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GIRL MISSING TWO YEARS
TELEPHONES HER PARENTS.
Scranton, Pa., Nov. 9. Margaret
Dickey, whose mysterious disap
pearance two years ago when she
wag 14 years old caused search in
every large city without success,
has been found.
Her parents were overjoyed last
night when the girl called them by
telephone from Washington and ap
pealed to them to come to her at
y once. Mr. and Mrs. Dickey4et-for
J the capital.
The message was the first word
received from Jhe girl since she dis
appeared. GIRL OF S CHAMPION V '
OR COTTON PICKERS.
Afiniston, Ala., Nov. 9. Edna
Stewart, 8-year-old daughter of Mr.
and MJs. Knox Stewart of Munford,
is the champion cotton picker of
northern Talladega county and has
made an unusual record during the
present picking season.
The girl can "pick 40 pounds by
dinner" most any day without half
trying, according to her own way ot
expressing it, and the speed with
which she gathers the locks is the
uiarvcl of her neighbors and friends.
The "pTcker regards her achieve
ment as a matter of course and takes
:t for granted that any other littlp
pin who lives on a farm is "doing
' her bit" by getting out and taking
what the bbll weevil left. .
FASCINATING! GRIPPING! ADELE GARRISON'S LOVElSERIAL, REVELATIONS OF A WIFE.
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MARRIED AT 13 YEARS
GIRL DIVORCED AT 15.
Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 9. Di
vorced at the age of 15 is a record
in the local courts. This distinction
goes to Margaret C, Monteleone,
who was divorced by her 20-year-old
husband, Charles Monteleone.
They were married when the girl
was 13 years old. Marital difficulties
resulted when the bride deserted
her husband.
' TEACHER SENDS RAGGED
CORSET IN SALARY PLEA.
' Melbourne, Nov. 9. A brown
I paper parcel ' containing a ' pair of
corsets almost in tatters was re
cently addressed in a bold feminine
hand to the director of "education.
Pinned to the corsets was an un
signed note:
"This is the lingerie of an unfor
tunate, junior teacher( who has lin
gered long in the service at a miser
able salary, Why not give her a
raise in salary to enable her to live
iike a human being?"
WIFE TOLD ANOTHER MAN
SIZE OF HER STOCKINGS,
Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 9A-Be-Vause
his wife gave another man the
size of her stockings, O. G. Williams
of Los Angeles was granted a di
vorce in Superior Judge York's
court. In giving the decree Judge
York said such women could not be
trusted with the happiness of a busy
husband.
- HUSBAND SET FREE TO
MAKE LO"F OF MONEY,
t Los Angeles, Nov. 9. Mrs. Marie
I Curzbn has" lifted ah "awful burf
den" from her husband's shoulders.
. i . Sti an a rlivnrr. She chateed
Nicholas W. Cutzon with desertion
and produced the following letter
trom him:
"Dearest Marie: I have always
felt you wanted to help mo. I am
asking you a big favor and I hate to
do it, but it is for the best. If you
! will get our marriage set aside oh
any grounds that you wish it will lift
an awful burden off my shoulders.
I've got to make a lot of money in
a short time."
NEW COLLAR IS ;
SOFT AND LOW. ,
London, Nov. 9. The arrival of
a new collar with flowing lines, like
those worn-by the old English poets,
leads London haberdashers and tail
ors to predict a gradual emancipa
tion of man from the severe rule
of fashion as one of the results of
the war. :
- The new collar is soft and Jqw.
It is winning favor with English
men who served in' the war and
escaped for some time the horrors
of5he high starched""tollar. !
WIFE AIDS HUSBAND '
WITH PAIR OJP SHEARS. -
San Francisco, Nov. 9. In a' bat
tle between John Gussi and Louis
Campi, scavengers, Mrs. Mary Gussi
joined, the police say, and stabbed
Campi in the back and neck with
a pair of scissors. , .. ' '
Campi was treated at the Harbor
' pmprtrpnrv hosoital 'and Gussi and
his wife were booked for? assault
-.. a ' 1
witn a ueaoiy weapon.
PARIS SUPPORTS 35,000
SEERS ANDCLAIRVOYANTS.
