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!f 'h ii i- v ".VU , - I I , - ' ,""1" - X' J) " , t . - -!-. WEATHER A' FIN r J- wV-v -tip: k - - j 1 ivV'i j. - V i- - ( v ' 1 . -j -v-"4 , i -r'"."-. .;;Ky.--7'v:'?- -cf'-"""5 m a m m hhb . - 1 - - - - hh- II . It 4 1 1LI Tl ,11' II - 1V r . 1 1 A L ION .. P, YJ iv:. ' )).-; iwlri)). Cardinal Fair and warmer to night. ' EDIT VOL. , XXV. NO. 314. ; . 1 1 " lupply Menaeed As I Coal Big 'Packing Plants May Be Forced to Shut Down In Two Weeks. TO CUT RAIL TRAFFIC A Sweeping Curtailment of '.Trains May Be Made - v . Within 24 Hours. CHICAGO. Nov. 21. The daily in- creasing coal shortage today had be- j ttn to menace additional industries j end threaten slightly the nation's food supply, with the further pros- pect of a sweeping curtailment of i passenger traffic within twenty-four ' hours. ! As the bituminous coal miners ; rounded out three weeks of idleness j it became known through a statement j here by the regional coal committee, i that the bier Chicago packing plants i 4,have about two weeks supply" of ! coal left and that "when they have j used that the committee will not be able to release any coal to them." The immediate future of the steel industry today was causing concern, according to one Pennsylvania manu facturer, and in the Chicagondistrict the Corn Products company, at Argo, Ills, announced suspension, its other plant at Pekin, Ills., both having a capacity of 100,000 bushels of corn a day, already having been closed. The regional coal committee indicated it ejected extensive shut downs dur ing the next 10 days unless production n a large scale is resumed. Walker D. Hines, federal director general of railroads, announced after his two days conference here with the seven regional directors, it becane known today that he would lay the facts of" the coal situation before the cabinet so that he might be relieved of any personal responsibility for curtailment of industry. In keeping with that, many of the federal rail road managers here said they expected sweeping reductions in the number of passenger trains within 24 hours. v In the general situation as regards the mines themselves, but slight changes were apaprent today. They did not point to increased production. i!oveniors oil a.lL-sajSjjuosesJas bituminous mines today had telegrams 'm Governor Harding of Iowa, sug gesting concerted action to take oyer ' h e mines ;&nd grarft- the workers a substantial increase pending the, re sult of ' the ' Joint, wage conference at Washington4 rv In Colorado, where a second strike has been ordered for tonight, a court order restraining the district officials from putting it into effect was In force. It was obtained by Victor E. Keyes, state attorney general who based his plea on a state industrial commission law requiring 30 days notice of a strike. New strijres in the New river field of West Virginia, were reported spreading. ." The week's supply ration for Chi cago and the northwestern region which extends to the Pacific coast, was in effect today. The southern states, east of the Mississippi river were also on a ration basis which limited" purchases for bOme use to one ton. Three Members of Life Insurance Firm TJohvicted PITTSBURS, Nov. 21. Clarence F. Birdseye, Kellogg Birdsejre and George F. Montgomery ,all'ofNew York, were today convicted- of con pirkcy in connection with the failure of the Pittsburgh Life and Trust company, an insurance corporation. Testimony at the trial, which lasted more than a week, was to. the effect that soon after control of the com pany passed into the handsof the defendants and their associates in New York, the assepts of the com pany were converted into cash. Go to Aid of Steamer. NEW YORK, Nov. 21. The coast guard cutters, the Itasca from New York and the Acushnet from Woods Hole, Mass., are proceeding to the as sistance of the disabled snipping board tamship Roman, Captain Byron L. Reed, commander of-the coast guard division, was informed today. The cutters . have sent radio messages to the effect that they are converging toward the position given by the Ro man yesterday. , New Airplane Record. PARIS, Nov. 21. (Havas.) A hew speed record for an airplane is claim ed for an Italian aviator In a , dis patch received from Rome. The mes sage saysv that an Italian machine piloted by an Italian, flew 274 kilo metres (about 170 miles) in one hour at the aviation field of Montecchio, yesterday. The name of the aviator was not given. KICK If you do not receive your Dis patch promptly and regularly. It is the purpose of our .Circulation Department that you $hould get your paper every day Ve main tain a - special delivery "service for your benefit. If your paper Is not delivered before 6:30 any evening, pbone 176 and, we will send you a copy by this special delli-ery- The Wilmington Dispatch Pile! J WILMINGTON Slightly s Reduced Hazers Are Suspended; Students Go On Strike LANCASTER, Pa., No. 2l. Franklur and Marshall college faml a strike of the entire student body today as a result of the sus pension of a number of sopho mores for hazing Charles Dutten hofter, a freshman, a week ago. The students voted unanimously' to strike and announced-that pick ets would be placed around the eollcs? grounds to prevent any one from attending classes until the suspended students are reinstated. Members of the football team also decided to strike and it was said the annual game 'with Gettysburg on Thanksgiving day probably would be called off. Seventeen members of the soph omore class, who are alleged to have taken part in the hazing were held by a magistrate-last night in $200 bail each for court. Duttenhoffer, It is charged, was handled . roughly by the upper classmen. His hair and eyebrows wore cut and canoe paddles were used so -rigorously that he was left exhausted bythe roadside In an isolated spot outside the city. RESTORE TRAFFIC May Rule That Service Was Stopped in Violation of the Law. TOLBPOTp., NOV. , 21. The ques tion of Immedate restoration of -street railway, service In Toledo thrdurlLftri l-de; courtliEgeaiupoa Judge Johh-'M. Killlts places m the scope of ; the Miller public tTtllr? abandonment, law' passedby he OhiC legisltture last April. "' , - , Tuage lOllits.has commanded city officials s and officers of the . Toledo Railways and Light company to ap pear in his court at 1:30 p. m.