THE NORFOLK WEEKLY ( NEWSJOURNAL
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MHM-'OLK SKMUASKA 1'MMDAY. 1 'HHIU'AHY ' - > : { 1M2. !
CLARK AND WILSON EA ( / _
HALF THE DELEGAT. , s , ' &
V
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AGREEMENT AT 4 IN MOR
The Oklahoma State Democratic C <
ventlon , Called to Select Dclcgatt
to Baltimore , Adopts Compromise
Agreement After Many Hours.
Oklaliomn City , OKIu. , Fob. 21 ! . - Conical
ical lur contiol of the Oklahoma dele
gation lo the iiatlonat convention ,
waged between Ch imp Clark and
Woodrow \VllH n campaigners , resulted -
od In a compromise agrucmcnt at 4
o'clock UIH | morning whereby a split
delegation \\lll lie sent to Baltimore.
Tliu convi'iitlon adopted the ropnrt of
tin * \S'ilHon floor leader , pledging ten
delegates for Wilson and ten for
Clark.
An ainendini nt lo compromise
i evolution -ovldliig i > indorsement of
Clark , WAK lost liy a vo'u of I'll to
JVTile
Tile < OHM litinii took a recess until
in o'c link
ADVOCATES SMALL
EARS OF
NATIONAL GRAIN DEALERS
FIGHTING WILEY'S CONSFIS-
CATION PLAN.
St. Louis , Mo , l-Vli. 2JThe ! Na
tional Grain Dealers' association met
hero this morning to discuss what ac
tion shall ho taken in view of Dr. Har
vey W. Wiley's suggestion regarding
the confiscation of decreasing corn.
The grain men will urge that the gov
ernment he asked to declare exempt
from the food and drugs act all prod
ucts of the soil in their raw state.
Such a decision would prevent tiici
bureau of chemistry from going Into
the grain Inspection business and
carrying out the confiscation of Inter
state shipments of grain.
drain dealers went to Washington
about three weeks ago and conferred
with Or. Wiley on the corn proposition 1-
1g
tion , following his decision regarding
sulphured onts. While Wiley had ad
mitted that " .sulphured oats" were not '
injurious , his ruling was that the con
sumer was b ( ing cheated. Dr. Wiley's
attitude lends , the gram dealers to believe
f"
lieve he will order corn in elevators
and transit confiscated.
.
I' . H. Goodman , efficiency export !
for a Chicago grain dealer who Is in
the/ city to attend the meeting , advo
cates farmers raising small ears of
corn , harvesting the corn later in the
year and allowing It to dry more thor
oughly before shipping
ATTACK WO
WOISED
ISED RATES s
NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE
WOODMEN IN SESSION AT
MINNEAPOLIS.
Minneapolis , Minn. , Fob 2 : ! . Plans
lor attacking the rates recently adopt
ed by the .Modern Woodmen of Amer
ica in session at Chicago , are to rje
made today by the national Woodmen
assembled iu executive session here.
The fight between the "Insurgents"
and the "standpatters" iu convention
is not over , although a resolution was
adopted yesterday iu which all dele
gates who favored the Chicago rates
were denied seats. John Sullivan of
Kansas City , leader of the standpat
ters , announced then .that he and a
number of others would attempt to
attend the executive session.
PUGILIST DEAD FROM BLOW.
Cerebral Hemorrhages Caused His
Adversary Has Not Been Arrested.
Cleveland. O. . Feb. 23. Charles El
lis , the negro welterweight pugilist ,
who fell unconscious at the start of
the sixth round of his bout with Joe
Motto here Tuesday night , died at a
hospital.
It was thought at first that a blow
over the heart , received by 12111s , was
the cause of his condition , but exam
ination showed that he was suffering
from cerebral hemorrhages.
Miss Wilson In Mexico.
Topeka , Kan. , Feb. 23. dov. Woodrow -
row Wilson , who spoke hero at the
Kansas Democratic Club banquet ,
when shown the dispatch from Pt.El
Eln
Paso concerning his daughter's deten
tion at Madera , Mex. , said that while
she is visiting there , It is for an indefinite
Inof
definite time , and had no intention of
coming home soon , according to word
received from her a few days ago. "It
is all nonsense that she is marooned
there , " said Gov. Wilson.
La Follette Men to Meet.
