Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 27, 1919, Page 1

VOL. LXI—NO. 284 POPULATION 28,91 MINERS JEER APPROVED BY THE CABINET | WAGE SCALE Granted 14 Per Cent. Increase—Government Control Over Terms Were Announced to the Bituminous Coal Oper- ators and Miners’ Wage Scale Committee By Fuel Ad- ministrator Garfield—Acted as the Authorized Agent of the Cabinet and of President Wilson—Dr. Garfield De- clared the Miners, Without the Proposed Increase, Were Washington, Nov. 2 vanee of 14 per cent. for workers, all onclusions of Fuel “Bectaring ¢ cting ws the t Secretary utho: offered an increase of 31 of the United Mine Workers, asked ii6 acts of Secretary Wilson . Garfi de his proposal as Inglitate negotiations, Whson told him toda: wnd the e gucretary of labor. “The cabinet & I have sugges " Dr. Garfield sald. hout the cent., were <« of employment D! Dbett oft then ot ded by Dr. Garfleld. —A wage ad- mine madntenance of government control over coal prices, and no in- feaso in prices at this time, were the Administrator sarfield, announced tonight to the op- cfators and mine wage scale commit- Wilson, d agent of the! -abinet and of President Wilson,” had 6-10 per cent., John L. Lewls, acting president government intended to “repudiate replied that Mr. Wilson mediator to nd, that M was not the function of has decided that the d ie sound and rfield_declared that the min- sed increaso of A permanent Workers. bring the average wages of mine workers up to this point at the pres- ent time is 14 per cent. Readjustments heretofore made since 1918 were such as fo give cer- tain clasees of mine workers an av- erage ihcrease in excess of the in- creuse in the cost of living, and cer- tain bthers an average increase below the increase in the cost of living. This form of adjustment was made in order to establish or preserve certain rela- tive bases in the mining industry. I do not think this condition, however, ought to result in giving to mine Workers, as a whole, and in conse- quénce imposing upon the public, a total average increase in excess of the total average increase in the cost r.|of living, because if this course be ¢ | adopted, the result would be that the tota] increased burden placed upon the mining industry will be far in excess of the increase in the cost of living. If this principle were adopted in in- dustries generally, it is helieved that if the resulting cost would be passed along to the general public and the increased wages would increase in a rapid spi ¥ ral takin centage of in a minimum the ase i the cost of o i ory powers,|living. In the long run this would snsieting of the secretary of the in-|add many new and serious burdens to chajrman and of an equal | the cost of living of the entire public representatives of opera-|and would fall more injuriously upon end mino workers was recom-|the working classes than upen any other. Uhis board woulq continue to apply| It seems to me that the reasonable rinciples announced by the fuel; to deal with this situation is to o unsettled questions, pgive to the industry as a whole an & and living condi- |average increase commensurate with the increase in the cost of living and 4 at the meeting that| then let that amount of increase be s was|apportioned in accordance with the 0 d aze hases that are acceplabic to the 3 Lie minimum average ann turn amounted to $9i in other without iny William n, Secretary United Mine Workers, was _sufficient employment, and this pnsidering the fourteen pe of asked if stgndards of living. “That depends on circumstances, said Dr. Garfield. “There are very fe who get more than $30 a month. won't admit that 3 decent America: stundard isn't permitted Tn the midst of u sharp crossfire of nk Farrington, president avetions, F of the Iilinols distriet of United Min Workers, asked Dr. Garfield If miners would be regarded 1 i th to every work but ie mines, Dr. Carflelq replied. . This sum, he er than’ wages, is o maintain American | the “out- y @id not return to work. nment never hag attempt- against 1 protection will be offered miners willing to return to plovers and the employes. Control_of prices by the govern- ment will be maintained for the pres- ent. To Avert Further Controversy. The. present negotiation stands by itself. hut it is far from disposing of {the fundamental controversy between und ‘workers, That contro- | versy is bound to be a_continuing one matters now stand. It invoives living conditions and conditions -in the I| mines. as well as wages and profits, Nland the general relation between op- erators and mine workers, —Therefore, to-aid in apriying the principles which have governed us and which should -r e futre, it is urged that a permanent consulative body, with purely advis- ory powers, be set up consisting of the secretary of the Interior as the chairman and of an equal number of representatives of the operators and of the mine workers, chisen in such manner as they may each determine Furrington replied that he did not!erom time to time. In order that the nink this would be necessary. for{qdaty