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GIRL POSES AS WIFE;
20 MINUTES' SENTENCE.
Seattle, Wash.. Oct. 26. Twenty
minutes in the custody of the United
States marshal one of the mildest
sentences ever imposed in federal
tourt here was given Miss Farris
Peterson, 18. by Judge Neterer. The
sirl had pleaded guilty to aiding
Walter Arend evade the draft law by
posing as his wife. Arend was sen
tenced to six months in the county
jail.
Judge Neterer explained that he
was moved by the girl's immaturity
and desire to avoid future pitfalls.
TERAUCHI, DEAD
EATS ICE CREAM.
Tokyo. Oct. 26. Field Marshal
Count Seiki Terauchi, former pre
mier of Japan, whose death was re--ported
here, is still alive, his phy
sicians announced. When the aged
diplomat ank into a coma his phy
sicians believed death had overtaken
him and news of his demise was
given to the world.
Camphor injections given the
count as a precautionary measure
restored consciousness and he was
able to partake of milk and ice
cream.
Count Terauchi's death had been
officially pronounced and posthu
mous honors had been bestowed
upon him by the imperial court.
BAG EIGHT BUCKS
IN TWO DAYS' HUNT.
Santa Ana. Cal., Oct. 26. Hunt
ing deer in Tehama county is "the
life," according to William F. Diers
rind Frank Walker of Santa Ana.
Diers and Walker were members of
a party of four which bagged eight
bucks in two days' hunt, beginning
at Mulligan Springs, about 60 miles
east of Red Bluff.
"Th$ first day out I saw seven
bucks and 17 does in one herd," said
Diers. As a result of the reports
brought back by Diers and Walker,
several Santa Ana huntsmen are
either on their way or will soon be
bound for the Tehama deer country.
CONDUCT BUSINESS OF
STATE IN BATH ROOM.
'London, Oct. 25. Sir George Rid
dell, in a speech 'at a press confer
ence at Holyoke, revealed an inter
esting little "inside" story of the
Paris peace conference days.
"Sir Maurice Hankey," he said,
"took the last German note to Pres
ident Wilson at 5 'o'clock in the
morning on the Monday preceding
the signing of the peace treaty.
President Wilson left his bed and
invited Hankey into his room, then
said:
" "Th's is too cold. Let's go to
the bath room, it's warmer.'
"So they went to the bath room,
and they discussed Anglo-American
relations sitting in the bath room."
PIE, MAGAZINE, BATHING
CAPS ON MENU OF COW.
Concord, N. H., Oct. 26. A picnic
party at Island Pond, returning
from a walk through the woods,
found a cow standing in the stream
eating out of theboat. She had
eaten one large loaf of bread, one
pie in a pasteboard box, a pound of
fancy crackers, a pound and a quar
ter of bacon, half of a magazine and
two red bathing caps, and was in
the middle of a ball of twine, chew
ing it down foot by foot.
TURKISH WOMEN REMOVE
VEILS FOR DENTISTS.
Washington, Oct. 26. Further ev
idence that the women of the near
east arc throwing off the shackles of
the Mohammedan customs of cen
turies comes in news that these
women now consent to removing
their veils while having their teeth
treated.
When five American Red Cross
dentists entered Macedonia, says a
report from Monastir, - they found
the wife of a Mussulman would go
on with the torture of a toothache
rather than expose her featives to
the sight of any man other than her
husband.
A similar prejurice was encoun
tered when the American relief
workers sought to enlist the aid of
native girls to assist in the hospital.
Gradually, under the example of the
American women in the Red Cross
units, the eastern ideas that have
bound down the women have been
worn away in many places.
SAYS DOCTORS CAN
STAMP OUT BOLSHEVISM.
New York, Oct. 25. "The Ameri
can surgeon of today has more
power to stamp out bolshevism and
radicalism in the minds of the peo
ple than all the preachers and legislators-
in the land, because hd is
nearer the people and attends them
in moments when their minds are
more teceptive to good advice."
