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POPULATION 29,919 STRIKE OF SOFT "_BUA[ MRS S BN Cabled ‘Paragraphs Bourse to Reopen in January. Paris, Dec, 10 (Havas).—The reopen- ing of the Bourse for partial dealings in futures has been fixed for Jan. 2 next, TAFT SAYS DANGER OF BOLSHEVISM IS PAST New York, Dec. 10.—Danger' of Bolshevism is past in America, Will- iam Howard Taft declared tonight before the Yale..Civil club, “because the leaders of dissatisfaction have found that they could mot turn this country ‘into a Bolsheviki government.” Mr. Taft erted that the industrial VOL. LXI—NO. 296 Operators Predict Full Resumption of Operations ‘Friday, With Shipment of Coal From Mines to Begin Monday— GMW: of the Miners, With One Dissenting | Vote; President Wilson's Proposal—Radical| Element of the Committee Made Desperate Efforts to De- feat Settlement of Strike at This Time—Garfield Gives Warning That Early Relaxation of Restrictions On Use of Coal Must Not Be Expected. Indianapelis, Ind’, Dec. 10.—The coal M s e The statement gi t at adjo - - - c ent given gut at adjourn- | With but one dissenting vote the .o T O P nounced” the 5 general committee of the United Mine| decision reached and stated it iwas|Sitfation was becoming rational “and Workers of Amer n slon here | based on the definite and concreta] that werld conditions ‘would. shortly this aficrnoon -voted to avcept Presi- | provisions i, the presidents plan. 10} e settled through the peace treaty, dent Wilkon's proposal for immediate | hrought out that the commission to be | Which he predicted would be ‘rati~ return o work pending final seltle- |appointed to fix upon adjustment of [ fied. T mMent of thelr wage ¢ rsy WIkh'| thie ‘wage stAle ‘ahd’ Brices>for o Referring “ to the steel strike, the crutors by 4 commission lo be aP-| will have power to settle iliternal | former president declared that from nted by him, : Vquestions peculiar to each district and | Personal experience he was convinced Telegrams™ were sent out tonight to | declareg the feature “of very great|ihat, the strength of = the walkout the four thousand locals of the union | importance to the mine workers It | Srew out of the convictiorf in_ the s Iniernational officials of the mine !way explained that differentials in | Minds (of tlie foreign element that the workers instructing the men to return | wages in some districts has been a |Strike ‘Wwas for the purpese of giving 1o work immediately. Full inctructions | gubject of controversy for many years, | them complete cantrol.” ¥ ith regard to the ugreement will be | The statement also brings out that| Mr. Taft added that as a matter of senl oul tomerrow morning. ‘neither the operators nor the miners | Principle he defined with the position Operators tonight predicted full re-| il he allowed to change the basis | taken by the head of the steel cor- sumption of operations Friday and|ang no discrimination by the coal op- |Poration but that’from personul vis- sbipment of coal irom' the mines be- | erutors will be permitted.” its to the strike regions he ‘was sat- Monday morning. Attorney General Palmer, who came|isfied that the strikers were animated M operators and government | o {ndianapolis primarily to advise in|DY “the prospect of dividing up all the oficials ullke were highls grtified |the handling of contempt proceedings| Wealth' they had ever seen.” Oiv. the settlement tonight and all|agginst eighty-four officials of the > wides uppeared confident of a final [ put 5L BT e amapolis | $150,000,000 CASE AGAINST aetory geitlement of the fight bY | tomorrow miorning. He expects tole ~ NEW HAVEN STOCKHOLDERS @ spend a day at Freneh Lick Spring: 3 T o i ton oduy ends « tie-up of|Ind, and then return to Washington. | New York, Dec. 10—Suits for sums oal industry of more than five | "' woq indicated tonight that the| ag8regating $150,000,000, brought by neeks’ duration and one which Was ! ohyrges of contempt, hearing of which | Stockholders of the New . York.. New Haven and Hartford Railroad company ‘place and .time fol vention ‘at which tl votes- to nine for: for the honor. TH vention date was made bids . for withdrew. before I ‘The commiitee tion in accepting the proposal of the president of the United States,” party organization welfdre, Jected members of P prises - an_equal- committecs ers ant Tl functi paign. b The plan’.of | the apportionment. ever, and ‘affected approving his: effo; their Homies. Of the'several " of .va:ious. candid: ously dn, evidence, appearing on the Ind the any ¥ with’ pATty. harmos oy i o L3 \ 4l RELIEVED ‘Washington, Dec. 10.