in Spite of Threat of 37,000 Men to Go on Strike. MONTREAL, August 15.—Canadian jrailways today cut the semi-monthly wages of their shopmen sbout $200,- 000, although 37,000 workers had threatened to strike if the action wag taken before the board of conciliation had decided the dispute. - MAJ. D. A. REED TAKES : OATH TOMORROW Announcement of the appointment of Maj. David A. Reed of Pittsburgh to serve out the remainder. of the Senate term of the late Willlam E. Crow, will be made tomorrow and the new - senator will take his seat fifediately, hose. who have talked with Sproul of Pennsylvania, who fs in ‘Washington conferring with officials on the anthracite coal situation. The governor, it was sald, will here to be present when who is the repul the seat, 1® . bassadors. All were in good spirits except Pre- mier Poincare, who was pale and un- smiling. and who refused even to pose for a photograph. Before going to the station the French premier, accom- panied by his staff, visited the grave of the unknown warrior, on which . he placed a wreath of flowers, buund with the French tricolor. Debt Question Paramount. The Italian foreign minister, Schan- ser, topk -occasion before the ad- journment of the conference yzl(er-l day to make a declaration respecting | the importance with which the Ital- ian government -looked . upon the question of the interallied debt. He sald Europe would never be paci- fied, confidence reborn, ~her peoples snd her economic life restored to normal until the question of inter- allled debts was settled. ‘Europe was unable to rise to what might haVe been & great opportunity to put her feet on the road to re-| covery. This is the consénsus of the press comment regarding the failure of the London conference. But as to who was responsible for the failure depends upon whether one accepts. the French or British-viewpoint. Poincare Will Explain Situation at Session Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. PARIS, August 15.—Premier Poin- care, at tomorrow's cabimet meeting, [ ued on , Column 4.) was unanimously approved by conference here at 3:10 p.m. ment commenced immediatel Two—The participants in producing which delegates shall as far as gates to assemble in joint conf tober 2, 1922, method so formulated shall by after provided. CLEVELAND, August 15.—An agreement ending in part the soft coal strike that has been in effect since April 1 last, operators and miners in a joint today. Signing of the agree- The text of the agreement, in part, is as follows: One—All mines of operators represented in this joint conference which are now on strike are to be opened im- mediately upon the execution of supplementary contracts extending to March 31, 1923, the terms, provisions and con- ditions of the contracts affecting such mines as they respect- vely existed on March 31, 1922, except as to renewal or con- nuation clauses in such contracts. this conference agree to send, and this conference invites the bituminous coal operators of the United States to send representative delegates from coal tricts, or from substan 1 groups of operators, possible be representatives of the bituminous coal industry of the United States, such dele- erence in Cleveland, Ohio, Oc- This joint conference shall appoint a committee of equal numbers of representative operators and miners, which com- mittee shall formulate a method to be followed by the bi- tuminous coal industry in the negotiation of wage-scale agreements to become effective -April 1, 1923, and the the committee be reported to the joint conference to be held January 3, 1923, as herein Three—The joint conference convening October 2 shall further select a committee of inquiry, the members of which shall be of commandirg public reputation for character and ability and whose personnel shall be approved by the Presi- By Raral Police. ( GOAL CONTRL dent of the United States. The duty of this committee shail be to develop promptly all of the pertinent facts in regard to | the industry for the benefit alike of the public, the operators and the mine workers. Such investigation shall include every phase of the industry deemed material by the committee of 2 inquiry and such committee shall be furnished with all in- formation desired and aided in every manner possible by the operators and miners alike. In the event such joint conference shall fail to agree i upon the members of such committee of inquiry by October 10, 1922, it shall petition the President of the United States to appoint the members thereof in his discretion and in the event of a vacancy the President is requested to fill same by { appointment. The cost of such committee of inquiry shall led out, is functioning with volun-| the winter or | s { be paid by the industry, one-! Mine Workers of America. of the miners and operators a the committee of inquiry. (A) The wage rate in any allow reasonable opportunity and miners at Cleveland will nation-wide end of the strike, ence, officials of the national today. Anthracite