Omaha Daily Bee WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska Fair and coldrr. For Iowa Fair and colder. For weather report see pro 2. THE OMAHA DEE goes to the homes It read by the women Bella goods for adiwtiMrs. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1910-TWELVE TAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. VOL. XXXIX-?' The COAL AND IRON POOLSMASHEi Columbus & Hocking Stock "Make Sensational Drop of Nearly Sixty Points. Is in Panic up to Death V During Fire Fou.. Dead and More Dying as Result of Blaze in Philadelphia Factory. CHARGE OF FRAUD MADE TWO FIRMS ARE INVOLVED i PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 19. Four persona J. M. Fiske & Co. and Lathrop, ere dead ana several are nyma- in nospnnis TT 1 Bl fl C J following a wrnt.ii utii uy.-.. a louiui; HaSKinS & tO. Upena. building at Second and Chancellor streets shortly before noon today. The known dead are all girls and three of them were killed by Jumping from windows. About 100 employes were In the building:, There are nearly twenty persons In hos pitals. The negro elevator boy employed In the building was taken Into custody hy the police pending an Investigation Into the origin of the fire. The fire Is said to have started on the third floor. Those on that floor were thrown Into a panic and . the cry . of fire was spread. When the excitement reached the three upper floors a wild rush for life ensued. The people on the first and second floors and most of those on. the third floor made their escape, but those In the upper part of the building were blocked at the third Creditors Allege Preferential Trans fers and Concealment. ENTIRE MARKET IS AFFECTED fl.va la Weak. with Valaee at Low Ebb Rumor that Other ' Firm a Will Baapenel Today. NEW YORK. Jan. 19 There was an episode In the New York Stock exchange today more spectacular In many respects I a of nam i nan in tvvvih nwuvn. ibihuu hhw. am IIUGHES TALKS TO INSURANCE MEN Representatives of Twenty Million Policyholders in Conference at Washington. HONEST COMPANIES ARE SAFE State Control Will in No Way Inter fere with Their Interests. DAY ft' OF C0RRUPH0N PAST aaaaaaaa People Can Better Be Trusted Than Legislators Who Can Be Bribed. FEDERAL CONTROL NOT LIKELY Executive Sara that Supervision by Valted States Is Impossible trader ' Recent Decisions. WASHINGTON. Jan. 19.-At the third annual meeting of the association of life I insurance presidents today. Governor iinanes is. Husiies or New York. ad- Merchants hurriedly brouhgt out large ar,gej the executive officers of life In- inarM rt mnvai llelprl tn PnvW DfOdllCA i t v aaa nnn . . - um rt nnintst thA uru w., uiTHwi wiw executive omcera 01 ma in- n t t ?Lr ?rJ.Jln",u,kTt of Canv" U,ed l C0Ver Prod,,CBlurance compnles. representing 20.000,000 called Columbus & Hocking Coal and Iron 1, . .t . ... tnr tho .(.,. . , . M . " at night and held thorn for the girls to Jump Into. It Is said about twenty made the leap from different floors. One woman, Clara S warts, died on the way to a hospital. pool was smashed,, two stock ' exchange houses were forced to suspend and the market generally underwent severe de clines. Involving the heaviest trading since the day of Edward H. Harrlman's death. Total sales aggregated 1,634,500 shares. A rigid Inquiry by the governors of the ex change will probably be the aftermath. The firms Involved are J. M. Flake ft Co. of 4 Broadway and Lathrop, Hasplns & Co. of CO Broadway. The failure of both was caused by th collapse of the pool and Buildine in Which Parliament Sits ill VU1 Ull l a. J yciiMUiia wv ' Turkish Palace Ruined by Fire filed against both of them. In the case of J. M. Flake & Co. the liabilities of tlia firm are placed by cred itors at 1750,000 with assets of 1400,000. Counsel for the firm, however, estimated the firm's liabilities at 82,500,000 at the of Cheragan. where Parliament slta. was and Finest in Country Acci dentally Burned. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 19. The palace close of business on Tuesday afternoon, with assets of $2,900,000. He did not estl- practlcally destroyed by fire of accidental origin today. The Chamber of Deputies again. mate the firm's financial resouroes after was burned out and the senate hall was so oduvs deveioDments. badly damaged that it cannot be occupied Fraud Is Charged in tne petition against in urm creuuuia Th(1 of cherairan waa built bv allege tho prefentlal transfer of property SuUan AMul AleI waa the nne8t of to one or more creditors and further the pajaegg on the Bosphorus. It was charges that the alleged Dansrupta per- constructed of marble and the interior