RIEF
BRIGHT
REE Z Y
bIT OF NEWS
"PUSSYFOOT" JOHNSON
LOSES HIS RIGHT EYE.
London, Nov. 27. The right eye
of William E. (Pussyfoot) Johnson,
mucuv.au piumumun worxer
and organizer of the Anti-Saloon
league has been successfully re
' moved. Physicians in . attendance
explained that removal of the eye
was necessary to save the other ind
also that the pain could not have
been relieved otherwise.
Mr. Johnson's eye was injured on
November 13, when he was dragged
from a platform by students while
he was making a prohibition speech,
and paraded through various streets
of London by the "raggers."
, FAIL TO FIND TURKEY;
TAKE CASH EQUIVALENT.
Lincoln, Nov. 27. (Special.)
Burglars hunting for turkey for
.Thanksgiving dinner entered the
store of the Corner Grocery in the
residence portion of the city ahput
9 Wednesday evening and held up
the proprietor and two clerks. Find
ing the turkey all gone they said
they would take its equivalent in
cash, which they did, amounting to
about $100. No clue could be se
cured after they had left.
STRIKERS REFUSE TO v
EAT TURKEY DINNER. , '
New York, Nov. 7. The Ellis
island soviet of radicals, held for de
portation, failed to be tempted from
its hunger strike by Thanksgiving
turkey. Cranberries, giblet gravy
and plum pudding made no impres
sion,; either, for the 67 ''loyal strik
crs"'hooted and yelled continuously
while the three "secessionists" par
took of the meal provided by the
immigration authorities.
Tacoma, Wash., Nov. 27.
Twenty-two alleged I. W. W. held
in the city jailvon a charge of syn
dicalism refused to eat meals of
fered them or to talk with their
jailers.' ,
BACK TO THE MINES
FOR DEFEATED ELEVEN.
Lawrence, Kan., Nov. 27. Mem
bers of the Kansas university foot
ball team at the conclusion, of the
game here with the University of
Missouri eleven voted to offer their
services to, the state in digging coal
in the mines.
PRINCESS MARY MAKES '
DEBUT AS A SPEAKER.
London, Nov. 27. Princess Mary
made her debut as. a speaker at a
public function Thursday night, the
occasion being a farewell rally of.
the women's land army which is
being disbanded. Thecerernony was
a picturesque one in the old Drap
ers' hall. . V
After making an effective speech
Princess Mary presented "distin
guished service oars" to some SO
women, for tneir war work. The.
women and girls -present wore their
war -uniforms and Jater were enter-"
tained at a supper and concert They
gave the princess hearty welcome.
AUTOMOBILISTS CANNOT
BUY GASOLINE SUNDAY. .. ,
Baltimore, Md., Nor"27. Auto
tnobilists ; wee warned through V
order issued - by 'Police Marshal
Carter for enforcement of the Sun
day selling and work laws and to
supply themselves with enough gaso
line to. carry them over Sunday,
since he regards the sale on that
day as an act neither of charity nor
of necessity, which the laws ex
empt. ?
WEALTHY NEW YORKER
MARRIES MANICURIST.
London', Nov. 27. John Gordon,
64, reputed to be a wealthy. New
York broker, with a residence in
Fifth avenue, was quietly married a
few weeks ago, it was learned, to
Ethel Newlands 30, who fbr the
past four years has been a mani
curist at the Savoy hotel. "
Mr. Gordon, it is said, became ac
quainted with the young woman
about three months ago. and fell in
love with her immediately because,
he said, she resembled his first wife,
who is dead. He settled a handsome
income on his bride's mother and
told, friends he expected to live in
Buckingham palace road, Mayfair,
after the honeymoon.
HOBOES WOULD CHANGE .
THE WORLD ABOUT.
Baltimore, Md., Nov. 27 Radical
changes would be made in the uin
ning of the world if resolutions
adopted here by the annual conven
tion of the- migratory, casual and
unemployed workers, familiarly
known as "Hoboes," are ever real
ized. "' .' ' J , y ' .:
After passing a resolution de
nouncing the chain gang, system for
convicts a move was made for the
freedom of Ireland. Copies of this
action were ordered to be sent to
the Friends of Irish Freedom.
