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Too can gsa 'igJs Syl I ilim'SJ KMx&: r talk to 15,000 throu,h Th star HUERTA GEN UNTIL To Announce His Decision to Mexican Congress From Convenuig-Ultimatum Delivered By John LindWho Is on His Way to the United States. Mexico City, Nov; 12. Gen. Victo riano Huerta tacitly refused tonight to accede to the demands of the Unit ed States expressed In an ultimatum, sent to him by President Wilson' personal representative, John Lind. Gen. Huerta was . notified early, to day that unless he. returned an an swer by 6 o'clock ,tbis evening to the effect that -he would prevent the new ly elected Congress -from convening, and furthermore, 1 make this action known to the members of the k diplo matic corps by midnight, the United States would have no further parley ing with the Mexican government. Mr. Lind waited until 6 o'clock" and received no answer. . He then made arrangements- for - his departure oh the train leaving for .Vera Cruz, at. 8 o'clock. It was announced, however, 'that Gen. Huerta ' - had one more, chance that if he took the action de manded by midnight the fact that he failed to reply to Mr. Lind within the time specified would be overlooked. Mr. Lind could see no good reason to suppose that Huerta intended : to accede. . :v- '. . - ' ' . Nelson O'Shaughnessy, the charge, was the messenger who' cfelivered the ultimatum. He was unaDle to get. in to personal touch with Gen. "Huerta, but left the message' at -'the 'Presi dent's offlCC 7. . . Takes -No Excuses. ' It was intimated tonight at the pal ace that Gen. Huerta had not received the note in time, to give it f ull .con sideratiohr This however, did- not ap pear to. Lind :a; valid Aexcuse for pro crastination. . 7 - . : " .. The prevention, of. the convening, of Congress has been one -of thevesseh tial points in -the. negotiations coduct-! ed by Mr. JAnd ; this for. two. reasons t first, it was 'believed ' that the new Congress, wopld .lose. W; time-' iH'pas sing meauili3ff.Xo-,dawttht oil concessions and second,: becaase the convfenins 4 of Congress "would give anJ air- Qf.' legality: to nuerta:s government. . - , ." - . Not since the recent revolutions -began, has the feeling in the Mexican capital been so tense as- it was-today. The most categorical denials by the American charge,. Nelson 'O'Shaugh nessy and Mr.-. Lihd of knowledge ot any developments ' on ' this feeling could be based, failed to disabuse the minds of the people generally of-the belief that the next 24 hours would see some decisivemove on the part of Washington. I - . . ' The reports spread until there was scarcely a foreign resident in the cap ital who had not-heard that the Amer ican charge had vbeen. given,, or .was. about to be given, his passports. A large part of the population .confident-; ly expected to see the whole embassy staff depart on the evening train ofdr Vera Cru?. . All sorts of ' rumors were current. Many persons, who were contemplat ing leaving the country in the near future, made hurried preparations and caught the night train to Vera Cruz preferring to wait, there untir they can procure steamer accommodations to remaining in "the -capital. Mr. Land was said; -to have received messages from Vera : Cruz -urging him to return at once, for fear the rail road would be cut. - - ' The uneasiness ' was accentuated through the receipt by several per sons of messages from relatives and friends in the United States urging their immediate, departure from Mex ico. v . -r --'J- . - ; t ! V. To Issue Statement.. Washington. Nov. 12 Secretary Bryan announced today that a state; ment would-be issued within a few days setting forth ' the policy of the United States-toward Mexico. ' - - Whether or not the statement will be in the form of a comhiunication to Congress by President WllsonTias not been disclosed, "but some of the diplomats here believe it will be. The statement has been under considera-. tion several days and Secretary Bryan in his conferences - with members of the diplomatic corps, has - made it plain that the pronouncement would define clearly the attitude of the Unit- Such a statement, it is thought, not