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Y MEWS IGHT AND EVENING CHRONICLE EDITION PAGES TODAY GREATER CHARLOTTE'S &' O M E NEWSPAPER" TKTJ CIIAIUOTTK KEWS-EMabllnhed, Dallr. 18S8 Hit: EVENING CIinOJVICLB E.tbH.h;d" J 003. I Sunday, 1010. CHARLOTTE, N. C, THURSDAY EVENTS', DECEMBER 11, 1919. THE CHARLOTl'E NEWS J Consolidated I pDTpT? FTVF PTTrVTTQ THE EVENING CHRONICLE 1 Jluy S. 1014. f Vlt-.Ej L X V Cj Vj.Cj11.IOi OPEI NERAL iATION for FR DAY SEVERAL THOUSAND PERSON S ARE ROM MANY UNEMPLOYED AND PROPERTY LOSS IS ESTIMATED HIGH I . Houses Swept Away and Water Supply Cut Off at West Point Industrial Center Around Columbus is Para- lyzed Factories Are Idle in Parts of Augusta. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 11. Several thousand persons were homeless today and many more out of employment as a result of flooded rivers in Alabama, (ieoreia and Mississippi. Railroad schedules, particularly in lower Alabama and Mississippi, were demoralized and property loss was estimated in mil lions. Rivers, in the three states had reached their highest stages in many years as a result of the he.iA.v rains of the first part of the week, but gen erally were receding today. Ilattiesburg, 3fiss., was the only city isolated by the waters, although a score of others were partly cut off. Ilattiesburg, Meridian, Enterprise and l?asic City, Miss., GniMl, Hiocj'Jx City, Selma, Prattville and Wetumpka, Ala., and West Point and Columbus, Ga, had suffered severe damage from partial inundation. It was estimated that 2,500 persons, chiefly negroes, were homeless as a result of floods around Ilattiesburg and Meridian. Hundreds of other residents of the SECRETARY DANIELS IS HERE RATIFICATION OF COVENANTURGFD Southern Commercial Con gress Adopted Resolu tions and Elected Officers. NAVY CHIEF HAS 'MESS 0' SASSAGE' flooded sections were forced to flee. Houses were swept away in "West Foint. Ga., by high waters that over t'towed part of the town, but the river appeared to be receding today. The Hood cut off the water supply and 2, 000 gallons was rushed by the Red Cro?s from Atlanta. Relief work was being pushed there today. The industrial center around Colum bus, Ga., was paralyzed today and it was said ;it would be nearly a week be fore the big cotton mills there and on the Alabama side would resume opera tions. Street cars stopped yesterday in Columbus and until last night the rity was without electric current. The Chattahoochee, at Columbus, reached i3 feet, but was receding today. Great lams had been built yesterday to 'pro tect cotton mills and other industries there. A gas shortage caused The Kn-qiuirer-Sun to announce it wou'.l not oublish today for the first time s'.nce it was established in 1828, ad it was :ne of the few southern publications :hat managed to issue during the lat ;tr clays of the civil war. F.arly loduv, however, enough gas was obti'r.ed to start publication. Factories also were idle in the lower portions of Augusta, where the Savan nah river had begun to feel the ef fects of the rain. High water also was ; ecrinning to threaten at Macon. Ga, High waters continued around At anta and convicts and volunteers work ?d Wednesday and lata last night build in? dikes to .protect the city water works. The Chattahoochee, normally a small river at its headwaters - above Atlanta, had become a raging flood and was nearly two miles wide wncr it parsed the city pumping station. Creeks in this section also were tlocded and damaee to roads, bridges and cul verts in Fulton and Cobb counties wereJ estimated at more than ?200,u.i'. RESTRICTIONS ON COAL T0REMAIN No Immediate Relaxation in Enforcement in Prospect for Some Days. Washington, Dec. 11. There will be no immediate relaxation in the en forcement of the rigid restrictions on coal consumption, notwithstanding . the settlement of the soft coal strike,. Fuel Administrator Garfield announced as soon as he heard of the miners' agree ment to accept President Wilson's pro posals. Director General Hines of the rail road administration, through which the fuel regulations are enforced, said in a formal statement that the dislo cation which the strike has created in the production, transportation and dis tribution of coal cannot be instantly remedied and pending readjustment "it is highly important for the public to continue to exercise great caution in the consumption of coal and it is hoped there will be a due appreciation of the difficulties which cannot be im mediately overcome." Just as soon as practicable, Mr. Hines added, . regulations in.