Evening Star Newspaper, September 1, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER Fair tonight; tomorrow unsettied: m ended at 2 p.m. today: Hi 2 p.m. yesterday m. today Full report on page 4. 1d temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours Lowest, 60, at §:30 cloudy and ghest, §6, at ch Closing N._’YVLStocks and Bonds, Page lg post g 77 stered 28,977. i« office W No. ond-cluss matter shington, D. C. WASHINGTON, ITALY WILL HOLD CORFU . UNTIL GREECE YIELDS; SENDS MORE WARSHIPS Both Nations Make Ready for Battle, Reports Show. LEAGUE WILL ACT ON GRAVE ISSUE TODAY | Britain Indicates She May Intervene as Last Resort. Byt ated Press. The Italian bombardment of Corfu s caused a profound impression throughout the world, particularly at the allied capitals and at Geneva, where the league of nations is in session. Italian forces continue to hold the island of Corfu, which lies off the Greek coast. The bombardment, in which f killed and many wounded, is now officially teen persons were confirmed Ttaly announces that the occupa- tion will be the limit to enforce tions, of Corfu Italian probably ot action Greece peal to the relief, st Italian invasion. The Greek minister of foreign ai- fairs detlures that Italy’s occupation ‘a nnounces that if her ap- league of nations fails of 1e will defend herself against of Corfu can only be regarded as hostile act Italy h Coriu will be e t meets for assassination ed Greece that acuted if the Athens Premier Musso- satisfaction for of Tellini's noti governme lini's demands the Gen. Greek: Government Believed Tottering; Panic in Athens Bank By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 1.—A Central Newws dixpatch from Rome, dated Friday, says that, a ding ad from Athenx, the Greek internal sit- uation Ix very critical and that the position of the government ix untenable. Exchange hax fallen and there wax a panfe at the bank. LEAGUE AT CRISIS IN SETTLING Row Delegates See Body on Trial in Deciding Greco-Italian Dispute Now. cen [ | | I Byt | jof | career. Associated Press GENEVA, September 1.—The league nations at the crisis of its ! This was the feeling today "U( all the delegates to the fourth ;:Ke-mhl_\' and council members as they heard the news that Greece had ;dc-'ulm! to appeal to the league to jsettle her differences with Italy. | The general opinion is that the ;lv:tuuv is on trial, but every one is jconfident that it will be able to effect @ peaceful and just settlement, not- withstanding the precipitate action »f Italy in occupying Corfu. | A-communication from Greece sub- imitting the crisis to the league was received today at the league head- jauarters, thus automatically bringing the conflict before the council of the league, Council Meets Today. The council has been called to Isle Bombardment Held War Move, by England. APPREHENSION FELT | IN HIGHEST CIRCLES Hopes to Avoid Actual Involvement Unless Move Is Vital. By the Associated Press. ATHENS, September 1.—Greece will abide by the decision of the | league of nations in the dispute with Ttaly, Premier Gonatas an- nounced to the =pFess after the cabinet meeting today. The premlier sald that the forts the Itallan squadron had bombard- ed at Corfu had been placed at the disposal of the Near East Rellef by the Greek government for the housing of refugee orphans. The premier announced officially that ome of the orphans were killed and said that, although he did not know the exact number, he under- stood It was fifteen. By the Associated Press. LONDON, September 1.—Italy’s ac- tion in bombarding and occupying Corfu in contravention of the neu- trality of the island, guaranteed in perpetuity by the treaty of 1864, in which Great Britain ceded Corfu to Greece, is considered in military and diplomatic quarters in London as tantamount to a declaration of war upon Greece and as constituting a flagrant violation of international law. The greatest apprehension is felt { over possible further moves by Italy. If Italy should ignore the interven- tion of the league of nations and the | ¢ Fpering , D. C, SATURDAY, WOMAN RECDUNS PYPLORERS DEATH Eskimo Only Survivor of by Noice Expedition. ! | NOME, Alaska, September 1.—An { Exkimo woman, the sole survivor of !the Crawford expedition, which left | here for Wrangell Island, off the northern coast of Siberia, in the fall Wrangell Island Party Found| SEPTEMBER 1, | Practicail * Star. 1923. FEAR GREAT TRAGEDY | ASQUAKEROCKS JAPAN Yokohama Reported Ablaze, While Serious Damage Is Done in Tokio and Other Places. Br the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, September 1.