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Demand Congressional Inves
tigation of Calumet Copper
Strike '
CONTRIBUTIONS
FOR THE STRIKERS
Michigan Copper Mine Owners
Bitterly Attacked In Speech
es Made
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 17, Fiery
speeches were made In the' American
Federation of Labor convention to
day attacking the, Michigan copper
mine owners, whose employes are on
strike. Resolutions demanding a
congressional investigation and call
ing for contributions lor the support
Of the strikers were adopted. Presi
dent Samuel Oompers said the con
vention undoubtedly would accept a
resolution if It were presented de
manding investigation as to how the
Calumet And Hecla company obtain
ed title to Its copper land.
The resolutions which were adopt
ed Bet forth that;
"Whereas, The mine owners have
gnored the demands of the men,
spurned their attempts at concilia
tion, and in man ways treated them
with contempt; have Imported gun
men, thugs and so-called detectives
Into the strike lone, and these men
have deliberately killed strikers in
cold blood, alssaulted women and
beaten and terrorized children.
"Whereas, '2,600 militiamen have
been sent into the Btrlke district, and
these soldiers haw driven their
horses over men, women and chil
dren, beating them with guns, bay
onets and rwards, and lOiitraglng
women and girls.
Demand Investigation.
, "Resolved, That the American
Federation -of Labor demand a con
gressional investigation of the strlko
and the causes leading up to It.
Resolved, That the -federation of
labor unqualifiedly approves of the
stand of the Michigan miners, and
calls oa .aU.ffUlai..4jjtss-to con
tribute at leant the anjount asftad tor
by 'thi executive council. the fed
eration, and where It can be afford
ed, that larger amounts be donated,
and that if possible, means be de
visad by the unions to raise money
for the purpose of providing fond,
clothing and shelter for those fight
ing the battles of oppressed human
ity." Joseph D. Cannon, of the Western
Federation of Miners, described the
conditions under which the workers
revolted, and declared documentary
evidence was 'available to prove that
the Calumet and Hecla company ob
tained from the United States gov
ernment in 1852 valuable mineral
land as a grant In aid of a canal, the
rrvintinpi1 on Page Klght.)
ft On
LABOR MEETING
(CWltS0H PROIfES HIMSELF
E
Declares He is Considering
Appointment of Commit
tee on Suffrage.
THANKED BY WOMEN
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. Suffrage
workers from New Jersey who came
.jjto Washington to enlist congressional
fflipport for the proposed constitution
- J( amendment giving women the right
to vote met with opposition today
when they visited the capital and im
portuned Senator Martins to cham
pion their cause in the senate. The
New Jersey senator declared that he
did not favor the proposed enfran
chisement of women.
The suffrage delegation, numbering
several score of women, had urged
President Wilson earlier in the day to
lend his ard to the votes for women
fight. They also went to the houso
end of the capltol and presented pe
titions and arguments to New Jersey
members of the house. ,
Senator Martine was criticised by
some of the suffragettes for having
circulated literature in opposition to
woman suffrage.
'Though the suffragists had no pre
vious engagement at the' white house,
they were promptly received by Pres
ident Wilson when they called today.
"We came to ask you to make suf
frage a national question," Mrs. E. G.
Felckert, head of the delegation, told
the president, ''and we would like you
to Include in your annual message
support for the constitutional amend-
Oent now pending to grant to women
right to vote."
"I was lust talking the other day,"
returned the president, "with some
gentlemen from the house about the
appointment of a committee, and we
"Oh, thank you," chorused the
women.
U.S. INTERVENTION
WILL BE RESISTED
BY PRES. HUERTA
Dictator so Intimates in Conversa-
tion With Friends. New Congress
is Organized and Nothing Indic
ates Postponement of Opening.
