IMPORTANT MS
THE tJORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIO
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
' SEVEN DA Y8 GIVEN
ME HEWS OF THE SOUTH
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What It Taking Place In The South
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Ninety-eight men have been arrest
ed at Donora, a steel town on the
Monongahela river, Pennsylvania, thir
ty miles from Pittsburg, when troop
ers of the state police raided Lithua
nian hall headquarters of the district
steel workers of that district. l .
A box containing $25,000 in gold coin
shipped to the Anglo and -London-Paris
National bank of San Francisco
on: the liner Korea Maru was found
to contain scrap iron ana metal wasn
ers when opened by the consignee in
Hong Kong, according to cable ad
vices received by the bank and steam
ship company in San Francisco.
Mexican bandits at night raided the
Clareno ranch, on themerican side
pf the Rio Grande, eleven miles to
the southeast of Zapata, Texas, es
caping with provisions from a store
on the ranch.
. Mandamus proceedings to compel
Secretary Lansing to cancel the state
department proclamation announcing
ratification of the prohibition amend
ment have been filed in the District of
Columbia supreme court, Washington.
The ground is that the required num
ber of states have not yet acted on
the constitutional amendment which
enjoins nation-wide prohibition.
Frank L. Polk, head of the United
States 'delegation to the peace con
ference; ' Paris, " summoned Kurt von
Lersner, chief of the German repre
sentatives at Versailles, and told him
Germany should not interpret as be
ing in her' favor any delay that might
be encountered in ratifying the Ver
sailles itreaty at Washington, accord
ing to newspapers.
. Speaking at Portypridd, Wales, Sir
George Hewart, attorney general, said
fh RTiP'E'stinTi wqq Tint tmo that th ot-q
was any dissensions or waverings with
reference to f the trial of former Em
peror of Germany.
. An agreement which it is hoped
will solve the Adriatic question has
been prepared in Paris by. the Amer
ican, French and British peace repre
sentatives for submission to Italy, ac
cording to private dispatches received
in' London. I
The use of automobiles in Bermuda
is not permitted. f
The American delegation to the
peace conference, which was to have
sailed from Brest or the United
States on December 6, has postponed
its departure for home. The change
in the plans of the delegation is due to
the failure -of the Germans to sien
the protocol ratifying the peace treaty.
A serious earthquake occurred in
iWestern-Asia Minor, seven villages in
the districts of Soma and Balikesri
ibeing destroyed. Many persons were
killed and injured.
The French representatives in the
peace conference are urging the dele
gates from the United States to de
lay their departure for home until the
protocol is signed for putting into ef
fect the peace treaty with Germany.
December 1 was the date set for
the exchange" of ratifications of the
peace treaty, no definite hews was at
hand regarding the intention of the
German government.
Sir Horace Plunkett, who is chair
man of the Dublin convention, and
who has generally kept aloof from
Irish politics during his long career
of public service, has issued a warning
that the announcement that hunger
strikers will not be released from the
jails in Ireland hereafter, if it is in
tended to break the spirit of the Sinn
Fein, will have the opposite effect.
f Washington
The annual report of Secretary of
the Navy Daniels, just made public, is
ja long and chatty relation of the ef
ficient work of the sea forces of the
United States during the great war
and since the signing of the armistice.
In his annual report, just issued,
Secretary of . Agriculture Houston
-tells in a brief way how the farmers
of America helped to win the war and
are saving the world from starvation
by marvelously increased production
of foodstuffs. ' . '"
Extension of the coast guard serv
ice to patrol all coastal and inland
"boundaries against the entry of unde
sirable aliens is not practicable, Capt.
'W; E. Reynolds, commandant, said at
ja hearing before the house immigra
tion committee. . j
. It is stated that Consul Jenkins, the
American, agent, at Puebia; Mexico,
..has been released. This development
is accepted generally as relieving re
lations - between the two governments.
