,. WATCH LABEL. . .: ,.-' rsn pasm. "'s,"ml Sara Wan uaftstfaa "' laaia ssj Wi , !., . ; ., i SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY: MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1919 SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. .VOL. CX. NO. 117. PRICE: FTVE CENTS. !, ' ' ' "' !- " , ' mi' '.ii.i', ii i i " i I I I uax. -1-Ji -' - L!L -'.-J-'.. ' .V ".. ' V. ' . ' ' ''' ' ' ' . I i .. SHIPPERS BEING imniiiviHADMtrn SECRETARIES SAY Beaman and. Barlow Issue Lengthy Statement In Reply v to Commission FURTHER CRITICISMS OF STATE AUTHORITIES Claim That State. Sates Will Not Be Disturbed Under Burnside Recommendations ; Examiner Says Some Will Be Increased and Others Lowered . News and Observer Bureau, 603 District National Bank-Bldr BY R. E. POWELL. . (Special Leased Wire.) 7 Washington, D. C, Oct. at.-Charging -the Stat Corporation Commission with umltiiy alnriniiig" the shippers' of North .Carolina by injecting into the pending freight rate tight before the Interstate Commerce CommiMion the jeopardy of intra- ttate rates, M. B. Bea man and Harry Barlow, representative! of the North Carolina Traffie associa tion, this afternoon issued a lengthy statement in which they assert tha eon mission Bade no effort to "get relief for the shippers of North Carolina with respect to the rates between the North and North Carolina." The statement of the traffic associa tion representatives was prepared after several conferences with J. Howard Fiehback, attorney for the North Caro lina chambers of commerce, and f ol lowing an interview this morning with Examiner Burnside, who filed the re port of recommendations to tha Inter state Commerce Commission. There ia no answer in the statement of the traffic representatives to the Cor poration Commission's contention that the recommendation of the,examiner, if adopted by the Interatate Commerce commission after argument -on the. ex ceptions, would automatically permit tiie railroad administration to raise, the " freight, rates within the state. It was because of this fear that the State Cor poration Commission justified its delay n bringing the suit for an adjustment " tt the rates which discriminate ia fav r of the Virginia cities. , ' : , - : Mr. Haraslde'a View. -Examiner Burnside,' questioned " by newspaper men today about his rw mendation that the scale he p'opo" "forTuterstste tat "should pp!y be tween points in North -Carolina, de-!linedr-to-ay whether adoption ot this scale would raise orlower the intra state rates ai a general proposition. He said that, in the event the Ballroad Ad ministration adopted the suggestion, the rates would be raised In some in stances and lowered in some instances. Ro far as the case at issue is concerned, Mr. Burnside explained that state rates are not involved but, as pointed out by the Corporation Commission, it will be the prerogative of the Batlipad Ad ministration to adopt the suggestion he makes in the' recommendations filed with the Interstate Commerce Commis sion. . "The basis, if adopted" , say the traffic representatives, adverting to the recommendations .of the examiner, . "would result in rates substantially the same as the existing North Carolina state rates, in most eases lower than thoso rates are now and in some eases slightly higher. But it must be borne in mind that the examiner -suggests no specifis rates' in North Carolina, aor does his plane, even it it snail be adopt d by the commission, indicate any ma terial change in the North Carolina scale of state rates. .Finding Called Great Victory. "The fact is," continues thetate- ment, "that the rates will remain just as they are today for the commission fans no authority in this ease to make - any order or finding that rater ia the State shall be changed, either increased or reduced. ' As result of the pro ceedings the examiner has found that the rates between North Carolina and the South are clearly unreasonable and should bs reduced. The lading of the examiner in , his report .constitute a great victory for. the people f the State. .They have suffered for years from these vicious rate between North Carolina and the North and between North