Paris.- Nov? 9.A calling which
flourished during the war and is said
to be more prosperous in Paris now
than at any time is fortune telling.
nn official estimate puts the number
of tnought-readers, mediums and
''seers who live and practice in the
, . capital at 35,000 '
COOK SELLS HIS SHOES
TO PAY FINE OF $5.
' London, Nov. 9. Harold Fisher,
, a cook, was charged with traveling
without a ticket and was nnedsj$5
He offered to sell a new pair of
joots he was wearing and, a con
stable bought them. He paid his
ine with the proceeds.'
SUICIDE TWINS BOTH
SAVE UP BIG ESTATE.
. New York, Nov. 9; The ap-
praisals of the estates of Gladys
, Lo.uise Husted Cromwell and Dor
othea Katherine Cromwell, filed in
the surrogate's ' office, shows the
twins who committed suicide Jan
uary 19 by jumping from the steam
ship La Lorraine as she was leaving
Bordeaux, each left more than $600,
000. Dorothea Cromwell's estate
was $661,748 and that of her sister
$657,960.
The similarity in the manner of
their death after several months'
service as Red Cross and canteen
workers, together in Franci, was
manifested in the date and wording
of their wills and in the composition
of their estates.
The appraisal showed each had
" the same number of railroad stocks.
aggregating $93,449; each had bank
. and trust company stocks amounting
to $285,611; each had Standard Oil
s stocks aggregating $182,198, and
each had miscellaneous holdines
amounting to $2jU24.
AIR POSTAL
SERVICE TO
OMAHA SOON
New York-Chicago Extension
Will Start December 15 Ac
cording to Announcement of
Postof f ice Officials.
LARGEST MACHINES IN
U. S. WILL LAND HERE
Four Planes With Span of 105
Feet, Equipped With 400
h. p. Motors and 122 MileS
an Hour Speed to Carry Mail.
Washington, Nov. 9. Extension
of the New ! York-Chicago daily
aerial postal service to Omaha by
December , IS and the placing tn
service within a week on the New
York-Chicago route of new twin
motor mail machines capable of
carrying 1,500 pounds, or 60,000 let
ters the average 24-hour accumula
tion of mail in New York for Chi
cago -were among the improve
ments of the aerial mail service an
nounced today by Assistant Post
master General Preager. It has been
may.be extended to San " Francisco
Completion of a 125-foot hangar
at Omaha will enable the postoffie
department to operate the largest
land machines ever built in the
United Stataes, There w411 he four
of these plarres with a wing span
of 105 feet and each equipped with
three 400 horse power Liberty mo
tors. Each - will carry one ton of
letters without stop from New York
to Chicago, or two tons ofMetters
if a stop is made at Cleveland for
fuel." From Chicago the planes will
continue to Omaha, 440 miles
further making a daily-operation -f
1,150 rniles in each direction. The
planes are now being rapidly com
pleted at College Point, N.. Y.. They
will carry three men and in bad
weather fly entirely by astronomical
calculation, dead reckoning and ra
dio direction compass. .
). Travel 122- Miles an Hour.
Fourteen new planes of 1,500
pounds capacity are being com
pleted at Cleveland, Mr. Praeger
said. Four other planes, especially
built for flying at high altitudes oyer
mountains andVcapable of carrying
1,500 pounds of mail, are nearing
completion, the assistant postmaster
general added. All the-new planes
will have a speed of from 112 to 122
miles an hour.
Senator Phelan-and Representa
tive Kahn of California, Mr.
Praeger said, are 'endeavoring
to .. obtain authority of con
press to permit extension of
the servic-to San Francisco. Suc
cessful operation of the transcon
tinental service would mean the de
livery at noon Wednesday in San
Francisco of mail leaving New York
Monday morning. Mail leaving New
York now on Sunday night is deliv
ered in San Francisco on Thursday
afternoon.
Plain Clothes Squad
of Police Arrest
, 21 in Night Raids
.
Police Officers Sarrfcrdick, Potach,
Hanson and Swan in civilian clothes
spent last night serving Search war
rants on various alleged disorderly
houses.
The home of J. F- Bell, negro,
1310 Howard street, was raided at
7 p. m. and four negro inmates and
six white inmates arrested with
Bell. , BellVas charged with keep
ing a disorderly house ana tne
others with being inmates of that
house. ' .
