Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 7, 1919, Page 1

e R VOL. LXI—NO. 266 —— _ POPULATION 29,919 _ NORWICH . CONN. FRIDAY, GOVERNMENT RAMENT HALTS SUPPLY OF CONLT0 FREEH OWNED VESSELS I U. . ORTS Taking Measures to Protect the Public Against Distress Should ; Suspension of Mining Be Protracted—Railroad Admin- istration Has Turned Loose Every Available Car to Meet the Appeals For Fuel—Normal Daily Consumption Has Been Around Ten Million Tons—Strike Has Reduced the Output to About Three and a Half Million Tons—Oper- ators Claim That 44 Union Mines Are In Operation In West Virginia—There Has Been No Change In the Gov- ernment’s Policy Toward the Strike—Miners Have Filed a Petition In U. S. District Court Asking That Restrain- ing Order Be Dissolved. ngion. Nov. 6.—Still hopeful thit court developments 2¢ Indianap- clis Saturday might point the way to an early ending of the coul strike, gov- ncies nevertheless put enewed and more determined eflors today to protect the public against distress almost certain to re- sult from a protracted suspension of mining operataions. Realizing that the country is burn- ing three times as much coal as the the railroaa , the great coai distrib- agency, through its recently cicaced central coal committee, took drastic action in ordering that the supplying of coal to forcign owned ships in American ports be stopped tmmediately, With calls for ai lance from com- a coal short- ng more numerous, the rail rned loose ever wvailuble car to meet the appeals for went to regional directors of rallroads from Director > train ger- in the officially an- ced that no general curtailments { service was contempiated. 9 discontinuance of foreign ton- bunkering was the first general rd curtailment of transpor- The central committes i hat Americs shiy under a the ontinue to reccive coul sup- but all other vessels wiil be com- to await the end of the strike. Ameri: : committee’s aetion similar to thal taken by Great Britain during the of British coal miners. 1d not predict the result of the order as it was not Known in Tashington the amount of foreign tonnage now in American ports de- pendent ou coal supplies from this courit { war upparent ‘hat the central commitiee considered that precedence must be given tu all land traffic in the nuatter of fuel distribution before even American «hips will'be accorded bunk- ering nermits. Priority reguiations will be observed “to the leiter” in divid- ing the coal stocks, members of the committee said, as the supplies of coal “wili just about be able to take care of domestic demands and neces- sary ocean transportaation.” Before leaving Washington tonight for Indianapolis, Assista Aftorney General Ames, in charge of the gov- ernment’s case, declared there was no change in {ts pollcy toward the strike and that he would endeavor tu obtain a srenewdl of its temporary injunc- tion. f Reports ‘from agents of the depart- ment of justice and from miners and operators showed - little over-night change in conditions, except that op- erators claimed 34 union mines in.op- eratio nin West Virginia, a gain of 32 ver last Saturday. Officers of the erican Federation of Labor and representatives o fthe miners denied these reports and asserted their own advices showed no crumbling of e uinon forees anywhere in the bi- tuminous regions. There wese rumors, apparently emanating from high sources, that the injunction hearing set for Saturday ight zo over for one week without rejudice to either side. Equally per- istent were reports that Samuel Gompers, president of the American Yederation of Labor, would make a personal appeal to Attorney Palmer tomorrow for General withdrawal of e restraining order and all court proceedings on assurance that if thig¢ were done the strike could be set tled and the men put back to work in the mines In 48 hours. Mr. was out of the city, hut the statement Ly Judge Ames that the government would not compromise the strike, which it held illegul, was accepted as' the last word on the subject. Government officials took another logk at stock revorts and while these indicaled coai enough to meet imme- diate needs, the fact stared them in the face that the ily consumption as around ten million tons, while the iiy output had icen reduced by the ke to about three and a half mil- lion tons. It was easy, for a man to they sald, how long present stocks would last, assuming the hins weere filled for an average run of thir- MINERS ‘BRING CASE TO U. S. DISTRICT COURT Indianapolls, Ind., Nov. 6 their first step in the fight against the government's efforts to bking about &n end of the coal miners' strike through federal court action, attorneys for the United Mine Workers of America today filed a motion in the United