necessary for the considoration Tilnots, he did not be- winers we Says Miners L. Lewis, Not Accept. meeting with hat “tho miner fourteen per cen the rease. A number of er the new lowat, preside sry’ organizat “insult’ to go home miners attempted o scale. Alexande of the Kan: When the joint conference with Dr. th Gurfield adjourned late tonight committees of min went into executive of facts. the miners woul cept ju Le started into the meeting. The sub-sciy® 1) the new wage affer. William Green, secretary of Thiited Mine Workers, declared ulerrow would see the end of all ne gotiations as “the operatorg are op- posed to granting any increase an eg given by Dr. Garfield.” sunder Howat. president of the Ka sas miners, who announced that some and fight for a while.” Dr. Garfield’s statement to the joint sonference of miners and operators loliows: Dr. Garfield’s Statement. py in that state who returi under the new cting president of «d Mine Workers of America Dr. t bt committe, after a fivi minute session, adjour\d to meet to- wlrrow to give further consideration the to- not proceed on the fig- r Many of (e miners said they agreed with Al- “it we are unable to receive a wage here hat will guarantee us a decent liv- ng 385 days in the year, we will go 'On the 24th inst I announced that of this consul*‘‘ye body may at all times be ava, e, it is urged that the congress make provision for col- lecting definite and trustworthy in- formation concerning the coal and coke industry and for the tabulation of the same in quarterly reports show- ing: (1) Production, distribution, age and stocks of coal and coke; (2) The cost of production and dis- tribution and of maintaining suitable stocks, and agy other data concern- ing the industry demed necessary;" (3) The cost of living in the several -| coal fieids; 7 (4) The selling prices and profits obtained by the operators, middle- men, and retail dealers; (3) Export requirements and the condition limiting them. The settlement of the present con- troversy on the wage and price basis above indicated must he considered in the light of the proposal to set up this permanent, consuitative body. While it will not have powers of de- eision, it will hardly sem possible to a reasonable man that {n the light of its conciusions demands for exhorbitant profits or unreasonable wages can be successfully maintained, or that con- ditions unfavorable to the American standard of living will be tolerated. a, 5 t. stor- o d PROFITS OF BITUMINOUS COAL MINES 100 TO 150 PER CENT. Washington, Noy. 26.—Bituminous coal mines east of the Mississippi river in 1917 made “what might be termed fabulous profits,” the general average being from 100 to 150 per cent. on in- vested capital, according to a state- ment issued tonight by Secretary Glass, based on data furnished by ex- iverts of the internal revenue bureau. “Coal operators generally in the United States in the years 1914 and | them in the newspaper’. govern in reaching conclusions in the! Ne public must not be asked to pay more than it is now paying for coal, unless it is necessary to do so in rder to provide reasonabie wages for e mine workers and o reasonable profit to the operators. Careful in- vestigation forces me to the conclu- sion that, in zccordance with this and ther principles set forth on the 24th inst, the public ought not to be re- yoired to pay any inerease in coal prices at this time. The prices fixed by the government on coal were calculated to increase production for war purposes. Coal was basic and the increase in production was imperative. The operators are 20w in receipt of margins which were necessary to effect that increase of production, but which are larger than wre required under present conditions. [t was estimated that the production néeded for 1815 was 600,000,000 tone. The esimate 1918 s 500,000,000 of cor th in 1815 lost money when normal deple- tion and depreciation are taken into consideration,” “What s meant by this is that proper item in fixing costs is depreciation of Plant and depletion of the cost or value the statement said. the coal in the ground. “In the latter part of 1916 all coal mpanies in the United States, save ose in the extreme west, began mak- ing money. with the result that the operations for the vear 1915 generally show a profit of from 10 to 35 per cent. on capital inyested. “In 1917 all bituminous coal mines east of the Mississippi river made what might be termed fabulous profits, the general average being from 100 to 150 per cent. on range being from 15 to 800 per cent. Invested capital, the “In - 918 conditions were not so good Appalachian and central com- petitive districts, profits' generally be- ing reduced 25 to 20 per cent. Jess than tone. Applying the p Paragraph Two of the November 24, when the average creases In wWages since 1913 for of living since that time, in wages justifiable time. at the Fgures Basis of Decision. ples set forth in statement of in- tire various classes of mine werkers are @deducted from the increase in the cost we arrive at the amount of additional increase present for the preceding year, the range being from 15 to 300 per cent on Invested capital. Tn the west conditions in 1918 were better than in 1917, the profits in the Rocky mountain districts ranging as high as 400 per cent. on invested capital, “Unofficial figures for 1819, incom- plete, of course. indicate that profits 6f the operators are less than for 1918, some of the operators claiming to have ac’ually lost mone; 1 have taken the fizurcs of the |STATEMENT BY EXECUTIVE Bureau of Labor Stadsties for both COMMITTEE OF MINERS cost of living and for the weighted —— N a of wage in t 5. Accord-| «Washington, Noy. 26.