Carolina and the South. " 'The Corporation Commission, In it statement a few Baye ago, makes no mention of the fact that they took ao part in trying to get relief with re spect to the rates between the North and North -Carolina, nor does it men tion the fst that this part of the ease waa tried by the chambers of com merce of the Stat without the assist ance er eo-ope ration of the Corporation Commission. Ia this, the examiner ' recommends a substantial reduction. "They have taj en a situation that is not Involved in the ease and have cre ated an uneasiness with respect to state vatea that haa no support in fact," con tinues the statement. "State rate are not to be disturbed.- The Corporation Commission itself explain in it pub lished statement that tha existing North Carolina state rate have been eueecss- ' fully, defended ia three former proceed ing before the Interatate Commerce Commission. - It is absurd then to as sume that the commission would .ia this ease undertake to suggest any change." Referring to the broad recommenda- ' tioa . of tha examiner that the rates from North to South Carolina be re duced ea a basis of twenty cents per hundred pounds on a haul of 180 miles, represented by the distance from Bal igh to Catawba, 8. C, the statement . continues: .. - lasafflcieat Redaction. - ' It will be urged that ths rate of 80 cent for 180 mile does aot repre sent a sufficient reduction under the. rat from Richmond and the Virginia eitssahf that 20 cent differeae ia rat tOsatlaaed ea Page Two.) "BUMPS" CAUSED MAYNARD TO -THINK BILLY SUNDAY SURELY WAS REVIVING TIIE ELEMENTS Tar Heel Aviator Found Roughest Weather of HU Career After Leaving Chicago On Flight; Over-Western Prairies the Lone Fliers Raise Con sternation Among Grazing Herds; Welcomed With Hot Oyster Stew In Cheyenne (The-New and Observer today pre sents the second instatlmenT of Lien tenant Maynard'a story of his flight across , the American continent, which tella of his second day's journey from Chicago to Cheyenne, -Wyoming: The third installment telling of his first mishap and his trip to Solduro, Utah, will appear in an early issue of this paper.) . j By Lleat. Belvln W. Msyaard. (Capmskt. 1111. an mSllthnl'hr nwllw at ttu Button TranUtt.) Oa account ' of our poor night's sleep we did not have very good ap petites' for breakfast and left at sua rise without eating very much. Out of Chicago we encountered the rough est weather that I have ever flown in and the Jbumpa" mixed with an empty stomach almost made me seasick, florae of the jcolta we received from strong air currents near Rock Island were so severe that our engine missed fire several times. On arriving at Rock Island I learned that my friond, Billy Sunday, waa holding a revival there which perhaps accounted for the rough weather.' The field ia large, but waa soft because of recent rains. Wo landed at Rock Island an hour after sun rise and before the control stop commander and the Red Cross ladies came out. Therefore, we were unable to get anything to eat as they had received no word of oar arrival in Chicago and were entirely unprepared to receive us. Eacoaaler Rough Wlad After the half hour allotted to as waa paased we flew away towards De Moines, sincerely hoping to find the wind had subsided and waa lea "bumpy" We unfortunately encount ered worse conditions than ever and a strong. head wind. - , ' I began to see visions of Captain Smith, Lieutenant Kiel, and Major Spatz sweeping by me on their east ward flight at a terriflo speed with this thirty-mile an hour wind ' favoring them. My hope of winning oat against the western entrants passed away in these few tiresome Jiours. ! Finally I sighted the gold dome of the eapitol at De Moines and soon afterwards located the. long civilian landing field adjoining a neatly kept graveyard. J Jt seem, strange that fly-, Adjourn To Meet in 1922 at Portland, Ore., After Most Momentous of All Sessions Detroit, Mich., Oct. 21. Adjourning to meet in Portland, Oregon, in "1922, tbe Triennial General Convention of tho Protestant Episcopal church in Ameri ca late today ended the most momen tous eeiiiioa of its history. , In the closing service of