— the entire city of Yoko- hama is afire, and numerous casual- ties have occurred as a result of a conflagration which broke out after a “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is dchivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. | Yesterday's Net Circulation, 87,801 1923 —-TWENTY-SIX PAGES. TWO CENTS. 1 Practically Entirely day. Practically whole city ablaze. Numerous casualties. 17 MILES FROM CAPITAL. ! There COAL PARLEY BREAKS UP UNTIL WEDNESDAY; PEACE HOPES GROWVING 155;000 Workers Strike, But Neither Side Is Planning Long Tie-Up, Is Said. PINCHOT BELIEVES THAT PEACE PLAN WILL BE ACCEPTED SOON Last of Coal Hauled From Mines, While Strike Is Made Complete as Anthra- cite Field Is Deserted. By the Associated Dress. HARRISBURG, Pa., September 1.—The conference of anthra- cite operators and miners’ representatives, which reconvened at 10 o'clock today to resume consideration of Gov. Pinchot’s peace set- tlement plans, adjourned at 11:07 until 2 p.m. next Wednesday. Gov. Pinchot, at the close of today’s session, expressed himself as much encouraged. The suspension, however, will continue, he said, during the recess, which was agreed to, the governor ex- plained, at the suggestion of both sides. Spokesmen for both sides of the controversy left town imme- diately after, declaring their positions unchanged. Differences over the governor’s proposal for a 10 per cent wage in- crease to all anthracite mine workers and over arbitration were as strong- v marked as ever when the governor reassembled his conference. To- day’s mecting lasted scarcely a half hour, but both employers and union leaders were in one room all of the period. Until Wednesday, when they come back, there will be no attempt on either side to arrange dealings that might end the work suspension. Optimism Prevails. By the Associated Press, PHILADELPHIA, September 1 was an optimistic feeling | L Stored. through the anthracite coal regions | Little of the domestic size of an- of Pennsylvania that the suspension | thracite is held for storage because of mining, which became effective to- | of the tremendous demand all sum- day, would not be long continued. mer. There i3 considérable steam For the second time within a year | ¢ below the size of pea on hand. and a half production of anthracite| Negotiations for new wage is suspended, while the leaders of |agreement to replace the one that ex- union miners and the representa- | pired last night were begun in June, s not much more per cent production yes- estimated there w than a 50 _ | teraay. tle Coal Yokohama Has Population of Half | pes mect at 4 p.m. today to consider the |independent efforts of the allied | of 1921, described today the fate of |severe earthquake shock, according hen the miners formulated thelr boundary mission. League Meets Today. of the league of s today to hear representa- after re- from G The tions mee tives of & council na- two countries, . ppeal for intervention Greece protests to the Italy's alleged violation of interna- tional law in the bombardment of un protected forts, the killing of re ugces, and the seizure of an recognized by treaty to: Italian England are notified to be for service. Great Britain indicates she may in tervene actively in the situation if Italy refuses to accept arbitration by the league of nations and part of the Mediterra n fleet held within casy access of Corfu. NAVY READY FOR WAR. ce reservists in in readiness is Italian Ships Steaming Into Adri- atic Equipped to Fight. ROMLE. units which Spezia and Ve for southe war statu cight held r n further eventualities The Itzlian government has official- 1y anncunced the occupation of Corfu probably will be the limit of Italian advances tor enforcement of san tions and that there probably will short spell. On the island seized by the Italians re stationed four American and Can dian relief workers under the cor mand of Col. Stephen Lowe of St September 1.—Italian naval stationed at are steaming in full transports are there are ha e Adri been now n waters and in \diness case cons be a breathing Relief also has 1,600 n children quartered in the pal- s formerly occupicd by Kaiser Wil- m The Roni tirm Te ims Muszolini Clubs and asse government for is an air at the g prompt of pour from satisfaction nment its action, in upon Premier 1 kina atriotic ations praising the it< decisive course. In some quarters it urged that m @ quick settlement to rease the amount of ations which would be armed occupation were 15 KILLED AT CORFU. in has been Italy Promises Ultimatum to Leave When Is Met. By the Associated Press ATHEN »ptember 1.