onlv would reiterate the views that the United States can never "recog nize a government established by' ar bitrary force but would give its rea sons for refusing to recognize any acts of the new Congress, either -to t ne validity of loans or concessionsj and point out the steps necessary to a solution of the problem. '. ; It was apparent that developments in various .foreign ; capitals brought encouragement for "administration offi cials today and there was a .feeling among them that' the desire of the United States to prevent interference; by the powers virtually has been ac complished. ' 1 v Foreign Countries Friendly." - Premier Asquith's. - speech , explain ing that Great Britain wished to do nothing that - was - unfriendly to"- the United States; semi-official assertions from Berlin that, nd financial assist ance would-be given Huerta by .Ger many; a definite understanding 7 with France that nothings would be done by France to embarrass the proces ses by which the - United States tad elected to solve the Mexican problem?, assurances from the Japanese ambas sador that the sending of the armored cruiser Izumo to Mexican waters was for no political purpose"-but - merely to extend protection ta Japanese sub jects if necessary, all . tended v to strengthen the belief, here that, the Washington government - finally had secured the moral support of the oth- TWVVE- LAST NIGHT Prevent the Newly Elected er; world powers in its efforts to un ravel the Mexican tangle. It also is felvthat from no part of Europe will Huerta get financial assistance. Pear ..reflected in some of the dis patches" from abroad that the over throw ; of Huerta might produce a state of anarchy in . Mexico City unless'- a strong substitute were imme diately "provided, agrees with the point' of iView of manyu Senators who have- been ..discussing the phase of the situation with President Wilson. The Washington adminstration has taken cognizance of this eventuality, and if Huerta- retires in accordance with the programme desired here, it .is said, there need be little fear "of any phy sical jdjsturbance in -Mexico CLty In; the plan of the -United t States there is a desire for a definite under standing also .-..as -to ' who" would suc ceed President Tuerta if he retires. The . United States recognizes that the provisional successor must be .accept able to ; the constitutionalists. Close observers pointed out that the'United States was today in a better- position to bring about an" under standing between the constitutional ists and the. -authorities at Mexico City than at any time since the Unit ed States first interposed its good offices". . "- . Conference' at Nogales. C Th conference today at ' Nogales, Sonora,' -between William Bayard Hale - and Gen. Carranza and mem bers of the constitutionalist cabinet opens the way for a distinct line of communication between the constitu tionalists and the Mexico City authorities..- Peace commissions have en deavored tn -rvain', to- establish- such a line" of diplomatic parley. - One?, of -JhQ difficulties . hitherto en countered in" "attempting -to get -the tFO; sides to the point of discussing an armistice has " been difficulty in telegraph :; communication:" -With the; United' States as a mediuni of com munication, .- it is - thoughts Carranza may- Indicate who -would be accepta ble td him 7as - a successor- to Huerta. ifjthe latter jfWairj? retires; " i txThat -isom'e officials close . to iiais ciose .10 tiuerta t .were urginginxreGfewaa tne word that reached washinsrtSn' today. T wasmneton' today, t Ibiut facr fficliaJ information on tfie Sub ject .was ttiv.uigea.