- The Rev. Charles B. Moulinier, S.
J., president of the Catholic Hospi
tal association, made this statement
during an address at the ninth an
nual convention of the clinical con
gress of the American College of
surgeons. '
"Preachers and lawmakers can
talk until they are blue in .f he face,
"but what they say may not 'take,'
but when the doctor says something
It generally goes," declared Father
Moulinier.
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THEY DIED
Full Story of Murder and
Death of Two American
v Aviators in Mexico Given
Out by Rescue Party.
WAIT FOR 16 DAYS
WITHOUT ANY FOOD
MAN GETS CASH AND
LINGERIE, SHE HYSTERICS.
New York, Oct. 26. When E. T.
Shelfus of Columbus, O., opened a
traveling bag he believed to be his
at the Continental hotel he found
in it woman's wear, underneath
which were . Liberty bonds, cash,
jewelry and negotiable papers to the
value of $10,000, besides bank books
showing deposits amounting to
r5.831 in four Newark banks.
Shelfus had sent a bellboy to the
Pennsylvania station with a check
!or his bag. and the one which the
toy brought back was so like his
wn that he did not notice the dif
erence for several hours.
Meanwhile Mrs. Margaret W.
Brown of South Orange, who had
thecked the bag while on her way
to Greensburg. Pa., was bordering
" on hysterics. When she went to get
her bag, the baggageman told her
e had already given it out to a boy
rho presented a proper check for it.
The police sent out a general alarm
for the bag and the boy.'
Shelfua promptly told the police
of his discovery, and Mrs. Brown
can now go on her way to Greens
burg rejoicing.,,
Rescued by Mexican Fisher
men and Kept Five Days
Without ' Sustenance, and
Then Killed.
San Diego, CaL, Oct. 26. Joe
Allen Richards, member of the
searching party, gave out tonight
what he said were copies of let
ters scratched by Lieutenants
Connolly and Waterhouse on their
airplanes. That written by Con
nolly read in part:
"Dearest Mother: My time to
die is here. God knows it will be
welcome enough after our suffer
ing so far of hunger and thirst.
Try to forget my fate. What I
have is yours. You use it for
your comfort and happiness. I
tried to live a good life and I do
not fear death. Please do not
wear mourning for me.
"Love to you, Dad, Nora, Hazel
and Ethel.
"God bless you all.
"CECIL."
The following is Richards copy
of Lieut. Waterhouse's note to his
mother:
Dearest Mother: We have been
Umr nnm tn Aavn Ka sipnx of
any help 'and our. water nearly
gone, bo x uiougui x wfuiu win,
you a short letter while I had the
strength. ,1 don't, want you to
" grievu for me.' I want you to have
everything, which is not much. All
my love to you and sis and dad.
Lovingly, ; "SON."
' Bodies Are Located.
San Diego, Cal., Oct. 26. It is
officially announced here that Lieuts.
Cecil H. Connolly of San Diego and
Frederick B. Waterhouse of Weiser,
Idaho, army aviators missing since
August il, were slain in Lower Cali
fornia by two Mexican fishermen.
The announcement was made
upon the arrival here of the de
stroyer ' Aaron Ward, bringing the
bodies of the two aviators from
Bahia Los Angeles on the Gulf of
Lower California, to which point
they had flown after losing their
way in a border patrol flight from
Yuma, Ariz., to San Diego.
According to Maj. R. S. Bratton,
head of the military part sent from
here to recover the bodies, the slay
ers were from a Mexican sloop,
their identity is known to both the
United States and Mexican govern
ments, and steps are being taken to
capture them.
Sufferings Endured.
The destroyer also brought a part
of a story of the sufferings endured
by the young aviators in the form
of notes scrawled in part on the
wings and fuselage of the'De Havi
land airplane in which Connolly and
Waterhouse made their last flight.