—The Greek government has informed by ITtaly that the Italian fleet will leave Corfu as soon as Greece complies with the Italian demands. The the been police station and school on and of Corfu were bombarded Ly the Italian fleet yesterday and a contingent of occupying troops was Janded. The ation w destroyed by flames. (A direct dispateh from Corfu Jast night said that fifteen civilians were killed and many wounded in the bombardment). The war vessels fired upon the old fort as well, and it was in this building that many of the cualties occurrcd, the message as- serted. New of the occupation caused gen- ral consternation in_Athens, and there was evidence of extreme in- dignation on the part of the popula- tion. The government was officially in- formed of the operation in a mote handed to Foreign Minister Alex- andris by Signor Montagna, the Italian minister, yesterday. It said that the ccupation_had been effected because recce had not accepted the Italian ‘mands, and added that the landing a contingent of naval forces should t be regarded as a hostile act, and iat therefore Greece should not wopt a belligerent attitude, { The worst had been evpected ‘here ince Thursday, for the conviction prevailed that Italy was planning a fait_accompli before the intervention powers over | island | s neutral terri- | squently | | Greek communication and it is ex- !1 ted that the Greek and Italian {representatives will be asked to |pear and present their arguments, AL landra of Italy, who is a {member of the council, said he had {not examined the Greek document, but had no reason to think his gov- jernment would object to the council considering the matter. The procedure to be for the {upon Italy t not anticipated ould be 1n _a | the question befor eris] day Much b= llowed will ry-general to call s her reply. It was that the council position to take up the lapse of sev- be n depends also upon the atti- sumed by Italy, who is under- tood to be opposed to league inter- | vention. FEAR FATE OF U. S. WORKERS IN CORFU Near East Relief Reports Five Americans Now on Island. By thie Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 1.—Fearing for the safety of American and Cana- dian relief workers on the island of | Corfu, well as refugees, officials {joc tie Feer East Relief today hat- | | 1 | ened to get in touch with the State Department. The American the island, in { whose home is in St. Louis Miss Emma_ Wood, Baltimore | Frances McQuaide, Charleston,’ S. C. | Henry P. Kneeland, St. Louis, Mich., and Dr. O. A. Yerman, home address un. known. KING ENDS VACATION. Victor relief workers on addition to Col. Lowe, Mis IE | i 1 1 | Emmanuel Preparing to Return to Rome. By the Associated Press. ROME, September 1—King Em- manuel, who has just been installed in his summer palace at Racoonigi, {announced that he is preparing to return to Rome as soon as possible. | His majesty saw the army maneuvers | at Oulna, near Turin, and returned to Racoonigi. MOVIE MAN DRUG VICTIM. Herbert Jones, Writer and Director, Took Overdose, Is Said. SANTA MONICA, Calif., September !L-‘Tho death of Herbert Jones, mo- [tion picture writer and director, was idue to an overdose of a narcotic, the |attending physician said today. Jones died In a hospital yesterda¥, several hours after he had been found uncon- Iscious in his bedroom. Burns on the director's body were found to be slight and probably were due to the application of a hot-water {pottle found on the bed. i 1 Former Invalid Swims Ten Miles On 63d Birthday By the Associated Press. SANTA MONICA, Calif., Septem- ber 1.—Mrs. Anna Vanslike cele- brated the sixty-third anniversary of her birth yesterday by swimming ten miles in the ocean. Just before finishing the swim, she sang a verse of “The Star Spangled Banner” to show she was not ex- hausted, and, on leaving the wate dressed without assistance. She was in the sea nine hours and twenty minutes. She came here twelve years ago suffering from tuberculosis, accord- . ing to physiciags. | i | | | ment {ernment might be expected, council of ambassadogs for an ami- | cable solution of the crisis the mili- | tary experts here see the danger of war spreading eastern Europe. WIll Not Intervene Now. Great Britain will intervene ac- tively in the Greco-Italian imbroglio only if Italy refuses to accept arbi- tration by the league of nations, the council of which meets at Geneva to- day to consider the whole critical situation. It i throughout south- nnounced that the govern- s far has not instructed the British ambassador at Rome or the dipiomatic representative <t Athens to use their good offices toward set- tlement of the dispute, it being felt 4t the controversy for the moment one for the leauge to settle. Meanwhile, however, the govern- is taking all prudent precau- tions and medsures to prevent Italy making her occupation of Corfu per- manent, in violation of the existing neutrality agreement. Various units of the powerful British Mediterranean fleet, now released from service in the Dardanelles, are within easy ac- cess