Minneapolis , Minn. , Feb. 23. Pro
gressive republican leaders of the
northwest are to meet here tonight :
with Walter L. Houser , Senator La Fol-
lotto's campaign manager , to discuss
the campaign. .Mr. Houser is expected
eda
to arrive late today from North Da
kota , where he has been for the last
week in the Interest of Mr. La Fol-
lotto's compalgn
CONDITION OFJHE WEATHER
Temperature for Twenty-four Hours.
The Forecast.
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Maximum -I.
Minimum 12
Average 27
Harometer 2t.7 ! ( )
Chicago , Feb. 21 ! . The bulletin Is-
tied by the Chicago station of the
'tilted States weather bureau gives
i forecast as follows :
ebrasku and South Dakota4 I'nset-
? \\eather and probably snow flur-
' j onlght or Satnrda >
HASTINGS MAN OF 55 SUICIDES
IN HORRIBLE MANNER.
FELT STING OF PUBLIC WRATH
Criticised By the Public Over a Fam
ily Affair , He Chooses Trainc
Wheels as a Means of Ending His
Hastings , Neb. , Feb. 21 ! . Patricl
Barrow commuted suicide hero last
night by sticking his head under the
wheels of a switch engine. Tlie mar
ciawled up to the trade unobservet
and placed his head beneath the
wheels. Tlie engine was barely mov
Ing , but the ( row were unable to stoi
It until the wheels had passed nbou
two-thirds over his body , crushing hi
head and right shoulder.
Banow was , " > . " years old and leaves
a family. Ciiticism of Barrow by tin
public over a famil.v matter caused
the suicide.
A PEACE TREATY
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New York , Feb. 2- ! ! President Taft
| and the German ambassador , Count
Von Bcrnstorff , both heartily favor the
earliest consummation of an arbitra-
"Ition treaty with Germany , according
'to ' Marcus M. Marks and Dr. Louis
Livingston Seaman , a special commit
tee of the New York peace society.
who have just returned from Washington -
ton after a conference with the mes-
sage. The committee iu making this
announcement gave out a letter re
f"celved under date of Feb. 19 in reply
to suggestion that an official declara
tion of the president's approval of an
arbitration with Germany "would be
verv helpful in reassuring many citi
zens that our government Is equally
eager to maintain the same lines as
lias been done with Great Britain and
France. "
The president's letter is as follows :
"Replying to your letter of Feb. 17 ,
I have the pleasure of drawing your at
tention to the history of the events
which led up to the arbitration trea
ties now before the senate. In my
speecli in December , 1010 , before the
American Society for the Judicial Set
tlement of International Disputes I
said :
" 'If now we can negotiate and put
through a positive agreement with
some great nation to abide the adjudi
cation of an international arbitral
court in every issue which cannot be
settled by negotiations , no matter
what it involves , whether honor , ter
ritory or money , we shall have made
a long step forward by demonstrating
that It is possible for two nations at
least to establish between them the
same system of due process of law
that exists between individuals under
| government's inquiry.1
"This statement was followed by a
prompt announcement by France and
I Great Britain of their willingness to
enter into negotiations looking to the
conclusion of such a treaty. No other
countries have responded to this In
quiry. Great Britain and France as a
basis of negotiations made a tentative ,
draft of a treaty , the substance of
which was published in May , 1911 ,
with the announcement that the Unit
ed States was prepared to enter upon
similar negotiations with other na
tions. Subsequently the diplomatic
representatives of Germany and sev
eral other European countries re
quested and were given copies of the
tentative draft , but the negotiations
with Germnay , as well as similar ne
gotiations with other powers , have
been temporarily held in abeyance ,
pending the final action of the senate
upon the treaties with Great Britain
and France.
"The German government , equally
with this government , regarded the
temporary suspension of negotiations
ISs
as advisable under the circumstances ,
and for these reasons the negotiations
with Germany nro incomplete.
"You can rest assured that upon the
ratification of the present treaties ef
forts will he resumed , of the most
earnest character , to bring about a
treaty with Germany equally progressive
ivo and significant of a desire for unl
versal peace by arbitration on the part
of both the high contracting parties.
No ono recognizes more clearly than
does this government the widespread
utility in the cause of world peace
that such a treaty with Germany would
effect.
"Sincerely yours ,
'William H. Taft. "
MYSTERY SURROUNDS TRACE-
DY IN NEW YORK HOSPITAL.
OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING
t May Develop That Some Hospital
Attendant Has Fed Poison to the
Children Just to Watch Them Die.