States district court here ask- ing that the restraining order issued j by Judge Anderson t week be dis- solved. The motion will be argned Saturday when the government's peti- n that the resraining order be made a temporary injunction comes up for hearing, (o interfere and dec ity and « T of th prosecu ussértion was in statements made to conne ow ministration in bringing 1t con- ferences ih Washingto u_the represetatives of the ope and miners with Hecretary of 1 r Wi son, recognized {he right of collcetive bargaining but by its later action would arbitrarily deny thig right, The charge of luck of cquity was based on the ument that the preus- ident had disso'ved the fuel adminis- tratlon followinz ceasation of hostili- ties and was without authority to re- establish tho vdmiristratorshin with- otit the exigeney of warfay nd that the United States brougpt abou! coniusan 2 Contin- ! ganization, Bl H [to the muchinations of the alleged ex. uing the motion declares that “the real and substantial purpose of this suit is to have the court extricate the ad- ministration frem the unfortunate state of disorder in which it has in- volved itself.” The doctiment attacks' the clause of the restrainiig order which prevents disbursements of strike benefits, de- claring that the benefiy fund. the prop- ecty of the members of the miners' or- is denied: them without | ust cause and without ccmpensation. Other sections of the motion declare that the® government's petition for an injunction does not disclose. that the plaintiff, thg United States govern- ment, has any interest in the subject matter or in the relief sought and that it does not allege that the common Jot of the miners will not be improved ! by new wage agreement. It cites the act of October 15, 1914, as provid- ing that no restraining order shall he United States court in e between employer: issued in any any and em- ployes “growing out of a dispute con- cering terms or conditions of employ- ment, unless necessary to prevent in- jury irreparable to property or a Pproperty right, for,which there is not adequate remedy in la Reports to Indianapolis today indi- cated no change in tl gituation in the coal fields of the state. A few wagon mines are in operation but on the whole union mines are idle. The Indiana public service com- mission today ordered all coal burning public utilities having less than two, Wi supply of coal to discontinue | al once street lighting, service for electric signs. water for fountains, coal gas for heating and such other service as is belleved advisable. COAL PRODUCTION INCREASES IN WEST VIRGINIA MINES Charleston, W. Va. Nov. 6.—Large increases “in coal production in West Virginia were ‘reported by’ the West Virzinia Coal Association tonight.-Tt |- was claimed that the mines were mow | producing at the rate of 60,000,000 tons per year or two thirds of the normal annual output of the state. The association report declared that production was on the inc i every field or the state and that gain were mude today in union flelds. where, it Was said, miners continued to return to work. Mines of West Virginia closed by the strike will not be reopened with imported Tabor ‘the leads said. T. Lewis, secretary of the New River Operators' Assoclation, discuss- ing this question, said “there will be no attempt to reoven the New River mines until after the federal injunc- tion is acted on. In any event it is not the intention of our operators to run the mines with imported labor. I our mines reopen it will he with men’who have gone out on strike.” In Distriet 17, United Mine Work- ers of America, all was auite today and the men were “holding fire” said C. F. Keeney, president of the union. He declared that nine non-union mines ! in the Fairmont district had been clos- ed during the last two days. Speaking of the strike in. this state, Mr. Keeney said tonight that it became necessary for the miners to walk out “on ac- count of the operators wanting to fol- the central competitive states, in refusing to give an increase unidss they are given iu those states.” He added that “the miners are willing at any time to enter into negotiations to settle this unhappy situation.” CHARGES MADE AGAINST CLOTHING WORKERS' AGENTS Chicago, Nov. 6.—Charges agents of the Amalgamated Workers of . America had obtained more than $500,000 from clothing | manufacturers in Chicago and other | cities, led to raids on the local head- quarters of the union today by de- tectives from the state’s attorney’s of- fice. Books and records of the organ- that Clothing ization including bank books of the union and individual officials were | seized. i Allegations made to the state's at- torney were to the effect that union agents for their own profit called strikes against manufacturers and threatened and coerced them into pay- ment of sums ranging from 3300 to $30,000. The latter' sum was paid by one manufacturer in three installments of 810,000 each, according to infor- mation, in his possession, Assistant Stute’s’ Attorney Michels announced. 