—Higher wages ing to these figures the cost of to bituminous coal miners would mean ing_ bas risen ¥ ercent rewarding men “who prefer to loaf 1813 and the amount e rather than produce coal” i the elaim AY, NOVEMBER 27, 1919 THE AMERICAN WOMAN'S PRAYER OF THANKSCIVING By HELEN ROWLAND . THANK Thee, O: Benign Spirit, on this Day of Thanksgiving, for all the blessings of this glorious’ and never-to-be-forgotten year, Nine- teen Hundred and Nineteen ! "I thank Thee for Victory, for Peace, for Prosperity, and for the safe home-coming of those we love far better than ourselves.. I thank Thee, that I was born, to live and to share in this wondrous Age of Matchless Opportunity, this Age of Miracles, - this age of un- precedented human achievement: when every dawn beholds.another dream- come-true, another vision materialized, another “impossibility” become reality. I thank Thee, that T was born, in this, the Golden Age of Woman, when every deor of Life, every path of achievement, ‘every gateway to succe and happiness, is flung wide open to me, o woman—and when my op- portunities for splendid attainment are limited only by my own vision, my own aspiration, or my own effort. d Most of all, I thank Thee, that I was born to enjoy the blessed heritage ¥ of this Golden Land of Promise, this Land of freedom, fraternity, plenty, and prosperit; this Land of equal rights, and equal chances for. all! This Land, where the poor man of today may be the rich man of tomor- row! row. citizen of tomorrow. the learned college professor. States. some day become great. the T N T of American ener; play, which b life. has risen to meet the responsibil time of peace. against which the blin Cabled Paragraphs Break in Swedish Ministry. Stockholm, * Nov. 26—FP. A. V. Schotte. minister of the interior, and M. Reyden, minister of education, have |resizned as a result of attacks upon v Toth minis- ters were shareholders In the Svensk Import. Company, which “failed récent- 5. SELLING ALL INTOXICANTS OPENLY IN NEW.ORLEANS Federal Judge Declared War-Time Prohibition Unconstitutional—Rush So Great For “Straight Liquor” That Mixed Drinks Were Unobtainable— Profiteering Squelched. New Orleans, La., Nov. 26—Whiskey, beer, wines and in fact every -drink usually found in the old days in a well stocked bar. was sold openly over the counter -in New. Orleans tonight after Federal Judge Foster had declared war time prohibition unconstitutional. Teess than an hour after Judge Foster had_enjoined federal authorities from interfering with the sale, of bonded whiskles iri_complfance with the peti- tion of the Herman Leiser Liquor Com- pany, bar ‘rooms were serving liquor in_steadily varied assortments. Mixed drinks were unobtainable dur- ing the day because of the rush for “straight- liquor”, Later, however, it was_possible to obtain prectically all of the widely known drinks, for many years peculiar to New Orleans. French restaurants served claret with dinners, adding the _touch which chefs and managers of the establishments al- ways have claimed was necessary for the proper appreciation of their meals. Judge Foster in granting the injunc- tion, ruled that the world war came to an official end when congress adjourn- ed recently without rejecting the peace treaty with Germany. He maintained that when President Wilson vetoed the Volstead war time prohibition enforce- ment bill October 28, the president de- clared the army and navy forees de- mobilized. Judge Foster formerly held that 2.75 per cent, beer was non-intoxicating. District ' Attorney ~Mooney, upon learning of reports that saloon keepers had agreed to make a flat charge of fifty cents per drink for whiskey, an- nounced that should they combine to charge high prices for drinks they would be prosecuted for profiteering, Whiskey sold in, most places at twenty-five cents a drink, about half the size formerly sold. Higher grade whiskies served In old style glasses sold from 35 to cents. Bottled whiskies, bonded, were to be had at an average of six dollars a quart, some places, however, being without other than the cheaper grades. Wines were procurable at an average of about 25 per cent over former prices. At all of the downtown saloons crowds remained until closing time. Taxicab companies reported an old time rush of- customers to the road- houses and cafes at the lake resorts. Stocks sufficient to last yntil Jan- uary 16, should the supreme court rule that wartime