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IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS AND OTHER NATIONS FOR SEVEN DAYS GIVEN (HE NEWS THE SOUTH What Is Taking Place In The South land Will Be Found In Brief Paragraphs tf'oreisrn Ninety-eight men have been arrest ed at Donora, a steel town on the Monongahela river, Pennsylvania, thir ty miles from Pittsburg, when troop ers of the state police raided Lithua nian hall, headquarters of the district steel workers of that district. A box containing $25,000 in gold coin shipped to the Anglo and London- Paris National bank of San Francisco on the liner Korea Maru was found to contain scrap iron and metal wash trs when opened by the consignee in Hong Kong, according to cable ad vices received by the bank and steam ship company in San Francisco. Mexican bandits at night raided the Clareno ranch, on the American side of the Jlio Grande, eleven miles to the southeast of Zapata, Texas, es caping with provisions from a store on the ranch. Mandamus proceedings to compel Secretary Lansing to cancel the state department proclamation announcing ratification of the prohibition amend ment have been filed in the District of Columbia supreme court, Washington. The ground is that the required num- ber of states have not yet acted on the constitutional amendment which enjoins nation-wide prohibition. Frank L. Polk, head of the United States delegation to the peace con ference, Paris, summoned Kurt von Lersner, chief of the German repre sentatives at Versailles, and told him Germany should not interpret as be ing in her favor any delay that might be encountered in ratifying the Ver sailles treaty at Washington, accord ing to newspapers. Speaking at Portypridd, Wales, Sir George Hewart, attorney general, said the suggestion was not true that there was any dissensions or waverings with reference to the trial of former Em- peror of Germany. An agreement which it is hoped will solve the Adriatic question has been prepared in Paris by the Amer ican, French and British peace repre sentatives for submission to Italy, ac cording to private dispatches received in London. The use of automobiles in Bermuda is not permitted. The American delegation to the peace conference, which was to have sailed from Brest .or the United States on December 6, has postponed its departure for home. The change in the plans of the delegation is due to the failure of the Germans to sign the protocol ratifying the peace treaty. A serious earthquake occurred in western Asia Minor, seven villages in the districts of Soma and Balikesri being destroyed. Many persons were killed and injured. The French representatives in the peace conference are urging the dele gates from the United States to de lay their departure for home until the protocol is signed for putting into ef fect the peace treaty with Germany. December 1 was the date set for the exchange of ratifications of the peace treaty, no definite news was at hand regarding the intention of the German government. Sir Horace Plunkett, who is chair man of the Dublin convention, and who has generally kept aloof from Irish politics during his long career of public service, has issued a warning that the announcement that hunger strikers will not be released from the jails in Ireland hereafter, if it is in tended to break the spirit of the Sinn Fein, will have the opposite effect. Washington The annual report of Secretary of the Navy Daniels, just made public, is a long and chatty relation of the ef ficient work of the sea forces of the United States during the great war and since the signing of the armistice. In his annual report, just issued, Secretary of Agriculture Houston tells in a brief way how the farmers of America helped to win the war and are saving the wOrld from starvation by marvelously increased production of foodstuffs. Extension of the coast guard serv ice to patrol all coastal and inland "boundaries against the entry of unde sirable aliens is not practicable, Capt. "W. E. Reynolds, commandant, said at a hearing before the house immigra tion committee. v- It is stated that Consul Jenkins, the American aprent at Puebla, Mexico, has been released. This development is accepted generally as relieving re lations between the two governments. Counties of Southern states releas ed from the federal quarantine re strictions against the spread of cattle fever tick and tick fever which by order of the department of agriculture were freed December 1, are announc ed by the bureau of animal industry. Another nv/te to the Mexican gov ernment relating to the arrest and im prisonment of William O. Jenkins, con sular agent at Puebla, has been sent by the state department to the em bassy at Mexico City for presentation (to Carranza. Norman Hapgood, United minister to Denmark, is returning to Washington leave to report on condi tions —political, military and economic —in Russia, it is learned from the state department. Mexico has 24 war-type airplanes mobilized at Chihuahua City alone, and w abtaining additional planes from Germany, according to war depart ment information. The war department has informa tion