Then a resolution was adopted
demanding that the president and
congress be deprived of the right to
make , war 'without a referendum,
because they want the people to de
cide steps leadjng to hostilities.
limfs F.ait Howf "th million
aire hobo," and about - two dozen
delegates compose the gathering. ,
OLD WIDOWS BRING
VERY HIGH PRICE.
Paris, Nov. 27. Because he had
neither captured nor purchased his
bride according to the traditional
custom of Mongolia a young French
diplomat assigned to a post in the
far east had his marriage with an
American actress annulled by the
French courts.
The diolomat' met the American
. in Shanghai and after a short court
ship they s elopea to , Mongonia,
where theywere married before a
Belgian Roman Catholic missionary.
The American girl, according to her
hmhand s storv. in a lew aays as
serted him. The court held that the
marriage was not valid, as French
law reauires Frenchmen marrying
tbroad to havi the. ceremony per
formed before a French diplomatic
- officer or "according to the usages of
the country in wnicn w marriage
it nrfnrmed.'
In Mongolia there are only two
modes of marriage consecraiea oy
i . : .... nnA nnrrnaf
iraaiuou vnit"s r v
ine- COSl Ol - . in
five earners for a young girl to 30 or
40 camels for an old widow,- the
latter being quoted higher than all
"THE VELVET HAMMER" TAPS THE FADS AND FQUsLES OF OUR OWN WELL-KNOWNS.
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SYRACUSE !S
BEATEN 3-0
AT LINCOLN
Cqrnhusker Eleven Wins Hard
Fought Contest Played Dur
ing Heavy Downfall of Snow
Before 6,000 Fans.
NEBRASKA'S CAPTAIN
KICKS A FIELD GOAL
Zero "Weather, Along With
Snow, ; Handicaps Play
Both Teams About Evenly
Matched in Yardage Gained.
By KARL LEE.
Lincoln, Nov. 27. (Special Tele
gram.) A drop kick booted from
the 27-yard line by Captain Paul
Dobson, the brilliant leader of the
Nebraska university foot ball eleven,
today won by a three-point margin
the greatest victory achieved in tne
annals of educational Husker insti
tutions from the Syracuse university
grid team. Dobson scored in the
second period. - ,
The New Yorkers fought during
the entire game with all the stamina,
versatility and brilliance that had
won them victories over Colgate,
Brown and Pittsburgh, earning them
the championship of the east, yet
the best they could do was to bring
the ball to the Nebraska- 24-yard
line in the first quarter.
Weather Slows Play.
Cold weather and a floating snow
fall tended to slow up the play. In
this respect, judging from the play,
the New Yorkers had a marked ad
vantage, for their backs, Ackley,
Ervvig and Abbott, tore through the
Husker line for heavy gains. The
Husker backs in turn, though get
ting away for several long runs,
which evened accounts, were seldom
able to punch the line. '
The Nebraskans also scored a
touchdown, but because -ithe play
was made on a forward pass, New
man to Swansott, the latter receiving
the ball outside the extremity of the
Syracuse end zone line, it was dis
a'lowed. Nebraska, chiefly through
the efforts of Hubka and Schellen
berg. had carried the ball to the
Syracuse one-foot line. Here the
pass, was completed, t
Cornhuskers the- Class.
In' all departments, except, per
haps, in gains off the line in scrim
mage, the Cornhuskers clearly Out
classed the easterners.. Coach
Sehulte's men 1 fought with cool
knowledge of their superiority, de
spite that the Syracuse eleven was
rated as the best foot ball eleven in
the entire country, and on this alone
achieved their victory.
The New York' eleven opened up
on an extensive forward pass at
tack early in the first quarter and
continued these tactics until the
game's end, but to no avail. OS
14 forward passes attempted the
easterners completed one for 36
varrU in the center of the field. Six
passes, incomplete, were interrupted
by Nebraska men." .,- .
At the close pi tne nrst nan auer
the Huskers had amassed their lead
of thrae points it was evident that
the Nebraska mentor, Coacn Schulte;
had sent out instructions to play a
purely, defensive game. . ;
The New Yorkers kept up their
offensive. tactics throughout. Heavy
gains were made repeatedly through
the line but invariably the visiting
(Continued on Pan Three, Column Three.)