prohibition was uncon- stitutional, were reported by Whole- sajers. Practically none of the liquor in’ warchouses here was exported, Thousands of out of town visitors here for the racing season. which opens i tomorrow, Were among the crowds at the bar rooms and at the bottled goods shops. : X of the executive committee of the op- erators in central territory in a state- ment issued tonight. Excerpts from a “typical mine pay- roll” are quoted to show that out of 175 men offered an opportunity to work 22 davs in a month, only 46 presented themselves. “On_every occasion that the mine wage scale had been-advanced during the last few years, thé number of these idlers has increased, because they were 1 thank Thee, for the blessed heritage of America! Where the apprentice of today may be the master builder. of tomorrow. ‘Where the dreamer of today may be the successful inventor of tomor- . Where the laborer of today may be the employer of tomorrow. Where the penniless alien of today may be the wealthy and respected Where the-man-with-the-hoe may become the-man-of-the-hour. Where the ambitious boy plodding through night-school may, become And where the coilege professor may become President of the United - Where all the greatest men were once poor, and the poorest man may THANK Thee, for American iGeals, which nothing can dim or eclipse, and which. at this moment, are a beacon, guiding the world. 1 thank Thee for the dynamic inspiration of American enthusiasm and 1 thank Thee for the American gospel of work, the American creedof success, and the American slogan, “Prosperity for alll” I thank Thee for the American sense of honor, of justice, and of fair caused the American man, of his own volition, to place woman by his side, as his partner and his equal, in business, in marriage, in the professions, in the affairs of government, and in all the walks of 1 thank Thee for the magnificent way in which the American woman ies and opportunities of her new estate, for her glorious sacrifices in war, and her glorious accomplishments in I thank Thee for American sanity and American common &ense, 1, black bat of Bolshevism will beat its wings in vain, and the poisoned barbs of the propagandists and promoters of discord and discontent shall fall as dried leaves in the wind! I thank Thee for American clear-sightedness, speciotis arguments and false logic of before which the those who hide their creed of hatred beneath the, cloak of “Humanitarianism” will continue to dissolve as the mist of morning before the high sun. America! ! T thank Thee for the America . They can not destroy the soul of n man—square-shouldered, square- Jawed, and square in all things—the finest type of manhood in the world! I thank Thee for his American chivalry for woman, .and his reverence for love, marriage, motherhood, and hold most divinely sacred! all those things. which I, a woman, 1 thank Thee for the American woman—her aspirations, her daurtless pluck, her sense of proportion, her love of work, and her inherent fineness and strepgth. 1 thank Thee for the American tender, built on the firm rock of comradeship, and mutual faith; and for the American Marriage, founded on THANK Thee for all American institutions, American schools, Ameri- can colleges, American business, tions, and the American Home—all of which stand as shining monuments to American’ freedom and OPPORTUNITY! O Benign Spirit of Love, Liberty, last, that T, a woman, was born to wi perity and golden possibilities, when creed, and sex, have been flung aside! When the whole world is teeming with new life, new ideas, new pro- fessions, new Industries, and boundless opportunities for all! When to America, Land of fruitfulness and fertility, is vouchsafed the Dblessed privilege’ and sacred responsibi weary peoples of the older world, wl side for her ideals. 5 ‘When, to the manual laborer and the thinker, alike, to man and woman, alike to rich and poor, high incomparable Country, flowing with milk and honey, palpitating with lite and energy, pregnant with possibility, and ripe with opportunity, holds out her arms, crying: “Come! Work, hope, aspire—an give thee, nothing which thou canst not accomplish! “Come! “See! My mines and rive: and citi “They are all thine! They are rewards for the man or woman of intelligence, of ability, of ambition, of energy and aspiration. “Come! The world is at thy feet! is within thy grasp! ‘This is the magic hour of thine opportunity—the Day of the Big Chance! “Come! perit Printed by Permission of the Butterick Publishing Company Copyrignt 1919. Renly s Vs ists”, They Believe, to Be Active In the Uniied States. Washington, . Nov. . 