of Corfu and in a position to block further moves by Italy if the | Rome government refuses to listen to the league. Set Against Involvement. The whole trend of opinion in Eng- land, however, seems to be strongly set against becoming involved in near eastern complications if it can pos- sibly be avoided. It is recalled that Jugoslavia linked by royal marriage to Greece and, moreover, that Greece received from Jugoslavia only a few months ago certain promises of support in the event of being attacked by an- other country, in return for which Jugoslavia was given the use of is | Saloniki as a free port of entry for arms of war and merchandise. Allied observers also refer to the continued enmity between Jugoslavia and Italy over the Fiume and Dal- matian questions, which they regard as an important moral factor in favor of Greece if open hostilities should ensue between Athens and Rome. Rumania Alvo Has Ties, Rumania also has dynastic ties with | Greece, it is pointed out, and in case of a declaration of war by Italy on the Hellenic kingdom the Bucharest gov- in the opinion of military men, to lend ac- tive support to Greece. There is no truth in a report that the British Mediterranean squadron has been ordered to Ionian waters, it was officially stated today. No spe- cial movement of British ships has occurred, officials said, and no vessels have been diverted from their ordi- nary duties. Italian reservists residing in Lon- don have been notified to hold them- selves in readiness for a call to the colors In event the necessity arises. Greek Legation Protests. The Greek legation here issued the following statement this morning: “The Greek legation has recelved news that the Italian fleet bombarded Corfu, which by treaty s neutral ter- ritory under international guarantee, and that Italian shells killed several refugees from Asia Minor who were lodged in the school of police. “This school is situated in the so- called fortress of Corfu which, how- ever, by virtue of the treaty, is un- armed, the island being unfortified and only some old barracks existing there. “The Greek government, after the rejection of its note in which st of- fered Italy full and due satisfaction, including indemnity to the families of the victims of the crime committed on Greek soil, made an urgent appeal to the league of nations for interven- tion on the basis of the express terms of the league pact. Called Flagrant Violati “The Greeks can not but consider the occupation and bombardment of the neutral island of Corfu flagrant violation, not only of the covenant of the league of nations, of which both Greece and Italy are signatories, but also of the Tonian is (Continued on, Pagy 2, Column_2.) the four white men composing the ex- pedition. The trip was arranged by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, with the prin- cipal object of raising the British clalmed o tire goviet government. Three of the party, Allan Crawford of Toronto, Ont., leader of the expe- dition; Frederick Maurer, New Phil- adelphia, Ohio, and Milton Galle, New Braunfels, Tex., perished the second | winter, the Eskimo woman, named Ada, | £aid. They went out on the ice seek- ng the mainland and never returned The remaining man, Lorne F Knight, McMinnville, Ore. died of scurvy, June 20, 1923, and his body was brought back by the relief ex- pedition headed by Capt. Harold Noice, which left here August 3. Capt | Noice' said his power schooner, the | Donaldson. had little trouble reach- ing the island. Found C The first evidence of the missing party found by Capt. Nolce's expedi- | tion was a bottle in a deserted camp, containing the names of the party with the declaration that they claim- {ed Wrangell Island in the name of King George of Great Britain. The Eskimo woman's husband, Black Jack, died here while she was gone The Donaldson arrived at Wrangell Island_August 20, and left last Sun- | day. She wus “forced to halt nine | days when fifty-five miles north of {the island on her way to it, and, {after the weather cleared, bucked her way through the i-e for the fifty-five miles. While bucking the ice the Donald- son stove a hole in her bow. This was repaired by placing a large walrus hide around the aperture. The journey was completed in a im to Island. ' Herald Island, east of Wrangell Is- land, while the party went ashore on Wrangell. found was at Rogers Harbor, Doubt- ful Bay, on the south side of Wrangell Island. Faints on Seeing Party. Ada was frightened when she saw | the men of the Noice party approach- | ing and the Donaldson nearby. She | fainted, but on recovery told the tale of the disaster. Directed by Ada, Noice found Knight dead in his sleeping bag. Ada said that she had done all the hunting and had_cared for Knight