—Exprestions by. goyernment officials-of satistaction and relief at the settiement of the na- tionwide, strike: of bituminous - coal miners were coupied fonighl with warnings to - the American. . people thatearly -relaxation of.the drastic restrictions . on .the ‘consumption ,of coal must not be expegted. Fuel Administrator = Garfield im- mediately on receipt of woid that the miners in Indianapolis had agree to aceept President Wilson's ~proposal, declared that’ immediate removal of regulations on soft coal .consumption was not to be considered. Director General Hine: Statement asserted that created by the strike coui d not be wemedicd instantly. The public, Mr. Hines said. will be expected to con- tinue ‘conserving fuel until normaf conditions are restored but just as 800N s practicable restrictions will be rescinded or modified. s a preliminary Lo bringing back normal conditio said the dircctor gencral, “coal mined will be allowed to run as billed except fhe tidewater and export embargo will continue. orders placed for coal to western re glons from Pocolontas “and Aiic- gheny regions will be cancelied, but coal billed on_these orders prior fo canceliation will be permitted to do and D expedited so thal these can be promptly released for min ‘The railroad administration. Dirc tor General Hines announced, would ald In ®eeting the needs of other con- sumers by reducing its supply to a ten days' margin. The administration has been maintaining a fifteen day supply. While these two government agen- cies directly concerned with distribu- tion of. the available supply 6f bitum- inous coal—which it is estimated has been cut 36,000,000 tons by the forty day strike—were issuing their warn- |no- ev ers o ey comniittee w ne T vention , ¥ sajd, in 0 &ry accunfulation urday. afternoen . gelgev;}:n,‘of a dat was regarded by ing *thEt® the convention -would time in contradic of years under :w power “has -been in a formal mw reaching in its effects than | way “hostponed until Dec. 16, when it v d against Willlam Rockefeller and other country was fast approaching a com-) government aiready ‘had _intimated three years, will be argued again to- bitants. X 3 5 sid ompliance With the court’s gonsidered: compl client, Henry W. Belden, gnd other ler many hours of debate in which | Witnesses subposhaed to appesr be-| iar"an Gnother sraun. ol Sl o m re- ngains: operitors and others interest-| violation of Lever act and anti-trust|d o the Sbbotment of @ fom seitie the strike at this time. The |stated that this did not mean that the [0 o the railroad's Tunds tary-Treasurer, Willianl Green, gained|was-postponed wuntil next Wednesday. | misgion's investigations and testimony tically all opsositfon by the time the Sherman anti-trust law. GOVERNMENT OFFICIA rudicals. the convention aigreed to the wetlon of afd reasons for the 1 1 s lighthouses and. wireless statidng alo dent’s plan made their fight- principal- a bl NSt tedmer Aranmore, Joaded with their PRE. 1. call ‘et the girike, steamer Monticill, which has succeeded public the name.af . the delegate who The Aramore, which tan ashore near Two stalements were given out fol- fer the winter and it 'is exvected that mor, who first submiticd the presi- A o wny other in-the history of the coun- G s y came up in federal court Tuesda try @ Tesuly of the strike the | mott B (IR O ed, | The | directors and officers of the company, country was fast approaching a cor which have been in the federal court ete shu of industry and wide- ; - : that acceptance of the president’s plan 3 PE A aarertng among s 100000000 | 5 Gonra Commities would be | MorTow beforo Judge Julian W Mack, Raditals Strenuously Objected. injunction against furtherance n the v E The decision of the miners came af- | strike. ’f,‘,°°kh:,!?:,fsa'(’.f;o",f",;‘r';bfh:"b‘;'”fi'z,“,: the radical clement in the general |fore the federal grand jury called for : t committee ‘made Incendiary speeches last Monday to investigate charges of | dolders, and a second TeaeE & «d in settlement of the strike and for |laws by both miners and the opera- | oLV Tirigp- « time threatened to defeat efforts to |tors, were discharged today. It was|™miig /e of alleged irregularities conseivative element, led by Acting|investigation' would be dropped but| =%'¢ of ~ U %,a President JObA L. Lewls and Secre- | thit the grand jury sesslon, which | PUORETEs Wi be Dtered hased on | cantrol of the situation this morning|would be held as scheduled and Wit- | taier e (he iries ot WWilIALE Ao wad ‘sigceeded In putting down prac- | nésses recalled. feller and others -for /violation of the question came (o a vote. % W — - o s 01 'concesgion was made. to - the "SATISFIED AND )lEL‘IEF FOR L'lGrF JOUSES . cdlling -of a. copvention of the mrin- ON STRAIT OF IskE crs b future date-ai Which timg the G e e TR R commitice will be filly ‘explained. The : opponents of atceptance of ihe presi- i el oc kbt i o8 Iy on the iteory-that only a’general : ¥ g g o winter ' provisions, probably will be SR e f .10 MU woxiecs. had provided-with food by the government Jiembers .of . the general. commitice - , tonfght steadfastiy refused lo make e e R B cast ‘thetohe dissenting .vote. Hatrington, on the north shore, will be Two Statements by Palmer, towed to a sheltered harbor near by lowing adjournment of the conferenc stores, which apnarently were undam- by Attafney General . ‘Mitohell Pal- aged. will be transferred to the Monti- The Aranmore will. he brousht here for repairs in the spring. uent's proposal o Acting President Lewis and Secrotary-Treasurer, Green at a conference in Washington last Saturday, and came 1o Indlamapolis on Monday to awail the outcome of con- sidaration of -the plan by the general comm Mr. Palmer's first statement ex- pressed his gratification at the decis- jor, of the United Mine Workers and commended Mr. Lewis and Mr. Green for “their wise and patriotic action A supplemental ytatement issued to- ¢ aid: The miners at their meeting this afternoon accepted the president’s proposal exactly as written, and it is understood the committec announced -ceptance of it It provides for the immedinte. general resumption of