Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 31, 1910, Page 1

{ "\ < No woman need blush when readiag The Bee; it is barred from no home. This makes it the most powerful influence iu selling goods through advertisipgfh THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. TAFT SIGNS THE. CANADA TREAT) President Enters Into Agreement with | nion Government Granting the Minimum Rates. Domi §EFKS CLOSER TRADE RELATIONS Conference Requested of Officials of the Two Countries. BI¢ BILL, THE PRINCE OF PEACE Chief Exccutive Takes Initial Step to Avoid Tariff War, WORLD NOW HAS THE LOW RATES Proclamation Completes Extension of Minimum Dutles to About 130 tlons——Reductions Affect 3 Per Cent of Exports. VASHINGTON, March %.—Following the proclamation of & complete tariff agree- ,ment with Canada today, it was announced that President Taft has invited dominton )‘l'm‘amm-n\ officials to & conference look- ing to closer trade relations between the two countries and to & general readjust- ment of duties. The president's invitation to Canada is included in an exchange of notes between Eccretary of Stats Knox and the dominion government. The note expresses satisfao- tion at the happy termination of the tariff negotiation and advances the hope that the way had been opened for an early settle ment of all differences between the two governmendts, including the troublesome question of the water boundary line. The note then expresses the bellef from the Ameriean point of view that the time Is ripe for @ conference looking to the bet- terment of trade relations between the two countries. The unofficlal story of the negotiations with Canada, looking to the settiement an- nounced today, by which Canada is de- clared entitled to the minimum rates of the Payne-Aldrich law is perhaps more interesting than the specific announcement to just what articles are included in the concessions granted on elther side. Taft Stands for Peace. President Taft from the first did not hesitate to let it be known that he would &0 @ long way to avold a taritf war with Canada. Such a war, he believed, would fall heavily upon American interests and manutacturers. It was the president who took the initiative in invitlng Finance Min- ister Fielding to Albany to discuss the dif- ferencos between the two countries. The exchange of views at Albany was such as 10 indicate that peace was assured. The charge that Canada was unduly dis- erimiratory against the United atmtes or- iginally gre t of the treaty i S -‘cszf freve countey was given a reduction of from 23 to 5.per sent. President Taft d1d not take the view that this was discriminatory. lnasmuch as Frange in return offered to Canada. a sim- ilar reduction of rates, The United States never having offered concessions to Can- ada, Mr. Taft held, could not expect such preferential treatment on the other side. There £tood in the way, however, the fact that the reductions granted by Canada to France wers automatically applied to thir- teen other countries, included in Great Britain's “favored nation” pelicy. This, the presidsut held, ald not amount to diserim- inatlon against the United States. Terms of Settlement. President Taft made the proposition that Canada be absolved from “‘undue discrimi- nation” against the United States if this country were given a % per cent reduc- tion on the articles which American firms compéte with the “favored nations” in the Canadian market. The Dominion govern- ment finally agreed to this, and on these terms the settlement was reached. Thus, while the reductions actually apply only to something like 3 per cent of Amer- lcan exports to Canada, the large part of the exports are in noncompetitive classes where America would have the market any- way. Canada conceded thirteen numbers to the Unjted States, the thirteenth being a “bas- " or omnibus clause, which includes a ot articles, among which cottonseed oll | 18 brie of the heavist exports. As to wood pulp and print paper, some criticlsm hes been levelled at the president. It was officially stated at the White House %oy that htese items did not and could not enter into the negotiations. The rates and terms of duty on wood and wood pulp are fixed in the tariff law and cannot be made the subject of negotiation or discre- tionary ction on the part of the president. " Money Made Testing Corn J Experts Point Out to Iowa Farmers Necessity of Having Good Seed. ADAIR, Is, March 30.