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VOL CX. NO. 166.
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1919.
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS.
CREST OF FLOOD
SUSPENSION OF ALL
FUEL RESTRICTIONS
IN SOUTH ORDERED
HEAR DOUBLE BILL
-IN HOEY'S BEHALF
E
Tlhie Mews
GASTONIA FAILS TO
ALABAMA
RIVER
DOES MUCH DAMAG
Republicans, However. Ge
Double, Dose Instead of One
That Was Advertised
. GARDNER LAYS IT ON
MORRISON RUBS IT IN
While Charlotte Xtubernatorial
-Candidate. Appeals To Back-
sliders In Mill Village, Lien
; tenant ...Governor . Delivers
Broadside at Belmont; Gas
tonia People Missed-Treat
t
. By R. E. POWELL. .
-, (StaiC Correspondent.)
Gsstonut, Dee. 12. Cameron Morrl
eon, spetfkrng in a mill village soar
her tonight and .Max Gardner, apeak
, Ing at Belmont ten miles away, pot in
telling licks for Clyde "Hoey while all
the town folk were guessing what hap-
peacd to the double bill scheduled for
Gastonia. "
"Both (tlM candidate for governor had
been advertised to speak at the audi
torium here tonight and the Gastonia
folks were looking forward with a great
deal of interest to measuring the guber
natorial timher in action, but something
happojied. Morrison declares ha did not
know a thing about the change ia pro
gram and the Lieutenant Governor was
too far in the country to voice aa
i opinion for the wire.
Works Ftno For Hoey.
8 far as Hoey was concerned the
. speaking in both placet eamo out fine.
No such a denunciation of the Repub
lican party has been delivered ia 4ho
campaign ia the Ninth as Morrison mada
, tonight. Ha scored it up ono side and
down the other and about every five
minutes ho moved tho textile workers
into a Demperatie about. He appealed
to the backsliders and Gaston is re
ported as having a few within her
' Vm-dera. Ha bad a eonT of the Benub-
licaa handbook with him tonight ana
. from this he read Morehead's signature
to aa assault on the .South because it
Ja the saddle, -t a- savage attack on
the Wilson administration Because
' segregated tho negroes ia governmental
bureaus ia Washington and open the
Democrats la tho Sooth for refusing te
anneal their Jim Crow laws. '
The Lieutenant-Governor had a flae
erowd at Belmont, according to reports
that came back front there. Why the
two candidates did not speak on the
: tamo platform tonight, though has this
town guessing. Toe plan to nave inem
' in" the auditorium tonight was changed
lata yesterday and tonarhtf meetings
were advertised only tni morning.
MPhO "two- have- spoken together bo for
and Gastonia is a little bit surprised
that it didn't get tho treat it expected.
- Senator Hitchcock Coming.
- Democratic headquarters at Charlotte
waa advised today that United States
Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock, would
come to Charlotte oa Monday and Mon
day night bring the campaign for Hoey's
election to a 'close". ; i
Efforts have been under way for some
- time to bring Senator Hitchcock. 'who
is regarded as a presidential possibility,
here principally to discuss the League
of Nations and to point out the atter
dependence of thia country upon its
. ratification at aa early time. s
It will be impossible for Senator
Overman to leave Washington oa ac
count of tho problem of railroad legis
lation which confronts the Congress.
' Senator Simmons was detained oa ae-
count of illness in his family and Sec
retary of tho Treasury Carter Glass had
to decline because of pressing business
ia Washington. .
Governor Blekett Tonight.
Governor Biekefl will put the finish-
, ing touches on the Job over at .Morgan
ton tomorrow night while here tomor
row at noon "Farmer Bob" Doughtoa
will deliver hi last apeeeh ia the dis
trict urging a vote of confidence la tho
Wilson , administration )
There is a possibility, according to
information from tho National commit
tee, that Congressman Berlin will wind
up the campaign at Hickory. The
Catawba folks are begging' him to come
and every county ia the district wants
to hear him. ;. It will be impossible for
him to make but one more speech here
and tho hope is that he eaa bo at Hick
ory Monday night, v ', ' f ., i;
. Bailies throughout Mecklenburg wilt
be the order of. the day tomorrow aad
speeches throughout ' the district.
