Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1922, Page 1

- ¢ Tn / Member of the Associated Press ‘The Associated Press fs exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published hereln. All rights of publieation of special disputehes herein are 2iso reserved. WEATHER. Thundershowers late this aft or tonight: tomorrow partly clout and not quite so warm. ‘Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 91, at 3:30 pm. yesterday; iowest, 73, at § i a.m. today. Full report on page 8. . Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 15 Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. . No. 28,600. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1922—TWENTY-TWO PAGES. LAW MUST RULE IN STRIKE, ' PRESIDENT TELLS CONGRESS; RAIL CONFERENCE AGAIN FAILS Says‘U_. S.Power Will Protect Its Citizens. NATIONAL COAL AGENCY URGED Esch-Cummins’ Act Held Powerless In Decisions. Ry the Associated Press. President Harding announced to Congress and to the country today that his administration, having ex- hausted every means for a settle- ment of the rail and coal strikes, now was resolved “to use all the power of the government to main- tain transportation and sustain the right of men to work.” Accounting for his course during the yecent troubles in an address to the Fenate and House, the President said he did not propose to ask for any *hasty action” by Congress in the yallroad strike, butthat authority should be given to set up a commission to make a_sweeping investigation into the coal industry “to reveal every phase of coal production, sale and distribution. Ask Coal Agenmcy. As one measure in the coal situation, however, the President asked for the creation of a temporary national coal agency to purchase, sell and distribute coal in interstate shipment as an “in- strumentality of guarding the public in- terest where private consclence is in- sensible to a public need.” Groups who take the law into their own hands, the-President sald, and attempt to_control for their own pur- poses the resources of the whole peo- ple can only be regarded as perils to public safety. He said neither em- Ployers nor employes could entirely escape responsibility for the present ndustrial situation, but he condemned n particular the ‘shocking crime at errin, 11, and described recent ajlway troubles as “a state of law- {easnesn shocking to every conception ©f American law and order.” Views on Rail Strike. Summing up his discussion of the rall strike, the President gaid: “It is not my thought to ask Com- gress to deal with these fundamental problems at this time. “No_hasty action would contribute to the solution of the present critical situ- ation. There is existing law by which 40 settle the prevailing disputes. There are statutes forbidding conspiracy to hinder interstate commerce. o are laws to assure the highest possible safety in railway service. It is my purpose to invoke these laws, civil and criminal, against all offenders alike.” Though he pronounced the law creat- ing the Rallway Labor Board as in- ndequate, Mr. Harding said that “no perfection of it by Congress at this smoment could be helpful in the present threatened paralysis of transportation.” Discusses Herrin Massacre. In his sharply worded .discussion of the Herrin massacre the President declared he felt “a pitiable sense of federal importance,” but could not jaterpose legally to mend the “mock- ery of local inquiry and the failure of justice” which had resulted from the’ efforts of lllinois state officials. A law giving the national govern: ment authority to protect aliens, he sald, would relieve some of the em- barrassment felt here because of the protest of foreign governments . that their nationals suffered in the Herrin “butchery.” “The bestowal of the jurisdiction fecessary to enable federal courts to act appropriately,” declared the Presi- dent, “will open the way to. punish barbarity and butchery at Herrin, or elsewhere, no matter in whose name or for what purpose the insufferable outrage is committed.” Announcing his decision to invoke 1l pertinent laws in the interest of ledulll‘ al restoration, the President used carefully chosen language to epply his strictures to both employers @nd employes. Must Impress Comgress. “Surely,” he sald, “the threatening conditions must impress the Congress and the country that no body of men, whether limited in numbers and re- sponsible for rallway management; or powerful in numbers and the neces- sary forces in railroad operation, shall be permitted to choose a course which 80 Imperils public welfare. Neither organizations of employers nor work- ingmen's unions may escape respon- sibility. When related to 'a public service, the mere fact of organization magnifies that responsibility