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VOL CX. NO. 183.
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
RALEIGH, N. G, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1919. , SIXTEEN PAGES-TODAY.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS.
HAPGOOD NO LONGER
MINISTER TO DENMARK
Belgian Poet and Playright Here To "
Lecture On Immortality of the Soul
FIRST TO ATTACK
BEGINS ITS IRK
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ANTI-STRIKE Bill! INDUSTRIAL BODY
OF
STATE TO REWARD
CONVICTIONOFANY
FRANKLIN LYNCHERS
1 RAILROAD UNIONS
ORGANfZ
0 LABOR
COAL COMMISSION
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INVESTIGATION
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Governor Bickett Announces
Maximum Offer of $400 On
Part of North Carolina
CORONER'S INQUEST WILL
BE RESUMED THIS MORNING
Hearing Will Be Conducted Be
hind Closed Doors; Governor
Appoints Attorneys To As-
sist Solicitor in Investiga
tion of Case r Franklinjon
Appears . Little Disturbed
Over Tragedy
In Addition to the offer of a reward
of $400 for the arrest and conviction of
each of the mob of Franklin county
men that Saturday night lynched
J 'on ell Green, a negro, who earlier shot
down and killed Mr. It. M. Brown, Gov
ernor Birkett yesterday announced that
lie would secure tho services of two
attorneys to assist the Solicitor of the
district, Mr. Herbert E. Norris. Mr. E.
II. Malone, of Louisburg, will be ono
of these attorneys and the other is yet
to 'be named. ,
the announcement of the Governor
followed a conference with tba Solici
tor. The hearing before the eoroner'a
jury will be resumed this morning at
It o'clock behind closed doors. Mr.
Norris stated last night.
Franklinlon, according to information
from that town yesterday, is very little
disturbed over the lynching and is not
condemning it.
Clalsa Injustice to Mayor.
Prsnklinton, Dee. 29. In tho corre
spondence from here in today' paper
in regard to the lynching of Powell
Green near here on Saturday night, his
friends feel that injustice was done to
' Mayor Ford in the "subhead" which
aid "Mayor Not Interested." ' In jue
tic to Dr. Ford, his friends say, it
should be known that he has had a very
sick child for several days, and that the
- three bights prior to the tragedy he had
' not had off his clothes, but had sat
anxiously by tho bedside of kis little
boy, - The Bight -of the,- tragedy th.
Mty&r was on hand in a few-minute
1 after the shot was' fired anil aid all in
;? hia power) it is claimed, to prevent the
lynching. He stood at the door of the
guard bouse and notified the angry nice
that if they- got the prisoner that they
would have to go over his body. After
U attempt was made to get the negre
. in the waiting ear, nader orders of
Rherifl Kearney, te take the negro to
Raleigh, Dr. Ford was in the very midst
tif the .crowd and begged that the law
be allowed to take its course. The re
ply ht received was that "It is impos
sible to get justice at Louisburg," and
if be is taken there and convicted the
''Governor will pardon him." - Yet, it is
explained, the Mayor endeavored to get
the men to allow him taken to a place
of safe keeping. There is absolutely no
blsme that can be attached to Dr. For-I
er to Chief Winston and the evldcn.!)
f a number of the best citizens of the
town who were near when the strug
gling was going on in the streets will
rally vindicate these two officers, say
their friends.
NORMAN HAPGOOD NOT NOW
MINISTER TO DENMARK
Washington, Dee. 29. Norman Hap
' good is no longer ' American Minister
1 te Denmark, it was said today at the
Htate Department. Official! explained
that the Senate bad failed to confirm
his nomination before the end of the
special session on November 19 and that
" since he was not given a recess appoint
ment by President Wilson, his commis
sion automatically expired on that date.
Mr. Hapgood who returned from Cop
enhagen, several days' ago, was In con
ference today with Secretary Lansing,
discussing the situation in Soviet Rus
sia. It was said that the situation pic
tured by the former Minister on the
" basis of information reaching him at
Copenhagen, did not differ materially
from that described in dispstehes rcnen
ing the department through other
sources.