..MEXICO CITY, Nov. 17, Organi
sation of President Huerta' hew
congress was completed iate today,
when enough senators vers gathered
in to form a quorum in the upper
house. General Francisco Pronoes
was chosen ' temporary chairman of
the senat and a committee on' cre
dentials Vas appointed. A similar
committee of the chamber of depu
ties today began the. work of revis
ing the deputies' credentials, and
there is nothing to indicate that the
formal opening of congress next
Thursday will be postponed.
President Huerta talked .tonight
informally to the members ' of his
staff and a few. personal, friends re
garding the possibilities of Interven
tion by the United States. He Inti
mated that he would be ready to re
sist such a itep. . . .
May Blockade Port
The opinion is expressed in vari
ous circles here that the United
States will soon Inaugurate a block
ade of Mexican ports. Rumor has
It that President Huerta would be
content with such an action and
might ewn permit the embassy to
remain In Mexico CJty until an open
ing rupture occurred.
General Huerta resumed business
at the national palace today, appar
ently of no thought of any questions
pending between his government and
that of the United States. He seem
to regard recent incidents growing
out of Washington's demand that he
vacate the presidency as closed.
With the exception of cne devel
opment and that of a rather nega
tive character, the day was almost
devoid of acts relating to the ten
situation which exists, notwithstand
ing the Indifferent attitude assume!
by Mexico. The American charge
d'affaires received Instructions to
continue to advise Washington with
respect to developments, but he was
not instructed to approach the .Mexi
can government official again, Yior
did his instructions include anything
relative to the withdrawal of the em-
Rumor Pwnlst.
. Ttumnrs that thP .change had been
ordered to leave persisted, although
sn emphatic denial was made at the
embassy, and trains leaving for Vera
Crux were watched anxiously by
Americans, who have made up their
minds not to delay their departure,
'if O'Shaughnessy goes.
Rumors of plots and intrigues
were common throughout the day, but
no facts were forthcoming to indicate
that General Huerta was losing his
grip on affairs In the capital. Re
ports from outlying points, especially
WEATHER OFFICIALS SAY
DE
Full Responsibility Taken
by Chief Bureau at
Washington.
SEVERITY REALIZED
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. In reply
to published charges that the weather
bureau had given inadequate warn
ing to shippers of the approach of last
week's terrific storm, resulting in a
known loss of 254 lives on the Great
Lakes and on the announcement by
Representative Gordon, of Ohio, that
he would seek an investigation of the
matter, tonight Issued a statement de
claring that "the storm throughout Its
course was heralded in as complete a
manner as possible." Full TesponBi
bility for the forecasts was taken by
the Washington bureau, the local fore
caster at Cleveland being absolved
from any possible blnmv
The statement efts f'irth thnt on
Thursday when the storm ws ever
the Canadian northwest -small craft
warnings were displayed. On- Friday
at 10 a. Irt., the signals were changed
to storm warnings and during the pas
sage of the storm eastward warnings
continued throughout the whole lake,
region and were accompanied by fore
casts of lower temeratures and snow,
On Sunday morning "the added
precaution was taken to repeat the
storm warning on the Great Lakes
from Detroit eastward, those on the
northern lakes being continued. '
"Finally Sunday evening storm
warnings were displayed on the upper
lake"
i "The record shows," the statement
continues, "that every weather bu
reau means for disseminating infor
mation of such storms was used. Dis
plays were made at 113 points along
the lake shores, including ninttn
weather bureau stations from any on
of which special information could
have been obtained upon reouest The
severity of the storm was fully reeog-
4uas4L-.b4iwXa
and no information concerning it wa
concealed or withheld."
In the north were far from reassur
Ing to the war department Ciudad
Victoria, the capital of Tamaullpas,
the capture of which by the rebels
was denied last week by the govern
ment, Is now admitted to be In a bad
way, although not yet take. It ta
conceded that the rebels In large num
bers surround the olty and that
battle la imminent. Passengers from
that part of the country, who arrives
here today confirm the report that
the city is already in the handa of the
rebels. t
Tne government ha not even con
firmed the capture of Juaret and the
newspapers are still holding out hope
to their readers that possibly the re
port of its capture by General Villa
la not true.