—(Speclal)—The Holden Beed Corn special over the Rock Island arrived here Tuesday afternoon, and Professor Bowman delivered a lecture be- fore 0 farmers. The train spent last night at Stuart and this forenoon at Guth- rle Center. It has becn met by large and enthusiastic crowds of farmers at each station. Prof. Bowman and Prof. Snyder are spending much of thelr time in showing .how the tarmers can well afford to devote two or three da; work to testing seed ¢orn, even &t this time of the year, when , there is so much work to be done en the L fArm In such a short time. They figure | Out that one man can test enough seed corn In one day to plant twenty or thirty @crc of ground. Twelve ears of seed corn will plant one acre, and @ bushel of seed corn will plant seven acres. By test- %7 Ing the seed thorougbly they estimate that the yield of every acre along the main Mme 4 the Rock Island can be inereased on fn average of fifteen bushels. Three work would result in the testing of enculy! corn to plast on an average, say, seventy-five acres. An Wcrease of fifteen bushels to the acre would therfore mean an Inerease of 116 bushles for the seventy- At the prevafling market price this would mean $662.50 work, which, even with per W0 pounds, is good for the average lowa farmer, are Indicted Pittsburg’s . Graft Scandal > |Sixteen Former City Fathers Are | Charged with Receiving Bribes— Klein Back in Penitentiary. \ PITTESBURG, March %0.—In the grand Jury presentment handed down this after- |noon sixteen former members of select | councils are accused of having recelved | bribes of from $100 to $1,000 each. The six- | teen former city fathers are ordered in- ;du‘lvd by the presentment. Prominent among the men mentioned Is | Dr. E. R. Walters, present director of the | Board of Health and a member of ‘Mayor Magee's cabinet, who ls accised by the &rand jury of having recelved a bribe of 181,00 for his vote on the passage, of .the bank ordinance. Dr. Walters in 1908 was president of select councils. | Captain John Kiein, former city counell- man, member of the “'Big Six" and the man I exposure into the glare of publieity, went to the Western penitentlary yesterday, and, following his irresponsible attitude since his confession, called up the sheriff from Warden Francls' office and told that offi- clal he had “better come down the river with his commitment" if he wished to serve unless he is pardoned, whic not likely, will serve three and a half years His voluntary trip to the peniteatiary 13 taken to mean that the district attorney and grand jury are now through with him, | having gained all the information he is able to furnish. Conservation State Convention at Lincoln Thinks National Gathering Will Come Here This Year. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, March 30.—(Special.)—The con- servation convention today adopted a mo- tion to invite the natlonal conservation conventicn to meet in Omaha this year, and it seemed to be the Impression of those boosting for the meeting that the invitation would be accepted. At the morning session W. R. Mellor was elected secretary, and it was decided to hold snother meeting at the call of the secrotary. The importance of conserving the water in Nebraska, the rainfall and all the mols- ture was discussed at length. | Organizations will be pertected in various | districts of the state. Inasmuch as con- ditions are different.in different sections |of Nebraska it was thought that better results could be obtained by making the work more local: The resolutions adopted recognise that agriculture being the chief industry of the state, the proper use and care of lands is. the convention wern, pledged to, the doctrine.of the conservation of the soll. The resolutions provide that the state should look after the spread of disease and guarantee the expense of disinfecting premises where there has heen disease. Diptherla antitoxine should be furnished free by the state to the proper officlals of each community and the state should un- dertake to guarantee the purity of milk, meat and food supplies. The state should {provide a public lecturer on health, and should enforce medical inspection of schools. The resolutions favored good roads and suggest state supervision of county high- way commissioners; that the state should make a ninventory of its natural resources; that some portion of every farm should be set apart for the planting of useful and orpamental trades. ‘The convention en- dorsed the establishmen of agricultural col- {leges in the sand hits. Small Crowd at River Congress Inclement Weather Keeps Delegates ! Away from Convention at Pierre. | PIERRE, D., March 30. — Inclement | weather has lmited attendance at the | meeting of the Missourt River congress. A number of river men are here and many express Indignation because the govern- ment keeps & channel in the Missouri river jat heavy expense without protecting the banks to prevent erosion. ‘ —_— Stolen Jewels Recovere CHICAGO, March 30.