for two months before his death, and that after he died she left him in the sleeping bag and put up another tent for herself about fifty feet away. Last December, Ada said, Knight and two other men started for the I mainland, but through some mistake landed near Herald Island, and after two weeks returned to Wrangell Island. Knight was then too ill to travel, and Crawford, Maurer and Galle started for Siberia with dog feed for seventeen days, and very little other provisions. Ada said that they, too, took a wrong direction, moving to the southeast as they passed for- ever from her vision. ‘When Noice found Ada on the is- land she was down to her last pack- age of pilot bread, all that was left of the food stores taken to the island when the Crawford party landed. She had lald her plans to endure another winter of exile. VETS TO SPEND $20,000 TO SEE FLOGGERS TRIED Will Pay Sum Gladly if Necessary to Bring Soldier’s Assailants to Justice, Is Said. By the Assoclated Press. BRYAN, Tex., September 1.—The Disabled Veterans of the World War will spend $20,000, if necessary, to see that Justice is brought to th gullty of flogging Manuel M. Moon at his home near here Tuesday night, ac- cording to L. E. Balley, state com- mander of the organization. He said Jast night that he had received ad- vices to this effect from national headquarters at Cincinnatl. Moon is a disabled veteran and was at home on & furlough from a government hospital when attacked. Eight men are under bond awaliting grand jury investigation into the flogging. » flag over the island which had been | heavy fog, the Donaldson lying near | i | 1 i | 1 | | ! | i i . tri The camp in which the bottle was Million. |t of the coal companies struggle | 8 eman to a message from the Japanese radio station at Iwaki the Radio Cor- poration of America’s local station. The message follows: “Conflagration subsquent to severe earthquake at Yokohama at noon to- TEXAN HELD LIKELY AS MEXICO ENVOY President Due to Follow Harding Choice in Nam- ing Creager. | Selection of an ambassador to Mex- ico, to which President Coolidge and Secretary Hughes are known already to have given some attention, proba- bly will be made before the end of this month. It is regarded as proba- ble in official circles here that the post will go to R. B. Creager of Brownsville, Tex.. who is known to have been the choice of President| Harding and whose recent confer- ences here with President Coolidge are said to have resulted in a favor- able consideration of his name by the present Chief Execut . Meanwhile the conduct matic affairs between the of diplo- two coun- will be carried on through their accredited charge d'affaires. Instruc- tions to George 7. Summerlin, the American charge at Mexico City, to present his credentials to the Mexican foreign office are expected to go for- ward from the State Department in*a day or two, and similar instructions are expected momentarily by Manuel O'Tellez, charge at the Mexican em- bassy here. Recognition of the Obregon govern- ment by Great Britaln, France, Bel- gium and Cuba is expected as an early consequence of the formal resumption of diplomatic relations between the United States and Mexico. FESTIVE POKER GAME UNDER BAN IN BERLIN Through Police Activity in Law Enforcement Wealthy Resident Evicted From Home. BERLIN, September 1.—The police have inaugurated a campaign against poker, even in private hpmes. As apartment houses are scarce, the police have conceived a scheme to deprive habitual poker players of their lodgings by placing the quar- ters of ‘those convicted at the dis- posal of the housing commission which has on hand thousands of ap- plications for quarters. One wealthy German who lived in a fashionable apartment has already suffered evic- tion, although his game was confined to friends. 1 1 ' Prussians Likely To Permit Return Of Crown Prince By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, September 1.—A dis- patch to the Central News from Berlin says it has been learned on good authority that former Crown Prince Frederick William has asked to be allowed to return to Germany and that the Prussian .cabinet is prepared to permit him to reside in Castle Oehle, mear Breslau. Yokohama is t of Hondo, en miles Japanese capital, connected by rail It_has a_pepul: (Continued on ¥ i a on the east| of Tokio, of the it i f_about a b Column 1.) sigyate o southwest with which i | Ee i ALIENS BEAT GLOCK, FORGED TO RETURN Considered Under l\ugust1 Quotas Because of Seconds’ Too Early Arrival. | | i Thousands of immgrants on ships which rushed to quarantine at New | York a few minutes before last mid- | night in the monthly race to take ad- | vantage of the new quota under the ! immigration law, Commissioner General | Husband said today, will be counted | under the August and not the Septem- ber allotments for their countri Only those from countries whose Au- gust quotas have not been exhausted | will be admitted, he said, since, under | the law, one minute before midnight is no different than an hour or a week. MANY COME TOO SOON. respective | | Ships Dock Few Minutes Before Midnight in New York. the Associated Press. NEW YORK. Sepember 1.