operations in all districts upon the ba- sis which obtained on Uctober 31, 1919, excoplas to wages, which are to be 14 per ce higher than at that date. This means that the men shail be taken back *o work in all mines in the positions and upon the terms of their contracts of employment then exist- ing; and It is confidenly expected that tire mine owners will accede to the government’s earnest request that the siatus quo of October 31 be promptly rg-bstbalished in Order that peaceful relations. between' employer and em- ployés in all. parts of the mining field | way be immediately resum I am asking the governors of all coal min- ing states to cooperate i the effort to bring this about.” Statement by Local Operators. Expressing gratification that - the strike was ‘ended, a statement was given ouf ‘here tonight by local oper- ators, with' the annouricement that it had beén obtained by long distance leleplione from the executive commit- tee of the National Bituminous Coal Operators Assoclation in Washington, The statement Tollows: , “We dre pleased that the miners haye voted to return to work and that the public can- be promptly supplied wiith coxl. Realizing the Imperative public nééd of coal in large quantities. the operators stand ready now as in the past, to bepd and all efforts toward 16 @ maximum production, beginning at ence’ Two statements were given out by international officlals of the miners, one of them having been prepared during this aftepngon: to- announce, the decision. The other statement 'was dictated to newspaper mien by Actifg President Lewis, R Mr. LeWis' stalement declared that the action of the general committee was taken with conseiousness of the responsibillties of the minérs to, the mation during “ihis -acule ‘industrial erisis and fifm in the convictioh that the word of-the president of the Unit- ed States will -sécure for the miners just consideration of their merited Cliims.” He statéd that the interna- tibnu) conventionsof thé miners would be reconvened in Indianupolis and a supplements] expianation given the les frem all of the four thous- locals. . Lewls declared that the action en today should ‘demonstrate to - Another LIEUT. B. W. MAYNARD . meeting pree ORDERED TO EXPLAIN Washington. Belvin ‘W. Ma, port Monday to Major General Meno- her, director of military aeronautics, to explain the statement attributed to him by the Anti-Saloon League of America with reference to the use of aleoholic liquor by army air service pilots. . 10.—Lieutenant open the committ; and Hstened to ki Governors Sprou! and MeKelvie of party.: " All " of there will be a due appreciation of the difficulties which cannot be immedi- ately overcome. During the styike the weekly pro- duction of coal was cut from eleven to twelve "million tons to about five million tons and this much reduced tonnage was mostly mined in Penn- sylvania. and West Virginia. Wide- ly distant portions of the country which were ordinarily depedent upon other, coal fields had to be supplied from these and other unusual sources of supply. The result has been that ings. White Houge officials indicated | the: railroad administration has been that steps would be taken immediate- | compelled, to transport coal over the ly to carry out the provisions of the|most unusual routes and for distances president’s jfcoposal relating to in- [far in cxcess ofsthe normal hauls. vestigation of wages and working | This has reulted in equipment being conditions in the bituminous fields by | scattered ‘widely to other parts of the a comumission of three. In fact, it was|country. A period of time will be re- intimated that the president already |quired for the complete relocation of had practically decided on the ap-|this equipment and meanwhile it is not pointmentss to the commission amd was|to be anticipated that all mines can awaiting only the return of Attorney|be supplied with cars to/the full General Palmer from Indianapolis be- [nerfhal, extent. - fore announcing the names of the| “The diréctor general has seen a three members. committee’ of the National Coal As- Overators from all of the larger bi-|sociation and pointed out these Qiffi- tuminous fields of the country who|culties and urges that as rapidly as have been gathered . here awaiting | that organization had information developments from the miners' meet- | concerning the expected resumption ing in Indianapolis issud a statement | of mining operations such information tonight in which they said: be duly communicated to the railroad “We are pleased that the miners|administration as well as to the lo- have voted to return to work and that | cal railroad officers. There was mani- the public: can be promptly supplicd. | fested a policy to assist in-this mat- Realizing the imperative need of coal|ter as far'as practicable..Tt is hoped in large Qquantities, the operators|that the genera] public, the coal op- stand ready now. as in the past, to|erators and the miners. Wil all appre bend all thejr energies toward a max- | ciate these difficulties and will make imum production, begipning at once.” | allowances for time required to restore There was some speculation as tolnormal conditions. when and how.the operafors would be| “The railroad admiinistration will informed of the settlement and of th | continue to distribute coal to protect provisions of the settiement. Indi- | those regions