Perform Autopsy .on
Winston Salem Girl,
Who Died Suddenly
Winston-Salem. N. C. Nov. 27.
An autopsy on the stomach of Miss
Lucille Sharp, the young .Winston
Salem eirl who died suddenly in Bal
timore Saturday, was performed here
by Coroner Smith of Baltimore.
Nothing regarding the result ot
the autopsy was made public here
and the coroner and accompanying
Baltimore officials left this city tak
ing the stomach of the dead woman
along for further examination.
Miss Sharp s death followed an ill
ness of a few hours. A certificate of
death" from Bright's disease was is
sued at a Baltimore hospital. Later
the Baltimore police arrested John
Kailleyl retired manufacturer of Bal
timore, and Allie Osman, a Turk, of
New York, both of whom were or
dered held pending investigation of
the woman's death.
Italian Government
Will Prevent Spalato
Plans of D' Arinunzia
Basle, Nov. 27. A dispatch from
Belgrade dated November 2S has
been received by the Laibacji (Aus
tria correspondent bureau, stating
that the Italian government has in
formed the government, of Jugo
slavia that Ita!y would observe the
decision reached by the Paris peace
conference with regard to the Dal
matian question and would itself
prevent any atterhpt in the direc
tion of Spalato by d'Aununzjo,
WESTERN STORM
. WREAKS HAVOC
ON EVERY- SIDE
Trains Behind Schedule, NVire
Service Crippled and Live
Stock Suffering.
The mercury stilly hovered about
the 10-above-zero mark last night
despite the prediction of warmer
warmer weather. The wind that had
swept Omaha for 24 hours died down
early last evening. Train service
into Omaha was still impaired last
night. Trains from northern and
eastern points were froinj one to
three hours late while trains from
the west were even farther zehind
their schedules.
On the Union Pacific lines west
to Denver a light wind was drifting
the snow. In several places the
snow fell five to six inchest . Last
night it was generally cloudy over
the system and snow was falling.
The temperature was about 10 or 12
degrees, above zero.
Heavy Snow in Mountains.
Denver, Colo., Nov. 27.Trains on
all lines from one to six, hours be-
hind schedule, wire service crippled,
snow covering the backbone of the
Rockies to depths varying from four
inches to two feet, southern Arizona
threatened by floods as a result of
12 hours of heavy fain, temperatures
ranging from freezing to 20 below
zero is the summary to date of the
storm sweeping from the Missouri
river to the coast. i
The extent of damage from the
cold iwa,vev cannot be estimated.
Chief loss, the local weather bureau
says, will be to live stock herds on
the open plains. Snow covers vir"
ttially the entire "country from Kan
sas to the west slope of the Sierra
Nevada mountains and from Canada
to northern Arizona, eastern New
Mexico and western Texas. From
the southern terminus- of the snow
belt, heavy rains have been falling
for 12 hours. The Agua Pria river,
west of Phoei.V Ariz., is out of its
banks, flooding the farming country
and fear is felt for the safety of resi
dents of the lowlands. Robert Percy,
a rancher of the Agua Fria valley,
with his wife and two children, are
marooned in their barn. The Percy
home was carried away by the flood.
Southern Route Blocked.
" Flagstaff, Ariz and 4hesurround-t
nig country is buried under two teet
of snow, which is Still falling. '
Albuquerque, N. M., reports all
westbound overland passenger trains
"indefinitely late," due to snows in
the Glorieta and Raton mountains.
At points in Wyoming the storm
was accompanied by high winds and
cutting snow. The mercury dropped
to 20 below at Lander. The fuel
situation in several Wyoming towns
is reported critical. V
Denver's lowest temperature for
the past 24 hours was 5 below zero.
At no time Thursday did the mer
cury, rise above the zero mark.
Thursday , was the first white
Thanksgiving day in Denver in 12
years.,
POLICE WIRE
KANSAS CITY
FOR SLAYER
Body Believed That of Miss
Massette Waiter in Ahko's
Restaurant Served Her Din
ner With Suspect.
TWO GIRLS CERTAIN
VICTIM WAS WAITRESS
Man Fled Friday, Immediately
After, Discovery of Crime in
Ravine Threatened to Kill
Former Common-Law Wife.
