Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 20, 1912, Page 1

VOL. LIV.—NO. 70 NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY. RICE TWO CENTS LaFOLLETTE CARRIES NORTH DAKOTA Manager of Roosevelt Campaign in That State Con- cedes Defeat of Ex-President “MEANS DEFEAT OF POLITICAL TRICKSTERS” Statement Issued by Progressive Republican Campaign Com- mittee—President Taft Warmly Received in New Hamp- | shire Cities—Tells Audience at Concord That American People Are Not Going to be “Honey-Fugled.” Fargo, N. D, March 19.—Senator Robert M. La Follette today carried tha presidential preferential primaries in North Dakota over Theodore Roose- Velt and President Taft, Roosevelt Manager Admits Defeat. Frank Talcott, chairman of the re- publican state committee, and John F. Buss, manager of the Roosevelt cam- paign In this state, notified Senator Josepia M. Dixon at Washington late tonight that in their: opinion Senator la Follette bad carried the primaries. Neither made a prediction as to La Follette’s plurality, but conceded that Colone] Theodore Roosevelt had been defeated. Roosevelters Claim Six Counties. This decision was reached by the Tloosevelt managers after nearly com- plete returns had been received from 18 of the 49 counties in the state. Go- ing over t figures from those 18 counties, th® Roosevelt men conceded ten of them to La Follette outright, listed two others as about even and claimed six counties for their candi- e. Teddy Carries Former Home. Wit these figures as a basis, it was decided that there was not enough Roosevelt votes on the western slope to balance the heavy poll for La Follette in the eastern part of the state. Even in some portions of the cow country La Follette ran even or hetter. Roose- velt carried Medora, his former home, 20 to 13. La Follette Notified. Leaders of the La Follette movement gont a telegram to Senator La Follette aboard a train on his way from North Dakota to Washington, statiffig that he had won the preference primaries by from 15,000 to 20,000 votes, WHAT IT MEANS. La Follette\Forces Say It is a Defeat of the olitical Tricksters. Washington, March 19.-—-A statement given out today at the progressive re- publican campaign committee in eharge of Senator La Folletie’s cam- Palgn s=ald in part: “The people will'not be misled as to the real significance of a Ta Follette vigtory in North Dakota today. It will require more than the suavity of Benator Dixon to extract from such & result any comfort for Colonel Roose- velt, There should he no misunder- standing of North Dalketa conditivns. “The Roosevelt campaign:in North Dakota is managed by reactionaries. No weasel words of Senator Dixon can ehange the facts. Roogevelt's defeat in ¥orth Dakota will be a defeat for the reactionaries, the standpatters and po- Ntical tricksters of that state who are #ll lined up behind the colonel. How- ever successful they may have been in blinding zealous enthusiasts, they have not and cannot mislead the country, A La Tollette victory will bs a Pe- actionary defeat. A Roosevelt victory will be a progressive defeat.” TAFT IN GRANITE STATE. Governor Bass, a Roosevelt Supporter, Hears an Able Address. Boston, March 19.—“All that the ad- ministration wants is a square deal,’ #uid President Taft, speaking at about sunset today from the steps of the X i, N. H., statehouse near the two dars’ New England During his New England visit president spoke to twenty audi- ences, stating definitely his attitude cn the tariff, hie reasons for opposing the recall of judges and decisions, and his continued hope of ultimate arbitration, Governor B a Listener. His speechmaking activities today ok him to Nashua, Manchester and Concord. Some of his most emphatic remarks on ‘“progressive’ measures were hurled at crowds from the portico e’ the Granite State capitol with Gow- ernor Robert P. Bass, one of Colonel Roosevelt's most ardent supporters, as 3 wespectful listener. 'The people of southern New Hampshire seemed eager t0 see and hear the president. After ¥eaving Manchester he passed through two lines a half mila long of secular mnd parochial school children, waving flags. “Progressive is That Progressive Does” In his speeches today President Taft the “once more said that the Payne tariff ®lll was a revision downward, although | ft did nol go far enough. Regardinz arbitration, tie president said he was not at all sure in just what condition the scnate had left the treaties, and he 10uld have to await the return of Sec- Knox. ‘Pl:ngreq,' e ie that progressive docs” was one epigram which the president gave his hearers today. He also gave a concise outline of his idea of the adoption of the principle of