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TWELVE PAGES TODAY.
RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 22, 1919.
TWELVE PAGES TODAY. " PRICE FIVE CENTS.
eWS M(QI O OS
WILSON RESTORES
FEDERAL CONTROL
Transfers To Atty.-General
Authority Formerly Exer
cised By Hoover
PROMPTED BY EFFORT TO
MEET SHORTAGE OF SUGAR
But Palmer Will Use Authority
To Put Down Ever-Mounting
Cost of Living; All Sugar To
Be Priced at 12 Cents Ex-
cept New Orleans, Which Is
Nowl r'aentr-''---
Washington, Not. 21 President Wil
ton today placed the government again
in control of the Kation'i f:od supnly
by transferring the aathorit of food
administrator to Attorney General Pal
mer. ' '"" '"
Revival of the war-time ." notion of
Administrator Hoover resulted directly
from government efforta r.vert a
famine in sugar, but the powers dele
. gated to the head of the Department of
Justice will be nsed also to put down
the ever-mounting cost of living.
For the present the Attorney General
will not put into operation all of the
machinery permitted under the exec
utive order signed by the President,
but should conditions arise to make it
necessary . the full pressure of all the
broad 'power vested in him will be
exerted to meet them.
Sugar Distributing System.
Mr. Palmer' staff will begin immedi
ately to build op a sugar distributing
system, which" will . allocate all .sugar
stocks in the country. It will provide
an equitable system of distributing sup
plies and will defeat any concentration
r hoarding, officials said. ,
' 12 Cents the Pound.
Plans tentatively decided upon provide
for increasing the price ef all augar
excepting the Louisiana crop, for which
a price of 17 cents already has been
fixed, to 12 ents ft pound wholesale. ,
Through this increase new sources
of supply arc expected to be opened.
With assurances that ft fair margin ef
profit, said to be about $IM a hundred
pounds, woo Id be allowed, sugar refiners
are ready to enter the Cuban markets
nd purchase all available sUcks, it was
stated. Thus, officials believe, the in
creased : price will avert a shortage,
which threatnes to become ft famine,
daring the next AO day.
Maaafactarars Has Curtail Use.
Immediate action also' is contem
plated in curtailing the consumption
of sugar by manufacturers whoee prod
duets are not regarded as essential food.
This will , apply particularly to soft
drink dealers and candy manufacturers.
The abnormal increase of eales of these
articles and the consequent heavy drain
on' the sugar supplies Is traceable, out
cails declared, to the enforcement of
prohibition. '
While it has not been definitely de
termined, the eut in sugar supplies to
these classes of trada probably will be
about 60 per cent. Officials indicated
that if the exigencies ef the situation
demanded, they would reduce the allow
ance te soft drink and candy plants
to 25 per cent of their normal require
ments. .- . . -v.
Te Secure Cuban P redacts. ,
ArrtlneeoffntaNhave been completed,
subject Co changing' conditions of the
sugar situation, whereby beet and eane
sugar refiners will enter the Cuban
markets immediately.
The department, however, will exact
ft signed agreement with firms enter
ing that trade to consign all ef their
purchases to this country. This will
mean that. American dealers will get a
largo proportion of the 4,000,000 tons
of raw sugar yet available in Cuba,
officials said.
4,o80,0 Tone Used la V. S.
Normal consumption of sugar ia the
United States is about 4,000,000 tons.
Jn other years about 3,000,000 tons was
imported from the Cuban fields to which
wae added the average produetioa of
. approximately -1,000,000 tons of native
grown. But officials were alarmed lest
European dealers should continue their
heavy purchases, already ia excess of
1,000100 tons, .in Cuban markets and
deprive thia-country of the -full sup
ply it usually gets there. The refiners
who have agreed to go into the Cuban
trade have been urged, it was said, te
use all haste that the stocks may aot
be exhausted before this nation is sup-
. plied. .'',.. ' ,; y.-, -
I Situation I Urgent.'
The danger of a augar famine will
' be greatest next month, it was said, as
stocks are rapidly being depleted and
xin many sections already exhausted,
and the necessity for garnering all
available supplies from outside, be
comes daily, -more argent. - : ,
VICI PRESIDENT MARSHALL
l - STARTS ON SOUTHERN TOUt
, .,.