1 A strike’ to enforce x wage increase of $3 u woek, a 44 hour week and di- | version of 25 per cent. of the profits of manufacturers to the union wag re- ported to hdwe been planred for next month, & 4 International officers of the union were not involved in the alleged ex- tortions. the assistant k&at?’s attorney said. Money obtained Dy the alleged congpirators was collected as “fines” impoged for supposed infractions of union rules but were deposited in banks to the credit of individuals and not ‘te the union. Mr. Michels deciared that increased cost of men's clothing could be traced tortionists sinee Chicago was general- Iy recognized as the center of the in- Austry. RESULT OF ELECTION IN MARYLAND STILL IN DOUBT Baltimore, MY., Nov. 6-—Based on complete, unofficial returns of Tues- day’s election from all of the 28 coun- ties of the state and five of the 28 wards of Baltimore city, -the démo- crats tonight are confidently claim- ing the election of Albert (. Ritchie, for governor over Harry W. Nice, re- publican. The republicans, however. not only iuse to concede Mr. Nice's ' defea bud insist that tbe completed canvass will show his election { Roper. !G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT OPENS Condensed Teiegrams Senate voted down La Follette labor amendments to the peace trealy, Request for federal troops made by Kentucky coal operators. was Handley Page airplane flight from New ork to Chicago, with 20 pusseng- ers postponed. New Jersey railroads were assessed $11,019,933.37 in exces: eof 1919, ac- cording to the figures for 1920. A committee to frame prohibition enforcement regulations was. named by ‘Internal Revenue Commissioner Senator Elodor Yanes, head of the Chilean mission to European coun- tries, leflt Madrid for bon on his way to America. Dr| Charles Fremont Taylor, editor and publisher of he Medical World, and widely known in the profession, died in Philadelphi: Another increase in the price of’ milk by New York companies will bej probeq by United Siates District At- torney Henry A. Guiler. Rioting broke out at the plant of! the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. the again; 50 women aitacked sheriff and his deputies. se. be held in Paris. fix a date for the me A bolt of lightning @estroyed creamery located at'Delasare, A large quantity of machinery damaged; the loss was § 00, of Nations however, | al J. Major F. B. Shaw and his assist- ants in the recruiting service in Bos- ton believe organizeq ovposition ‘to recruiting is made by bolshevis Chile denieq reports from Wash- ington that she had ceded to Bolivia a strip of land north of Africa, which would give Bolivia an cutlei to the sea. Irish republican army announced Irish girls keeping 'company with| government soldiers or policemen vill | be penalizeq by having their hair cut off. United States Shipping steamship Boous reporteq in 0 miles east of Halitax. ship Avondale. also reported tress. Special army board % consider consolidation’ of the air ser- vices “of the"“govérument under. a separatc department or approved plan. Board distress Steam- in . dis- commission | Lord Leverhulme, of England, coming to the United States and Cal a to organize a great fishing in- dustry to seil fish direct to people, to break trusts. Since the armistice was signed a r ago, 2,000 airplanes, including 347 erman machines were returned to this country from the American Ex- peditionary Force. Gencral Pershing recommended per- manent rank of [lieutenant Generalf for Lieutenant Cenerals Liggett and Bullarq and Major Generals Dickman, McAndrews and Harbord. German and Austrian delegates to| ) the International Labor Washington hayi i passage to Amer Council at Paris bookings. the try to 1 range The completion of the destroyer Reid in 45 1-2 working days, was a world record in pbuilding. Damage amounting to thousands of dolla; along Atlan avenue, the tide flooded many of the wharves poured into basements wherc goods yere stored. Wire communication in easterz Maine and western New Brunswick was temporarily interrupted today by a severe storm which struck those sections, The skeleton of the man found in the woods near Wickford on Octobrr 22 was identified by his clothing as Clarence E. Bailey, a machinist, of West Lynn, Mas: Allinn~ne bv Spain with friendly powers to insure the avoidance of war & urged by forergr Premier Rom- anones. When President Poincare and Ma- dame Poincare visit England on Nov. 10 for a four