Counties of Southern states releas
ed from the federal quarantine re
strictions against the spread of cattle
fever tick- and tick fever- which by
order of the department of agriculture
were" freed December" T, are announc
ed by the bureau of animal industry.
Another note to the Mexidan gov
ernment relating to the arrest and im
prisonment of William O. Jenkins, con
sular agent at Puebia. baa been sent
by the state derailment to the em
bassy at Mexico City Jor presentation
jto Carranza. :
:. Norman Hapgood, United Stages
minister to Denmark, Is returning to
Washington leave to report on condi
tions -political, Ihilitary; and economic
- In Russia, it is learned from the
state department. C' ,
Mexico has 24 war-type airplanes
mobilized at Chihuahua City alone, and
ii abtaining additional planes from
Germany;" according to war depart
ment information.
The war department, has informa
tion that former airplane pilots in the
German army are in Mexico for serv
ice in the army air forces there.
Two " senators, delegated by the for
eign relations ' committee to confer
with President Wilson on the Mexi
can crisis and report whether in their
opinion the president by reason of his
iJlness was unable to exercise his
functions, left the white house after
a conference of threetuarters oft an
hour with him agreeing that he was
in touch with recent developments,
and was mentally keen enough to form
judgments On the questions concern
ing the nation.
Increase of the rates of pay for enu
merators of the fourteenth decennial
census to four cents for each person
enumerated and 30 cents for each
farm reported, was announced by Di
rector Sam L. Rodgers. , ,
Marine and shipyard strikes during
the past year have cost the United
States shipping board $37,000,000, ac
cording to an estimate made public
by the chairman of the board. This
estimate does not include the loss thus
far sustained by the coal strike nor
is there any attempt made to estimate
loss which will be entailed; if the coast
wise longshoremen go on strike.
Representative Joshua Willis Alex
ander of Missouri has been appointed
secretary of commerce to succeed
William C. Redfield, in the president's
cabinet.
Congress got into full swing with
the receipt of President Wilson's an
nual message and inauguration of ac
tual legislation in both senate and
house. ,
The senate has taken up the , Cum
mins railroad bill, hoping for its pass
age before the Christmas holidays.
House leaders have arranged foi
immediate attack on the annual ap
propriation bills carrying almost five
billions as submitted - by the departments.
Domestic
. Certain American concerns operat
ing in Mexico ordered 'their border
representatives to prepare for getting
their American employes out of Mex
ico. In . some cases the definite in
structions were given for immediate
withdrawal of American employes
from Mexico.
The government was requested,
either by legislation or by an execu
tive order of the post-office depart
ment to forbid the issuance by news
papers of comic supplements and mag
azine sections as a means of conserv
ing print paper in resolutions adopted
by publishers from Kansas and Mis
souri.
Ratification of the federal woman
suffrage resolution was completed by
the South Dakota legislature when the
senate passed the measure. .
Wiliam Carlisle, the artful train
robber, who for three weeks had
laughingly defied civil, railroad and
private detectives, was captured neai
Glend, Wyo. The bandit fought des
perately until he fell from the man
wounds he received, none of which
will prove fatal.
The South Dakota Republicans
have endorsed Gen. Leonard Wood
for the nomination for president.
Thousand of cotton and woolen
mill operatives in New England will
receive an advance in pay.
Trappers in the Adirondacks region
due to the unprecedented high nricee
paid for furs, are making from $300
to $500 a week.
Henry Clay Frick, pioneer Ironmas
ter and one of the foremost art col
lectors in the United States, died sud
denly at his Fifth avenue home, Nei
York, in his 70th year.
The second five billion dollar con
gress of ordinary peace times faded
into the past when Secretary Glass
presenting the annual estimates, pro
posed appropriations of five billioi
dollars for conducting the peace tim
activities of the government durim
the fiscal year 1920.
