MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10. 1919.
PLATTSSIOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
PAGE FIVE.
COAL IS TO BE
HAD FOR USE Of
POBLIC PLANTS
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ISSUES
NEW INSTRUC
TIONS. WILL BE NO (MflLMHiT
Information cf Such Release receiv
ed by the State Railway Com
mission From Director Aishton.
All restrictions on the movement
and delivery of bituminous coal con
ti'ned to state, county and munici
pal institutions and departments, all
public utilities, manufacturers of
print paper, printers and publishers
who use such paper, and all depart
ments of the federal government
have been removed by the govern
meut. This information was receiv
ed Friday by the state railway com
mission from Regional Director R.
H. Aishton.
The railway commission consider
ed this information as a ray of hope
the present coal situation, but it
wjq not inclined to believe the new
,.:i:crs would give immediate relief
to the institutions named. It afford-.-.1
no relief for private consumer?
i f cral, and there may be much red
t;.p to unwind before the coal ord
ered by the juV.ic institutions desig
nated in tl.e order can obtain coal
v liirh they have contracted for.
Many public ir.siitutiens an I public
utilities buy coal in contract from
local dealers. It will be incumbent
upon such contracting dealers to
show to the satisfaction of the
government that the coal con-igned
in the name of a private coal firm
is really to be turned over to the
public in titut ions nr.d utilities nam
ed in the new instructions. The
order says coal consigned to the
institutions itemed m?y be delivered.
In many instances the coal bought
by public institutions is not con
signed in the name of the institu
tion but in the name of a dealer.
Aishton's New Orders.
Tl.e following i, the telegram re
ceived by the .-tate railway commis
sion :
". .upplemeiiting my message of
last night instruction; issued by
wire today renicvitig all restrictions
on bituminous or lignite coal when
consigned to state, county and mu
nicipal departments and institu
tion, all public utilit ie. all manu
facturers of news prir.t paper and
printer an 1 r-u !i -b'rs of r-v.'.ic and
all rb'parir.i'T.'s of ire federal gov
ernment. This will be elective
throughout tin- country and will re
lease for immediate movement and
deliver all cal so consigned. Felieve
this will take pressure off situation
maierially. R. A. AISHTON.
Coal Is Still the Cry.
Appeals from cities and towns for
coal continue to reach the state rail
way commission. In most cases
there is no actual suffering", but us
ually fear is expressed that suffer
ing will fcllow if coal is not soon
bf-aincd. Ur.der th new orders of
the federal a dm in i.tt rat ion state,
county, city and public utilities may
obtain release of coal consigned to
them. Thi- is expected to relieve
the city r f Hastings whicli informs
th railway commission thot report
ed a ten days" supply of coal on
Real Estate and Insurance!
AGENTS FOR
Equitable Life Insurance Co., of New York
Massachuse'.s Bonding &. Ins. Co., Accident and Health
American Live Stock Insurance Co.
Bankers Automobile Insurance Co.
Bankers' Fire Insurance Co.
Central National Fire Insurance Co., of Des Moines
FOR SALE
FARM LANDS AMD CITY PROPERTY!
Six good Cass county farms for sale; irrigated and
table land in North Platte Valley.
see F. G. EGEf3BERER
cr EMIL J. HILD,
OFFICES-HOTEL WAGNER SUlLDING
Telephone 108
hand November 6 for the use of the
light and water plant that supplies
not only Hastings but Juniata and
Trumbull. There wxs 400 tons on
hand for the plant when Mayor L.
S. Stiner reported to the commis- j
s'on. The normal consximption of j
coal by the plant is forty-five tens i
a day. This can be reduced to
thirty-five tons, which means the
present supply will last ten days.
A. M of em a li writes the railway
commission that the town of Lyons
is out of coal and that the town
of Decatur depends upon a supply
from Lyons. November 5 a few tons
of slack coal was left. Coal billed
from mines does not arrive. Many
rural schools and farmers have not
yet obtained their winter supply of
coal, and many people in town have
only one week's supply. "We will
suffer with the first coal spell." says
the letter to the commission.
A brick making firm at Hastings
reports that its manufacture cf brick
cannot be completed without more
coal and the brick now m piece
will be ruined. Five cars consigned
to this firm have not arrived. The
t.....:..l.. n -i e- m of
Hastings has a pit at Haspur.Neh.
It supplies material for enclosing
houses to keep off the cold. It says
t will have to close its pit unless
onl is obtained. The railway com-
i
cop
mission has not passed on the neces
Htv of sand nits and brick factories.