Some of these messages, eviaenuy
written when the aviators had al
most lost hope of being found, were
of such a tragic nature that Major
Bratton asked the newspaper re
porters to refrain from using them,
out of consideration of the officers
families. ,
Major Bratton said that the two
aviators had gone 19 davs without,
food, or at least without much to
sustain them. The facts that drew
them far from their air path re
mained with them until the very
last. Maj. Theodore Macauley. m
one of his flights to find them, flew
within 60 miles of the spot where
they stood guarding their plane.
Later, on the afternoon of Septem-
(Coptlnued on Tag Two, Column Six.)
Late Admiral Mahan
Paid Highest Tribute
By Admiral Jellicoe
Honolulu Oct. 26. Dec'aration
t,t Crext Rrilain owed a debt of
gratitude to the United States for
American navai am in mc -
to the late Rear Admiral Mahan was
made by Admiral Sir John R. Jel
licoe, former commander of the
RritUVi errand fleet, in an address
before- the Allied Civic clubs of Hon
olulu. ' .
"We of the United States and
dm Rritain were brother and sis
ter in time of need," he saiu, "and
nobody can think ot the naval part
of the great war without thinking of
h orrat American. Admiral Mahan.
who did much to open our eyes to
the value ot sea power, v . '
"Admiral Maban had a hand in
winning the war, and although this
is the Iff st time I have set foot on
United States territory. I will not
be the last to. acknowledge; Great
Britain's debt , to America during
the war.!' f'
Admiral Jellicoe was entertained
with a reception given in his honor
by Governac dark J. McCarthy-
"SILENT" SMITH'S
SISTER REFUSED
DIVORCE DECREE
Judge Does Not Think Hus
band of "Jiggs" Stamp Given
a Square Deal.
Los Angeles. Oct. 26. A figure
not unlike old man Jiggs, who pre
ferred the company of Dinty Moore
and his gang to the presence of
Count Gazzunk, is Victor A. Ross
bach, whose t. wealthy wife, Mrs.
Ruby A. Rossbach of Hollywood,
is suing for divorce.
Mrs. Rossbach is the sister of "Si
lent" Smith, the famous millionaire
who died in Japan some years ago
while on his honeymoon. Before
the rich brother died, Rossbach
worked on the railroad, had a mod
est income and according . to his
story enjoyed life "without putting
on airs."
Then came the "horn of plenty."
Rossbach left the railroad, they
moved from Libertyville, 111., to
California and, as Rossbach said,
"began to cut shines."
Parties in Garage.
Court testimony was that Mrs.
Rossbach said her husband lacked
"polish;" that he would "cock his
hat over one ear," put his feet on
the table and whistle in the house.
He always smoked in the house,
she said, "a source of great annoy
ance," Then, too, she objected to his
friends. For example, he was on
friendly terms with the street
sweeper on their street; he knew
most of the bartenders in the city;
all the cops called him by his first
name.
She claimed Rossbach and "his
friends" would congregate in the
garage. He had a bottle there, too,
she claimed and often slept there.
The former allegation Rossbach
admitted, but he denied the latter.
"I never stayed in the garage
more'n a couple of hours," he said,
"when things got too hot for me in
the house."
"Didn't your wife beg you to
come in the house and entertain
like the head of the family should.'
asked the attorney for the wife.
"Me head of that family?" parried
the witness, "I should sav not- All
she'd -do would,, be to stick her head
out of th? door and holler. 'Dinner's
ready. Come on.'"
Rossbach admitted "drinking a
little, but not much.
"Well, how many drinks could
you take without getting drunk?"
he was asked and the reply was:
"Never tested my capacity. Never
had that many drinks."
Sheriff Also Drinks.
Sheriff Cline testified that a man
with a nerve like Rossbach could
not possibly be addicted to drink.
"I've seen him take a drink, yes,"
said the sheriff. "In fact I've taken
a drink with him myself."
"Where?" asked Attorney Ed
ward W'nterer, for the wife.
"Ai e Gun club,", replied the
sheriff. .
"Do you mean to tell me," said
Winterer, shaking his figer at Cline,
"that you, the sheriff of Los An
geles county, took a drink of liq
uor at the Gun club?"