' Washington, Nov. 1. Vies President
Mara hall left today for a speaking tour
through the Booth ea ''social unrest and
its remedies." His itinerary includes
a speech at Columbus, Oa, tomorrow
night; Atlanta, Sunday; Charlotte, Moa
' day; Baleigh, Tuesdays Richmond, Wed
- aesdayt Norfolk, Thursday and Newport
-News, Friday. . .
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1 CEORGIA BRANCH OP COTTON "
ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED
Macon, G-, Nov. 21. Permaaeat or
, ganixatioa of the Georgia Branch ef the
' American Cotton Asaoeiatioa for which
delegates were present today from all
parte of the state waa postponed today
because Governor Doraey and others
fonnd it necessary to leave the city be
fore the organization was completed.
Another meeting is to be called ia De
cember or January.
OVER FOOD SUPPLY
LODGE WANTS TO
l!
ISSUE OF TREATY
Chairman of Senate Committee
On Foreign Relations .
Issues Statement .
NO ROOM FOR FURTHER
COMPROMISE, HE SAYS
Insists That His Commit
tee Recommendations "Will
Stand"; No Formal Expres
sion of Whether President
Would Favor Snch Course;
Resubmission Doubtful -- - - -
Washington, Nov. Zl Compromise ef
forta to ratify the peace treaty were
thrown into the backgronad today by
developments strengthening the possi
bility that the whole controversy might
be transferred' to the political arena for
a decision b ythe people in 1920.
Senator Lodge, chairman of the for
eiga relations committee and Bepubll
eaa leader of the Senate, declared in a
statement there waa no room for fur
ther compromise, andurged that the
reservation! of the Senate majority be
carried into the campaign.
Aa te AdatinlstraUoa's Position.
There was no formal expression to de
fertilise whether ft like stand would be
taken ultimately by President Wilson
and the administration Senators, but it
developed that the President's Senate
supporters had no definite assuranres as
yet that he would re-open the subject
for compromise by re-enbmitting the
treaty whea the new session of Con
tress begins December 1.
The declaration of Senator lodge re
versed the position be and most other
Republican Senators bad taken toward
injection; of the treaty into politics, and
waa accpted ia congressional and offi
cial circles aa clothed with added sig
nificance by Mr. Lodge's conference
with. Will H. Bays, the Bepobliean na
tional chairman, just before the aasee
eessful fight Wednesday for ratification
with the majority reservations included.
Tke statement followa:
Text of Led t's Statement. i
"I have no especial comment Uijaala.
The ease ia very simple. After four
months of careful consideration and
discussion, the reservations were pre
seated to the Senate. They were pure
ly American ia their character, designed
solely to Americanize the treaty -and
make it safe for the United mates.
. "Under the Presidents orders follow
ers of the administration in the Benate
voted down these reservations. It was
also showa by a vote that there was a
decisive majority against the treaty with
the reservations.
"Those reservatloaa aa presented te
the Senste will stand. There is ao room
for further compromise between Amer
icanism aad the super-government pre-'
tented by the league. All I ask bow it
that we may have the opportunity to lay
those rrservatioas before the American
people To that great and final tribunal
alone would I appeal. ,
"I wish to carry tbose reservations
into the campaign. I wish the Ameri
can fteople to read aad study them. They
are aot like the covenant of the league.
They are simple. J do not tee that there
ia one of them te which any American
eaa object. I want the people to see
them, understand them, and think of
them ia every household, on every farm.
ia every shop aad , factory tnrongnout
the land. Then let thorn decide.'
NO MORE HARD COAL CAN
BE SHIPPED ABROAD
Embargo. On Anthracite Coal
Effective at Once Announced
By Garfield
Washington, Nov. 1. Aa embargo
oa export of anthracite coal, effective
today was announced tonight by the
fuel administration.
The order directed that "no anthra
cite coal produced ia the United States
shall be sold, shipped or distributed,
except to dealers or consumers, and for
use aad consumption within the United
States, its insular possessions aad Can
ada." Aa aay eon tract negotiated by the
miners and operators most be approved
by Dr. Garfield before going into effect,
tome of the operators contended today
no further wage advance could be of
fered without direct authority from the
fuel administrator.
