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VOL. XLVII.NO. 106.
OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19, 1917. TWELVE PAGES.
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AUSTRIAN SAILORS CLASH
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GERMANS
BLOODY BATTLE RESULTS
FROM OFFICIOUS CONDUCT
OF KAISER'S U-BOAT CREWS
German Mutineers Refuse to Go Oa Submarines; Throw
Officer in Sea; Austrian Assert 111 Treatment by
Officers and Unspeakable Food; Remove
Naval Base Southward.
Patriotic Knitters Ply t
Needles During Church
Denver, Colo., Oct. 18. When
Rev. L. 8. Longacre enters the pul
pit of the First Congregational
church here next Sunday to deliver
the Sunday morning exhortation to
his parishioners he will see a room
ful of women busily knitting gar
1 ments for the soldiers and sailors.
Today the church's auxiliary of
the Red Cross asked and obtained
permission from the pastor to bring
their patriotic knitting to church.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. 18. Austrian sailors clashed with Ger
mans in a bloody hand-to-hand struggle Hi which ofiicers on
both sides were killed, resulting in the hurried decision to re
move the German submarine flotilla to a base farther south.
RESENT BAD FOOD.
The Austrian crews are said to have
revolted mder ill treatment of offi
cers and bad food, while the clash
y with the German submarine crews
- i was caused by the overbearing con
duct of pie latter.
Despite the attempts of the Aus
trian admiralty to suppress the news,
it reached here today, coming by way
of Berne.
REMOVE MEN SOUTH.
The dispatches say the tension be
tween Austrian and German- crews
became so alarming that cxtraordi
i1ry measures were taken to prevent
a recurrence of the lighting between
them, which included the decision tQ
move, the German submarine flotilla
from the Austrian base at Pola to an
other point further south on the Ad
riatic. The fighting between the two
sets of crews is described as having
been sanguinary.
Mutinies More Numerous.
' This news of mutiny in the Aus
trian navy, received in the capital to
day almost at the same time1 as the
Amsterdam dispatches reporting fur
ther mutinies in the German navy
this time among submarine crews
created a profound impression. amoig
"-American naval' officers antl among
other officials who have been watch
ing the situation with expectation
since the first mutinies in the German
fleet were reported a few days ago.
Due to Sub Drafts.
The first signs of mutiny in the
German fleet were regarded as most
significant, ince, unlike the army, it
has endurecrlittle of the hardship of
campaignii. Dispatches front abroad,
however, confirm the opinion of
American naval officers that it prob
ably was due in part at least to the
drafting of eamen for submarine
crews, a service which has come to
hold terrors for the German seamen
because of the inflexible British policy
of never making any announcement
whatever of the fate of captured or
lost crews of the' German submarines.
This suspense as to the fate of com-
rades who go out never to be heard
of again was expected to undermine
the morale of the navy.
lights Are Significant.
- Clashes between German .and Aus
trian crews are regarded ,in naval cir
cles here as adding much significance
to the situation, particularly when
STATE ORDERS
RECOUNT ON WET
AND DRY ISSUE
"Wets" Have Advantage of
Approximately 1,000 Votes
Out of 430,000 Cast;
"Drys" Still Hope.
(By Associated Press.)
Des. Moines,. Oct.. 18. Attorney
General H. M. Havner today ordered
a recount of the ballots cast in Mon
day's special election on the question
of constitutional prohibition.
Unofficial returns give the wets an
advantage of' approximately 1,000,
with a total vote of 430,000. Leaders
of the dry faction reiterated today
that an official canvass would of
necessity be mede because of the
small margin given the wets, in
some Quarters it is believed the offi
cial count may yet change, fiie final
result. .'-:--' -' - " " '
Every county attorney in the state
is being vvired to' that effect.
Recount Every Ballot.
In his telegram to county attorneys
the attorney generai says:
"Concerning -special election held
October 15, 1 call your attention to
code section 1171, which requires the
canvass of the votes by the county
suoervisors instead of a canvass of
opinion ofl the returns as provided in code sec
tion 114V, applicable to general elec
tions. "Unless such a canvass or votes has
been made, your board should be re
convened and a canvass of the votes
thus made, which means a recount f
all ballots voted in the county. A
written opinion follows."
Outcome in Doubt.
This instruction by the attorney
general means that the boards of
supervisors in every coifnty in the
state must recount every ballot.