and pub- lic interest transcends that of either grouped capital or organized labor.” At_the same time, however, Mr. Harding said, he had “come to a praise another element” in the pres- ent industrial situation which he held n some degree responsible for strikes. Scores “Other Element.” “1 refer,” he said, “to the wlrllrel on the unions of labor. The govern- | ment has no sympathy- or approval for this element of discord in the ranks of industry. Any legislation in the future must be as free from this element of trouble making: as it is from labor extremists who strive for class domination.” . Supporting his request for a fem- porary national coal agency, Presi- dent Harding warned Congress that, although the “skies are clearing” in the coal situation, a recurrence of QdiMculty might be expected next April, when wage contracts now being made are to be renewed, unless a cure were provided for the funda- mental ils affecting the industry, President Wins Generous - Applause in Plea for Law " and Order During Strikes The President's announcemeént of his purpose to maintain - order in strikes and to protect workmen in thelr rights was received with much applause. He came to Con gress, as he announced at the outset of his ad- Eflm;flm Page 3, Column 6.) - N TEXT OF PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS TO CONGRESS ON STRIKE CRISIS The text of the President's address to Congress on the railroad strike crisis follows: Gentlemen of the Congress: It is manifestly my duty to bring to Your attention the industrial situation which confronts the country. The situation growing out of the prevailing railway and coal-mining strikes is so serious, S0 menacing to the nation’s wel- fare, that I should be remiss if I failed frankly to lay the matter /before you and at the same time acquaint you and the whole people with such efforts as the executive branch of the government has made by the voluntary exercise of its good offices to effect a settle- ment. The suspension of the coal in- dustry dates back to last April 1, when the working agreement be- tween mine operators and the United Mine Workers came to an end. Anticipating that expiration of contract, which was negotiated with the government's sanction in 1920, the present administration sought, as early as last October, conferences between the operators and miners in order to facilitate either a new or extended agree- ment in order to avold any suspen- sion of production when April 1 arrived. At that time the mine workers declined to confer, though the operators were agréeable, the mine workers excusing their decli- nation on the ground that the union officials could have no au- thority to negotiate until after their annual convention. Peace Efforts Falled. A short time prior to the expira- tion of the working agreement the mine workers invited a conference with the operators in the central competitive fleld, covering the states of Pennsylvania Ohio, In- diana and Illinols, and in spite of the union declination of the gov- ernment’s informal suggestion for the conference, five months before, the government, informally but sincerely, commended the confer- ence, but it was declined by certain groups of operators, and the coal- mining controversy ended in the strike of April 1. It was instantly made nation-wide, 80 far as the organized mine workers could con- trol, and Included many districts in the bituminous fleld where there was neither grievance nor dispute, and effected a complete tie-up of the production in the anthracite fleld. It is to be noted that when the suspension began large stocks of coal were on hand, mined at wages higher than those paid during the war, there was only the buying impelled by necessity, and there was a belief that coal must yield to the postwar readjustment. When the stocks on hand began to reach such’ diminution as to menace in- dustry and hinder transportation, approximately June 1, overtures were initiated by the government in the hope of expediting settle- ment. None of these availed. In- dividual and district tenders of settlement on the part of opera- tors—in some instances appeals for settlement—were wholly una- vailing. The dominant groups among the operators were insist- ent on having district agreements; the dominant mine workers were demanding a -nation-wide settle- ment. The government being with- out authority to enforce a strike settlement in the coal industry, eould only volunteer its good offices in finding a way of adjust- ment. Conference Called Here. Accordingly, a conference of the coal operators’ assoclations and the general and district officials of the United Mine Workers was called to meet in Washington on July 1. The designation of repre- sentation was left to the officials of the