COAL SHORTAGE EFFECT
ON COTTON SEED OIL MILLS
Washington, Nov. . Unless coal Is
obtained to keep eouthera cotton seed
oil mills ia operation, the loss of thou
sands of tons of seed oa account of wet
weather is threatened, according to rep
resentations made to the Central Coal
Committee aara ;"- r.,;
Telegrams have' beea received from
all parts of tha Sooth, aad protests were
made by delegations representing eot
ton seed crushers associations from
various state. All inquiries received
tha reply that no departure Would be
made from the priority list announced
by the Fuel Administration until pro
duction of coal ia reeumeal aad tke p res
eat crisis has passed.
SOUTHERN FURNITURE MEN ?
. MEET NEXT AT CHARLOTTE
Ashevillc, N. C., Not. tl -Selecting
Charlotte as the meeting place for the
February 1920 gathering, .the annual
convention of the Southern Furniture
Manufacturers staoeiat ion, which has
been in smsinn here for two day, ad
journed this afternoon-
MAKE
PO H A
VILLA'S CHIEF AIDE
- TO BE COURT-MARTIALED.
Gm. Ftllp Angel, la Caatedy ef
Mexican Troops Ea Route te Ohl
haafcaa. .
El Paso, Tex, Nov. St. General
Felipe Angeles, the Villa leader who
was captured recently by Mexican
federal forces, reached Camargo, Chi
huahua, early today in the custody of
a detachment of governmenv .troops,
who are taking him to Chihuahua
City- for immediate court-martial.
Angeles is expected to reach Chihua
hua City by nightfall.
TRONK OF JEWELRY
STOLEN AT HOTEL
About $50,000 Worth-- of
r Watches and Platinum Re-W
moved By Negro
JOHN COOK, BELLBOY.
CHARGED WITH THEFT
Two Other Negroes In Jail Are
Implicated ; Trunk Taken To
Woods Two Miles From City;
Jewelry Belongs To A. J,
Ooode, Representing New
-York Firms . 1 ' -
A trunk of jewelry valued about 50,
OOO waa stolen from the Ysr borough
Hotel some time Thursday night and
the police yesterday morning arrested
John Cook, night bellboy of the hotel,
for the alleged theft of the trunk and
two other negroes Implicated in the
grand larceny of the valuables. The
trunk belonged to A. J. Goode, repre
senting two large jewelry houses of
New York City. Last night, only a part
of the contents had been recovered but
the police have clues that are expected
to- lead to the recovery of all missing
property and the arrest of others im
plicated! ia the robbery.
Evidence ia the hand ef Chief Bar
bour d incloses, according to the police,
that Cook removed the trunk from the
lobby of tha hotel to a ttreteh of woods
about two miles from the city oa the
New Bern road. The negro bellboy, it
la said, was aided in the removal of
the trunk by a negro chauffeur after
asking a negro hack driver to , assist
him. The trunk waa taken from the
hotel at 5 o clock yeaterday morning,
., Trunk'Not YmK"'"
Although Cook waa arrested' ' early
yesterday morning, it waa not until late
in the afternoon that he told - Chief
Barbour where he carried the Jewelry.
A visit te the woods immediately after'
ward failed to aet the recovery of the
trunk. It could not be found there.
Evidence showed that it had been re
moved. ., -
The arrest of the two other negroes.
the names of whom are being withheld
temeporarily by , the police, followed
Cook t confession..
The first intimation that' the trunk
had been stolen was eoaveyed to Mr,
, Goode by Manager Vaastory, of the ho
, tel. who informed the traveling sales
maa in his room at 7 o'clock yesterday
morning to the effect that the trunk
waa missing. Mr. Vanatory Immediate'
ly : detained the bellboy in his office
and notified the police of the theft.
Chan tear Vlaitla Weeds.
' Following the arrest of Cook, Chief
Barbour at once detailed a force, in
cluding Defective Crabtree, ea the esse
aad last night evidence, it it aaid. had
bees secured revealing that the negro
chauffeur, who assisted Cook and ter
era! others, visited the woods about S
o'clock yesterday afternoon. It it be
lieved thaf thit chauffeur and hit com
panions removed the trunk from the
woods to another hiding place. Chief
Harbour expeett to recover the trunk
before thia afternoon.
Mr. B. H. Griffin aad Manager Vaa
story, of the Yarborough, assisted the
police throughout the day ia the efforts
to trace tha missing trunk. Last night
Mr. Griffin stated that the arretted bell
boy bore good character before the
theft and recently returned from ser
vice ia the navy.