-' "Secretary Bryan was in conference with many South American . diplomats tdday; but he said the only subjects discussed - was - arrangements for the Pan-American . Congress at " Santiago, Chile, next year.. ; - v It1 was learned today with the ex ception of . a broad general view of the future intentions of the United States, foreign diplomats here have been given only a summary of steps that have thus far been taken and no information has been given them of specific steps planned -for the future. Viscount Chinda, the Japanese am bassador, discussed the situation at some length with Mr. Bryan. Talk of lifting the embargo on arms was heard again today in official circles'. VThal members of Congress were .not .entirely agreed upon the subject was indicated by Representative-Mann, Republican leader, who said that, so far as the Republicans were concerned there was no senti ment in favor of letting down the bars. He said it would be just as safe to allow the - issuance of arms "to highwaymen as to the bandits of Car ranza's army." . - . , -Hale Meets Carranza. Nogales. : Sonora. v November 12. Crossing a narrow little stream from the United States into Mexico today William Bayard Hale, personal repre- sentative of President Wilson, met the -Constitutionalist chief, .General Venustiano Carranza and his cabinet, and presented to them a definite pro posal from the-American government. What -that proposal was tne,Amen- tan diprlomatic" agent declined -to say. The Mexican ! revolutionary leaders also were silent, but to those who have been - anxiously awaiting the develop ment of the American policy with, re gard to Mexico-the conference was fraught with "tremendous possibilities. Into a little room of the customs house, in which General Carranza. has established his ad interim capital, the American emissary was ushered to meet the chiefs of the revolution against Huerta. Carranza and his en tire cabinet were there and with them Mr.- Hale conferred, exchanged views and impressions and consulted from noon until the shadows grew long and enveloped the twin towns of Nogales, Arizona, and- Nogales, Mexico. Both towns agreed that the conference was the most important event in their his tory. - The pebbles frankly believed that it was v making history, and that on its outcome depended not merely victory or defeat for a single poli tician of Mexico, but ; possibly peace or i war for the two countries and prob ably ; the salvation or destruction of a Nation. ; . ';: ' 'Where Conference Held.' The conference was held amid the simpliest- surroundings.; There were no uniforms nor ceremony, Mr. Hale accompanied . by American Gonsm Frederick Simpich, -entered the ; cus tfmo hmisfl and was ushered into the liny room with straight-back chairs linig" the walls.' The only decoration wasc a guiiaea coai oi arui vi vn xvc pnblic bf Mexico which hung over, the r pce reserved for: General Car ranza. . ' ;."v7"''f 7 ' '-.-.".':"-'', -; iignacib Bonillas, an American Uni versity graduate and Carranza's minis tervof fomento.' acting as interpreter for the American representative, and General Carranza listened to Presi-At-T. i wrteori's irooosition, from Mr. Hale and? in" Spanish presented -it to the rebel chieftain. Emring the ' hours - tne conrerence was im, session: a throng of anxious Mexicans - paced the pacio s of the 'Aduana or customs house. Across the boundary on the American side of the (Continued on Page: Eight) MORE VICTIMS OF STORM The Freighter Found Floating Bottom Up Still Unidentified Life Boats t Containing Frozen -Bodies : -V Are Swept Ashore. . ' Port Huron, Mich., Nov. 12.-Af ter jvorking : desperately since this morn ing" in. an unsuccessful, attempt to Identify positively the derelict freight er vhich lies bottom side up in stormy Lake Huron, eight 'miles northeast of jiere, marine men returned to Port puron tonight. Most of them , said they were convinced Uihat the boat is the Canadian package freighter Re gina. - . - ';';' f. - V'-' , 1 Capt. George Plough, of the Lake View life; saying; station, measured the overturned boat and said her beam was .slightly more than 42 feet. The Regina's, beam Is 43 feet. The Wreck age, from; the .Regina, washed ashore yesterday, includfng a lifeboat which Contained two bodies of sailors Dost tively identified as members of the. crew or the Reginar indicated that the freighter was wrecked in the vicinity where the overturned vessel was found. - ; - :- ' Little credence i& given here to tlfe report from' Goderich,- Ont., . that the seven bodies found -onV the shore of Lake Huron below Grand Bend, were sailors on the steamer Charles S. Price, reported vlosL The Price may have sunk, marine