Huerta to Resign?
That General Huerta Intended to
resign upon , the convening of the
sonata and. chamber of deputies on
Thursday, was the substance of a re
port revived here today. The report
was based on an alleged statement of
a new deputy.
Up to late this afternoon, howevtT,
there had been no confirmation of th
report or other important develop
ment in the situation. Conditions at
the capital were absolutely normal.
An early severance of relation with
the United States is regarded here as
Inevitable. , ....
Whether the United State embassy
is to remain or be immediately with
drawn appears to be a matter of which
NeNpn O'Shaughnessy, the American
charge, himself la uncertain. The staff
of the embassy is ready to leave at a
moment's notice.
nianquet May Quit.
There was considerable gossip In
political circles today of further
changes In the Mexican cabinet. Gen
eral Aureltano Blanquet, minister of
war, is said to have had a misunder
standing' with President Huerta which
may cause him to leave his post.
General Huerta is proceeding with
his efforts' to organise the qeW con
gress regardless of the notice given 19
Mm by Jpha. Llnd that serious conse
quences would follow such a step.
Mr. O'Shaughnessy this afternoon
golfod at the Country club.
The German' minister, Admiral Von
Hintze, summoned tonight the heads
of the more Important German com
merclal houses and asked them to give
htm Inventories of shipments expect
ed. He explained that he would then
be In a position better to guard their
interests In case of a blockade,
OITOOME I'NCEItTAITf.
NOGALES, Sonora, Mex., Nov. 17.
(Continned on Page Fight)
THIS RESUME SH
FOLLOWING SETTLEFJIEHT
OF BIG RAILROAD STRIKE
First Freight Train to Move
in Four Days is Op
erated. SETTLEMENT TERMS
HOUSTON, Texaa, Nov. IT. Twelve
hours after the settlement today of
the strike of federated trainmen of
the road, practically normal pas sen
ger service had been restored on the
Atlantic division of the Southern
Paclft: railroad, and tonight the first
freight trains to be moved In four
day were started. - - It Is anUcloated
that several days will be required to
move the accumulated freight. Off!
cials of the trainmen's organization
and the railroad are workinr In con
Junction In an effort to restore nor
mal tralT'.c conditions. ,
The Htrike was ended t8Jay when
both sluts accepted a proposal of thi
foderal board of mediation and enn
dilation that the railroad meet a Joint
committee from the eneineera. fire
men. conductors and trainmen, for
the dls-'usNlon of the 67 alleged
grievances which the men have ore
sented. Many of these are of a per
sonal nature. The recognition of
Joint committee, which the road ilA-
clared Inconsistent with existing con
tracts wa the main contention nt
the union, which, when refused, pre
cipitated the walkout.
The terms of settlement as out
lined In telegrams from the federal
board, signed by William Lea Cham
ber and Martin A. Knapp, Included
the road's agreement to meet the
Joint committee for the : settlement
of rrievances. the union' '
ment to return to service, immediate
restoration, of all strikers to service
without prejudice, and reference to
the federal board of all matters on
whk-h the conference committee
cou'd not agree. - . .
No date has been fixed for the
nference between renTe-
sentatives of the railroad and th
Joint employer" committee.
UNITED STATES IS CONTENT TO
AWAIT OUTCOME OF THE STEADY
No Change in th Official
dent Governor Colquitt Says Texas Will Not Wait for Washington to
' Act if Trouble Starts. ,
WASHINGTON " Nov. lfr-Thai tha
United State in Iti policy toward th
provisional government in "Mexico la
content to await the,;outcVma of tha
steady preset: re being exerted to bring
about tha downfall of tha Huerta ra-
tlrclea her.,. Bxcltim rumora from
Mexico City wholly failed to ruffle the
calm confldenoe of President Wilson
or Secretary of Btata Bryan.