WINSTON-SALEM HUNTERS
INJURED IN ACCIDENTS
Lawyer Benbow Shot in Legs,
Young Xapp Loses Hand aad
' Maybe Eyesight
Winston-Salem, Nor. 21. Loaa of the
left hind, and perhaps the eight of one
eye, it the result of an accident which
befell Jamie Eapp, superintendent of
mailt ia tba local postof flee, about aooa
today. Mr. Knapp waa oat huating aear
Bethania with his brother, Thomat
Kapp, and 8. C. Ogburn, of thit city,
whea the gun held by ' Jamie wat in
some way fired. It ia reported that he
waa standing with the butt of tha gun
on the ground and hit hand over the
massif whea it waa discharged, the
load ef shot taking effect la hit band,
wrist and face, fie was brought to the
hospital thia afternoon where the hand
waa amputated. He waa still suffering
from the shock lata tonight, hence ao
statement could be secured from him.
The attending physicians fear that he
will also lose the sight of one eve.'
Attorney John T. Beabow, while out
bird hunting- with soma frieads,' wat
shot ia tha legs by aomo one. Fifteea
or more shot penetrated hit limbs and
while the injuries inflicted are aot re
garded serious, the popular lawyer it
confined to hit bed for a few days at
least. ;- - . . .
fl.tM,H PULP WOOD '
, FIRE AT QUEBEC
Quebec, Nor . 21. Palp wood , and
large ttoekt of lumber were destroyed
by fire which started ' but night ia a
saw-mill at Troia Pistolee and was still
raging today. The damage wis , esti
mated at i,ooo,ooa
HINDENBURG LINE
T
BY
General Tyson Lauds Valor of
120th and 119th Infantry
at St. Quentin
REVIEWS HISTORY OF
DRIVE, FOR SOCIETY
Dr. William A. Dunning, of
Columbia University; Speaks
On "Bite of Nationalism";
State Literary and Histori
cal Society Elects Officers
The ISOthJtnfantry, led by Col. Sid
ney W. Minor, of Durham, and the
lltfth Infantry, led by CoL John VanB.
Metta, of Wilmington, wera the first
troops of the allied armies to break
through the Uindenburg line, General
Lawrence W. Tyson told the final te
sion of the North Carolina literary and
Historical Society last night. General
Tyspn spoke to the largest crowd that
has attended any of the sessions of the
Historical Society. The meeting was
held in the auditorium of Meredith Col
leger
The pretentatioa of the claims of the
30th Division for the honors of break
ing the Hindenburg line, followed aa
interesting address on the "Kite of Na
tionalism, by Dr. William A. Dun
ning, professor of American History t
Columbia University, and the election
of the following officers for the coming
year:
New Ofiicera Elected.
President, J, G. deB. Hamilton,
Chapel Hill; First Vice-President, Mrs.
8. W. Battle, Asheville; Second Vice
President, T. T. Hicks, nenderson;
Third Vice-President, Mrs. M. K. My
ers, Washington; Secretary, B. D. W.
Connor, Baleigh. Executive Commit
tee: W. K. Boyd, Durham; H. G.
Cooper, Oxford; W. C. Smith, Greens
boro; P. B. McDowell, Charlotte, and
Marshall Dtlanecy Haywood, Baleigh.
It wat tnnouneed that ao award wat
made this year of the Patterson cup,
offered annually for the best literary
production published by North Caro
lina author
Dr. Dunning waa presented U the au
dience by Dr. W. K. Boyd, professor ef
history of -Triaitj-ooHags. ons sS iai
ttudenta under the Columbia professor,
whose discussion of ft theme that lies
largely in the realmi of the historian
held aa audience attentively during the
whole course of his discussion. - He
traced the rise of the national feeling
out of tha chaotie eonditioaa in Europe
during the latter half of tha eighteenth
century and the tint part or tnt nine
teenth century. Very briefly be told of
the formation of the various European
rations, and the prevailing theories
about the basis for the nation. Two the-
riea developed as to the basia or the na
tion, one that the state waa everything
aad the individual tuDoraiaaie, wnicn
waa the German idea and tho other that
the individual was important and the
stale servant of the group of Individ
Rmtt af iBtaraatlMallam.
