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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER: Rain Tucsdaym Wednesday clearing and much colder. 16 Pages Today VOL. XXXVI, NO. 44. WEDNESDAY MORNINO, DECEMBER 10, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS INERS FAIL TO AGREE ON-WILSON'S PROPOSAL MINERS EXPECTED TO-AGREE ON PLAN ATMEETINGTODAY Look What the Cat Brought in m m By Billy Borne Settlement Today Is Pre- dieted Conservatives In the Majority. Qc. AUCUSES ABE HELD BY RADICAL GROUPS Proceedings Followed With Tense Interest by Of- ficials at Capital. OWNERS APPROVE PLAN ST. LQUIS, Dec. 9. The pro position of President Wilson meets with the unqualified ap proval of the mine operators, according: to a statement by Thomas T. Brewesterii chair man of the scale committee of the coal operators of the cen tral competitive field, after a summary of the President's proposition had been read to him hear today. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Deo. 9. Settlement of the strike of coal min ers tomorrow confidently was pre dicted late tonight by a high official of the United Mine yorkers of Amer ica. It was declared that the con servative element was in the ma- Jorlty and that an agreement on the 'resident's proposal for termination of the controversy was only a ques tion of how. long it would take to heir the arguments of all represent- auves wno wisnea to speaK. This official, who strongly favor acceptance of the new plan for end ing the strike, spoke enthusiastically of the fight made for adoption of the proposal by Acting President John L. Lewis and Secreatry-Treasurer Wil liam Green, of the miners' organiza tion, at today's meeting of the gen- UiaasaJLxamiaUla of the miners at which me pian was presenieav nis ngnt, he said, was continued after adjourn ment of the conference at 6:30 o'clock tonight and It was believed that more than sufficient strength was muster ed to vote down the radical element when the committee reconvenes to morrow. Consideration of the ques tion will tie resumed at 9:30 o'clock In the morning. "Mr. Lewis and Mr. Green." he said, " whole heartedly accepted the proposition fmade by President Wil son and entered into the fight for Its adoption by the miners with all Ahelr strength. Settlement of the controversy, when it comes, will be jreatly due to their efforts and it is only Justice to give them credit for nneir ngnu In the Majority. "The conservative element, which favors acceptance of the plan, is clearly in the majority and there is aw) question of the final outcome." . It also was learned that four ex tended caucuses in which so-called radicals of Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and TVestern Pennsylvania participated Were held tonight. Kxcept that plans were made for continuing the fight against adoption of the strike settle jgnent plan, nothing; could bo learned i me proceeaings. The radicals It became known late tonight communicated their first at tempt to defeat or postpone settle tnent of the strike by introduction today of a motion to take the matter from tne hands of the general com- gnlttee and submit it to the locals of the organization for a referendum rote. This motion . was voted down and is believed to demonstrate the president's plan when it come to final vote. m TEXT OF THE PRESIDENTS PROPOSAL TO THE MINERS INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Pec. 9 The text of President Wilson's pro posal to the miners follows: "I have watched with deep concern the developments In the bituminous coal strike and am convinced there Is much confusion In the minds of the people genemlly and possibly of both parties to this unfortunate con troversy as to the altitude, and pur poses of the government in It han dling of the situation, "The mine owners offered a wage Increase of 20 per cent conditioned, however, upon the price of coal be ing raised to an amount sufficient to cover this proponed increase of wages, which would have added at least 1 50.000.000 to the 'annual coal bill of the people. The fuel administrator n the light of present information has taken the position, and I think fuel adnflnlstrntor stid thus a way Is opened to secure, the corI of which the people stund in need, If the min ers will resume work on these terms pending a thorough Investigation by an Impartial commission which may readjust these wages and prices. "By the acceptance of such a plan the mtjqfrrs are assured immediate steady employment with a substantial Increase in wages and are further assured prompt investigation and ac tion upon questions which aro not now settled to tliuir satisfaction. I must believe that with a clear un derstanding of these, points they will promptly return to work. If never theless, they persist In remaining on strike, they will put themselves In an attitude of striking In order to force the government to increase the price of coal to the public so as to give a still further Increase in wages