days' sojourn they will be the guests of the king and queen at Buckingham Palace. BISHOP BREWSTER ADDRESSED WOMEN’S BOARD OF MISSIONS Hartford, Conn., Nov. 6—About 400 representatives of the parishes of the Episconal churches of the diocese of' Connecticut attended the thirty-ninth annual nweting of the Women's Aux- iljary ‘to the board of missions here today. The session opened with ad- | dresses by Bishop, C. B. Brewster and | Dean S, R. Colladay. The most important repor+ was that of Miss Mary S. Nichols, of Bridge. port, the educational secretary. Mi Nichols stated thal, there had been greater response during the past vear 1o the call of leadership in education- al work and a greater cooperation among the parish crganizers. There were also addresses by Bishop Roots of Hankow. China, and Bishop Hunt- ington, of Nanking, Chia. IN ATLANTIC CITY, SEPT. 26 Atlantic City, N. J., Nov. 6.—The 1920 Natlonal Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic will be held in Atlantic City from September 26 to October 2, it was announced to- | day by Commander in Chief Daniel M. Hall of Columbus, Ohio. after a con- ference here with members of his staft | and representatives of the city. The Sons of Veterans, Women's Re- lief Corps, Datughters of Veterans, La- dles of the G. A. R. and the Sons of Veterans' aviliary will meet here at tha same time | cant veloping around the ireaty. { posing that the Sets Toen T TR Washington, ‘Nov. , 6.—Whether to ratify the treaty with Germany with- out reservations or amendments seemed for a while - this afternoon about to be decided by the Senate. Thrown into the thick of a gramatic parliamentary battle, a reyuest for an immediate show-down on unqualificd acceptance of the treaty got the backing of the leaders on both sides, who seemeg anxious to outdo . each other in pressing for a roll call. * But before the stage of action -was reach- ed the move was blocked by repub- lican “senators who objected that it might cut off dny later attempt to put reservations into the ratification. . Then the senate got back to its regular order of business and having voced down the Jdst of tle leng list of proposeq amendments, Legan work on the reservations pressuted by the Yoreign relations, committee, said to have the backing of a majority of the senators. When a 1ecess was taken untii tomorrow, the - first of the fift- teen committee propo:fls hadi not yet come to a vote. The reservations got before the senate only after a point of order against them had been overruled by +.ce 'resident Marshall, who geclared no tecknicalities of the senate rules would be permitted to stand in the way of the right of the senate majority ito frame its ratification of the treaty as it chose. The.ruling, which fol- lowed an hour of bitter argument, was accepted as containing a signifi- declaration of policy with re- ‘L to the parliamentary tangle de- ne urste paragraph of the reserva- group, the only part considered today, recites that the 1eservations must be accepted by three of the other four great powers to make the treaty binding. As presented, it hzd been slightly modified from the org- inal committee draft, so that the ac- ceptance would be secured “by ex- change of notes.” During the day two new reserva- tion proposals were placed before the senate, and, together with several presented by individual sena- be taken up after the com- list. One was by Senator yivania, nited States become only a “consulting membher” of the league with full liberty to govern its own course in all respects, and the other by Senator Johnson, re- publican, California, relating to equl- ization of voting power in the league. in his ruling against Senator Un- derwood’s point - of -order, - Vice Pres- ident Marshall made an extended ward construction of tiy senate rules ag o ihey. relate Se” the tregty: - : 1§ oSt import; e the senate of the United Rlates. “The chair is unwilling to malke ‘any sort of a technical ruling that will prevent the senate from ratifying this treaty either without reservations or with any sort of reservations that a majority chooses tv put into the res- olution of ratification. he chair is unwilling to construe e rules in so-strict and narrow a v that the treaty may be pigeor holeg or hung up by such v -onstruction. A he chair is #>ing to hold that a majority of the senate can present whatever it pleases to the senate in the way of reservations or interpre- tations and the chair thinks that these reservations, as they are called. ought to be considered in committee of the whole in justice to certain sena- ors of the United States who have Deen voting against amendments to the treaty with statements made that they voted against the amendment b_\-,- cause they thought they could pr serve their views by way of reser- vation and interpretatio! GOVERNMENT'S POLICY ON KIDNAPPINGS IN MEXICO Washington, Nov. §.