waa mltted a considerable portion of their remarkabie for tha beauty of the-orna- property "to be concealed or removed, with ments in marble and wood, Intent to hinder, delay and aeiraua crea- For many years it was the home of the ltors." J deposed sultan, Murad V, and Inaccessible Judge Hand, in- the United States dls- to visitors. It was occupied by Parliament trlct court, appointed a receiver tonight when' the body waa formed a little more Assets and liabilities are not stated In than a year ago. the petition filed against Lathrop, Haskins i ft Co., although it Is alleged that the -r i claims of creditor on stock accounts ag- JVanSSS ppC3lS sM Vni A A mlaaUn f lnunlironrV also alleged. No receiver had been ap- CjUaTantV V-l SC iA tni ihla firm tonlirht. ''.... - Th nnlluiu In . tha ixxj today ..ai I" ffZXZ rinV." Attorney General Jackson Will' Seek stock aa collateral and the inability or failure of thoee who were long of It to make good impaired margins. The suspen sion of the two firms most vitally con cerned was, therefore, a natural result. to Overturn Adverse Decision. KANSAS CITY, Jan, is! Alleging that Several individuals also are said to have the United States circuit court had no Jur lost heavily. isdictlon and that error was committed by Entire Market Affected. I Judge Pollock on December 23 last In In all, about 46,000 shares of Columbus panting a temporary Injunction prevent Hocking changed hands at a range of from lK the stale bank commissioner from 88tt to 28. The stock closed at 33. a net enforcing the provisions of the Kansas loss of M points. The entire maVirket closed bank deposit guaranty law. Fred S. Jack weak, with prices at low ebb. son, attorney general of Kansas, In Kan With the breaking of the pool there wera sas City, Kan., this afternoon filed an reports of an immediate investigation into appeal .to the United States circuit court of the operations by the Stock exchange au- appeals. Judge Pollock, today granted the thorltles. This was officially denied, but appeal from his previous order, which late It seems more than likely that clrcum- was a virtual declaration that the law was stances will force the exchange to take unconstitutional. some cognisance of the matter. In fart. soma of the principals of the pool were be fore the governors during the day, and a statement dealing authoritatively with the matter probably will be Issued tomorrow, According to common belief, James R. Kecno was active in the market movement of Columbus and Hocking. Some of his assoclatea said, however, that the Keene Interest In the stock had been withdrawn some time ago. The pool had been in rxlatenoe ofr about a year. United States Steel was the feature of the market today in point of activity. COFFEKVILLE. Kan., Jan. 19. A fire Trading In this stock totalled SG1.000 shares drill here today probably saved many lives, School Children March to Safety Fire Drill Used When Roof of Build ing Collapses at Coffey-ville. policy holders and nearly $4,000,000,000 of assets', declaring his faith In life Insurance as an American Institution. He Insisted that no life insurance organisation which is honest and economical In Its arrange ment need fear state control nor expect to suffer from legislation. On the subject of legislative sorruptlon e said: "I hope the time has gone by when It will be necessary to protect the interests of life Insurance policyholders ,by efforts to corrupt legislators. Publicity, discussion, fair understanding of what you have In I view and what Is essential to the proper conduct of this business, those are your guarantees and those are the securities of the policyholders you- represent. Trust the People. You are not handling our moneys but the savings of the people. You are not responsible for legislation and you have no duty In any way, by any method, which will not stand full and public discussion to thwart any attack upon Interests com mitted In your care. You can much better trust people, if the understand the situ ation, than you can trust those who are purchasable and run the risk In the future I of reaping the harvest which 1b inevitable Aged Chicago. Banker Becomes Cott' f ViAM h. ann.n In n.... Innlnl n ,1 , a" halt. I .h. ...a. , : I vict 6861 at Leavenwortn. We must have insurance supervision supported In public opinion. 