at this time rather than allow the question of further Increase In WILL IE T 11 QUAY TO DISCUSS with entire Justification,, that the pub- coa as lt ough t"o be required J pay 1 wages to be dealt with in an orderly and that any wage Increase made manner by a fairly constituted tri al this time ought to come out of the uu" representing all parties inter profits of the coal operators. , cstcd. i,in1 "In reaching this conclusion, the, Position Not Justlncd. fuel administrator expressed -the per- No group of our people can Justify sonal opinion that the 14 per cent f 11,11 ' i""""". increase in all mine wages Is reason-1 " " tnemeeives, ne.r ' hi- v. .,. o ,,,i,i n. h fellow workmen in other industries With I UUU UlUil wvi44. v worn. HIGHEST COURT IN CO IN CHARE E OF JENKINS CASE Case Is Transferrgd From Puebla to the Su preme Court. NO REPLY TO NOTE HAS BEEN RECEIVED Senate Committee Decides to Continue Probe of Situation. Premier to Introduce . Irish Home Rule Bill LONDON, Wednesday, Dec. 10. Premier Lloyd-Cleorge will in troduce the new Irish home rule bill In parliament Monday, ac cording to tho Dally Mail. The newspaper adds that the bill provides for two legislatures with a co-ordinating senate, but that the powers to be allotted to the senate have not yet been de fined. It says the fate of the bill will depend on tho government's generosity in this respect. For thj first time in history there Isvery prospect .of the Irish question being settled satis factorily, according to a stary- ,ment.Jiaad-l&-. pooJvtoniu. Walter Hume. Long first lord of the admiralty. FLOODS DO GREAT y DAMAGE A TIN P N S QUTH Thousand Persons Home less at Meridian Streams INTEREST TENSE WASHINGTON. Deo. 9. Proceed tngs at Indianapolis where the United Mine Workers' union workers were joonsldering -President Wilsons pro Qtosal for the settlement of the soft oal strike, were followed with tense n'terest here today and tonight ad journment without a decision caused gceen disappointment at the white house and the; fuel administration sxnd also at a meeting of the coal op erators where reports from the min ers' gathering were closely scanned. An official message sent to the white tOiouse by Attorney General Palmer In -Indianapolis was misconstrued ana thereby resulted In a premature an nouncement that the miners had agreed to the President's proposal for the settlement of the strike. The message, which was sent by Mr. Pal mer Just as union representatives were beginning their meeting, as re- vised, said the miners would prompt ly acquiesce in. tne president's plan. f uel AQmillilfuaiur uu item iciuaeu comment throughout the day and would say nothing officially tonight after the miners had adjourned. The coal operators at an informal session discussed the President's pro position at length, but adjourned un til 10 o'clock tomorrow morning with out reaching any agreement. While they generally withheld comment on the terms of the proposal, there were -intimations that provisions for retro I lctive wage awards to the miners vtthout compensating increases in the government's fixed prices for coal w6uld meet with disfavor. The opera tors, hewever, already have accepted the straight 14 par cent wage In crease, which was rejected by the miners at the Joint oonferenoe. - Re strictions on the consumption of coal , and power generated from coal were Hot relaxed or abated In any degree, toor were official steps taken looking toward their atonement. Tho central coal committee of tho railroad admin- . Istratlon as agent for tho fuel admin istrator, continued to give its atten tion to the details, of . distributing ''fuel. WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. THe Mexi can supreme court has assumed Jurisdiction over the case of Ameri can Consular Agent Wm. O. Jenkins, the state department was advised to day by the American embassy at Mexico City. The message gave no details other than the transfer of the case from the Puebla state courts had been made on motion of Jenkins' personal counsel and officials indicated that developments thus far had not been such as to cause any change in the American government's attitude, as outlined in the recent sharp -note to Mexico renewing the request for Jen kin's release. No reply to that Jiote hwi been re celved, and administration ASSAULTING PRISONERS IN THE ARMY Sensational Disclosures Ex pected to Develop in Court-Martial. im- TRAiNs Suspended WASHINGTON. Cm. I. Railroad ae-ajere were brought face .to face CiNV2aON PAGJ5 TWO."" make no effort to conceal their patience. In refusing the original request of the United States that Jenkins be re leased, the Mexican government said the consular agent's ease was Tn the hands of the state courts of Puebla which had charged him with giving false evidence in connection with, his kidnapping by bandits in October, and his subsequent, release on payment of 1150,000 ransom, and tnat tne execu tive department was powerless to act. In Its reply, the