-connection with the use " of bituminous coal for Savannah, Ga., Dec. 11. Declaring delay had already caused ."great dam age" to industry and commerce and augmented the "dangerous social un rest of the world." the Southern Com mercial Congress late Wednesday adopted resolutions urging the United States senate to immediately ratify the peace treat yincluding the covenant of the league of nations. Other resolutions adopted by the congress include: House of governors to call a soutfr era reclamation congress for the pur pose of recommending the passage by congress of legislation that will author ize federal co-operation with state and local authorities in land reclamation. That the house of southern gover nors individually and collectively work for a program of state-wide effort to stamp out tuberculosis. In favor of senate bill No. S-16, pro viding for engineering experiment sta tions in connection with institutions of higher technical education. In favor of the universal adoption of the metric system. Urging the United States to ratify the German peace treaty including the covenant for a league of nations. - For .the completion of the lntra coastal "canal from Beaufort, N C., to Cape Fear river, and ultimately to Galveston, Texas. For permanent committee of bank ers, merchants and producers on for eign trade. Against the sale of ships of the United States that will militate against trade routes established. Hearty endorsement of the aims and purposes of the American Cotton Asso ciation. For same freight rate classification for high density gin compressed cot ton bales as Is allowed for : decom pressed cotton. Appoval of movement to produce American sugar for American con sumption. Washington, D. C. was selected as the next meeting place of the con gress and the following officers were elected! President, Thomas R. Preston, Chat tanooga; honorary presidents, John M. Parker, New Orleans; Senator rD. TJ. yvilii wr use uj. uiiuminuus tuaj ior ! Fletcher Florida: first vice-presmen power, light and heat will be rescind- piphar(, ' r Mannihe. South Carolina; Cabinet Member Will Carry Fresh Meat on Home Af ter Night Address. Burdened with a big package which he admitted contained . "country ' sau sage and -sparei-ribs," Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels arrived in Char lotte Thursday afternoon. " "Here, be careful of that package," the navy secretary warned one of his traveling; comparfionb, as he stepped MOVEMENT OF COAL EARLY NEXT WEEK, S AY THE OPERA TORS ed or modified. THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS. Jackson, Miss., Dec. 11. With thou sands of people homeless, a few towns almost isolated, many industrial plants closed, and several miles of railroad track under water, Mississippi began a gradual resumption of normal life today following the floods which swept the southern and eastern part of the state. . Only two lives have been lost so tar. as the meager and belated reports Fhow. These were in two wrecks on the Mississippi Central Railroad in which Engineer W. L. Trigg and 1 ire man Henry Coursey were killed A ne gro was reported missing at Meridian, which is still almost isolated, and lear was expressed at Enterprise, which is imor wntpr. for the hve of h.. n a nfioroAn rinnter. and his iaraJi.., who aro marooned. Meridian and Hatteisbur,? were prcb ably the heaviest sufferers, as 2 500 i.e vrr,oc n the two cities were .::'.-;. from their homes and many washouts on railroad lines resulted r.oifl u-c flooding of the tracKS i; In addition to the inundation In Fast Knterorise. reaching a .icpch.cf siAtn feet and driving merchant- V' the se- ,1 i ntorohnnsA ii irn'J to. ine wate's edge, other buildms-s nuynt lire ..i ,i f .iniiars wortn Ol turn LnuuBdiiun vj. - , j i , Min.cnaU-.M. Many home less are reported there, but nc loss cf lif2, although several persons were res- a flnatin? U3US33. l.aUtM also lost heavily in buildings and live Kasic City, near Enterprise, was also under water. . . The railroads on which tram service . iQi-r ctnnncrl were the ocuin- am and the Gulf & Ship I?lanJ- ....! to ect trains turougn it.rWiUr, Hefr, nleht. The Gulf and Ship Island marooned trains may le main out of service a iew ua,. GRAVE FEARS ENTERTAINED. Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 11. Grave fears were entertained here early today for the safety of hundreds of versons living along the rivers in central and southern Alabama, as a result of the unprecedented rise in all streams due to heavy rains since last Saturday . Five lives are known to have been lest, two white farmers and three ne-i Kroes, and unless relief reaches maroon- RELIEF IS IN SIGHT. Chicago, Dec. 11. Relief from the most serious coal shortage ever known today was in sight. No immediate relaxation of the rigid fuel conserva tion measures was in prospect, but the return to the mines of the first of the approximately 400,000 bituminous coal miners, ending a forty-day strike, and abatement, except in the east and far northwest, of the severe weather of ,A 5o.nre5lflpnt. Carl ESDY, Carina It riireetor ceneral. Dr. Clar ence J. Owens, Washington, D. C., treasurer, William H. Saunders, Wash