1 have been strongly in favor of control by the state of various activities, but as one has re alized more than I how Important it is that control should be fair and Impartial." The governor declared he believed that extension of national activities would be needed soon to meet the increasing popu lation, but, referring to the expressed de sire of soma of the Insurance officials to 'tit- W DIVISION AMONG COAL MINERS Most Powerful Labor Organization in the World Devotes Day to Playing Politics. LEWIS REGIME IS ATTACKED Opposition Charges President with Packing Convention. STRONG DENIAL IS ENTERED Mr. Lewis Defend His Actions in ( Most Vigorous Language. OBJECTORS . WIN ONE POINT Oraraalaera Who Are Delegates Will Hot Draw rr from General Treaaary Dnrlna; the Convenlloa. Back On the Main Track. From the New York World. WALSH BEHIND PRISON BARS WARDEN OLD FRI ,0F BOYHOOD Entrance Inte Cent niaruea nr DUplar of 8eattaajat Koraaal Rood-Bra to Worn aa 8onla-La LEAVENWORTIT. Jan ' IX Maintaining bring the companies under control of the I ,h ..m brave attltudei'tUM he-baa oJ- federal government, said he believed thai pittyed ever since the tret Indictment John would not be possible In the face of deola- wiBh today began his flvsyear sen- tons of the supreme court of the United Uence In the federal-prison here, for- mis states. l .v. f,,nrtr,r the Chlcasn National 1jij nB Dlar Toll to Diverse Unri, bank. ' From $16,000,000 to 120.000.000 a year is the I Despite the long night ride from Chicago toll paid by life Insurance policyholders of and the natural weakness of his advanced this country as a result of the lack of unl- age 72 yeaj-s h- gave o more . sign of formity in state insurance laws and prac- worry or distress than If he had- came tlces, according to L. Q. Fouae. This Is at here to transact a business matter, intteaa least 6 per cent of the yearly payments to of starting a prison term. He stepped policyholders and beneficiaries, he figures, briskly Into the office on his arrival. Mr. Fouse, who is president of the Fidel- Throughout the preliminaries, which, pre- Ity Mutual Life Insurance company of ceded hla Imprisonment proper," he passed Philadelphia, made these figures known to- calmly, without a trace of jiervouaness or day In an address before the meeting of the undue excitement. ' association. He is a member of the execu- At 12:00 p. m., John R- Walsh, banker, tlve committee of the association. financier, builder of railroads and news- "Over one-third of the population," said I paper owner, arrived at the prison; twenty Mr. Fouse, "has a direct interest in life minutes later the one-time master of mil Insurance and more than one-half of the I lions, but now simply convict No. 6861, was remaining two-thirds an Indirect Interest, marched away under a guard. The gTay- It Is exceedingly Important that waste and haired man had begun Ms sentence, unnecessary taxation be stopped while ex- I Fate decreed that the aged bank wrecker tending ample security and protection to I should be registered In as a criminal at the interests Involved. the penitentiary by. a friend of hla boy- "Sonie would seek to accomplish the de- hood days. Warden R. W. McClaughey, or apporxlmately 25 per cent of the day's business. It was reported tonight that two other stock exchange firms would be forced to suspend tomorrow. It was expected In some quarters that the failure of the two additional firms would be announced be fore the market closed, and there was talk of the filing of a third petition In bankruptcy, but this was not done up to the close of the United Btatea district court. when, following the collnp.se orvthe roof j over a portion of the McKlnley school building, 350 children formed tn line and marched from their rooma in safety. Not one of them was hurt. ' ' Workmen were repairing the roof, when the walls settled, permitting it to drop. Four men were hurled forty feet to the ground. One probably waa fatally hurt and three othrrs were more or les9 seriously hurt. I Final Report on Cook's Records Copenhagen Confirms Former Find ing that Claim of Explorer is Not Sustained. COPENHAGEN. Jan. 19-The committee of the t'nlvemlty of Copenhagen has com plete! its examination of Dr. Frederick A Cook's original notes and today confirmed lis previous conclusions that not the slight est proof that tho explorer reached the North pole had been submitted. BOARD FOR NATIONAL PEACE Chairman .Nicholas Murray Batler a me a Committee to Brine fcorlrttra Tosiether. NEW YOKK. Jan. 19. Nicholas Murray lluller, chairman of the Xjike Mohonk con ference on International arbitration, today announced the names of the committee to consider plans for a national council for arbitration and peace, whose purpose will be to bring Into to-upeiatlon the different peace and arbitration societies. Following la the committee: Elihu Koot, Andrew Carnegie. Albert K. Hnilley. Henjamin F. Trueblood of lloston, E. I). Warfleld of Easton. Pa.; layman Abbott and Edwlu D Mead of Huston, Gorge W. Klrchwey of New York. James Urown Bcott. solicitor of the Department of State, and Nlcholj Murray Butler. DAHLMAN FIRST AT LINCOLN ataba Mayor Senda Affidavit of Al legiance to Democracy to Sec retary of State. (From a Btafi Correspondent.) IJNCOLN. Jan. 19. (8peclal.)