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u r RIEF BRIGHT REEZY BITS OF NEWS BALFOUR SUBTLY SCORES AMERICA. London, Dec. 11. Arthur J. Bal four, lord president of the council, in a speech in London on world re construction, said: "One of the greatest of our allies felt that they cannot go through with us to the end in the rnss of reconstruction. I am not going to criticise, because I rhiuk it out of place to criticise any of the foreign powers. But it would be a very poor compliment to my American friends to say that we regard with indiffer ence the fact that they have not seen their way to carry their own co-operation with us in this work of international reconstruction to the end." FASCINATING! GRIPPING! ADELE GARRISON'S LOVE SERIAL, REVELATIONS OF A WIFE. 1? The Omaha Daily Bee VOL. 49 NO. 1 en Ealmtf . lt. Onaka P. o. - Im matter Mar Jt, IMS. at act at nana J, 117. OMAHA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1919. v Mall (I yar). Dally. U.M: Suitaay. 12.59; Dally aa Sua., M.OO; aattlaa Nab. aortut aitra. TW O CENTS. THE WEATHER: Snow and colder Friday; Satur day probably fair; colder in ex treme east portion, Hourly toniprraturoa 5 a. m IS a. ni 15 7 a. m. ..,(.. Ml S a. in IT 9 a. m.... IS 10 a. m. ...... ..to It a. m tt 11 noon . . t 1 - 2 S p. p. p. P. 81 t a p. m. SS .t .81 .9 14 .14 .14 IndlrnUa brlow tm. M iii 1920 G.O.P. JENKINS' BONDSMAN DOESNT FEAR ARREST. Mexico City, Dec. 11. "It's tio Lody's business who I am or where . I came from," said J. Salter Hansen, when questioned as to how he came to furnish the' bail bond under which Consular Agent Jenkins was re leased at Pucbla last week. Mr. Hansen said he formerly had lived in New York and that while there he had had a collision with the authorities. "But arrests are nothing in my life," he added. FAMOUS ELK HERD ' FACES EXTINCTION. New York. Dec. 12. The famous elk herd in Yellowstone pask, num bering 30,000 animals, faces extinc tion because of the heaviest snowfall in 30 years and heavy slaughter of tiie animals in Montana, where they have been driven in search of food, according to Robert S. Yard, execu tive secretary of the National Parks association Five thousand animals already have been killed by hunters outside the park and their carcasses shipped to market in the present hunting season, which does not close autil Christmas eve, Mr. Yard said. The National Parks association is conducting a campaign for the elks' preservation and Mr. Yard declared that starvation faces the animals left unless large quantities of hay. for which no appropriation is at present available, can be distributed in their feeding grounds. The almost un prccedentedly heavy snowfall ' has cutoff the usual food supply. SOLDIER TO WED IN WHEEL CHAIR. Chicago, Dec. 11. Sergeant Frank Dukes. a wounded soldier in the United States Marine hospital, will be married in a wheel chair in the North Shore Baptist church De cember 20 to Miss Mabel Dihel, a volunteer Red Cross nurse, who attended him at the hospital. - , Sergeant Dukes was wounded in the Glenn Springs, (Texas) action against the Mexicans, of the 14th United States Cavalry. GREAT BERNHARDT , ! , VITAL AS OF OLD. Paris, Dec. 11. Conveyed in a wheel1 chair from her automobile to the stage, Sarah-Bernhart, Thurs day evening, directed the production at her theater of a new "Maison Cornos," set in Jerusalem. The "Divine Sarah's" remarkable vitality completely dominated the stage. Prompting the company from behind one of the wings, she in spired the players to some brilliant histrionic work. "Don't tell me you've got to go to surgeons or chemists to find the fountain of youth." she said to Uni versal Service between acts. "Work without worry and a God Riven strength and constitution that's the sole secret of my vitality." CAMPAIGNIN HAYS'HANDS 9 a Retention as Head of National Committee Regardless of Who Is Nominated for Presi dent Insured by Republicans. LAY OUT Dims FOR . . CONVENTION IN JUNE Convention Committee Already Flooded With Applications For Tickets, More So Than In Previous Years. 'GRAY BROTHER " LACKS OSBORN'S PRISON REFORM. New York, Dec. 11. Thomas Mott Osbbrn. prison reformer, re cently engaged -in interviewing for mer prisoners, guards and assistant wardens in Joliet- prison, called by , convicts the "no man's land" of Illi nois, with view to ending alleged abuses there, has started a nation wide campaign to put ea:h of the 50 state prisons and five federal peni tentiaries upon "humane basis.". The fortune of a wealthy ex-convict, "known from one end of the country to the other," a man of in fluence in Washington, but who for the present is mentioned only as the "gray brother," is said to have been placed at the disposal of Mr. Osborn to finance his venture. Sixteen hundred former prisoners row in New York city, alt of whom are with reputable firms, and living "straight," are devoting their atten tion to the crusade. ACQUITTED OF KILLING SUITOR OF DAUGHTER. Elizabeth Haskett was acquitted of rii rharce of the murder of Charles Goldstrap, 17 years old, a suitor of her daughter, on December 28, 1918. The jury was out 23 hours and 15 minutes. The defense declared that young Goldstrap was shot while he was pounding upon a back door of the Haskett home late at night, Mrs. Haskett firing to frighten the in truder. "NO GOOD AFTER 40" PROFESSOR VERY, ILL- Baltimore, Dec. 11. Sir William Osier, regius professor of medicine at Oxford University, and formerly of the John Hopkins Universjtiy, has taken a turn for the worse. He is suffering from bronchial pneu monia, it was learned her in a tele rram to Dr. Thomas B. Futcher from Lady Osier. Sir William is '0 years old. JNIQUE DEFENSE FOR JLAYER OF GIRL. Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 11. Dis posing one of the most unusual points ever urged in behalf of a nan charged with murder, it became 'ndwn that defense attorneys for Harry S. New Jr., slayer of Freda -esser. who faces trial next Tues day, will claim that New is an auto maton. . . The claim that New is a "living being acting in a mechanical or in voluntary manner" wilLbe the basis of his insanity defense, it was stated. Washington, Dec. 11. Organiza tion and co-ordination methods for the Coming campaign were discussed today at a meeting here of the Na tional "Association of - Republican State Chairmen. Will H. Hays, the party's national chairman, and other officials of the national organization participated in the consideration ot measures to insure harmony among the various state organizations. Every state was represented. The meeting was executive, and it .was said most of the time was taken up in exchanging views without any attempt to fix policies. There was understood to be a general agree ment, however, that Chairman Hays' plan to decentralize campaign con tributions by limiting the amounts accepted, should be extended as far as practicable late .into the state campaigns. Planning Details. While the state leaders were in conference officials of the national committee began laying out the de tails for - the national convention, which the committee decided yes terday is to be held In Chicago on June 8. A. T. Hert, the Kentucky committeeman, chosen chairman of the convention committee, was flooded with applications for, tick ets and predicted that there would be more than the usual difficulty in making satisfactory arrangements, i Friends of Chairman Hays started af movement today to insure his re tention as head of the national com mittee through the campaign re gardless of who is nominated, for president The usual custom of giving management of the cam paign to an active pre-convention supporter of the nominee, they as serted, probably would be disre garded in 1920 -in order to permit Mr. Hays to carry on the organiza tion work he has begun. The speakers today included Will H. Hays, the national chairman; Frank H. Hitchcock, former, na tional ' chairman; . Senator Howard Sutherland of West Virginia; Mrs. Mary Garrett Hay of New York; Mrs. Margaret McCarter of .Kansas; William B. Thompson of New York; H. H. Motter, the Kansas state chairman, and Frank B. Hall, chair man for Massachusetts. Conferences Concluded. The meeting, which concluded the series of conferences which had brought several hundred republican leaders here, was held while pre liminary arrangements were in prog ress for the 1920 national conven tion, which the national committee voted yesterday to hold in Chicago, (Continued on Fare Ten, Column Four.) No Artificial Support to Boost American Exchange London, Dec. 11. (By The Asso ciated Press.) The British govern ment does not purpose to take any special measures in connection with the fall in American exchange be yond continuing its policy of with- "NOT GUILTY" IS SNYDER VERDICT AFTER 4 HOURS Jury Frees Man Who Made Address From? Patrol Wagon During Riot. Ralph Snyder, 3025 Larimore ave nue, charged in the district court of Judge Redick with conspiracy to commit murder on the person of Will Brown, the negro lynched in the court house riot of September 8, was found "not guilty" by the jury, which returned its verdict at 10:20 last night, after having con sidered the case 4 hours and 20 minutes. Half an hour, before the iurv filed in word came from the jury room that a decision had been arrived at and Judge Redick was sent for. In the meantime the prisoner had been brought down from the jail by a deputy sheriff. His "attorney ar rived a few minutes later and cheered Snyder with the assurance that the length of time the jury had been out assured him of a favorable verdict. Snyder was anxious and heaved a long and audible sigh when Foreman Metzer handed the writ ten verdict to the bailiff, who ead aloud: "We, the jury, find the de fendant not guilty." The defendant's attorney made a formal motion for bail on the other charges, which the judge said "he would takep in the morning. Other charges against Snyder include un lawful