Petition Wilson for
emency in Lase
Of Negroes Sentenced
Boston, " Nov. 27. A resolution
adopted at a union thanksgiving
service of negro churches and tele
graphed to President Wilson, At
torney General Palmer and Gover
nor Brough of Arkansas implores
clemency for "the 11 members of
our race sentenced to death for the
Elaine riots, to be executed Friday,
according to press reports."
President Wilson was petitioned
to request Governor. Brough to
grant reprieves "pending impartial
investigation" and Attorney Gen
eral Palmer was urged to grant the
petition so as "to afford lime to in?
quire into the" claim that the con
victed men were defending property
and legal rights."
Another resolution requested the
United States senate to amend the
railroad bill by inserting a clause
"td" abolish the greatest violation
of democracy, the segregation of
passengers for race, as applied to
interstate travel."
British Syndicate
Wffl Control World's
ut of Diamonds
Outpi
Johannesburg, South Africa, Nov.
27. South Africa diamonds hence
forth are to be under control, ac
cording to a statement made by
Minister of Mines Malin. A London
syndicate is to be the sole channel
through which the world's markets
can obtain stones. The amount to
be supplied for sale will be based
on the actual sales of the past three
months.
The De Beers mines provided 51
per cent, the Premier 18 per cent,
Jagersfontain mines 10 per. cent and
the Southwest Protectorate 21 per
cent. The basic price, for stones is
to be fixed each three months.
Yanks Enjoy Thanksgiving
With Russ, Japs, Chinese
New York, Nov. 27. Chinese,
Japanese and Russian soldiers in
Siberia, joined with 5,000 American
troops there in , Thanksgiving day
celebrations, cabled advices to the
Knights of Columbus announced.
Besides Thanksgiving "eats," foot
ball and opeti air boxing contests
were general.
Alice Massetts, whose body is be
lieved to be that found murdeied
in ravine near Coffman station a.
week ago yesterday morning, dined
in Louie Ahko's cafe a few days be
fore the body was found with, the
waiter now sought by the police in
connection with the murder.'
An autopsy performed on the
dead girl revealed the fact that she
ate a chicken dinner with chop suey
on the day she was murdered.
Wife in Kansas City.
According to a waiter in Ahko's
cafe, Fifteenth and Harney streets,
Miss Massetts and the man the po
lice are looking for dined there a
few davs --before the body was
found. The waiter is unable to say
on what day he served Miss Mas
setts and her, friend dinner. They
left the place together and neither
has been seen about Ahko's place
since, although both were" in the
habit of eating there often.
The man in the case is said to
have a wife in Kansas City. The
police have requested Kansas City
officials to watch for the man's ap
pearance there I
Miss Massetts, as far as is known,
was employed last: inthc Harney
Hotel cafe. V "r ' , .
T Chop Suey Waiter. " 4
The man, who until recently- was
employed in an' Omaha chop suey
restaurant, is said to have left the
city last Friday immediately after
reading the newspaper accounts of
the discovery of the body, which
friends believe' to be that of 'Miss
Alice Massette, former waitress
here, whose parents are said to live
in Colfax, la.
Miss Florence Rathke, 2918
North Twenty-seventh street, and
Miss Ethel Fletcher, 917 1-2- South
Thirteenth street, told detectives
Wednesday they were sure the
body was that of Miss Massette,
with whom they had been intimate
ly acquainted for years. -
, Wires All Cities.
After obtaining the name of the
waiter, who is alleged to have
threatened many, times to kill Miss
Massette, his former common-law
wife, if she did not desist in her
methods ' of annoying him. Chief
Dunn immediately .wired a descrip
tion of the fugitive to the police de
partments of surrounding cities and
requested his arrest.
This action was taken following
the identification of the body at the
John A. Gentleman undertaking "es
tablishment, 3411 Farnam street, by
Miss Rathke and Miss Fletdier.
The theory that the body was that
of Miss Freda Walter of Kearney,
Neb., was one of several to be ex
ploded Wednesday. A telegram was
received from the Kearney police
Wednesday night to the effect that
Miss Walter. was Jocated at her
home. - '
Body Placed in Vault.