varlous organizations, and there was nation-wide representa- tion, except from the mon-union fields of the country. Before the joint meeting I expressed the deep concern of the country and invited them to meet at a conference table and end the disputes between them. The conference did not de- velop even a hope. The operators were asking for their district or territorial conferences; the work- ers demanded national settlement on-old bases. Appraising correct- ly the‘hopelessness of the situa- tion, I again invited both operat- ors and workers to meet with me, and ‘tendered a means of settle- ment 8o justly inspired that it was dificult to see how any one be- lieving in industrial peace and jus- tice to all concerned could decline it. In substance, it called on the operators to open -their mines, on the mine workers to resume work at the same pay and under the same working conditions as pre- vajled at the time the strike be- gan. In turn, the government was to create at omce a coal commis- sion, or two of them, if preferred by all parties to the dispute, 2o that one could deal with the bitu- minous situation, the other with the problems in the anthracite fleld. Among the commissioners were to be representatives of the op- erators, representatives of the mine workers and ‘otstanding, disinterested and able represen- tatives of the American public. The .commission ‘wak to be in- structed to direct its &nt inquiry. to the rate of wage to be pald for the period ending next April 1, and then to enter upon & fact- finding inquiry into every phase of the industry and point the way to avoid future suspensions in pro- duction. The disputants all in- dorsed the suggestion of a fact- finding commission. The anthra- cite operators promptly accepted the entire proposal The mine workers refused to resume work under the arbitration plan. The majority of the bituminous oper- ators filed an acceptance, but a considerable minority declined the the proposal. Mine Workers Refuse. Under these circumstances, hav- ing no authority to demand com- pliance, the government had no other course than to invite a re- sumption of production under the rights of all parties to the contro- versy, with assurance of govern- ment protection of each and every one in his lawful pursuits. This fact was communicated to the gov- ernors of all coal-producing states, and, with two. exceptions, assur- ances of maintained law and order ‘Were promptly given. In some in- starices concrete proof of effective readiness to protect all men, strikers and non-striking work- men alike, was promptly glven. But little or no new production followed. The simple but signifi- cant truth was revealed that, ex- cept for such coal as comes from the districts worked by non-or- ganized miners, the country Is at the mercy of the United Mine ‘Workers. Governors in various states re- ported that their operators and miners had no dispute and were eager to resume production. Di trict leaders Informed me that thelr workmen were anxious to return to their jobs, but that they Wwere not permitted to do so. Hun- dreds of wives of workmen have addressed the White House, be- seeching a settlement, alleging that they knew no grievaace, and there is an unending story of ap- peals for relief where necessity or suffering were impelling, where a mere expression of need ought to find ready compliance. Government Remains Neutral. At every stage the government has been a just neutral regarding wage scales and working con- tracts. There are fundamental evils in our present system of producing and distribution, which make the wage problem difficult. In the bituminous coal fields are vastly more mines than are requi- site to the country’s needs, and there are 200,000 more mine work- ers than are needed to produce in continuous employment the country’s normal requirements. By continuous employment I mean approximately 280 working days in the year. In many in- stances last year men were em- ployed less than 150 days—in some cases much fewer than that. In the overmanned sections men di- vide the working time, and high Wwages are necessary to meet the cost of the barest living. Inter- rupted transportation, sorely broken employment, the failure to develop storage against en- larged demands and inadequate carrying—all these present prob- lems bearing on righteous wage adjustment, and demand con- structive solution Because of these things, because of the impressions of many cases of unjustifiable profits in the in- dustry, and because public inter- est demands investigation, and demands the findings of facts be given to the public, I am asking at your hands the authority to create a commission to make a searching investigation into the whole coal industry, with pro- vision for its