assemblage and rioting. Pending arraignment in court this morning Snyder was taken back to the county jail. The chief accusation against Sny der was that he had urged the crowd in an address from the police patrol wagon to take the dead body of Brown into the Lake and Ames ave nue district, to show negro residents the fate that would attend all such fiends. Snyder and his witnesses de nied he had made such statements, asserting that he attempted to per suade the" crowd to keep away from the district and avoid starting fur ther trouble. TURKS RELY ON AMERICA FOR JUSTICE Wanty Peace Tempered With Mercy, According to' Inter view Granted Associated Press by Sultan. ASSERTS TURKEY MUST - BE LEFT INDEPENDENT 3KILl!ED,3HURT, WHEN BUILDING IN IOWA COLLAPSES Third and Second Floors of Iowa Paper Company, Ce- ; ' dar Rapids, Fall In. Cedar Rapids, la., Dec 11. Three were killed and three injured, one perhaps fatally, when the third and second floors of the Iowa Paper company collapsed late Thursday. The dead are: George Bistline, laborer. Edgar Panel, negro, laborer. W. W. Chatterton, manager, Iowa Paper company. The injured: , -. , , -, , Miss Martma Stick, stenographer, slightly injured. Harry Pitts, slightly injured. Charles J. Johnson, secretary Iowa Paper company, badly bruised. Bistline and Panel were working on the third floor, which it is said, was greatly overloaded withi hun dreds of tons of food packages and sacked, feed and were ground to death in the collapse. The four in jured were trapped on the first floor beneath the wreckage. Pueblo, Colo., Dec. 11. Mrs. photding artificial support by borrow ing abroad and doing everything possible to stimulate British export trade, according to Andrew -Bonar Law, lord privy seal, and former chancellor of the exchequer, replying to a question in the House of Commons. Michigan Coal Miners Vote to Return to Work Bay City, Mich., Dec. 11 Michi gan coal miners tonight voted unani mously to return to the mines to morrow morning. Meetings held here and at Saginaw were addressed by members of the miners' execu tive board, who urged acceptance of President Wilson's terms. Machine workers started cutting coal in some of the mines today. The shafts are in shape for immediate operations and hoisting of coal is expected to begin by noon tomorrow. Motta Succeeds Ador . As Swiss President Berne, Dec. 11. Dr. Guiseppi Motta was elected president of the Swiss confederation by the federal assembly, succeeding Gustave Ador. Dr. Motta is vice 'president of the confederation for the present year and was chosen to the presidency m conformity with the customary rule of promotion. He 'was, once previously the president of the re public, serving .for the 191 S term. Edmund Schulthess was elected vice president for 1905 Supreme Court May Decide Legality of All Alcoholic Beer Washington, Dec. 11. The su preme court may decide whether the wartime prohibition act makes illegal the manufacture of all beer or only that of more than 27S per cent alcoholic contenr.'at the same time it hands down an opinion on the con stitutionality of the wartime act and the Volstead, law for the measure's enforcement. While there was no official an nouncement to the effect it was the opinion of the court officials, at the conclusion of arguments on the ques tion of the manufacture of beer, that decisions in both instances would be given at the same time. The court's next decision day is Monday. The appeals heard resulted from the dismissal of federal indictments returned against the American Brew ing company in New Orleans and the Standard brewery in Baltimore, resulting from their manufacture of beer containing 2.75 per cent alcohdl. Elihu Root and William .L. Mar bury, appearing for the brewers, ar gued that the "war beer" was not in toxicating and for that reason did not comejjnder the provision of that act. If the statute is construed as to include it, Mr. Marbury said, very grave doubt as to its constitution ality would result. Pope Celebrates Foundation Of American College in Rome Rome, Dec. 11. The Pope cele brated special mass Thursday on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the foundation of- the American col lege. Sixty American students were present as well as the rector. Mon signor O'Hern; the spiritual direc tor, Monsignor Mahoney, and the Rev. Joseph N. Denning of Marion. Ohio Believes U. S. Senate "Will Be Wise Towards Us" Thinks It Unfair Only Others Profit By Pledges of Wilson. ' '- Constantinople, Dec. 11. (By The Associated Press.) The Sultan of Tufkey. Mohammed VI, today re ceived The Associated Press corre spondent and discussed the Turkish situation and the part Turkey is taking in the settlement of the world peace. "He began speaking in Turkish to an interpreter, his aide, Lieuten ant Commander Fahri: "Turkish peace is desired quickly," he said, because delay is worse than war. Itinterferes wih oug political conditions and also our finances. The uncertainty