-Mayor Dahlman of Omaha today filed his applica tion for a place on the primary ballot as a candidate ror governor, lie swears In his affidavit he affiliates with the dem ocratic party and doesn't file as a populist. sired end through national laws and super vision; others through the harmonizing of state, laws and practices. For the present we are particularly Interested In the latter. It is a fact that cannot be controverted, t!: the lack of harmony In tans and prac tices has been a detriment to the business. In recent years, however, we have been drifting towards uniformity and harmony, and there are many who believe that the laws of the various states can be made con sistent and homogeneous, and that It would be better for all concerned that the busi ness be conducted under such Improved laws rather than under a centralised ad ministration. . Hence, If the uniformity hoped for can be accomplished there will be no need of national laws and supervision." FINE FOR TRUNK SMUGGLER New York Dressmaker Pleads Gallty and la Aaseaaed Five Hundred Dollars. NEW YORK, Jan. . 19. On her plea of guilty Mrs. Angela C. Qulnlan, one of twenty-seven dressmakers recently Indicted for participation In the "sleeper" trunk smuggling conspiracy, was today fined 1500. Mrs. Qulnlan admitted that 112.000 worth pf the Paris gowns recently seised . be longed to her. Forest Rangers Just Hear "Our Boss" Has Been Canned Two of Uncle Barn's forest rangers swung off a train at Union station Wednesday morning and learned the news that Qlfford Ptnchot had been dismissed by President Taft aa the head of the forestry bureau. "Ity hek," said one of them, "our boss has been canned for nearly two weeks, and this Is the first we heard of It. Don't that beat allr". The men are James H. Burton and Charles H. Clay, who have baen stationed for two yeara in the Holy Cross National forest in Colorado. They are now off on leave of absence and are going back east to visit friends until the snows are gone from the mountains and the pasture lands are open for graalng. , Since Thursday the two rangera have been traveling eastward from the moun tain fastesses of the western slop and the newa of Mr. Plnchot'a removal was naturally slow In reaching them.- Their cabin Is located up In the Capitol creek district of Pitkin county, twenty miles irom a railroad station. They see the daily papers up there on an average of once a month. "I was always strong for Plnchot policies myself." said Clay, "but the mountaineers were opposed to bis methods. The stock raisers of Colorado now pay 26 cents a head yearly to allow their cattle to grass on the national forests. In years gone by there were no charges, as the land la government land and supposed to be free. Ths rangers give the ranchers all the protection possible and often are the mean of preventing seri ous forest fires, but the western stockmen for the moat part will be glad to see the end of the ironclad rules." Hurton Is a graduate of the College of Agriculture of the University of Illinois and Clay took the forestry course at the University of West Virginia, former chief of police of Chicago.. He and Walsh were chums In their youth in Chi cago. They had not seen each other In years until today. As Walsh entered the warden's - office Major McClaughey arose and offered his hand. Within twenty minutes aftef the ward en's office had been reached the prelimin ary arrangements for WaJnh beginning his sentence had been arranged. He shook hands with his son, John W, Walsh, his son-in-law. Dr. L. Blake Baldwin; his at torney, E. C. Pltsher and United Btatea marshals Hoy and Mlddleton', who accom panted him. "Good by," he said, firmly, and then there were a few words between them such as friends would exchange upon a casual meeting. That was all. The aged prisoner did not seek to take advantage of his friendship with the warden by asking the warden for special favors during his Incarceration. N6 favors Will be accorded him. His treatment will be the same as that of any prisoner. Easy Night on Train. Walsh passed an easy night on the train between Chicago and Kansas City.' He re tired at 11 o'clock, after having chatted, laughed and Joked with friends for several hours. He ate two lunches on the train before retiring. At T o'clock Walsh was out of bed. Jest ing