Charlotte Is preparing to rouse the De
mocrats Monday Bight as they haven't
been roused in years. Tn addition to
Senator Hitchcock, local notables will
bo oa the program.
Mr. Hoey will spend Saturday (her
and return to'Shelby Sunday. He will
wind up bis campaign ia Gastonia,. '
FIFTY PER CENT YIELD
OF COAL IN INDIANA
Indianapolis,, Ind, Dee. 12.--Praeti-eally
60 per, cant of tho normal amoaat
of coal produced dally ia Indiana was
hoisted from the mines today aad min
ing at full speed ia expected to' begin
Monday, a statement by officials of the
Indiana bituminous coal operators as
sociation announced tonight. v '
Reports from outside Indiana, while
telling of tho return of miners were
not so optimistic a those from the
Acids ia tho State Illinois mineral it
was reported, are slow, ia returning to
work in many instances and a few
local I In Penmrylvania reported to
United Mino Worker' headquarters
hero that some mine owners had re
fined to .operate their properties a
I -a the miner repudiated the union. .
sss
IlliPillli- CONNER?
C GO TO THE
S YNXT' J
Vrt Y DISTRICT
' " " ' " !. j.'.1:, ,.x..m n ii iwi i i i t' i i i
10 MILLION FOR
SOUTHERN CAMPS
House - Tentatively Approves
Expenditures of Million Dol
lars For Camp Bragg
Washington. Dee. 12. Expenditures
of more than $2,000,000 at army camps
and aviation fields at a half score places
in Southern States wero approveo ten
tatively today by tho House ia consid
ering a bill making funds available for
the War Department to eompfete mili
tary projects scattered throughout the
country, fiono of the items earned in
the bill for Southern camps wen. re
jected. ".--'I' ' "
final action oa the bill waa delayed
until tomorrow by a demand for the
reading of the engrossed measure and
before the vote on passage of the bill.
effort Will be made to. restore a provi
sioa ror tne purenase or the .-Dayton-Wright
airplane plant and adjoining
eld at JJayton. Ohio, for t2.70.000.
By a tie vote the purchase of tho Dayton
plant was tentatively rejected today,
though previously the House had ap
proved government purchase of, a plant
at Buffalo, N. for $1,804,000. ,
Effort to amend tho bill so as to pre
vent or delay the abandonment of Camp
Eustia, Va., was defeated but it was
agreed to by th Hons that $42,000
more should be spent there for th pur
enase or, ino land, u na land purchase
was authorised, to preserve government
investments in improvements, new-oa
th land. The refusal to order that
abandonment o' th eamo be withheld
until the activities planned thej-e may
o transferred elsewhere, eartd with
It a direction that tho camp h salvaaed
"to the best advantage of the govern-
menu ' j '".:-.,;
FofCamp Bragg, Xorth Carolina, tttt
House approved th largest single ex
penditure at any of the Southern camps.
There the department was authorized to
spend 1. 128,000 in carrying out plans
for buying -land. , Construction of a
road between the camp and Fayette
villa costing 25 ,000 also was. provided,
a also $20,000 for buildings now partly
completed. .'-....--.----1,
Among th land nnrehaaea." thnaa la
Southern states, wore at Miami.' Fla-
Chapman Field, $71,600 Richmond,
Avuuon vvpoi, j,iuu;iagiey Field,
Va4 $12,000. and CamD HumBhreva. Va..
$2000.
'" 1 ii t - ,
Emma Goldman Abandons right.