2§-—Sbme = of- ficiajs. expressed belief today .that the Mexican government's délay, in re-} plying to the American' mofe, * sent more- than a week - 480, demanding release of William O. Jenkins, - con- sular agent at Puebla, ‘was part of a deliberate plan to still . further an- tagonize' the United ‘States: 3 This belief was hased largely upon| official information from Mexico City that officials there were endcavoring | to spread the report that this coun- try, was on the verge of a revolution and that by holding up the . reply Mexicans could offer siibstanial aid to the “revolutionists.” Mexican agents in the United States, the advices said, had - been sending home highly colored “and wildly ex-| aggerated reports. concerning do-! mestic conditions, the steel .and coal strikes being' cited as glaring evi- deace of industrial unrest, There was no report. from the. em- bassy at the Mexican capital to add anything to those received hereto- | fore, all of which showed that Jenkins was still held in the " penitentiary on charges of having' been _implicated with “the bandits who' took . $150,000 | from him after he had ®$een kidnap- ped.. One despatch from Mexico City said the Mexican senate had decided fo ask President Catranza for full information ‘on- the- Jenkis case, and this was taken to mean that no reply might be - expected until * the ~senate had given it some consideration. OVERLOADING OF PUBLIC SERVICE MOTOR VEHICLES Hartford, Conn., Nov. 26.—Robbins B. Stoeckel, commissioner of mator vehicles, has sent to inspectors and police departments letters in which he says his office - has ’ received = many complaints from various sections of the state relative to overloading of public service motor vehicles. He says: “The law plainly specifies that any public service motor vehicle may carry two persons in excess of the seating capacity. Overloading is dangerous. Therefore the policy. of enforcement should be strict and overloading should be stopped forthwith. 1f there Is sufficient demand on the part of people desiring “to be carrled so.that it becomes necessary, more public ser- vice motor vehicles can be registered and regular schedules provided, and it is undoubtedly 2 fact that. this result will take place just as soon as the public service motor vehicle owners | become convinced that they are not going to be allowed to overload.” DEADLOCK OVER STREET CAR SERVICE IN TOLEDO Toledo, 0. Nov. 26—Unable to break the deadlock over a number of issues, the street car conference in which city and company officials have beey engaged several days without re- sults, was adjourned - today pending action expected to be taken in United States district court on Friday of this week when it is believed some means will be devised whereby resumption of street car service suspended = since November 8 will .be resumed. NORTH DAKOTA SENATE VOTES FEDERAL SUFFRAGE Bismarck, N D.. Nov. 26.—The state senate late today passed the federal suffrage amendment by a vote of 43 to 3. The Non-Partisan League cau- cus bill declaring oil companies to be public utilities and.under the .control of the state rafiroad commission with able to earn all they required in a|power to fix prices of gasoline and oil, fewer number of days” the statement!was introduced Ly Senator “William J. read. Church, and veferred tg committee. |lector of the port of New 1 need thee, as T have never needed thee, beforel “I need thy brains, they hands. thy heart, thy loyalty! my factories and business centers, my fields and forests and plains, my printing-presses and schools, my farms . my railroads and bridges, my banks, and shops, and homes and skyscrapers—these, all these, need thee, and call to thee. 1, thy Country, call thee—to work, to achievement, to pros- " AMEN, Ideal of Love—spontaneous, clean, love. American shops, American inven- and Justice, I thank Thee first and itness fhis unparalleled era of pros- all the old prejudices of caste, and ty of saving and servigg those ho have fought and suffered by her and low, great and small, alike, this d there is nothing which I can not not win, nothing which thou mayest all open and overflowing with rich All life opens before thee! Success IMexico's Delay of |Disbursements For Russian Federatiun. i i Tde $400 to Martens O Sale of His Piano” and $25 to Mrs, Rose Pastor Stokes. New York, Nov. 26.—Checks total- ling several thousand doliurs, disbur: ed by Dr. Michael Misleg, treasu of the Kussian Federation, since Lud wig C. A, K. Mart ed his Russian soviet “embassy initivduced “mto evidence hearing of the joint legi mitiee investigating Bolshev tivities. in. New York. Efforts learn the source of radical funds and where and for what they are speut occupied virtually the entire sessioi. Examination of Mariens was pended at his requesi uniil December 4, to give.him time to consult t lawyers. This action followed- a clash batween —committ; members and Dudley Field Malone, former col- York, who endeavored vainly to read into the committee record a vigorous denunc ation of Attorney General conduct of the investigation y when Malone was mentioned ing accepted a $1,000 counsel from. the soviet bureau, Checks issued by Dr. Misleg both as treasurer of the Russian federation and of the Novi Mir, a Russian lang- uage Communist paper, included one for $800 paid by the federation to the Communist party at Chicago; $1,000 for rental of Madison Square Garden fee for a radical mass mecting to pro- test the blockade- of Soviet