the wrecall of judges and of decisions. Government of Special Instances. “Adopt such measures,” he said, “and ou will have a government of apecial tances. You would have-a consti- $ation that is to be applied at one time @84 not applied at another. That, my friends, 1s nothing but a government of special instances, that has not the uni- fcrmity of law and conslitution, and is the most tyrannical form of ghvern- ment we can have, People Lack Knowledge of Law. “This question of a change in the Jucdiciary of this country means that we may recall judges that we do not ke, if they happen to decide agalnst us, or if they happen to decide a ques- tion one wal, we may submit to popu- lar election to declde whether the court d2ciGed right or not. I am in favor of the people, but [ do not think the people are charged with the knowledge ¢’ the law as the supreme court of New Jersey or as the supreme court of the United States. Popular Government by Constitution. “I believe in popular government, but 1 telleve in popular government order- o1 by constitution and by law. The #®ecple who vote are only one-fourth of all the people, and they are in that mense representative of the people, and if we are golng to trust that quarter with power over all the people, then they hove to be limited by constitu- tlonal restriction. Not Going to Be Honey-Fugled. “You give up an_ independent judi- elary and you might as well give u your cemstitution, T know “¢no “bep | If his campaign about the common sense of the Ameri- can people to know that they will never give up the constitu.ion, and they are not going to be honey-fugled out of it by being told that they are fit to interpret nice questions of con- stitutional law just as well or better than judges. The American people are & great people because they can stand having the truth told to them about themselves without getting mad about it and without turning on the man who tells the truth. Addressed Street Railway Men. Returning to Boston in the early evening, Presldent Taft made a brief call at the dinner of the New England Btreet Railway club. He wlll arrive at Washingten tomorrow morning. “Street railway men are progressive, and I grust the people will find that my ad¥hinistration also has been pro- gressive,” said the president, while briefly addressing the club members. ROOSEVELT GLAD. Expre Satisfaction with Taft's Speech on Preferential Primaries. New York, March 19.—Colonel Roosevelt today issued a statement in which he discussed President Taft's speech in Boston yesterday. “President Taft is reported as say- ing at Boston yesterday,” Colonel Rocsevelt says, “that the voluntary primary. power, as he calls it, the| soap-box primary—that is a method | adopted by the people as the only way in which to express their wishes when | their legislatures deny them any other opportunity to do so—ig worse than nothing. But the president continued to say that he favored a preferential primary for the presidency, i “I am exceedingly glad that the president has taken this ground, and managers will sin- cerely. back him in the proposition, we will be able to at once get the presidential preferential primary in Michigan, Illinois, Maryland and New Yeork. Delegates Uninstructed. Port Huron, Mich., March 18.—Dele- gates from the Seventh district to the republican national convention were choeen today. They were not instructéd. . g A ‘Beit in Missouri Convention. Poplar Bluff, Mo., March 19.—After en hour of uproar Taft supporters withdrew from the Fourteenth con- gressional district convention here to- day, leaving the Roosevelt adherents in possesgion Each faction named delogates to the republican national wonvention. The Roosevelt Taction claimed 112 delegates to the congres- sfonal convention and the Taft follow- ers 89, Roosevelt Meeting in Chicago. Chicago, Ma: 19.—Former Sen- | ator Albert J. Beveridge fired one of | the opening guns of the Roosevelt campaign in Chicago in a speech at| Orchestra hall tonight. The meeting | was the largest the Roosevelt forces | have held here thus far. TO RAISE $25,000 TO MEET BANK’S DEFICIT Windsor Locks Business Men Want Bank to Resume Business. Windgor Locks, Conn., March 19.