that former airplane pilots in the German army are in Mexico for serv ice in the army air forces there. Two senators, delegated by the for eign relations committee to confer with President Wilson on the Mexi can crisis and report whether in their opinion the president by reason of his iJlness was unable to exercise his functions, left the white house after a conference of three-quarters oft an hour with him agreeing that he was in touch with recent developments, and was mentally keen enough to form judgments on the questions concern ing the nation. Increase of the rates of pay for enu merators of the fourteenth decennial census to four cents for each person enumerated and 30 cents for each farm reported, was announced Uv Di rector Sam L. Rodgers. Marine and shipyard strikes during the past year have cost the United States shipping board $37,000,000, ac cording to an estimate made public by the chairman of the board. This estimate does not include the loss thus far sustained by the coal strike nor is there any attempt made to estimate loss which will be entailed if the coast wise longshoremen go on strike. Representative Joshua Willis Alex ander of Missouri has been appointed secretary of commerce io succeed William C. Redfield, in the president's cabinet. Congress got into full swing with the receipt of President Wilson's an nual message and inauguration of ac tual legislation in both senate and house. The senate has taken up the Cum mins railroad bill, hoping for its pass age before the Christmas holidays. House leaders have arranged foi immediate attack on the annual ap propriation bills carrying almost five billions as submitted by the depart ments. Domestic Certain American concerns operat ing in Mexico ordered their border representatives to prepare for getting their American employes out of Mex ico. In some cases the definite in structions were given for immediate withdrawal of American employes from Mexico. The government was requested, either by legislation or by an execu tive order of the post-office depart ment to forbid the issuance by news papers of comic supplements and mag azine sections as a means of conserv ing print paper in resolutions adopted by publishers from Kansas and Mis souri. Ratification of the federal woman suffrage resolution was completed by the South Dakota legislature when the senate passed the measure. Wiliam Carlisle, the artful train robber, who for three weeks had laughingly defied civil, railroad and private detectives, was captured ueai Glend, Wyo. The bandit fought des perately until he fell from the many wounds he received, none of which will prove fatal. The South Dakota Republicans have endorsed Gen. Leonard Wood for the nomination for president. Thousand of cotton and woolen mill operatives in New England will receive an advance in pay. Trappers in the Adirondacks region due to the unprecedented high prices paid for furs, are m«Mng from S3OC to SSOO a week. Henry Clay Frick, pioneer ironmas ter and one of the foremost art col lectors in the United States, died sud denly at his Fifth avenue home, Ne\* York, in his 70th year. The second five billion dollar con gress of ordinary peace times faded into the past when Secretary Glass presenting the annual estimates, pro posed appropriations of five billion dollars for conducting the peace tim« activities of the government during the fiscal year 1920. One thousand soldiers under th« command of Villa fell upon the eighti eth regiment of the federal army 21 miles north Santa Rosalia, Chihua hua, Mexico, 24 hours after the Cha pultepec officer, General Angelea had been shot down by a firing squad and massacred all but two members of the squad. Unlike its predecessor, the second industrial conference began behind closed doors. Newspaper men wer« asked to leave. Some of the dele gates opposed this move. Another American murdered in Mex ico, close on the imprisonment ol Consular Agent Jenkins, coupled with reports of revolution in Mexico City with Carranza in flight to Queretaro, though these reports were denied, are adding complexities that seem to force the already tense Mexican situation toward the long expected breaking point. Railroads, under federal control, made a net profit of eleven million dollars during the month of October Wartime restrictions on the nation's use of coal, more stringent even than those applied during the war, were or dered into effect to stave off a crue' famine. Moved by reports of dimii ishing coal stock and growing dangei of distress in numerous sections, the government sought no compromise with the striking mine workers whose walk-out forced the emergency, but asked for national determination to endure privation and discomfort until coal mining was resumed on its terms 1 —American cemetery at Romagne, near Verdun, where lie 22,000 of our soldiers who fell in the Argonne Forest drive. 2. Czeeho-Slovak legionaries, who served in Siberia, welcomed home by the people of Prague. 3.—Launching of the great superdreadnaught California at Mare Island navy yard. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Coal Shortage Becoming Acute and People Demand That the Strike Be Ended. . MIDDLE WEST IN DISTRESS Miners' Officials Cited for Contempt of Court —Diplomatic Relations With Mexico Likely to Be Severed Soon Supreme Council Calls German Bluff. By EDWARD W. PICKARD "Give us coal, and quickly," was the imperative demand of a great part of the American public last week. So serious had the fuel situation become that it seemed a settlement of the dis pute between the operators and min ers must be forced by dire necessity. In the northwestern and middle West states the condition was aggravated by a severe cold wave, and the people of that part of the country especially, actually became alarmed by the pros pect of freezing to death. Plans for ending the strike at least temporarily were as numerous as the planners, but almost the only steps really tak en were for the conservation of the existing supplies of fuel. It is true that in some of the western state? the operation of the mines was taken over by the state government and volun teer miners were put at work under protection of the state troops. This was most commendable in principle, but naturally the concrete results in the way of coal to burn were not ex tensive. Chicago, and Illinois general ly, felt the pinch more acutely than most regions, and prominent men gathered and devised regulation? to curtail the use of coal. The state public utilities issued these regula tions formally, and Governor Lowden proclaimed them, and also planned to ask the federal government to adopt the same rules for the entire country. They cut the working day of stores and factories to six and a half hours, and materially reduced the heating and lighting service everywhere. Al ready the regional coal committee had cut off all new supplies from nones sential industries. These rules prom ised, within a very short time, to throw out of employment many thou-, sands of men and women. New York city was not suffering from the soft coal strike, because the law permits it to burn only anthracite, but it was worried by rumor? that the hard coal miners also might strike soon. In general the Atlantic coast states had enough fuel, and Director General Hines was shipping hundreds of carloads from there to the dis tressed middle West. The federal government got into action again by filing in the district court at Indianapolis, information charging criminal contempt of court against 84 international and district officers of the miners' union. These leaders, who include Acting President Lewis and Secretary Green, were sum moned to appear in court Tuesday and answer the charges. Of course such proceedings may result in the punish ment of the accused men, but will they get coal for the would-be con sumer? That is what the latter is in terested in jus* now, and that only. He is thoroughly disgusted with the whole wrangle and is no more in sym pathy with greedy operators than with greedy miners. In his view, both sides are criminally inconsiderate of the public needs, and he demands that they be forced into a compromise. The suffering and financial loss to the peo ple already have been immense and cannot now be checked entirely even if coal mining is resumed at once. But the people do insist that they be kept warm from now on. Toward the end of the week hope arose that the warring operators and miners might reach an agreement. A number of the largest operators form ulated a new wage scale offering slightly more than the 14 per cent raise suggested by Dr. Garfield and making certain other concessions. This scale was submitted to the fuel ad ministration before being made public. Though in most of the mine fields the men were reported to be firmly stand ing for the 31 per cent increase which Secretary Wilson proposed, in some parts of the country they were said to be drifting back to work on the Garfield- basis; and it was hoped that even if their union did not accept the new scale offered, it would help to break down the holdout of the more stubborn. At this writing Consular Agent Jen kins is still in jail at Puebla, tlie state department at Washington is await ing a reply to its second request that he be releas-ed immediately, and Pres ident Carranza is in conference with Generals Marguia and Dieguez, two of his strongest military commanders. Secretary Lansing's second note went to considerable length to refute the contentions put forward by Mexico in the Jenkins case and closed with a repetition of the urgent request for the freeing of the consular agent, but it was no more of an ultimatum than the first note. The Mexican congress formally put the whole matter in the hands of Carranza. Many members of congress as well as many other Americans are not sat isfied with the administration's Mex ican policy, and in response to this feeling Senator Fall of New Mexico drafted a resolution requesting Pres ident Wilson to sever diplomatic re lations with Mexico, and to withdraw his recognition of the Carranza gov ernment. The resolution was taken under consideration by the foreign re lations committee, and that body had before it copies of official documents said to disclose the activities of Car ranza, his embassy in