Officials would not discuss reported
charges that Mr. Hapgood had been
sympathetic toward the Soviet authori
ties while he wss acting as American
minister in the Danish capital. . 1
Engineering Offieer Killed.
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 29. Lieut. C.
IL Shoemaker, engineering officer ' at
Aviation repair depot, -was almost in
stantly killed at 4:15 o'eloek this after
noon when a de HaViland Blnsbird in
which he was a passenger with Lieut.
Loyd Barnett as pilot, side slipped in
making a right angle -bank and fell
100 feet to the ground., ; Lieut. Barnett
was slightly injured. ... . . .
- Fire Destroys Air Eejalpaent.
' Douglss, Aria., Dee. 29. Fire which
started in the machine shop of Flight
A 9flth aero squadron today serionsly
burned two persons and destroyed
equipment estimated te be worth $100,
000. All airplanes in proximity to the
Ore were saved. Airmen were prevent
ed from fighting the flames by th? ex
plosion of 630 aerial bombs as well as
gasoline and oil containers. - i
Discuss Government Salaries.
Washington, Dee. 29. Interesting fig
ures on government salaries were given
today to the joint congressional com
mittee on reclassification by witnesses
employed in the pension office. The
average psy of government elerks In
creased only 73 per eent from 1S33 to
1916, it wss said, the average now be
ing (1,1.18 a year. . In the same time
ilia pay of eortfrrrsnmen hat advanced
Too per cent and the salaries of tt-trr-!9
court j'K'ices 30 per tent.
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NORMAN HAPGOOD.
Announcement wss made yesterday
that Norman Hapgood, who recently re
turned to America, was no longer Amer
ican minister to Denmark. The tHate
Department would not discuss report
that Minister Hapgood had been sym
pathetic toward soviet government in
Russian
TO OFFER HIMSELF
Anti Revaluation Supporters
Pictured Goldsboro Lawyer
As Fine Candidate
THEIR EFFORTS RESULT
IN BOOST FOR MAXWELL
Colonel Lanfiriton Answers Mss.
Out Zndorimt of EeysJu.
ation Law And Puts Rumors
Of His Candidacy For Job
To Sest With Little Ado
The News and Observer Bureau,
60S District National Baak Building.
By S. E. Powell.
Special Leased Wire)
Washington, Dee. 29. Third - district
politicians coming to Washington dur
ing the holidays bring an interesting
story of efforts made by the opposition
to induce Col. John D. Langston, of
Goldsboro, to enter the race for State
corporation commissioner against Com
missioner Maxwell and make bis earn-
oniffn on an anti-revaluation platform,
Colonel Langston, who is popular in
wholesale style all over the Bute, has
been suggested for a half dozen or more
offices. . He handled the selective scr-
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himself, until General Crowder called
him up here te tackle it in bigger meas
ure and he rang the bell just a often
in the range over the entire country as
he did in North Carolina. -
Langetoa Answer Promptly.
He ! looked upon as a logical candi
date for most anything he wants. While
Congressman Brinaoa maintain that
Charles It. Abernathy isn't worrying
him in the least, he was admittedly
akeptical lest Colonel Langston get into
the light. Authorities for the latest
proposal refuse to divulge, .the name of
the parties advancing on Colonel Langs
ton with a highly flavored proposition
te tackle Commissioner Maxwell and
bis honest plan of taxation beyond say
ing that the overture to Colonel langs
ton came from opposition prominent in
the party. The visitors from the Third
re non-committal. '
The interesting thing iboot.lt Is the
answer that Colonel Langston made to
this kindly offer. The reply "he made
Is said to be in black and white, like
wise the proposal, and te contain the
finest endorsement .for the revaluation
ljiw, fathered in the legislature by
Wayne Senator and a friend of Colonel
Lsngston's, yet printed for public er
private consumption.
According to the story, opponents of
the revaluation law sent a message to
member of th Corporation Commis
sion informing that' that procedure nn
der th popular act of th last General
Assembly ought to be somewhat slow.
The message is mid to hav a threat of
political death to Commissioner Max
welt if he persisted in trying to foe
th program through as th General As
sembly mapped it out. '
-. Maxwell Never RspHew.