men admit, but it is believed . the bodies were of mem bers of the crew of the Regina. -They were -found not a great distance from where, the Regina victims, found in a row 7 boat, . were washed ashore. When the relief fleet steamed out to the i floating wreck - this morning a diver was. ..taken along. A gale was blowing across Lake Huron and waves were dashing -10 feet over the dere lict but the diver urged the; captains to allow him , to attempt ( to climb down the .side of the-vessel's' bow to ascertain her name. . The men in com mand thought the plan foolhardy but promised to give Uiim a chance to morrow provide the . lake is not so rough. -, - .- ' - A report this afternoon r from Port Frank, pnt., stated . that eight addi- - jiq tfoTr Tes . a pa amP OVi? hs t ioat; touid hot be - leirrned: j- im. Jf , . t 7" rrr No More Wrecks Reported. Detroit, Mich.. Nov. 12. No Tnore wrecks or vessels in distress were re ported today from points on Lake St. Clair ;and along the Detroit river. A number ; of hunters believed to have been Ton these waters in open boats wJen 7 the . blizzard swept Michigan Sunday.-are still missing. Cleveland Again Nominal. . Cleveland November 12. With the work .; of ; restoring the normal order proceeding rapidly : and delivery of food : and coal supplies - bescinnins:. Gleveland residents tonight experienc ed only the inconveniences resulting from the heavy snowfall.- Electric licht service to) many parts of the city which have been dark for three nights have been partially restored. --Almost all the street cars are running and delivery of mail was' begun today. 1 The menace of themounds bf snow and , ice - which festoon all the down town buildings caused police to be stationed along the streets to warn pedestrians to keep out near the curb. The bright sun today started a com paratively rapid thaw, on roofs' but small decrease in the .depth. of the sm on the ground could be noticed. An attempt will be made, to i open the school houses tomorrow. . -:The highest point reached by the thermometer, today was AS degrees at 3 o'clock, this afternoon, a rise of 23 . (Continued on Page Eight.) Southern States Woman's Suffrage New Orleans, November 12. Wo men suffragettes who met hefe as the Louisiana Suffrage ' Association with several . representatives : from other Southern: States, adjourned this' after noon after organizing a Southern con ference of Suffragists and a new State body. Miss Kate M. Gordon, of New Orleans, w&s elected president ot th3 body embracing the Southern States. . : .this organization will be known as the - Southern States Woman's Suf frage Cohf erenceand . will "Bold annual meetings. . ' ;7?' vw ' It is Understood the prgan.tion will ' stand .for trying to gain votes-for women '.through amendments1 to State constitutions rather- than Federal measure as advocated by the National Women's Suffrage Organization. ; Other officers of the conference elected this- afternoon are: Mrs. Laura ClayV : Kentucky, vice president-at-large Mrs.: John B. Parker, Nejv Or gans,;, corresponding secretary: Mrs. Emma . Maddojr Funck, Maryland, re cording, secretary; Mrs. George B. Cunningham, Arkansas, ; treasurer; Mrs. Nellie Nugent Sommervllle, Mis sissippi, anci' Miss ' Jennie E. Lauder dale Tennessee,, auditors. ' i State vice prisedents : Mrs. Eugent Reilly, Norths Carolina; Mrs Chap pell Cory, Alabama; Mrs. O. F., El lington, Arkansas; Miss Belle Kear ney, Mississippi; Mrs.. Helen Gardnn-er,-- Washington, D . C. : Mrs. Florence Cooley, Florida; Mrs. Frances Gordon Burton Smith, Georgia ; 7 Mrs. . Laura L'. : Q. -Poe, Maryland; Mrs. Desha Breckenridge, Kentucky ; - Mrs. B . B. Vallentine, Virginia; Mrs. John B. Gibbons, -South Carolina ; 'Miss Sara B, Eliott, Tennessee; Miss Annette Finnegan, Texas ; Mrs. A . D ; . Stevens, Oklahoma, and Mis Florence Loeber, Iouisiana. WHISKEY SAID TO i ..,-. " ' -f"v BE NATIONALCURSE Former Governor "Patterson of Tennessee Addresses Anti-Saloon teague . . OTHER GOVE SPEAK Predict Resolution of -Congress Pro ' hibiting Sale of Intoxicating Liquorsr as a Beverage Within Possesriiajiis. Colunjbus, - OV Noy. -ip?redicting that a