tries, the morale of the people who have been long at war, and likewise "involves misery and sickness, s "As for the kind of peace we de sireit is one that will keep the east tranquil in which the powers of Europe are concerned. Eastern peace can be maintained only if Turkey is left independent. Who ever knows the east will agree with the opinion. The Islamic world will be satisfied only with our freedom. Rely on American People. "Regarding the American senate, I believe it will be wise owards us. It is clearly unfair that other na tionalities should profit by President Wilson's pledges, and not we. President Wilson's principles were appointed by the allied Dowers. We also rely on their sense of justice and that of the American people whose honor is involved.' "Surely America will not disap point tne millions 01 lurks and the Islamic world. "Those who investigated impar tially the Turkish question have discovered that, despite bad govern ment, our people have many merits ana deserve better treatment than it is reported they are to receive. Those Americans who do not believe the slander about us and who un derstand our difficulties will not countenance this treatment of the Turks. Solve Problems With Peace. "With peace we will begin solv ing internal iurkish attairs. It is first necessary to preserve the- tra dition of the people and it is my desire to secure the civilizing help of the" great powers. "I believe sincerely in the new Turkey, in her regeneration and her social progress if we are able to secure the general education of our people and also the modern means of prosperity. The Turks are an honest, gifted people and I shall en deavor with all my ability to attain these ends. Emancipation of Women. "Turkey, reconstructed, will be the center of the east's peace a'hd progress. It is my unwavering de termination to reach this result. One big field is the emancipation of Turk ish women. I believe it is through religion that we can best accomplish this, giving them the status of their American sisters, preserving their honor and probity and assuring their welfare as family builders. ''It will be seen that our religion is not against social progress. It is with satisfaction that we observe America adopting prohibition, which has been practiced among the faith ful Musse&ians for centuries. The tenets of religion are always helpful when obeyed. "As a last word, I wish to" express my gratitude to those Americans who, afteY visiting us. feel that we are not as bad as we are painted, and also my reliance on'the justness ot Americans. , Impression 6f Dignity. The sultan conveyed an impression of dignity. He seemed a reserved, but worn out old man, whose way had been full of pitfalls, with a groping in political darkness. So, when he shook hands with a hard grip, it gave one a galvanic shock. It made one more ready to believe that the sultan had been able to assert, his will against the old administra tive officials who sought to control him before the armistice and also after the armistice. sThe sultan wore the uniform of a marshal, a blue-gray overcoat with gold epaulets, a brown astrakhan cap, gray trousers with red stripes. He. is brown-eyed and a typical typical Turk. The features of his pale brown skin give him1 the appearance of physical weakness and his glasses a professional look. , When the doors closed his retinue waited without. He seated lTimself in business-like manner and drew from his pocket the notes of answers he had written to questions previous ly submitted, I THEATERS WILL REOPEN SUNDAY, 7 TO Jl ONLY Angered Managers Threaten Withdrawal From Cham ber of Commerce. Theater and motion picture men last night received unofficial advices that Hhc terminal coal committee will issue an order allowing these places to open from 7 to 11 begin ning Sunday, but that this does not carry with it an agreement to furn ish coal until the local supply has been replenished by the miners who have returned to work. The coal committee conferred last night with F. A. Brogan, presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce, who earlier in the evening stated I tnat he and Assistant Commissioner I W. A. Ellis of the Chamber of Commerce had been contemplating yesterday sending a telegram to the administration at Washington, urging the rescinding of any order that may have been . issued for the reopening of theaters in Omaha. The coal committee also wired a similar request to the Fuel administration. The. committee explained that it received from Dr. v Garfield a few days ago, an order allowing theaters to open from 7 to 11, but allowing local committees to retain full authority to distribute coal accord ing to their judgment Mayor Wants All Opened. Theater men are preparing to open their houses next Sunday, sev eral attractions already being on tl way to Omaha. - Mayor Smith yesterday urged the coal committee to reopen theaters, dance halls and other places of amusement. Omaha movie men insist that