—All but $10,000 worth of jewels valued at §127.00 stolen from Mrs. John W. Jenkins in New York have been recovered, according given out by ‘a private detective agency here today. The thief, it Is said, has not yet been found. One man, it is said, | committed the theft. He s said to have an automobile and fled, leaving his boot: in & secret hiding place. v Who two weeks ago brought the latest graft | .| harbors bin, Meet for Omaha| to a statement | WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska—Raln and eolder, For lowa—Rain and colder For weather report see page 2. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 31, 1910—-TWELVE PAGES. RETSRAIN WATERS AT RIVER SOURCE Senator Brown Urges Appropriation for Irrigation Project in Rivers and Harbors Bill. COMMITTEE GIVES HIM HEARING Money Will Do More There than on Southern Levees. TO PREVENT FLOODS IN PART Nebraskan Urges Basic Theory of Conservation of Waters, FUNDS FOR THE UPPER MISSOURI Vital Amendments to Employers’ Lin- bility Act Contemplated in Measure to Comp Up in Senate Today. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, March 30. — (Special Telegram.)—Senator Brown appeared be- fore the committes on .commerce today, having the rivers and harbors bill under consideration, to urge upon the govern- ment the completion of the ditch in Scott's Bluff county by sppropriating $300,000 in the rivers and harbors bill Of course, the senator recognizes that this 1s not germane to the rivers and but he thought he might send it over and was accorded, fn conse- quence of his audacity, a most respectful hearing. He explained the government is expend- ing thousands of dolars on the lower Mississippl each year to protect people dwelling on its banks from floods that come each year. These floods come be- cause of great quantities of ice melting at the headwaters of the Platte and other tributaries of the Mississippl Could this water be conserved each spring by retaining it in great dams fo rthe use of users the result would be the fallure of the Mississippl to override its bauks. Senator Brown belleved that part of the money used annually in bullding up the levees of the Missisaippl might justly be used In conserving waters at their place of origin, therehy preventing floods, as well as providg of great economic value to the people of the country. This appropriation, it adopted, will finish the canal as surveyed in Nebraska. Owing to Senator Fry's continued illness and the number of individual profects urged by senators for the improvement of rivers, harbors annd streams through- out the United States, the rivers and har- bors bill will not be reported before fhe last of next week. It may be set down as a certalnty that the bill will carry Dbetween $300,000 and $350,000 for the m- provement of the Missouri river above Kansas City. Employers’ Liability Bill. Vi bility act ps embodied in the bill recently introduced in the senate by Senator Brown have been approved for passage by the Judictary committee of the senate. Sen- ator Brown will have charge of the bill on the floer. When he called it up today, Senator Balley declared he had not had opportunity to examine the measure, and at his suggestion Senator Brown asked that | it be Jald over untll tomorrow. This bill corrects a number of delinquencies of the | act. The corrections as embedled in Sen- ator Brown's bill haye the sanction of the attorney general and representatives of the labor unions. The application of E. J. Spencer of Rapid City, W. B. Bauer, A. Gloege, C. 8. Blod- ett and Aima L. Cain to organize the First National bank of White Owl, 8. D., the comptroller of the ourrency. Civil service examination will be held April 23 for rural carrfers at Arlington, Utica and Wahho, Neb. New Rural Carriers. Raural carrievs appointed are us follow: Nebraska: Upland, Route 2, Lewls Rich- mond, carrier; T. E. Brock, substitute. Towa: Adel, Route 4, G. W. Harmon, car- rler; no substitute. Fred Matthels, carrier; Joseph M. Eblin, substitute. Dow City, Route 1, M. A. Riley, carrier; Rosa A. Riley, substjtute. Luther, Route 1, Will C. Patterson, carrier; no sub- stitute. Oelwein, Route 3, Henry C. Goss, carrler; C. M. Goss, substitute. Oskaloosa, Route 1, John B. Sherman, carrier; no sub- stitute. Vinton, Route 6, Thomas H. Phil- lips, carrier; Samuel S. Phillips, substitute. South Dakota: Forestbuiy;, Route 1, Al- bert C. Neirmeyer, carrier; D. L. Gibbs, substitute. Strandburg, Route 2, T. E. Ab- rahamson, carrier; no substitute. Earle Hill was appolnted postmaster at Riverdals, Buffalo county, Neb., vice J: E. Nelson, resigned. ! — Chief of Police Accused. ST. LOUIS, March 3.—Formal u{:lnn Edmund P. Creec; Wnaf.?