There is ne record, it seems of any
reply. Mr. Maxwell made. - Bnt oa the
heel of this letter, It is' said,; an emis
sary, was diapatched from Baleigh te
OoMsoro to call oa Colonel Langston.
Said emlsssry, according to the story,
inqnircd ' of Colonel Langston if he
would be interested in mining the pri
mary rae for the nomination eor
poratlon eommiMloner Tfovlded he had
the nseurance of certain support. - Te
tlii Colonel Langston it said to hav
replied that he would rather have the
proposal in writing. ' ' r
la writing, then it went to Goldslmr.
Briefly the request wss made that he
enter the primaries for the Democratic
nomination to succeed Commissioner
(Centfaaed On Psf Two.)
WANTED LAN TON
Heads Of Brotherhoods Frame ;
Declaration Of Principles !
At Conference
WANT PENALTY CLAUSES
ELIMINATED FROM BILL
Favor Control of Soads By Gov
eminent Tor Period Of Not
Less Than Two Tears; Want
Enactment of Beneficial Fea
tures To Establish Better
Belatioss, Oompers States
Washington, Dee. 29. Representa
tives of the four big railway brother
hoods and heada of affiliated trade
adopted tonight a declaration of prin
ciples opposing legislation which would
make strikes of railway workers un
lawful. The declaration framed at a confer
ence with President Gompers of the
American Federation of Labor, declared
it thu sense of organised railway em
ployee that penalty clauses in pending
railroad legislation against workers
ceasing their employment should be
eliminated.
At the conclusion of a five hour ses
sion, President Gompers dictated this
statement.
"Oa Friday last a number of th rep
resentative of the Bailroad organisa
tions both shopmen and the train ser
vice, met at my office aud we discussed
the situation regarding the railroad
legislation, and I issued an invitation
to the executives of the tea shop
men organisations affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor and to
the four Bailroad Brotherhoods, asking
them to meet in conference with me
here today. We began our meeting at
three o'eloek and adjourned after eight.
The entire time was taken op with a
discussion of the parliamentary situa
tion of th railroad bills. W resched
these conclusions:
"That it is th sense of the confer
eaee that the control of the railroads
should be exercised by the government
of the United State for a period of not.
lea than two year in order - that
proper tent may be mad a to govern
ment control. . - -
-That sock twtliac wet been given a
fair opportunity daring th war time
or since.
"This conference Is opposed to legis
lation making strikes of worker ua
lawfnl. It is th sense of this confer
ence that penalty clause la pending
legislation on railroads against workers
ceasing their employment ehonld be
eliminated.
"That the conference favor the enact
ment of beneficial featnree of the bills
which tend to establish better relations
between the employes and the carriers.
. "That th beneficial clauses should
be extended to the sleeping ear and
Pullman company employes.
While the conference reiterated the
demand of organised labor that the
government should hold th railroad
for a peaee-tim test ef two years, the
anion officials explained that they had
no reason to donbt th carrier would
be handed back March 1, the date peel
fled by th President, regardlea of
th enactment of logialation for protec
tion of the properties.
RUN FOR CONGRESS
Honored Confederate Soldier
From Fifth District Puts All
Rumors To Rest
Winston-Salem, Dec 29. A chiaen,
very xna oi JaaJ. C. H. Bted
man, recently had an interview with
the honored Confederate veteran who
gave out the statement that he expected
to bo csadidat for renomination as
representative from the Fifth district
in Congress. It is generally understood
that Solicitor Porter Grave is n as
pirant for th nomination, though it is
not believed that he will eater the race,
if Major Stedmaa desire to continue
in office.
Mr. Nsney Tamer, widow ef the
late Bev. William Turner, for many
year pastor of Baptist churches is this
section, died Sunday night at th Sal
em Home at the advanced age ef M
years. The husband passed away in
ISM. The wife was en of th best
beloved women in this eommnnity.Bh
wa si loyal and active church worker
and tot many years, before her health
failed, she annually sent gift to th
Baptist Orphanage, at ThomasviUe.