or ders were issued by the United Statesuel commission authorizing the reopening of theaters without restrictions, and the telegraphic wires between Omaha and Washing ton yesterday burned with messages on this subject. Rosewater Gets Permit. At the solicitation of theater tnd movie managers, Victor Rosewater, editor of'The Bee, yesterday took up the matter of their closing with Director of Operations Tyler of the railway administration and with the1 iuel committee, and obtained an or der for exemption of the amusement places in Omaha the same as else where, with permission to reopen at once. The notice to the Omaha fuel (Contlnond on Pace Two, Column Four.) Loss Totals Millions From Heavy Floods In Southern Sections Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 11. High waters that have flooded low lying sections of Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi generally are beginning to recede, but Montgomery, Ala., and Macon, Ga., were still in the grip of the flood. ; Property loss to industrial'plants and their enforced shutting down, as well as damage to buildings, loss of live stock and extensive damage to bridges and trestles has made the monetary toll of the floods run into the millions. Loss of human life. however, has been remarkably small. Probably not more than a dozen lives have been lost. A thousand or more negroes are homeless, how ever, around Hattiesburg and Me ridian, Miss. Railroad communication generally was paralyzed in the lower portions of Mississippi and Alabama and in Montgomery all trains were tem porarily annulled. ' Many herds of live stock were thought to have perished around Montgomery and to the south and numbers of persons were reported marooned on high ground. The water supply in Montgomery was rendered useless for drinking pur poses by the artesian. wells being flooded. -v The water supply of Macon was threatened for a time when the Ocmulgee river, rose to 24.9 feet and overflowed. The river is reced ing, however. Mexico Supreme Court Has All Jenkins'' Records Mexico City, Dec. 11. The su preme court has received the com plete records in the case of Wil liam O. Jenkins, the American con sular agent who recently was ar rested in Puebla, and soon will render a decision as to whether the Puebla circuit court or district court shall continue an investigation into the charges against Mr. Jenkins with; a view to his eventual trial. Jenkins is now out on bail. It is said, semi-officially, the Mex ican government is awaiting the de cision pf the supreme court be fore dispatching an answer to the latest American note as this will rule whether federal judges have jurisdiction an the case. Mr. Jenkins has returned to Pueb la. It is declared that he has not conferred, with President Carranza. Peoria Miners Vote To Repudiate Agreement Peoria, III., Dec. I. Miners of Peoria subdistrict No. 2, repudiated CHANGES IN FUEL ORDER TO BE MADE Opening Sunday, Theaters May Run From to 11, Retail Stores to 6Annbuncement To Be Made Today. NONESSENTIALS MAY ' .USE UP. FUEL ON HAND the Indianapolis agreement for set fling the nation-wide strike of "min ers, at a meeting tonight, accord ing to a statement made by W. E. JSherwood, member ot the Illinois state board of United Mine Workers of America. Eight thousand men arc affected, . Mild Weather Helps Consider ably 11 Out of 29 Rock Spring Mines Reported Again in Operation. The terminal coal committee last night told F. A. Brogan, president of the Chamber of Commerce, that the following revised restrictions will be embodied in an order which will be issued today: Theaters, movies, dance halls, pool and billiard halls, bowling alleys and other places of amusement that have been closed, will be permitted to be open from 7 to 11, beginning Sunday. Retail stores now observing the hours of 10 to S, will be allowed to remain open until 6, with the same opening hour, beginning next Monday. Manufacturing , establishments, wholesalers, jobber's and commis sion houses, hours to be extended from 8 to 2, to 8 to 4, beginning Monday. Office buildings 8 to 3:30. instead of 9:30 to 3:30, beginning Monday. Other Changes. Other changes effective Monday will be: Educational institutions may open In cases where they have their own coal ndw $n hand. A modification 11 be made in the church restrictions.- The committee, as announced in its formal statement yesterday, made' it clear tbat the lifting of these re strictions does not mean that there will be any relaxation in the distri bution of coal and no coal will be au .-U1 A 1. :i the' supply actually in these ter minals will justify release of coal. Theater men are arranging to open their houses Sunday." llie committee further exnlamed i that the action on the theaters was in direct line with specific instruc tions received a few days ago from Dr. Harry A. Garfield, United States fuel administrator, stating that theaters may be open from 7 to 11, but that local coal committees should be guided in the distribution of coal by local conditions. 