‘éfi:? police, of alleged neglect of duiy, in- subordination, conduct unbecoming to an officer and accepting a prese, [ asesipet then present were served A tattered leaflet found among long for. gotten papers by an old resident tells story in bluuff routine verblage of the first | annual meeting of the Nebraska State | Medicy) soclety, held at !lebraska City June 1 and 2, 188. One man now living in On-aha was present at that meeting of the early-day doctors, forty-one years ago, Dr. Fred Renner, who has long since retired from active practice. Two physiclans of those practicing medicine in the city then yet remain. They are Dr. Richard C. Moore and Dr. George Tilden. Dr. Tliden was elected to membership a that first meeting in Nebraska City, al- though he was not present. “They are all gone now,” mused the aged | physictan as he glanced over the yellowed | &nd time-stained record of the meeting 82 long ago. ““There is not now one physiefan living stiil In the active practice of medicine who here prior even to so late a date as 1872, with the exception of Dr. Moore and my- self. In the time that we have ‘been here & whole colony of physiclans have come and gone .again. Most of the physictans of today are comparatively young men. There are not many of the old school left any- where now. The physiclans present at the meeting held tn Nebraska City were 8. D. Mercer, Omaba; N. B. Larch, Nebraska City, Old Leaflet Recalls Early History of Medical Society! James H. Peabody, Omaha; D. Whittinger, Nebraska City; V. H. Coffman, Omaha; D. W. Hershey, Nebraska City; J. C. Denise, Omaha; Fred Renner, Nebraska City; Johu C. Campbell, Nebraska City; William H. Hess, Nebraska City, permanent mem- bers; Charles H. Pinney, Omaha; Willlam McClelland, Omaha; John LaBarre, Omaha; Theodore Baumer, Omaha; George Kerr, Nebraska City; J. W. Parker, Ne- braska City; D. W. Tingley, Lincoln. The minutes of the meeting relate In ser- lous words an interesting bit of the political struggles of the young organization. After repeated balloting no one was able to get & majority for the office of president. It was only after the meeting had adopted the suggestion that the candidate recelving the lowest vote should on each successive ballot be dropped that it was possible to choose & chlef executive. The election by this elimination process resulted in the cholce of the following officers: James H. Peabody, president; N. B. Larch, first vice tary; 8. D. Mercer, permanent secretary; D. W. Hershey, treasurer. The first meeting of .the medical soclety was held in Good Templars' hall. The meeting was opened with ‘prayer by Rev. | Dr. B. Huwe with $25,00 capital has been approved by | Cumberland, Route 3, | From the Philadelphia Inquirer. AFTER THE STORM. SINGLE COPY ONE OENT. NEBRASKA'S CLAIM ON B8ENCH State’s Merits for Brewer's Place Pre- sented by 0 J. Greene. {NEVER HAD SUPREME JUDGE Local Opinion is that Judge born of St. Sane Paul WIM Get the The question of & sucgessor of the late United States Supreme Court Justice Brewer i exciting a lively interest among lawyers and judges and partieularly among those who have much.to do with the fed- | eral ocourts. ‘While it js. hoped tha 4o _the employers’ Nebraska, theve is = . that Judge Walter H. 8anborn of 8t. Paul, is the logical candidate, theugh Cireuit Judge Willis Vati Deveuter of Wyoming, has many loyal adherents in the Omaha bar. It is suggested that Judge Senborn's-ad- vancement to the supreme beuck would leave an opening for a new circult judge for the Eighth circuit court of the United States and that such an appointment would logically come to Nebraska. Composition of the District. The Eighth circuft court of the United States comprises the states of Minnesota. | Towa, Missourt, North Dakota, South Da kota, Nebraska, Kansas, Arkansas, Wyom- |ing, Colorado, Utah, Oklahoma, the ferri- tory of New Mexico These states are grouped as follows. Minnesota and -North Dakota. Towa, Nebraska and South Dakota. Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and Okla- homa. Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. Of the first group, St. Paul and Minne- group, Omaha, South Omaha and Council Bluffs are the great centers. Of the third group, St. Louls and Kansas.City are the great centers. Of the fourth group, Denver 1s the great center. The circuit court of appeais of the Bighth circult comprises four circuit judges, and the logical deduction is that they ousht to be selected one. from each of these groups of states. As at present constituted Judge Sanborn is from the first group. Judge Hook Is from the third group. Judge Van Deventer is from the fourth group. Charles J. Greene, discussing the situa- tion, points out: “The second group is not, and has not been, represented in the court of appeals. That Is to say, lowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. most accessible point from all of the cen< ters of the other groups; that is to say, & night's ride will carry one from Omaha to 8t. Paul, to Denver, to St. Louls, and a few hours to Kansas City. “Again, the four judges are to be elected from eleven states, and it is but simple Jus- | tice to the communities and the professions that the appointments should be placed among these states from time to time as vacancies occur 80 as to glve to each a falr expression upon the bench. “Minnesota has two distriet judges and |a judge of the clircuit court of appeals. Towa has two district judges and has in the past had two circuit judges and a Jus- | tice of the supreme court. Missouri has two distriet Judges and has had for years a | Jjudge of the court of appeals. Kansas has | " (Continued on Second Page. This is moving and house cleaning sea- son. You are interested In it in one way or another. It is made easy by those dealers in that line. Read the column today, Moving and House Cleaning. It will help you to do what you are thinking of doing. Phone Douglas 238.and an accommodating staff will at- tend to you in a jiffy. | apolls are the great centers. Of the second |. “The center of this group is perhaps the | King Menelik Leses in Fight With Apoplexy Aged Monarch Was Stricken Last Fall and Never Recovered—Grand- son Succeeds Him. ADDIS ABEYA, March %0—Menelik II, king of Abyssinia, is dead at the age of 6 years, and In the twenty-first year of his reign, Prince Lid) Jeassu, grandson of the late monarch, is heir to the throne. The king was stricken with apoplexy last fall and never recovered hjs health. For many weeks his death has been expected. , When' he was able no longer to earry on gent, “WIth” the - approvat ot the -prinoipal "chfets took OVer the relgns of govermment: At the same time Empress Taftou was de- prived of all power of interfersnce ‘in’ the government and her appointments made ‘among her favorites were anmulled. Prince L}d] Jeassu was proclaimed heir to the throne on May 18 last. He is 14 years of age, and little less than a year ago, was married to the granddaughter; aged 7 years, of the late Emperor John and niece of Empress Taitow. LONDON, March 30.—Today's report that King Menelik is dead appears to com by way of Aden, Arabia, and it is thought here: that possibly It is only a repetition of the rumors of the monarch's death which have. been current for some days. Com- merclal interests which are indirect, touch through thelr agencles with Addis Abeda, recelved no confirmation of the report today. " Bryan Rcachc; The West Indies Rico—Well ‘Pleased with Canadian Tarif, BARBADOES, British West Indies, March %.—Willlam Jennings Bryan arrived here today from Rio Janeiro and left for Porto | Rico. He will proceed to Veneziela. - Mr. Bryan expressed pleasure at the settlement of the tariff ifficulties between the United | States and Canada. TWO FILE IN_SOUTH DAKOTA' J. C. Polley and Judge Levi McGee Want Republican Nomination r Secretary of State. petition to ‘the secretary circuit and will try for another term this year. himself. rapldly until the list s fllled. Commoner Now Sailing Toward Porto | MANY CITIES WANT EDDIE FAY Twenty Thousand Dollars Offered for Man Captured in New York. |STAMP STEALING HIS SPECIALTY He Has Robbed Several Postoffices and is Accused of Four Murders— Man with Him Not Identified. NEW YORK, March 30.—With the unmu] up today at police headquarters of Freder- fck ‘Cunningham and Frank Chester, the two men caught last night while trying to get away with trunks containing 330,000 in stamps’ stolen ‘from the postoffice at | nd, Vi, the detective force belleves 1t made one of the most {mportant captures i1 years.” One of the men &rrestad for the | “Burglary, ‘the police believe, is Pay, ‘a much-wanted fugitive, whose, pleture fs, in every rogues’ gallery of importance In the country and for whose | upprehension a total of about $20,000 i re- wards have been offered in varlous eltie: ‘This prisoner is the one known as Cunn‘ng- ham. According to the detective bureau, Fa is wanted In Los Angeles, Cal, for blow ing the safe of the postoffice in 1905 and getting away with $10,708 worth of stamps and $4,000 In gold. There is $1.000 reward | for his capture for this crime. Five years ago, In Peorla, Ill, he blew the safe of the postoffice and got away with $3C,000. worth of stamps. A vear later he again blew the same safe and this time made off with $74,000 worth cf stam Breaks Jatl Twice. He was convicted and sent to jall in Springtield, IlL, in