New York, Dee. l&i-Bather than be
separated from AlexandcrBerkmaa. bar
.companion for years, Earn Goldman
announced tonight through her attor
neys that sh had abandoned her legal
fight in the supreme court to prevent
her deportation to soviet Russia with
Berkmaa and som 80 other radicals.
Many Minor Retain te Work t
Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 12. Coal mining
was resumed today ia a number of
union miaes in the Pittsburgh district,
in that there 'was actual cutting ana
loading of coal, both officials of the
Pittsburgh Coal Producers' Association
and of District No. 5, United Mine
Worker said her tonight. From 8,000
to 10,000 miners are, reported to have
returned to work todar, Thero were
42,000 men out during the itKk j
FARMERS FAIL TO
ATTEND MEETING
"Reconstruction Conference"
Called By . Federatiorvof
Labor MeetsToday
Washington, Dec. 12. ''Reconstruc
tion Conference' called by tho execu
tive council of the American Federation
of Labor to consider th fundamental
principles affecting American, workers
will be convened in Washington tomor
row with probably ( fo wf armor repre
sentatives in attendance, although more
than a score of farm organization were
invited to send delegatea. '
Federatioa of labor official tonight
said that assurances had beea received
from only on farmer's association that
delegates would be present at tho open
ing session but that others might be
represented a under the invitation, it
was unnecessary that advance informa
tion of acceptance of th invitations
b furnished.
. '.Exproaa Disappointment.
( Bom of tho labor anion heads who
arrived today preparatory to tho open
ing of the conference, however, ex
pressed disappointment , that the re
sponse from the farmers had not beea
more general, declaring that tho voiee
of the agricultural classes-was needed
la the meeting.
Th opening session of th confer
ence will.be held at th headquarters
of th American Federatioa of labor
ai 10 o'clock. , The sessions, it was in
dicated tonight would be executive and
action of th conference probably will
be withheld nnil after adjournment.
Precaution have been taken by the
conservative element, it was indicated,
to prevent attempts by the rsdical
groups to gain control. Ia thia con
nection, it was forecast that attempts
woVild b nude to win the support of
th .conference for th new labor party,
Samuel Go m pen, president of th Fed
eratioa of Labor, however,, he stead
fastly opposed such action a id eaa b
expected to load the fight against it,
it it come before th conference.
, Meeting Aa Iaaovatloa . ;
View - of the four great railroad
Brotherhoods, whose president Joined
in the official call tot th conference,
present aa innovation ia labor meetings.
Their general attitude, of course, is
known but what stand they will take
when deliberating questions , affecting
other industrial .workers, from which
they usually hav held themselves apart,
waa a subject much discussed. .Borne of
the labor legislation peoding in Con
gress will be -jpposcd by the railroad
workers 1 well a other union heads
bift whetLcr they will stand together
in framing a general Industrial and
legislative program waa giving concern
to those who - .ave a "cut and dried"
policy to offer. ' . ,
URGE IRISH CLAIM
BEFORE CONGRESS
Recognition of Independent
Government . JaJrelan Advo-
cated Before Committee
; Washington, Dee. 12. The elaim of
the Irish republic to recognition as aa
independent government was brought to
Congress again today and was debated
in militant fashion through an all-day
session of the House Committee on For
eign .Affair.
A erowd which jammed the committee
room and blocked .adjoining corridors
punctuated the proceedings with eheers
and with hoots of disapproval as the
opposing speakers presented their argu
ments, and many times threw the
session into, disorder by yelling gratui
tous insult to v unease.
Its supporters declared it presented
an opportunity for Congress to do all
it could constitutionally toward ar foH
diplomatic recognition and its opponents
condemned it ss an effort to involv th
United States in a dangerous foreign
situation. -
Faror Over Chsrgea
Late In th seasioa 'ehsrges of pro-
Germanism on the part of the country
threw, the meeting into a furoro which
the committee quieted with difficulty af
ter the chairman had warned against in
sults to any of the witnesses. Interrup
tions so prolonged tho hearing that th
committee' plan of concluding today
wa abandoned, and the argument will
bo resumed tomorrow.