lawful activities and . the bestowal of authority to reveal every phase of coal production, sale, and distribu- “tion. I am speaking now on be- half of the mine workers, mine operators and the American pub- lic. It will bring protection to all and point the way to con- tinuity of production and the bet- ter economic functioning of the industry in the future. The necessity for such a search- ing natio) investigation - with constructive recommendatibn is imperative. At the moment the coal skies are clearing, but un- less we find a cure for the econ- omic ills which affect the indus- try and therein find a basis for righteous relationship, we shall be faced with a like ménacing situation on mext April 1 on the expiration of the wage contracts Which are now being made. Government Agency. Essential. The need for such investigation and independent consideration is revealel by both operators and mine workers in the provision in the Cleveland agreement so re- cently made. The government will gladly co-operate with the indus- try in this program so far as it is the public interest so to do, bt I have an unalterable conviction that no lasting ntllhe\‘:n or worth-while results will ensue un- less we may have a government commissjon, Independent of the in- dustry, clothed with authority by the Congress to search deeply, so that it may adyise as to fair wages-and as to conditions of la- 2 L 3¥ No Agreemeflt Is Reached by Mediators HOPE PREVAILS OVER OUTCOME Conference at N. Y. To Be Continued Over Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 18.—Belief that no definite agreement for settle- ment of the shop crafts’ strike would be reached today was expressed by Warren S. Stone, head of the Broth- erhood of Locomotive Engineers, shortly before 1 o'clock on leaving the conference between brotherhood men and executives. After having attended the| session for two hours, Mr. Stone left for the uptown hotel where shop crafts lead- ers are quartered for a conference. He said he did not expect to return before 3 o'clock. Mr. Stone sald no definite agree- ment had been reached so far and that he believed the conference would have to extend beyond today. The labor leader, who earlier in the day asserted a settlement must be Teached at these conferences, professed himsit still optimistic about the out- come. “I'm still smiling.” he said (o news- paper men. “I suppose you boys wlill write a column about that smile. It took me thirty years to learn how to Mr. Stone explained he did not be- lieve there could be a settlement to- day, because whatever plan they had would have to be referred by both sides to their constituents. Otkers Hurry Away. The other four rallroad leaders serving on the mediation committee of the brotherhoods, followed Mr. Stone out of the meeting and hur- ried to the hotel. It was not an- nounced at that time when the com- mittees would resume their parley. The general impression prevailing around the conference. chumber at the noon recess was that the con- ferees had come down to cases and that Some definite program was un- der discussion. In this connection were - recalled dispatches from Wash- ington, quoting Senator Watson of Indiana as outlining a proposal for :,-htltclr:n’\l:nt ?d:hthuh:eniorlly question, #aid he had gleaned ovei long-diatance telephone. TR Proposal Unconfirmed. This proposal, which could not be confirmed here, was that loyal employes should head the seniority list, with strikers second and new employes third—as many of the recruits to be retained as possible. Mr. Stone, before leaving for the conference ‘with labor leaders up- town, implied he had a definite prop- osition to put before them. Nelther Howard Ellfott nor Julius K. Kruttachnitt, members of the ex- ecutives committee, would comment on this when they left the chamber, asserting that anything Mr. Stone sald was up to him. As for them- selves, they declined to say whether any definite program was under dis- cussion or whether agreement had been reached on any part of it. W. L. Mapother of the Loulaville and Nashville, a member of the exec- utives’ committee, left the chamber, refusing point-blank to discuss any information concerning the conference which Senator Watson, adviser to President Harding in the rail con- terence, said he had obtained by tele- phone. Four Hours’ Debate Yesterday. For more than four hours yesterday the labor men and railroad presidents debated the ground upon which the walkout must end, without success. Labor men, after the conference, ex- pressed belief that progress had been made toward a favorable settlement, but one executive ventured the opinion that at the hour of adjourn- ment agreement was still far distant. The offictal communique officially stated that no decision had