Whether or not it is believed suffi
cient changes wih be fojind to over
come the wet majority has not been
stated by the attorney general or by
dry workers.
GERMANS HEM
RUSS INSIDE
MOON SOUND
Teutons Take Island; Out of
Range of Slav Fire They"
Sink Old Slava; Crew
Rescued.
HIGH PRICED FOOD
CORNER IS TURNED
Federal Administrator Herbert C. Hoover Declares Es
sential Commodities Should Continue to Show Re
ductions Between Now and End of the Year;
Public Sentiment a Factor.
(By Associated Tress.)
Apparently contingents Of the
Russian fleet in all about 20
warships of various classes-ar
bottled up in Moon Sound, with a
cordon of German warcraft bar
ring their egress northward back
into the Gulf of Finland or to tht
south into the Gulf of Riga.
RUSSIANS OUTCLASSED.
Brave, but outclassed by reasoa
of superior gun range ana heavier
tonnage, the Russians gave battle
to the Germans and attempted to
force back the enemy armada off
Oesel Island
Standing far outside the shell of 8 cents per pound.
' (By AkMitiateil I'ress.) v
s. Washington, Oct. 18. Food Adnnnistrator Hoover announced today
that, subject to co-operation fromthe fagners and retailers, the corner has
now been turned in high prices for food.
He said retail prices had not come down to conform to wholesale reduc
tions and that was a matter for public sentiment to correct.
The administration statement says:
"The food administration considers, that, subject to co-operation from
the farmers and the retailers, the corner has now been turned in high
prices, and that most of the essential commodities should, one after another,
continue to show reductions between now and the end of the year.
"The food administration has no control of either the grower or his
organization nor of the great majority of retailers. The foundations have
bee" laid for regulation of the intermediate trades, and where these regula
tions have come into force and the trades are co-operating finely, consider
able results are evident in the wholesale prices.
"The current prices at which flour is being sold at the mill door in jute
bags vary somewhat with the locality and freight charges on wheat, Toledo
showing the lowest prices at $10 for first patent and $9.70 for second patent,
the highest being Buffalo at $10.70 for first patent and $10.70 for second;
Minneapolis, $10.60 for first and $10.46 for second. This shows a large reduc
tion under August prices.
"The regulations on the distribution of-wheat and the manufacture of
flour were put into force the middle of September.
"The average retail price on first patents in 796 cities on October 13 was
$13.77, or from $1.50 to $2 per barrel higher than is warranted by the price
being made by the millers. In other words the retail price has not wholly
responded to the reductions made by the millers.
NEW BEAN AND CORN CROPS.
"The bean harvest this year is estimated by the Department of Agri
culture at about 7,000,000 bushels in excess of last year, or nearly double
last year and promises an abundant supply. The growers' associations in
.prominent bean producing states are holding beans for from 13V, to 15
cents per pound, as against an average price realized by tne grower last year
situation of Austria, whose righting i YVPTTIPT KPPQlfl PTlt.
forces are at the point of exhaustion.
Mutiny at Ostend. '
Amsterdam, Oct. 18. A mutiny
among German sailors at the Belgian
port of Ostend, who refused to go on
board submarines, is reported by the
Belgisch Dagblad.
The newspaper, says an officer was
thrown into the sea and that 30 muti
neers were removed in handcuffs to
Bruges. l
The Weather
For . Nebraska Fair Friday and
-"aturday, with rising temperature.
Temperature at Omaha Yesterday.
Hour. Teg.
ti a. m 44
Taft Will Speak
In Omaha Today
William Howard Taft, ex-president
of the United States and chairman of
the Red cross central committee, will
arrive in Omaha this morning. He will
give a patriotic talk at 4 o'clock at the
Boyd theater on "A Real Peace and
Not a' Patched-Up Promise."
Following his talk, Mr. Taft will or
ganize a local branch of the League to
Enforce Peace.
He is scheduled to review a parade
of the Omaha High school cadets at
10 o'clock this morning on the High
school campus.
Mr. Tait will be. asked to partici
pate in the ceremony of sealing the
8 a. m. ......... 40 . historical records of the Unitarian
10 a! m!"!"..'!! 38 church into a stone receptacle this aft-
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7 a. ra.
11 a. ni.
12 in....
1 p. m.
2 p. m.
5 p. m.
4 d. in.
5 p. m 36
6 p. m. . . f. "5
7 p. m a
8 p. in " 34
Comparative Local Record.
1917. 1316. 1915. 1914.