The home of H. H. Ulrich, 141 J
rtiiraom strppt. was also raided and
three white inmates arrested with
Ulrich under similar charges.
James Ohighikas, 31 spurn mir-
tppntVi jstrppt. was arrested at 9
o'clock and charged with keeping
a disorderly house, five inmates
were taken in the raid on Ghighikas
home. ' -
Dazed Victim of Auto Smash
Wonders How They Got Name
F. W. Staolehorst, 1330 South
Twenty-first street, dazed after be
ing run down by an automobile at
Eleventh and Douglas streets at
6:15 last night, reported Xh acci
dent to police headquarters, was
cared for by a police surgeon and
and returned home himself before
"awakening" to a realization of
what had happened.
He then returned to central po
licestation and asked if any report
had been made of the accident.
When Acting Captain Dillon read
him the report that Staplehorst had
made out himself, Staplehorst said:
"I wonder how they found out my
name." '
Staplehorst was cut on the left
cheek and badly shapen up in the
accident. ' The driver of the. car
hurried up Douglas street without
stopping to kelp Staplehorst
MORE GIRLS SUE
t FOR TIPS "BOSS" -TOOK
FROM THEM
Check Attendants at Hotel La
Salle Seek to Recover Gra
tuities, Some Very Large.
Chicago, Nov. 9. Attorney L. H.
Craig, 30- North Dearborn street,
announced yesterday six more suits
against the Hotel La Salle company,
will be filed in the superior court
tomorrow to recover tips collected
by check girls at the hotel. Already
six similar suits totaling $12,000 have
been filed. '
Attorney Craig said the suits were
based on the fact that the hotel
management - were beyond ,their
rights in taking tips from the girls.
They were given by patrons for
the courtesy extended them under
the assumption that the girlskept
the money, he said.
Girl Claims $10,000.
Miss Regina Hyland heads the
list -of claimants with a suit for
$10,000, the total amount of tips she
collected, she avers. Other claim
ants and the amounts follow:
Bertha Doty, $2,135; Frankie De
Foe, $400; Ida jjrefka, $4,800; Hazel
Grefka; her sister, $1,000; Ada T.
Wilber, $1,200; Catherine Golden,
$1,000; Nora B. Kent, $600; Grace
Madison, $640; Mildred Hildebrand,
$2,300 and Fred Gloyd, $3,300.
Averaged $10 a Day.
"I averaged about $10 a day at
banquets and dinners at the hotel,"
said Miss Madison yesterday. ,
"But each night we had to turn in
all the money -follected-vand each
week we received our payv of 30
cents an hour. Some girls at better
stations collected even more'thanI."
SHIP FOUNDERS
AND CREW OF 50"
BELIEVED LOST
Four Other Vessels Reported
in Distress in Waters Off
. Novs Scotia Coast .
Halifax, Nor.v 9. --One steam
ship is believed to have . foundered
and . four others are in distress in
Nova Scotia waters. ?
Thei American steamship Polar
Land, 'which was abandoned off the
Cape Breton coast at 1 p. m. Sun
day, had not been found late to
night by the steamship Kanawha,
which went to her assistance, nor
had any of the boats containing the
vessel's crew" of 50 men ' been
picked up.
The Kanawha should have reached
Ae spot given by the sinking Polar
Land before dark, but the rescue ship
wirelessed tonight for specific in
structions as to her location when
last heard from. The request is
taken here to mean that the Polar
Land had gone down.
The Greek steamer Platea is
ashore at Sable island; the steam
ship Grelstone is in trouble off Sable
island, having stripped her propeller
blades, the Telemachus, a coal boat,
called for help off Cape Breton and
another unidentified craft replied
that she could not go Jo the Polar
Land's assistance as she was in dis
tress also. - -The
crew of the Platea was landed
at the life' saving station at Sable
island. Its captain reported his ship
was undamaged.
Late tonight the Canadian govern
ment steamship Aramore, which had
been dispatched from North Sydney
to the. Grelstone's assistance, re
ported that other rescue vessels were
close to if, but that no aid could-be
given to the distressed Vessel owing
to the weather conditions, j .