— At a speclal meeting of the Windsor Locks Business Men’s association to- night a resolution was passed to raise a sum of at least $25,000 to help re- duce the deficit of the Windsor Locks havings bank, caused by the defalca- tion of the late Treasurer Converse. President J. D. Outerson of the as- sociation was named as a trustee to receive the money, and it is hoped to raise tie entire amount by April 20. JThe sum of $2600 was pledged at| tonight's meeting. The fund is to be raised on condi- tion that the bank reswme business | funder its own mamagement. This) fund will not meet the whole shortage, so it is planned to have the deposits scaled to meet 'the balance. - It is expected that the estate of Mr. Con- verse will yield enough so that it may be used as an extra dividend after the bank resumes operations, thus prevent- ing any trouble that might arise over holding up the dividends. The ac- countants who are still at work at the bank report that 1,600 of the 1,800 psssbooks have béen turned in so far. ACTOR STRICKEN WHILE PLAYING HIS ROLE. James E. Wilson - Collapsed Behind Scenes and Died Later. New York, ‘Wilson, an act as he was playving his part in “The| Truth Wagon” at the Bijou theater last night, and died today at his home. Although Wilson realized his growing weakness as the play progressed, he| stuck to his task, only to drop in the wings at the end of the play. He bore up so we'l in the eyes of the audi- ence, however, that few pers as, if any, realized that he was a sick man, His widow is Irene Berry, an actress, March 19 ames E.| stricken | Wilson was 52 years old and has been an actor for forty years, joining a stock company at the age of 12. He played in several musical companies, uding “Babes in Toyland” and the Vizard of Oz,” and was the chief support of séveral productions of Mps, Leslie Carter and Eleanor Robson. Fire Chief Krug Resigns. Hartford, Conn., March 19.—Chief Loulg Krug of the fire department re- signed his position tonight, and his resignalion was accepted. Deputy Chief Augustus Loomis was elected to suc- ceed him. Ohlef Krug injured his leg about a year ago nad since then had been in poor health. He is 72 years of age. d Weight Dropped en His Head. Bridgeport, Conn, March 19.—An unknown Itallan was killed tonight while at work unloading a coal barge at the American Tube and Stamping company’s dock. A large weight fell fromn a derrick, striking him upon the kead. He lived an hour after the ac- cident, He was known oniy by num- - MARCH 20, 1912 Danielson Men Representing Finance, the Law, Com-} merce Manufacturing and Other Interests. GEORGE H. HAMMOND, La:r)kd Paragraohs |Condensed Telegrams London. March 19.—A bequest of $6,- 0,000 was left in the will of the late Baron Wandsworth for the foundation of an orphanage. _Paris, March 19.—King Albert of Belgium and Queen Rlizabeth arrived here today for a short visit. They will be received by President Fallieres. Berlin, March 19.—The leaders of the miners’ unions decided during their sesslon at Bochum today to terminate the coal strike in Westphalia, as they consider it useless. Strassburg, Germany, March 19.— runaway military balloon was destro: ed and its occupants, two military of- ficers, seriously injured owing to com ing in contact with a high power elec- tric cable near here today. Tokio, March 1¢.—Count Hattori, 4 member of the opposition in the Jap- anese house of representstives, today condemned Senator Dillingham's bill amending the immigration laws of the United States as an insuffereble insult to Japan. Oporto, Portugal, March 19.—Bombs | exploded while being filled by con- spirators in four different houses in the Miragaia quarter, a suburb, today. The houses were demolished and four dead and seven injured were taken from the ruins. PASSED BY THE HOUSE. Will Place a Tax on Incomes of $5,000 or More a Year. Washington, March 19.—The demo- more a vear passed the house g to 40. The dem for it and carried eighty republi- can votes with them. Forty regular republicans were the opposition. The bill now goes to the senate, where its fate is a guess. Many senators de- clared that if upon analysis they found the house measure port it. Democratic senators with a few exceptions are expected to vote for it The excise bill, though primarily in- | tended to produce anywhere from $20,- 000,000 to 360,000,000 a year, io make up for the losses on free sugar, is also expected to be one of the offsets to general pension legislation, which seems sure to be enacted. MAINE DEMOCRATS FOR LOCAL OPTION Platform Adopted Yesterday Also Calls for Utilities Commission. Augusta, Me., March 19.—Local op- | tion for cities and towns in the mat- ter of licensing the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors; a $2,000,- 000 bond issue for good country roads; a public utilities commission, and ad- equate emplovers’ liability legislation were the principal policies outlined in the platform adopted by the démocrats of Maine at the biennial state conven- tion today. It wag the first state convention in New England to select delegates to a national convention. THE DAY IN CONGRESS. Two Years Required to Investigate All Schedules of Tariff Law. Washington, March 19.