'Hghest yesterday.... 44 69 . 68 78
Lowest yesterday .... 34 42 53 SI
Mean temperature .. 39 56 60 64
Precipitation T .00 .00 .0r?
37 ernobn at 2:30. He is a leading Uni-
j , tarian and presided at the internation
al al conference of Unitarian churches,
38 , held last month at Montreal.
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zone of the Russians, however, the
guns of the German dreadnaughts
sank the battleship Slava a relic
of the days before the Russo-Japanese
war and so badly damaged
other units that the Russian flotilla
was forced to seek refuge in Moon
Sound lying between Moon Island
and the Esthonia coast. - -HAMMER
MOON ISLAND.
Immediately seeing their advan
: tage, the Germans, according to
.latest German official communica
' tion, ' bef afi Intensive "operaflcn '
against Moon Island, hammering
its eastern shore batteries until they
were silenced and also attacking
the Russian guns on the mainland,
putting them out of action,
f Moon Island was captured and the
Russians took refuge inside the sound.
Thereupon the Germans threw war
ships to the eastern part of Kassar
bay, lying to the north of Moon
Island, barring exit from the north
ern entrance to Moon Sound, appar
ently closing the passage to the south
in the Gulf of Riga.
Russ Hold Off Germans.
' Already the Germans have attempt
ed to attack from the north Into Moon
Sound, but the Russian guns have
held them back. Among the German
warships attacking the old line ves
sels of the Russian fleefwere at least
two dreadnaughts of the Grosser Kur
fuerst type vessels displacing 25,000
tons, as against 13,560 tons for the
Slava. A majority of the crew of the
Slava was saved by Russian torpedo
boats when the vessel took its final
plunge.
Bring Down German Planes.
Intensive air fighting took place
Wednesday between the French and
Germans; bleven German airplanes
were driven down by French aviators,
making a total of 3b destroyed
up to that time this week. The
German report asserts that 13
French machines were sent to earth.
Numerous air raids also have been
carried out by French aviators against
German ppsitions behind the lines,
while Nancy again has been bombed
by the Germans.
Maintain Communication.
Fetjograd, Oct. 18. An, official
communication issued this evening
points out that the center of gravity
in the naval struggle is the mainte
nance of communication between the
Gulf of Riga and Finland, and says
the Russian torpedo boats are con
tinuing their endeavors to prevent the
enemy from penetrating Moon Sound.
Germans Take 10,000 Prisoners.
Berlin, Oct. 18. (Via London.)
The Germans have, taken 10,000 pris
oners and fifty guns on Oesel island,
the war office reports.
Police Judges Promise to Tighten
Decisions for Traffic Violations
Police Judges Fitzgerald and Mad-
Temperature-and precipitation departures Jen promised a "tightening" in de
rrom the normal: , 'cisions and fines to help curb the in-
.Normal temperature t . ,. r ...
Deficiency for the day Y.. 15 i-rcasing negligence among motorists
wnen they met witn the executive
board of the Omaha Automobilelub
Wednesday. V
Total deficiency since March 1 ,,.271
Normal precipitation 08 inch
Deficiency for the day 08 inch
Total rainfall since March J.. . .20.85 Inches
Deficiency since March 1...1... 6.64 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1916. .11.98 Inches
Deficiency for cot period, 1915.. 1.16 Inches
.... Reports f ronOWatlons at J-P; 51. ... .
Station and State Temp. High- Rain-
ent.
36
58
49
46
68
44
38
44
38
74
44
44
40
Si
28
fall.
of Weather. 7 p. ra
Cheyenne, clear 33
Davenport, cloudy .... 40
Denver, clear 38
Des Moines, cloudy .... 36
Chicago, cloudy 50
(,ande. cloudy 40
North Platte, clear .... 33
Omaha, cloudy 35
Pueblo, clear SB
it. Louis, cloudy 48
Hit Lake City, clear... 42
Hnta Fe, clear 40
Sheridan.- cloudy ?.2
Sioux City, cloudy 3.2
Bismarck, clear 24
T indicates trace of precipitation.
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Start U. S. Colonies
For Belgian Refugees
Minneapolis, Oct. 18. James Sle
vin of the Societe de. Colonization
Americaine of Pans announced
here today that arrangements are
being completed for the purchase
of an immense tract of land 'within
100 miles of Minneapolis, where a
colony will be established for sev
eral thousand Belgian refugees,
He, declared $2,000,000 had been
raised to finance the plan.