the convention the chnich was called upon through the pastoral letter to squarely face its duty In th" ner era and tbe problems of the period of reconstruction. The conven tion jut' closed made church history, ie.vting men of the Episcopal church declare, and adopted legislation destin ed -to place the 1 communion on I broadened plane ia the eyes of th ea tire Chvistiaa world,la-thia.,onBee- tion they cite the following four general points: -r- - - Four General Point. , First the almost complete reorgani sation cf the church through the crea tion of an executive council and the granting of increased, power to pro vincial eTncfle . Second, 'the broadening of the church's outlook en social matters, in duatrial question -. and international affaire. Third, the general approval of the movement toward church unity by amending tha church constitution to make rossibla the -proposed concor dat with the Congregational' church Whereby ministers of that church may be ordained in the Episcopal faith, these amendments also making possible similar agreements with other denomi nations. ., ' ' Fourth, the broadening of th wor ship of. the church la revision of the book of Common. Prayer aad ,it a- rienmeni. , Aa Oversisrat Followed By Omission Overlooked in the pre of final busi ness the proposal of the board or mis sion that it be authorized to co-operate in the interehureh world move ment failed to secure action although almost unanimous approval of the tnavemtnt was voiced by the delegates. Th church baa a commission working oa vlans for th proposed conference ef Anglican ehurehe to be held at the Hague, the general purpose of which is t further tha aniflcatioa . ef mis sionary efforts. t Greatest interest of church people and convention delegate today waa shown ia the selection by the House of Bishop of Bishop Thomas F. Gailos, ef Tennessee, srs chairman of tha mew ex ecutive council, which will handle the business of th ehureh after January I next. Bishop Gailor will bold offle until the next convention. E becomes by virtue of the office, executive bead of the church. Bishop Daniel 8. Tattle, of "Miasouri. remaining its acelesiattiea (Ceatlaaed ea Page Twa.) 'Som Second Leg of Cross Continent and Then to Bed and to Sleep. ing field should eo frequently be laid out adjoining graveyards and hospitals. They ahould be placed next door to hotel and theatre, preferably. -Airman's Biggest Thrill. Bere we again found a aoft landing field. So soft, ia fact that Bergtaat Kline, immediately , after the wheal touched the ground, jumped out oa tbe stabiliser to keep ths tail of the ma chine from going up in tha air. This is the only "movie stuff" we pulled ()off oa the entire trip. This per formanee, although very helpful at time, should never bs mad "a practice of. One man , waa killed 'during tha race by being thrown eS a stabiliser when the pilot made a bad landing. The biggest thrill I got out of the whole raec waa when, while witching the landings at the Saa Francisco field, I suddenly saw Max Goodnough shoot out, bead first, from his cockpit to the stabiliser of Lieut. Mangelman's ship long before the plane reached tbe ground. At Dea Moinee w found much en thusiasm, lot of good thing to eat, and a fine corps of fair women re porters from the local preoa. Sail Over Westera. Plate. From Des Moines to Omaha we foand fewer "bumps", but the eky was still cloudy. All the country from Chicago to Omaha bore a atrikiag similarity as viewed, from tha air. There appeared to be score of . thriving cities and thousands of . apparently proaprrous farmers. We passed over many farm houses with large and commodious ant buildings. Many cattle and sheep ware graaiag ia the field aa we paased aver. The cattle would always run away a sooa a they heard the roar of the motor, but the sheep hundreds strong would all huddle together and start milling to gether, the whole mas revolving like mo aia or a graptaophnn. Just before reachinsr Omaha we had about five milea of exceed iagly rough country to pasa over which seemed to be, there to give ui alittla foretaste of what was coming further on. Greeted v . Ntvuuwrawa. Al Omaha we faced -a regular bat