united States took the position that under the New Mexican constitution the federal su preme court alone had Jurisdiction over cases of foreign diplomatic and consular representatives tn Mexico. This also was the position of Jen kins counsel In arguing tho motion that his case- bo transferred to th supreme court. Released on Bond. Jenkins was released from th Puebla penitentiary last Thursday o,i 1,000 pesos bond, furnished by J. Walter Hansen, and the state depart ment was informed today that ho had arrived In Mexico City from Puebla to confer with Summerlln relativ to his raaa. During tho day members of the sen ate foreign relations committee con ferred informally and decided that the investigation of conditions in Mexico by the senate committee should be continued both In Washington and on the border. The committee members also approved a telegram sent by Sen ator Fart, of New Mexico, chairman of tho investigating committee, in H. T. Oliver, an American at Mexico City, In which the senator said Presi dent Wilson had not Indicated his 111 tentlon not to break off dlpfomatio relations with the carranza govern ment. Senator Fall's telegram was In re ply to a message from Oliver, asking for some word that would deny state ments published in the Mexican capi tal that tho New Mexico senator was trying to bring about intervention in Mexico. The' telegram follows: Tour telegram received. Ton are fully authorized to repeat, tad If necessary, publish In Mexico my state ment to you that although I have been called an interventlonfst, I am positively opposed to armed interven tion In Mexico, except as an abso lutely last resort and that my desire Is for some friendly solution of pend ing qpHitloTig Between Meloo ana NEW YORK, Dec 9. Another court-martial involving charges of brutal treatment accorded members of the American expeditionary force, at which the evidence is expected to eclipse even the sensations developed at the trial of Lieutenant "Hard boiled" Smith will begin -tomorrow at Governor's Island. A special invest! officers Ration of the charges was ordered by Secretary of War Baker and the case was handled By Major-General Frank Mclntyre, assistant chief of staff. More than 190 witnesses have been brought here from France, and vir tually all states in the union, and offi cers directing the prosecution esti mated today that not less than $25.- 000 had been expended. The -defendant is Captain Carl W. Detzer, a former newspaperman of Fort Wayne, Ind., who while attached to the 308th military police company, had Charge under the provost marshal of all criminal investigations in the LeMans area, the largest American concentration center In France, through which more than 1,000,000 soldiers passed. It is charged that by various methods of "torture" he sought to extort confessions from prisoners, In order that he might win favor in the eyes of his superiors by the number of convictions he ob tained, f At the close of Detzor'a court martial it Is planned to place on trial on similar charges his first sergeant, V. 8. Madden, of Pittsburgh, a nephew of John E. Madden,-Kentucky horse man. Sergeant Frank L. Hoyt, who is alleged to have aided and abetted Detzer and Madden, was said by mem. bers of tho Judge advocate's depart ment to be a deserter in France. He has not yet been arrested. 1 ft Men Injured Methods: which Detzer and his sub ordinates are alleged to have employ ed to wrUig ''confessions" from their lirutunera resulted; h is auegea, in sending many to the hospital for period' of several weeka Officers of the Judge advocate's department ad mltted-aiiat many of the men Detse naa to handle were hard characters" oiten witlt long criminal records. The methods are said to hava In. eluded orders to stand at attention for St hours, 10 minutes on and five minutes off. withholding; food and drink from prisoners, until they ac knowledged their 'fcuilt"; pulling prisoners to tneir reet br the hair striking them in tho face and' threat ening them with plstola It la also cnargea tnat ones Detzer compelled rrrvaie aiarceiio or tne lioth ma chine (tin battalion to swallow a lignten cigarette which ho was amok lng against orders. In all . Dotser faces 28 specifications under charges of assualt and Conduct - unbecoming an officer, and general chargea If convicted on all accounts. Major. Wm. E. - Kelley, or New York, Judge advo cate declared torn faced a Ovawflvtsfc. TSanVa LARGE DAM BREAKS AT TALLASSEE, ALA. would miners' wages on the average the cost of living, but he made it perfectly clear that the operators and miners are at liberty to agree upon a large increase provided the oper ators will pay It out of their profits so Viat the price of coal would re main the same. 1 Efforts Failed. "The secretary of labor. In an ef fort at 'conciliation between the par ties, expressed his personal opinion in favor of a larger Increase. His effort at conciliation failed, however, because the coal operators were- un willing