swhose -supply has been ¥idual operators intimated that they|inadequate until they ean be supplied expected - Attorney General Palmer or[from their normal: sources, - some other government representative Just as.soon as practicable reg- to_inform - them soon as to what they | ulations in conncetion with the use of were expected to do under the settlé- pituminius coal for power, light .ahd mient. It was pointed out that theheat.will be rescinded or modified and only agreement in which gperators|the same is true of the suuply of coal detually are concerned was that which[to ~ necessary industries. It will be the céntral committee of the compet- | necessary .to observe conditions as the itive fleld made with Dr. Garfield.situation progresses before = definite The president’s, proposal, it was -said,|time can be fived for -changing' of might vary considerably - from that | these regulations and orders.” and some. operators .in the central| No formal statement was isyued fitld. or 'in outlying fields, might mot | by Fuel Administrator Garfield. 3 consider themselyes bound,<but thera| "The. first announcement of ~settle- were.io signs of any such intention | ment_of. the strike was thade at the evident. -, g White House, John J. Keegan, of the| &9 ‘The . dislocation which the strike| United States Employes'’ Compensa- has created in the production, trans-|tion Commission, advising Secretary portation an ddistribution of coal| Tumulty that he had been informed In the vote on Chicago mustered were. contributed., necticut, ~_Peynsy Georgta, Towa, T Hawaii. Duty of Spe the result. of 'six Chairman of the part in the work mittee, members of the recommendations mittee, itself. Two. States Wil will ‘lose in the ed 4t the last seven’in mumber ing 984 in place cldnges are as_fol ina” h state's total tion 83; Texas loses" thrée, mitteeman’ from the. states. which mnational .woman Washington, Dec..10.—The republi: car national’committee ‘today- selected Chicago and ‘Tuesday, June 8, as the didate for president will-be nomtnated. * On the roH call Chicago mustered 44 boosters had ‘made astubborn: fight Park,-N: J, and Cheyenne, Wyoming, the . conyention® but creation of ‘tWo new departments of 1y with policles and - general party The former, composed of so- other men and Wwomen representing la- bor, capital, -the farmers and’ others, will' go to Work at once sorting out subjects ‘tobe deajt with in’the 1920 platform, _The second.committee com- and outside’ party lead- council in ‘the conduct ‘of ‘the ‘cam- £ Will H. Hays, the na- tional ‘chairman, for ‘limi vidual - campaign contributions’ to $1,- 000, formally was* committee announced some changes in national -eonvention. X Were not of a :sweeping nature, how- ‘After hearing the -report-of Chair- man Hays and adopting a' resolution ization and® harmony endeq-its Session and many of the re- publican: leaders who' had Washington for' the: ga republicans . who dttended the meeting, however, -a large number remained for the: session to -be held’ tomorrow. by the state chairmen. - Qnly questions of | New York, according to the organization are expected to come for-| you some times can’ buy mally before:this‘'meeting bt the par-|bhut jt legal no more.” I have never tisans .of various.republicans mention- ed &7 the presidency; will continue.the active efforts. which have kept fhe ences since: Sunday. Despite the committee, meeting to- day- the ‘manoeuverij ment by Senator James E. Watson, of deolaring he ‘was. not. seeking nation ahd: would, not ‘pérmit persdnal ambition ;i?n -intes toni Jsfig ‘their e _Several Innovations. 5 »s.méeting . of “the: ; national 8 marked by - vations in.the -usual parly’ practice: e chofce of a Tuesday instead of a Wednesday . for - opening ‘of - the ' co decided o demgoeratic nomination and declarations. change ing . the cxecutive ses- sion al. which the formal business of the day was. transacted, morning - while “the. of citles- asking for. the Medill McCormick ‘of 1llinoi bhead of the woman's division of the stress of Americanism .and economy and_efficiency of administration as the issues of the campaign. apparently- surprised even its backers. The only votes cast 1t was expidined by part the purpohe of the special committee on_policies . was to.overturn the usual practice of writing the patty platform in a.few-all-night resolutions’ committee at: ‘the -conven- tion. The new body it ‘'was sald, was not intended to supzlant that commit- tee. but was caleulated to’ bring to it trated -thought in which all elem'® of party opinion wouid be represenied. sional campaign committees will take which .will and probably a score or more others. ‘The 'samec’ comritteemen also’on the new council, together with twelve others, four 'of whom will be women. * The purpose-of - this body, it was said, was to_deliberate on matters { touching' party “welfare’ and to make State represéntation. in . the convention.