tery of cameras aad it .seemed aa if very newspaper re porter in Nebraska waa oa hand to greet ns,r , If there had ; x (Coattaaad sw Page TaraO MRS. DANES WILL Congressman French and Wife of Secretary, of Navy To Open Campaign Winatoa-fielem. Oct. 24. Ths earn paign for fund for th 1920 budget of tne x. ll. C. A. and T. W. C. A., will be launched Sunday afternoon when a mass-meeting will be held at a local theatre. Mrs. Josephus Daniels, of Washington, V. C) and Ctfngressmaa Burton U French, of Idaho, will ad dress th meeting. The local commit tee will raise $30,000 for the associa- tion during the eamnsiga. A memorial service to the late Tbeo. Boosevelt will be held here Sunday aft ernoou ia connection with the Roose velt memorial fund campaign. Jades Jeter C. Pritehard is expected to de liver the address. ' Capt. Burdette 8. Wright, of the De partment of Aeronautics, baa returned to Washington to report oa the site se lected oa the Wiaston-ealem-Green. boro local aviation field to be known a the Maynard field. Captain Wright stated to tha local committee that it would receive favorable recommenda tions aad proper blanks from final in formation to be sent to Washington were left with tha committee, Withia a few week th field will be ready for landing. Mrs. Elizabeth Oakley, aged mother of E. C. Oakley, of Greensboro, and ti. O. Oakley', prominent realty man ef thu city, died last night after a linger ing illness. . The body waa taken to Roanoke, Va4 for interment. Forced to land nc-4 WILL RESUME FUGHT V EARLY THIS MORNING Norfolk, V., Oct. 24. Naval Plan N.C-4 which left th Naval base .at 4:45 this afternoon for Charleston, 8. C, was forced by th weather to land aa boar aad a barf later ea Roanoke Island, N. C, tbe landing place of Six Walter Saleigh'a ill-fated eolony. Manteo, Oct. 24. Naval, Plan N. C.-4 arrived at Manteo at ( p. aa. aad realis ing that it waa good Jaadang place Commander Bead is spending tha night here. ' Weather ia cloudy wltb low visi- bility. plan ia good condition aad th eight member of the env are ia aiarh spirits. They report a delightful trip so. far aad will leave about six o'clock tomorrow morning for Charleston. WILSON'S ILLNESS WILL V SHORTEN VISIT OF PIINCK. Washington, Oct. 14. Dae to tbe 111- aes of President Wilson, th stay ef th Priae ef Wale ia Washington aet for early aext month will be somewhat shortened, it waa learned tonight Tha visit of the rrues, it was aaid by offi cials, probably , will correspond la length with that of King Albert aad Queen Elizabeth of Belgians, who -will spead three day bar aext week. ' SPEAK IN TWIN CITY RESULT OF EFFORT TO VOTE ON TREATY TODAY UNCERTAIN Senators To Assemble Hour Earlier In Hope of Get ting Through JOHNSON AND HALE ENLIVEN DULL DAY Debate On Amendment To dire . TJ. S. -A Many Votes As Great Britain In Any League Decision Drew Sharp Ex change Between The Two ; Others Spoke On Subject (By The Associated Press.) Waahington, Oct. "24. After another day of debate on the Johnson amend ment to th peaco treaty, Senate lend ers said tonight thst slthough they would try to bring the proposal to vote tomorrow they were by no means eertaiav tbe plan would suceceii They set tha time en meeting an hour earlier than usual in the hops that the Senate might talk itself out before night. baring most of today's session the debate dragged along without much show of interest but just before ad journment the under current of bitter feeling cropped out in a sharp exchange between 8eaator- Johnson, Republican, of California, author of ths amend ment, and Senator Hale, Republican, of Maine; opposing it. Declaring that the amendment which propose in effect that in any decision by the League of Nations the United State shall have as many votes as Great Britain and her colonies, would ot lit actual operation Insure equality in the league, Senator Hale had argued that batter result could be seeom plished by a reservation on tho sub ject. : He alluded to Senator Johnson's plea yetterday that his amendment rep resented the viewpoint of Americanism ahd continued. High Motive en Both Sides 'Let me say to tbe Senator from California that the motive of those