. E. W. Kiene, a nativ of Germany,
but who ha been residing in thlt city
Tor several years, wa Used t fteea dol
lar in the municipal eoort thl morn
ing for passing a worthless cheek oa
a local, firm.' He wss also required to
make good th check, which wa for
only five dollar.
- Rev. George W. Lee, panto North
Winston Presbyterian Chtirch announ
ced today thnt he hajf ivclined ft call
to a Presbyterian church Irt Charleston,
8. C. .. -- f .
'Tb Calvary Moravian Sunday school
ha decided to adopt an Armenian child
for th coming year. Th congregation
hs also decided to continue tn eunport
It missionary, Bcv. Kenneth Hamilton,
in Nicaragua.
Secretary Daniel Betaraa.
B?eretery of th Navy Joseph us Dsn
iels left Raleigh early thl morning for
Washington after having spent -FV'
days in the State, visiting hi mother
in Goldnboro and then spending Sun
day night and Monday in Baleigh. j
MAJOR STEDMAN TO
Suggestions of President's In
dustrial Conference Dis
cussed By Leaders
GOMPERS DEFENDS UNIONS
AS BEING ESSENTIAL NOW
Organization of Both Capital
and Labor Necessary, He
States; Efforts to Establish
Fair Relations Between
Workers and Employers Must
Avoid -Compulsory Features
Washington, Dee. 29. Suggestion of
the Prcsident'a industrial conference
for the settlement of labor unrest drew
fire today from organized labor in the
first of the public discussions invited
by the commission in ita report, pub
lished today.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, said the
failure of the conference to recognize
definitely the organization of workers
trade unions ss the baiia for reprc
aentation, waa i fatal omission; while
Frank Morrison, secretary of the Fede
ration, noting the absence of reference
by the conference to collective bargain
ing of the necessity for organizations
of workera, aaid anyone who would
avert or postpone industrial conflicts
could not ignore these principles.
Mr. Gompers declared the commis
sion should: reconsider the question of
definite recognition: of trade unions "in
order to make possible the confidence
and co-operation of wage earner which
can be expressed only through organi
zations of their own making."
No Compulsory Feetaree.
''Any plan to establish or maintain
anything like fair relatione between
workera and employer must avoid com
pulsory features," he declared. "Any
proposal for compulsory labor is re
pugnant to American sovereignty and
citizenship."
Mr. Morrison said 'the declaration
against government employes joining
the American Federation, of Labor
"would indicate that th commission has
been affected by the temporary wave of
anti-trnionism . -
fs "The itatemsnt," hs added, "offers as
nope to lover of industrial peace who
see thaneeeesity of abolishing autocracy
in industry and firing employes a direct
voice ia their working conditions.
"It is no solution to empower the
Prcsidsal and a cabinet official to select
representative of workers to adjust dis
putes. The workers must have this
power themselves.''
Mr. Gompers, at the on tee t of his
statement, said that except for ite open
ing declaration he had found "nothing
new and little of interest," in the con
ference report.
" Defends Orgaaisatioa.
"In the opening statement," continued
Mr. Gompers, "the report set forth 'the
right relationship between employer and
employe in large industries can be pro
moted by the deliberative organization
of that relationship.' But the report
fails to give definite recognition to the
applicstion of this truth. Both employ
ers and employe must be organized in
order to become responsible partiea to
any system of mediation or arbitration
otherwise the arbitration tribnnal
must deal with individuals instead of or
ganized groups. The principle of rep
resentation depends upon organization.
"I order to promote constructive and
permanent change that , will eliminate
(Continued Oa Pag Two.)
FIVE SURVIVORS ON SHIP
FIGHT BRAVELY FOR LIFE!
Wreck of Vessel On Which They
Are Stranded Being Pound
ed To Pieces
Halifax; Dee. 29. Five survivor of
the crew of the Belgian steamer Anton
Van Driel were battling desperately for
life tonight oa the wreck of their ship
which waa fast being pounded to pieces
on the jagged rocks which guard the en
trance to Bt. Mary' Bay, New Found
land.' Their only hope wa that th
wreck, iwept incessantly by gigantic icy
combers, would hold together until.
rescuing steamer from St. John' wa
able to reaeh them. It waa a slender
hope, for th . ill-fated ship had been
driven oa the rocks at a spot where no
vessel could approach ia safety xeept
ia the Calmest weather.