with the other members of his party. He ate a hearty breakfast. The Chicago, Milwaukee 4 St. Paul J rain upon which he was traveling was forty-five minutes late Into Kansas City, but this did not perturb him. While the train crept through , the yards he sat In his apartment and read. Walsh asked his companions to protect him against a battery of newspaper pho tographers gathered at the Kansaa City Union station and tn an effort to shield his father John W. Walsh mixed with Benjamin Wright, one or the men with a camera. Wright leveled his camera at the banker aa he stepped from the train. Young Walsh perceived the move and im mediately - rushed at Wright. ' As he ran he hurled his suit case at the camera. The case struck the machine with a crash smashed it to bits and hurled the photog. rapher against the side of a passenger con;h. ' During the melee Walah, piloted by Dr. L. Blake Baldwin, his son-in-law, escaped Into the waiting room of the station. Ar rangements were made for the prisoner to occupy the invalids' room until a train started for Ieavenworth. Although t lit re waa a cot In the room, Walsh did not make use of It. He stood up by the cur tain and conversed with bis attorney, E C Rltcber. Qcrman Tariff , Negotiations Arc Still On Berlin Newspapers Aroused Because that Country is Omitted from Taft Proclamation. BERLIN, Jan. 19. The government has decided that in the event of an agreement upon reciprocal tariffs between the United States and Germany Is not reached by February 7. when the running arrangement xolrea. Germany's general tariff . rates must, under the law, be applied to Ameri can Imports at present oomlng In under the conventional tariff. One hundred and twenty-seven articles will be affected. It was, however, seml-offlctally declared to day that the tariff negotiations with the United Btates had not been broken off and it was added that time remained ror a settlement of the differences between the two countries. In the absence of such a settlement the generat tariff rates will go Into effect auto matically at midnight on February 7. The imperial consultative commercial board. Composed of manufacturers, finan ciers and economists, has been summoned to meet on January 24 and consider the trade position taken by the United States. The government wishes to explain to the board the attitude which it has assumed. Last night's speech of Privy Councillor Goldberger before the American Association of Commerce and Trade, , In which tha speaker Indicated that Germany was not disposed to give way to the United States, was based. It is learned, upon Goldberger'a personal inquiries In government quarters. The newspapers today note with some concern that Germany was omitted from President Taft's proclamation of yesterday of the countries tq profit by the minimum rates at United States ports, . . TELEPHONE MERGER PLANNED Manmm. New Independent System to Absorb ' Smaller Lines of State. , COMPANY TO INCORPORATE SOON Wire Association Chooses Officers at Convention and Hen re Addreaa About Bonds j-Meettnar In Blaf fa Today. SIX THOUSAND STREET CAR MEN VOTE T0G0 ON STRIKE Philadelphia Traction ' Employes Charge Discrimination Aaalnst Union Pratt la Charge. ' PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 19. Aa the result of a series of disagreements between the grievance committee of the local union and the management of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit company, 4,000. motormen and conductors, members of the Amalgam mated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes laat night and early this morning voted to strike at the call of the executive board of the union. The men claim that the management of the company haa violated the terms of the agreement en tered Into at the close of the last strike and that members of the union have been discriminated against In favor of members of a rtew rival union. C. O. Pratt, national organiser, advised against the strike, but said that If the men felt that It was needed to clear the atmos phere the national body would stand by them. Under the by-laws of the union the reso lution to strike must be endorsed by the national executive committee of the as sociation and it is probable that that body will make an effort to arbitrate before they give approval. Call Douglas 238, the "Want-ad Number." Ask for the Want-ad Depart ment and your ad will be tak en carefully and will appear in the next edition. Probably you have something you should advertise a room or houae for rent need help aomethlns; to sell something you want to buy. Do it now while you have it in mind. Telephone it Immediately