The Central Power Co.. operating
nt mi,,, rennrts that slush ice has
!n nrforoH witli water nower and it
, i fnJfinmricrs fishtins hard to have
win nave it ut iu.-jitr .n vi
-team. It has one week's supply.
Five cars in transit have not arriv -
j
A Loup City coal dealer tells the
railway commission that there are
or.lv fi tons of coal in town, and
this is heins given out in 400 pound j
lot?. Farmers and most town poo- j
pie are out of coal.
Ccnjrressran Gets Nervous.
Congressman M. O. McLaughlin,
whose home is at York and who is
now in Washington where he might
pull the reins of government, or at
least eet a hold upon them, wires the
railway commission :
"All public utilities and public
institutions in York mut eloie in
three days for lack of coal. Hasten
relief: imperative."
The I'.ii'-iow pharmacy at Drirtow
teh graphed the governor's of'iee
that there were t-ix cars em track at
that place and that no coal could re
had. Lieutenant Governor Harrows
(ciicested amplication to the local
railroad agent.
State institutions under the board
i of control are reported to be running
tentiary had only fifty tons of coal
four days ago. enough to last two
days, but it has since' obtained a
car or two. The orthopedic institu
tion four days ago. the dale of the
laet report to the board of control,
had no coal. It uses three tons a
day. Whether or not this institu
tion filled with children has receiv
ed any coal since then has not been
divulged by the board cf control.
CAHD OF THANKS.
We desire in this manner to ex
press to our friends and neighbors
the heart felt appreciation of their
many acts eif kindness and assist
ance given to us in the time of sick
ness and death of our beloved wife,
daughter and sister, and especially
do we desire to thank the friends for
the beautiful floral remembrances.
X. II. I?HELL.
MRS. ALLEN IIEEFON
AND FAMILY.
The Journal prints sale bill.
Plattsmouth, Neb.
END OF THE
STRIKE IS OP
TO ilNER
ONLY ONE WAY TO DISMISS THE
INJUNCTION PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST UNION. !
MUST CANCEL WALKGOT ORDER
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Eleventh Ecur Effort of Gompers;
Fails to Jlove Department
cf Justice Head.
though Secretary Glass, a trifle more
Washington Nov. 7. Eleventh j communicative, smilingly turned his
hour efforts of Samuel Gompers to q;:estioners away by saying it was
settle the coal strike were met to-;just E hour aml a half wasted,
night by an emphatic declaration!
from the government that n ijunit. oa
proceedings would be dismissed t lie ,
I instant the strike order was with-
drawn--and not before. j
This final decision was given t
Mr. Gompers heading a delegation j
of high labor officials at the close
the third conference of the day with
Attorney General Palmer and after
Mr. Gompers had talked over the
i telephone with John L. Lewis act
! iiiK head of the United Mine Work
,ers Ot AIDtTlC
at Indiar.apoli-
Mr.
the
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p;vernmc:it drop its injunction suit
jset for a hearing tomorrow plainly
thowed that he was mi b r a severe
strain as he leii the department o.
juitiee hatly and bluntly refusi::
o:i his way out to say one word about
the three conferences or hop- o:
iridin- the strike of more than over
ICO. 0'j;j miners leio:e l!;e innei
States could press its ui' agains;
officers of the miners' organization.
Palmer Also Refuses to Talk
The attorney general. to whom
Mr. Gompers referred all request.'
for iiif rmat ion. r fused to see the
nevp.:p. r men.
"Mr. Palmer wishes me to say that
he will have no statement other that;
that he made as he bit the c.;bi:iet
meeting"" his secretary announce;!.
There were only cighte. a words i:
ihf statement Mr. Palmer dictated
to newspaper im n as he left the
white 1oum after the cabinet rr.ee t
::ig and an earlier conference with
President Wilson.
"The injunction .proceeding'
a?ai::-t the miners' leaders will b?
dismis-ed the instant ti e strike or
der is reealle-'," said th" attorney
general, and bis utterance stood te-
night as the final word from the
word irons Uie gov-
err.:;i at or. th
eve of what may
prove the beginning tomorrow of
the greatest btbor union litigation
in the history ot the country.
Tliro-.i-rh the u.:y. although i: wis
on the lips of all official Washing
ton that the government and the
milters were con idcring new plans
for ending the struggle without fiir
thir revert to law. ihe fe-ditig grew
tearing on the restraining or-; ; ppiies to general and primary elec
t f-jr tomorrow morning in the tions. but the act of the last Icgisla-
federal court before .Tn
at Indianapolis. will
Anderson
i)'i.-t poned '
b
"without prejudice to cither side."