The body of the mystery woman
was placed in a vault in Prospect
Hill cemetery yesterday afternoon
If friends or relatives of any other
missing women desire to learn
whether the body of the woman is
tliat of the person in regard to whom
they are seeking information, they
will be furnished with a detailed
description of the dead woman. They
will also be shown photographs
of the corpse. Unless persons mak
ing inquiries in the future are posi
tive of the identiy of the dead
woman, the body will not . be re
moved from the vault, it was said.
. - Not Mrs. Springer.
L. J. Springer, traveling salesman
for the .Watkins Medical company,
Red Oak, was in the city Thursday
afternoon looking for his wife, who
fled from her home in Red Oak three
Weeks ago, and only vague traces of
her have since-been found. Springer
had a haunting-fear that she might
be the unidentified murdered woman
found 15 miles north of Omaha last
Thursday and went to the Gentle
man undertaking morgue 'yesterday I
to dispel nis iear. ne was greauy
relieved to find that ithe nystery
woman was not his wire. ,
Driver Injured in Collision,
Then Pfaced Under Arrest
Ray Overbay, Millard hotel, was
badly cut about the head and face
at midnight last night when the
rented Ford he was driving collided
with a car carrying license number
153489 Iowa, at Twenty-fourth and
Harney streets. The driver of the
Iowa car drove away. Overbay's
machine was badly damaged. Over
bay was arrested and charged with
drunken
Where Are the Cars?
J. uvl W .
ZMINERS AMD
EtMin Tbt National Upatllna
FRANIC BACON IS
KILLED GOING TO
SEE GRANDCHILD
Auto Turns Ovsr in Mountains
Near Cumberland,' Md.
Daughter Well Known in
, . Omaha Society.
Cumberland, Md., Nov. 27. -(Special
Telegram.) Frank Bacon,
aged 55, head of the Bacon Motor
corporation, Newcastle, ' Pa., was
killed by his car going over the
bank on the National Pike seven
miles east tof Cumberland Thursday
morning.' -Mrs. Bacon, who was with
her husband, escaped with a cut over
the eye. They left Uniontown for
Washington to have dinner with
their daughter, Mrs. Walter S." Pen
field, formerly Miss Lucille Bacon of
Omaha. The machine jumped on a
curve as the ascent of the 'moun
tain began and. Bacon lost control.
The? car turned over three times
and .landed on . the wheels. Mr.
Bacon's feet were entangled in the
steering wheel and Tis body hang
ing'downward over the side of the
car. :. .., : V , "
Mrs.. Bacon extricated herself from
the -bed . of the -car. Ir was one of
Mr. JBacon s own assembled cars.
HeN came from Omaha, Neb., some
time ago and was about to open
his factory at Newcastle When the
accident occurred the daughter's
home was notified by long-distance
telephone. The nurse, who received
the message, sent one in retunrthat
a daughter had been born to Mrs.
Penfield but a short time before.
Frank Bacon is a brother of J. P.
Bacon, 2589 Kansas avenue. Omaha.
Mr. Bacon was identified for many
years with the large business inter
ests of the Baum family in Omaha,
having been originally with the
Baum Iron Works, and going to St.
Louis as the representative of the
family when a business was estab
dished down there. When J. E. and
David Baum bought out the Bennett
store, riW the Burgess-Nash Co., he
became the firm's confidential man.
Later he bought oiaiid reorgan
ized the Drummond Carriage Co.,
converting . it into the , Drummond
Auto Co. Following that he became
interested with C. G. Powell in the
Powell-Bacon Co., but was bought
out by M". Powell after a few
months. He then went to Pitts
burgh, where it is understood he
promoted several enterprises.
Pejepscott Paper Company
. -i Sold io New York Firm
Lewis ton, Me., Nov. 27. Sale of
the controlling interest in the Pejep
scott Paper company and subsidi
aries by the W. H. Parsons company
of New York to J. H. Barnes of
Chicago, United States wheat direc
tor, was announced to minority
stockholders.
The property includes four mills
in this state and Nova Scotia, tim
ber in this' state, Quebec and New
Brunswick, and a fleet of tugs and
barges. The sale price was estimat
ed to be in excess of $750,000.