Justice Daniel F. Cohalan, of the New
York Supreme Court, and Frank P.
Walah, who headed the Irish-Amerieaa
delegation sent to Paris f during the
peace negotiations, appeared to espouse
the cause of Irish freedom and ask for
paasage of the bill. The arguments In '
opposition were made by George T.
Lemon, of Troy, N. president of th
National Federatioa ' of Presbyterian
Patriotic Societies, and ether. .
Eamonn de Valcraj president of the
Irish republican government, who 'earn
to Washington yesterday to eonfer with
Irish American leaders, did not appear
at the meeting, but Harry Bolaad,
secretary of the republic "parliament,''
sat with Jostle Cohalaa and Mr. Walsh
and frequently advised them in th
presentation of their easeC J
' Have D Fact Government.
The ' "provisions! government, these
speakers argued, dearly wss a d faeto
government, having a complete executive
ana parliamentary organization, aa
effective ' army of 100,000 aad united
popular support. The government, they
asserted, is functioning in many im
portant matters, wlle th British
authorities hav abandoned their at
tempt to carry out many f th duties
of government. '
Thes statement ail were denied bv
Mr. LemoB and Mr. Fox, -who said
ther ws a great divisioa of sentiment
among th Irish, both ia Ireland aad
the United States and that littl real
headway had beea nade by th republic
a a governmental agency. They de
clared th Sinn Fia party backing th
republle wa on , of thre 'political
(Continued en Ps Three.). . ' i
Montgomery Left Without Car
Service, Gas Light or Wa-
) ter Supply By Rains k
REPORTS DOWN STREAM
BECOME VERY ALARMING
Grave Fears Expressed That
Selma Will Be Badly Crip
pled; Floods In Other Por
tions of Three Southern
SUIi"fiepbrtd As Seceding
After Great Financial Loss
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 12. Tho Alabama
river seemed, to be th cepter tonight
of th flood that for nearly a week
have inundated the lower portions of
three state. As the crest passed Mont
gomery, leaving the city without street
car service, ga lights and, with hardly
enough power from crippled electrie
plants for street lights and water sup
ply, reports from dowa stream became
more alarming.
At Selma it waa said tha river had
lirea to a stage to threaten the lower
sections of the town and causa fears
that th gaa and electrie plant would
be shut down before morning. Kufaula,
Ala., on tho Chattahoochee river, re
ported a atage of 53 feet there and al
though, it was said, the river waa ris
ing slowjy, it was thought tho danger
to the central of Georgia railroad
bridge had passed.
Reports from Hattieaburg. Morridian,
Enterprise and other portion of Miss
issippi showed th flood receding, leav
ing waattouta and causing heavy damage
in cattle.
The greatest financial loss waa to th
great power plants in Georgia and Ala
bama. Railroads, too, lost heavily and
trains stilt were being detoured tonight
in moat of tho flood sections.
Columbus, Ga, aad tha two Alabama
cities actoaa the river were busy today
cleaning np and while street ear set vice
still was halted in Columbus and the
big eottoa mills remained idle, th
Columbus Iron Work managed to ro
t pen. Th Chattihneoha waa back ia
it bank at Columbia aad up th xivav
at Wast Point, where the flood rolled
etveral feet deep dowa th main streets
of th town, th residents wer putting
all their effort into removing th
debris.
Th Ocmulgee, at Macon, the Savan
nah, at Augusta, and the Oconee, at
Millrdgeville. Ga.. still wire hiah to
riight, but had beea slowly falling dur-
PUBLIC UTILITY PLANTS
, COMMANDEERED BY CITY,
Montgomery, Ala., Dee . 12. Public
utility plant not already owned by the
my ox Montgomery were commandeered
lata tbta afternoon when t commission
adopted an ordinance . which had been
accepted by the official of th electric
lighting companies.