All day long the fisher folk from the
nearby village of St. Shott had watched
the unequal struggle for life from the
tops' Of tli rugged cliffs which frowned
down upon th wreck. They were abso
lutely powerless to aid, but th fascina
tion of the impending tragedy held the
spectator oa the storm swept cliff top
until darkness hid th wreck.
The Anton .Tandriel, lsden with a
cargo ef coal for the Dutch govern
ment, cleared from Sydney last Satur
day under tho command ef Captain
Tnrnweil. Swept out of her course by
a terrific sea she was hurled a St.
Phott's shortly after 1 o'clock thl morn
ing.. Boat were immediately launched
and as promptly dashed to piece against
th cliff by th mountainous waves.
When mornig broke the inhabitant
of th little fishing village saw five men
clinging desperately to th bridge ef
th doomed (learner, whil wreckage and
bodies were tossed about In the break
waters at the foot of the cliff. Th
steamer ordered from St. Johns to at
tempt ft rescue cannot reaeh th scene
of the wreck before tomorrow morning
t the 'earliest.
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New Ter Bares, fiaehurst, Thurs-
dsrs t-M p. m. Steeple chase, running
and harness. Adv.
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M. AND MME. MAURICE MAETERLINCK
Maurice Maeterlinck, the noted Belgian poef and playright,
accompanied by Mme. Maeterlinck, is in this country for a
three months' lecture tour. He timed his arrival so as to be in
New York for the world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera
House of the operatic version of hia play, "The Blue Bird."
Concerning his plans, M. Maeterlinck said : "I am here for three
months and will lecture on the immortality of the soul. My
theme deals with what you might call the beginnings of fresh
signs of the soul's immortality. and personality after death."
1ST DRIVE TURK
OUT, GREEK STATES
Brings Petition y From Greek
Thracians To President Ask-:
ing For Annexation ,
Nw York, Dec. 29. Th cardinal pre
requisite for Turkish peace is that th
Turk shall b driven out of Constanti
nople, In the opinion of Nieo Caltehas,
head of a mission sent to the United
States by the Greeks of Thrace. The
purpose of the mission, Mr. Caltehas ex
plained today, is to present to Presi
dent Wilson a petition signed by 360,000
Greek Thracians asking that their coun
try be annexed to Greece.
Mr. Caltehas, a Greek who was grad
uated from Robert College, the Chris
tian University in Constantinople, but
who was drafted into the Turkish army,
pointed out that the petition was signed
only by Greek living in Adrianople
end that no attempt had been made to
obtain the aignature of those living in
Constantinople, the other province of
Thrace.
The beat aolution of the Turkiah prob
lem, in the opinion of Mr. Caltehas,
would be to give the Ottoman capital
and ail tba rest of Thrace to Greece,
bat if the powers do not approve that
proposal Constantinople should b in
ternatienalixed. in his opinion.
"There are two perils eoming from the
some form or other of the former Cen
tral alliance and the other Bolshevism.
A strong Greece facing th north with
ita back to the Mediterranean would be
the most effective obstacle to both these
perils. The truth of this statement will
be fully realized when.it is remembered
that both' the -Greek people and the
Greek army have o far proved abso
lutely impervious to the new doctrines
of disruption, which canont be said. of
many other small nations. A strong
Grose would thus beetfme th main sup
port of the lesgue of nations ia south
eastern Europe."
LOUISVILLE PHYSICIAN
HELD ON MURDER CHARGE
Louisville, Ky., Pee. W. Dr. Chris
topher G. Sehott, charged with killing
Mitfs Elizabeth ford Griffith, hi office
assistant, and central figure in the most
mysterious Louisville murder ease in
many years, refused to furnish SIS.