te pay the scaie proposed un less the government would advance the price of coal to. the public and this tho government was unwilling to do. "The fuel administrator had also suggested that a tribunal be created in which the miners and operators would be equally represented to con sider further questions of wages and working conditions as well as profits of the operators and proper prices for coal. I shall of course be glad to aid In the formation of such a ttlDunal. "I understand the operators nave generally agreed to absorb an in crease ot 14 oer cent in wages, so that the public would pay not to ex ceed the present price iixed y the 'Immediately upon a general re sumption of mining. I shall be glad to aid' In th prompt formation of such tribunal as I. have Indicated to make further inquiries Into this whole matter and to review not only the reasonableness of the wages at which the miners start to work but also the reasonableness of the gov ernment prices for coal, Sucn a tribunal should within 60 days make its report,- which could bo tsed as a basis for negotiation ior a wage agreement. I .must make it clear, however, that the government can not irlve its aid to any such further investigation until there is a general resumption or worn. 'I ask every Individual miner to rlvo. hla nersonal thought to what I say. I. hope he unaersianas xuuy that he will be hurting his own in if rant and the interest of his family and .will be throwing countless other laboring men out of employment if h shall continue tne present striae, anil further that he will create an un necessary and unfortunate prejudloe against organized labor which will be injurious to the best Interests of working men every wnere. (Signed) i ..; "WOODROW WILSON. T SETTLEMENT PLAN General Committee Is in Session Several Hours . During the Day. CHARGES AGAINST MINERS DEFERRED Palmer in the Court Room When Contempt Cases Come Up for Trial. uECUWU T SESSION TAKES Train Service Interrupted by WashoutsFlood Warnings Displayed. (By The Associated Press.) Torrential rains in various sections ef the south tonight had brought many rtveas to the flood stags and caused heavy property damage at sev eral points. A thousand persons were homeless and train service was Indefinitely sus pended at Meridian, Miss., due to the overflow of small streams south of the city. One negro Is reported to have lost his life. The rainfall of 48 hours In the vicinity of Meridian to talled 10.10 Inches. Street car service was Interrupted in Mobile by the inability of storm sewers to convey the great volume of tne rainfall. Tram service on tne Mohile and Ohio railroad between En terprise and Quitman, Miss., was in terrupted by washouts. Flood warn ings wre ordered for streams in southwest Alabama. NEW BATTLESHIPS NEGRO DUES T Arid 11 Cruisers for 1921 Building Program. The Navy General Board Advocates a Policy of Naval Expansion. Discussed by the House of Southern Governors Meeting With Commercial Congress Special Speeches Made. The hydro-electiio plant of the Montgomery Light and Power com pany at Tallassee. Ala., was put out of commission by a broken dam leaving the city without lights or street car service. Heavy damage was reported In the vicinity of Montgom ery. with railroad service Impaired. Water jvas rising in north Montgom ery from the flooded Alabama river, High a water on the Chattaaoocb.ee river. nar Columbus, Oa., la said to have caused property damaare, with a continued rise of the river predicted. DAM GIVES WAT. MONTGOMERY. Ala. Deo. I Yielding to the tremendous pressure of flood waters from the Tallapoosa river watershead, a 200-foot section of the hydro-eleotrlc power dam of the Montgomery Iilght and Power company at Tallassee, Ala., rave way" at o clock this afternoon, releasing a flood of water that la pouring; down Into the Coos and Alabama rivers, which already were expected to reach their highest records. dam is estimated at not less than $26O00, and may probably go much higher, according to the extent of the break. At the time it went out, about 16 feet of water was pouring over the dam, which la 40 feet high and (75 feet long. At a lata hour tonight, due to broken telephone connections. It was. not known whether there had been any loss . of life or other dam age from the breaking of the dam. Fears were entertained for the safety of the hydro-plant dam of the Fall Manufacturing company, six miles be low the Tallassee structure, which had been abandoned earlier In the-) day because the -rising . river had flooded the plant and entered the mill proper. WASHINGTON. Doc. 9 Recom mendations of the navy general board for the building program for 1921 Include two battleships, one battle cruiser, 10 scout crulsesl, Ave destroyer "'flotilla leaders" and six submarines. "The navy of the UnHed States should ultimately be equal to the most powerful maintained by any other nation of tne world," not later than 1925, the report adds. The statement of policy as to