Peace Is PHILADELPHIA, August 15—The conference of anthracite coal oper- ators and union representatives. which, it is predicted, will result in | an immediate resumption of opera- tions in the hard coal flelds, will open tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock In the offices of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company. In making this announcement to- day, Samuel D. Warriner, chairman of the operators’ negotiating commit- | tee, reiterated his belief that the meeting would result in an early set- ! tlement of the strike, and that the | 165,000 hard coal diggers, idle since i April 1, would be back in the mines within a few days. Optimism also | prevailed in the rank and file of the men. Reports from Hazleton and other points in the hard coal region sald there had been much rejoicing \ when it became known that arrange- ments _had been made for reopening the negotiations on the basis of the old wage scale. Lewis May Not Attend. Mr. Warriner sald that he did not know whether John L. Lewis. presi- dent of the United Mine Workers, would be able to attend tomorrow’s meeting, because of the bituminous par] in Cleveland. Should he be unable to get here, the situation prob- ably would be left in the hands of Philip Murray, international vice presi- dent, and the three district presidents of the antharcite fields, Willlam J. Brennan, Thomas Kennedy and C. J. Golden. ' These men were expected to leave Cleveland today. 1In additlon to Mr. Warriner the op- erators will be represented by W. J. Richards, president of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company; W. L. Connell, president of the Green Ridge Coal Company, Scranton, and ‘W. W. Inglis, president of the Glen Alden Coal Company, also of Scranton. TAKES UP FUEL SITUATION. President Confers With Secretary Hoover and Other Officials. The entire coal situation, with spe- clal reference to conditions arising from the anthracite strike and phases of the conference to be held in Phil- adelphia tomorrow between anthra- cite operators in Pennsylvania and half by the operators partici~ pating in the joint conference and one-half by the United Such committee, after developing all the facts, shall make such recommendations as it may deem proper and ad- visable and shall so far as possible embody these recommen- dations in a report to be submitted to the joint conference to be convened January 3, 1923, as hereinafter provided. In order to reach a final and proper determination of the controversy in the bituminous coal industry for the benefit nd the public as well, the fol- lowing principal points are presented for consideration by district shall as far as reason- able be properly competitive within the mining industry and | shall at the same time be fully compensatory to the miners, being sufficient to afford not only a living wage, but also to for accumulating savings. NEW YORK, August 15.—Agreement between operators result in a general acceptance of their terms throughout the coal mining industry and a notwithstanding the relatively small representation of operators at the Cleveland confer- coal association declared here Expected Soon; To Follow Conference Tomorrow | officials of the United Mine Worke of America, was discussed White House conference 1 | President Harding. Secr. | Gov. Sproul of Pennsylv: to the At the Senator E that “adjustment of differences for the time being at least” would he jaccomplished at the Ph#ladelphia I meeting. Senator Pepper explained that he had given the President all the de- tails of the recent negotiations with the operators in Philadelphia after he had been “commissioned by the President to induce the operators™ to imeet in joint conference, with John L. Leéwis. president of the United | Mine Workers. Last night's confer- |ence, it was added. was arranged at | the suggestion of the President. when ke learned that Gov. Sproul was to arrive in Washington yesterday. COAL ALLOTMENT ASKED BY VIRGINIA i Senator Swanson Heads Delegation Making Demand in Behalf of Essential Industries. Requirements of southern coal con- sumers were under discussion vester- day by the federal fuel committee. Senator Swanson, Representatives Harrison and Bland and Maj. Alex- ander Forward, state fuel adminis- trator for Virginia, headed a delega- tion of citizens of that state who ap- plied to Mr. Spencer for allotment of coal for distribution among essential industries in accordance with plans | of the federal organization. The central committee suggested that an organization be set up in Vir- ginia to co-operate with the state fuel administrator in the distribution of fuel supplies along the lines adopt- ed in other states. The fuel situation in South Carolina was discussed with a delegation from that state and, according to commit- tee officlals. fuel distribution was re- ported to be progressing satisfactorily in South Carolina. with dvailable sup- plies being distributed to those in- dustries where the meed was most keen. \ }