—Policy of the Tnited States regarding the kidnap- ping of Americans in Mexico and at- | tacks upon Americans and their prop- erty in that country was set forth to- day in an official announcement that unless negligence on the part of the Mexican authorities can be shown, there will be no-claim for damages made by this government. The kid- napping of William O. Jenkins, Ameri- can consular agent at Puebla, and the payment by his attorney of $150,000 ransom for his liberty, was discu: ed at length by a high official of the state ! department in outlining the policy of | the United States. Jenkins will have to effect his own reimbursement of the money paid to the Mexicans who kidnapped him, it id, unless he can prove that the n government was negligent in affording him protection. The fact that he was an official of the United States government has no bearing ‘on the matter in ahy way, it was stated. Americans_in Mexico can expect no | more or different. protection than is af- forded to Mexicans under the Mexi law, this official said. dmitted by the state depart- s that ~ the robbery of American mine and oil company pay- masters ‘“might be” different, as the paymasters are compelled to notify the authorities in advance of their route, time of departure and the amount of money carried. Assertion that on oc- casions Mexican soldiers in federal uniforms are reported as participating in the robberies, and that officers of the federal army at times have led their men in alleged 'raids on the camps, brought the reply that in such event there “might be” grounds for a claim against-the Mexican government under international law Advices from Mexico City today in- ated the newspapers of that capital are much cxercised over the situation and the refusal of the Carranza gov- ernment to reimburse Jenkins for the money paid.to the Mexican kidnappers. The Excelsior conducted an indepen- [ dent investigation of the case and has presented the first detailed acccunt of the incident. seized Jenkins at his factory in Puebla on Oct. 19. The consular agent was compelled to open the safe, which was rified of its contents, was taken out- | side the factory, where horses were waiting, and was carried off and kept a week until he had arranged to pay the ransom. Jerking holds the receipt of the bandit leader. Frederico Cordo- ba. for 300.000 pesos rahsom. The newspaper further states that the American was not subjected to any bad treatment, but.that he suffered the natural discomforts -auendant upon Jiving with the bandits and that his health broke ‘down i | pro-| statement of his general attilude w-.;!_ ;x_'gatyv'l ever was ‘presented tol nt Missing e Men Were In the Launch. Newport, R. I, Nov. 6.—Fouf sailors were probebly drowned today when a naval launch containing ' nine ' men from the destroyer Long capsized dur- ing a gale in Narragansétt bay. Sea- man Arthur H. Shaynon was rescued at the point of exhaustion from a rock over which great seas were breaking and four others were taken from the water after a half hour's battle with the waves. Search for the missing men was continued tonight. . : 4 The launch, a-35-footer, was headed out of the harbor with supplies when a big sea tirned it completely over, A mile away, the keep or Gull light saw the men thrown into the.water 'and notified the naval station, but could not himself launch a boat against -the heavy seas.” It was a half hour before Harry Champion, & local hoatman, and three steam launches from. the naval station and the naval tug.Olida reach= ed the scene and effected the rescues. The survivors, in addition to.Shan- non, all seamen,.were: Fred H. Siegner, Clarence B. Rausch, L. Eistascio and M. Morgan. The names of the missing were an- nounced tonight as foilows: ., Electrician Francis D. Dillard, Fire- Wiliam H. Hager and Seamen Albert P. Patrick and Harry W. Stu- dent, - GERMANY MUST CONFORM TO ARMISTICE CONVENTION Washington, Nov. 6.