"The milia of the god grind alow-
ly" was tha declaration -of one high
official of tha government. Id discuss
ing tha development. The president
wa not at all aroused by report
that Mr. O'Shaughnessy, tha Ameri
can charge d'affaires, was about to
quit Mexico City, and it was tatefl
that no orders had bean given either
to Mr. O'Shaughnessy, or John Llnd,
at Vera Crus, to leava Mexico. Ru
mora that tha American ' embassy
would ba closed within forty-eight
houra were characterised In official
source as "rakes.
Home CliAnge.
Tha president told callers during
tha day that while there had been
sbme change in the Mexican rela
tions aa to persons, there had been
no essential change in tha circum
stances to which he had referred tha
other day a seeming favorable to a
solution of the difficult!. Tha presl
dent, It la aald, Is confident that tha
financial boycott of the Huerta re
gime by the United States and tha
great foreign powers will be a pow
erful factor In bringing about tha end
of Huerta.
ElSlii
UUESMS itBTE
Government Faces Same
Question as Californian
Difficulties With Jap'an.
LONDON'. Nov, IT. The . question
of the British Kasi IndUn again has
reached an acute atage. Nearly
every dominion and colony to which
these British subjects emigrate either
bar them or have legislation which
effectually' prevents tnom from en
tering or ramainliKf tn these places.
The Imperial government has tak
en step to make the llf of the Kaat
Indiana In these colonies more bear
able. A commission ta now making
a thorough inv8tlgatlon in the
crown colonlea Into te condltlona Of
employment of Ea't Indiana and
generally Into th.-lr position and
treatment.
In the dominions the imperial gov
ernment, which would have Indians
treated aa other British subjects, is
faced with exactly the name diffi
culty aa the federal government at
Washington has in connection with
California's anil-Japnnese legislation
The people of the dominions Insist tn
having "white men's countries.'
In Australasia. East Indian, Ukw
all other Asiatic, pre being barred
under the operation of tho new law
which empowers the state govern
ment to make the entry of East
Indian conditional upon their abil
ity to paaa an examination in a Eu
ropean language. In New Zelan1
legislation of a similar rature t
I b'li-g pre.nred. It will be noticed
tma not cngnsn, mil any European
language" la th. teat, y
In Memoriam
jlfwiumM TNl2JSf -i
; S CRAWFORD m
if ibm- -. , ; , : : ' terror-'
.:: : 1898 ; 'fill-'-' -
! ; m PARTYS NOMINEE YW
PRESSURE EXERTED ON HUERTA
Attitude of This Country Toward th Provisional Presi-
' In discussing tha persU'tent rumor
that Charge O'Shaughnessy waa
about to take his departure, leaving
tha American embassy'a record tn
tha car of on of the minister rep
resenting the foreign power, 0cra
tsry Bryan stated flatly tha waUAa
the charge or Mr...l4nd , had any
conditional Instruction and intlmaf
cd that both were acting undor pre
cise Instructions from Washington in
every step in the negVjtiatlona.
No Action Coutcinilted.
Indications baed on tha few ad
missions of state department official
are that no action la contemplated at
present that would precipitate a crj
sls in the situation. On tha other
hand, it was remarked that no ' on
here can foretell what action General
Huerta might take in the City of Mex
ico that would bring about auch
crtsl.
Secretary Bryan ha been Informed
by Mr. O'Shaughnessy of tha resig
nation of Manual Qarsa Aldape - aa
minister of the interior, but ha ha
heard only rumora of tha intention of
qeneral Blanquet to surrender hli
portfolio' aa minister of ' war. Whil
In some quarters there wa a dispo
sition to regard cabinet change aa
the forerunner of disintegration of
the' Ituorta regime, in other it wai
pointed out that it might mark the
adoption by Qeneral Huerta of a more
active and vlgoroua policy and one
more defiant of the United Htatei
government. An early development
of hi purpose Is expected In view of
the fact that In the ordinary course of
LiritlTiS OF VITAL
L
This is Idea Urged by Socie
ty for Study and Preven
tion of Infant Mortality.