Deliberate Murder Indicated ,
New York , Feb. 2:1. : . The myster >
> f the deaths of eight children , the
ilde.it li' ' months , and the- illness of
four other infants In the Brooklyn
nursery and infants hospital since
Sunday. was expected today to be
" olved ' by n chemical analysis of the
contents of the stomachs of two of
the dead children. An Irritant poison
believed to be oxalic acid mixed with
lime water and mill ; , was indicated by
11a
an autopsy.
All of the poisoned babies were in
one ward , i ml there were only four
children in the ward \\lio have not
shown symptoms of poisoning. The
phvsicinns ) scout ( he idea that the
I children suffered from any disease of
cV
which they were not cognizant.
Coroner's Physician Wotist said
that the exileneo in the case suggests
the tin-on of deliberate poisoning ,
perhaps l > v some hospital attendant
afflicted \\l" . the homicidal mania
SHOULD GET READY
JOHN BARRETT DECLARES MID-
OLE WEST MUST TAKE ADVANTAGE -
VANTAGE OF IT.
Omaha , Feb. 2. ° , John Barrett , di
rector of the Panaman union and for
mer minister to Panama , was the
guest of honor and principal speaket-
at the Washington birthday banquet
of the Omaha club last night. Mr.
Barrett spent the day receiving the
business men of Omaha and his ad
dress was well received.
"Get ready for the Panama canal
and go atter Pan-American com
merce , " was the director general's ad-
vlco. to ij > suditors. He bellies the
opening of the Panama canal will
mark a new era in the history of the
entire American continent and for the
: ommercial , ind industrial interests of
he United States.
Mr. Barrett's address , in part , is as
'ollows :
'Get ready for the Panama canal
and go after Pan-American com
merce , ' shoiild be the slogan of every
'nmmerciai organization of this sec-
: Ion. It .should be the motto of the
larsjtr business interests of Omaha.
It should b * the cry of the large
manufacturing , exporting and import-
ins centers of the central west and
; he Mississippi valley from New Or-
eans to Chicago and Minneapolis.
The whole country should realize the
vital importance of getting ready for
the cnnal. It
should awake ( o an ap
preciation of the potentialities of
Panaman commerce. It should real
ize that the Panama canal and
Panama trade means more to tilt-
country than any other new commer
cial opportunities in its history.
"It will be almost criminal lack of
foresight , if our commercial interests
fail after the
government has ex
pended -100 million dollars on the ca
nal , to make an organized and persist
ent effort to take advantage of all the
new conditions of demand and supply
which will follow the opening of the
canal. And yet the chambers of
commerce , board of trade and other
commercial organizations and the
large manufacturing and exporting
and importing interests of Chicago
and other western cities are making
very little elfort , compared with what
they ought to do , in studying the conn ,
' tries , the peoples , the markets , the
'products and the conditions of trade
which will be reached almost directly
by the canal.
"I would have the great organiza
tions of the country act together or
Independently , and send representa
tives in capacity of observation to
study every phase of the new commercial -
mercial field which will be reached by
the canal. The question of tolls of
the Panama canal is ono of the high
est importance. The commercial in
terests of the central west should be
aware of this fact and bring pressure
upon congress that the tolls be kept
low. "
"It will be a destructive error and a
blight upon canal commerce if the
tolls are too high. If they should bo
placed at a figure where they will
hamper trade , the whole country will
be sadly disappointed in the good that
will come from the canal. We are
constructing it for reasons of com
merce and military strategy. And yet
there Is great danger that from quib
bling over a revenue of a few million
dollars from tolls wo may make a dif
ference of hundreds of millions of dollars
lars in the value of our trade going
through the canal. "
Baldwin and Brown Draw.
New 'York , Feb. 23. Mattie Baldwin -
win of Boston and Knockout Brown
of New York fought ten rounds here ,
neither man having decisively the bet
ter of it.
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Government's Investigation of the High Price of Food.
RESIDENT TO TAKE ISSUE ON
SEVERAL SUBJECTS.
AMLL BE NO PERSONAL ATTACK
President Taft Feels That at Last
Roosevelt Has Given Him an Op
portunity to Make v His Position
Clear Without Personalities.
Washington , Feb. 22. President
Taft wlU reply to Col. Theodore
loosev eh's Columbus speech.
Although the president will make
10 direct attack on Mr. Roosevelt and
although administration officials re
fuse to disc-lib * the hitter's Columbus
' .peech , it became known today that
: he president would answer the
speech and present a clear-cut issue
between his political creed and that
of his predecessor.