opposing his proposal are every bit as high as his motives. I am just as much opposed aa he i to inequality ia the league, but I believe in-meeting it with a reservation which will remedy it, rather thaa with an amendment which will of Senator Joanaotv teplied 'that th op position seemed to him to be baaed oa nawlllingne to go even a far bi amendment would go, rather than, oa a fear that it did not go far enough. Ho repeated a hat ho eonsidered.it aa em bodiment f Americanism and added that before the subject was elcaeeFlena tors would have aa opportunity of show, ing where they stood en another amend ment wnirn would go far enough to suit anybody. Hale'a Retort. "I am glad, "Senator Hale retorted, "to see the Senator set up as a test of Americanism his own amendment, but I cannot accept that test for 'myself. If he has any question of my patriot ism, he is welcome to it" During the session Senator Shields of Tennessee, a demoeratie member of th Foreign Relations committee spoke for aa amendment or reservation to equalize the league voting strength and Senator Gronna, Republican, North Da kota, made a three hour attack en th treaty, and the league. Tomorrow Sena tor Lodg of Massachusetts, the Re. Jublican leader, will speak for the ohnsoa proposal. Its Alertness Manifested Bv The Appeal Made To La bor Conference . Washington. Oct. 24. Intervention bv President Wilson today in the impend ing coai strike through a message to the conferring miners and operators brought about a belief ia official eirelcs that he had made definite progress to recovery. The situation resulting from a dead lock ia the coal atrike conference was not brought to the President's attention until after noon and within three hoars his appeal for continuation of negotia tions was ia the hand ef Secretary Wilson. ! Taia participation la a publie matter on inch short notice coupled with tbe daily bulletin announcing 'continued improvement created at the White Hon aa atmosphere of optimism. . Rear Admiral Grayson, tho President s personal physician however insisted that hi patient' strength should not b overtaxed with the result that, th prohibitioa enforcement bill and At torney General Palmer's opinion oa it, seat to the White House yesterday were withheld today from Mr. Wilson's at' tentioa. Ontsid of attention to the coal strike th other publie set of the President today was the granting of commutations aad p.-rdon oa six appeal that had coma from the attorney general's of See. .. . Sentences Gemmated. Washington, Oct. 24. Three enlisted mea who ware sentenced to death at Camp Jackson, 8. C, last January by aa army conrt-martial, for attempting to create a mutiny among negro labor troopo havs had their sentences com muted to imprisonment for 10 -years, the war department today announced. Th mea involved were Privates Head ley Braveboy, Pomeroy Jackson and Tom Nelson, all member of th 444th PRESIDENT'S MIND -NOT BECLOUDED labor Battalion - GOAL MINERS STRIKE WILL r J PROBABLY OCCUR NOV. FIRST- AFFILIATED UNIONS WILL CONFER SOON Announcement Made By Sam Gompers Indicates Big Bat tle Is Coming CO-OPERATION OF FARMERS AND4R. R. BROTHERHOODS It Will Be Sought, Together With Labor Organisations of Canada With A. T. of L., In Furthering Whatever Pro gram Union Chiefs Decide On; for Increased Pay Washington. Oct. 24. What may prove one of the greatest industrial battles in history wss believed by some observers here to bs forecsst by the announcement today of Samuel Gomp ers, President of the American Fede ration of Labor that a conference it the h da of the 112 ' international unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor would be held in Washington in the "near future" to discuss present asd impending dis putes. x Cooperation of the four big railroad brotherhoods and the farmers of the country as well as the labor orjranira tions ef Canada probably will be sought, it was aaid, in furthering what ever program the union chiefs decide upon. "To Fight Oat tbe Straggle.' ' Mr. Gompers' announcement was contained in a telegram to the Illinois Federation of Labor at Peoria, His message' as in reply to one in which the Illinois organization