Russia; $400 1o Martens. “on the sale of his piano”; $25 each to Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes and D@ Maximillian Cohen, éditor of the Communist World; “t3 carry on socialist work,” and $120 0 S Stocklitzky for maintenance of the|sg Chicago office of tion. The source Of his funds was mem- Dbership dues in the federation _and money earned by Novi Mir, Dr. Mis- leg testied. The federation main- tained a fund to furnish bail and pay counsel fees for its members arrest- ed and charged with treason, anarchy and similar acts . which “did not please the authorities,” he said, add- ing that Rus¢fan tederation members in Bayonne, N were out on bai furnished hy the federatio, Misleg admitted toar ho knew Leon Trotzky, though 1id he had not seen_him or communicated with him ae Russian federa- since he left New York for Russia. He said he had known Martens for|a nearly three years and had loaned him_ $2,500. Misleg said he would like to see people of the United States adopt i soviet form of government as “health. ier” than the present one. PAN-GERMAN IMPERIALISTIC DEMONSTRATIONS AT POTSDAM Berlin, Nov. 26.—Pan-German im- perialistic demonstrations were re-| sumed at Potsdam Tuesday. Large crowds assembled outside the parson- age, where General Ludendorff is stop- ping. The general came to a indow and extolled the Prussian spirit and militarism. The crowds sang im ial songg and cheered Ludendorff, the former emperor and militarism, and shouted abusively against the govern- ment. TURCO-BULGARIAN TREATY IS TO BE SIGNED TODAY Paris, Nov. 26.—The Turkish ques- tion will be uppermos: after the Bul- garian treaty is signed tomorrow. This will take place in the hall of cercmon- ies of the mavor's office at Neuill The British are understood to be ury ing that the conference of Turk delegutes be. called during the month of Deccmber. Immedi; ter Clamenceau’s re- e Al a0 o cabinet . his| Condensed Telegrams Enforcement of national prohibjtion left to state and municipal authorities. Admiral Florez, Spanish Minister of Marine, is seriously ill with —pneu- monia. Pt e turn ,to Paris meeting. he called Only on a doctor’s prescription can food be secured in Petrograd, because of the shortag ¥ Striking printers of Naples returned | {to work,” having ben ~granted 'a 320 i per cent. increase. England, France, Belgium and Ger- many are biying' copper in this coun- ltry and paying cash s i Bolshevik propagandists pamphiets printed in Japanese were found in circulation in Japan. National committee in charge of the steel strike voted unanimously in faver of continuing the strike. General Pershing will begin an in- i spection of the miMeary resources of |the United States on Dec. 3. British barkentine Annie Marcias bound irom Martinique with a cargoe of rum, went ashore off Bord,eaux. Charles M. Schwab, in an interview at Pittsburgh, estimated the steel output for the year at 40,000,000 tons. Instruction in sex hygiene for chil- dren of bouth sexes over thirteen was| decided upon by the Vienna Board of Education, Canadian _reports announce - the White-Star Dominion Line will begin direct service between New York and Hamburg. Stock of the Manhattan Elevated Railway aCo. sold for $4450 on th < 1t was the low in many years. The Commercial Cable Co. announc- es that Japan no longer restricts mes- to or from enemy persons or enemy countries. Members of the Clemenceau Minie- | try who were defeated in the elections to the Chamber of Deputies, tendered their resignations. Baron Roman Avezzano, new ltalian ambassador to this country, says de- lay in adjusting Adriatic’ question menaces his country. 1 Bar silver was quoted at 76 pence| in London, compared wih | v York, which is the! c on record. 000 French refugees to their homes in the devastatéd regions. Cleofonte Campanini, director gen- eral of the Chicago Grand Opera Co., has had°a physical _breakdown; was taken to a hospital. 3 Brooklyn City Railroad announced ! no second fare would be collected on | Flatbush. avenue lines until court de- n has been rendered. During the month ended Oct. 31 new freight cars totaling 11S twere con- structed in railroad shops of which 100 were wood and 1§ steel. Small quantities of coal are arriving ! at Vienna from day to day, permitting the continuance .of a- restricted street| lighting and tramecar service. Coasting schooner Oakwoods was sunk in collision with United States subfarine R-3 off Buzzard's Bay. Crew landed at New Bedford. Prince of Wales expressed a desire to return often to Canada and “travel as a Canadidy in his own country,” in an after dinner speech at Halifax, | TOUSE FORGE ON RADICALS ATELLISISLAND IF NECESSAR Committee Has Decided to Compel Them to Appear For Ex- amination Friday—Three of the Radicals Have Broken From Hunger Strike—Others Have Had No Food For 48 " Hours—Letters Show That Bolshevism Was Fosteredat 5 Ellis Island By Former Cimmissioner of Immigration Frederick C. Howe—Received Letter of Gratitude From Emma Goldman For Interceding White Slaver. New York, Nov. 26—Letters show- ing a sympathetic