2-Tct Seeking Postor-nent
Tlie department of justice will no:
ik for a port ponnu nt . but whether
i! miirht oppose the request if miners
asked for more time, not an unusual
proceeding, othcials declined to say.
"The only thing that can stop the
proceedings started by the l'nite-1
S'ates is for tlie miners to call of:'
ihe strike." the attorney general re
iterated time and again.
None of ine member:; of the cabi
net would say what happened at the
meeting. Wiien asked. Secretary
Glass of the treasury, waved hi
hand and said smilingly: "Just an
hcitr ami a half wasted."
Secretary Wilson wnui,! not reply
to questions as to whether he ha-:
opp:ied the decision of the govern
ment to press tiie' injunction proceed
ings. He is reported to have oppos
ed :i:ch action in tlie first place.
Vice-president Woll rnd Secretary
Morrison of the American Federa
tion of Labor likewise declined to
discuss the conferences.
Gompers Earnestly for Psace
The persistency with whicli Mr.
Gompers pre.-ented plea after pier
to the attorney general indicated hi;
earnest desire to bring peace to th
coal fields before the battle- is wag
ed more heatedly in the federal
rii.ii.lL' tr'nnniti-ini..l 1... ll-.t I 1....
j ''ill in. .ii.'.i'iii'iuuvil I. . IK 'i
iWoll. vice-president, and Frank Moi-
'rison, secretary of the
-inicTican
! Federation of Labor, Mr. Goinpera
jsaw Mr. l'aliner before the latter
went to ine wnite notise ior a won:
with the president and to outline
,fhe strike situation to the cabinet.
i The second meeting took place im
i , mediately after the cabinet session
'adjourned. It lasted and hour, and
when the labor leaders departed
they v.-t-rc far more cheerful than
they seemed tonight.
the attorney
Mr. Gompers told
general they would return later, and
Mr. Palmer intimated that Mr. Goni
pers might talk meanwhile with
Lewis. Somebody asked Mn Cam
pers as he vas entering the elevator
after his third conference, if he
had talked with Lewis. He wheeled
about and said that he would not
answer that and would not say any
thing at all about any of the con
ferences or the strike.
Various theories were advanced
as to the apparent difference in the
attitude of the labor leaders after
the second and third conferences.
T? fr ?i tmi i n vr to his ofTiee tnniflit ATr
Gompers remained there for several
Hu rra and was in communication
i
with labor officials here and else-
1 where.
Not much came out of the cabinet
I meeting. All of the members de
jcb'ned to say what was taken up, al
py ......
gy $
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, Attorney Gencral Davis Says Statute
, of 1913 Applies to Special
Applies to Special
Election This Year.
A
t i r was created at the state!
house Friday by the report that the
attorney general's office had given
. an opinion holding that the voting-by-mail
law does not apply to a
special election and that votes cast
I y mail for delegates to the consti
tutional convention at the special
'election November 4 could not be
legally counted. It was said such
an opinion was given to Harley G.
Moorhea 1. election commissioner of
Douglas county and was being fol-
owed in that county.
At least one delegates election is
said to depend upon the counting
ihe mail vote. In Polk county the
election of Representative Norton is
assured upon the face of the returns.
i'U.1 i ut i t: ait auwui nc u i
received by mail to be counted. The
entire count might result in the elec
t ion of E. L. King.
Attorney General Clarence A. Da
vis returned to Lincoln Friday and
gave it as his opinion that voting b
mail is legal under the provisions
of the law which permit? electors
who are compelled to be absent
from their homes but who are within
the state to vote by mail.
He says Judge Barnes is of the
:;ame opinion. Judge Barnes says he
was asked if the soldier-voting lav.
applied to the election of elelcgates
to tllP constitutional convention ami
,!e replied that it did not. The sol-
dier voting law was repealed by the
last legislature. The older law, sec
tion "0T.4. Statutes of 1913, remains!
unrepealed. This law applies tj
general electiens and special elec
tions and to the ele-ction of certain
officials mentioned in the act.
It does not mention delegates to
a constitutional convention and it
ttire calling an election for the choice
()f delegates to such a convention
"provides that all the laws relative to;
general elections relate to elections
junder this act as far as applicable,
jAttorne General Davis therefore .
rules
that the voting by mail law
j applies
itional
to the election of constitu
delegates. notwithstanding
the voting by mail law says it applies
only to general and primary elec
tions. THE QUESTIONERS
I have just returned from France.