The prorteutioa of thoOTentonic Idea
,a Cermsny Jed to tue worm war, wnicn
(Contlnaed oa Page Two.)
Washinaton Officials . Discuss
Force Necessary in Case
of Intervention
.' ) . , .
Washington, Nov. SI. State Depart
ment officials still awaited tonight a
reply to the note warning tha Mexican
government that any further molesta
tion 'of Willnm O. Jenkins, American
consular agent at Puebla, who has been
tH twiea ia connection with his
recent nbduetioa by bands, would
seriously affect the relatione between
the United States nnd Mexico.
While tha text of the Americas gor-
erameat't communication haa not been
made public the summary puDitsnea oy
the Bute Department indicated that it
waa. one of. the sharpest ever sent to
the Carranxa government. It it said
the United Btatee waa both "aurprised
and incensed" to learn of tho relmpris
onment of Jenkint and demanded hit
immediate release. So far aa was made
known, no report regarding Jenkins
reaehed the department today from the
Embassy at Mexico Cify, but officials
believed that If he had aot been released
he aooa would be s a result of the State
Department's demand. ..
What Intervention Woald Beaalre.
Disenssing the general Mexican situa
tioa today State Department officers re
vealed that before the world war the
army general staff estimated that com
plete intervention . ia Mexico by the
American " vovernment would require
450,000 men, operating over a. period of
throe years. Freaeat estimate were not
made available, but it is known that
-army officials bold that the force neces
sary at this time ,wuld be ranch lest
because of the increased army equip
ment, such as motorited transport
artillery aad airplanes.
Beaort Frwm Jeaklna.
During the day tha department made
publia a complete report from Jenkint
oa hit capture and hit subsequent treat
ment ia hospital at Puebla titer nis
friends had agreed to pay $150,000 ia
rild for his ransom, pledging their
l.vcs that the installments would Jo
forthcoming. It was under data of
November 7 aad amplified tha account
which Jenkint -wrote to Beprcsentative
Davis, of Tennessee, and which Mr.
Davit made public yeaterday. ' , .
PUNCTURED
SOUTHERN MEN
NO REPLY YET TO
DEMAND ON MEXICO
PRESIDENT TERMINATES
THE EMBARGO CONTROL
1
Embargoes la Both Extorts and Im
ports Will Be Lifted Dec. IS. '
New York, Nov. SL Embargoes oa
wheat and wheat flour will be lifted
December IS, it waa announced by
the United States Grain Corporation
here late today. Lifting of embar
goes oa both exports and imports
followed the actloa of President Wil
son in Washington today ia Vuing
a proclamation completely terminate
ing the embargo control, which has
been ia effect for trore than two
years.
WHEAT DIRECTOR
BARNES' STATEMENT
Explaining Effect of Lifting of
EnibcV'tTtie'
President
ONE STEP NECESSARY TO
TRADE RECONSTRUCTION
i-
Release of EmbHgo Wm Per
mit Canadian Wheat and
Flour To Enter American
"Markets Duty Tree; Expect-
ed To Greatly Increase Sup-
""piy f Spring Wneat
New Tork, Nov. 21. Control over
embargoes lifted today first waa exer
cised by the War Trade Board to protect
the aupplies ef wheat and wheat flour
for the Allies. Later eontrol was taken
over by Julius H. Barnes, wheat direc
tor under the wheat guarantee bill.
Discussing the lifting of the embargo,
Mr. Barnes said:
, "Thia is one step in the necessary re
construction of trade facilitiea broken
by the war, which must function when
the grain corporation terminates its
three years' work. While ocean trans
portation conditions aad also disor
ganised International finance will prob
ably . prevent free trading between
merchanta of the various countries for
some time, it is expected that step by
step, international trade may be reknit
in the usual channels. Until this is
fully accomplished the grain corporation
will continue to ten irom ttt etocat or
wheat and wheat flour the foreign trade
that ia not supplied under private busi
aess initiative.
ufliis i isliawe ii f embargo -also per-
miU Canadian wheat and wheat flour
to eater American markets free of duty
under rulings ef the customs service.
It is expected that this will greatly en
large . the - United States supply ol
spring wheat flours, which sre favorites
in the baking trade, and which, because
of the partial crop failure in the North
west, thia year, have been relatively in
light- supply."