following the adjournment of tlie''kebta"$1fed''ftMepndent Telephone association convention - Wednesday after noon a: preliminary meeting for the pur pose of. arranging for the Incorporation of the Independent Telephone System of Nebraska waa called, with C. J. Carlow of Columbus aa chairman. A list of the several companies repre eenttng' all parts, Of the state waa read as ugreliiH to enter tha incorporation, fifty shareholders responding, which was more than tl'.e requisite quorum for incorpora tion purposes. A bonrd of directors of fifteen was pro vldxd to carry out the work of the incor poratlon, Twelve , wefe chosen at thli meeting and the remaining threo are to be selected at a meeting' of the twelve di rector to be celled within thirty daya by the executive committee ' of the assocta tion. ., These twelve diiectors were elected: W. E. Bell of ork, F. H. Woods of Lincoln, C. W. Battled ol Fatrbury, F. B. Lyman of HaKtings, W. Piatt, of Kearney, W. J. Sladi'lman of Norfolk. Q. J. Carlow of Columbus, J. H. Ritchie of Beaver Cross ing, C. L. Richards of Hebron. E. C. Krem- sou of Elm Creek, George E. Becker of Pawnee City ond W. H. Daubendick of DeWltt. It In piwposed lo merge the association into the lirdeicndent Telephone System of N(tbruka n trie next annual meeting of the aauotia'.'.on. It is proposed to fix the stock of the "system" at 110,000 divided into 400 shares of a each, and to, If possible, absorb all the . Independent telephone companies of the state. The life of the Incorporation is to be 100 years from the time the articles of incorporation are filed with the secre tary of state. ballots Cast for Officers. Officers were chosen Wednesday after noon as follows: C. J. Garlow of Columbus, president George K. Coddlngton of Auburn, vice president. R. E. Mattlson of Lincoln, secretary and treasurer. C. J. Garlow of Columbus, F. H. Woods of Lincoln. B. H. Towle of Falls Ulty, u C. Deering of Omaha, W. J. Stadelman of Norfolk. W. T. Ball of York and P. W Bartlett of Falrbury, executive committee. The next meeting of the association will be left to thee xecutlve committee to select the time and place. The other business of the association during the afternoon was the presentation of addresses by various member on tele- phone subjects based on varied experiences and the report of miscellaneous commit tees and the adoption of the report of th committee on resolutions. These latter In eluded a vote of thanks to the local com mlttees, to Mayor Dahlman for his we! come address and to the press of Omaha The association will attend the meeting of the Iowa association In Council Bluffs this morning. Prior to going to Council Bluffs the pew 'executive committee will meet In room Dl in. the Rome hotel at 8 30 this morning. Telephoue Finance Done. Colonel C. J. Bills of Lincoln In replying to the address of welcome of Mayor Dahl man at the Second day's session of th Nebraska Independent Telephone asaoula tlon announced that plans are practically completed for the financing and extension of the Independent telephone system of Omaha. "Omaha bullded better than it knew when It granted a franchise to the Independent Telephone company," said Colonel Bills. "I know that financiers locally and abroad have banded themseivea together and that this company is at this hour reorganizing and that Omaha will have the finest tele phone system In the entire west." Frank H. Woods of IJncoln, president of th National Association of Independent Telephone companies, verified the slate- INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Jan. 19.-The moet powerful unified labor organisation in the world, the United Mine Workers of North America, played politics bitterly all of to day In It convention it) this city and finally rebuffed Its International administration. The "flllbusterers," so called by President Thomas Lewis, succeeded In carrying by a large majority to suspend during the con ventlon the salaries of the International organisers who are in attendance aa rep resentatives of local unions, and to put upon the unions the expense of their sup port aa delegates. The delegates divided in the debate on the -motion. The leaders of the Insurrectionists were Frank J. Hayes, who probably haa been elected International vice president, and who now Is secretary of tha Illinois district of th union; William Green of Ohio, Lewis' opponent In the election for president; John H. Walker, president-elect of theIlllnols miner and Lewis' defeated rival for the International presidency last year; Duncan McDonald, now the president of the Illinois district, and Francis Kes han, president of the Pittsburg