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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."
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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, . .
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