August, 197, but broke out a short time later. He also broke jail in Janesville, Wis., where he had been sent for safe blowing. The detectives say there 1s a record of four murders against him. Fay, the detectives say, is worth from $300,000 to $400,000 and owns a string of race horses. The police say they don't' know much about the man caught with Fay. The Richmond postoffice safe was blown between Saturday night and Monday morn- | ing and 385,000 worth of in cash taken. apture is Sensationsl. The capture of the men here last night was_sensational. Detectives disgulzed as baggagemen at the rGand Central were waiting when Chester drove up in an automobile and sent a boy in with the check for one of the trunks containing the plunder, which had been traced here. While two of the detectives came out and nabbed Chester, who fought desper- ately but was speedily subdued, other offi- amps and $3,000 PIERRE, §. D, March 30.—(Spectal)— | him. Judge Levi McGee of the Seventh circuit, | A third man who was with the captured tiling as a democrat, is the first to get a | Pair, got away. Fa; cerd spled Fay gearby and made for He was caught after a long chase, the detectives assert, of state for his | Was one of the gang that robbed the post- candidacy in the June primary. Judge Mc-| Office In hCleago in 1%01, getting §74,000 Gee has served two terms as judge of that | In stamps. When Fay faced the camera in the The only other petition yet filed 1s | ldentification bureau at headquarters today that of 8. C. Polley, as a republican can- | he made a stubborn fight against having didate for secretary of state, to succeed |his pleture taken. For two hours he rolled These two are the start, and|°% the floor, twisted his face out of shape from' this time on the filings will come in | 8nd despite all efforts made the taking of his picture impossible. Members of Supreme Court Will Not Go to Leavenworth WASHINGTON, March 3.—The supreme court will not only convene Monday, but in all probability will remain in session ] throughout the day, announcing decisions and hearing arguments in the Hertz in- heritance tax case. At a later day memo- rial services will be held In honor of the late Justice Brewer. The members of the supreme court have decided not to go to Leavenworth and a tend upon the burial of their fellow member, the late Mr. Justice Brewer. Delay to the public business is the reason for this de- cision. The members will attend the cere- monles here .tomorrow afternoon. In & statement given out today regarding the plans of the court as to the funeral, Chief Justice Fuller says: “In view of the time to be consumed in golng to and returning from Leaven- worth-and the probable’ postponement of the public business which would result, i the the ceremonies there attendant | [ the members of the court, after sub- mitting the matter to Mrs. Brewer, have | determined, with her entire approval, not to go to Leavenworth. The court as a body will be present at the funeral ceremonies at_ the residen and as honorary pall bearers accompany the remains to the Union station.” At the capitol today there was rumor that a bill would be introduced in con- &ress to allow Justice Moody to retire on a pension. The retirement of the Mas- sachusetts justice thus would leave [wo vacancies for President Taft to fill. Friends of the jurist says he expects to resume his duties on the bench at next October’s term, however. They con- firm the reports that Justice Moody has suffered a nervous breakdown, compil- eated by & rheumatic attack, but (hey dis- count the report that legislative action would be taken, looking toward his re w MINERS' STRIKE IS NOT GENERAL Tieup Will be Complete in Pennsyl. vania and Illinois, But Will Not Extend West of River. FIGHT IN TWO LARGEST FIELDS | Men in Eastern Districts Number About Two Hundred Thousand. WAGE SCALE CONFERENCE TODAY Operators and Mins Workers Meet at Dubeis, Penn. |WILL CONTRACT BY DISTRICTS Mr. Lewis Delleves Most of the Ohio Will Neot Be « Executive Hoard to Meet. Mines cd— CINCINNATI, Ma sult of a plan intel h 20.—~While, as a re- lopted by tho coal miners' conv yesterday, there » strike of the bitu- T. L. Lewis ot ay Just before leav national \tion | will be no country-wi minous the miners decla | Ing the sylvania | tied v miners, President 1 te dlanapclis that “Penn- be completely in the two districts and neis will 190,000. means | number { That a fight In the two largest bituminous flelds in the United States. | Pennsylvania's annual production is 150,- 1 000,000 tons and litinots is 0,000,000 tons. Ohlo's production is 56000000 tons, giving | employment to .00 miners. | “I think most of the Ohlo dlstricts will ‘ht- at work after April 1, President Lewls | eald. “Ohlo Is one of the states in which | the operators van sign up by districts or ‘(‘\I‘XI sub-districts, and 1 think one of the | first to sign will be the big Hocking dis- { trict.” | In Pennsylvania the untire bltuminous | production is in the single district known as the Pittsburg disirict, where the miners affected number 120,00, Unless the pian adopted by the miners convention is changid all mines will be ! 