asked that a special convention of the American Federation of Labor be called to per fect an alliance of the international union of tha United States and Can ada and th railroad brotherhoods "more effectively to fight ut- the life aad death struggle of ths worker now in progress." Federation' officials have pointed out that the. Illinois branch propoaed that the aid o& th farmer be enlisted and that assessment aggregating eae-fourth of th net earnings of organised work er be made "until the abject ef this dxitg be aeeoropliihtd.' Decision Reached Tassday. Decision to issu a call for a meet ing of the international union chiefs 1 I 1 Al . W J . . was reacnea uy in x cuersiioa m exec utive council Tuesday night, but ths announcement wss withheld. At that time labor officials had become con vinced that the National Industrial Con forence would be unable to reach any basis for th establishment of indus trial pence. Must Talk Collective" Bargaining It was on tbe following day that Mr, Gompers, ia withdrawing organized labor's representatives from tha-confer. ence, warned the employers' group that when they met in conference ngain with the spokesmen for union labor, they would be glad to talx olleetive bnrirainrnff. Federation officials today declined to go into details regarding tho forth c-wn nit conference. - They said subjects to bo discussed would rest with the Unlcn chiefs themselves and the time of the ntcting had not been tlctermiu-M. Whether there aa any connection between the proposed conference rnd lue notice given the railroa( a.lm.ma tration by Timothy Shea, of the Jtire- (Continued on Par Two.) SENATOR MARTIN QUITE -'CHEERFUL LAST NIGHT Demoeratie Senate Leader in Hospital With a Se vere Illness Charlottesville, Va., Oct. 84. -"Sen- ator Thomas S. Martin has shown marked improvement during ths day waa th text of the brief bulletin given out tonight at the University of Vir ginia hospital where the Democratic leader ia confined with a severe illness. Dr. John Staiga Davis, the Senator's physician stated tonight that the Sena tor bad spent a very comfortable day maintaining nis improvement or yester day. The Senator took nourishment regularly today, read the morning pa pers and received several of hi inti mate friend, among them Alfred P. Thorn,- and Congressman Hal Flood, who cam down from Washington. ONLY ONE PER CENT ARE PROFITEERS, SAYS PALMER i Atty.-Oeneral In , Address at , Boston To Cost of Living j .' Conference Boston, Mas., Oct. ' 24. Asserting that 90 oat of every 100 mea in both th wholessl and retail business were "taking only a fair profit," Attorney General Palmer ia an address bere to day announced -the Department of Jus tice' policy of asking th honest busi ness mea to enforce the laws against profiteering ''so as to aveid th publie corn which will com to them as class if they do aot drive out evsry man who charge aa unjust and unrea onabl profit. ' .. The address was delivered at a cost of living conference at th Stat Bouse aad immediately afterwards it was sn aouncad that tha mayor of each Massa chusetts ity would appoint fair price committee to co-operate with th Stat commission. .. i EFFORTS TO AVERT IT FAILED OUTSTANDING FEATURES INDUSTRIAL SITUATION ' Washington, Oct. 24. Outstand standing developments today in the industrial situation were: Failure of efforts of Secretary Wilson to mediate the tlTrearaneirl strike of bituminous coal miners de spits an appeal by President Wil son that the negotiations be con tinued and that if they failed both sides submit their case to a board of arbitration. Announcement by tha American Federation of Labor that a confer ence would be called here in the near futqr at which the heads of the 112 international unions affili ated with that organisation would discuss plans for ths conduct of disputes now in progress and those impending. Final dissolution of the National Industrial Omferenee called by Preaident Wilson with a view to es tablishing a . basis for industrial peat". Preparation at American Federa tion of Labor headquarters bere of letters to the affiliated unions over the country urging moral and finan cial support to ths striking