irrtnn t f! commissioner of com- UlfeWUl . ' rr-r.a "Rnist "!. GetSinSTer. " At the final -session the question of trade expansion was presented in a general discussion in which diplomatic representatives of Paraguay, Panama tt..,,ott oi-iiic. Peru. Ecuador and UI Lift uaj , '""'i - - -, Mexico took prominent parts, ciar- t rwen5 director eeneral, was ' authorized to institute a campaign for r , j TEUTON SLOW IN REMOVING MINES Maps Show 8,700 Square Miles of North Sea Are) Not Yet Cleared. Berlin, Wednesday, Dec. 10. German naval authorities have been backward in removing mines from German waters, according to a Hamburg despatch to the Vossische Zeitung. At a meeting of the nautical association in that city, the despatch says, maps were shown indi cating that 8,700 square miles of the North sea had not been cleared, while America and England had almost fin ished removing fields laid by their na vies during the war.. It is claimed here that the delay has been due to lack of coal. Federal Grand Jury Investigation of Charges of Viola- tion of Lever Act Expeeted to Proceed May Drop ; Contempt Charges Against Miners. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 11.- General operation of bituminous coal mines of the country, which have been idle for nearly six weeks as a result of the strike of miners on October 31, is predicted for tomorrow. Coal will be moving rapidly by the first of next week, in the opinion of operators here. Officials of the mine workers who last night sent telegrams, to the' 4,-' 000 locals of the organization, telling of the action of the miners general committee here yesterday, in accepting President Wilson's proposal to re turn to work,' today were confident that there will be no delay on the part of the members of the union in resuming work. The telegrams of last night, which instructed the men to return to the mines immediately, were supple mented today by circulars prepared by international officials of the union explaining in detail the action of th e general . committee yesterday, the basis on which the strike was settled and reiterating the instructions to re sume work immediately. These circulars were mailed to the locals. Reports reaching here this morning JOSEPHUS DANIELS. the nast two davs held forth hone for i - - v -r ' - j dUllluiu'vu , . a rapid return to normal conditions. tne appointment of consul agents ai At some of the mines delays In re sumption of production after accept ance yesterday at Indianapolis of the proposal of President Wilson for set tling the strike were in prospect. Thousands of empty coal cars today were on sidings at the mines in read iness to be rushed to the most needy sections as soon as loads were avail able. Relief for some points, however, faced delay because of alniost unprece dented snowfall. In the plains states railroad traffic was badly disrupted by snow drifts and in the Pacific north west, where nearly 40 hours of unin terrupted snowfall was recorded, con ditions were worse. Throughout the central area the sub-zeA) temperatures that yesterday in many places established seasonal records, today had given way to mild er temperatures. The New England states today felt for- the first time the restrictions im posed by the fuel shortage and New York citys "great white way" was dark last night for the first time un der threat of "heavy fines or prison sentences." New York was spared en forcement of the three-day week de creed by the fuel - administration for manufacturing plants, but restrictions already in force in many other cities were extended there. In. New England, 278 passenger trains were annulled. On the western side of the conti nent a number of cities ana towns in the Pacific northwest were reported in urgent need of fuel. Salem, Ore., was without coal arid more than two feet of snow had fallen. In Ore gon only two oi three main line pass f-rains were able to move be cause of the snow and Portland was in an almost isolated position. JAPAN'S REPLY TO WASHINGTON SENT mvjn Tnpsdav. Dec. 9. Japan has forwarded a note to Washington reply ing to a recent communication relative to the operation of the trans:Siberian o ilvna ft The renlv expresses, gratifica- I 1 LLlll VIAM. - . ,a fat that America is con , the number may be greatly vinced that Japan is "wholeheartedly every port merce. and inland city of com- PROPERTIES OIL ARE SLOWED UP President Wilson Has An other Memorandum Witti Regard to Mexico. wQShlna-ton. Dec. 11. President Wil son had before him today another mem orandum on the Mexican aiuiau " related- to the interference of the car ranza government in the operation of American-owned oil properties in Mex ico and was prepared Dy Payne, of the shipping board, upon In formation furnished by representatives of Mexican oil producers. Chairman Payne alse sent a letter to Secretary Lansing urging that the state