One hundred fifty people have ask
ed me what the gold stripes mean.
Over five hundred have asked
whether or not the average German
m:s a brutal type "do they look
different from other people, I mean?"
One thousand have said. "You
must have seen some awful sights!"
I and demanded gory details.
Three thousand four hundred and
ninety-seven have hinted archly at
entangling alliances with French
maidens.
Forty-eight thousand six hundred
seventy-three have remarked. "It
was a wonderful experience, wasn't
it?"
One has gripped my hand and said
a bit huskily, "Well, son Oh. son.
but it's good to see you again."
One has held me in her arms and
cried a bit and seen that I had my
favorite dessert after dinner.
One has said and done a number
,of things that are no one's business
but her's and mine.
One has put muddy claws on my
new uniform and nearly wagged his
tail off trying to tell me that he's
glad to see nie. Judge.
Mrs. Sherman Taylor, of Wymore,
Nebraska, who has been in the city
j enjoying a brief visit at the home of
Iier parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Mc-
Maken. departed this morning for
her home.
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FAVORABLE TO
TREATY CHANGE
TEST VOTE SHOWS A MAJORITY
FOR QUALIPICA-
or;SGME DANGER GF A DEADLOCK
j
p Opposed to Complete Hes-
ervation
Power
ProgTam. and
Has the
to Hold Up
Pact.
Washington, Nov. 7. The lirt i
affirmative step toward qualification
of the peace treaty was taken today
by the senate after administration
leaders, with the backing of Presi
dent Wilson, had reaffirmed their
intention of voting against ratifica
tion if the reservations drawn by
I tha coriQtn n-.ninritv urn ai?OTited
The initial test of strength on the
reservation program of the foreign
relations committee found the re-
I , . aIn,n-t sf)!idlv united be-
j hi d , the Krnup of aliid reserva-
tionists who helped kill the com
mittee's amendments and the irre-
nnn ii 1 n A fTr.Min t.f f V fiOS
mill iinric .1 I'uii ... i...-
standing together for Ihe first time
since the long trtaty fight began.
By a vote of 4S to 40 the senate ap
proved, after all efforts to amend it
had failed, the committee's preamble
to the reservation group, reiuiring
that to make the treaty binding at
j least three of the four great powers
must accept the senate qualmca
tions. The only republican who did
not swing into line for the proposal
vas Senator McCumber of North Da-
kota, while three democrats
tors Reed. Missouri: Gore.
Okla-
homa. and Walsh. Massachusetts
voted with the majority.
Opposition Clains Majority.
When adjournment wa-: reached,
the first "of the fourteen reservations
was under debate, and republican
leaders were claiming that they had
safe majorities pledged for the en
tire group. The mild reservat ionists.
it was declared had turned down a
new democratic offer cf compromise,
while the irreconcilable wing was
devising a plan of action by which
they hoped to defeat the treaty en
tirely. The best claim made by the
administration forces was that the
treaty would be wedged into a dead
lock which in the end would make
a compromise inevitable.
The plan to vote against the
treaty and thus deadlock the rati
fication fight was declared to have
Fresident Wilson's unqualified sup
port. Senator Hitchcock. of Ne
braska, the democratic leader, saw
the president during the day for the
first time since Mr. Wilson returned
from his speaking tour and went
over the entire situation surround
ing the treaty in the senate. After
ward Mr. Hitchcock said the execu
tive regarded the committee reserva
tions as "destructive" and the pre
amble as "very embarrassing" and
advised the administration to stanel
by their guns.
The president is said to have
asserted an aggressive opposition to
the accetpance of reservations which
impair the treaty, but to have shown
a willingness to leave the matter of
a compromise in the hands of the
administration senators, to be work
ed out after deadlock stage had
been reached. Mr. Wilson explain
ed. Senator Hitchcock said, that he
We are on your side of the H. C, L fight!
BUSINESS is not altogether cold blooded. We
try to put ourselves on your side of the counter
when it comes to making prices. For instance we
are selling Overalls at $2 50; Men's Union Suits at
$!.95; Black Dress Sox at 5 for $1 00; Boys' Slipover
Sweaters 75c; Musk-ng Gloves $ 1 .50 per dozen; Men's
Suits and Overcoats $15, $20, $25 and $30; Ladies'
Co3ts $18, $20, $22 and $25 and many other things
less than it would actually ccst us to buy them in the
open market today. City merchants tell us that
we are foolish to stick to old prices, because when
the market goes down people are not going to pay us
old prices then, but we bought these goods long ago
with the thought in mind of rendering our customers
this service. It's moie to your advantage than ours
for you to buy them at these prices, but it's our way
of helping on 3rour side of the H. C. L. fight.