Other colonies probably will be
established in California and .Ore
gon, Mr. Slevin said.
More severe treatment is promised
those brought into court charged with
offenses against the dimmer law,
Judge Fitzgerald said many drivers
brought before him charged with
having broken traffic rules are young
men who drive light delivery trucks
and that in most of these cases it is
the fault of thee mployer, who rushes
the driver with too great a number of
deliveries.
A letter has been sentby the Auto
mobile club to the owners of motor
vehicles asking: them to warn their
employes to obey traffic ordinances.
One ordinance repeatedly broken re
St. Louis, Oct. 18. Beginning
October 23, every Tuesday will be
"nrVieatVco. TlieaHau" rh th af
quires drivers of heavy, slow movingid dining cars of the St. Louis &
wagons or motors to. keep close ,to the
right-hand curb. Violation of this or
dinance congests traffic and frequent
ly is the cause of accidents because
drivers of faster moving motors are
forced to swing wide to the left, there
by taking chances of striking a street
car or another automobile.
"There has been 100 per cent increase in the Manchurian bean crop
and it is now estimated at 2,000,000 tons. Owing to the shipping shortage,
practically the only outlet is to the United States and these beans will flow
into the American market from December on much below the prices now
being demanded for American beans. '
"The corn harvest this year is 600,000,000 to 700,000,000 bushels over
last year and will be generally available about the end of November. The
price of corn rose to $2.30 per bushel in July and now stands at $1.90 per
bushel in Chicago. New corn is quoted in Chicago at $1.13 per bushel for
December and indicates nearly a 40 per cent drop in the price of cornmeal
when the new corn is generally available.
"The very large corn supplies from the new harvest, together with Ihe
larger supplies of barley, velvet beans, cottonseed, peanut and soy. bean
meal, all promise much cheaper cattle hpg, and. poultry feed, and will enable
the pnSduction of beef, pork 'poultry and dairy products at much lower
'levels of cost to. the farmer than today and his earnings cannot be main
tained with lower prices ofc products. '
"The packing, cold storage and othermanufacturing and 'wholesale dis
tributors m these trades are in course of regulation. 0
"Beef already shows some tendency toward reduction in wholesale
prices, but these have not been so far reflected in the prices quoted by the
retailer. The price of beef at the packer's door is Wi cents per pound, as
compared with 16 cents in July, while the average retail price of round steak
in 796 cities is 31 cents per pound, against 27 cents per pound in July, thus
showing that the retail prices have increased, while wholesale prices have
decreased.
REDUCTION IN POTATO PRICES.
"We have a potato harvest of 59 per cent in excess of the (crop of last
year. The price at the loading points varies from $1.50 to $2.80 per 100 pounds,
depending on the section where grown and the cost of getting them to
market. The price, which is somewhat higher than at this period last year,
is due to -a tendency on the part of the producer to hold for higher prices,
despite of the greatly increased crop, and to the temporary inability of the
railroads to furnish equipment sufficient to move from many sections the
quantity available. 1
'"The average price of potatoes delivered in the markets' has closely
followed the price which the producer has received plus the cost of distribu
tion to the market. The larger supply of cars and the large harvest warrant
lower prices later in the fall.
"Beet sugar prices are being controlled by the manufacturers upon a
basis that should reach the retailer from 8 to syt cents per pound depending
upon the locality. Sugar to confectioners from beet factones is now being
restricted and a temporary shortage in the northeastern states gives no
warranty for the advance by retailers to over 9 cents per pound. For this
allows fair margin upon the prices paid by them for cane sugar thy are
now selling. ' A
-"The price of new Cuban, Porto Rican and Hawaiian harvest in De
cember will, maintain the beet level as soon as i,t is available.. The beet
level is 1 cents below August prices and without the concerted action of
beet manufacturers and the refiners of cane sugar prices would now be up to
15 cents, owing to the short supplies during the next few weeks.
"lit order to provide equally good substitutes for lard and cooking fats
the food administration is arranging for the import of larger supplies of
cocoanut, palm, nut and soy bean oils. This should also affect the prices of
soap.
RAILROAD AID BIG FACTOR.
"Since the food administration came into existence, August 10, a great
deal of exertion has been required o remedy food situations growing out of
the. over-export and short supplies of the 1916 harvest.