resoliitftiB; rOhlbffS the traf fic of intoxiclaoate' as beverages in the United State afed all t entries under its jurisdictioE soon wouJfl"be adopted by Congressrraideciartlgvthaf "if I am then Goior of &a2isas I will immediately ifaicvene the fiigislature in special" sesaSaBr "if necesfeai,y for the purpose of rarihg the fc-nendment," Governor GeorH. Hodges, of Kan sas tonight thr.Tr-the J5jEh . biennial convention of the American anti-saloon league into - an uproar of. ap plause. : . ' ... ; ' Governor L. B. ; Hanna, .. of North Dakota, another speakers gave statis tics to show the prosperity of his State under "prohibition", reign and said the "brewers' year-, book" show ed no consumption in , his State of their manufacture in 19.11..,-. . 1 The day session waa brought to a climax with a stitrfng aQd3s , by for mer . Governor" M. R. Pattersonj' of Tennessee.'in wfach he'jgawfeTeasons for his enlisting with, the "Snti-saloon movement. : - 7 '" ' - "The anti-saJaon league and I have not always beea friends: said Mr. Patterson.. 1 "The -paths we traveled were' wide apart but the path I travel ed turned in 'its course, v-xt ; ran -into the other and wd" now 7 find ourselves m the same road marching -in tne same direction actuated ,.by-.the same, desire to destroys the . traffic :in liquor and redeem -a nation from its curses v "I am jieither 'ahaj5MAipriabashea to vtandT, bet&re tMs greataadienee and,1 asknowledge the ' wrong? when ' I once advocated 'policies .which would have made"" legal a trade which 1 have come to look upon as having no right ful place in Christian civilization." Patterson sTeIis of Convictions. Commenting on tme of his own mes sages to the Tennessee Legislature in which he tspposedfurther legislation to regulate the saloon traffic. Mr; Pat terson declared t tbatat" thafv stime those werer his honest " convictions ( Continued on Page ETiht..')' Opening of Safety at Sea Conference London,. Nov. 12. When the , Inter national Conference "of Safety at Sea began its sessions here today, a mes sage from King George was read in which the King expressed : his hope that . the labors of .the " conference would be successful because.- the con ference "aff ecjts closely the lives and welfare of a vast iiumber nf my sub jects," ; The - message spoke of the King's personal experience as a sail or and of many -matters:-which -will come up for consideration and con tinued:' " . - - " , ' "An ; international agreement!' on measures to remove ' or. decrease .the perils of the seaweukl confer untold benefit on - humanity throughout the world." - 77.r7?5; ' -:r ' ' Lord Mersey is presiding and ' the deliitetes were, welcomed by the Right Hon. Sydney Buxton; president of the Board of Trade. Twelve nations are parti cipatingr the United States, Great Britain, Belgium, France. The Netherlands, Russia, Denmark, Ger many, Norway, pain, Canada, and New Zealand. OUTLINES Former Governor Patterson, or -Tennessee in an- address before the Anti-Saloon LeagUe told of his ' once being against prohibition and why he 1 had changed. " '. The conference of Democratic Sen ators over the Currency bill : took ' ho action as a r.esult,nf a request made by Chairman Oweniof .the committee. ... Secretary of Labor Wilson before the American Federation ofcLabor as sailed conditions, in the strike zone in Michigan". ;where,. non-union ilabor has been used (extensively.: ""7-- V ; - : Secretary Bryan - stated last night that before ' many; days had passed a statement would . be given -! out by President Wilson . defining his Mexi can policy. -This statement probably will; be addressed to Congress: President Wilson will . nominate Pindell. of Peoria,SJH-. as -ambassador to Russia, regardless of the rack et raised' about-v correspondence be tween Senator Lewis and the news paper manf ' ' . 'h The .United -Daughters of the Con; federacy in session . at New Orleans, refused to ; accept greetings f ronf the Louisiana. State .Woman's Suffrage Society in session at the same time. A resolution asking Miss Gordon, of the suffragettes - to address -1 Jie or ganization met the same fate. -".