With tha plants strioaed to an alarm
ing extent according to the atatement of
officials of th eompaniea, tbia action was
deemed necessary to conserve fuel and
power, due to the flood conditions here
nd drastic regulation for conservation
lavo been drawn up violation of which
subjects the guilty party to a flue up
to duo.
Tha city has been without water all
day, due to the crippled condition of
the Montgomery Light and Water Power
Company s plant, wheih was carrying
the load, bat early tonight this had beea
switched to the lins of the Montgomery
Traction Company, which had success
fully brought in a 2,500 kilowatt hour
machine, ;
The hunting of a 'at earn pipo ia th
gaa plant whicji had beea in difficulty
from flood conditions rendered the wtu
stion there th more scute and late to
night the gas main were closed with
hopes of restoring this service Saturday,
An effort to resume street-ear service
will be made Saturday. ;
. The Alabama River showed a stage of
flf ty-Sv and five-tenths feet at 3 p. i
a drop of ono and six-tenth feet here,
but It will be 48 hour before it is out
of the manufacturing district sufficient
ly for an e at i mate of damage to be
made. As tho flood passes out her it
i becoming more alarming at Selma
where th lowlands of tho city are in
undated with grave danger of the gsl
and electrie light plants being put out
of commission tonight. Reports her
tonight ar to tha effect that tho Chata
(Continued oa Pago Three.)
NO INDICATION HOW LONG
SENATE DEBATE MAY LAST
Senator McXellar Divides Time
With Senator LaFollette in
' 1 Eailroad Debate
Washington, Dee. 12. There was a
indication tonight how oon th Senate
debate oa tho Railroad bill might and
but leader agreed that enactment Of
legislation by the first of th year waa
ant nf tha
Senator La Follette, Itepublicaa T of
Wisconsin, who has talked almost con
tinuously siaca Tuesday (till " held th
floor' when th Senate recessed until
tomorrow, Senator McKcIlar, Democrat
of Tennessee, dividing speaking time
with th Wisconsin Senator.
No word reached Senate leader from
th White House to show whether th
President had changed hi mlud ' o
the question of turning back th roads
oa January 1. Ia thv course of hia at
tatk oa he bill. Senator McKeltar sug
gested that it might b th beat plan
after all to end government control,
without enacting special legialatioa and
U-t the road work out their owa sal
ration. ' .
HITCHCOCK AGREES
T
Will Close Campaign For Hoey
In Charlotte Monday
December 15 -
willrescinoclosiwg:.v
orders in 24 hours
Saving of Coal. Through - Con-
serration Order, Jt Is Claim
ed Has Not Been Worth An
noyance and' Expense That
Order Has Cost Country;
More Sugar Coming
The News and Observer Bureau
603 District National Bank Bidg.
By FRANK W. LEWIS.
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, D. C, Dec. 12. Senator
Gilbert M. Hitchcock, of Nebraska, one
of the foremost Dcmoiri.tie statesmen
and speakers of the nation, has upon
th urgent solicitation of Senator Over
man sad Senator Simmons agreed to
make a speech at Charlotte next Mon
day, December 15, in behalf of the can
didacy of Clydo Hoey, the Democratic,
nomine for Congrea from the Ninth
District.
This will be th closing effort of the
campaign, and it ia expected that this
able exponent of Democratic principles,
who ha a national reputation a a lead
er and a forceful debater will say many
things' ia aa eloquent and lmTrssiva
way that th people of that section will
bo glad to hear.
Senator Hitchcock has spoken for
President Wilson and hit administra
tion in the Senate durin; tho long fight
on the peace treaty, and his able service
in that matter is ample proof of the
fact that hia advocacy of Mr. Hoey'
election will be a strong and convincing
presentation, ,
It may be expected that th Nebraska
Senator will tell hi auditor many
thing about th fight hs h4. been en
gaged In to maintain Democratic ideals
and to establish peaca throughout the
world, and what he will probably say
about envious enemies of the President
will be of more than passing interest.