- which was detailed system of calculation’ adopts The net result will:be a.reduction .of in the 1920 converition, the total be- “Néw York gains one, making '22; Alabmaa’loses 7, making 14;. Arkansas l0sés two, Massachusetts loses-.0ne. making 359 Tennessee. losts - one, making- 20;; and -On motion of Se; teé, adopted & résdlutian commending _ 14PACES—112 COLUMNS New York, Dec. 1 prevent Cuba from - he ¢ national con- irty's 1920 can- | lBunched today by “St. “Louls, whose . choice of the con- unanimous, . Asbury he ‘voting began. also authorizeq: the to' deal’ respective- the committee and be in full ‘blast. number of - national lon 48 -an. advisory | Once in that. city. itation of in- approved and the ot delegates to-the | g3 100.000. These. changes| ;.0 only- seven' states. |ora) at New Tork. rts: for: party ‘organ= the ~ committee he ‘said. “There come to thering left for hundred prominent in Cuba for eme to ng of the friends 5 ates. was - conspicu. | MAY ST but the. only result ‘surface was.a state- . unle _-ehga’l. 7 would proc company. “His s prices livin 5 start such u Stote veral i s ing, over- existing the leaders | Ing cost of living. obviate ‘the ‘custom- of ‘business on ‘Sat- and night. and the e 80 early in-June s “guarantee- national be-held--at a-fater tionl of the practice vhich the - party = in first to. make its Hany. to Teadiust their pr supply employes of groceries and oro coal, clothing. boot: was. -an open life. During . the | HEROIC AIRMAN doors. were left ee heard the ims convention eynote addresscs by of Pennsylvan Nebraska, and Mrs, retiring New York, Dec. Victoria_ Cros Frank Percy, 26 y the - speakers . laid | His pay is §7 the convention city Jol;; but it was no a strength which | Percr. as an a Royal ‘Air * furce, for St. . Louis| by Tenncssee, Con-{0f Six planes which brought down lander Berkman and other radic Certain American-owned companies plvsinda . " Olahoms, | score of Gorman ‘machines on the ‘| desiring to increase oil production to exas, Missouro and|Western f-omt.. He also is entitled to| Premier Nitti, of ltaly, declared in’mect the present fuel ofl shrtage wear the French war cross, Mons|the Chamber of Deput that - his|the United States, it was said, havel el e medal, general service medal and Vic- | faithin ‘the future of Italy and assur-|drilled wells without ad A o ‘| tory medal. lance that a revolution was not im-|loss of their property b: Y. pacty Jleaders. N T T pending in that country was unshak- {The state department, b STEAMERS IN COLLISION en. | notes ‘and in_ informal communicatin sessions of the Boston, ‘Dec. “menths of conc: ‘Genate and. congres- | (°BL of the damage of the’ policies’ com- include - twelve national comimittes north, longitude will - sit the Carman assistance ‘was no damage sustained to the national com- right.” 1 Gain—Five, Lot University of Kansas: and the Lalun- |0 Hartgord o larse voiume reapportionment of F o, e prize for asironomy to Dr. Silpher, | business has been han inclndine nEtoAR] OF ALL GPEGIAL TRAINS | o8 J or of Lowell Obscovatory, Miag. | the roundun of more, fo=a 100 alleged based on a national - convention. of delégates to vote den. of 991 in 1916, The lows: making the next- year's conven- Carolina gains. one, making . 13; ! tickets to the frontier were sold. Xerw . a Christian peint of explained that having no wish to_drive local merchants out would give them “a reasonable time” forced to wash windows for a a montit, 10.—Messages cepted at the naval radio station here | tonight told of a collision between the | Rritis hsteamers Carmania and Mar: land about 500 miles east of 'Halifax. The Carmania was slightly damaged, The messages did not' indicate the e; d “Oasis” | 1378, died, aged A ‘campaign becoming the the s Christians we cannot get aw: from our“duty to int Missions boards of the churches of the United States must take steps. at The better element of the island recognizes the danger of the winter season as planned.” Dr. Inman said that this afternoon thousands of ~Americans had applied to the state department for<passports to Cuba for the winter season and that by January 1st the number would ex- Denial that'the island was_ becom- _Monte Carlo was made today by Leopold Dolz, Cuban consul gen- He sald there were no plans on foot to legalize roulette or games that feature Monte Carlo. “Racing is attracting many Amer. jeans to Havana this season as usual,’ is betting on horses, as theré is in New York city, with this difference in Cuba the gov- ernment . protects. the bettors; In New York the man who wins has no re- dress if the person with whom he laid a wager fails: to pay. And it is leslnl n papers, a drink, buy a cocktail heard- of any- English-speaking resi- dents of the island objecting to racing e | and cocktails. If they should raise any capital alive with gossip and confer- | fund at all in this connection it would 2 Dprobably be fer more of the same.” ART RETAIL STORE TO COMBAT HIGH PRICES Lawrence, - Mass;, Deg. 10.—William M. Wood, president of the American ‘oolen :company, has'served notice upon, retail-business ‘men of this city: ‘of commodities e @ Bhor uiri»‘u retail ‘:tomre “emaployes 4. slatement followed 3 préyious. repert that he i next "spring. Referring fo the discontent prevail- Wood said that it was useless to raise wages and find fhe effect lost in an increas- acting_from " hé said, and prices, Mr, “ra view,’ tees. *If the revision.weré not made soon. Mr. Wood said he would set up a retail store organization ‘on a big scale to company with and and shoes, hard- ware and other articies necessary to ons wood WASHES' WINDOWS FOR A LIVING 10 —~Awarded five decorations for zallantry as an ajrman during thie’ war, including the prized < of the British empire, cars old, has been | With the arrival of 4,000 tons of raw iving. | Cuban