372 Cars in City. The committee announced last night that Omaha now has 372 cars ot coal here subject to distribution by the committee, and it is again emphasized that this narrow margin is near the danger point for Omaha. J. A. Davidson, general manager of the Nebraska Power company, and also a member of the coal committee, stated to the committee that his company is able to provide electrical power necessary to meet the added requirements on account of the lift ing of these restrictions. This com pany now has a fuel supply for three weeks on the present basis of re strictions. This ccjmpany was the first of the local public utility cor porations to obtain fuel oil at a price which Mr. Davidson says was higher than the equivalent in coal, that Omaha might be provided with light and power to the highest possible degree . The coal committee received in formation that many of the Illinois mines must be-drained of water and roof falls cleared out before the (Continued on Fare Two, Column On.) Fuel Administrator Sends Resignation To President Wilson 1 's ' .friBinf I . I LAY DEFEAT OF PEACE PACT TO THE DEMOCRATS Open Discussion of Treaty in Senate Results in Charges From Senator Lodge. Washington, Dec. ll.-The first open discussion of the peace treaty in the senate this session of con gress came during the debate on ihe railroad bill. ' Senator Lodge, leader of the "mild reservation" group of republican senators, declared the treaty was "dead" until again submitted by the president and charged the demo crats with responsibility for the fail ure to ratify at the special session. The treaty was brought to the fore-when Senator Underwood, in demanding prompt passage of ihe railroad bill, charged" the republicans with failure to enact any substantial legislation and cited defeat of the treaty as a repubjjean dereliction. Senators Lodge and Lenrc.ot i Dromntlv challpiiffe1 tli AlaKamn thorized for delivery to theaters, j senator, asserting the democrats are responsible for present inaction on the treaty. ' "The blame lies on the democratic side and on the president," said Sen ator Lenroot, reviewing the senate's procedure on November 19, and charging that "propaganJa" exista to hold the republicans responsible for the present status. Before the vote on the "Lodge resolution, Sen ator Lenroot said, the republicans "repeatedly" asked Senator Hitch cock, who was not present during today's discussion, to suggest some counter proposition, but that none came nor yet has been presented. . "Until he does thjqre is no way by which the treaty ckn b ratified,"., the Wisconsin Senator added. DISAGREES WITH END OF COAL STRIKE Thinks Work of Commission Authorized Under Settlement Will Result in Increase' ir. Trice of Fuel to Public. EXPECT MANY MINERS BACK AT WORK T0DA Germans' Reply to Allied Note Has Reached Paris Paris, Dec. 11. The German re ply to the supreme council's note demanding the signing of the peace protocol has been received in Paris and thU afternoon was undergoing translation by the German delega tion, according to the Intransigiant. The newspaper declares that the re ply is substantially a capitulation on the Scapa Flow question and a pro posal to discuss other points. Financial Circles Worried By Declines in Exchange New York, Dec. 11. The stock market was visibly affected and fi nancial circles were gravely worried by another violent decline in ex change rates. International bankers expressed their discouragement at the situa tion and declared that unless reme dial measures are soon forthcoming, serious curtailment of this country's exports will inevitably result. ' . Negro Shoots Officer. Elkton, Md., Dec. 11. Lawrence Beers, an officer of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, was shot by a negro he sought to arrest. The negro es caped. A squad ofsoldiers and two aviators from the Aberdeen proving grounds searched the vicinity for the negro. . Hope to Utilize Work: - Of Women in Church New York, Dec. 11. Provision for utilizing to the greatest possible ad vantage the work of women in the church was almost the first construc tive work of the recently created council of the Protestant Episcopal church in this country, which met here under the chairmanship of Bishop Thomas F. Gailor. of Ten nessee, its presiding bishopS The council, whiclj includes in its mem bership, representatives of , the bishops 'and vla'y members of the church, devoted itself Thursday, chiefly to work of organization. It also appointed a committee to .co ordinate the work of the woman's auxiliary and other women's organ izations with the council. It is ex pected that women will be selected as coadjutor members of the coun cil at an early date and the name of one woman candidate was consid ered. French Troops Clash With D'Artnunzio's Men at Fiume Paris, Dec. 11. (Havas.) French troops have clashed with D'Annua zio's volunteers at Fiume and many were killed and