—The day in CcOngrass: Senate: — Met at noon. - Considered District of Columbia ap- propriation bilis. Senatos Martinz introduced joint res- olution to appoint commission to in- quire into feasibility of government purchasing Monticello, Jefferson’s home. Chairman Emery told finance com- mittee it would take two years for tariff board to thoroughly investigate all schedules of present tariff law. Senator Townsend introduced a bill to provide investigations of contro- versies affecling interstate commerce. House: — Met at noon. Resumed consideration of bill. Interstate commerce committee de- cided to appoint sub-committee to consider bill to extend Erdman act to coal mine owners. Excise tax bill passed unamended, 249 to 41 Began consideration of rivers and and harbors appropriation bill. excise tax Parsnip Roet Kills Child. Ro-hester, N. Y.* March 19.—Harry Green, aged six, is dead, and several other puplls of a district school in Perry are. seriously ill as a rvesult of ealing wild parsalp root, would tax all! classes of people alike they would sup- | William H, H, Hewitt, a veteran New Haven real estate man, is seri- ously ill from a stroke of apoplexy. Towards a Fund of $500,000 being raised for Mount Holyoke college, the sum of $306,107 has been contributed or promised. By Unanimous Vote the Rhode Island house passed yesterday the resolution providing for a state constitutional conventien in 191 The World's Production of Sugar for the year 1810-11 was almost 2,000,000 tons greater than ihat of any year dur- ing the past five ye: Prof. T. H. Montgomery of the zoo- logical department of the University of Pennsylvania died yesterday after a brief {llness from pneumonia. The Complete Report of the United States Steel coporation for 1911 shows a decrease of $36,749,288 in earnings and a decrease of $32,271,790 in net. The 500 Operatives Employed by the Queen City cotton mills at Burlington, Vt, will receive an advance of at |Iez\st 5 per cent. beginning March 25. Capt. Peter Decker, an o er grower ; 1 of South Norwalik NIk, W first in- | troduced steam d on his oyster ’S at Early Bird in 18 died yester- known to bankers the cou an authority on the nati | died at Washington y { monia. {1 and 3 of s at W v ren, M we day to enforce a wages. demand for highe | Ali Grades of Anthracite Coal | advanced 50 cents 2 ton I P ldence dealers yesterda { second raise of 50 cents n ¢ | two weeks. were 6 i John R. Early, a Suppos { who was recently off d | the government 1 r, because of unable to take it. | Theodore Roosevelt | te for th len s the first candi- prest g : }(hu Academ) .n | Because a Large Number of Herses { brought into Canada by American set- tlers have been shot by government or- ders on suspiclon of having glanders, an internationzl question has devel- oped. The Disposal of Scrap Iron and use- less machinery which passed into the possession of the United States on the sale cf the canal by the French com- pany has netted the surprising sum of $2,112,000. Three Foreigners Who Arrived in this country Monday were held up and shot by highwaymen Monday night in a sparsely settied section of Brooklyn. It i3 believed two of the aliens will die of their wounds. Rumors That the Explosion of- the locomotive boiler in the Southern Pa- cific yards at San Antonlo, Tex., which cost the lives of thirty or more persons, was brought about by a charge of dynamite or nitro-glycerine, are scout- ed. Predicting that He Would be in the White House after March 4 next, Sen- ator Robert M. La Follette of Wiscon- sin on the eve of the first state presi- dential preference primary election de- livered addresses at Minot, N. D, Monday. Suit for $1,000 in an Action of Tort has been started against City Marshal John J. Sullivan of Lawrepce, Mass., on behalf of Francesco S. Bajak, whose children were prevented from leaving town with other strikers’ chiidren on Feb. 24. A S8weeping Victery Was Won by coal shippers from the Pittsburg dis- trict to Great Lake ports yesterday when the interstate commeice com- mission ordered a reduction of the rate on bituminous ceal from 88 cents to 78 cents a ton. The International Paper Company at Gleng Falls, N. Y., yesterday an- nounced a voluntary advance in wages to itg several thousand employes of one cent an hour to all who are paid on the hourly basis. The increase amounty to about $150,000 per year | ‘ Rounded Up—Attempt May Be Made Judge F. F, Oldham of Marietta, O., | | The 800 Operatives of Factories No. | Mien Outlaws | ANQTHER EFFORT BEING MADE TO SURROUND THEM. { | 1 | MEN RUSHING TO HILLS Still at Large Squeezed by Sugar Trus! DANGEROUS RIVAL WA® DEALT WITH. HOW A DISCLOSED IN LETTERS Every Available Man in Hills ill.i“SCBll is Squirming” Wrote Trust to Starve Out the Outlaws. Hillsville, Va., March 19.