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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
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Miners Last Night. Rejected
Proposal of President! For-3
Arbitration.' ; i.-.i
WITH NATION'S BINS LOW '
HALF MILLION WILL. QUIT
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Statement By Secretary of Lai
bor following Adjournment;
Text of , Presidents letter,
His Ultimate Purpose Having
Been To Keep The People
Supplied With Fuel ,
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(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
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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
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