—Notice was served on Germany by the allied and associated powers in & nofe and ac- companying protocbl, forwarded last Saturday, that the treaty of peace would not go into force untii Germany executes to the satisfaction of the al- lied and associated powers obligations assumed under the armistice conven- tion and ‘additional agreements. The note. made public tonight by the state department, provides that the. German government shall send repre- ntatives to Paris November 10 to ake final arrangements for the put- ting into efféct of the treaty. But the: note specifies that before the treaty ean be made effective through a pro- c verba lof the deposit of the rati cations, the German representatives. shall obligate their nation to carry out the terms of the protocol. Thé protocol contains a number of obligutions assumed by Germany in the armistice convention and comple- mentary agreements which have not heen' carried out ang which have been thé subject of urgent representations. These include the withdrawal of Ger- man troops from Russian territory, and the delivery of certain German tonnage. Most important, however, vader ¢ t vessels .at-Seapa. Flow with ] five g cruisers, and to make Wp for the frst class battleship sunk at Scapa’ Flow by turming over floating s and cranes, tugs and dredges valent to a {otal displacement of 40000 tons. i i Replacement of submarines destroy- ed through the turning over of addl- tional submarines and submarine ma- chinery is provided. Provisions of the armistice agree- ments and peace treaty which the pro- tocol demands that Germany carry out are: Delivery of 42 locomotives and 4,460 cars as yet not turned over. 4 Delivery of all documents, specie, valyes of property and finance, with aif issuing apparatus. concerning pub- lic or private interests in the invaded countries. - : Delivery of additional agricultural implements in lieu of railroad mater- ila. Restoration of works of art and ar- tistic documents, and industrial ma- terials removed from French and Bel- gian territory and as yet not com- Dletely restored. g Payment of the value of aerial ma- terial exported to Sweden, Hollandand Denmark in violation of treaty terms. The protocol concludes with the fol- owing paragraph: e ngca',se 5ermuny should not fulfill these obligations within the time spe- cified, the allieq and associated pow- jer reserve the right to hae recourse {to any coercive measures . or other which they may deem appropriate.” STl o 20 GASOLINE EXPLOSION ON SCHOONER KILLS FOUR New York, Nov —TFour ' persons were reported missing and two-others were injured today as the result of a 14 PAGES—98 COLUMNS ; Elihu Root Maintains That, In and Sale of Beer, Congress Exceeded Its Constitutional Authority—Bill Passed During the War Provided One Year For the Liquor Business to Adjust Itself—Claims Subsequent War Time Prohibition Enforcement Bill Was Passed Under False Pretenses—Assistant Attorney Gen- eral Frierson Cites Precedents to Sustain Claim That This Country Is Still Legally at War With Germany. New York, Nov. 8.—Elihu Root ar-' gued against the 'constitutionality of the prohibition enforcement act in the United States district court today, saying that its passaze was under false pretenses and beyond - the power of congress. He was associated with William D. Guthrie in the suit of Jacob Ruppert, who seeks an _injunction -against the local United States district -atlorney in order that the sale of 2.75 per cent. beer may be resumed. Two other suits involving the constitutionality of the act were also argued and Judge Erand took all under advisement. “On Oct. 27 the sale of this beer was legal,” said Mr. Root: **On Oct. 29 its saie was not lawful. On Oct. 29 (the date of the enactment of the Volstead act by overriding of the president’s veto) congress had no constitutional authority to prohibit the manufacture and sale of tne kind of heer made by the Ruppert company.” Mr. Root argued that in passing the bill congress was not exercising its constitutional power to raise and sup- port armies. “The president had told congress that the armies had been demobilized,” he said. “He had said over 4nd over again that the actual war had ended and that it was no longer necessary to raise and support an army. .He said that when the armistice was signed. Now the armistice has been executed. The enemy has laid down its arms. It has surrendered its navy amd sunk it, disbanded its army, given up its mu- nitjons. “This. bill was not passed in relation to carrying on the war, There isn't a man, woman or child in the United States that doesn’t know it. The bill was passed wnder false pretenses. “The prohibition amendment, passed during the war, provided one year for the liquor business to adjust itself. Now, after the real war has passed, when o enemy threatens, congress passes ‘a law taking away from the people the year of grace.” Mr, Guthrie argued that in vetoing the Volstead act and again in his Thanksgiving proclamation President Wilson had. in effect proclaimed that I ungaa&au " ha Pta%%n:" placde. . .. , “he is nd- #0.far s conclusion of the war is con- cerned have been &ccomplished. That is & proclamation by the president of that fact. The president can proeclaim a fact in any way he seeB fit.” Judge Hand remarked that this was not the proclamation intended by the original wartime prohibition act. “This country is still legally at war with Germany,” said Assistant Attor- ney General William Frierson. The present period, he said. was analagous to the year immediately following the Civil war. While history said that in effect the war ended in April, 1865, with . Lee's surrender, the courts, had held that from a legal standpoint had not ended until the. president's proclamation in August, 1866, that the insurrection had been put down. Mr. Frierson further argued that congress was not bound by the presi- dent’s recommendations; nor to accept his statement of facts. - WETS STILL LEADING IN | OHIO ELECTION RETURNS Columbus, Ohio: Nov. 6.