And leaning forward in his chair,
the sheriff replied:
"I mean to tell you, that I, the
sheriff of Los Angeles county, state
of California, will take a drink any
where." The bailiff had to restore order.
Decree Is Denied.
In denying a decree the court
said:
"The conduct of this defendant
was not vicious. The quarrels were
the fault of both, due mainly to the
fact that she was wealthy and he
wasn't. That condition always
brings trouble. It heaped a burden
of pride upon the defendant. It
humiliated him. He had a lot to
contend with."
Many Fights Follow
Resumption of Trolley
Service in Knoxville
Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 26. After a
day marked by frequent clashes
growing out of a resumption of
street car service with non-union
crews, two battalions of the Fourth
Tennessee infantry were ordered to
mobilize here immediately to pre
serve order in the event the situation
gets beyond the control of the local
authorities.
Gov. Roberts at -Nashville is also
prepared to call for the United
States cavalry at Fort Oglethorpe,
Ga., if this becomes necessary. One
infantry company and the machine
gun company of the state guard,
which have headquarters here, are
sleeping on their arms in the Knox
ville armory tonight. Before day
light they will have been reinforced
by several infantry companies from
nearby towns.
Great Longshoremen's Strike
Forecast by Vote of Sunday
New York, Oct 26. Efforts to
end New York's unauthorized har
bor tieup were given another set
back when it was announced that
longshoremen, said to be members
of 24 locals of the International
Longshoremen's union, voted in
favor of a general strike in the port
of New York, to become effective
immediately. They declared that
22,000 dock workers employed on
the piers in Manhattan, Brooklyn,
Hoboken, Jersey City and Staten
Island would obey the new strike
order
UNION H
EAD
CAUTIONS
CONGRESS
Timothy Shea Serves Notice
That Firemen and Engine
men Will Not Observe Legis
lation Against Walkouts.
WOULD DEPRIVE THEM
OF CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS
Such a Law Almost Certain to
Precipitate Revolution, and
Is Just What Agitators
Hoped for, He Asserts.
Washington, Oct. 26. Timothy
Shea has given notice to congress
that the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen, of which
he is acting president, would not ob
serve pending anti-strike legislation
if enacted into law.
Such an attempt to single out rail
road employes and deprive them of
what he termed the economic right
of workers to strike to prevent in
justice must be accepted, he said, in
connection with other information
which the railroad brotherhoods
have, as a foregone conclusion, that
the railroads contemplate a general
reduction in wages when the gov
ernment surrenders control and de
sires such a measure to forestall a
strike,
"If these1 interests or the legis
lators believe railroad employes will
unresistingly submit to any such in
vasion of their rights as citizens,"
Mr. Shea continued, "they had bet
ter expel that thought from their
minds, because I believe I speak for
locomotive firemen and hostlers at
least when I say that any law which
deprives them of the rights of Amer
ican citizenship -wonld not tw-ob"
served, not because this class of
American citizens are law breakers,
but beeause such a law would be
unwarranted, un-American and con
trary to American institutions."
Fears a Revolution.
Mr. Shea said such a law was al
most certain to precipitate revolu
tion, and was, in fact, just what ex
treme radicals and revolutionary
agitators desire.
"This would give them logical
argument for direct action,'-' he as
serted, "with the intention of dis
placing the liberal and more con
servative leaders, and thereby over
throwing the existing social, politi
cal and industrial institutions of the
country.
"If the anti-strike law is enacted,
the responsibility for any upheaval
which may follow lies with con
gress." Railroad men are waiting the out
come of the government's campaign
against high prices, said Mr. Shea,
adding that if the cost of living is
not reduced, then they expect suf
ficient advance in wages to enable
them to maintain their standard of
living. He declared firemen were
running in debt from $5 to $50 a
month because their wage increases
have not kept pace with mounting
prices.
Time and Half Overtime.
Time and a half for overtime work
was declared to be necessary to give
the men a real eight-hour day, which
he declared they have never en
joyed despite the passage of the
Adamson law. Without punitive
overtime, he said, the railroads
would continue to work the men as
long as ever before.