One thousand soldiers under the
command of Villa fell upon the eight!
eth regiment of the federal army 21
miles north Santa Rosalia. Chihua
hua, Mexico, 24 hours after the Cha-
pultepec Officer, General Aneelea
had been shot down by a firing squad
and massacred all but two memben
of the squad.'
Unlike its- predecessor, the second
Industrial conference began behind
closed' doors.. Newspaper men wen
asked to leave. Some of the dele
gates opposed this move.
Another American murdered in Mex
ico, close on ; the imprisonment ol
Consular .Agent Jenkins, coupled wit-
reports of revolution In Mexico City.
with Carranza in flight to Queretaro,
though these reports were denied. ar
adding complexities that seem to force
the already tense1 Mexican situation
toward the long expected breaking
point. . . .
Railroads, under federal control
made a net profit of eleven million
dollars during the month of October.
Wartime restrictions on the nation'!
use of coal, more stringent even than
those applied during the war, were or
dered into effect to stave off a cruel
famine. Moved by: reports of dimil
iehing coal stock and growing darigei
of distress in numerous sections, the
government sought no compromise
with the striking mine, workers whose
walk-out forced the emergency, but
asked for national determination to
endure privation and discomfort until
coal mining was resumed on its term
!WXtowwvvmR .
1. -American cemetery at Romagne, near Verdun, where lie 22,000 of our soldiers who fell in the Argonne
Forest 'drive. 2. Czecho-Slovak legionaries, who served in Siberia, welcomed home by the people of Prague.
3. Launching of the great superdreadnaught California at Mare Island navy yard.
HEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Coat Shortage Becoming Acute
and People Demand That
the Strike Be Ended.
MIDDLE WEST IN DISTRESS
Miners' Officials Cited for Contempt of
Court Diplomatic Relations With
Mexico Likely to Be Severed
Soon Supreme Council v
Calls German Bluff.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
'Give us coal, and quickly, wa? the
Imperative demand of a great part of
the American public last week. So
serious, had the fuel situation become
that it seemed a settlement of the dis
pute between the operators and min
ers must be forced by dire necessity.
In the northwestern and middle West
states the condition was aggravated
by a severe, cold wave, and the people
of that part of the country especially,
actually became alarmed "by the pros
pect of freezing to death. Plans for
ending the strike at least temporarily
were as numerous as the planners,
but almost the only steps really tak
en were for the conservation of the
existing supplies of fuel. It is true
that In some of the western states the
operation of the mines was taken over
by the state government and volun
teer miners were put at work under
protection of the state troops. This
was most commendable In principle,
but naturally the concrete results In
the way of coal to burn were not ex
tensive. Chicago, and Illinois general
ly, felt the pinch more acutely than
most regions, and prominent men
gathered and devised regulation? to
curtail the use of coal. The state
public utilities Issued these regula
tions formally, and Governor Lowden
proclaimed them, and also planned to
ask the federal government to adopt
the same rules for the entire country.
They cut the working day of stores
and factories to six and a half hours,
and materially reduced the heating
and lighting service everywhere. Al
ready the regional coal committee had
cut off all new supplies from nones
sential industries. These rules prom
ised, within a very short time, to
throw out of employment many thoui
sands of men and women.
New York city was not suffering
from the soft coal strike, because the
law permits It to burn only anthracite,
but it was worried by rumors that the
hard cod miners also might strike
soon. In general the Atlantic coast
states had enough fuel, and Director
General Hines was shipping hundreds
of carloads from there to the dis
tressed middle West.
The federal government got into
action again by filing in the district
court at Indianapolis, information
charging criminal contempt of court
against . 84 international and district
officers of the miners' union. These
leaders, who include Acting President
Lewis and Secretary Green, were sum
moned to appear in court Tuesday and
answer the charges. Of course such
proceedings may result In the punish
ment of the accused men, but will
they get coal for the would-be con
sumer? That is what, the latter Is In
terested in just now, and that only.