WASHINGTON, -Nov. .17. Amplifi
cation and greater use of all vital
and social statistics were advocated
at the closing session hers today of
the convention of the American as
sociation for study and prevention f
Infant mortality. Hpeetal stress was
laid upon the Immediate need for
more universal statistic with especial
reference to the health of Infanta and
the Infant death rate and It wa
pointed out that there was no unl
formlty of reports In the different
states.
' "Let us try to influence the mental
attitude of physicians and other au
thorities so that they will use stalls
tic based upon fact and not Opinion,"
was the plea of Ir. Josephine Baker,
director of child hygiene In the de
partment of health of New York city.
She declared that the need for better
information wa growing more acute
dally.
Mrs. John Hays Hammond, presi
dent of the woman's auxiliary, de
tailed the activities of this organiza
tion which was started less than three
months ago. The association plans
tor the care of expectant mothers and
infanta after birth.
THK WEATIIKlt.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. Fore
cast for North Carolina: t'elr Tue
fl ttyT "" wai'fiior 'wsat portion" Wedi
dav. talc, warmer.
event h nouat aubmlt hi . apaolal
mesaaga to th congreaa not later
than Thursday, The possibility 'of
an Interruption of tha railroad com
munication between tha City of Max
lco t and r tha aapor of Vara Crus
wfeknV -ia-ittew. pranttaai'twa)nly4
outlat from th capital, la giving con
siderable concern to the official her
and ltla aald that any attempt to
thua completely : isolate Americans
and other foreigner In tha Mexksan
capital would result In quick action
by tha United State to prevent It.
Communication Threatened.
Secretary Bryan had heard from
soma of hi agenta that tha Una of
communication waa threatened, hut
It waa not clear whether tha inter
ruption wa to ba expected a a result
of some decree of the Huerta gov
ernmant or from operatlona of tha
revolutionist, who have auddenly ap
peared in com force tn tha mountain
coon try lying between Vera Cru and
the capital. - - -
. Ordera for tha second division of
the Atlantic fleet to return to tha
United State remain auapended, leav
ing practically half of the fleet' bat
tleships off th east coast of Mexico
and it wa aald at the navy depart
ment today that If the Mexican altu
atlon should assume a more critical
phase by the time Admiral Bsdr,
with the first and fourth divisions of
M fleet, came within a few hun
dred mile of Hampton Roads, re
turning from the Mediterranean
(Continned on I'ago Six).
E
IN REPUBLIC DP PANAMA
Demonstration in Effort to
Compel Government to
Recede From Position.
PANAMA, Nov, 17. The Chinese
question assumed a serious torn In
the republic of Panama today, all the
Chinese merchant, wholesale and
retail. In this city,, in Colon and at
point In the Interior, numbering more
than 1,600. Acting according to a
pre-arranged plan, closed their placet
of business after posting notice stat
ing that the doors had been shut ror
tha purpose of taking an inventory.
Th demonstration waa an effort to
compel the) Panama, government to
recede from It, program relative to
the new registration law. Thia law
compels Chinese resident to take out
new certificate of registration a.td
pay an additional fee or render them
selves lttable to deportation.
The closing of the small a'.ore h's
alncady entailed cotislderablj hard
ship on 1 he poorer classes to whom
the Chinese sell buvor, lard, rlca and
other articles In small quantities a
trade the native merchant doe not
care to hantle Much annoyanc has
also ce-- ci.iised by the non unlivery
of laundry.
The Psnami government lli an
nounced Ita decision to atand firm.
Orders were issued to all provisional
governors to proceed with the arrest
lyln-a'Uh4h
recuitratlon lav bforovmb-
GUSBENGY BILLS
WILL BE BEFORE
SEHATJETHURSOAr
Both Forces In Committee
Agree to Have Drafts ;
' Ready Then " ; ,
ADJOURNMENT IS
.NOW BEING TALKED
Both Administration and AMI.