"Locomotive firemen cannot
physically endure the hours they
have been required to work," he con
tinued, "and which they have tem
porarily acquiesced in because of war
and emergency. They have decided
that after nearly four years of pa
tient waiting on their part this issue
cannot longer be postponed."
The way to stop strikes, Mr. Shea
declared, was to give the working
men their- fundamental economic
rights and proper machinery for ad
justing current local grievances.
Lady Astor Accepts
, Unionists Offer to
Contest Vacant Seat
London, Oct. 26. Lady Astor has
accepted the invitation of the Plym
outh Unionists to become a candi
date for the House of Commons for
the seat in Plymouth, vacated by the
elevation of her husband, Viscount
Astor, to the House of Lords.
Lady Astor's acceptance makes
the prospect excellent that the first
woman to sit in the English parlia
ment will be American born as
"Plymouth is a safe unionist seat."
She is very popular in Plymouth,
where she has always busied her
self in local municipal affairs;
Lady Astor will e opposed by
both liberal and labor candidates.
The election will probably take place
November IS.
Sweden Will Recognize
Czecho-Slovak Republic
Stockholm, Oct. 26. The Swedish
government has decided to recog
nize the independence .... of .. the
Czecho-Slovak republic. . , . 1 '
Greater Than the Government
COMPLETE PLANS
FOR OBSERVANCE
OF ROOSEVELT DAY
Birthday of Former President
Will Be Marked by Ameri
canization Talks.
Today,, the 61st birthday anni
versary of the late Col. Theodore
Roosevelt, will be observed in
Omaha as "Americanization Day,"
as friends of the former president of
the United States believe that this
form of observance is particularly :n
keeping with the life and efforts ot
the distinguished American.
The day will be remembered at a
noonday meeting at the Chamber of
Commerce, where John L. Webster
will speak on "Roosevelt". The ad
dress will follow a luncheon held
under the auspices of the public af
fairs committee. .
An effort was made to make it
possible for Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood to stop here a few hours on
his way to Lincoln and speak at the
noonday function at the Chamber of
Commerce. A telegram received
yesterday indicated that the general
would not be able to be here. He
will deliver an address in Lincoln to
night. The local observance will be un
der the general pronation of the
Roosevelt Memorial association.
Governor McKelvie has urged that
the spirit of the day be generally
observed and that the school chil
dren be impressed with object les
sons on Americanization and Roose
velt. Acting Mayor Ure last week
issued a proclamation in which he
declared a holiday and urged ob
servance of the occasion.
Today marks the closing of a
fund drive in behalf of the Roose
velt memorial, i. project which is
being managed by the Roosevelt
Memorial association, a national or
ganization, which is nonpartisan.
American Consular
Agent Released by
Bandits in Mexico
Haoford, Cal., Oct. 26. William
O. Jenkins, American consular agent
at Puebla, Mex., who was kidnaped
by the Mexicans last Sunday and
held for $150,000 ransom, was re
leased by the bandits Sunday, ac
cording to information received by
his father here.
Hungary Will Aid.
Vienna, Oct. 26. Newspapers
state that Hungary is willing to as
sist Austria in its present food and
economic crisis with supplies of
foodstuffs and raw materials. Hun
gary requires in return, however, as
its price, it is stated, the extradi
tion of Bela Kun and his associates
in the late communist government
o'f Hungary, who took, refuge in
Austrian territory.
PURE FOOD SHOW
FORMAL OPENING
SET FOR TONIGHT
Demonstrators Will Show How
to Reduce Living Cost
Samples Distributed. ,
Sixty demonstrators tonight will
explain to Omahans how to beat
the high cost of living at the formal
opening of the Retail Grocers' as
sociation pure food show. James E.
Kirk, vice president of the organ
ization, will be chairman of the eve
ning and has arranged a program
that will entertain all.