In his review of tho recent perform
ance in the Senate, which he no doubt
will make, he will likely touch oa the
-attitude of the Repubjican Senators
toward President Wilson during th try
ing ordeal through which he ha gone.
Befora -PrdntlKilion..hecaBie.ilL
when he wa on his feet and able to
do th maximum amount of fighting,
th Republican feared and respected
him. This was th well Wilaon they
stood in aw of, but when he became
sick and prostrated before them, their
gnawing greed for power inspired them
to . indulge in repeated discourtesies
toward the chief magistrate of the no
tion. They respected the President
when he was strong and well. It was
the sick, President who had their con
tempt.
Take Over Shipyard.
Both Senator Simmons and Senator
Overman have been notified by Judge
Pavne. Chairman of the United States
8hipnin Board, that the George A. Ful
ler Construction Company, New York,
would take over the Carolina Shipbuild
ing Company, Wilmington, and com
plete the four (hip now under contract
for construction
The railroad administration this aft-
ternoon informed Senator Simmons, ia
response to sn earnest request on his
part, that it had been decided to issue
general order to the regional coal
committee which ill enable those
committee to resciad the order pro
viding for th opening; and, closing
hours for industries and business houses
throughout th country. Within Si
hours. Senator Simmons soys, the dos
ing order, insofar as Jt affect North
Carolina and" the. Southern State, will
be rescinded, and business will bo en
abled to go forward a usual. It has
been found that tha saving or coal
through tho operation of this order has
not been ufficient to justiry it. v in
other word the saving has not been
worth th great annoyanc and expenee
that the order ha cost the country,
At the instance of President timer
Oettimrer. of the North Carolina Mer-
chants Association, rvnson, oenaror mm-
mona ia urcinx the Bouthern Hegionol
Coal Committee at-Atlanta, to permit
North Carolina merchants to use one-
half usual indoor electricity for lighting
from 4 to 6 o'clock in the afternoons,
and also oormissioa to use regnlar in
door and window lights until 10 o'clock
d. m. from December 17 to 24, inclusive
, In response to a request from Senator
Simmons Acting Secretary of War
Crowell has authorised a license per-
itting tho city of Now Bern to lay its
ff W1"' BPa the Eov1"0
to
the national cemetery near that city
- Mora Huxar For State.
'There seem to be good prospects for
getting a supply of Cuban sugar for
North Carolina. In fnco of th recently
pronounced policy of tho Cuban govern
ment forbidding exportation, oft sugar
from that country influences are being
exercised that may get results.
At th instance of Senator Simmons
tho, Ameiican Ministor to Cuba, William
E. Goaxales, is bow handling the matter
with the Cuban government. Thia sugar
ia part of a quantity purchased ia Cuba
sometime ago by Gilmer Brother Com
pany, importers, of , ,Wlnston-Sulem.
.(Continued oa Pag Thrae.) (
0 SPEAK IN NINTH
Reinstatement of Train Serv
ice Curtailed During Coal
Strike On Monday Night
At Midnight
BUNKERING OF VESSELS
WILL BE RESUMED AT
ALL OF SOUTHERN PORTS
Order Suspending Fuel feestric.
tions Effective Immediately;
Thousand! Z3f'Zrinllustries
Which Have Been Shut Down
Because of Lack of Coal Will
Be In Operation In . Short
Time; Stores Can Resume
Norma Hours In Time To
Take Care of Christmas
Shopping; Railroads Can
Take. Care of Holiday Travel
Atlanta, Ga, Dec. ll.-o-Saspealow
Of all restrictions on th ase of fact
and relnntatenunt of train service v
curtailed daring tho aatlon-wld ,
atrlke of bituminous coal miners wa
annoanced here tonight by t r
Southern regional coal committee
acting on authority received from
Washington. Bunkering of vessels
will be resumed, Inland firing ves
sels being given preference, then ,
coastwise shipping, ship flying th ,
American flag ia overseas servko
and last ships flying foreign flag.