Administration Forces
, at Work , . .
WASHINGTON. Nov. 17. Deflnlt '
agreement today by both the admin '
totratlon and the anti-administration j,
wings of th senate banking and cur--'
rency committee to complete their -draft
of th currency committee and '
aubmlt thm to tha aenat by Thurs t
day, wa followed by general talk, a
the capltol of an adjournment of con
gresa over Thanksgiving. ' '
' Informal discussion ' of the ' possi -billty
of adjournment ' on both aidei '
of the capltol, however, failed to tak
any definite ahap. . No adjournment '
will be taken without the consent ol '
the president, end he ha not yet--mad
known hi views. , In the ten',
at It wa believed th president '
might agree to a brief recess, !
though It ha been known, that ha d '
sired to have congress In session la
the event of emergencies arising 1
the Mexican altuatlon. .
Puaaltile Date.
Saturday, Monday and Tueidaj
have been uggetd as possible datsi v
for adjournment in conferences of
house and aenata leader.
Majority Leader Underwood, due
to return from hie senatorial cam
paign In Alabama on Thursday, la ex
pectd to take up this queatlon wlttf'
President Wlleon.
: Both wing of th banking and cur
rrTT commute continued work on :
their bill today. The alx adminlatnt-'
tlon democrat reopened their dollb
eratlort to consider the advisability of ' '
altering the provision In the Glass '
Owen bill for shifting th reaerve of 1
the country from th. present daposl '
torle to th now regional reserv
. tUk-"i H 'ha heaii -euggaated that
the provision might make too great'
a demand on the banking resource '
of the country and result in the call-' '
Ing of loan and consequent trln
gencyi 'The democrat reached n
definite agreement, but ' Chalrmaa
Owen agreed to tabulate the figure
available on the subject and present -
tnem to the committee ' tomorrow. '
Senator Hitchcock and the republt
cana continued to write their draft of '
the bill. They Increaaad th gold re '
erv to b held against tha new cur .
rency to 45 per cent., and provided
that when th reserve fell below that
pnnt It would be taxed on a gradual- '
d seal down to th minimum of "
10 per cent. :
Refunding Sortton Oiarured. .
'r:; Th bond refunding Motion wa
completely changed. A amended, it
would provide that each regional bank
(fYmflnnert on Page Six).
I.
Preliminary Features of the f
Congress Discussed at -Section
Meeting. ','
ADDRESSED BY LANE
WASHINGTON. Nov, 17. Coneer
vation expert from all section ol
the United State sod a delegation
from Canada . arrived ..here . today ta
take part In tha Fifth National Con 4
servation congress, which begin to"
morrow. .
Hevcral section meetings war held '
today at which preliminary feature!
of the congress were discussed. Tha "
National Association of Conservation, .
Commtsitlonnrs waa addressed by Bsc
retary Lane, alio made a plea foe
greater cooperation between the atat '
and federal authorities. f
The secretary - declared that thd
grutrst obstacle in the preparation of :
an adequate conservation policy waa
the confltet between those; who be
lleved In centralization of government .
and those who believed In atat
rights. This conflict,-he aald, way.j
reiponslblo for the difficulty tha fed
era! authorities experienced In ob i.
talntng the cooperation of atat oflt
clals. '.. v;;
"Now th government Is not wedded 1
to any particular theory, but tt I
wedded to practical test that will '
develop something to better the coun
try." continued Secretary Lane. "W
are Indifferent to the agency em-
ployed. Tou represent, the states. 1 .
represent what la called the central
government. We can cooperate and
manifestly there can be no aucceag .
unless we do cooperate," ,
Reforestation was declared to be)
the remedy for th coming tlmbe
famine la-.th, report, of a lubcom ,
mitte to the forestryction