-7- New York markets : Flour steady. Wheat irregular: No. 2 red 961-2 to 98. Corn easy 79 : 1-2. Rosm steady. PTurpentine steady. Money on ; call firm 3 1-2 to 4 ; ruling rate 3 3-4 ; closing 3 1-2 to . 3 3-4. .Snot cotton oniet: middling uplandsfcia-Sesmid- -1 .s.,: Kwiser Wi?he at Ddicorfion. , . " K ' III; - 14 Lpb -- 7 lr' ::i A feature of the recent dedication of the Battle of 'Nations Memorial at. Leipzig, the centenary-, of the great battle .wBrere the Germans, and other Nations routed the battalions of Napoleon!" was the attendance of" Kaiser 'Wil helm. This caused an outburts. of patriotism: and National feeling in the Fatherland which was one of the notable events 6f the week. Refuse to Accept Greeting from "Votes for Woman" ' . Orginttzation in South WILL NOT MIX III RdLltlfiS President General White of Daughters of Confederacy Urges vAgainst Attempts to Secure Pen-. 7 1 sions for Soldiers, , : New Orleans Nov: 12. tJnited Daughters of the Confederacy deviat ed from their programme long ehough today to flatly refuse to'accept 'greet ings from the Southern States Wo man's Suffrage Conference, or to ' in .vite Miss Kate. M. Gordon, thel con ference president, to speak.. It "was" declared uponv .Jhe convention floor That the Daughters will not have poli tics of any sort injected into t&eir fr-. ganization. -' . " - . - The suffrage conference was organ ized by delegates to a Louisiana suf frage convention which adjourned late - this af ternoonAfter the adjourn ment Mrs. C. A.Cantreli,- of Kentucky, offered a mptioxrasking that Miss. Gordon- be invited to speak. Mrs: Nor-, man " Randolph, " of . Virgina, - made a spirited address against such action and moved -that- the motion be tabled. .. (Continued on Page Eight.)? t v Will Nominate Mr. Pindell After Washington, November 12.. Henry M. Pindell, of Peoria,1 will be. nominat ed for ambassador to Russia, and the recently- published correspondence, w,hich was alleged to ;have passed tween him and Senator 'Lewis will npl influence tne President's decision ec retary Bryan today issued a statement to. this effect. He aaid: ; ' . ;.v- "Mr. Pindell did not seek the ' ap pointment. In response to the Toff er he frankly stated that he did not1 feel that he could conscientiously obligate himself to serve the full ordinary; term of a foreign appointment because he did not feel that he could leavfek "Jiis business so long. The President ask ed hirn-to accept it for as long .artim0 as he could stay, and he; consented.. "This is a full statement of a matter, which has; been grossly, misrepresent ed. The President will not allow ma licious .representations to interfere with his right to'nommate to"the;Sert ate the best qualified men withih his choice for v conspipuous; and respon sible positions." . . .';v :.?;. Senator Lewis -tonight . issued ;V- a statement explainingvthe -much dis cussed lefters.from him to Mr. .PiUdeli, saying: . ?y :-s---''&:-rMh?, "The creation of these lettersr now deVeloos to have been the result? of a; collusion on the part of a former em ploye ot my omce in yvasmngion, wuq previously had forged my . name t to checks, and had' been discharged,-and certain ot his conieaerates. "i nese shaped the letters anT sought ;t? dis pose of the same as being from me to Mr. Pindell. .However, the language used and- the phraseology ' in the - in vented letters were so foreign' to "any-: thing ever used by me that for three weeks throughout the country he had been unsuccessful. . ".. 'Iater tnrough co-operation ofsdnie enemies of Pindell was the faithless employe abje to impose upon reputable newspapers." . . - :.