been reached. ‘While official information as to what developed at the conference was lack- ing, the understanding was that de- bate had centered on the question of seniority. This apparently was borne out by the action of executives in sending for decisions of the Railroad Labor Board on the question of seniority in other railroad strikes. Representatives of stationary work- ers, assembled in an uptown hotel watching the progress of the parleys going on at the headquarters of th Association of Railway Executives, made it plain in informal comment that they regarded it essential that the roads take the strikers back with seniority unim- paired. They contended that so many bad order cars now were piling up that the roads, called upon to transport vast quantities of coal before the winter motnlh!,‘hwould need great numbers of extra shopmen to speed up repairs. This, they asserted, would make dis- {charge of new employes unnecessary and offset the contention of executives that to restore strikers would mean dis- charge of new employes, and that this would be unfair tq the new recruits. LIVING COSTS BAR MARRIED TEACHERS AT NORTHWESTERN By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 18.—Cost of liv- ing and social demands are so exces- sive In Evanston, 111, site of North- western University, that the school no "longer will employ married in- structors, according to Prof. Roy O. Clickinger, dean of the college of liberal arts. Northwestern salaries are equal to those paid in other uni- versit! but Evanston’s cost of liv- ing and social dmg‘nd are such that some of the married instructors have had to_tutor during time away from o 00l classrooms, and in some stances wives of instructors ha had to accept employment in exclu sive Evanston to meet expenses. Rather than have the burden of worries reflected in the class- has sent out word no for the. fall term. 12 DEATHS TIL I FOREST FRE Terror of Flames in North Woods Described by Refugees. THREE TOWNS DESTROYED Rain or Calm Hope of Saving Vast Additional Area Under Na- tional Guard. ¥ By the Associated Press. DULUTH, Minn,, August 18.—Fears that the death toll from the forest fires raging in northern Minnesota would go beyond the reported total of twelve when additional advices were received, today from the flame- swept areas, were expressed by scores of refugees who were arriv- ing hourly from all sections of the north woods. - While 400 Minnesota national guardsmen, under command of Ad- jutant General W. F. Rhinow, con- tinued today the work of succoring the refugees, more than 2,000 forest rangers, settlers and others redoubled their efforts in fighting the flames, which already -have destroved three small _towns—Cotton, Coentral Lakes and White Face. Rain or Calm Needed. The fate of a score of other tiny settlements scattered over St. Louis and Lake countiés hung on the weather today. Only rain or a calm could save these ~places. Terrific winds were the ch:t enemies of the fire-fighters yesterday. em: fires were reported early to- day in several sections, including one at Cronigen, eight miles northeast of Hinckley, and another at Deer- wood, Emeb and Sherwin, north of Two Harbors, nenrflLflke Sul?erl:r, word that flames were be- o n while ten miles min menacing, creasing signs of activity. o atar of the 1913 holocaust northern Minnesota, when more than four hundred persons lost their lives, hundreds of persons abandoned thelr homes, live stock, and, in fact, every- thing they owned. The main thought of the women and children was to reach a haven of safety. Most of the men re- mained behind to aid fire fighters. Refugees Crowd Roads. Last night and today all main roads leading to Duluth, Eveleth and other northern villages. were crowded with fleeing women and children. Duluth national guardsmen and other citizens manned trucks and pleasure automobiles and ‘went far Into the Country to meet the plodding villagers and aided them in reaching hastily es- tablished relief stations, supervised by the Red Cross here. Chief among the scores directing this work was Gov. Preus of Minneso- ta, who came here yesterday to make plans for speeding up coal shipments to The morthwest. The governor, after or- dering out five companies of guardsmen and six airplanes, stayed up most of the night arranging for food, cots and other necessities for comfort at the armary for the arrival from the country. Rellet Trains Seat Out. Relief trains from Virginia and Du- luth were also sent out to the Kelsey region to aid in bringing in menaced inhabitants, At daybreak three National Guard airplanes, one equipped with wireless, hopped off to reconnoiter and repol on conditions this morning to Gen. Rhinéw, W. T. Cox, state forester, who arrived early today from St