depart ment take action toward proiuug u American-owned oil properties in meu. co. . By the stoppage of arming ot new oil wells under decree of the Mexican tViei shinning: board has become concerned over the operation of the large merchant marine as tne uui. of the fuel for the 500 oil-burning steamers has been obtained from the Mexican fields. Should tnis suppiy cut off. it was pointed out that the op eration of the vessels necessarily would be curtailed as only a small supply of oil is on hand. r: A h raoidly rising waters, swiftness of currents and lack: of boats, rescue work is slow and haz ardous. One hundred and fifteen negro con victs and 15 white guards are marooned at convict cams No. 4, 10 miles northeast of Montgomery, near the Tallapoosa river. Fears are entertained for tneir safety.; W. D. Nesbit and C. B. Rogers, offi cials of the state convict department, who set out late yesterday afternoon m a small motor launch in an effort jo determined to co-operate in the work to be done in Siberia." .umpnasis is iai UDon the desire of Japan to bring about K . in Via -future nf a sincere cu-uyct Asiatic Russia. NEXT TO A MAD MAN. Berlin, Dec. 11. Commenting on a four-volume compilation of documen tav nre-war history, the Vorwaerts says whoever reads the former emperor's marginal remarks will have no doubt thnt Germany before the war was ruled n fmo mmnr m 11111:11 i i un - - reach Camp No. 4, spent the night in by next to a mad man an abandoned hut and reiurneu w -. this morning, without navms city reached the prisoners. The floods are the worst since 188b, and coming suddenly, have caught far J'- (Continued on Page 19.) SINN FEIN RAID. Dublin, Dec. 11. Thomas Kelly, Sinn TTfiin member of the house of commons, was arrested in the course of a number of raids by the police and the miltary AMERICANS ARE MENACE. WdfihiriPtnn. Dec. 11. Further testi mony taken by the Fall committee in vestigating Mexican anairs, maae pub lic Wednesday, pictures the Carranza government as regarding all diplomatic protests of the American government as perfunctory, and accredits iu umtiaia i the Mexican government a policy of driving Americans out of the country. The committee made puDiic xne xesti- of w. F. Buckley, an American lawyer, long resident in u. ampico ami cne of the well-known men of the Amer ican colony in Mexico. "Luis Cabrera, (Mexican minister of fi nance) told me very frankly," testified Buckley, "that the menace of the Am erican in Mexico must be removed and the only way to do this was to drive him out of the country and take his proper ty." "He explained to me," the witness continued, "that Mr. Wilson was what he was pleased to term, 'an advanced liberal, a great democrat,' whose con cern was for, the welfare of the people of the world and was not limited to the . narrow Dounos oi tne umii oiaico. "He said," continued, Buckley, "Mr. Wilson was opposed to capital in Mexi co and everywhere else, no matter to (Continued on Paare 19.1 from the Statesville train at the South ern Railway passenger station- '"I never would get .done explaining ". to Mrs. Daniels if I lost - that." V- And so the secret was ouU1: At Mor- gantor, where the sectary .spoke- Wed' nesday afternoon, and ionowing tne speaking, a man and woman., who had "known Jo Daniels since; he was a boy" expressed regret that he couldn't accept their invitation to go with them to their home, several miles out in the country, where they could treat him to "spare-ribs' and fresh sausage. The secretary- looked as if his- regrets were even mpre real than those of the cou ple who offered the hospitality of his country home, and . on the train to Hickory and at Hickory, where Secre tary Daniels spoke Wednesday night, he kept regretting, vocally that he had missed the feast, of sausage and spare-ribs.- " , : ' v." " One of his many Hickory friends far ed forth early Thursday morning. When his quest was ended,, the Secre tary was bearing under his arm a pack age of fresh country sausage and spare ribs. When he leaves Charlotte Thurs day night, he will still be carrying it under his arm, bearing it back to Washington and to Mrs. Daniels, a valued souvenir of his visit to his home state. i , Secretary Daniels arrived in Charlo'-.te at 1 o'clock. He was greeted, as he left the Statesville train by a commit tee comprised of Cameron Morrison, Hamilton C. Jones-and J. L. DeLaney. He entered an automobile and was driv en to the Manufacturers' club to be the guest of the Kiwanis Club at luncheon. Later, he went to the Selwyn, where rooms had been reserved for hinv and where many of his Charlotte friends called during the afternoon to greet him. He will leave at 9:45 o'clock for Washington. The secretary expressed regret that he could not remain longer in North Carolina at this time, for he said it was always a pleasure to get back for a visit with home folks. But