Larson Takes Advice of ,
Police; Gets Into Trouble
. When Albin, Larson, 2418 Burt
Street, accepted the advice of the
police and filed a writ of attach
ment against his employer's car,
hye was. arrested and charged with
grand larceny.
Larson is employer by Otto
Richter, Henshaw hotel. Larson
told the police Richter owes him a
salary bill of $350. '
"Richter wouldn't pay me, so I
drove the car down here to the police-
station and asked the police
what to do. 'They reminded me
that if I kept leaving the car in the
same garage Richter would take it
and' my only chance to get my
money would be gone. They advised
me to fake it to another garage and
file a writ -of attaVhment against
it. While I was in Canada on busi
ness a few weeks later, Richter had
the court dissolve the attachment.
When I returned from Canada they
arrested me on a charge of grand
larceny."
JBolsheviki Claim Capture
of Many More Villages
London, Nov. 9. The Russian bol
shevik communication of Saturday
says that the bolshevik have oc
cupied a series of villages 30 versts
southwest of Krsfsnaia Gorka nd
also have taken Kastovo and a num
ber of villages 33 versts west of
Gatchina. '
Fire at Packing Plant.
An oil tank in the engine room of
Morris & Co.'s plant on the South
Side caught fire at 1:45 this morn
ing when hot coals rolled off a pile
against -the" tank. The damage
r.mounted to several hundred dol
lars "
ANARCHISTS
PLOTTED TO
RUN
NATION
Union of Russian Workers
Planned to Bring About
Overthrow or Government
' Through a General Strike.
DEATH AfD DESTRUCTION -PROGRAM
OF RADICALS
Reds Looked Forward, to
"Magnificent, Beautiful
Form of Man Without a Job,
Master, Free of Authority."
Washington, D. C, , Nov. 9.
Plans of theUnion" of Russian
Workers to bring about an over
throw1 of the government through a
general strike is revealed in docu
ments seized in the nation-wide
raids of federal authorities Friday
and Saturday nights and made pub
lic tonight by Assistant Attorney
General Garvan.
With the government overthrown
and everything "wiped from the
earth that is a reminder of the right
to private ownership of property,"
the Russian workers, according to
their manifesto, looked forward "to
the magnificent, beautiful form of a
man without a joT. without a master
ard free of authority."
,, The documents and publications
obtained in the raids, officials said
today, are of the most inflammatory
nature aim maKe no enuri o con
ceal the union's program of destruc
tion and death to achieve its ends.
Much of the material made public
tonight is of such a nature as to
cause ordinarily any newspaper re
printing to be barred from the mails.
Included among the documents
seized, all of which are printed in
Russian, is "Novomirksy manifesto
of anarchistscommunists." ..;
Dangerous Propaganda. .
This publication, the most recent
put out by the union, was said bv
Mr. Garvan to be the most danger
ous piece of propaganda ever dis
seminated by any radical organiza
tion in the United States. The mani
festo outlines, the 'purpose of -the
movement inaugurated by tne union
as)''complete destruction of private
control of natural resources and cap
ital and complete destruction J of
power of rule and the institutions
invested with powers to enforce
rule of one man over, another."
Under the caption of "What
should be our means of carrying on
the fight" the manifesto says:
"What must we do, the vanguard
of the proletariat we must con
sciously hasten the elementary
movement of the struggle or the
workine- class: we must 'convert.
small strikes into general ones, iand
convert the latter into armed re
volt of the laboring masses against
capital and state.
General Ruin Planned.
- "At the time of this revolt, we
must at the first favorable opportu
nity proceed to an immediate seiz
ure of all means of production and
all articles df consumption and make
the working classes the masters in
fact of all general wealth. "At the
same time we must "mercilessly de-
(Contlnued on Page Two, Column Five.)
Train Service Tntopmaha
Is Delayed by Storms
Train service into Omaha was re
tarded from one to five hours yester
day and last night. on account of
weather conditions.
A blizzard touching points on the
Union Pacific between North Platte
and Vevada made eastbound trains
on that road from four to five hours
reporting into Omaha. According to
advices given out at the Union sta
tion last night the Rock Island and
Missouri Pacific roads had suffered
delays in their service for various
weather reasons.
Chauncey Olcott's "Mactlshla" ar
rived in Omaha four hours and 45
minutes late for the opening per
formance last night.