- -,' "'J'? NO ACTiDN TAKEN BY -CONFERENCE Senator Owen Requests Cau ; cus of Democrats to Give : Committee Time v; HITCHCOCK OUT OF LIHE Full Membership of Banking and Cur rency Committee to Gather. To-; day in Fmal Effort to Secure - f , An Agreement." Washington, November 12. The attempt', to force the administration currency bill through the Senate by way of the Democratic caucus was abandoned today and the Banking and Currency Committee was given time for further consideration ot the bill. Practical agreement by six Dempcratic Senators, half of the committee, and hope for a final report - within, five or six days, was . reported to , the Demo cratic conference when it met today by Senator Owen, and at his request the conference took no action. '' Since the call for the conference was issued Senators Reed and O'Gorman had. joined Chairman Owen and Sena tors Pomerene, Shafroth and Hollis, supporters of the administration meas ure, despfte their votes against some of its provisions in the committee. These six Democrats have virtually agreed on a bill which meets the views of President Wilson. This measure will be jtaken before the Senate as sooh as possible. Another futile attempt to swing Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska- in line '.with his Democratic colleagues was made in a meeting of Democrats or tne committee after the conference. Tomorrow the full committee, Demo crats and Republicans will meet and another attempt will be made to se cure an agreement among a majority. ' i Unanimous Report, f If this fails it is probable that the Democrats and Republicans will make a unanimous report on these details of the bill which . all -approve and then submit supplementary .reports showing their points of disagreement. The Re publicans and Senator Hitchcock have announced their determination to -stand out tothe last for the public ownership o the," regional banks in the new system and for government control of those, banks. ' - ; Today's conference was in session but about half an hour.'- Senator Owen made a statement of the situation in the committee : and said that six - of the seven Democrats was in practical agreement. iHe declared that five or six days more, Jie believed, would give the committee' time to frame a re port." ; Without-further discussion the conference'agrped to adjourn, subject to the call of "the chairman. . . y Chairman 'Owen was asked by several-Senators whether or not he was cdnvinceid . thfct currency legislation could not be put through" the Senate at this session of Congress, and wheth er an adjournment of Congress might not; well be takeh , He made no.dfinite reply - but - several , Senators took the position that there could be no cur rency legislation before December. v : . . rnere -nas Deen- consiaeraDie pres sure for ,an adjournment; if only for ten day8-or two weeks, on both sides ofthe canitol. but it is understood that in view of the Mexicans-situation Con gress wili be . kept in Washington regardless- of currency 1 legislation. - - i Nftw ':): York. '"November 12 . New. York enlarged v its facilities t for the treatment of. tuberculosis today.- by opening a -new $3,500,000 hospital on Statefi Island; The. hospital is at Cas- tleton corners, swept ny sea Dreezes and called "Sea View.'.' Eighty" pa tients already-have been admitted. ; to llflLL uHLrinitu 4 Large dividends Secretary of Labor Wilson Addresses American Fed eration of Labor . MAKE CONDITIONS PUBLIC Calls Members. of Organization "Fel low .Unionists" and Declares a New Conception of Titles - is Forming. Seattle, Wash., -Nov '12. Secretary of Labor y'iiliam B.' Wilson, ; addres sing the American Federation of La bor today, bitterly condemned the at titude of the Michigan copper , min ing companies and warned them that . a new conception of titles to property was in progress of formation. He de clared he would make' public not ofiy the wages paid to the miners,1 the . hours they worked, and the labor con ditions, but the enormous profits, of the nflne owners. Mr. Wilson, who addressed the dele-, gates as "fellow -Unionists," said: -"The Department of Labor as now organized and directed will be utiliz-; ed to co-operate with the great trade' union movement in its effort to ele vate the standard of human society. "One of the general duties imposed on the department is that- of promot ing the welfare of wage workers. "The one great specific duty impos ed on the department is to act as a mediator and to appoint commission- ers of conciliation -in trades disputes. "There can be no mediation, there" canbe no conciliation1 between em ployers and employes . that doesnt pre-sUppose collective bargaining, and there cannot be collective ' bargaining : that does not pre-suppose trade- un ionism;" . 