Mr. Barnet also stated that the sales
of the grain corporation from its ac
cumulated stocks, largely in western
markets to American mills under its sd
vertiaed offer effective yesterday, have
amounted to about 30,000,000 bushels.
He added .that mills ia all sections now
are amply aupplied with wheat, though
some particular qualities ef wheat are.
relatively ia light supply. '
NOW EXPECT TO COMPLETE
CHARLOTTE CASE TODAY
Conclusion of Argument In
Trial of Policemen By
Newell and Pansier
Charlotte, Nov. 21. With the argu
ment! in the ease expected to bo ended
by noon, the now well-known police
trial, which has held the boards la
Magistrate Alexander's court for the
better part of two weeks, will probably
go to the court tomorrow for ueeision.
The final guns will be fired tomorrow
morning by E. T. Cansler, final speaker
for the defense, and Jake Newell, leader
of the prosecution forces, who will close
for his side. Pour attorney finished
their arguments thit afternoon aad to
night. '.'lie argument were begua early yes
terday afternoon immediately after the
court had refuted to permit J. -A. Oak
ley to testify for the prosecution. It
wat explained by Mr. Newell aad Mr,
Parker that Oakley 'a testimony waa fftr
the purpose of rebutting tome offered
by the defense, but the eonrt would aot
allow the witness to testify because his
doing to would necessitate the entire
ease be reopened again. Thir., Mr. Cans
ler said, would have to be done in the
event Mr. Oakley said what it waa in
timated he would aay.
FERGUSON ADDRESSES
INTERNATIONAL Y. M. C. A.
CONVENTION AT DETROIT
Detroit, Nor. 21. The passing of the
salooa has placed upon the Young Men's
Christian Association and kindred or
ganizations . the responsibility of fur
nishing a -substitute, Homer I Fergu
son, President of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States, told dole
gates to the International T. M. C. A.
convention here tonight, -
"No matter what may be aaid of the
baneful Influents) of the saloon," Mr.
Fergueoa said, "it must be - admitted
that man received a cheerful welcome
ther aad ia order to keep their feet,
ea tne grouna ana tneir eyes nrigut,
equally cheerful and more worthy
place of congregation must be af
forded." . V
A message ef greeting from Premier
Lloyd George was read to the conven
tion tonight ia which he congratulated
the asaoeiatioa oa its wtr service and
expressed the hope that itt activities
would figure at prominently in the re
construction period at during tha con
flict. The association's work, he de
clared, "will have theueffeet of drawing
cur two great countries ever more
closely together ia the serviee of hu
manity.
LABOR SECRETARY
MAKES NEW SLATE
TO SETTLE STRIKE
Complies With Request
Both Sides To Coal
Mine Controversy
of
IMPORTANT RESULTS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR TODAY
Secretary Wilson's, Compro
mise Said To Provide In
crease 31 Per Cent To Min
ers; Proposals of Each Side
Had Been Rejected; May
CompelOperajtqiri To Accede
Washington, Nov. 21. Secretary of
Labor Wilsoa stepped to the front agaia
tonight in an effort to bring misers sad
operator! together after a proposal by
each aide had been rejected and the
slate wined eleaa.
JJj.. Wilnon i auid l base frmnlly
presented a definite proposal for settle
ment of wag diaputes which would
send bituminous miner back to work
before the couutry was in ths throes of
a coal famine, but its nature was not
disclosed. It wss generally believed
he tuggetted a wage increase of about
thirty-one per eent.
Both sides united ia asking him to
join the point sub-scale committee after
the miners htd definitely rejected a
twenty per cent wage advauee, and the
operatori had finally refused to agree
to a counter proposal from the worker
for a forty-five per eent Increase, a
sevea hour dsy, and six day week with
half holidays oa Saturday.
Slat Wiped Clean.
When the conference adjourned after
a six-hour session, Thomas T. Brew
ster, chairman of the operators, declar
ed that their offer had bee a witbrt-nwa
and that the elate was now clean.
Secretary Wilson said that pi ogres
had been made and that ha would meet
"h tub-committee again tomorrow af
ternoon.
Comparative data oa Increases in th
cost of living and wage advances to
miner since 1014 wat submitted by Mr.
WUaoa. who declined to make public
his proposition. It waa said b pro
posed aa increase ef approximately II
per cent, the difference between tha coat
ofBrlnf aad wag Increase figure an
nounced by to secretary at th open
ing oi tne conference last week.