4dle, as usual, on Apri! 1, which is the hollday anniversary of the eight hour day. ! Then no miners are to return to work the next day unless ordered to do 5o by thelr Qistrict officlals. These officlals are not | allowed to give that order unless all the mine owners In the district or sub-district {have signed up the preliminary agreement 'adoptid by the convention. Lewls said a strike In the Canadian mines | would be deayed, even in the event of an immediato disagreement, because of the Canadlan law, which requires the miners to give thirty days notice of an Intention to strike. | Conrerenee on Wage Scale. | PHILADEBTHIA, Maroh 30.—~Members of “the Centrat Pennsylvanis &Bltuminouy’ | Coal Dperutors® awsceiation left here to- I'night for Dubols, P, where they will |'meet officials of 4he United Mine Work~ ers of America tomorrow and endeavor to adjust the wage scale for the coming | year. The operators of central Pennsyls vania, which comprises district No. 1 [ of the miners union, for some time have | been attempting fo have the union equal- | ize wages of all miners in that terrl tory. The. operators clalm they cannot compete with the nou-union mines it the union insists upon a wage Increase, The increase of b.35 cents announced | yesterday by the Berwind-White Coal | Mining company, which employs non- {union miners, created much interest among the operators employing union { 1abor, ! Charles W. Mills, secretary of the Coal | Operators' Aseoctation of Central Pen: |sylvania, sald today: | “The Berwind-White Coal Mining com- |pany is not working under contract with | the United Mine Workers of America and |on ‘that account is able to operate col- |llerfes ten hours for a day's work, while {the operators of central Pennsylvania, |who have a wage agreement with the miners' organization, work but elght hours. This longer day is equivalent to a saving of at least § cents a ton in the cost of producing coal to the operators “The Berwind-White Coal Mining com- pany Is also paying for day labor em- ployed in and about the mines 26 4-10 cents an hour, while operators dealing with the unfon pay for the same labor in the same field 30 cents per hour. This | aitterence will also amount to a saving |of fully 6 cents per ton In favor of the operator paying & lower wage. “The association of operators in cen- tral Pennsylvania has been for years ask- | ing the miners' union to organize the nons union districts with which they competa and durin gthe last year we have made several efforts to secure an equalization with non-unfon competito Although the advance made by the Ber. wind company is not as large as it shoulq be to place that company on an equal basis with other operators in central Penns sylvanta, | teertainly 1s a step in the righ direction, and we belleve the other nom union operators in our field will folloy sult. Our association is not In favor of ¢ reduction of wages, but does demand thaj the competitors employing nonunion laboy should pay the same prices for that lab a8 the operators who pay union labor u:z we belleve it s up to the union to bring about such a condition.” Situation May Change. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 30.~The of ficers and members of the national execu tive board of the United Mine Worken of America arrived at noon today from Ciy cinnati and this afterncon held a meetin to discuss detalls of the campalgn th miners of the several districts are makin| for increase of wages and Improvement ¢ working conditions. The district strikes that may be declare will not go Into effect until 12 o'clock tg morrow night and during tomorrow muec may happen that will change the whoj aspect of the situation KANSAS CITY, Mo, March 30.—Ths there will be a strike of the coal miners ¢ the southwest, comprising the etates ¢ Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansa beginning Apeil 1, when the present wag agreement - expires, was the expressq opinion of representatives of the minel and operators here today. “The whistles will blow as usual for ty men to €0 to work on April 1, but if t men work they will do 8o under the prese| wage scale,” sald A, J. Casey, editor | the American Coal Journal, the officy publication of the operators of the sowk est today