—Practically complete returns of Tuesday's election from 59 of “the 88 counties tabulated at the office of secretary of state tonight show the wets to be leading on “all four prohibition proposals by the fol- lowing majorities: For the 2.75 per cent. beer proposal 14,328, For repeal of statewide prohibition T2E, Against ratification of the federal prohibition amendment 29,165, Against the Grabbe state prohibi- tion enforcement act 50,675. Basing his claim on resulis in the §9 counties and ote a year ago on statewide prohibition in the remaining 29 counties, Chief Statistician Johnson of the secretary of stute's office pre- dicieq that the 235 per cent. beer proposal will be defeated Ly from 13- 000 to 15,0007 the proposul to repeal stale wide prchibition defeated by more than 25,00 the federal prohi- bition amendment sustained by~ 2.000 to 5000 and the Grabbe prohibition enforcement bill defeated by moie than 20,000, OHIO MAY CAUSE SUSPENSION_ . OF NATIONAL PROHIBITION San Francisco, Nov. 6.—The appar- t overturning of Ohio’s administra- ratificat’on of the national prohi- ion amendment may have the result of suspending national probibition at least until November, 1921. according today Thendore A. Protective Association. “The result in Ohio will have a tre mendous psychological _ effect,” Mr. Bell said. ‘“Provided there are 1o opinions adverse to the liquor inter- ests from the United States supreme court or the supremc courts of stat where referendums are pending the national prohib’tion. amendments will stand sSuspbnded.- {6 ‘all” intents and purppses. until November,-1921. “Maine will-vote on_the ratification of the. amendment in Septenmiber, 1920. The nine remaining states where refer- endums are pending 'y vote in No- vember, 1920. Barring «“urt action the ratificat’on, if carried, will go into ef- fect a yeur ufter these last elections in accordance with the terms of the amendment.- The nine states are: Cal- ifornia, Colorado, ico, Okla- homa. Arkay Nebraska, Michigan and W: i A refer- endum also may be launched in Ne- vad; rty-five states have ra amendment. 1t needed thirt fieations to make it effective. in : number of operative ratifi- ations is reduced to thirty-four. aking the amendment inoperative until these refercndums are decided.” tified the INDUSTRIAL LABOR CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS ‘Washington, Nov. 6.—Declaring that the Japanese government “hus tried to prevent workers from forming organ- izations,” Carneille Metens, Belgian la- bor delegate, read into the record of the international labor conference to- day a statement “reproaching” Japan for the methods used in selecting its labor representative to the confer- ence. ‘While asserting that the labor group in the conference did not oppoe Uhei Masmoto, the Japanese labor del- egate, Mr. Meartens said the method used by the Japanese government m selecting its -representative “violated the provisions of the trealy of peace and the right of free association.” The conference adopted unanimous- ly, however, the report of its creden- tials commitiee recommending that no gasoline explosion = on the fishing schooner Gleaner. The Gleaner . had just left Manhattan for New Bedford, Mass., and as she neared the Narrows, she hailed a lighter to fill her gasoline tan] - An explosion occurred and flames | rapidly enveloped - the vessel. The | twelve men of the crew were forced to leap into the waters of New, York har- ! bor. el Sy The four men reported still missing tonigit are all of Nova Scotia. Others i ¢ crew were rescued by passing craft. \ INVESTIGATION OF WAR | EXPENDITURES MlSLEADING Tt says that five “rebels” | { exnects’ its deliveries to be Washington, Nov. 6.