"There were no reserve stocks in practically all of the main staples
with which to enter the new harvest year, and, in fact, in some of the prin
cipal staples the exports had proceeded to such lengths that there was an
absolute under-supply of our own necessities during the last two months.
"On the top of this situation various factors have interfered with the
earlier arrival of the new harvest. Resulting from these causes there have
been periodic shortages in first one commodity after another, in one locality
in the United States and then another, ana a large part ot the energies ot the
food administration has been absorbed in obtaining a distribution and a
re-distribution of existing supplies in such a manner as to keep the country
generally supplied with foodstuffs, and but for the co-operation of the rail
ways in meeting one emergency after another, we should have had local
famines in one community after another in a great many sections.
"Furthermore, the authority of the food administration does not extend
over combinations of growers and producers at one end of the chain, nor does
it extend over the great majority of retailers at the other end. The distribu
tion chain lying between, thlt is, the warehouse, wholesalers, commission
men and manufacturers of the prime commodities, has required a great deal
of study and development for its proper regulation, and these regulations
are now coming into force."
FAIRBANKS TALK FOR BONDS
AT THEATERS BRINGS TOTAL
OF $19,900 INTO WAR CHEST
First Day of Special Drive for Liberty Loan End$ Undei
Favorable Auspices; Entire City Takes Part
In Move to Fill Nation's Coffers to
Help Men at Front.
"Sam Brown" Belt is
Under Banjn Army
Washington, Oct. 18. The "Sairi
Brown" leather belt, with its strap
over the shoiiWer, affected by some
American officers in imitation of the
British and French, officially has been
put under the ban by the War depart
ment '
Railway Diner Boycotts
The Old Wheaten Loaf
Southwestern railway, according to
, an announcement made here today.
No white bread will be servfd on
tha, diners except by request, rye,
corn and graham breads being sub
stituted. This action was talten in
accordance with an appeal from
Food Administrator Hoover.
Ex-Governor Herreid Food
Administrator for S. D.
Tierre, S. DC, Oct. 18.-F ormer
Governor C- N. Herreid, Aberdeen,
S. D.; has been appointed federal food
administrator for South Dakota, ac
cording to advices received today by
Governor Norbeck from Herbert C.
Hoover, national food administrator.
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT
URGES BOND BUYING.
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CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS
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COAL RELIEF IN.
SIGHT: MINERS
TO RESUME WORK
Dealers in New York Fear Big
Shortage; Chicago7 Has But
x Three Days' Supply
on Hand.
England Honors Our Lincoln
By Erecting Statue in London
' - (' Associated Ire89.)
London, Oct. 18. Announcing in
the House of Commons today the
government had accepted the statue of
Lincoln from America, Sir Alfred
Mond, first commissioner of works,
said the government grive hearty wel
come to the proposal to erect a statue
Charles W. Fairbanks, former vice president, with stirring
appeals for Liberty loan subscriptions, at Omaha theaters
closed the first of an intensive three days' drive in behalf of the
Liberty loan campaign.
O MORE FUNDS OBTAINED. ,
The day was featured by thd" clos
ing of business for Ave minutes, the
establishment of subscription booths
in department stores; and an address
by John L. Kennedy, newly appointed
fuel administrator, on the floor of the
Grain exchange which resulted in a
subscription of $212,400 by the grain
men. '
All these things heralded the be
ginning of the three days' intensive
Liberty loan campaign in Omaha and
in the state. Governor Neville has )
asked that all the workers put forth
especial effort during these last three
days of the week to bring in as large
a volume of Liberty bond subscrip
tions as possible. ;
GET TOTAL OF $19,900.
Mr. Fairbanks' talks were along1
similar lines at each theater where
he appeared. He found the audiences
in generous mood and responsive to
calls for subscriptions. The total
'subscribed at the five theaters visited
was $19,900, as follows : Empress,
$2,100;. Brandeis, $2,200; Boyd, $3,250;
Orpheum, $7,700; Strand, $4,650.
The totals for the day's subscript
tion will not be available until today. ,
' At the Orpheum the larger Sub
scriptions came from the balcony and
galflefy. The committee that accom. H ,-.
piMlied tU$ spcatoJiAd little difficulty .at'--in
getting prompt responses. . '
Buying Black Off.
"I'll give you $150 to get. off the
stage," cried Rome Miller at the Boyd
theater after Charles Black had held
the platform for several minutes with
pleadings for iust a "hundred more."