Washington and his consulates in various American cities, to stir the radical elements to revolutionary outbreaks. There was a report that these documents were supplied by Secretary Lansing, who wished congress to relieve him of the responsibility for aggressive action against Mexico. It was said that Pres ident Wilson had not been consulted concerning the Mexican crisis and that the state department wanted congres sional action before breaking off dip lomatic relations. If this were the state of affairs, it seemed likely that Mexico could not avert the rupture now by releasing Mr. Jenkins. The demand that the whole unsavory mess be cleaned up is growing insistent, notwithstanding the fact that the mo tives of some of the loudest shouters for such action are open to grave sus picion. When he introduced his resolution Senator Fall said the evidence by which it is supported "will astound tile people of the United States when it is produced." Senator Ashurst scored the war department for ignoring re peated requests for sufficient troops to protect the border. Senator Shields of Tennessee, a Democrat, said: "There is no question that our rela tions with Mexico constitute the most humiliating chapter of our foreign re lations and that there ought to be some action to protect the citizens of the United States. We have had oc casion for war with Mexico for five years, and now this resolution ought to declare war against Mexico." Germany persisted in its refusal to sign the protocol and thus delayed the interchange of ratifications and the proclamation of peace. The Germans objected especially to the requirement that they make reparation for the sinking of the surrendered war ships in Scapa Flow; to the evacuation of Lithuania ; to the necessity of turning over to the allies for trial the German officers accused of crime?, and to the paragraph which, as Baron von Lers ner says, "would permit the invasion of our country by armed force in times of peace on any trivial pretext." The supreme council showed no disposi tion to recede from its position, and as the American delegation delayed its departure and supported its? col leagues entirely, it seemed certain the Germans would yield soon. Their assertion that if the terms are too drastic their government will fall and the country lapse into bolshevism is discounted, for recent investigators have learned that that kind of talk, so prevalent since the signing of the armistice, is largely "bunk." Mr. Polk has let the Germans know definitely that any differences in America con cerning the treaty cannot be construed to their benefit. The American delegates planned to return home because they felt that such matters as were being handled by the supreme council should be handled by the state departments of the various nations. The British and French urged that their departure be delayed for they considered the situa tion as threatening in view of the ugly temper shown by the Germans, and felt that the armed assistance of America might still be needed. A Paris dispatch says secret advices from Germany state that more than half a million German poldiers still are under arms—a force exceeding the combined British and French forces not yet demobilized. The American, French and British peace commissioners last week formu lated a compromise agreement on the Adriatic question which was present ed to Italy for consideration and which it was confidently expected would sat isfy the Italians and all other parties to the dispute. A dispatch from Rome said Italian regulars would occupy Fiume and all the territory given to Italy by the treaty of London, and that Captain D'Annunzio's volunteer troops would withdraw. Unless some solution for Italy's troubles is found, there is a good pros pect of a revolution there. When par liament assembled the Socialist depu ties refused to rise on the entrance of the king or to take the oath in his presence. Next a general strike was started in several large cities, and though this did not last long it was accompanied by disorders that as sumed revolutionary aspects. In Rome, Turin and Milan there were perious riots. The tangled situation in Russia, Po land and the Baltic countries is still more complicated by dispatches that show Denikine is being fought to a standstill by the Ukrainians, Poles and Jews; that the bolslieviki are either winning or losing ground, ac cording to the source of the news; that Colonel Bermondt and his Ger man army in the Baltic region were fighting for Denikine and Kolchak and against the bolsheviki. It would take a Philadelphia lawyer to figure out the truth concerning that part of the world. Esthonia and Lithuania began a con ference with the Russian soviet govern ment on Thursday at Dorpat and it was believed a truce would result. Finnish and Lettish delegates attend ed, but they were without instructions as their governments were awaiting word from the allies. From Tiflis comes word that an American officer. Colonel Rhea, has been named personal arbiter in all disputes between Armenia and Azer baidjan that cannot be settled by agreement. The Armenian premier said this was the first