—Messengers | from the posses guarding the roads in the mountains have reported the courthouse assassins at a point about Counsel to Trust President—Docu mentary Evidence by Government. . New York, March 19.—Interesting | correspondence betwe®n the late Henry O. Havemeyer, president of the Amer- ican Sugar Pefining company, and John five miles from Floyd Allen’s home. Every avallable man in Hilisville has hurried up into the hills in the hope of surrounding them before they get away. The chase of the outlaws may settle down to a siege. May Starve Out Outlaws. made to starve out the assassins. The posses have been spread over the roads and the crossroads and byways ha’e been well covered. By this method they hope to cut off food supplies and probably medical attention. It was re- ported today that a physician, a friend of Sidna Allen’s, had stolen out Satur- day and dressed Allen’'s wounds. Jack Allen Creates a Stir. Allen himself was reported to have | been seen coming down the trail from Squirrel Spur yesterday. The posses beat the bush between Ward’s Gap and | Harper's Gap, but did not find a trace of him. Jack Allen, one of the brothers who did not take part in the courthouse assassination, came into town today to consult 1 lawyer about the attech- ments which the authorities are mak- ing of Sidna's and Floyd's property. Allen galloped up to the courthouse and created a furore. The townsfolk thought he was heading another raid./ Mrs. Sidna Allen Discusses Case. * Mrs. Sidna Allen, when seen today at the home of Steven Willlams, half a mile from her residence, which has been closed since Thursday, said she had no idea where her husband was. When told that Floyd Allen was still alive, she expressed regret. “I have no idea where Sidna went when he left me Thursday. I only wish I did. I wish there never had been a gun made. { A Kind, Loving Husband. “I do not know if he i8 lying exposed with his wounds, perhaps starving to death. Regardless of what he did in county court Thursday, I want to say that there never was a kinder or more loving husband and father. He has an awful temper. That was responsible for whatever he did” Sidna Allen has two pretty children, both giris, Marguerite, aged 10, and Pauline, aged 5. Teo Bad He Didn’t Die. | Mrs. Allen inguired about the con- | gition of Floyd Allen, nmow in. jail at Roanoke. When told he was improv- ing, she remarked: ! “Too bad he didn't die, don’t you | think” FOUR AUTOISTS IN A HARTFORD HOSPITAL. Thrown from Machine While Trying to Make Short Turn. Hartford, Conn., March 19.—Paul H. » of 95 St. James street, Spring Ma 8 of Mayor Lathrop of iam Butler of Hocka- . Willam A. Clark of East Hart- i, and R. A, Sheldon of Springfield u a local hospital es the result thrown out of a big six cyl- ar the East Hart- None are seriously s feared Butier may demolish- machine wag nea 'ne ed. | FATALLY INJURED t BY TOSS FROM AUTO. T. Curtis of Simsbury Instantly Killed at North Haven Meriden, o was sitiing with -as also thrown out and ianded in the | river. e was somewhat dazed but otherwise not seriously hurt. He is being cared for at the home of Irving | Frost at Montowese. ?CRUISERS ARRIVE WITH BODIES OF MAINE SAILORS Will Be Taken to Arlingten National Cemetery for Burial. Norfolk, Va., March 19.—The cruis- ers North Carolina and Birmingham, with the remaims of the last of the dead from tae old battleship Maine, arrived in Hampton roads late today. The bodies will be taken to Washing- ton for burial in Arlington National cemetery. Steamship Arrivals. At Liverpool: March 18, Mauretania New York. thnt‘ Marseilles: March 18, Germania, from New York znd Providence. At New York: March 19, Potsdam, from New York. At Antwerp: March 19, Finland, from New York. At New York: March 19, Taormina, from Genoa. At Portland, Me.: Ansonia, from Southampton; Ionlan, from Glasgow, Turfman Sued for Divorce. New York, March 19.—Bdward R. Themas, former turfman and banker, was made defendant in a suit for absolute divorce filed in the supreme court today by Mrs. Linda Thomas. Acts committed by Thomas when abroad are alleged as grounds for the suit. Mre. Thomas declares that she has not seen her husband since Sep- tember last, when he went abroad. $26,250,000 for Rivers and Harbord, ‘Washington, March 18.