Paul, and Gov. Preus. The reported dead today included Mr. and Mrs. Donald and their four children, all of White Face, and six members of a family named Neimi- ach at Markham. In addition, four other persons were said to be un- accounted for at White Face. A wall of fire surrounding the Neimiach home prevented Capt. Leo M. Perke and two other guardsmen from rescuing the family, the captain in said today. A wireless message from the steamer Hamonic, due here this morning, was to the effect that Tofts, a village on the north shore of Lake Superior, was burning. Meager ad- vices trickling in here had Drum- mond, in Bayfield county, Wis., virtu- ally surrounded by flames. Swinging from the southwest to the northwest today, a fifteen-mile wind was fanning forest fires in the Kel- sey, Cotton, Whiteface district, plac- ing the three towns in a more pre- carlous position than yesterday. Adjt. Gen. Walter F. Rhinow or- dered all available men of the Duluth Tank Corps to Kelsey for rellef work and if necessary to aid in fighting the mes. =~ It is estimated more than 200 fires are burning in the forest sections of the state. The majoril 'a'iu'.“ ?tg’-, but the tinderlike m::- lon O e W e8 even e smallest fire &' potential menace. - of them are | the 7 |FORTUNE TELLER’S PROPHECY PROVES | FAILURE IN COURT| PEORIA, Til, August 18.—Mme. Frankie Octavius de Vinnese Hada was arraigned yesterday before Mag- istrate Frank Hall on a charge of maintaining a nuisance at her home, where she tells fortunes. “If you are a fortune teller, tell me wha! 1 am going to @0 with your the magistrate asked her. hy, the dear judge is going to dismiss’ my case,” the soothsayer prophesied. : “The dear judge is not,” replied the justice dispenser. “The dear judge ig going to fine you $30.50.” D. C. HANDICAPPED BY BUDGET RULING -— Committee Revives Old Com- plaint in Cutting Down Es- timates by $3,000,000. MAY SLASH SCHOOL FUND i Increase in Clerk Salaries Likely to Be Abandoned by City Heads. District officials, cutting their an- nual estimates in compliance with the direction of the budget bureau, are in somewhat the position of the man who chased his hat for several blocks, only to have a gust of wind carry it fartheg on as he stooped to pick it up. For years the Commissioners wer required by law not to ask for more in their estimates than twice the clty’s revenue. i Year after year they petitioned Comgress to remove the limitation so that they might present all of the District’s needs to the appropriation committees. This ycar their praver was answered and Congress, in pass- ing the current appropriation act, re- moved the restriction. Budget Bureau Economy. The budget bureau, however, im- pelled by the need for economy in government expenses, deemed it nec- essary to direct the Commissioners not to exceed $24,500,000, which is less than twice the estimated revenue of the city for this year. Thus, the day when the District government may lay its accumulated needs before Congress once more ap- parently has slipped away, like the hat caught in ‘the wind. The Commissioners are in session agaln today on the estimates of thelr department heads, bringing them |down from the tentative total of $27,700,000 to the maximum figure | fixea by the budget office. ‘After today's meeting work on the budget will be temporarily halted until next week, when the Commis- sloners expect to confer with Su- perintendent of Schools Ballou and officers of the board of education on the estimiates for the school system.| The. school board estimates, as sent | to the District building, amounted,; in round numbers,.to $8,400,000, in- cluding regular maintenance and re- quests . for - mew buildings and grounds. Schools _Are Affected. 1t actically certain that the schan? 1tams will have to bear a part of the $3.000,000 reduction which the Commissioners must make in the bud- get. The school budget may have to {be brought down to approximately 000,000. I as rellably reported at the Dis- trict building today that the Commis- sioners would eliminate the item of $400,000 for increasing . salaries of clerks, the only group of city workers whose basic pay has not been increas- ed in many years. Tt the city heads cut out the salary increases it will be solely because of the need for economy and not because they do mot recognize the justice in the clerks’ claim. SLAIN; ROBBED OF $7,000. Baltimore Paymaster Shot; Com- - panion ‘Badly Beaten. BALTIMORE, August 18.—William B. Norrls, secretary-treasurer .of Hicks, Tase & Norris, Inc, builders, was shot to death at Park and Madison avenues today by unidentified bandits, who robbed him of the company’s pay roll amounting,to approximately $7,000. Frederick W. Kuethe, a bookkeeper of who panied Mr. o inisensibllity by escaped in auto- NOBOX, NOMALL! 