Acting Mayor Ure will deliver the
principal address and the other city
commissioners have been invited to
attend and deliver short talks. The
feature of the evening program will
be vocal solos by Miss Clara M.
Williams who proved so popular at
the show Saturday.
Wholesalers with booths demon
strating their products have ar
ranged to give away samples to
night. Several concerns will give
away full sized packages of food
products in addition to the many
samples to be given out. Several
prizes will be given away.
The Country Store will be opened
with all the fun and amusement that
this feature assures. The admit
tance will be 13 cents with 2 cents
war tax. v
Poindexter Announces
Himself a Republican
Presidential Candidate
Wasltngton, Oct. 26. Senator
Miles Poindexter of Washington, in
a statement today to the people of
the United States, announced his
candidacy for the republican nomi
nation for president and presented a
platform of policies and principles
which he will advocate in his cam
paign. The Washington senator in his
statement of policy denounces
threats of labor leaders to tie up the
railroads ae "government by terror"
for a special class, and declares that
the government must be made su
preme to both capital and labor,
though insisting that the just claims
of labor should be recognized. ,
Communism, Senator Poindexter
declared, is inconsistent with the
vested rights of the laborer to his
wages. Treating of international
matters, the platform remarks that
the "process of making a 'supreme
sacrifice of America and of 'joining
our fortunes with the fortunes of
men everywhere' should be stopped."
In making his statement of prin
ciples, Senator Poindexter, who is
the first publicly announced candi
date for the republican nomination,
asserted that his announcement of
policy makes it necessary for the re
publican national convention in 1920
to stand by his platform, should he
be chosen a.s the ; tar.ty's standard
bearer.
WILSON OBTAINS
GOOD REST AND
ENJOYS SUNDAY
t
"President Continues to Improve
Slowly," Dr. Grayson's
Bulletin Asserts.
DEMANDS
ARE OPEN
TO PARLEY
Acting President of United
Mine Workers of America
Issues Statement Relative tc
Strike Call.
NO ASSURANCES OF
PEACEFUL OUTCOME
Washington, Oct. 26. President
Wilson obtained- considerable rest
today after several days during
which the difficulties of the national
industrial conference and the
threatened coal strike had forced
Rear Admiral Grayson, his physi
cian, to ' rescind in part the order
against his - active participation in
governmental affairs.
Secretary Tumulty spent Sunday
out of the city, and so far as could
be learned no public matters were
laid before Mr. Wilson by Dr. Gray
son. Mrs. Wilson spent practically
the entire day with her nusband,
reading to hhn light verse and fic
tion. ?
While impending events held out
little prospects, White House offi
cials tonight were hopeful that this
week, the fifth of the president's ill
ness, would bring less interruption
to the rest cure prescribed by Dr.
Grayson.
In his midday bulletin today, Dr.
Grayson said:
"The president continues to im
prove slowly." . .
Dr. Grayson authorized tonight
the following statement as to Mr.
Wilson's condition:
"The president had a very, good
day." ,
The prohibition enforcement bill
and Attorney General Palmer's opin
ion to the aneasure's constitutional
ity, it was said tonight at the White
House, had not been placed before
the president. The statement imme
diately led to renewed speculation as
to whether Mr. Wilson would act on
it or permit it to become a law
Tuesday midnight without his sig
nature. Austrian Archduke Joseph
May Become Hungarian King
Stockholm, Oct. 26. The Svenska
Dagsblat learns from what it con
siders ah unusually well-informed
source that the Archduke Joseph
of Austria will soon be elected king
of Hungary.
If the entente objects the crown
of Hungary will be offered, it is
stated, to a foreign prince, prob
ably of the English royal family.
A resumption of the throne of for
mer Emperor Charles is out of the
question.
Foch Prepares to Carry Out
Military Peace Measures
Paris, Oct. 26. The military
measures decided upon between the
supreme council and Marshal Foch
to carry out provisions of the peace
treaty coincident with the coming
into force of that instrument will be
carried out between November 5 and
November 10, according to the Liberie.