000 bail bond at tho conclusion of argu
ment on motion for bsil in polic court
here today, and elected to star in jnll
pending hi examining trial later in the
week.. -
Dr. Schott'i attorney asserted th
amount .was excessive in view of th
showing tbst had been mad far their
client by laren Gardner, girl of
thirteen, who has asserted that ah was
in th physician company delivering
Christmasprescnts at the time it I be
lieved Mis Griffith was shot knd killed.
The little Gardner girl, after being
confined In the detention home on the
charge of delinquency, wa released oa
nominal bond pending a trial in Juve
nile court.,' ,, . :
A feature connected' with the 'ease
which excited great: interest was a po
lice announcement that Dr. Sehott. in
effort, ha4 advocated a' trial marriage
of Mb Griffith, hi one-time fiancee,
and a soldier. The theory of Dr. Hchott.
according to this version, was that such
a marriage would- fit her eventually to
become hi wLfs. . . , . .
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Sir "William Osier One of Noted
Men of Time As Well As In
Medical Science
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Oxford, Eugland, Dec. 29. Sir Wil
liam Osier, noted physician, who hsi
been ill for several weeks, died here
this evsning.
Although Sir Willism Osier wss
known to be scrious'y ill at hia home
in Oxford, where he has been regius
professor of medicine sine) 1904, recent
advices had given hope fs'hii recovery.
Sir William, who passed hi seventieth
birthday last July, was stricken with
pneumonia in November, but about the
middle of that month was reported con
valescent. A fortnight ago, however,
renorta reached this country that he
had taken a turn for the worse. Cabled
advices shortly afterward announced
that bis condition vss somewhat im
proved, while on Christmss dsy a mes
sage' from him wa received at th
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore in
vhich the fsmousj physiciaa extended
Christmas greetings to all hi eld
friends and announced that h wss
"making a good fight" after aa empyema
operation. .
' Dr.' Osier was professor of medicine
at Johns Hopkins University from
to 1V04. He was bprn in Canada iu.1840.
Receiving his medirsl degree from Mc
Gill University in 1872, Dr. Osier placed
the imprint of hia ability on medical
learning to such marked degree that
within a few' year he became an ac
cepted authority in medical science. His
freat art lay in his skill in diagnosis
and his profound knowledge of all the
parts and function cf the human body
and the various ilia of nature.
No small part of Dr. Osier's work lay
In his directing Influence on the lives
of others. Thousands of young men
from all lands came under the eye of
this teacher and. thousands learned the
lessons that he taught through Kis writ
ings. Above all he urged work. To the
youth he said: "There are other altars
than that of Venus on which to light
your fires, young mna work, incessant,
Lard, earnest work."
Of Dr. Osier it ha been said "a more
jovial joker, a more epigrammatic and
witty member of society, never mad a
after-dinner speech."
In 1905 at the cn mem oration day
ever fines of John Hopkins University
of Daltimore, in Which ho served as
professor1 of medicine, Dr. Osier de
livered the sddress in which he spoke
of "the comparative uselessness of men
above 40 yesrs of age." His words, then
(tpoken without thought of how far
reaching they would be, passed around
the world in garbled form of every
tariety. He was quoted as having said
in effect that men- past that age were
ef a value In th progress of humanity
and that men who had reached the age
of 60 should be chloroformed.
Dr. Oslesaremained'stlrnt on the sub
Ject for. a considerable period and then
Issued a statement, in which he de
clared I . - - . ...
"I did not say men at AO should be
chloroformed.. That waftba point in
the novel to which I referred nod upon
which the plot hinged." - .
The novel in question was ?Th F'unt
Period,' wri(ta by Anthony Trollope
in 1&82. .
Dr. Osier wa criticised by the pul.lle
and press generally and lu answer' to
these he saidi ..'.'Tho criticisms have Hot
shaken 'my convictions that the'tclllnj
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NOTED PHYSICIAN
: PASSES AT OXFORD
Initial Meeting of President
Wilson's Commission To
Settle Strike
OPEN HEADQUARTERS IN
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Under Strike Settlement Plan
Agreed To By Miners. Body
Has Power To Fix Wages
and Working Conditions; Di
rector General Hines Re
moves Last of Restrictions
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29. Preliminary
Washington, Dec
srrangements for the
investigation of
wagrs and prices in the bituminous coal
industry, aa provided in the coal strike
settlement, were made at th initial
meeting today of the commission of
three appointed by President Wilson. -
The members of the commission--Henry
M. Robinson, of Psssdena, Cel.,
representing the public, Rembrandt
Peale, for the operators, and John P.