the ultimate strength of the na?vjr and the: lime when it should be achieved is a reiteration of the board's posi tion as carried in Its report to Sec retary Daniels each year since 1915. Contrary to his custom for the last few years, Mr. Daniels did not make public the board's recommendations j on, of Ilichmon, when nis own annual report was re leased, although it was attached to that document as it went to the Pres Ident. Mr. Daniels did not himself recommend any building program, withholding this for later presentation. In its recommendations made pub-1 He today at the department, the gen eral board urged a policy of naval expansion that will guarantee pro tection of coast lines and the rapid ly expanding merchant marine against any naval power in me worm, tjucn protection, the board declared, can be had only by Increasing American sea power to a point where' It Is "sec ond to none" and maintaining It at that level. PreventtTO of war. The hoard further asserted that the war having demonstrated that pos session of a fleet powerful enough to orotect its seaborne commerce, is vital to any nation in time of hostll Itlea, the maintenance of sucn a navy by the united states wouia ds s rreat preventive oi war, ior no na tion would lightly provoke hostilities when ber own commerce would there bv ba lmoerlled." The necessary ruture sirengtn or the American navy, therefore, must depend, the board said, upon the na val strength or tne -powers in a po sltlon to challenge our legitimate commercial expansion upon the high Another hydro-electrio plant In this immediate territory for which graw fears are entertained is the Spelgner mill plant, where eight feet of water is said to be pouring over tne asm. It furnishes power for the state pri son and state cotton mills, which are worked be) convicts. Donlght, too, extra precautions are being taken te preserve the lives of tne convicts at Number Four camp, the property o( which, except for a small part facing toward Montgomery, is under eight feet of water from the Cooae river. The river at the Montomery-We- Declaring the greatest naval les son of the war was the immense ad vantage of uniformity in speed and armament of first line ships, the board asserted it already was evident that first line ships of the American navy must heave heavier armament than the 12-inch guns of the first dreadnoughts. These ships, the board said, were rapidly assuming the same relationship- to the navy's suoerdreadnoughts that the older battleships bear to the first dread noughts themselves, with .the time approaching when they-can no long er be considered as effective .first line ships. The German fleet, the board declared In fhls connection, was hand icapped and not strengthened by the nraaence of eredreadnoughta of slow er apeednd lighter armament In the SAVANNAH, Ga., Deo. . Ques tions pertaining to the negro and re lations between tne two races in ine south were discussed in executive ses sion by the house of southern gover nors, meeting here today wltn tne Southern Commercial congress. Al though the proceedings of the gover nors, were not made publlo it was stated that the utmost frankness was evidenced by the speakers, who in cluded prominent persons of both races. Governor Bickett, of North Caro lina; W. yoods White, of Atlanta; Governor Cooper, of South Carolina; Dr. J. E. McCullough,' of Washington, and A. T. Gerrans, a manufacturer of H ' I 1 .T . . new joui ii, A1 v.., wcia itiMuug mo white speakers, wljllo the negroes who gave their views were Giles B. Jack- v'a., a lawyer: Vrank A. Halllon, of the negro na tional business league; Rev. E. I Ilaskerville, Charleston, S. C. ; Be v. M. T. KMdick, Amerlcus, Ga.; Dr. K. R. Motoiv, of Tuskegee Institute; Dr. K. H. Wright of Georgia and Profes sor Benjamin F. Hubert, of Orange burg, S. C. Prior to the executive session, the house of governors discussed public health and recommended extensive measures for combatting tuberculosis. A tuberculosis clinic for each cltv witn a population of 10,000 or mere: visiting tubercolosls or publio health nurses in each city of more than 5,ooo population and a hospital bed for every annual death from the dis ease were recommened by the south ern nouse of governors, meeting here wnn tne Boumern commercial, con gress. The governors conference was presided over by Governor Roberts of Tennessee. Today's session of the enner whose purpose is the upbuilding of auumern commerce, asrricuitura anil inaustry, were divided Into sectional meetings, foreign . trade through southern pons; war risk insuranca- the American merchant marine, annrt iuaua, iurin creuus, ana municipal 4Lira were discussed. Pershinif Ibarra General Pershing, who intni-runt his Inspection trip to address tho con gress y em era ay, continued hln lour. At tlje morning session at the audi torium, the address of Dr. flunm m Vincent, chairman of the lntarnatinnai health service. Rockefeller foundation. wnicn naa oeen scneauiea for the night