1S POSTAL RULING: Carriers Instructed to Pass All New Houses Not Hav- ing Receptacles. BARTLETT ISSUES ORDER | Hundreds of Washingtonians Hit by Drastic Requirement—Bet- | ter Service Aim. No mail box—no mail. That is the edict that went forth | from the Post Office Department to- day as the first step to enforce the installation of mail boxes or recep- tacles at residences. Such homes as do not provide re- ceptacles will not have mail deliv-| ered to them, it was announced. For the present the order will be enforc- ed against new homes, which, if not| so equipped, will be refused carrier| . Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 83,566 TWO CENTS. HARD COAL PARLEY CONTINUES EFFORT T0 FIXNEW SCALE Both Sides Optimistic as Conference Is Resumed. Agreement in Sight. DEMAND LONG CONTRACT Miners Satisfied With Present Wage, But Want Long-Term Settlement. PHILADELPHIA, August 18.—Mem- bers of the negotiations committees of the anthracite miners and opera- tors today continued to hold the optimistic attitude manifested after the first conference yesterday, but both turned deaf ears to questions, declaring that the joint statement was all that could be said at present. The conference was to be resumed this afternoon. “Do you think it will be possible to reach an agreement today?” John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, was asked. “I cannot venture to say what we will do today,” he answered. Joseph A. Gorman, secretary of the anthracite board of conciliation and secretary of the meeting, said: “Mr. Warriner and Mr. Lewis have Loth agreed to remain quiet about the details of the meeting untll they can hold separate consultation with their committees.” The main jssue involved concerns Wwages. In a pre-conference announce- ment, the operators agreed to take back the miners at the old wage scale, While the miners waived their demand for a 20 per cent increase. It was understood, however, that the operators would only >xtend the 0ld wage scale agreement until next April, whereas the miners desired a long-term contract if they agreed to resume work at the former rate. The point was understood to have been made that if mining were to be ré- sumed with the old, scale standing only until April, ancther suspension then might have to be fac-d. Mine workers' officials were sald to be in favor of a two to thre 28 tavor e year agrce WANT ARBITRATION. CHICAGO. August 18.—Arbitration and a separate state agreement were the chief issues between Illinols coal ors and miners in gperato as their meeting Frank Farrington, president of the Illinois miners, went into the confer- ence with the proposal that the oper- ators agree to a staté wage contract on the basis of the Cleveland confer- ence, by which a partial settlement of the nation-wide coal strike was made. Operators have pointed out that the Cleveland agreement did not call for arbitration and separate state agreements, the two chief points on which Illinois and Indiana operators insisted. service. Washingtonians by the who have moved into newly houses will have to provide mail| boxes on their front porches or g0 without delivery. i Bartlett Explains Rule. | hundreds | built | “Carrier delivery should not be ex- | tended to any new dwellings erected | in your city not equipped with a suitable receptacle,” First Assistant Postmaster General Bartlett declared in an order issued today to postmas- ! ters throughout the country. | “When a patron changes his resi- | dence also he will be required to pro- vide a receptacle at his new address before being accorded delivery serv- ice,” Gov. Bartlett continued. He | urged postmasters to make every ef- fort to induce citizens lo install mail receptacles at their front doors, so | that city carriers would not have to stop and ring doorbells or wait for maids to answer the doors. Absence of the home mail boxes| not only tends to inconvenience the | patrons, thc first assistant declared, but is directly responsible for in- | ferior service through delaying the carrier in making the rounds of his route. Urges Patrons to Help. “We havé never enforced the home mail box proposition,-but the time has come when we have to make a move in that direction,” M. Bartlett | said. “The postal service is intensely ! co-operative, the patrons have their part to play, and this is one thing they can do to help us help them.” Gov. Bartlett stated that in case there were twelve new homes in a row, and ten of the householders had | maii receptacles installed at their front doors, and two of them did not, the obedient ten will get their mail, but the disobedient two will have the letter carrier pass them by. The new order was interpreted as applying to strictly new houses in Wwhich