At the Burlington depot eastbound
trains were arriving from two to six
hours late.
The blizzard at North Platte was
reported moving tbVay, butthat
report was not fficial. At midnight a
strong wind began to blow across
Omaha and low, white clouds gave
rise to prophecies of snow.
Vice-Cr'surKills Himself
in Waldorf Astoria rtotel
New York, Nov. 9.-Cary R.
Miller, American vice consul to
Stockholm, shot and killed himself
in his suite in the .Waldorf-AstoVia
late Sunday.
The body, with a bullet hole
through the right temple, was found
tonight by Mrs. MiHer on her re
turn from church. By the side Jay
a revolver. The police said to
night they were unable to find any
motive for Mr. Miller's act. Among
his papers was found a passport
indicating that he had planned to
sail soon for Sweden.
The medical examiner later found
in Mr. Miller's clothiiifT two notes,
vhich indicated that financial dif
ficulties had furnished the motive
for his suicide. k . .
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All Toledo Street Cars '
Are Taken 'Outside City ,
. Limits by the Officials
, . ,
Following Vote of People Backing Up Ouster Ordinance
of City Council All Service Comes to An End When
Cars Spirited Away.
Toledo, O., Nov. Car riders
who last Tuesday voted for an
ouster ordering the street cars from!
the streets because they were pay
ing 6 and 8 cents to travel to and
from their work, are now paying
from 10 cents to 25 cents to ride in
automobile busses.
The Toledo Railways and Light
compny bega Saturday night to
spirit the cars out of the city until
not a vehicle with wheels under it
was left within the jurisdiction of
the city officials, who were respon
sible for the ouster ordinance passed
last June being submitted to the
people.
Mayor Introduced Ordinance.
Mayor Cornell Schreiber himself
introducedthe ordinance when the
company increased the fares from 5
cents to 6 cents and 2 cents for a
transfer to take care of an increase
in carmen's wages.
The cars were removed without
notice to the public or city officials.
All were taken into Michigan and
stored on sidetracks. The action
was taken immediately after official
notification was given the company
by the board of elections xthat the
ouster ordinance had been approved
byf the voters.
Officials of the street car company
of which Henry L. Doherty of New
York is the head, announced that
cars are not to be operated here
"until , a permanent settlement has
been reached, or is assured." All in
terurban cars are being turned back
afthe city limits. '
Statement Is Issued.
Mr. Doherty today authorized the
following statement: '
'We have given careful considera
tion to the situation that-now con
fronts us and have concluded that to
continue to operate in spite of this
ordinance is not a proper observance
of law and order and subjects us o
many grave dangers. We have,
therefore decided to cease opera
tions." Mayor Schreiber placed the blame
for the lack of street car transpor
tation on Frank R. Coates. resident
president of the operating company. I
ine mayor declared that President
coates DroKe a gentlemen s agree
ment" with the mayor that the cars
would not stop running until the
city officially notified, the company
to cease operating. . X
BLAZING RIVERS
OF OIL SWEEP
CITY IN TEXAS
Lightning Sets Afire One Tank,
Then Others " Ignite and -v
, $1,000,000 Loss Results.
Iowa Park, Tex., Nov. 9. Burn
ing oil from 38 1,600-barrel tanks,
shattered by a series of explosions
when set afire by lightning, swept in
devastating streams through a large
part of Waggoner City, an oil town
near hefe, Sunday, according to in
:ormation received here. ,
Estimates of casualties were not
available, but it was said many per
sons were burned, as in numerous
cases their homes consisted of tents,
directly in the bath of the blazing
oil. . ' "
The monetary loss was roughly
set at "more than $1,000,000." x
The lightning set fire to a battery
of 10 1,600-barrel tanks at 10 o'clock
a. m. and a few seconds later these
tanks exploded. Within 10 minutes
K38 tanks of the same size had let go
and as they were placed on one of
the highest, points in the city, the
burning 'oil was sent coursing down
the streets.
One Man Killed.
Wichita Falls, Tex., Nov. 9. One
man was killed, a number incurred
minor burns and a loss which will
exceed $1,000,000 resulted in an oil
fire which swept 80 acres of proven
oil territory on the outskirts of
Waggoner City and destroyed a
large part of that town.