steel workers. Conference Last Night, By Coal Workers, Many Armed, To Effect It By Nov. 1 Charleston, W. Va., Oet. 34. From 3,000 tu ,000 coal miners of the Lower Cabin Creek district ia Kanawha coun ty West Virginia, held a conference here tonight on the question of organising tl.e (iuyan Valley coal Holds in Logan county before Nov. 2, th date let for the bituminous coal strike, according to reports from Governor Cornwall's 4f Hco. MaBynnfthr miner Taking part ia tho a tt-.ing are armed, th gover nor i K pert indicated Another March May Be Attempted. Possibilities of a march to th Guyan alley fields similar to th oa at tempted several ' week ago appea.-ed. sjdVKsrs discussed at the conference. Information aa to methods suggested for organising the fields waa unavail able, however as President Frank Ken ney and Secretary Fred Mooney of Di trict 17, were out of ths city. As restraining Influence on the pro- posal ef aa armed march (tats officials believe Governor Cornwall' warning is sued after th attempted march in Sep trmber that any repetition of the dem onstration would be regarded as insur rection against ths government and treated a such, and the counsel of th mare conservative of the miners, might bs effective in causing the mea to adopt other measure,. Serlonsnesa of Situation. The seriousness of the situation was revealed today through a message from Governor Cornwell to John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, in which he charged that a second armed iavasion of the Guyan Fields was contemplated; He charged also that arms and ammunition had been distributed among the miners nd that there had been talk of taking over control of the government. The message wm in answer in a dispatch xrom Mr. Lewis in whica he said he would not prrss for Federsl investiga tion of the Guyan fields at this time EFFORTS TO SECURE RELEASE OF JENKINS Pressure Being c Brought To Bear On The Mexican Government Washington, Oct. 24. Pressure of the most urgent nature will be brought tp bear en the Mexicsn government to use -all the force at its eommsnd to obtain the release of Willism O. Jen kins, American consular agent at Puebla, who was robbed and kidnapped last Sunday by bandits and now is be ing held for, 1130,000 ransom. The American embassy sit Mexico City was instructed today by Assistant Secretsry of State Phillips to keep in close touch with th Mexican foreign office and to push unremittingly its request for all possible action., . Mrs. Jenkins, wife of the consular agent, who -is in Mexico City, wss ad vised today by th State Department that this. government is exerting every effort to obtain th release ef her bus band. The American embassy also was Instructed to keep Mrs. Jenkins advised of etl development in the case. One of the secretaries of the embassy, Matthew E. Hann has been sent from Mexico City to Puebla to inquire into the ease aad to render" the sythorl ties all possible aaaistancs in running down the rebel and releasing Jenkins. ' While th Jenkins cas has intensified interest in the Mexican situation among official of th Btate department, officials declined to .answer, th direct ques tion as to whether the ' fact that aa American official had beea kldaspped would- remit Ja any change of policy by this government toward Mexico. WEST VA. MINERS PLAN ORGANIZING E Miners Last Night. Rejected Proposal of President! For-3 Arbitration.' ; i.-.i WITH NATION'S BINS LOW ' HALF MILLION WILL. QUIT ' -' , -, .,-.1 Statement By Secretary of Lai bor following Adjournment; Text of , Presidents letter, His Ultimate Purpose Having Been To Keep The People Supplied With Fuel , - -' ' tfciif (By Tbe Associated Pra.)' v - Waahington, Oet. M. The last gv ernment effort to avert the eoal atrike set for November 1,' failed utterly to. night aad half a million minora, will quit work en th very sv of winter, with th nation' bin running danger ously low.. .'