wounded on both sides, according to a Geneva dis patch printed by the Petit Parisien, with reservations. , It is said the D'Annunzio troops , had pillaged rrencn upots at l-iume. . De Valera in Capital. Washington, Dec. 11. Eamonn De Valcra, "provisional president of the Irish republic," has arrived in Washington to confer with Irish leaders who are assembling to tes tify at I hearing by the v house for eign affairs committee on the Mason bill proposing appointment of a United States minister and consuls to the "Irish republic." Mr. De Valera, in a formal statement, denied tnat ne would appear at the hear ings. . Alexander Confirmed. Washington, Dec. 11. The nom ination of Representative Alexander, democrat of Missouri, to be secre tary of commerce to succeed Will iam C. Redfield, who recently re signed, was confirmed by the senate following unanimous approval of the appointment by the senate com merce committee Retailers Throughout Country Free to Keep Stores Oper. Three Additional Hours ori . Saturday Until Christmas. Washington, Dec. 11. Fuel Ad ministrator Garfield's resignatior ' 's was tonight in the hands of Presi dent Wilson, given because he dis agreed on principle -with the coa' strike settlement proposal arranger) by the government and the mint -1 workers union. - Dr. (Sarfield himselt refused to night to confirm, deny or discn6f the report, but at the' White Hous " it was said that a personal lettei . from him had been transmitted tc v the president, late this afternoonX "' Men close to the fuel adminis" '" trator understand that he believe! that the work of the coramissiot authorized under the settlement tc -be made up of one coal mine oper- v ator, a coal miner, and a third per son named to represent the public will result in an increase in-thV price of coal to the consuming pub lic. Against this fornj of settlement Dr. Garfield has been unalterablj J . Opposed.- It has been UarnrA n, .good authority that he took no par- m mc negotiations with the mine workers union chiefs during the las 'Sk.,4.trough informed anr consulted1 after their 'initiation, th terms laid out as finally accepted contravene his conception of the main principle involved. 'Fears Public to Suffer. , It was recalled in connection witr""" the resignation that in suggesting a 14 per cent wage increase as fair for the miners and possible to be paid from present profits of mine owners, Dr. Garfield suggested a commission representative of the industry to review the findings, but expressed the conviction that such a body should not have power to fix prices. His belief is said to be that with this power granted, a com bination of the employer and em- -ploye in the industry to mulct the public by price raises is certain to result. Whether the president will accept the resignation is not known. Members of the cabinet, however,'.'' are known to be supporting the set tlement program as put through y , Attorney General Palmer. Presi dent Wilson today sent a message of congratulation to Acting Presi- ' dent John L. Lewis, of the Min Workers at the action taken at In dianapolis. Operators Still in Capital. ; ' Coal mine operators authorized to J represent practically the entire in, dustry, were still in Washington awaiting an official notification of the settlement basis. There was con siderable doubt individually and dif- y ference of opinion, but no meeting. were held to formulate definite de cisions of policy and none would ' be, it was said, until the anvt. Lment call cJme. All were interested ' in neanng trom home as to the ac tion of the miners'.locals upon the union order calling off the strike, but received little information. 1 . Only one minor change in coal, raving orders came today from the ' Railroad administration, allowing retail stores to remain open nine -" instead of six hours on Saturdavs. The six-hour schedule will be main- v tained on other days. Well informed ' officials hold the opinion that manv ' of the restrictions now ordered will have to remain effective until Jan-. (Contained m Pas IS, Colona .) Clemenceau and Lloyd George Considerina Adriatic Question Lonuon, uec, 11. Andrew Bonar Law, the government leader, an swering several cuestions in the House of Commons (nHav h't-A that the Adriatic trouble was a sub ject of discussion among Premier Clemenceau of France, Foreign Minister Scialoia of Italy and Pre- rrner Lloyd George, as was also the Russian situation and Turkey. He gave no indication of the course o the conferences, however. U. S. Airman Killed. . London, Decl Jl. George" P. Rand, an American, was killed today " by the fall of an airplane in which he was a passenger. The machine was on a trip from Paris to London. " The pilot. was dangerously injured. Bandits Get $14,000. Washburn, Mo., Dec. 11. Two unmasked bandits held up the Bank of Washburn and escaped in a mo tor car with $4,000 in currency and S.10.0O0 worth of Libera bonds. They locked the cashier' and his wife in a vault, . . if