Mr. Tnft's answer will not be made
all in one speech , but between the
present and last of March , he has
many speaking engagements that will
bo used for this purpose.
President Taft , U was said , felt
that Col. Roosevelt had at last given
him an opportunity to make his poslj
tion clear without Indulgine ; In any
personal attacks. With many of the
doctrines the former president enun
ciated at Columbus , President Taft is
in agreement ; to others he is known
to be unalterably opposed. Among
those are the initiative and referen
dum , the recall of judges and the re
call of judicial decisions.
Comes West to Chicago.
The president has speaking engage
ments in New York , Ohio , Chicago 1'
and New England and it is possible 1
that others f'ill he made for him.
The president today extended his !
forthcoming trip to Chicago. He will 1
stop in Toledo , O. , and speak to the '
chamber of commerce there the night :
of March S. In Toledo he will prob
ably make the first speech of a series !
that will reply to Mr. Roosevelt.
Many telegrams reached the white
house today , asking the president to 1
stop on his way to Chicago , and other
additions than the Toledo speech may
bo made.
CHEER THIRDJERM WORDS ,
!
The House Loudly Applauds Washing-
ton's Farewell Address.
Washington , Feb. 22. George
Washington'b declaration against a
third term was loudly applauded In the
house today when the first president's
farewell address was read.
Vice President Sherman's designa
tion of Senator Kern to read the ad
dress In the senate was an unusual
compliment , the inspiration of which
was the fact that Mr. Sherman and
Mr. Kern were rival candidates for
vice president in 1908.
GASH REGISTER INDICTMENT
Thirty Officials of the Company Held
For Anti-Trust Law Violation.
Cincinnati , O. , Feb. 22. Thirty offi
cials and employes of the National
Cash Register company of Dayton , O. ,
were Indicted on charges of criminal
violation of the Sherman anti-trust
law , by a special federal grand jury
hero today.
The Adamr Express company was
Indicted on eleven counts , charged
with having attempted to collect more
than established rates.
Seven Cincinnati manufacturing
firms wcro also indicted , charged with
attempting to secure transportation at
lower rates than those established by
the interstate commerce commission.
ENGLISH GOVERNMENT ACTS
Takes Steps to Tr to Ward Off
Threatened Coal Miners' Strike.
London , Feb. 22 The government
today opened negotiations for peace in
the British coal dispute , which threat
ens to paralyze British trade if the
800,000 miners carry out their inten
tion of striking on Feb. 29.
SHOULD PUNISH INDIVIDUALS.
Gov. Woodrow Wilson Speaks to
Democrats in Kansas.
Topeka , Kan. , Feb. 21 ! . Gov. Woodrow -
row Wilson of New Jersey addressed
the Kansas Democratic club on "The
Relation of Business to the Govern
ment. " He enid in part.
"We look hack today to a great
example the example set us by a
great practical genius , whose gift it
was to look forward and plan the life
of a nation. It is the singular distinc
tion of Washington and of his asso
elates that they conceived their own
fortunes and the torumes of Virginia
in the ( onus of development of
the nation. When , we , in our gener
ation , look upon the circumstances of
America , wo must try to see the facts
as they are and to see them broadly.
America is a business nation , a na
tion of material enterprise and com
merce on a largo scale.
"It is our duty , therefore , if wo.
j would bee'l the example of Washing-
j ton and the men of his generation , to
ask ourselves what must we clo for
America as she is ?