Creighton Closes Season v. ;
Undefeated, Beating South
; . Dakota Aggies By 7. to 0
Visitors Outweighed Creighton Line 12 Pounds to the
Man, But Latter's Defense Was Adamant Long
And Mulholland Were Stars of the Game, Which
Was First Lost by Aggies This Season.
In "a foot" of , snow,. Creighton
closed her 1919 foot' ball season
yesterday, by defeating - the South
Dakota State Agricultural College 7
to 0 on the Creighton field.
A brisk wind swept the field con
stantly, benumbing the players'
hands. Fumbles as a consequence,
were frequent on both sides. Both
teams restored to punting, often,
see-sawing the ball from end to end
of the field without gaining decisive
advantage for either eleven.
Creighton Outwetglied. -'
The Dakota line, . outweighing
Creighton's approximately 12 pounds
per man, ripped through the Creigh
ton defense when the Blue and White
carried the ball, and stopped every
thiitg during the early stages of 'the
game. On defense, however, the
Creighton line was adamant.
To Dickinson, their plucky half
back; Dakota owes great credit. His
kicking snatched the Coyote goal
out of danger 10 times or more and
his endNruns featured the Dakota
attack.
J. Clifford Long, Cfeighton's
quarterback,- also played a great
game. Snow-covered and numb, the
little Creighton star, handled the ball
through more than three-quarters of
the earne without a fumble. He was
'relieved just after the opening of
the fourth period by Harmon.
Long's' beautiful forward pass to
Eddie MullhoIIand, after which the
latter raced 18 yards to the Dakota
8-yard line, paved the . way for
Creighton's only tallies. Leahy
ripped through center for 1 yard on
the following play and Long plowed
through tackle for 6 more. Ole Paul
sen and Mark-Cavanaugh opened a
hole in their side of the line on the
next play and Xong scuttled over
the line for Creighton's only touch
down. Stars of Game.
Long's work was little' more bril
liant than that of Eddie MullhoI
Iand. "Mullie," playing his last grid
iron congest for C. U., distinguished
himself during all four quarters on
both offense and defense. He was
good for gains either through the
line or around the ends, and was
responsible in some measure each
time for the success of Creighton's
four complete forward passes.
It was the Aggies' first defeat this
year. By adding the Dakotans to
their list of victories, the locals
closed a .season unblemished by a
single defeat.
Creighton out-gained Dakota, but
Dickinson's punting kept the Blue
and White from scoring time and
(Continued on Page Three, Column Four)
OPERATORS
CAN'T AGREE
, ' , V-' '
Workers Refuse jo Accept
Garfield's Wage Offer of 14
Per Cent Increase and End
Meeting With Mine Owners,
governmenTscored. -by
president lewis
Thieves With Truck
Turn on the Electric
Lights to Rot Store
Thieves with an auto truck vis
ited the store of Lawrence Peter
sen, 3602. Ames apnue. at 3 o'clock
Thursday evening, and turning on
all the electric lights, including
three big electric lamps, looted the
place. at their leisure, taking away
a truck load of stuff.
Neighbors found the place flood
ed with light and the doors broken
open, when they arrived heme at
about 4. and nptifirt the police. The
truck" Iracks showed the thieves
turned toward the city when they
left.. .
Four Men Sentenced in
- Winnipeg Labor Rioting
Winnipeg, Nov. 27. Convicted on
r-Viarcres n( riotinir and unlawful as
sembly during the general strike
here last spring. Joe Moss was sen
tenced to two years at hard labor
in the nenitentiarv. Henry Gourk, a
rpfnrnnH snlHirr was rivf n three
months in the provincial jail, Michael
ivrari two years in tne penitentiary
and Thomas Szoauriski one year in
the nrovinci?! iai on the same
charges
Withdraw Necklace
tin r i
ale yvhenUnlv
From Sal
67,000 Pounds Offered
London, Nov. 27. As only 67,
000 pounds was offered when a pearl
necklace, said to have belonged to
the mother of Peter The Great, was
offered for sale at auction, it was
withdrawn". The reserved price
placed on the necklace by the auc
tioneer was 350,000 pounds.
The pearls making up the neck
lace weigh 4,000 grains and num
ber 128, the largest being 38 grains.
It is( said it will- be broken up and
the'j'ewels offered separately unless
a private purchaser willing to pay
the desired sum is found. The neck
lace was brought to England recent
ly under unusual circumstances,
having been around the body of the
carrier.