sugar in New York hacbor. {and 2,000,000 pounds of refincd We rn_sugar, Food Administ “I lad to have a job” he said, “s started on the first one that was'of- fered. It may have been offered as a | joke to me.” ting major of the Victoria Cross when he commanded a squadron won_the 500 MILES OFF HALIFAX to, the Marylan The position in. which the collision eccurred was_given as latitude 17 west. The €armania is bound from Liver- pool for. New York and the Maryland lis belleved to. be bound from. Baltimore for Londgn. One of the messages from .. declining a’ proffér of. aid from another stoamer. said that the flect the ship's_safety. . Another.message said that the Carmanta ‘was “proceeding all it needed, i@ not as t Two states will gain and five states| TOURISTS ARE DZPRIVED Halifax, N, S.. Dec. 10—By order of the United States railroad adminjstra- tion, ‘special steamboat tfains to carry to Néw York passengers landing here from Atlantic lines have been forbid- The first passengers affected by the order weére those landing from the Cunatder’ Royal George, who not -only were deprived of their special train for the thirty-hour trip to New -York but were not even able to: by tickets on “the . regular . tr in: to he Monte Carlo of the western world and the oasis of the North American” Was [hought last weelt Inter-church Werld, Movement ot Norih Ameries.” Bligh: speaiing resideitis of CU The salaries of mor 4 are ready o contribute $100.000 fOr | the Protestant roncroritan one-half the campaign, according. to Guy Inman, secretary of. -the International commitiee of the churches ‘on: co-0p- eration in Latin America. ganization_throughout States will be asked to assist. “There is a very definite attempt be- ing made,” said Dr. Timan, “to make Cuba,particularly Hayana, the Monte 1o of the western world. The win- ter season in Cuba generally is gay, but this year efforts will be made to add new attractions. Roulette and oth- er forms of gambling and worse will Church or- United | pein ne. The Home the anarked ‘down 't ‘time, he ended - to of business he inter- | 45.40 thirough Only Canadian-Americin ! leiegrams Admiral Kolchak intends to con- tinue- fighting the Bolsheviki govern- ment. _British army mates for 1919-1920 provide-for the expenditure of £105,- 000,000, John Tappan Stodd ¢~d, professor, | of 'chemistry at Smith College, since 67. Bar silver was quoted at 75 pence | an, ounce In London, compared with $1.51 In New York. United States Grain . Corporation 50,000 barrels first clear flour at $8.20@9.25. | tion are under $800-a year. Railroad Administratilon _reported nwide embargo on freight is not g considered at this time. Eduardo Dato has agreed to form a mew Spanish cabinet to replace the Toca ministry, which resigned. former provisional president of Costa Rica, was elected Lo the presidency of that republic. Fire which broke out in a granary at Malmoe, Sweden, on Sunday, caus- ed daniage amounting to $750,000. Reports were published in Reme that the Italian government ' and D’Annunzio came to terms regarding Fiume. Ocean shipments of coal which have been cut off from New England for three days, will be resumed within a day or two. The Massachusetts House killed the McDonnell bill providing for the pur- chase of Boston Elevated stock by the Commonwealth. For discussion of establishment of a clearing house a meeting of alien and native bankers was recently called by the Bank of Brazil Quarantine officials vaccinated 1,000 passengers and the crew of the steamer Britannia arriving at New York from Marseilles. House agriculture committee defor- red indefinitely further consideration various resolutions proposing repeal of war-time prohibition. It was announced President Wilson the exact date for the return of rail- roads to private ownership. American school Orlando V. Woo- ten from West African ports for New York was abandoned ‘at sea, accord- ing (o \ report recieved in New York. Extension of motor parcel post routes as a means of reducing living ©costs i the, cities was urged on con- :;:-s by Postmaster General Burle- The_ house post office committee set next Monday for hearings on the hill of Representative Anthony republican Kansas, 10 limit the size of newspaper and periodicals. Victor L. Berger, Socialist and Hen- rv H. Bodenstab. republican Fusion candidate, -were elected for Congress in the primary election in the Fifth Wisconsin_district. Destruction of three vessels by floating mines within three months, involying a loss of $9,000,000. resulted in adyvance of war-risk insurance rates in New York. The board of foreign missions of the Methodist lipiscopal church appropri- ated $10,000,000 of its centenary funds }for foreign mi ons and reconstruc- tion work abroad in 1920. Twenty persons were rescucd from the sccond story of a. bu block in Worthington street, Springtield Mass.. which was destroyed by fire, The loss is estimated ai 200,000, lians announced the shortag Alderman William P. Kenneally, democrati¢ leader of the board o dermen of New York, advo shooting of Emma Goldman and Al Gordon Fawcett Hamby, now in death house at Sing Sing. for robber of the Bast Brooklyn Savings Bank and murder of two officialf, must d in the electric chair unless executive clemency is. extended. An agreement .to establish the 44- was the and hour week in 1921 the members of Printing Pressmen’s Union of North Ame; ing in Knoxville, Tent, Republican leaders predict a thor- ough investiggtion of New York Ci'- and county governments, includi § District Attorney Swann's office. as result of the deadlock between Gov Smith and extraordinary grand jur: approved by International sistants’ at a meet- of Sciences award- staff, Arizona. GOOD SHOWING MADE Cambridge, Mass., greater proportion Dee. vard uniyersity than are ws public school boy. sh ciplinary record. This was the of a committee of . making 22, the following. men: baing among thoss will before the end of the week fix| the | t 3,000 francs for n.athematics to Prof. Lefshetz of the BY PUBLIC SCHOOL GRADUATES 10.