time in history that the Armenians and the Tartars had signed an agreement, and he gave full credit to Colonel Rhea for having ended a warfare that had been going on for nearly two thousand years. Although It was not wholly unex pected, the indictment of Senator Newberry of Michigan and scores of his supporters in the senatorial elec tion came as something of a shock. The defendants are accused of cor ruption, fraud and conspiracy. At first there was a widespread rumor that pleas of guilty would be enten-rt. but Mr. Newberry not only declared he would fight the case to a finish, but also demanded a senatorial inquiry into his right to his seat. Politicians looked toward South Da kota last week with great, interest, for the state conventions of the var ious parties declared their preferences for presidential nominees. The Re publicans indorsed General Wood af ter a lively struggle in which Gover nor Lowden came out second best. The Democrats were unanimous for Wilson for a third -term, and the Non partisans were a unit for Governor Frazier of North Dakota. Both Re publicans and Democrats indorsed the League of Nations covenant, the form er with reservations, the latter with out ALLIES AGREE TO IMDIFI PROTOCOL SEVERAL FEATURES TO WHICH THE GERMANS OBJECT ARE TO BE ELIMINATED. TO 60 TO HAGUE TRIBUNAL Imputation of Responsibility of the Huns for Sinking of Scapa Flow Fleet Is Left in the Protocol. Paris. —The allies have consented to modify some of the terms of the pro tocol putting the peace treaty into af fect to which Germany has made ob jection. The clause providing for the indem nity for the destruction of the German fleet at Scapa Flow has been modified so as to refer to The Hague tribunal the question whether the delivery of the tonnage demanded will cripple Germany, it is understood. The understanding also is that the other features of the protocol most objectionable to the Germans have been eliminatel. It is expected that the German plenipotentiaries will sign the protocol without much further de lay. The final paragrapn of the protocol providing that even after the peace treaty has gone into effect, the allies might use military measures of coer cion to ensure the execution of the treaties terms, has been eliminated entirely. The imputation of responsibility to Germany for the sinking of the Scapa Flow fleet is left in the protocol. AT REQUEST OF WILSON, FALL WILL NOT PRESS RESOLUTION. Washington. President Wilson arould be "gravely concerned to see any such resolution pass the con gress," he wrote Senator Fall in re ferring to the Fall resolution request ing the president to sever diplomatic relations with the Carranza govern ment. Senator Lodge said the committee had wished to assure the president of its support, but that even that appear ed undesirable. "Very well," he said, "he may deal with it." "It was what I expected," remarked Senator Hitchcock, after reading the president's letter. HABEAS CORPUS IS DENIED TO BERKMAN AND EMMA GOLDMAN New York. —Federal Judge Mayer dismissed writs of habeas corpus ob tained by Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman to prevent their de portation to Russia and refused to ad mit them to bail. Federal District Attorney Caffev an nounced in court that the government planned to deport the two anarchist? within two weeks. NORTH CAROLINA SENATOR HITS SUGAR BOARD HARD. Washington.—The sugar equaliza tion board was severely criticised by Senator Overman for compelling th« people of North Carolina to buy sngnr from New Orleans, when they had al ways bought it in New York. He charged that the action of the board is causing the people of the state to pay a great deal more for their sweets than people of the north and east are paying for It. PROOF PRODUCED CARRANZA PLOTTED REVOLUTION HERE Washington.—Evidence that radi cals in Mexico with the knowledge and support of President Carranza plotted to instigate a revolution in the United States and to seize the border states acquired by the American gov ernment in 1848 is contained in the memorandum presonted to President Wilson by Senator Fall, of New Mex ico, chairman of the foreign relations sub-committee investigating the Mexi can situation. UNSTINTED PRAISE GIVEN BY PERSHING TO DIXIE TROOPS Savannah, Ga.—Unstinted prais« was given southern troops for their valor and discipline during the world war by General Pershing, whose speech was the feature of the open ing of the Southern Commercial con gress. The distinguished visitor received an ovation upon his arrival. The day's program included in addition tc General Pershing's address, a sight seeing trip to the harbor. TRANSMUTATION OF MATTER IS SOLVED BY RUTHERFORD Paris..—Sir Ernest Rutherford, sir.' 0 ® 1907 Langworthy professor and dir* j C tor of physical laborites at the Univer sity of Manchester, England, has solv ed the riddle of transmutation of mat ter, the secret sought by the ancient alchemists, according to the Matin Sir Ernest Rutherford is one of tM best known physicists in the world. He has devoted much attention in r» cent years to radio activity.
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