Government Determined to
See That People Obtain Ade
quate Coal Supply to Keep
Them From Suffering.
Springfield, 111, Oct. 26. Reply.
ing to the statement of President
Wilson that the proposed strike of
soft coal miners, scheduled for No-
vember 1, is "unjustifiable and un
lawful," John L. Lewis, acting
president of the United Mini
Workers of America, on his ar
rival here tonight from Washing
ton, D. C. declared "the status
quo" prevailed.
Asked whether the president's
declaration would act to suspend
the strike, Mr. Lewis said he had
nothing to say on this subject to
night. , -
Shuts Himself Up.
Mr. Lewis went to his home ii
this city, shut himself off from com
munication from the outside work ;:
and left word that he was not to bi
bothered before 11 a. m. tomorrow
Referring to a brief statement
given out at Bloomington enroute tc
this city, Mr. Lewis said that rep
resented the sum total of what lu
wduld say tonight.
"I will simply say," he declared ;
"tfiat the status ouo prevails."
f'-"Pfessed for an expression as tc
what steps he believed the govern
ment intended to take to carry out
its anti-strike prograrn, he said:
"I know only what I have read ir
the papers."
Mr. Lewis would not comment or. '
whether further negotiations wer -possible.
He was told of Gov. "
Frank O. Lowden's statement, is
sued tonight, in which the governot j
promised co-operation with the fed-
cral government in stemming tin
mine tie-up and suggested that com- ;
pulsory arbitration might be neces
sary. Lewis declined to make any '
reply. . '
"I'm tired and I want to get some -sleep,"
Mr. Lewis said. He will gC ;
to Indianapolis probably Tuesday tc
be present at the international ex
ecutive board meeting on Wednes
day, ' ( , '
Bloomington, 111., Oct. 26. Johr i
L. Lewis, acting presideut of th ;
United Mine Workers of America '
tonight issued a statement saying
that all demands of his organization '
are subject to negotiations. '
Lewis declined to state specifically
the attitude of the United . Mine i
Workers tnwarH th etatomont rf '
President .Wilson yesterday regard-1i
mg tne proposed strike ot the bi
tuminous coal miners of the- nation.
In regard to this Mr., Lewis would
only say: , .
"I am an American, free born,
with all the pride of my heritage. I
love my country with its institutions
and traditions. With Abraham Lin
coln, I thank God that we have a
country where men may strike.
May the power of my government
never be used to throttle and crush
the efforts of the toilers to improve
their material welfare and elevate
the standard of their citizenship."
Mr. Lewis said that he had not re
ceived any message from Washing
ton, that he had been traveling all
day. He left Washington at 6 Sat
urday evening to return to his home
at Springfield, which he left Octo
ber 6. He added that he had yes
terday morning at 10 called a meet
ing of the national executive board
of the United Mine Workers to con
vene at Indianapolis at 10 Wednes
day morning. He explained that the
meeting was called before President
Wilcnn'c clilnm.nl ....... . -
lie. The gathering had been calletf ?J
P"11"111 luimuiaie uccaiis or me
strike.- . ' ;-
No Suggestions Made. j
When asked td make A statement
on uic rignr or me miners to strike
November 1, in the face of the criti-. t
cal conditions, he said: - ;.v,;'
"The coal operators have .not ' of- -fered
a single constructive JUgges -'
tion designed to avert this catas-C
trophc. All through the; negotia
tions at Buffalo, later at Pkii,4 V
, .. . iiiaw4- i
iiomiourn on Pan Two. Crimen pan.) f"
President of Austria
Republic Signs Pfiactei'
Vienna. Oct 26.-Presiej,t 'KaVl h
Seiti of the Austrian republic his
signed the treaty of peace with the,5
allied and associated governments. . I
Ihis completes the acceptance by
Austria of the treaty of St. Germain,
the treaty will become effective
when the formal notice of atirica--'-Hon
by Austria and three of the
principal allied and 1 associated ;
powers have been deposited in the
i-rench foreign office, and this fact
has been made public in a formal ?
protocol j