—A ot Iprivate schoo boys are sugcessful in entering Har- graduates of public schools, but once in college the a higher av- erage of scholarship and a better dis- report the Harvdrd di- vision of education after a series-of statistical studies. made (rom records Boston, Dec. the New Engla today upon Coolidze 1o Con: fuel problems. the federal gov United States quested to “all ships Lo New t8rs and ‘mana; resentatives of roads, manufacturing ‘Wwere present af The raiiroad by Edward G. the New York, ford railroad. the railroads during the WITH ‘Washiogton, memorandum tion was sent son. It deais presented the and freight other decrees i?sls of Americ lin Mexico. within six m replied’ to-any forward last ment specifical laction of the on property o sisted upon | Tampico oil T patched _after ion tha 1 anothel ovember was lear on Ni 1t i ithe past mor on: the ox had not been obtain the “pi wnies must ch weils become the D government. { repeadedly i 1 to 1 hor ing of rights ;m\x. : | CROSBY RESIGNS AS i u.s. | | F. Crosby, Ui ney for ( ignati receiv; i i | college and B under Spellacy ! radicals in thi STRANDED Philadelphi oft the lantic ity, ter the tug 9w the wards. Considered By All the s tion of Governor CMMQPPM Relol n That Financial Assistance Be Given' the New invitation of Governor urging that financial given the New England railroads by turn to private commercial organizations and The return of the roads fo private control witheut legislation to restore conditions which existed prior-to their taking over, the resolutions asserted, “would be disastrous to Ney England industries, institutions and investors.” land” was presented to the governors the three years prior to the war aver- aged net incomes totalling $35,883.001, MEXICO iS INTERFERING the Mexican government with the op- eration of American-owned . oil prop-. erties in Mexico. and was prepared by Chairman Payne 3 : Board, after representatives of the As- sociated Mexican Oil Producers, head- ed by F. R. Kellogg of New York, had] . -Tt -developed “today department” Hag > heET protest to the Mexican againgt”decrees for ing of new wells on -privately owned property. fn- the “Tampico “fields Three ~notes have beén dispatched today that Pres‘dent Carranza had not October -1 and the third on Noyember 18. In the first two the state depart- preparing the drilling of new wells American: The note of November 18 was dis- mflitary forces at various times during ing onerations of as crees in particular. s ven, ce jn Washington toda uate of Georeetown until the latter re: lines boat was again picked up soon after- Governors at. Boston U 10.—Governo! 5 nd states, who met here sider transportation and resolutions be adopted assistance ¢rnment after their re- ntrol, and that the shiriping board be re- ocate some of its large England owners, opera- gers of steamers.” Rep- ihe New England rail- and .business interests t the conference. situation in New rng- Buckland, president of ew Haven and Hart- He said that whereas in New, England during months of government PRODUCTION OF OIL Dec. 10. — Another on_ the. Mexican situa- itoday to President Wil- with the interference of of the Shipping situation to him. that ‘the state and affeeting’ the oil inter- can and other foreigners onths, but it was ‘said of them. The first went June 18, the second on lly protested against the Mexican government in wned by Americans and mode adequate protec- s working in the o8] receipt of official in- t Carranza soldiers had r American-owned well 12, rned tday that Mexican Al have stopped drill- A opetained. Tn order to ermits” foreign oil com- agree in advance that may be drilled would { sroperty of the Mexican The United States has tested against these de- have informed the Mex but only, the exe: red goder Mexican . DISTRICT ATTORNEY Conn.,, Dec. 10.—John ted States distriet attor ficut, handed in denartment of j according to ed in this state an re fonight. Urge given as the r sity, Boston He Thomas Jary Law schobl. District Attarne is state. $10,612.37 totalling' $10,511,829 there ‘w: of $19,968,991. and in' place. of 4 S The roads in -this distritt. (he had earned during the-period OF ernment control 20.9:per cent: » government . roads in other sections had tween 75 and 76 per cent. guarantee, whi T, tively poor showing, he explaine due'to increased costm of cabrving {erminal charges that were exce ecause ‘of - péculiar gewh\fl-‘ ditions and wage -advances , that been- particularly. severe ‘on Lngland roads because in this:se pre-war wages were below the. Another resolution = adopted. mously said it was “the. opinio; governors. of the states' that especially represented in. the .28 = sdwards is entitled to'a p ion' that Major Gieneral €l rank commensurate ‘with the rendered by 2 that distingu) ion.”” . General Edwasds holds his war rank- of, major but unless the rank is made p nent it is expected he will eves revert {o his former rank in"the lar arm; NEW YORK’S “GREA’ of brigadier ‘general, - WHITE WAV” DARKENE ew York, Dec. 10.