Mr. Black accepted the $150, but
continued unabashed in his "touching"
appeals, swelling the total by several
hundreds more before he finally re
tired with all the honors.
Mr. Fairbanks was introduced byv
John L. Kennedy at all the theaters .
in whfch he spoke. '
At the Empress lie said in part:
"We may not all be able to go to the
front and fight in the trenches, but
we can do something; we can con
tribute to the purchase of Liberty
bonds.
Back Up the President.
"When congress declared war it
becaniCjthe duty of the president to
prosecute the war with all the en
ergy of which the nation is capable '
and it befcame the duty of every pa-
triotic citizen to back up the president
of the United States, not as little as
possible, but as much as possible.
"This great war requires money j
and requires it in abundance. Where f
is this money to come from? From )
you and myself and other American
citizens, thaV istp say, you and all
other patriotic citizens. ; '
"We do not know how many bil-:
lions of dollars will be required before
this war is ended.
, Asked As Loan.
"Uncle Sam has no way of carrying
on the war except by the support of
the citizens. In one sense of the word
the government is a pauper until you
dig down in your pockets 4or the
money which will finance this strug
gle. "I do not doubt that even if jUw
government asked every dollar which
every citizen has it would be given as
a gratuity but it is not asked as- a
gratuity, it is asked as a loan, and
the very best kind of a loan. .
"In the east there is an impression
that the west is not going to meet her
share of the Liberty bond allotment
but I' am sure Omaha and the other
cities and states in the west will be r
abreast of the tide when the campaign
is ended."
Addresses Ministers.
Former Vice President C. W. Fair
banks spoke at the evening session of
the Presbyterian synod of Nebraska,
urging ministers to support the Lib
erty bonds and to stir the patriotism
of the people. He pointed out to the
ministers that they could do a great
drol to increase the sale of bonds
when they return to their homes and
duties. .
Buys for Little Daughter.
Five minutes after the . whistles
stopped blowing to announce the big
wind-up drive for Liberty loan sub
scriptions at 10 in the morning, x
a member of the insurance men's
committee hustling subscriptions ob
tained a $o,000 subscription of Dr. 1.
J. Dwyer for his little daughter,
Susan Mary Dwyer. . ,
While the whistles were blowing, a
groccryman, Charles Slallison, tele
phoned headquarters and asked to be
recorded as subscribing for a $100
bond. "The whistles, brought it to. .
my attention," he said. . ; '
A force of 1,500 men and women
are working and will continue to
work for three days in Omaha solicit
ing the subscriptions for the loan in .
(By Aimorlatad Treca.)
Springfield, III., Oct. 18. That
miners on strike in Illinois would re
turn to work by the first of next
week at the latesf, in response to the
order of President Frank Warringon,
Illinois District U. M. W. A. and that
production of coal will be resumed at
once was the belief of operators here
tonight.
Meetings of pit committees were
scheduled for tonight in many parts
of the state, it was said, and many
leaders were declared to be using their
influence to bring about a resumption
of work pending a decision of the fuel
administrator with reference to coal
prices on which the proposed wage
price hinges.
So far as was known here none of
the mines idle as'a result of the strike
resumed operations today.
Refusing Fuel Orders.
New York, Oct. 18. Retail coal
dealers here are refusing to accept
orders for immediate delivery and
express concern over theapparent
prospect that delay in receipt of sup
plies will result in one of the most
serious coal shortages in the city's his
tory. Some dealers are reported to
be demanding as high as $9.25 a ton,
or 50 cents more than the price es
tablished Harry A. Garfield, fed
eral administrator.
Chicago Has Three Days Supply. ,
Chicago, Oct. 18. A three days'
supply is all that remains in this city
today, according to coal dealers, who
said that unless the strike of more
than 15,000 coal miners in southern
and central Illinoisv is settled before
Saturday night, or the government in
tervenes, a serious shortage will re
sult. Federal Fuel Administrator II. A.
Garfield has notified the miners and
the operators that unless their dif
ferences are adjusted the govern
ment may take over the coal mines
and operate them, and Frank Farring
ton, president of the Illinois Federa
tion of Miners, has telegraphed all lo
cal unions to return to work at once.
worthy of the illustrious statesman
in the capital of 4he empire.
The British government is provid
ing a splendid site near the Houar
of Commons for a statue of Lincoln,
which has been subjected in the Unit
ed States to certaii. criticisms respect
ing its artistic character. ,
(Continued on Pit Twelve, Column. Two.)