Operators' Ultimatum.
Aa ultimatum served by the opera
tor that their offer represented the
maximum waa reaffirmed tonight by
Mr. Brewster, wke declared it ceald aot
be increased unless "the govtrament
says wt should do it. - i
. Whea the conference failed to agree
oa either side' proposition, th opera
tor suggested referring th disput to
arbitration but th miner objected.
The operator proposed tribunal of
nine members to be chose la one ef
three different wayat Each side to pick
four member aad tho-eight to select
the umpire each aid to nam four and
th President of th United State the
ninth; or each aide to name three aad
tha other three to b chosea by the
President.
The counter-proposition from the
miners, sealing dowa their earlier de
mands waa submitted by Joha I
Lewis, acting president of the United
Mine Worker after he had conferred
with Secretary Wilton. ' Mr. Lewis
stated that the new demand for 40
per eent wage advance for all tort of
work represented the magi a be
tween the wage Increases received by
the miners sine 1914 and th jump
taken by living costs.
Th mine worker also insisted that
all local differences aot covered by in
terstate agreement be referred back to
the diatriet in which they originated
for settlement.
Terms of Rejected Offer.
, The offer of the operators as finally
rejected by the miners at today's set
ion wat , slightly - different from th
terms submitted yesterday, Mr. Brew
ster said. The operator stood fast en
th amount of th wag Increase, but
agreed to waive demanda for other
change ia the present contract.
The coal situatioa was discussed to
day by Attorney General Palmer, Fuel
Administrator Garfield aad Director
Hine of the Ballroad Administration.
Dr. Garfield said they would meet again
Monday. It is understood that drasrle
plans were agreed upon," if accessary,
to bring the coal strike to aa eaa, ana
that these plans would be laid before the
cabinet Tuesday. V
Garfield Says U. S. Will Do It.
Dr. Garfield emphasised ia a tolegrara
to Governor Harding of Iowa, refusing
to delegate the power of fixing coal
n rices to state executive, that the fed
eral government intended to retain con
trol of the strike situatioa. in omeiai
circles it was mid that action by th
state at this time would greatly em
barrass tha attempt to reach a settle
ment here. Dr. Garfield's message was
taken te mean that governors could not
ehange the wage seal in aa effort to
get the miners back to work, as the fuel
administrator refused to allow increases
ia maxanaan coal price U meet in
created tost of production. ,
VA. EQUAL SUPFRACK LEAGtIB 1
, HE-ELECTS MRS. VALENTINE,
Richmond, Va Nov. 21 Mr. B. B.
Valentine again will head the force of
suffrage la thit State, having been re
elected today pretldeat of th . Equal
Suffrage League of Virginia at it
eighth annual convention here. -k
. Alleged Sugar Profiteer Arrested.'
Norfolk, Vn Nov. 2L K. 8. Stubbt,
president of th Old Dominion Peanut
Company, of thit city, waa today served
with a Federal warrant charging him,
under the food control law, with "un
lawfully aad feloniously" exacting ex
cessive price for 100 bap of sugar. '
ANOTHER RECESS
a
APPOINTMENT FOR
U. S. District Attorney For
Eastern District To Be Ap
pointed Monday -- -
SPECULATIONS AS TO
NEW STATE CHAIRMAN
One Must Be Chosen If Mr.
Warren Is Confirmed; Kamc
of C. A. Hines, of. Greens
boro, Figures As PossibU
Successor; Xinitoa and
..MoreheadJPosJimaileM
News and Observer Bureau, -Oat
District National Bank Bldg.
By R. X. POWELL. . ;
(Special Leased Wire.) '
Washington, D. C, Nov. 21. The ex
tra session of Congress having adjourn
ed -without confirming Of rejecting him,
United States District Attorney Thomas
D. Warren, will receive from Jadgo
Henry G. Connor a second recess ap
pointment Monday whea the Eastern "
Diatriet Federal Court convene in Bftl-
Oigh. :
Mr. Warren can hold office under the
second recess appointment until the
Senate confirms or rejects hiin. If he
is rejected, President Wilson will have
to send another name to the Senate.. If
he it confirmed, the State executive com
mittee will have to choose a new Chair
man and thia it not th least interesting
gossip at th Capitol right now. .