official du ties require his presence in Washing ton Friday morning, and two days was as long as it was possible for him ta get away at this 'time. Mr. Daniels said the report seemed to have gotten abroad that, the demo ocrats were afraid they were going to lose the ninth district election, because of the vigorous campaign they" a re mak ing and the number , of speeches that are being delivered. - . "I hope the democrats are scared," said the secretary, "because when a democrat gets sure-enough scared, he can out-run anything on legs." As for himself, Mr. Daniels said he had rio doubt what the verdict would be at the polls next Tuesday, for he was confident the people of the ninth district would send Clyde R. Hoey to congress by a big majority and thereby show their confidence in the democratic administration and their, approval of its record, written under the guidance of President Wilson. He didn't come down here to make speeches "-jfbr Mr. Hoey because he feared that Hoey and the democratic party were in danger, he declared, but. simply found in the invi tations - that had been extended h'm "an excuse to come home," .and when ever he could find - a. good excuse to come back home,' he always tiok ad vantage of it. Secretary Daniels said, however, that because of . the season of the year, it is difficult to stimulate interest in an ALMOST DAILY CASUALTIES. The Hague, Wednesday, Dec. 10. The question of responsibility for what ship ping circles consider to be laxity in sweeping , the mine fields in the North sea has been agitating marine interests and has been the subject of questions in the Dutch parliament.;. Scarcely a day has passed in several weeks without some casualties alone the Dutch or Danish coasts. Men from the crew of the Liberty Glo, who were missing after that steam er was damaged by a mine, have not been found and the captain of the boat said today he was investigating a re port that they had been landed at a German port by fishermen. A Copenhagen despatch to Telegraaf says a Dutch sailing vessel beached on the Danish coast during a storm was later destroyed by a floating mine. The crew had been landed before -the mine exploded. Reports from Flushing state that six men from the crew of a German trawler-, landed there after their ship was mined and that rix other members of the crew were drowned. A ship captain said today that while the English channel was apparently well, swept, the German trade route was still full of mines, many apparently being of allied construction. The Dutch parliament was told today by the minister of marine that extensive sections of the German gulf were dan gerous owing to the presence of anchor ed mines, although four routes through it had been swept. - German - sweepers are working, but owing:' to the unfavorable seasoty prog ress has been slow.- Holland ha plaeed lightshtpteai-an. points but has not the personnel or ma terial, to equip an efficient service. INTRODUCTION OF BILL IS DELAYED London, Deo. 11. The introduction of the Irish bill in the house of com mons was again postponed today. An drew Bonar Law, spokesman for the government, announced that in conse quence of the visit of Premier Clemen ceau, of France, Premier Lloyd George would be unable to bring the measure forward either Monday or Tuesday and he could not say whether it would l-o introduced next week. THREE PREMIERS ARE CONFERRING Crowds Noisily Welcomed Premier Clemenceau Upon His Arrival. London, Dec. 11. Georges Clemen ceau, premier of France, arrived here this morning ,ai auuui v ing his stay in London he will confer with Premier Lloyd-George and Vittorio Scialoia, foreign minister of Italy. Crowds at the "Victoria station cheer ed M. Clemenceau, who was greet ed by Premier Lloyd-George, Earl Cur zon, Secretary of State for Foreign Af fairs, and Walter Hume L.ong, nrst iora of the admiralty. M. Clemenceaus said to Lloyd George in English: "I am glad to see you," and T then drdve to the French embassy . The two prime ministers began their private conference in Mr. Lloyd George's official residence in Downing street at 11 o'clock. It was generally expected that their discussions would last through today and tomorrow. The British " premier abandoned his usual Thursday visit to the house of com mons in order to place his time entirely at the disposal of M. Clemenceau. INTERPRETATION OF DRY ACT REQUESTED WnRhintrton. Dec. 11. Interpretation of the wartime prohibition act to deter mine whether that statute prohibits the manufacture of all beers, or only these that are intoxicating was asked In the supreme court today during, arguments on government appeals from the federal fmirt. decrees dismissing indictments brought under the act against the Amer ican Brewing company in iew wieaua, and the Standard Brewery in Baltimore, resulted from the manu facture of beer containing 2.75 per