Jewish Convention.
New York,; Nov. 27. Delegates
from Jewish congregations in 20
states will meet here Friday for the
reconstruction convention of., the
unio nof Orthodox Jewish Congre
gations of America. The convention
wiir. organize a national campaign
for religious and educational work
among Jews
Thanksgiving Day Meeting
Held Behind Closed Doors
And Was Productive of
Much Heated Oratory.:
Washington,- Nov, 27. An ab"
rupt end came late today to all at
tempts to settle the nation-wide
coal strike by peaceful agreement.,
Miners and operators spent a
bleak Thanksgiving afternoon in
embittered debate over. the govern-'
ment proposal for a 14 per cent
wage increase, made last night by
Fuel Administrator Garfield, re-,
jected it and every other proposal
that was forthcoming and then dis
solved sine die.
Participants went home tonight,
ant where the break left coal strike
conditions, no one of . theni, miner
pr operator, would, say. Likewise
in official quarters there was si
lence. Lewis Scores, Government.;
Acting President John L. Lewis ;
of the mine operators, though re
fusing to say one word as to the
strike itself, which theoretically
was called off irr obedience to Fed
eral Judge Anderson's injunction,:
holding it a violation of the Lever
act for wartime food and fuel cot-,
trol, scored the government roundly
at the conclusion of the conference.
So did William. Green, secretary of
the miners. ' . ; - -
Ql!riPrs though accepting' the -.
government proposal definitely in a
letter of explanation to Dr. Gar
field, which they made public, in
timated that the government re-
fusal to allow price increases would
bear consideration. ' : ' ' '
: Behind Closed' Doors.
It was behind closed doors thai ,
the coal situation reached its climax- ,
today, after involving the full atten-,-tion
of the federal government for, -two
days previously. There' was
much Iteated oratory, but T. W.
Guthrie of Pittsburgh, acting chair- ,
man of the operators, renewed their , ;
formal offer Vf arbitration, and this
the miners voted down. Unanimous-, .
ly an adjournment was voted. .
, "The operators are pretending to ,
accept lr. Garfield's proposal," Mr. '
Lewis said, manifesting scorn and
indignation as he called the news-,
paper men around him in the noisy
hall that was the scene of the all- j
day gatherings, ' i
"But as they do it thy state they
are unable to operate many of their '
mines under it. It. would be foolish
for us to attempt to make jn
agreement unless miners are to Be
given work. . . ; .
"Our position is unchanged. Ve
hold the United States government
cannot break its word. The pledge
of Secretary Wilson to grant- us a ,
31 per cent increase must be re-1
deemed. In my judgment Dr., Gar
field and the cabinet have committed
the most colossal blunder in the his
tory oi our nation. They are blindly
following an academic theory, with
out regard to justice to themine
workers or effects on the people of
the United States. , -
Statesmen Respsonsible."
"Responsibility for the crisis now
tonfronting the nation must be with,
those statesmen using the powers ot
government ' to oppress and deny
justice to a great element of its
citizenship directly concerned in in- ?
dustry. - .
."I cannot believe the people of
our country will endorse such a
policy of oppression and repression. -which
means continued industrial
chaos and intense suffering on the "
part of the mine workers and vour
citizenship." ,
With that Lewis brushed away all
questioners. His associates, how
ever; confirmed the impression that ,
there would be no resumption of
work in the mining camos now
closed.
Operators. less communicative,
went away with varying resolutions.
One or, two had reached a determl- v
nation, "they, said, to attempt pro
duction, regardless of the strikers. .
but most of them were in doubt on
this point. Acting Chairman Guthrie
indicated that as an organized body
they had ceased to function and that '
individual necessity and inclination
would govern their action, thought
all would wait a little to'see what
the government proposed. -Open
Letter to Garfiefd.
The open letter to. Dr. Garfield
said that in view of tne serious situ- '
ation, the wage scale committee for
the central field would accept his
suggested basis of settlement "pre
serving present differentials."
"At the same time we wish to call -your
attention to the fact that the
acceptance of this increase in wages
without any increase in selling prices -of
bituminous coal entirely elim- "
inates the profits of a large number
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