Tha order suspending fnel restric
tion I effective immediately, aad
trains will ba restored at 11 ill a.
m. Monday. In eaaea where ro ,
sumption of certain asaenger trala
schedule would Interfere with
movement of coal tho train will
not b put back aatil th sttaatloa
cleans up. '
Th order mesa that thousands
of Industrie throughout th Swath
which hava been shut dowa becsasa
of lack of coal will b la operatlosi
la a short time and that store which
had to observe short hoar where
their light, heat or power earns roan
oasumvtiaai of eoal, weed, f gas
anay retara to normal hoars la tiaaa '
to take car of tho Christmas shop
ping. Tha railroads, too, will h pat
In a position to tak car f th
rash of holiday travel.
In leaning ita announcement of
aaspeaslon of fnel restrictions I he
committee thanked tho "people of
th South who hav obrvd so loy
ally" th regulation and at th
aam time asked that ol still bo -conserved
as mach aa pessit,!.
Aa a result of th strike the country .
lost productloa of batwaea thirty
and thirty-fire million ton f coal.
REMOVE RESTRICTIONS
ENTIRE COUNTRY VERT SOON.
Washington, Dee, 12. Regional direc
tors of railroad were given authority
tonight by Director General Bine to
remove restrictions oa th use of light,
heat, and power derived from eoal aa
soon as the coal situation warrant.
Th regional directors also wer au
thorised to restore train service , re
moved or curtailed to meet the eoal
shortage duo to the bituminous miners'
strike as soon a the fuel supply in th
vr. 'ous region justifies.
Sending out the instructions con
stituted th first step by th government
in the light of expectation that miners
would accept the government' strik
settlement proposal and return to work.
Director General Hines, in announc
ing his action, said conditions In th
regions varied greatly and coal Still waa
being shipped from the East to the West
but that removal of reatrietlon might
bo hortly justified.
' Minor Return to Work. , ....
The Railroad Administrate received
unofficial estimates during the day that
ftom 63 to 70 per cent of the miner
had gone back to work. Private reports
to operator said that in Indiana nearly
11 th, mm hart Mtn,li1. Una aiaawnoea
a gooa acaj oi uaiay itm mini mu"..
Fuel Administrator Garfield resigna
tion, sent to President Wilson yester
day, was discussed by White Hons
officials who expressed the belief that
it would be accepted, ' though it was
not indicated that the Preiident a yet
had acted. The work of the Fuel Ad
ministration, it wa said, 1 probably
would be tranaferred to th Railroad
Administration. Dr. Garfield refused to
discuss the matter.
Operators - representing the : Central
Pennsylvania district, on of th largest
in the United States, were th first to
act today upon tho settlement propoeal
and while accepting it, criticised its
term with th utmost vigor..
Can Absorb Wage Increase,
. T. 'E. Harkness, counsel for the fuel
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Administration, announced during th
day that price of eoal contracted for
by purchaser prior to the resumptioa
of government price-fixing could b ;
legally, raised to absorb th cost of th
14 per eent increase In th miners'
wages granted under tho strike settle
ment. Coal mined on contract it wa
said in most ease bora a price below '
th government maximum of I2JIS per
ton mine run and contracts ordinarily
carried a elause binding; th purchaser
to pay addition In labor cost incurred
after their making. Fuel Administration
statistics, it was said, indicated that
even after the additioa of extra labor
cost created by th 14 per cent in
crease, th largest portion of th eon-
tract eon! still would be sold below th
$3.35 maximum. ' ' 1 ' ' '
GoYoramtut Hardest Bit.
Th government itself, through the"
railroad administration, , through which
comra normsJly SI per Cent of all eoal
mined,, will pay . tho largost amount)
(Continued oa Pag Three.) j