—Declaring that }unpisy investigations of war expendi- | tures conducted - by republicans have | been misleading to nobody,” Repre- i sentative Aswell, democrat, Louisiana, {told the house today that what “the | people wanted was sane legislation |adequate to meet the future. “Joy riding for a month in . Paris and France,” he said, “accomplished nothing towards checking up activities of the army abroad. Shameful political | trails have heen blazed and republi- | cans have tried to Keep. the country in turmoil ile their time-wasting has been covered up.” NEW MEN DELIVERING MILK IN HARTFORD Hartford, Conn. —The Bryant & Chapman . company, largest milk dealers in Counecticut, had a number of new delivery men ‘at work today in place of the 100 drivers.who went on strike yesterday. Emergency milk sia- tions were continued, but the company normal days. W. W. Pryant, an official of the company. s2id it would not hire the mills drivers any longer, nor employ within 'ten any of the men who went on strike, London, - Nov.: §—General - Denikine reporis that the Coseacks have de- stroyed a-Soviot® division to the east of Khepr, capturing 3, 09; action be taken on protests,which had been lodged against Mr. Masmoto on the ground thaz he did not truly repre- sent Japanese labor. In consenting to the seating of Mr. Masmote, J. Oudefeest, Dutch labor delegate, insisted that in future con- ferences tile Japanese labor delegate be chosen in agreement with the wish- es of the trades unions of that na- tion. Mr. Masmoto. it was learned today. agreed’ with other labor delegates on the.question of the eight hour day and objected to’ the position of the Japan- ese. government representatives who are asking reservations for Japan on account. of her backward {ndustrial de- velopments. The attitude of the press toward the conference was, criticized by the dele- gates at the opening of the session to- day as “imperilling” its work. Declaring that Washington newspa- vers had interpreted yesterday’s vot- ing as a set-back to the eight-hour day, Leon Jouhaux, French labor del- egate, said the press was. sprearing an unfavorable impression of the con- ference among American workers. BODY OF MRS. ELLA WHEELER WILCOX TO BE CREMATED New: Haven. Conn. body of Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, au- thor and poetess, who died 2 week ago at ‘her home in Branford, was taken to Springfield, Mass., by automobile to- Noy. . 6.—The day. Tn the funerz] party - were a quartet and harnist, . o mimber of clase friends." T wili be “in Springfield. After ‘mation the | ashes will be placcd in & niche in, the ledge close by the late home of Mrs. Wilcox. T 350 DELEGATES AT STATE | -SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING Hartford, Conn., Nov. 6.—About 350 delegates -attended ~the second” day's | session of the Connecticut State Sun- day School, Convention at the Iirs¢ urch today. . Rew.! D address o Sam- The FRANCE TAKES ACTION FOR CONSERVATION OF FUEL . 8—A government appeal ich as publie ‘mazut,” the idue remaining after gis- oline and kerosene have been distilled from crude petroleum, as a substituts fuel du:ing the increasing coal shert- age, s vL..ished prominently in ine reweyajers. The goverument pledges itseli te deliver for a ceitain pe:idd -vey ol to big conc their boilers. to of coal Liments are said to ha; that the higher prl vl be balanced . s who vl burn oil demop- of we S greatn: ed mazu fuel value and the econony of its yse. Re,1esentatives of the Metropolitan subway and other extei-ive users of crat ceclared that it would ta months to adapt the boilers to the new fuel, .but a group of American en- gineers, it is said, guarenteed to nake the complete change in six weeks. - Tre supply of electricity has of iawe frequently failed temporarily o'ving .to the ceal shortage, and the sup. has had several breakdowns, although =il { traffic is run at reduced speed, The gas pressure in the mains has béén reduced, causing many VIZorous pro= tests in the newspaper: | KILLED IN. RUSH AT - SALE OF ARMY GOODS Buffalo, N. Y., Noy. §--One woman ig dead and a score of others were in- Jured when a crowd rushed the doers of the Sixt; ifth Regiment armory today at.the opening of a salc of Unit- ed States army goods. The dead woman < Mrs. Emma Baumeister, 65 vears old, who faint- ed .in the crush and died in an am- bulance on the w to a hospital. .: When the doors were Lhrown open after hours of waiting the rush swept aside ‘twelve policemen who were on hand to keep order and it was neces- sary to ¢all reserves to regain con- trol of the crowd. Police Chief Hig- gins ordered the army officers to eall the sale off for the day. BELGIUM HONCRS BOSTON POLICE SUPERINTENDENT | Boston, Mass, Nov. §.- ent of the Police Michael . Crowler, Wwas notified today that he had been made an officer of the’ Order of I pold 1L by the g of the Belgiaii The decision. was presented him by Consul Reddington ¥Fisk Superintend- SHORTAGE OF COAL [N SEVEN ALABAMA TOWNS Montzomery, Ala., ~-Appeals from seven Alabama towns for relief i from. a shortage of coal reached the state pubiic & n te- day. The comm the calls for assista 0 federa) lmnnugfir of ¥ Tailréad which tran -oul sup- faly to