attitude on the part of Frederick C. Howe ,formerly commissioner of immigration at Ellis Island, towaird radicals who had Dee ordered deported were read tvay at an inquiry by the House immigration committee. They were produced after téstimony by Byron H. Uhl now act- ing commissioner at the island, that conditions under Howe's regime tend- ed to make the island a “forum of Bolshevism, a bawdy house and a gambling house.” The correspondence, taken Dby committee from files at the island, cluded letters written by Howe to George Andreytchine, a radical whose deportation order ‘was cancelled; Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and Louis F. Post, assistant secratary of labor; one recieved by him from Emm Goldman, and one firom Dante Barton, vice chairman of th committee on industri- al relations to Miss Helen Marot care of The Masses, a radical N York publication. Miss Goldman urged Howe not send “to sure deatn” W in France, Jo- seph Goldberg, a white slaver and a friend of defendants in Los Angeles dynamiting cases . Official records read by the committee showed Gold- berg had bee allowcd to 0 to spain at his own -expenss after being ord- ered deported. Andreytchine, an I W. W. rioter, wrote Howe upon cancellation of an order of deportation: “I have no words te thank vou for ur appreciation and support. Yours ‘as ever for the emancipation of_mankind.” In reply Howe wrote: *I was im- mensely gratified to receive your let- ter advising me that Acting Secretary Densmore had cancelled your ordar for_deportatien.” Blizabeth Gurley Flynn wrote Howe in regard to Andreytchine: you among the first to s young rebel is not sent death.” Howe wrote:to Louis F. Post, as- sistant secrctary of labor, in regard to the Andreytghine case: “The young man is a clean, whole- some, nice_ looking fellow and Mrs. J. 8. Crafi'has teléphoned me s times about him. " . A letter from Danfé Barfon to'Hel- én Marot in regard to Andreytchine tlutionary epoch, @ great shaking up of For Joseph Goldberg, a said: “I think we can feel pretty sure that Fred Howé will continue his parole * * % That will give us a long- er time to make a stit with the heip of the whole radical bunch. * ® = Densmore’s opinion that he ‘must be deported is. a rotten legalistic rat- eved reincarnation of attorneyism.- ¢ * Possibly we can scare Secretary Wilson, Mr. Uhl testified that in depart- mental matters Howe had gone over the head of his superior, Anthony Caminetti, commissioner general -of imigration, and deal: with officials of the department of labor. Uhl now ' deals wth Cainetti, ‘he testified. Mv. Caminetti was at the island. .today but did not attend the.hearings. While the commitice was conduet- ing its inquiry into the former ad- ministrator, a hunger strike and a si- lece strike by more than three scor: radicals at' the isiand continued. The committee announced that some of the radicals would he brought before it for examination Friday, by force if necessary. Three radicals were so hungry to- day that they answered the call to the dihing room. The others tonight had had no food for 48 hours, Responsibility for radicalism in New York rests with the United States de- partment of labor. according to Repre. sentative Isaac Siegel of New York, originator of the inquiry, because. it permitted 560 persons, he dsserted, tc besturned loose in this city on nominal Dbonds or their own recognizance, - Zne !;u;’ is all right as it 18 he added, “ubt lack of iis enforcemes has been the trouble.” = ore letters will be introduced Fri- and it is proposed to call Frederios _ Howee, former commissioner of im-» :;03 at Bilie Island, before the in- ends. all aliens awaiting deportatios at Ellis Island are Russians, Repre- sentative Siegel stated. Danes, Gers mans, Poles and other races are in the collection, 3 Al the close of the session today Mr. Siegel read into the record the plats ferm espoused by Peter Bianki; secre- tary of the Kederation of Jewlsk Workers and leader of the “sflent hunger strike.” It advocates “a rev Mtiquaied social forms -of - polities) - equality and the overthrow of capital- ism. R MINERS, SURROUNDED BY TROOPS, VOTE TO WORK Sheridan, Wyo, Nov. ¢ States soldjers today enforced an in- terpretation of the mandam's order recently issued at Indianapolis to en- force striking miners in this district to return to work. The soldiers, under command of Major Warren Dean, act= ing by virtue of a proclamation issued by Brigadier Geperal D. A. Poore, placing the state under military con- trol, swept down upon the mining Lown of Carneyville and with bayonets fixed surrounded the hall wherein many of the strikers had congregated. The strikers were held there while other soldiers made a house to house search for additional miners, and then Major Dean_called a meeting of the local union. The union officials presided at the meeting. After it had been explained by Major Dean that he thought the miners, most of whom had previously expressed a desire to return to work, were violating the federal court's man- the union officials called