—The house today vnanimously passed the rivers and harbors appropristion bill, carry- ing upwards of $28,250,000. The meas- ure went through in quick order, the apprepriation bethg at the rate of more than §3,500,000 an hour. “‘Segal is squirming,” Parsons wrote It now looks like an attempt may be ‘ to Havemeyer in June, 1504, according B. Parsons, counsel, who is charged | with others as having acted criminally tin closing up the rival Pennsylvania lsugnr refinery in 1905, was introduced | by the government at the trial today. “Segal is Squirming.” to one letter introduced, referring to Adolph Segal, president of the rival Pennsylvania refinery, and to the ne- gotiation of the big loan to Segal made by Gustave Kissel, acting, It is alleged, in bebhaif of the American Sugar Refin- ing company. Loan Used as a Club. Letter after letter was read te the jury by District Attorney Wise (rflnz to show that the loan to Segal used by the American Sugar Refining com- pany as a club against a dangerous rival, and that by it the “trust” finally got the rival reflnery its hands, into own MINIMUM WAGE BILL PASSES FIRST READING. House of Cummn’v’u .1;:‘('! Steps te End Coal Strike. London, March 19.—The coal mines minimum wage bill, designed te put an end to the coal strike, passed its first reading In the house of commons to- night. The bill is backed by Premier Asquith, Foreign Secretary Grey, Chancellor Lloyd-George, and Sydney Buxton, president of the board of trade. It consists of six clauses and a schedule defining 21 districts, As outllned by the prime rminister, the bill provides a reasonable minimum wage for the miners and safegnarde for the owners. The n‘nnimum will :; pald from the date of resumption work. The enactment is for three years. HAGGLING OVER HALF A CENT. Only Difference Now Between Empley- ers and Employes at Barre. Barre, Mass., March 19.—A differenca over wages of less than half a cent an hour was all that stood tonight in the way of a settlement of the strike at the plant of the Barre Wool Combing eompany, in which nearly 1,000 opera tives are concerned. * At a conference todey R. G. Thompson, general mana ger of the company and agent of the mills, practically acceded to the rec of the strike committee for a 54- waek, a minimum wage of $6, time a quarter pay for overtime work 2 no discrimination against strikers only other feature of the strikers’ de mands 1s for an increase of one cer an hour in the wages of all workers | receiving over $6 a week. The mill of ficials, Mr. Thompson said tenigh have offered a wage ratse of some thing over one-half a cent dn hou | which with the reduction of the work | ing week to 54 hours, means about 2 seven per cent. advance. Applications for work are heing re ceived from all over the state accord ing to the mill managers, and evenp ' | the strike is not =oon settled arrange- ente mav be ade to reopen the nt. “Other mi are depending up for combed woo! and work must | bo resumed soon,” declared Mr. Thomy | son TORNAD(;’WRECKS MANY HOUSES ILLINOIS in Town of Greenville Is mated at $100,000 | T N Loss Est ar ( | $100 New Haven Weoman Heid for Arsen 181aw Wedne last to her own house E morning. The furniture was found be well saturated with kerosene when the firemen arrived. The house Is said to have been well insured. Mrs. Suslaw 1s 32 years of age and has two small children. Germany Wroth at Mexice Mexico City, March 19.—The German government is thoroughly aroused over the escape five days ago of twenty sus.- pects held at Puebla far the murder and mutilation of four Germans at the Cevadonga factory in Puebla. Tha German minister, Baron Von Hintze, will go to Puebla tomorrow to investi- gate the affair, and if his suspicions are verified it is said on good authority that sharp representations on the part of Germany will follow. ! Al Ketchel Had It All His Way. Bridgeport, Conn., March 19.—Before the National A. C. here tonight Al Ketchel of Bridgeport got the popular decizgion in a ten-round bout _over Fighting Joe Hyland of Neéw York. Ketchel had things all his own way, and nearly knocked Hyland out in the second round. Young Saybrick of Fairfield knocked out Jack Dempsey of Trenton, N. J,, in the first round of what was to have been a six-round go. Determined to Reduce Wages. Cleveland, O., March 1°.—Operators of the bituminous coal mines of Penn- sylvania, Ohio, Indiana and INlinols will adhere to their demand for a reduction in the wages paid their mine workem. Formal announcement of this attitude was made late today after a confer ence of 32 operators, eight from each of the states named. A Berious Strike Coming, Lincoln, Neb,, March 19.-In @iscuss- ing the topic “The Idle Rich” at the Bryan dinner tunls'ht.i F‘rededflck Town - d Martin, milliogaire an re- o “ T% mefld former of New rk clity, that some day there "wmdb; a ]u.tflrll:a which the employers wo! e Kl o arbitrate, but the (lime fof arbitrasion will be gone”