He is thoroughly disgusted with the
whole' wrangle and is no more In sym
pathy with greedy operators than with
greedy miners. In his view, both sides
are criminally inconsiderate; of; the
public needs, and he demands' that
they be forced into a compromise. The
suffering and financial loss to the peo
ple already T have been immense and
cannot now, be checked entirely even
if coal mining is resumed at oncer But
the people do insist that they be kept
warm from now on.
' . . . - ' . .
: Toward the end of the week hope
aroee that the warring operators and
miners might reach an agreement. A
number of the largest operators form
ulated a new wage scale offering
slightly more than the 14 per cent
. ...
raise suggested by Dr. Garfield and
making certain other concessions. This
scale was submitted to the fuel ad
ministration before being made public.
Though in most of the mine fields the
men were reported to. be firmly stand
ing for the 31 per cent increase which
Secretary Wilson proposed, in some
parts of the country they were said
to be drifting back to work on the
Garfield basis ; and it was hoped that
even if their union did not accept the
new scale offered) It would help to
break down the holdout of the more
stubborn.
At this writing Consular Agent Jen
kins is still in jail at Puebia the state
department at Washington is await
ing 'a reply to its second request that
he be released immediately, and Pres
ident Carrunza is in conference with
Generals Marguia and Dieguez, two
of his strongest military commanders.
Secretary Lansing's rpcond note went
to considerable length to refute the
contentions put forward by Mexico
In the Jenkins case and closed with
a repetition of the urgent request for
the freeing of the consular agent, but
It was no more of an ultimatum than
the first note. The Mexican congres?'
formally put the whole matter in the
hands of Carranza.
Many members of congress as well
as many other Americans are not sat
isfied with the administration's Mex
ican policy, and in response to this
feeling Senator Fall of New Mexico
drafted a resolution requesting Pres
ident Wilson to sever diplomatic re
lations with Mexico, and to withdraw
his recognition of the Carranza gov
ernment. The resolution was taken
under consideration by the foreign re
lations committee, and that body had
before It copies of official documents
said to disclose the activities of Car
ranza, bis embassy in Washington and
his consulates In various American
cities, to stir the radical elements to
revolutionary outbreaks. There was
a report that these documents were
supplied by Secretary.' Lansing, who
wished congress to relieve him of the
responsibility for aggressive action
against Mexico. It was said" that Pres
ident Wilson had not been consulted
concerning the Mexican crisis and that
the state department wanted congres
sional action before breaking off dip
lomatic relations. If this were the
state of affairs, it seemed likely that
Mexico could n.ot avert the rupture
now by releasing Mr.; Jenkins. The
demand that the whole unsavory mess
be cleaned up is growing Insistent,
notwithstanding the fact that the mo
tives of some of the loudest shouters
for such action are open to grave sus
picion. When he introduced his resolution
Senator Fall I said the evidence by
which it is supported "will astound tfie
people of the United States when It
is produced." Senator Ashurst scored
the war department, for Ignoring re
peated requests for; sufficient troops
to protect the border. Senator Shields
of Tennessee, a Democrat said :
'There, is no question thatN our rela
tions with Mexico constitute the most
humiliating chapter of our foreign re
lations and that there ought to be
some action to protect the citizens of
the United States. We have had oc
casion for war with Mexico for five
years, and now this resolution ought
to declare war against Mexico."
' -. .- ' --
Germany persisted in its refusal to
sign the protocol and thus delayed the
interchange of ratifications and the
proclamation of peace. The Germans
objected especially to the requirement
that they make reparation for the
sinking of the surrendered war ships
in Scapa Flow; to the evacuation of
Lithuania; to the necessity of turning
over to the allies fo(- trial the. German
officers accused of crimes- and' to the
paragraph .which, as Baron von Lers
ner says, "would 'permit the invasion
of our country by armed force in times
of peace on any trivial pretext." The
supreme council showed no disposi-'
tion to recede from its position,' and
as the American ; delegation delayed
its departure and supported its Col
leagues entirely, it seemed r certain
the Germans would yield soon.' Their
assertion that if the terms are too
drastic their government will fall and
the country lapse ! Into bolshevlsm is
discounted, for ; recent Investigators
have lenrned that that kind of talk
so prevalent sinre the signing of the
armistice; is largely "bunk." Mr. Polk
has let the Germans know definitely
that any differences in America con
cerning the treaty cannot be construed
to their benefit.