—Thou- sands of immigrants today were | ordered detained, pending decision by Washington, because during the quar- antine sweepstakes last night several ships dashed through the Narrows a few minutes before midnight and brought their passengers technically | into the overstocked August gration quotas. Several vessels arrived three four minutes ahead of time. these were the Braga from Con- stantinople, the Estonia from the Baltic, the Byron from Constantinople and the Esperanza from Vera Cruz. The Drottningholm, from Scandi- navia, the America and the Washing- | ton from the Mediterrancan reached | quarantine less than a second after | midnight. Aliens entering port night totaled 14,254, as compared to | 20,485 a month ago. Many of the new arrivals will be deport The reduction in the number was | effected by rerouting several vessels to Boston, Providence and Philadel- phi; i A number of vessels had been lying | for from twelve to twenty-four hours in Gravesend bay before starting for | quarantine. STEAMER WRECKED, CREW OF 40 DROWNS | German Ship Broken Up in Storm, | Captain the Only Sur- vivor. i | immi- | or Among | during the| i | i YMUIDEN, Holland, September 1.— The German steamship Klupfel was wrecked in a storm Thursday night north of Borkum Island, off the Ger- | man coast, and the crew of forty was drowned. News of the disaster was first learned when the captain of the steamer, the sole survivor, was picked up by a Dutch trawler. The Klupfel was bound from Hull to Bremerhaven with coal, - { while the | public s ! negotiation ifrom at Harrisburg to reach a2n agreement wage scal A year ago the miners returned to work after five months of idleness under a contract which expired last midnight. A yvear ago the miners wanted the contract to run to Lext April, but the operators insisted on August 31 Under, the peace propos: to end the present contest the op- erators are asking for a long-term contract if they must accede to the 10 per cent wage advance suggested by Gov. Pinchot on a new Suspension Complete. Reports from the anthracite fields indicated a total suspension. Ever: and boy expected to refrain work until the differences are So far no company has an- intention to mine coal n's suspension order is a man is from adjusted its un nounced in effect. 1f the suspension is not lifted a resuit of developments in Harri burg today the mine workers woul not resume operations before Tues: day, as Monday is Labor day. About .00 men and bovs are The only men at work today about 4.000 maintenance men It is their dut to keep the mines free of water and gas and to pry vent cave-ins The feeling that the suspension may not be long continued is shared not only by many mine workers but by company officials. This is indi- cated when no preparations were made for a long suspension. While the mines are idle the rai roads were busy hauling the last of the coal mined this week It was 1 idl. were nds at Scranton. It is not gen- crally known that approaches were | made as carly as last March for an | agreement based on the contract just xpired. It is understood that some f the operators were willing to make new agreement at that time but the miners did not agree. Ne- tions were begun in Atlantic on July 26 and adjourned for ten days following a week of dfs- cussion, after which they were again taken up in New York and Atlantic City and later resumed at Harrisburg. ANTHRACITE FIELD SMALL. | Confined to Area of 496 Miles in Pennsylvania. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, September 1.—An- thracite is found in a comparatively small part of Pennsylvania. No com- mercially-worth-while amount of an- thracite is found in any other part of the United St It is confined rine counties in an area of about re miles in the northeastern quarter of the state. Five of the nine counties yield more than 90 per cent of the annual production. The coal is found at all depths, ranging from outcroppings on the surface to abont 1.400 feet under ground. There is no strictly bituminous coal in the anthracite area. Bituminous coal is found in central and western Pennsylvania in more than a score of | countie | There are ‘m.u.' ries, more than 300 anthracite employing approximately 7 and boys, of these about skilled miners who blast 100 1 40.600 a the coal Pinchot Far From Beaten in Efforts For Coal Peace, Close Friends Assert BY ROBERT T. SMALL. Special Dispatels to The Star. HARRISBURG, Pa, September 1.