—New ‘Great White Way” was dar] - night in real earnest under 1 ’ of heavy fine or prison sent violators of the fuel conurvfi" ion s ders. Its department stores and of} retail establishments- had ness by the light of a strictly ed number of. eleetric’ however, been spa: of the three-day- 1o the suppl At the same time Mr. Payne pre-|ing enteryis : pared and sent to Secrefary Lansing|exfensive : unemployment. a letter urging the importance of pro- | cause, and the: ¢ ru,c’lmw tecting the American supply of Mex-|for offices jcan fuel oil upon which the shipping | far from. gei board is almost solely dependent for| Consumers of light fuel for its 500 oil burning passenger|warned by i‘u‘qfl% tl steamers; T. Hardid order ‘to_spare nerally ‘bfiu& of road; admiris ‘continuing. to | the N Age\'ern:!ne‘r‘\t glnmxv!t: jdding the drill- | forcement 2 | ures, thdt 3 war- legislation which -is. s veré runfing up ‘prisonment for two yedrs DEPORTATION MEANS D Emma Goldmar and “Alexan man to “White Guard” Russiar equivalent to pronouncing deatlh: tence upon- them, Harry Weinberger, . counsel for the two radical leaders as- serted in a brief filed today with the supreme court in-a final effort vent their removal from'. the States. ceive ‘an appeal from the . actio Federal_Judge Mayer in, New which dismissed ind_the penalties- for violation’ape. up {0 $5,000, fine or ' ¢ both. TO GOLDMAN AND BERKMAN Washington, Déc. 10—} ta pre- The highest court was askad:fa’ n ot un application. for to Mayer gave him unti] 4 p. m. tomarrom: to perfect his writ. and it was beleved the ‘supreme “court” Would“tak of this in reaching a décision INCIPIENT RIOT AT CONCERT . vers EAGLE ROAT NO. 14 HAS BEEN PLOATED a. Dec. 10.—Eagle boat No. 14, which went aground on Monday New Jersey coast morth of At- was floated- today by a naval tug with the assistance qf a strong westerly wind towed to Ifampton Reads. and _is being Shortly af+ took. the little vessel in broke, but the Eagle or Smoot, com! v & e ; ot . Ttah, the commit | selected: ' . 3 Among more than 4000 who entered | B¢ MINISTRY 80 S ommittee on policies and platform | Harvard as freshmen in a period o ten REPLACE EXCZ8§ COAL | haye. ratified - the - ‘o“ i‘;'fin 8. s(eoth | ears. 32 per-cent. of the public school | (o ey rzg‘hgs améndment, o "‘mgk‘@é“@g’& graduaics won their degrees with hon- |, 1 j:"'l‘rf"g:;";dkfi !lmFDec[lsinn ?: SThar - " committeemen,; Aud | Sroan demreny : inistration to iy Heidpra now, mombere” of. the J Sekional | of ihepcompared with 1 per cent e the people of our country that the|cannot be instantly remedied,” said|by 9 « commit Ruy} Copmecticut; - s ¥y Secretary Green of the mi; o i tee WO- Unlted Min Workers of América are | Direotor General Hines in his state- |ers in Tndisnapelis tHat the union wex. | men's ; division_of ;the national- com- | S1vania, . loval Lo our coutiiry, und hefleve in the | ment, “and pending readjustment it is| resentatives had accepted the presi. | Piite¢. Beld the proxy of Committes- | o JOTMAIUEE on by perpetulsy “p::er‘.;omc:::(';n(‘:‘up“‘;;' tighly important or e public to con- | dents proposition. Soon_afterward | M1 Hay of Main’ at"the meeting. 3 ons.. D d tinue to exerci: * ymi 2 Tabes SO Ve ‘Fiven thah ontag ercise great caution in the | formal “announcement of the . settle- Membership of Committees, consumption of coal and it is-hoped'.ment was made in'Indianapolis. Announceme; was . made . of the King, Connecticut, committee)—Penrose, Pennsylvania.: | Executive .committee—John T. King, Senator’ Penrose, Penn- Committed on pub®icily—General Delaware. Committee on finance—T. Colem: Dupont, Delaware, chairman, John T highest' scholagtic honor, the T} sehool graduate In .entranc of the men from private schools. - The degree “summa Cum Laude” was securea by per cent. of the public school men against_ 0.5 ner cent. of the private examinations, private schools were 15 er cent. more success- from from an offe; marine and excess of ex road admili Jwe tham were the public schools. ful in getting their students into col- the case. New York tomorrow to institute crimin: sailing of the Cunard liner Imperator resulted r of British- ministry ‘of the ships agents to re- place the coal loaded on the vessel in isting bunkering restric- tions, In accepting the offey, the rafl- ation Teserved the right ul or civil action in habeas corpus writs. Counsel both for the accused und the government swere permitted to- submit briefs, * i In =zranting Weinberzer’ perniission scek an appeal for errot. JuAgs, e GIVEN BY FRITZ KREISLER calied out tonight to quell:an i riot which' attended ithe congi by Fritz Kreisler, . Austrian the ausnices of the. CornelE ty music departmerit. 8 In the middle of thie nerforiias electric light wires- to tie-hall cut by an angry crowd of miem the American Legion and;th who when - they into pla while his 1 cheers. d been driven back by. the.pe jed to forée ‘an e the K ng for: i he she CETRAL NEWS PROTO General' Janin, Chief of the.Allied troop

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