The American delegates planned to
return home because they felt that
such matters as were being handled
by the supreme councij should be
handled by the state departments of
the various nations. The British and
French urged that their departure be
delayed for they considered the situa
tion as threatening in view of the ugly
temper shown by the Germans, and
felt that the armed assistance of
America might still be needed. A
Paris dispatch says secret advices
from Germany state that more than
half a million German soldiers still
are under - arms a force exceeding
the combined British and French
forces not yet demobilized.
The American, French and British
peace commissioners last week formu
lated a compromise agreement on the
Adriatic question which was present
ed to Italy f orj consideration and which
it was confidently expected would sat
isfy , the Italians and all other parties
to the dispute. A dispatch from Rome
said Italian regulars would occupy
Flume and all the territory given to
Italy by the treaty of London, and
that Captain D'AnnunzIo's volunteer
troops would withdraw.
Unless some solution for Italy's
troubles Is found, there Is a good pros
pect of a revolution there. When par
liament assembled the Socialist depu
ties refused to rise on the entrance of
the king or to take the oath in his
presence. Next a general strike was
started in several large cities, and
though this did not last long It was
accompanied by disorders ; that as
sumed revolutionary aspects,In Rome,
Turin and Milan there were serious
riots. r
The tangled situation In Russia, Po
land and the Baltic countries is still
more complicated by dispatches that
show Denlklne is being fought to a
standstill by the Ukrainians, Poles
and Jews ; that the bolshevlkl are
either winning or losing ground, ac
cording to the source of the news;
that Colonel Bermondt 4and his Ger
man army in the Baltic region were
fighting for. Denikine and Kolchak and
against the bolshevlkl. It would take
a Philadelphia lawyer to figure out'
the truth concerning that part of the
world.
Esthonla and Lithuania began a con
ference with the Russian soviet govern
ment on Thursday at Dorpat and it
was believed a truce would result.
Finnish and Lettish delegates attend
ed, but they were without Instructions
as their governments were awaiting
word from, the allies. . -
. From Tlflls comes word that an
American officer. Colonel Rhea, has
been named personal , arbiter In all
disputes between Armenia and Azer
baijan that cannot be settled by
agreement. The Armenian premier
said this was the first time in history
that the Armenians and the Tartars
had signed an agreement, and he gave
full credit to Colonel Rhea for having
ended a warfare that had been going
on for nearly two thousand years. ,
Although It was not wholly unex
pected, the indictment of Senator
Newberry of Michigan and scores of
L his supporters in the senatorial elec
tion came, as something, of a shock.
The defendants are accused of cor:
ruption, fraud and conspiracy. At
first there was a widespread rumor
that pleas of guilty would be enterot,
but Mr. Newberry not only declared
he would fight the case to a finish, but
also demanded a senatorial inquiry
Into his right to his seat
Politicians looked toward . South Da
kota last week with ; great interest,
for the state conventions of the var-
jjciiLitro ueyiureu ineir preierences
for presidential nominees. The Re
publicans indorsed ' General Woo af
ter a lively ; struggle in which Gover
nor Lowden came out second , best
The Democrats twere unanimous for
Wilson for a third term, and the Non
partisans were " a unit for ' Governor
Frazler of ' North Dakota. Both Re
publicans and Democrats Indorsed the
League of Nations covenant, the form
er with reservations, the latter with
out
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SUBJECTS CH.EFUV
UP0" ARE COST
AND LArad ... ' UVNQ
E
Readjustment of Tari
Necessary; Recogn ,
Washington. ricT..,.,
dons on legislation to 'cS
cost of living, labor ' ?bat HI
ism and readjustment J ' r
peace time ha.Ri0 ..