for a the question of returning to work Friday morninz. The men pres- ent decided unanimously to return to work. Aclist of 72 names, mainly of radi- cals, among the miners in the district. had been given to Major Dean. and 52 of those named were arrested by the detachment of the Fifteenth cavalry and taken to Fort McKenzie. Officials who had been observant of conditions in th s dis trict ‘stated ton believed and that 1 be coming from —United normal production the mines v i MEXICAN GOVERNMENT WILL NOT RELEASE JENKINS Ccity, Nov. Declaring upon which es bases its demand for mmediate release of William O. senkins, United States consular azent at l'uebla, the Mexican government, thrcugh Hilario Medina, under-secre- tary of foreign relations, tonight stat- was impossible to accede to the t of the American state depart- ment. Tt is asserted that the executive de- partment cannot, under Mexican law, tervene at this moment in an affair hich is strictly in the hands of state . It is declared the imprison- of Jenkins was neither unjusti- irbitrary and that Mr. Jenki rnting his own fr ¢ bail, for which reason, . ¢ cannot be considered a m cf i olestation GENERAL PERSHINC'S TOUR OF INSPECTION Washington, Nov. 26.—The itinerary of General Pershing’s inspection tour of cantonments today, shows the trip will cover com- pletly the manufaciuring and training machinery crected during the months of war, in support of the American expeditionafy f More than one hundred carmy tion fields and munition plant ited in order v be able_to Baker a com- prebensive plan for m:intaining ade- quate_facilities to back up military establishment. will be v recommend ¢ ington on the night of Pershing and his of- ficial suite will v mp Lee, V as the initial sto then ‘mrove through the s Piants and stati partment are ne: The holidays eral Pershing ters at Lincolm, N ing made about Ja in the central de- line. it by Gen- son and lis ern department. ‘Indusiry returns to normal, TERRIFIC STORM SWEEPING - OVER LAKE SUPERIOR ault Ste Marie, Mich., Nov..26.—A terrific storm over Lake Superion to- day forced coast guards to abandem the search for the crew of the M¥ron, lgst Saturday, and sent practically ‘all shipping into shelter. ~Searchers de- ared upon return here that had tho sixteen men survived in the non-sink- able lifeboats since the Myron wWent down, they could mot have _lived through the fury of last night's gaje: accompanied Dby mountainous waves and near-zero temperature. { Marine men expressed fears for any vessels that may have been unable to lay up before "the blizzard broke, Early tonight, however, no vessel had reported mishap. The three steamers grounded at Pipe Tsland Shoals, Whitefish Point and Cedar Point, Reef were unable to clear today because of the storm. STREET CAR SERVICE TO BE RESUMED IN LAWRENCE Lawrence, Mass., Nov. 26.—This city will be without cither trolley car or jitney service tomorrow, but street railway service will be resumed ‘on Friday morning. This arrangement resulted from a special session of the city council tonight to consider the uation arising from the suspension of trolley service today by. order, of.tle public frustees of the Eastern Massa- chusetts Street Railway company on all lines here except iwo interurban routes. The trustees took this action, they said. hecause jitney competitior had resulted in their opcrating the - lines at a loss. By action of the éity council tonight the jitneys were vir= tually legislated out of business, TO OBSTRUCT MEETING OF NON-PARTISAN LEAGUE Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 26.—A reso- lution of protest against the meeting of the national conference of thé Non- Partisan league in St. Louis Dec, 8:13 was adopted today by a committes representing all Kansas City posts of the American Legion. The resolution, which is signed by Lieutenant Colonel Ruby D. Garrett, former division sig- nnll officer of the Rainbow divis‘!;!n. cal 1von the mayor of St. Louis to prevent the Non-Partisan league fron holding its proposed conference in St. Louis, and" ascerts that th eleague i dominated. by radicals, anarchists, the I. W. W., the Bolsheviks and the Reds 1and is against our T seek its fl(‘slrf‘\lx: M TO END RECEIVERSHIP ; OF BOSTON & MAINE R, R. Boston, Nov udge Morton in ict court today an= would end the re- Bosion and. Maine 4 decree actually” dis- charging the recever prodably will e issued on Monday. A plan of consalf- dation of the Hoston and Maine with its leased lines has been ratified by the stockholders of all the lines and it iy expected that final action on the plam will be taken at an adjourned meeting of the Boston and Muine stockholders: called. for Dec. 3. g the federal ai nounced that ESTIMATES. OF (LOSSES BY : PRINTERS” STRIKE IN N. Y. New York —According to estimates mad tonight by the Printers’ league, the printers’,strike I this eity, which has just cnded, in= volved-a sacrifice of n’ 5 10.000 of 1 n one ‘shop aloae p losses at $200000. The tieun ap=, fected more than 250 shops. A morth Il alepse. if.is expected. before tic