"The cry of the hour seems to be
that business has grown as formid
able in its independent organization
as to have Let itself up in rivalry to
the government itself and that It
therefore * . \iist ! be legulated ; that the
whole force of goveinment must be
bent to the restraint of business. I
j ' venture to suggest that what we are
really after is not the restraint of
business , but the restraint of Individuals -
uals who art- putting business on a
t'albo and selfish basis. We do not
wish to hamper the great processes
of our economic life but to free them
where ( hey have been made wrong' ;
use of by men who have ignored the ,
'common interest and sought to promote -
mote theovsn private and selfish 1
purposes by means that were neither
publicspirited nor honorable. The
' rules that we now seek to set up are
that the me/i who are making use of
[ corporation ; laws for their own advantage -
vantage shall not employ them to es-
, utbl : li monopoly ; that the.v shall not
use them to limit credit to those
whom they draw into their own en
terprises ; thai they shall not , if they
do wrong , i'nd covert and conceal
ment within the corporations whoso [
power they employ I
"In respect of the restraint of
wiong , we should deal with Individuals - _
uals rather than with corporations. I '
I , should be laid bare of whom busl-
ness combination : , consist and those
of whom tht-y consist should bo di-J
rectly and individually dealt with ij t
whenever a wrong is done , either to ) j i i
on individual or to the freedom of f
business itself. The movement back
to the people in the field of politics
must preceru. the movement away
from monopoly back to free opportun
ity. Business can be free only when i
the nation Is free. America's pro
gram of popular government Is Amer
ica's hope for prosperity. Political
freedom and commercial freedom go
hand In hand. Where there Is mono
poly in the one there will be tyranny
and special privilege In the other. "
Alamedo , Cal. , Feb. 23. Sam Gunn ,
the Chinese aviator , had a narrow es
cape from death at the meet here
when his biplane fell ICO feet and
buried him beneath the wreckage.
Gunn lost control of his machine ap
parently through engine trouble ,
FIRST DEGREE CRIME CHARGED
AGAINST THE SLAYER.
HE SHOT BEESON THREE TIMES
In His Dying Statement Beeson Is Said
to Have Declared that He Was
Asked an Exorbitant Price for Dam '
ages , as Result of Hog Incident.
Neligh , Neb. , Feb. 23. Special to
The \ev\s : The verdict of the cor
oner's ( jury held Wednesday evening
over ( the remains of Orville Beeson ,
who was shot and killed by Frank Ma
son shortly after 7 o'clock in the morn
ing , \\as that deceased came to his
death from gunshot wounds inflicted
by Frank Mason , and that Mason be
held to the district court of Wheeler
county on the charge of murder in the
first degree.
Reports received in this city up to a
late hour last night are that Orville
Reeson was a man Pi ( years of age and
a farmer of Wheeler county. Frank
Mason , his slayer , is also a farmer ,
hut has been residing on his home
stead in Brown county. Ho is report
ed as being about the same age.
It appears that a neighbor , Phillip
Cliimmins , had shut up several hogs
belonging to Beeson. ami on Wednes
day morning heveht OVel' lo tiie
Crimmlns place after them. It In re
ported that in his dying statement
neeson said that he was asked an ex
orbitant price for damages , and harsh
vsonls ensued , \\lieu CrimmliiH and lilt ,
brother-in-law , Mason , started for Bee-
son. The latter is aid to have struck
Mason with a stick when he pulled his
revolver. Beeson started to run , when
.Mason shot him three times , two of
the bullets talcing effect in the left
arm and one in the back. The wound
ed man walked a short distance , when
he fell to the ground Heas found
i there shortly afterward by a relative ,
I who removed him to Ids home , where
! he died two hours later. The sheriff
and coroner of Wheeler county were
immediately notified and were soon
on the scene. The sheriff arrested
both Crinimins and Mabon and took
them to Bartlett , the county seat.
Phillip Crinimins is nearly 70 years
of age , and has been living on his
farm for some years. Mason has been
on a homestead in Brown county , and
came to the Crinimins place about two
weeks ago with the intention of dis
posing of some land that he ouued in
Ithat immediate viunlty , and then re-
turn to his Uro\sn county farm.
The funeral and burial services of
Orville Beeson were held yesterday
afternoon at the late home of the de <
ceased. Burial took place In the Park
cemetery.
KIMMEL CASE SOON ENDS.
Jurors to Be Very Briefly Instructed
by the Court.
St. Louis. Mo. Feb. 2 , ' ! . That the :
end of the famous Kimmel trial is approaching
preaching vvas evidenced this morning
when Judge Charles Amldon told the
counsel that his Instructions to the
jury would be exceedingly brief. He
said practically all the law he would
Instruct the Jury on would be as to the
death of George A. Kimmel , whoso
mysterious disappearance from Arkan
sas City , Kan. , In 1898 , occasioned He
controversy between Kimmel's rs
rsW
and an insurance company of New (
York , finally resulting in the present
hearing. The jurors will be told to
return a verdict In favor of the heirs
if they decide Klmmel Is dead , and for
the Insurance company If they believe
he Is alive.
ABE ATIftL
IS DEFEATED
IGHTWEIGHT BELT IS WON BY
JOHNNY KILBANE.