district. The antl-ad ministration speakers charged that International organisers, being under the control of President Lewis, had been called Into the convention In the expecta tion that they could' further the Interests fthe administration; that some of them had solicited delegates' credentials from local unions, supposed to be unable to send delegates, and that they should have re mained In their distrusts attending to the duties for which they were paid. A dangerous centralisation of power re- suited, It was maintained, which threat ened the lights of the Individual district. Levrla Defends Acts. After his opponentshad plead their causes, President Lewis made a statement flatly denying that he had asked international organisea to help him forward his policies the convention or that he had ever caucused -the organisers. He had called some of them to the convention,, he said. so that the delegatus might .have flrst- and Information of (he progress of organi zation In non-union" coal mining fields. Continuing, Lewi Bald: "But It Is ot the international organizers that are bothering these men. In their In tense desire to protect the financier of the workers in the mines, what have some of them done? Read the scurrilous clrcu- ars that have been Issued assailing my character and my work. Ever Since the miners of this country placed a gavel in my hands my enemies have done all In their power to discredit my admlnlntratlon. The have sowed the seeds of malice and disruption In tha organisation." - In defense of the Integrity and devotion of the international organiser President Lewis declared) "If you would know the perils that beset these men go Into the fields of Alabama, Hopkins county, Ken tucky; Elhart Ridge, West Virginia; the mountains of Tennessee and parts of the fields of Pennsylvania, Missouri and more that I might mention. If you are sus pected of being an organizer you will give gooj account of yourself or you will be escorted out by armed men, and If you resist you will stay there crippled." After President Lewis had closed hi speech there was further argument until a motion to end the debate was curried by vote of 638 ayes and 467 noes. The original motion then was put and carried. The reports of President Lewis, Secre tary-Treasurer Edwin Perry and Vice President McCullough were read and the convention adjourned for the day. (Continued on Second Page.) Report of President. The application of common sense should be the basis of the new method of promoting Industrial peace in the mining regions," according to the annual report of President Thomas L. Lewis. President Lewis declared that an Im portant problem before the organization waa how to organize the mine workers in the nonunion mining district. He said: South and east of the Ohio river in the states of Maryland, West Virginia, Ken tucky, Tennessee and Alabama, nearly 120,000 mine workers are employe. Of this number, but a small per cent of the total are organized, and what la true of the states named also applies to a large sec tion of the bituminous and anthracite dis tricts of Pennsylvania as well as Colorado. Costly and unsuccessful efforts have been made to organize these district through the medium of strikes. The amount spent for aid alone In support of KtrlUes In the states of Maryland. Went Virginia, Ken tucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Colorado since the year lfiOO amounts to nearly 13,000,000, and to this luige sum should be added the amount of money apentTo main tain a number of organisers in thtme dis tricts." , In denying a widespread belief that the mine worker seek to organise in th states named to curtail the shipment of coal went, President Lettts said: "We should declare In the most emphatic man ner that It Is not our purpose to organize the nonunion mining districts to curtail their coul pioduction. We must convince the operators of those states that we are sincere in our position.. We will then have removed the greatest obstacle In the way of organizing West Virginia and the other states nnmed." The report states that the anthracite roal region ot Pennsylvania employs 174.109 mine workers, about 80,000 of whom rre organized, and explained the condition hy saying, "An Investigation and study of the anthracite situation convinces me that tho inactivity and the failure of the mine workers to be better organised Is due principally to their own IndlfCorence." Mr, I-ewla declared that th wug agree ment now In effect tn the anthracite region does not ' provide a prow r standard of wages and Is not what the mine workers desire, And, in regard to the present aaiea-