Acreage in this field is owned by
many eastern concerns. The fire oc
curred .when lightning struck an oil
tank.
When the tank exploded a wave of
burning oil rode down the surface of
the rain covered streets. Setting fire
to everything with which it came
into contact.
The bulk of the business section
of the town was destroyed, accord
ing' to reports. Waggoner. City1 has
no telephone or railroad communi-
catioiv arid details of the fire and
the losses are meager. - ''
.Waggoner City is said here to be
the largest unincorporated town in
the country, and the large. number
of oil wells in the immediate vicin
ity make it one of the most con
gested districts, of the kind in the
country. :'i
Thousands Homeless.
"Upward of 1,000 people are home
Jess as a result of the "fire. A trail
of men, women and children carry
ing bundles of remnants of clothing
snatched from in front of the ad
vancing wave of flames' started on
foot and in vehicles for a six-mile
walk to Burk Burnett, the nearest
iarge town.
Late reports , indicated that the
loss would run higher than $1,000,
000 damage. Two score derricks
and about 50 storage tanks, valued
at $225,000, were burned. One oil
company's' gusher late tonight, was
shooting flames 100 feet into the
air. ' - -
The havoc in Wagonner City was
increased by the bursting of a four
inch high pressure oil line which
runs under the main street of fhe
own.
A trench and embankment were
thrown up at the end of one of the
main streets"" and the burning oil
iurned into a creek. "
Unveil Memorial Tablet to .
Johnson County Soldiers
Tecu'mseh. Neb.. Nov. 9. (Spe
cial.) A -memorial tablet to John
son county's. 500 men, who served
in the world war, will be unveiled
on the courtyard camous in 1 ecum
sch next Tuesday, Armistice day.
There will be music by-the Tecum
seh military band and three speak
ers, Adjt. Gen. H. J. Paul and Maj.
r. J. Coserovc of Lincoln, with the
main address by Matthew Gcring of
Plattsmouth , .
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D'ANNUNZIO MEN
IN HOT BATTLE
WITH FEDERALISTS
Forces of Italian Government
Suffer Many Casualties
in Clash. .
sued . by the Serbian -official press
bureau today
The statement follows: .
"In, a sanguinary skirmish between
Italian government troops and Ga
briele d'Annunzio's forces, the gov
ernment troop suffered consider
able losses, including one captain.
D'Annunzio's troops lost one man
killed and several wounded.
"A telegram received from Ta
grod, says there is much dissatisfac
tion among 'dAnnunzio's soldiers
because of scant food, and that there
is little military discipline." "
CHIEF FIGURE IN
SOCIETY SCANDAL
WILL WED AGAIN
Children Taken From Her by
Court After Disclosures of
V
Immoral Relations.
London, .Nov. 9. The beautiful
Mrs. Hope of Luffness, who leaped
into great prominence by campaign
ing against Ex-Premier Asquithjin
the historic general election of De
cember last, and later had further
notoriety of atless desirable kind, is
again in the news in consequence of
her.engagement, which has just been
announced. Her second husband
will be Lionel Clement Erskine
Clark, youngest son of the late God
frey L. Clark, a Scottish magnate of
Talygarn.
Widow Nof Officer.
Mrs. Hope, who aspired to secure
nomination as an independent candi
date for East Fife, the constituency
which Mr. Asquith -represented in
parliament for so many years, is the
widow of a gallant British officer
who, long "missing," was finally
legally presumed to be dead. Colonel
with some of the most socially
rotable families in Great Britain.
His widow is accounted to be one of
the handsomest women in her day.
Mrs. Hope's campaign ended in a
fiasco, her candidature hot fjeing al-
mwea on tne ground that she was
able only to offer a check, and not
cash, for the sum of $750, which
every parliamentary candidate is
obliged to pay in, to cover election
expenses, and which is forfeited if
the, candidate fails to poll one-third
of the votes cast.