.,..., . - Evsn aa appeal from Preaidsnt Wilr son, sick ia,bed at the Whit House, was not' enough to bring peace to a eonferenee that waa torn and oa th breaking point half a doatn times dur ing the day." Charge ? and count, charges flew thick aad fast as th groupe ot operator aad ..miner i filed out of the meeting which began some what hopefully four days agoV . Claim ef Operators. : : While the operatora announced that they had accepted th President's offer to wipe th slate clean aad negotiate a new wage agreement, th - miner ehsrged that tbe operator had bolted without tha eosseat' of SecTfetary - ot Labor Wilson, the storm center of aa extraordinary fight to save the eoun. try untold distress and suffering. Surrounded by n score - of miners, John I Lewis, president of the United ii'. -i. A i-. t. J .... iniuv. n ui .bi. vi o new, hhiutv vui of tha hall without stoDDlna but held long enough to announce that the strike order stood and that th miners would walk out after arfuB"day,n work ea th closing day cf . the present month. Th final breaking up ef th conference, Lewi aaid, meant that fa cial aotic of tii failure would be sent forthwith to til union' vrywher to order the man out of th mine at th. appointed honr.. V.-U - The President's appeal - . wss made through Secretary Wilson after tht lat ter had exhausted every possible effort and had ploaded until his throat ached. It pointed out what a strike meant aad urged th two side to get. together, negotiate their differences, resorting tu arbitration only in tha event that ru-fo liations failed, Tha important, point in the proposal, however, wte that' the mine be kept open and th miner stay at work., '.,'..- aV-"' Statement ef Secretary ef Labor. , The miners aad operators had left the conference room and Secretary Wilson, the tear springing to hi eye. waa gathering up hi paper. wfoa he' announced that his effort and tha Preaident'a effort had fallen down, nit that th .n.faf,,.. V.rl iim.aul for good. He briefly explained ths status, but refused to be. drawn into ehsrges of bad faith '. " The operator agreed to accent th proposal of th Preaident ia its ea- - tirety," Mr. Wilson said. aad to -ore-' reed with negotiations aad - if Cher failed to com to a eonclnsion to sub mit the matters still in dispite to arbi tration, the mine to continue in enera- tion pending adjustment, m "ins miner interpreted the Prem. dent's letter as two proposal. ' Thy were willing to accept the first, that il, to proceed to negotiate. The operators isaid that having expressed a willing- neas 10 accept in resident proposal ia its entirety, they held themselves ready to proceed to negotiate and ar bitrate whenever called ww bv th Secretary of Labor or by the minors' scale committee aad with that state ment withdrew. . ; .-. m ; ..,-...- The miner remained had exnraeaed their regret that th negotiation could not go onr hut declined to proceed with th negotiation nntil it had been- de termined whether tbe result of the ne gotiation would be successful er nniue eessful. ' - ; ' ::- ' t The conference then adjourned with out date." i ' - - ; " -a l.o That was all the secretary would ssf. except to explain briefly l)ow the min ers' position worked out." r'-1'" ' i ne resident's proposal. Be -r dared, "was first to negotiate' second to submit the matter to arbitration. 'if negotiation failed, and third to keen the mine ia operation. . ' ' -rf V "The first the miners accented. anS held over th other, two for consider tion later." . ' ' - - . Secretary ef Labor's Hext o,tn.N,, "What is your nevt tep? Mr. Wilson waa aaked. h. , 'V "., "Down to tha automobile." he replied. as he saw th last ot his. haxd work fall down. - . .. ,, -',ir - . ,,. .There wn littl hop of se turns the strike when the miner aad. operator met late today after two offers by tha secretsry; had beea rejected, , In open- . ing the meeting, Mr. Wilson said he had just com from the White House with '. message from the .President . urging peace, that the. people might have, bountiful stock of eeal Miner and operatora sitting In separate groups, lis. teaed closely while the Seeretasy -read the following letter from the Preaideat embodying suggestions for settling th Strike t ' '-' ;-"-;" uiHsrntin' bj LABOR CONFERENC ADJOURNS SINE DIE Letter Fresa the lrosd I have been watching with deep nn4 --" i. i n-r a-if i i , t ' (Ceatlaaed ea Page TweJ f . - - -. t T ; -. i s t i,i f.-i.-t