ejession of the house of gover nors, was delivered. Dr. Vlnmni'. subject was "Commerce and Health." K. J. Cholmely-Jones. director nf n bureau of war risk insurance, spoke on "War Risk Insurance." Albert R Tate .chairman of the foreign trade commission of ths uiongreaa, pre sented the) report made by the com mittee upon Its investigation of trade conditions In Europe Immediately following the signing of the armis tice. . "The American Merchant Marine" was the subject discussed by Repre- INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 9. The general committee of the United Mine Workers of : America, meeting; here to con sider President Wilson's propo sal for ending the strike of bi tuminous coal miners, adjourn- : ed tonight at 6:30 o'clock with out reaching an agreement. The committee will meet again to morrow morning at ... 9:30 o'clock. , The miners had been in. con tinuous session since 2 o'clock this afternoon, when John L.' Lewis; acting president of the . mine workers organization pre- A J t. . 1 s f. W . E-eniea me proposal oi . presi dent Wilson to end the strike which began more 4 than five ' weeks ago. 1 "I.have nothing to say," said acting President Lewis " after. . the adjournment,; "except that we still have the matter under . consideration ana win i meet , , -. personnel or i ommnie The general committee of the mlu- era la composed of eighty-four. Inter-. national and district officials and i members of the .organisation's exeou , live board and scale committee. . After; the miners adjourned this evening it was reported that a' bis; factor in the opposition to acceptance of the President's proposal was 'the belief on the part of many miner that it would require another session of the general convention of the ' United Mine Workers to make valid an agreement to end the strike. ' It was pointed out that the last general convention, held In Cleveland, formulated the demands to be pre sented the operators and voted that In the event they were refusedLthat s strike should be called.- The plan ap proved by the general convention also provided that In case of strike and subsequent proposals for a settlement, another general session would have to appnove any action taken looking to an end of the tie-up. The President's proposal, mads , publio by Attorney-General Palmer . this afternoon, provides for reaump- i iion or worn Dy tne miners at a 14 per cent wage increase pending final , settlement of the wajre controversy by a commission to be appointsd by ,' the President. This commission would include in its personnel one practical . miner and one active mine owner or onftrfltnr and mrniiM nn, nnt.. . i.. (the wage question as related to the increased cost of living but wquld ad just coal prices to meet the wage ad-t vance without allowing too great a burden to be placed upon the public Favored Plan The attorney-general in making public the President's proposal; stated that it had been prepared by the chief executive with a view to appealing to the miners generally throughout the country. However, ha said h'n i was made public, acting President Lewis and Secretary-Treasurer Wm. Green, of the mine workers, called upon him Saturday afternoon and were shown the President's state ment. The union leadara Mr t. I said, Anally agreed to urge their gen eral committee to accept the Presi dent a plan and callarf ths k. j... In order that the plan for settle ment might be submitted to the gen eral committee this afternoon, the Boyernmnt this morning asked and obtained postponement of hearing of charges of criminal contempt pending- in federal court here against the 4 union heads who form the ieneral committee. At the same time Judge Anderson granted a motion by gov ernment attorneys for postponement fn ral. ?rf,nd 3ury 'nvestlgUion of alleged violation of the Lever law and anti-trust acts, hv k.k .t and I operatora The contempt pro ceedings are set for h..ri.. t. . Tuesday and the grand Jury investi gation fr the following day. Attorney-General Palmer was In the court room this morning when the contempt cases came up for trial but took no part in the Droeeedinmt Th. government's request for postpone- mad! by C. B. Ames, assist ant to the attorney-general, and U Ert Slack. United Hft torney. Judge Anderson made no' comment on the Mnt.nni the government's request beyond re marks as to when they should, be brought up again. ; Anrunwnts Heated . That onnoaitlnn tn the President's Dlan danin after, the miners' session Convened ' was evidenced by scraps of the speeches which could b,h.ni ..... ; side the hall in which the meetimr was mini neia in a local hotel. Th argument during the ft. very heated and clearly Indicated that " some of the delea-ataa -undoubtedly was delaying flnIld-7 -sion in favor of ending the .Xe1' t ..ina rrom kh-- 4CU.NXi.NLia ON fAuilS XWO.j 1 sjsntenoo of Ufa imprisonment. C&NXIXi;& OH PAG 13 TWO. ( (CONTINUES OM faji WO. (CONTINED ON PAGE TWO) V . .. CONTIN UD ON PAGB THRS.)""