— It was virtually admitted here today those in closest touch with the situ tion that the replies made by the an- tracite miners and operators to the pro- posals of Pinchot were ad- dressed to the American public rather than to the governor. Both piners and operators want the mpathy. The miners feel th are downtrodden. They lose five hun- dred men a year by death in the mines, getting out coals for the public. say their demands are reasonable and could be met by the operators. The operators say they are the only public safeguard. They declare the miners are not entitled to any more money, and that if any more money is given them it must be passed along to an already overburdened public. Today the operators were even more convinced than on Thursday that under the Pinchot proposais the increase in the price of anthracite to the consumer Would run from $1 to $1.50 a ton. The operators also are in Should be at least a four-year contrac So that the public would not be uncer- ain and harassed each y by new in the anthra Therefore, as the & “%n_attempt to prevent a strike Into an effort to settle a strike, the dear old public is, being defended on three Sides. Gov. Pinchot is represent- ing the public in the miner-operator con- troversy, The miner is vowing that the Miner's good is the public good. The operator is acclaiming that he, and he Slone, 1s left the burden of protecting the public. There is no question but {hat the operators are aroused to the fact that in dealing with any increase in the cost of mining coal at this time they will get the entire blame for in- creases t0 the consumer. Strike Officially Om. Meantime the strike is on and none knows when it will end. It is ad- mitted by all who are familiar with suspensions in the anthracite region that once the men lay down their tools it is extremely difficult to get them into the shafts and slopes again. Scores of the blue-shirted men who walked out Friday afternoon drifted into Harrisburg today to see what was going on. Some of them sat in the marble lobby of the hotel where their leaders had been stopping dur- ing the negotiations. Others wan- dered through the expensive and or- nate state capitol building, peering particularly into the reception room of Go. otiations pa They | the governor, where the joint confer ences have been held. This room is | truly palatial. It is rich in carved | walnut, gold-stamped morocco leather. | turniture, tessellated chandeliers, mural friezes and all that goes for sumptuousness and lavishness and ex- benditure. The room was decidedly a contrast to the grimy shafts left a few hours before, but the miners seemed to enjoy the change. In the executive session of Friday afternoon Gov. Pinchot fought for 1 five. hours with the repre- sentatives of miners and operators trying to force some sort of agree- ment s a reward to his volunteer labors first he had the miners and operators in joint session and then he had the miners and operators im ceparate session. Once again he had them in joint session, and still again in separate session. No Sign of Agreement. But it was all to no avail. They would not agrec. They appeared to be looking for points of disagree- ments rather than points of agree- ment. _Undoubtedly it was an ex- asperating experience for the govern- or, but it was not unlooked for by those who have followed the negotia- tions of the miners and operators for the last two months. 1t was apparent from the begin= ning of these struggles that there would have to be a cessation of coal mining before either side could be brought into an agreement. Gow Pinchot felt that he might avold the strike. Even as late as Thursday morning he w; confident the miner: could be induced to recall the order: for a suspension. But there is one, point on which the miners are ada- mant. They will not work under any sort of truce. Truces are not in their line. They work under signed con- tract or not at all. The friends of Goyv. Pinchot today insisted that he was far from a beaten man. They said he still had the wzapon of “pitiless publicity” at his command, and that he would begin stumping the state at once to induce the miners and operators to agree to n amicable settlement of their dis- pute. Could Selze Mines. In a grave emergency, it is pointed out, the governor could seize the mines in this state and work them. The Pennsylvania state constitution confers these ememgency powers upon the chief executive. But it is agreed the emergency would have to be very great indeed to warrant the governor the use of these extreme powers. Only if_persons were dying of the cold or (Continued on Page 2, Column )