cent nir-nhol hv the two concerns which con; tended, however, that it was not intox icating. r ORGANIZATION IS C0NFERREDUP0N National Association of Republican State Chair men Talk Campaign. Washington, Dee. 11. Organization and co-ordination methods for the com ing campaign were discussed today at a meeting here of the -National Asso ciation of Republican State Chairmen. Will H. Hays, the party's national chairman, and other officials of the na tional organization, were, present Every state was represented," each of the chairmen who could not attend sending some one to act in his place. The meeting was executive, and it was said most of the time was taken up in exchanging views without ai'y At tempt to fix policies. Thcra v.as im derstood to be a general aroemr:iic, however, that. Chairman Hays' plan to decentralize campaign contributions by limiting the amounts t accepted, should be extended as far 'as practic able into the state campaigns. While the state leaders were in con ferencr officials . of the national com mittee, began laying out the details for the national convention, which,. -Mho committee decided yesterday . is to bq held in Chicago on June 8. . A. T. Hert. the- Kentucky committeeman cho sen chairrhan . of the convention com mittee," as'flo fori "tickets; and predicted - that there would be more than, the 1 usual diffi culty in making satisfactory arrange ments. -. More than!" 500 .party . leaders - from over the country were here for the na tional committee meeting yesterday, .a circumstance which led some of th-? wheel horses to predict that' the-Chicago meeting would attract one of the greatest crowds in the history of con ventions. - The activity of women in politics next year is expected to be an other factor in-greatly increasing the crowd. Friends of Chairman Hays started a movement today to insure his reten tion as head of the national commit tee through the campaign, regardless of who is nominated for president. IMPERATOR SAILED TODAY FOR EUROPE New York, Dec. 11 The former Ger man passenger liner Imperator, now a British ship under Cunard line opera tion, sailed today for Plymouth, Cher bourg and Southampton. She , was to have departed at noon yesteraay uu.. her clearance papers were held up on orders from Washington, while charges that she had exceeded her supply oi bunker coal were being adjusted. The offer of the British ministry of shipping to replace the excess coal was accepted last night and tne snip releas ed, but too late to enable her to get away on high tide. The liner had 2,700 passengers on this, her first voyage as a passenger ship since she left here un der the German flag in JUly, 1914. COURT REFUSED TO INTERFERE IN CASE (Continued on Page 19.) ft jt s(- e J' Jb "ifi" W ic w "'V w "! ar iC v 1 THE WEATHER.' ' H For Charlotte and Vicinity: 3 m'nlidv tonierht: Friday unsettled: w ' moderate northeast to east winds. '. - , er points. GERMAN REPLY HAS NOW REACHED PARIS Paris, Dec. 11. The German reply n fhA siinrpme council's note demand- ine the signing of the peace protocol has been received in Paris and this afternoon was undergoing translation by the German delegation, according to the Instransigeant. The newspaper declares that the reply , is substantially a nsinitulation on the Scapa Flow question and a proposal to discuss otn Washington, Dec. 11. The supreme court today declined to interfere in the deportation proceedings against Alexander Berkman, anarchist, but granted a stay of one week in the case of Emma Goldman. The stay in the Goldman case was granted to permit further considera tion of her application to file an ap peal from the action of Federal Judge Mayer in New York, in denying a writ of habeas corpus. . . ARE OF SAME MIND. Wnshinsrton. Dec. 11. There '.s l ot now and never has been any diffsreac hptween President Wilson anrt th state department on the han dling of Mexican affairs, Secretary Lan sing said today. TO DISCUSS SITUATION. Paris, Dec. 11. Dr. Karl Renner, chancellor of the Austrian republic, ar rived in Paris today to lay before the peace conference authorities the critir cal situation in Austria relative to food. . IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS. Hammonton, N. J., Dec. 11. Detec tives investigating mystery surrounding the death of "Billy" Danzey said to day they- looked,, for. . important devel opments in the case in a very short time. . ' ' DO- HONOR TO PERSHING. ' Atlanta, Ga., Pec. 11. Atlanta turn ed out today to do honor to General Pershing, who spent the day here, in specting Camps Gordon and Jesup and Fort McPherson and taking part in a j parade. told, of the- return as early as last night of some of the 'miners in nearby fields and in other instances of soma of the men reporting for work today. The mine operators have promised to bend all their energies toward re sumption of normal operation and