Called "Unfit," 1
'A sensational sequel came a
couple of mbnths later, when ,the
trustees of the late Colonel Hope
petitioned the Edinburgh court of
sessions to remove Mrs. Hope1 from
HOLD STRIKE JUSTIFIED
PROMISE AID AND ASK
PUBLIC S ENDORSEHT
Say That Action of the Government in Injunction
Proceedings Against Bituminous Workers Is "So
Autocratic As to Stagger the Human Mind" Ex-
ecutive Council of American Federation of Labor
Issues Statement After Four-Hour Meeting Held
in Washington.
MINERS' HEAD
DENIES MEN TO
CALL OFF STRIKE
John L. Lewis Says Statements
to Contrary Premature and
Unauthorized.
Belgrade, Nov. 9. Forces of the
Italian government have clashed
with Gabriele d'Annunzio's troops
and casualties were suffered hv both
sides,, according tc a tatemeUis4unsel fcf the miners yesterday that
Indianapolis. Ind., Nov. 9 -John
L.' Lewis, acting president of the
United Mine Workers of America,
tonight denied that he had agreed to
comply with the drder of federal
court here yesterday to call off the
strike of bituminous coal miners of
the tountry before 6 p. m. next
Tuesday evening. ,
"Statements to the effect that I
shall orshall not comply with the
mandatory proceedings , of the in
junction writ are unauthorized and
premature," he declared. . :
Mr; Lewis' declaration was made
in view of a reported statement of
Hope was a nephew of Lord Rose
bery and was otherwise connected UnTners in Cleveland, only another
the office of guardian of her twonof the action on tomorrow's meet
children, on the ground that she
was "entirely unfit" to be intrusted
with them. Mrs. Hope was then
stated to have been guilty of im
moral conduct and to be addicted to
the excessive use of alcohol.. She
was charged with associating with
undesirable persons, and with habit
ually ill treating her children, and
conducting herself before them in a
manner calculated seriously to
prejudice their health and morals.
Extraordinary evidence in support
of these allegations was forthcom
ing, and as a result a new guardian,
ii. the person of Lady Mary Hope,
Colonel Hone's mother. wa so-
poiuted by the cou
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' 'I
Washington, Nov. 9. Holding that the action of the
government in injunction proceedings against striking bi-
tuminqus coal miners to be "so autocratic ts to stagger the
human mind, the executive council of the American Fed
eration of Labor declared tonight in a statement issued after
a four-hour meeting that the miners' walkout was justified,
promised for the strike the entire support of organized labor
and asked aid and endorsement for it from the general
-fpublic.
The council began its sessions at 3
o'clock after its members, had been
hastily, summoned together, and.
the statement which formulated its
action was carefully revised and .rt
written by Samuel Gompers and
Frank Morrison, president and sec
retary, respectively, of the federa
tion. ' , : '
History of Negotiation!.
''The council in its statement pre
sented at length the history of the
negotiations which led . up to and
precipitated the coal strike, declaring
almost in the first sentence that the
ers did everything in their pow,r to
avert this great industrial struggle."
It reserved its bitterest words for
later comment on governmental
action.
There were 2,200 delegates.-repre-senting
500,000 miners, seated inuhe
.convention which called the strike;
the statement said, after briefly
sketching in complaints of working
conditions in the industry which it
is asserted the miners seek to rem'
,cdy by striking. The instructions ol
the convention were taken through
tne usual committees intoconterence
with the operators, and - then, the
statement puts it, our government
interjected itself and applied for an
injunction.
- The statement characterized the
action as "invasion of the rights ol
miners, intended to starve the
miners into submission by cutting
ort their strike benefits, "and de
manded the withdrawal of the in
junction secured Satutday at Indian
apolis "to restore confidence in the
institutions of our country and re
spect to courts."
Say Strike Justified.
"By all the facts in the case the
miners' strike is justified," it con
cludes. "We indorse it. We are
convinced of the justice of the min
ers' "cause. We pledge to the miners
the full support of the American
Federation of . Labor and appeal to
the workers and citizenship of our
country to give like endorsement
and aid to the men engaged in this
momentous struggle.
the statement of the executive
council, which members refused to
interpret or discuss in any manner
and which is addressed to "Our Fel
low Citizens and to Our Fellow
Workers," follows:
"The executive council is of the
opinion ' that the officers of the
LInited Mine Workers of America
did everything in their power to
avert this great " industrial contro
versy. Of all the great industries
in our country, there is none so dan
gerous to human life as the coal in
dustry. . The men who go down un
der the pround to dig coal so that
the domestic and industrial needs of
the nation may be supplied, are en-
(TT (TO J In ...A.t. ma. 1 iL.i.
any othr employment. -
No Due Consideration.