OUTPOINTED AT EVERY TURN
ttcll's Foul Tactics Draw Forth
Hisses from the Mammoth Throng
that Watches the New Champion El
evated to the Stage at Los Angeles.
Ycrnoii Arena , Los Angeles , Cal.
-'eh 2:1 : A new featherweight chain
Ion wan proclaimed hero vviien Johnnv
villiane of Clou-land , O , clearly out -
'ought , out named and out-slugged Ahe
Vttell , the hitherto Invincible chain
lion
Kllhane's victory WIIH clearcnt and
leclslve He had the better of all the
onnds , with tlie possible exception of
wo. lie left the ring with one mark
nor his e.ve , where Attell butted him
ivllh hlti head. Attell was badl\
> rnised. Nine thousand persons wit-
lessed the fight.
The crowd outside the arena , clam
oring for admission before the flghi.
aused a general < all to he seal , ( o the
Yornon constable's office for officers
Several men who had bought general
Admission seals for $2 declared thev
were refused entrance by gatekeepers
unless they paid $ " more.
A riot seemed Imminent , and it Is
issertod officers Irom the inside fired
more than fitteen shots. Leo Baker ,
colored , and Adam Warner , white , re
ceived flesh VNonnds and were treated
at i he receiving hospital.
Attell Clearly Outfought.
The fight went the full twenty
rounds. Fully 5,000 persons vven >
turned away at the gates It was the
largest crowd that ever viewed a prize
fight in Los Angeles. The receipts
amounted to approximately $2 ! > ,000
The men fought for a purse of $10,000 ,
of which Attoll was to receive $ CriOO ,
win. lose or draw , and Kllhane $ n,500.
Besides this they agreed to divide
evenly CO per cent of the moving pic
ture privilege. .
Attell was clearly out-fought. Ills
boasted speed and wonderful clever
ness were not in evidence. Kill > am
made him look like a novice in nearly
every round. Only in one round , the
. seventh , did Attell have a lead , and
Ithat was not by anj means us decis
ive as Kllbane's remaining rounds.
Attell's Foul Tactics.
Attell brought the wrath of the bin
crowd on his head b.v foul tactics
Time and again he would hold Kll
bane's arms in a clinch , and once , in
the eighth , he grabbed Kllhane's left
arm with both hands and tried to bend
It back. Iu the third he "heeled" the
Cleveland boy while in a clinch , and
In nearly every succeeding round his
work called forth loud boos and his-ses
trom the spectators.
i
Klause Gets Decision.
San Francisco. Feb. L'S. Frank
Klauso of Pittsburg was given the de
cision over Sailor Petroskey of this
city today at the end of their twcntv-
lound bo.xiiiK bout in Dreamland pavil
ion " ,
COAL STRIKENCERTAIN
England. Is Uncertain Whether a Million -
lion Men Go Out or Not.
London , Feb. 2" Mixed feelings
prevail tocla.v among those directly in
terested in the < oal trade dispute.
v\liil < > the
great majorib of the gen
eral pllbllt1'lndH it hard to believe
that such a calamitv as a national
strike of coal minors Involving nearly
men v\ill he allowed to
the coal owners on the whole take un
fa' orahle v lews of the situation. Del
egates of the coal owners and of the
miners held separate meetings pri
vately this morning to discuss the out
come of yestorda.v's conferences v\ith
Premier Asquith and other members
of the government. Tt is thought that
the decision in the English coal min
ing area is within easy reach of solu
tion as the mine owners are inclined
to show more sympathy with the
nun's demand for a universal mini
mum vvage , but they would expect in
return some guaranty from the miners ,
in regard to a minimum output. The
miners In England would regret to sou
their exchequer , which is now well
supplied , depleted In order to support
the striking Welsh coal mineis , whose
own funds were exhausted by the
strike in Wales last jear.
Tlie difficulty arises us to whether
pence can be negotiated In separate
areas , and the Welsh miners and coal
owners are alike opposed oven to a
postponement of the strike , which is
i one of Premier Asquilh's suggestions.
EIGHT BODIES FROM MINE
There Is Believed to Have Been but
Ono Other Fatality.
McAlester , Okla. , Feb. 23 Report *
to the state mine inspector here say
eight bodies had been taken from
mlno No. 5 of the Western Coal and
Mining company , In which fire broke
out late yesterday. Fifteen or twenty
miners were imprisoned. It la be
lieved the eight known dead , and one
man unaccounted for , comprise all th
casualties. Th'o burning mine is near
Leigh , Okla.