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"EVERYBODY'S STORE"
iiad sent fer the administration lead
er to give assurance of his support
iti the contemplated program and of
his gratitude over tiie successful
fight against amendments.
Wilson Will Go Part Way.
President Wib-on tocay told Sena
tor Hitchcock of Nebraska, adminis
tration loader in the sinate treaty
fight, that he would be euiiniy sat
isfied with any n ervat ions support
ers of the treaty might feel ju-tifieJ
in accepting, provided they did not
nullify the league of nations cove
nant and were d'signid for the pur
pose of interpreting the terms of
the treaty.
The president. Senator Hitchcock
-aid. " expressed "his very strong ap
proval" of what had been done to
late and agree-! that no comprombe
would be offered unless a deadlock
I was reached on a resolution of rati
! tication.
BATTALI0N "LOST" BY
MYSTERIOUS ORDERS
W'asiiitig'u'!', Nov. ".---Failure of
the ;j(:sth ii'-gro infantry regit.)' n!
to function properly in the .M 'iso
Argonne offensive, wbbh led to the
predicament of the famous "lot"
battalion, was due nrMvtly to the
fact that the negro unit receive-'
unauthorized orders to withdraw,
according to a s:- ci;:i r r;- r! n.a.'e
to Secre'-'iy Ib,-;er by an officer of
the inspector g. -n'-ral's trial.
Careful invest : gat inn ha failed to
reveal the origin of the my teriou-
orders.
AHBIVAL OF A NEV7 DAUGHTER. !
From Saturday's J'.iilv.
This morning a ft; ?
little daugh
ter arrived at the bene of Mr. and
Mrs. Key James in the south portion
of the city and will make her heme
with them in the future. Tlie life
lady lias been ntunvl Max; tie Eliza
beth, and in the opinion of the proud
and happy parents is just the fine-t
ever. All parties ceincerned are do
ing nicely.
Buy a new Ford err row. any
model, on the prrmcnt down balance
in six months cr one year plan, or
12 monthly payments. T. H. Pol
lock Auto Co. Fhonc No. 1. tfd&w
Cold Weather Ahead!
Are 3ou prepared for it? It you
work outside, have you thought
about
Duck Coats,
Mackinaws,
' Sheep Lined Coats,
Leather Vests,
Cordurory Suits,
PloIeskin Suits,
Woolen Socks,
Woolen Union Suits,
Fleece Lined Union Suit?,
Cordurory Caps.
In fact anything you wear in cold
weather we have it. If it's to
wear, ask us.
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F.EV. L. W. SCOTT
RETURNS HOME
Kev. L. W. Scott, who has b.'cn
holding a series cf special meeting
at Nebraska City in the interests of
the Christian church of that city
has returned to his home in this
city having had a wonderful succe
in the work of bringing the teach
ings of the church to the people.
There were a lart-e nuin' er of con
versions of thew-e
out
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A tl
church as well as members brought
lack into the- fold (A the church se
cured as the result of Itcv. Scott's
meetings. The siicce- of the Ne
braska City meetings has caused this
able minister to receive a number f
invitations from different cities t
vbit them and tak? charge of special
meetings but. so far no acceptance
has been made pending the arrang
ing of the work of the church in
this city.
BOX SOCIAL.
A box social and program will
sriven at the (.'u'.lom school, Dist.
November 11. Everybody invited.
Eva Hintnkk. Teat. her
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FARM FOR RENT!
About five miles north of Union, Ne
braska. Inquire of l. D. McCorinick
UalAtoc. Neb.
FOR SALE.
FirM class milk cow,
red stefT
j calf, five months tdd; about .'dxtv-
i five chiche ns. It. C
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Cook, one mile
Address Cedar
S-l!tw4td
w. - t ot c ullom.
Creek.
Buy a new Ford car now on the
payment down balance on monthly
payment plan. For particulars see
T.'h. Pollock Auto Co. Phone No. 1.
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RETU.7N SAW BLADE!
I have reason-, to believe that I know
who took the saw blade from my ma
chine a few days aero, and if they w
return fa -no nothing" further will be
said or done. F. (1. Blot. hi;.
For tasty printing you can't go
wrong in having the Journal office
'urn out your Job.
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