"Efue consideration has never been
given to the danger surrounding the
coal miners. There is no other class
of employment where each individ
ual worker is so isolated and in
whose distripts there is such a lack
of opportunity for social inter
course and enjoyment. The condi
tion,of the miner and his family is
such that he is practically deprived
not only of sunshine and fresh air,
but to, a certain extent he is deprived
of , the association and companion
ship of all other human 'beings out
side of his own particular class who
are themselves engaged in the dan
gerous and unhealthy occupation of
coal 1 mininsr. The miners suffer
more than any other workers from
periods of compulsory unemploy
ment. Authentic statistics show that"
the miners have less than 200 dav '
of employment durinsr (ach vnr.
ine wages of the miners conse--quently,
having to spread over the
entire year, are greatly reduced as a
. v.uu.v ui me iiuii-ciiiDiovmenr ex'
isting in that industry.
"The high cost of living has ore. -
SentfH in narhon. .
. .."v. ... imja a iiiuic
nous form in isolated mining camm
tjhan in large industrial centers.
There is usually not the same op
pojiunity for the miners in the nv'n
iiiE camps to make their purchases
to such advantage as is presented in
other localities. Their isolation
prevents this.
Positive Declaration.- ' ''
"The United Mine Workers, nT
their convention, held during "the "
month of September in the city of
Cleveland, adopted a positive dec- -
laration demanding improved con-li-trSns
of employment for the niin
Mr. Lewis and Secretary-Treasurer
WriHaftrGreeif purposed to obey the
court's order, but that they could not
speak for other officials. While Mr.
Lewis would not comment further on
the subject, others indicated that the
statement of the miners attorney
was intended to show a willingness
of the two officials to call a meeting
of the international officials, district
presidents, executive board and
members of the miners' scale com
mittee for tomorrow,' to consider
the court order. V -None
Makes Statement.
The meeting of union officials has
been set for 10 o'clock tomorrow
mornine. Several of the district of
ficials, including Frank Farrington,
president of the Illinois district ar
rived today or tonight, but noie of
tne m would make any statement
The outcome of tomorrow's con
ference is problematical. Several
district presidents gave out state
merits on the situation last night be
fore leaving their homes for Indian
apolis. Ihese statements showed a
wide divergence of opinion as to
what course snould be adopted.
Alexander Howat, president of
district No. 14, Pittsburg. Kan., de
clared that his attitude was un
changed and that "regardless of in
junction, prisons and judges of the
United States." he was going to
fight.
Won't Fight Government.
C. S. Keeney, president of district
No. 17, West Virginia, said that "if
ordered to do so he would with
draw the strike order in his district
as it was notliis intention to fight
the government. William J. Tnckett,
secretary-treasurer of district No.
16, 'Maryland, expressed the opinion
that even if the strike order were
rescinded the men would not have
to return to work, and added: "I
don't think they would."
Many of the union men have con-
tendedv ever since the strike was
called that as the strike was or
dered by the full convention of the
convention could authorize calling
it off. Another phase of the situa
tion in connection with the court
order presents the question of what
action, the government might take
if the miners as individuals refuse
to' obey an order of officials re
scinding the strike order. - No opin
ion could be secured in this con
nection. Won't Discuss Matter. v
John L. Lewis, acting president
of the United Mine Workers, re
fused to discuss the action of the
American Federation of Labor ex
ecutive council tonight. When told
of the declaration of the labor lead
ers he remarked: i
"Very interesting!"
- Pressed for the probable effect
ing of the miners, Mr. Lewis said:
I have no other comment to
make."
William Green, secretary-treasurer
of the mine workers, said:
"I do not feel that under all the
circumstances I should express an
opinion on the federation's action
at this time." -
Republican Forges Ahead.
OklahoirurTJity. Okla.. Nov. 9.
Returns from IS scattered nri-
tinets increased to 1,300 the lead by
which J. W. Harreld, republican, ap
parently was elected to
congress in
tne fit th distrirf vpstAdv
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