White, for the miners established semi
permanent headquarters in tba Deptrt
nient of Labor building aad were an
derstood to have discussed the matter '
of organisation. .
Remove Last Destrletio.
While commission was Drertariaa to
take up the questions of the strike, -Director
General of Railroad Hines. who
haa had charge of coal rationing, modi-
flea the last of the restriction put into '
effect during the strike that prohibit
ing exportation of bituminou coal. Th
Director General issued a order under
which the overseas 'movement of coat
up to an amount equal to;fifty per
eent of the quantity exported ia October
may be ahipped from th port of Balti
more and Newport New. Bimilar r
raugcmcnU are to be olaeed ia wr.t.
st other port a ooa as th aeccsstrv
detail eaa b worked our. Dumping
of coal at port will be regnlsted, how
ever, through raiTroaS "mbargoe ou
fjdo-water ceneigned coal. '
The relaxation of restriction arainat
exportation waa possible, Mr. Hines
said, through steadily increased pro
duction resulting from the return of the
miner, to their job. The situation in
the Eastern field wa described as espc-
IXhIlV flA) "
Power of Comsxlssion.
Under the atrlko .hi
greed to by the miners and in which
npi mat to operator will
participate ia anit nr nkiuti i .
: , . - - .ivmwu, jnaus
to it by th operator' asioeiatioa th
Presidents coal commission has power
"i" ..u wumng condition in.
h mines and price of ol to th pub
lic, if it decision is unanimous. Th
return of the miner to work haa been
with the underatanding the commission
is to hare full powers to adjust ele
further, if it find further increase, justi-
Relaxatioa of export restriction ws
announced by Director General Hines iu
the following statement:
Ia the two weeks which have passed
since the bituminous coal minora re
turned to work generally, production
haa increased regularly. Thl ha af
forded a great measure , of relief in
those consuming sections customarily
supplied by miners in th central com
petitive field and in the Southwest aad
in which section consumers' stock have
been much depleted. Indicative of the
better condition of such stock i tho '
fact that manv itf tknu ... ' .
were eager during the atrik to obtain
coal from the fields which had continued
to produce in the East, have refused.now
to take such coat which th railroads
moved west durina- tha afrilc , (
tect- such consumers, th additional
freight rate from the East naturally en
tering into the price of tha coal.
Mast Avoid Congestion.
"It is necessary under the rireuai- '
star cos, that productions of the Eastern
fields beagain turned into uaual chan
nels aadasual market and among the
latter ia the overaoaa fcinnrt Mikf
Othedwise a serious congestion of coal
loads will inevitably develop oa the rail,
road's. '
"After careful consideration of the .
entire situation it has been deemed
advisable to permit restricted resump
tion of overseas cxnort movement of
bituminous eoal. Instruction hav al
ready been issued for sueh movement.
inrougn me pons or. uampion Koada
and Baltimore in aa amount equal to
about fifty per rent of the export ton
nage bandied through thee ports in
tb month of October. Bimilar ar
rangments will be made at other port
ss soon as the ' necessary details now
nnder way can be perfected. At -each ;
port, however, th export dumping will
be only allowed under a restricted basis,
tb restriction being made effective
by railroad embargoes against the move
ment of coal to tidewater port for
export, ad the isau of permit by the
railroads under the control of the re
gional directors authorizing the move
ment ef specific coal against such em
bargoes. '
"During the past two week while
production ha been oa the increase,
pecial proviaion has been made for the
export of coal la Cub, aeceasary there
(or sugar production ultimately to be
moved to this country. In addition
few other eargoet hav been per
mitted by th Central eoal committee
acting la conjunction with th rep
resentative of tb destination conn
trie concerned, in order to take enre
of vital nectsellics among our alii"
and lso of foreign consumers whm
output ws contracted to b shir!1 '
to th United State,"