Prospects of Confirmation.
The North Carolina Senators hold ,i
widely divergent views about the pot
sibility of Mr. Warren's confirmation.
Senator Overman, who it a member of
the tub-committee which heard tho ar
ray of charges Clareae Pugh, Kepu b
licaa Vie Chairmaa ia North Carolina,
brought here against Mr. Warren, does
aot believe it is possible for Mr.'Warrea
to be confirmed. Senator Simmon, te
whom th G. O. P. old guard owe math
for th North Carolina Senator aid sev- -cral
yeara ago in whipping the- Westsrn
insurgent into line, holds eut hop tnai
Mr. Warren may yet b confirmed. ,
But, like great many other thing
of greater or lesser moment, th peae
treaty ll ln'tlie-way. "Senator Simmon'
daobt th wisdom, of attempting to get
Mr. Warren confirmed with th partisan
bitterness so pronounced as It waa when
the extra session adjourned after emas
culating the League of Nation. , Tim
alone, he feel, will serve to cool the
feeling between tha members of either
tide of the ehamber, although a compro
mise oa th treaty may shorten tha
period otherwise needed. ' ' w-.
Senator Overman ' believes, however,
that it is far mora important for tome
of the Democrats, particularly Senator
King, of Utah, and Senator Walsh, of
Montana, to be whipped into ua tnaa
for th old guard menibers to yield ft
little for Mr. Warren to get through.
Those two Westerners were displeased
with th celebrated letter Mr, Warren
aent to the precinct committeemen and
have goea oa record declaring they eaa I
aever vot for hi confirmation. : (
Oa the other hand, Senator BTauts
Nelson, chairmaa of the judiciary com-
mittce, doesn't see o much ia th War-
re a letter to raise ft howl about. Th
Minnesota veteran whose seniority in
the Senate rank with that of the laU
Senator Martin aad th lata Ssnater
Ben Tillman doe not for a moment
think that ft man of Mr. Warren'
proven caliber would intend the eoa-
atnietioa of the "absentee voter let
ter" which Clarene Pugh put upon it. ,
Senator Nelson has, . therefor,, beea
partly responsible for the optimum
which Senttor Simmon maaifeeta aver
the Warren matter. ...".-:
Interest In Warrea Case.
The Warren eaa. however, is getting
to be very interesting. , It would be ,.
hard to find a parallel for It in th
annal of th State's political history.
About th only one that approximate
it dates back to tho,davi whea Judge
Jeter Pritchard and ex-Senator Mirioa
Butler were wearing the toga in Wash
ington. Judge Hamilton Kwart, ap
pointed by President McKinley at th
instance of the then Senator Pritchard, '
served as Federal District Judge in the 1
Western District under two receaae ap
pointments, but had to surrender the '
judicial gown when the Senate, on'th
objection of Senator Butler,' refused to
confirm him, ' Judge Pritchard next '
named Judge Jaraea E. Boyd and Sena
tor Butler allowed Judge Boyd to be
confirmed. This little hitch during th .
McKinley administration between Sena-'
tor Pritchard and ; Butleri ancient
history and for proof that the hatchet
has long since beea buried. Senator
Butler ha lately beea spending aom -tim
getting Judge Pritchard ready te
be either president or vice-president. .
The judiciary committee of the Sonata
ia view of tke second recess appoint- .
meat to Mr. , Warren, which Judge
Connor will give him Monday, will give
final consideration to the matter of eon
firmstion .. early during the regular
session beginning th first of December.
Friends of Mr. Warrea are busy now
preparing brief ia answer to th on
filed by Clarence Pugh and it ha lately .
been reported in Washington that James '
H. Pou, Raleigh lawyer, will personally
appear before th aub-eommitte to ' -argue
th brief.
Democratic State Caalnaanahln. ,
la the meantime, the matter of a Dem-'
ocratie State chairmanship is claiming
th atteatioa ef Tar Heels hero and
aom action will probably have to b '
taken by the committee, whether Mr.
Warrea i confirmed or aot Certainly
thi will b th eaa If Mr. Warrea holds
office under hit second appointment
until the early spring whea th matter
of choosing a place and fixing a date
for th State convention will claim th
attention of the executive committee,
If h ia confirmed at any time,
(Contlnaed em Pago Tw4 . .
THOMAS D. WARREN