7 - : ' Of the situation" at ' Calumet Mich., the secretary said it had heretofore been -a custom to investigate wages, hmirfi and rnTidlttnna.jif lannr and r- port. - This time, he said, it had been' deteiTQlned - to invjestigater also-'tha earnlhgy-of thecorptrattona,tt"roive'dJ ""Andrthe HttieT bit or eonndenee thai I am going to give you.'l tre added, "is that the largest corporation en gaged in ; the production of -copper' in . the- Michigan district was organized in 1870 under the laws of the State of . Michigan, and that the face value -of its capital stock is $2,500,000. -The shares are $25 each. They were pur chased at $12 each, so that the actual , investment was $1,250,000..' "From that time until one year ago that corporation declared'.in. dividend" $121,000,000 and - made reinvestments out of its earnings of $75,000,001). Nearly $200,000,000 of actual net prof its in a period of 42 years on an in vestment of $1,250,000, and then they not only protest against, meeting com mittees of their workmen but refuse to accept the good-offices : of the De partment of Labor in negotiating the . difficulty. - ... - - , "They say their property is - their' own; that they have, the right to do with it as they please. Those who take that position have' a false con ception -of the titles to property. "Law has created those titles, not primarily . for the welfare of the man to whom it conveys, it, but for the welfare of the community. "Society has conceived r that the best method of .promoting the .welfare of society is to convey titles to in- dividuals in real estate and personal effects.' It does . it, however, not ; for thewelfare of the individual, but for the welfare of the great mass of the people. If any individual; or-corporation takes the ground that the proper ty is his own, that he has the right to do -with it as he pleases and fafls to take into consideration the fact that the title has only been conveyed to him as a trustee for the -.welfare of the society, then he is creating a con--ditioh that will cause society to modi fy or change these titles to property, as it has a perfect right to do." 'Mr. Wilson condemned the sending of strike-breakers by private" employ ment agencies and said: ; v Bureau of Information. ' ' "I wish to see created within the Department of Labor a bureau of in formation that will be handled much on the same lines as our weather bu reau of information, where we will . gather the information of where men . can find employment, the -wages they will receive, the hours -of employment the conditions under. ,hich. they toil, -whether or not a trade union is rec ognized and last, but not least, wheth er or not any trade . - dispute exists -where the employment may be had; and then condense that information 4 into a sheet that can be nosted in every postoffice in the United States and in every, otber place where men congregate, so that when &' man cornea into a community where a strike ex ists for the purpose of taking the place of strikers, he does. 60 with his . eyes open." ; : 7 '",-.: ,v The Secretary also spoke of- the Indianapolis- car strike and of the . trouble in the Colorado oal fields. In the recent street" car trouble at Indianapolis'we offered our good offi; ces before the strike commenced," he . sa:ld'. ' and 'had a" storm of abuse heap-, ed on us by members of-he Manufac turers' Association on the ground we were giving encouragement to. .trades . unionism ' by sending our- representa tive , in there.' Notwithstanding, the representative went in ; there, and when the strike ; occurred,' it was ul timately adjusted. '-' '7,,' ; Representative to Colorado.. We sent, a representative out to Colorado to the ; coal mines' strike. ' But we have thus far. failed to secure an ''adjustment. We are not through with it yet by any means. ; m Speaking of the power of organized labor, he said : -. - ' '-.y As I look back over. my -40 years of experience as a trades unionist, I DMA I I DAI HOI 'I 31 1 ' V"i . - -
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Nov. 13, 1913, edition 1
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