of President Wilson's
sage to congress.
the
annual
The peace treaty, the Pfpm
congress, will be discussed
arate message later, as m !
road question. IUem
For the second time'onlv -r
the President estahiiQh . '
of addressing con?. , Prac
message was read by the cS
The President's nHn,-J, rk
mendations were- re
" 1. Establishment of a h,,
tern for the national
nances
system with simplification ft
come and p-rrac-o ue
.so UU1HS.
. 3. Readjustment of the tariff
torn if n asi a?, n a a
!TJ.
uccoaaij, io meet
tem conform with the fact that I
United States is "the greatest
talist in the world."
x. n-cLugmuon ana relief for Te
li m war, partk
ularly in the way of government lam,
w yiuyuscu uy secretary Lane.
5. Proper measures to fostfri
dyestuffs industry built up during ti,
war, to keep the United States info
pendent of foreign supply.
6. An enlarged program for run
development, in recognition of ft
farmers' part in the war.
7. Measures which "will remon
the causes" of "political restlessw
in our body politic."
At tnis point the President made kii
most extensive reference to the peati'
treaty by saying the causes for tit
unrest are "superficial rather than
deep-seated," and tjhat they "aria
from or are connected with the failur
on the part of our government to ar
rive speedily at a just and permanent
peace permitting return to normal
conditions, from the transfusion of
radicals theories from seething Eu
ropean centers pending such delay,
from heartless profiteering resulting
from the increase of the cost of living,
and, lastly, from the machinations of
passionate and malevolent agitators.
With the return to normal conditions
this unrest will rapidly 'disappear."
The President renewed his recom
mendations for legislation to deal !
fectively with "those persons, who by
violent methods, would abrogate our
time-tested institutions."
Several recommendations, some re
newals of previous ones, were mad
by the President to bring down th
cost of living. Among them were ex
tension of the food control law to
peace times for the emergency; regu
lations for transportation of foods to
interstate commerce; a cold storage
law modelled after the law in NewJir
sey; a law requiring marks to shot
the length of time foods are kept J
storage and a law to secure "competi
tive selling and prevent unconscious
ble profits," by federal license of cor
porations selling food in mterstt
commerce.
A long portion of the message
devoted to a discussion of the cona
tional rights of labor. "A definite pr
gram to bring about an imprJ
in the conditions of labor" and Wtt
about a genuine democratization oi
dustry" was recommended. .
The only way to keep men )W
agitating against grievances u i j
move the grievances," Aid the W
dent's message. At another point J
declared "the seed of revolution
repression." neicla
The establishment of the
regarding labor, laid down tot
nant of the league of nation8,
the message, "offers us the jay
dustrial peace and conciliation.
other road lies open to us. o
ernmenti must recognize the y
nenrto bargain coUecUteJ
mane objects. ndity"
longer be treated as a coin ,,,
"The right of iividualvtoe(
nviiHi-Ki continued me ,
there U a preaomia-"
is the right of the gorenime 1 1 jtf
Is the right oi me hV rtn assert w
teot all of its people and w
mlestr against m
lenge of any class. t0 th
The President was insl
government's recent injunction as
the coal strike. . nninte
... i r n n. f -
The message
isage ciwea d doe.
to radicalism a . toda,
J van
reference
. . - j Ariri to
Russia
witU'lU blood and terror
ful object lesson oi tu- .
norities" fh,fi coun'.
VThere are - r.aten ou-
those ib r:- direc
aid the message, uD0Q a m
action to force tneir
what minority it i-j-. n0
or labor, or any oinr ltt.fl -of
prlrllege will ever be P
dominate this country-
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