persons move from now on. It is not understood that the order is retroactive. In this city, however, it undoubtedly will apply to hundreds of owners who will move into new homes thin fall. The order also contains aprovision which evidently is aimed at persons in old houses; that is, when these per- sons shall move into another house, whether it is old or new, they shall be required to install a mail box be- fore being accorded delivery service. Former Drive Success. ‘The Washington city post office last year conducted an intensive cam paign to induce residents to install boxes, and was quite successful, hun- dreds of receptacles being placed at front doors. No commands were is- sued, however, only the advantages of such boxes being pointed out. The local office, it was intimated today, of course, will enforce the order. Residents are waiting to see just how it will be done, and exdctly What will constitute a “new house.” ‘Will some residents have to call at the main city post office every day for their mail, as if they were in a country. village, as the result of the new order? That is one of the inter- esting questions raised. “I do not care what kind of a re- ceptacle they put up,” Gov. Bartlett sald. “They can put out a basket as far as the department cares.’ HOPS OFF FOR MIAMI. ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., August 18 —Despite unfavorable weather conditions, the seaplane Sampaio Cor- reia. in which Lieut. Walter Hinton is flying from New York to Rio de eiro, {l:: second leg of the long trip. Lieut. Hinton said he expected to reach Nassau or Miami before night. left Manteo this morning for | REORGIA AVENUE PAVING URGED Forcgs have been joined by as- sociations and individuals to bring about the improvement of Georgia avenue from Florida avenue to Ken- yon street northwest. Plans for a campaign to accom- plish the improvement were decided upon at a meeting last night of representatives of the Mid-City, Howard Park and Columbia Heights citizens' associations, a number_ of business organizations, Howard Uni- versity, Freedman's Hospital and the ;Washlnzlon base ball club. A resolution calling attention-ta the “miserable, unsightly and uneven condition of the surface of Georgia avenue and urging its immediate improvement” was adopted and will be forwarded to the District Com- missioners, and a committee was named to conduct the campaign to be waged until the improvement is made. K. W. Corby was named as chairman of this committee and fhose who will serve with him are Dr. Emmett J. Scott, W. I. Swanton, D: J. C. Buchanan, Edward B. Eynon, Jr. Vincent L. Toomey and Dr. Daniel E. Wiseman. Driscoll Leads Meeting. This combination of forces was brought about by A. J. Driscoll, pres- idena of the Mid-city association. whose attention to the necessity for the street improvement was called by the trustees of Howard Univer- sity and Clark Griffith, president of the Washington ball club. Mr. Driscoll presided at the meeting and there was a general discussion before the adoption of the resolution and ap- pointment of the committee to wage the campaign. In substance the reso- lution read: “The present condition of Georgla avenue northwest from 7th street and Florida avenue to Kenyon street.is s0 poor as to warrant immediate re- surfacing. “On_account of the miserable, un- sightly and uneven condition of said paving traffic is naturally diverted west to the better pavéd Sherman avenue, causing congestion that could and would be avolded were this small section of Georgia avenue paved in conformity with the entire sections. Both north of Kenyon street and south of Florida avenue. Be it resolved by the Mid-city Cit- izens’ Association, in meeting assem- bled, co-operating. as it is our earnest desire to so do, with our neighboring associations on the north, do most sincerely and earnestly petition the honorable board of District Commis- sioners to improve the roadway on Georgia gvenue from 7th street’ and Florida Mvenyre to Kenyon street northwest with an up-to-date pav- ing.” Those who signed the resolution are: A. J. Driscoll, Bates M. Stovall, M. Mahaney, Dr. M. H. Darnall, Dr. J. C. Buchanan, A. E. Burlingame, Joseph A. Geier, Vincent A. Toomay, A. F. Burgess and Frank M. Helan. al of the Mid-City association: Dr. Willlam A. Warfield, surgeon in charge of Freedmen's Hospital: W. I. Swanton, secretary Columbia Heights Citizens’ Association: K. W. Corby, represent- ing Corby Baking Company; Emmet J. Scott., secretary and treasurer Howard University; Edward B. Ey- non, jr.. secretary Washington base ball club, and Rev. D. E. Wiseman, sident’ Howard Park Citizens’ As- oclation. The Park View Citizens' ABsocia- tion, while not represented at the eeting, has promised its co-operar jon