promise that if the miners report promptly movement of coal from the mines will become general within a very few days. All sides in the controversy just ended were highly satisfied today with , the agreement reached by the general committee of the miners in their ses sion here yesterday. The miners were especially, pleased with the idea of appointment of a commission com posed of one miner, one operator and a third member not affiliated with either side to investigate wages and coal prices and fix both at figures which they deem reasonable. This commission, under the present plan. will be appointed by the president, the miners in the meantime to receive an ! advance of 14 per cent in wages over the scale paid prior to the strike. The federal grand jury investiga tion of charges of violation of the Lever act and anti-trust laws, sched- uled to start last Monday, but post poned until December 17, will proceed when the jurors appear next Wednes- , day, according to the best informa tion available. The probe, will be nation-wide, it is declared, and will in volve both operators arid miners. j , The charges c-f contempt against mine. .workers officials, which, it is be lievfed, will be dropped, are set for hearing-- next Tuesday morning. .. The decision of the miners to return came after .many hours of debate, in which the radical element in the gen eral : committee .made incendiary speeches against operators and others " interested in settlement of . the "strike, and r for, a time threatened to defeat efforts. to settle the strike at this time. The conservative element, led by Act ing President John L. Lewis and Secretary-Treasurer William Green, gain ed control of the situation Wednesday morning and succeeded in putting down practically all opposition by the time the question came to vote. One concession was made to; the radicals. The convention agreed to the calling of a general convention of the miners at a future date, at which the action of, and reasons for,, the gen eral committee, will be fully explain ed. The opponents of acceptance of the president's plan made their fight principally on the theory that only a general convention of the mine work ers had power to call off the strike.- Members of the general committee have steadfastly refused to make pub lic the name of the delegate who cast the one dissenting vote. Two statements were given out fol lowing adjournment of the conference by Attorney General A. Mitchell Pal mer, who first submitted the presi dents proposal to ' Acting President Lewis and ' Secretary -Treasurer Green at a conference in Washington last Saturday and came to Indianapolis Monday to await the outcome of con sideration of the plan by the miners general committee. The miners' statement ronows: , "The United Mine Workers' repre sentatives agreed to accept the Presi dent's proposal as a basis of settle ment of the coal strike. They did so because it provides a definite, concrete and practical method by which ade quate consideration and a . proper ad justment of their claim for an increase in wages and improved conditions ,of employment may be brought about. The United Mine Workers have full confidence in the President of the United States and a profound regard for" his will and Judgment. "The President's proposal differs from any proposal heretofore proposed in that it leaves nothing 'in doubt so far as a plan of adjustment and- the details " thereof is concerned. The scheme proposed by Dr. Gargeld. left no hope for the mine workers other than . the acceptance of an increase in mining prices of 14 per cent. The Pres ident's proopsal provides that this amount of advance is., preliminary and that the tribunal which he will set up will have full authority to consider further questions of wages and work ing conditions as well as profits of oper ators and proper prices for coal, read justing both wages and progts if if. shall so decide.. It further provides that the commission will have author ity to settle internal questions peculiar to, each district, alt of which are of very great importance to the mine workers. . , "The commission will make its re port within 60 days unless some in surmountable difficulties arises which prevents it from doing so and the- com mission, will have authority, to - fix th j date when any. award it makes will be come effective. ' "The President's plan further pro vides that upon a- general resumption, of operations the status quo will bo maintained, that is, that all mine work ers will return to, work with an in crease in wages amounting to 14 per cent, upon the same basis which ob tained on October 31, 1919. Neither operators nor miners will be allowed to change the basis and no discrimination 'Continued on Page 19.) 15: v. a; if It today.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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