-today to disclose why the public utilities commission was not notified ot the discontinuance of street car service here two, weeks ago tomorrow .night. If the. court rules that the com mission has jurisdiction over street railways it is said resumption of ser vice may be ordered at once. It is understood the court holds that entry here of about 2 5 interurban railroads, now barred from the streets through the ouster ordinance passed on No vember 4, gives the commission pow er to act. District court entered the traction case yesterday, when the law was riscovered and presented to Judge Killits who took immediate action by issuing the summons. Operators Present An Uultimatum to Miners WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. Bitumi ous coal mine operators served what was practically an ultimatum on the coal miners representatives here to day, telling them that the offer of 15 cents' a ton and 20 per cent per day wage increase was the utmost that could be given. The miners went into a conference immediately to con sider the offer. Acting President John L, Lewis of the mine workers organization who spent part of the morning closeted with Secretary or laDor wnson pre'- sided at the miners session. It was said the joint conference of the opera tors and miners .would be resumed this, afternoon at which time the miners would present their answer, ' 5 Coal Famine May Succeed Where Strike Failed VOTTNQSTOWN, O.. Nov. 21.- Mills of the' Mahoning and Shenango valleys forming the second largest steel' producing region in the coun try today faced possibility of closing on account of coal shortage, follow ing orders by D. T. Murray, local jfuel ji,ni. onttine off supplies to all UllCVi'V! - factories. Viviani Says "Tiger" ' Will Become President fHavas). Inter vtpwed by a representative of tne newspaper Seuvre relative to the po litical situation.. Rene Viviani, former premier has stated that Premier Clemehceau will remain to his ... t . . QrtA than will Dft- Offlce until J a,n uai .y Vj ' come president of the republic. PARIS, Nov. 21. (Havas). Mar shal Foch has been offered the nom ination for Senator inHhe department of Finisterre, according to the Presse de" pariwhfch says .he has accented the -nomination on condition that all parties -will unite in supporting him. JMation COURT MAY FORCE CAR COMPANY TO TODAY'S NEy3 ' IS Would Operateending An Adjustment of Miners' Wage Demands. 7 GOV. HARDING'S' PLAN One Coal Field in Kentucky Complains of Shortage 4f Cars. INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 21. Gover- not; James P. Goodrich todays gave consideration to the proposal of Gov ernor Hardin of Iowa, that bitumi nous coal producing states, acting in unison, .seize and operate the mines located in them between operators and- miners in Washington. Governor Goodrich received Gov ernor Hardin's suggestion" last night but said he cotfld not sav at that time whether the idea would be prac ticable in Indiana. His comment, however to the effect that he did not see how the state could seize the mines except through the courts, in dicated that he did not consider the plan feasible.. No mines 'in Indiana are working wttji the exception (6f a few small wagon mines which are non-union. Shortage of Cars. COLUMBUS, O.. Nov. 21. Com plaints of car shortage In the Hazard coal field in Kentucky which supplies Columbus and Cleveland were made to Walker D. Hfnes, director general of railroads, and Fuel Administrator Garfield by B. F. Nigh, secretary of the Michigan. Ohio, Indiana Coal as- sociationl- In his report to the fuel and rail-' road heads, Mr. .Nigh asserted that while the mines in the Hazard field were ready to load 500 cars of coa the Louisville and Nashville railroad supplied only 159 cars. f The railroad officials claimed their terminals were congested according to Mr. Nigh, , v Restraining Order Issued, DENVER. . Col .. Nnv: g 1 .-aVhftti -ti r. me uiir?i court restraining oruer lssueL. last nightw SDal-nila rado called for midnight tonight be- nill.t ha. caase df alleeed discrimination I ax&lrist union workers: was -uncertain rtoday. . . . 'r' situation serious. j,MnAttjuciSi.wp w ., va, ipv. zx.- OfSclals of . district No. "17, ; United Mine-Workers' of America, announced early today that reports f romthe New river coal fields, where many miners quit work .during the past two -days, Indicated that tne situation in that region is "serious" and it was de clared that a further spread of the strike was .probable. Notorious Bill Carlisle Still Causing Concern CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 21. Wil liam L. (Bill) Carlisle, notorious ban dit,' continued today a source oi un easiness to officials of the Union Pa cific railroad. There was no lessen ing of preparation to prevent a repe tition of the robbery of last Tuesday night when Carlisle entered a tourist car on the Los Angeles limited, re lieved passengers of $250 and disap peared. . Guards Are maintained on every train and equipment for send ing a special train load of armed men in pursuit is kept ready in, the yards so they can be under waywithin 10 minutes of any new: depreda'tion by the outlaw. Railroad officials aire confident that Carlisle will attempt to rob. another train within a short time for the pur pose of demonstrating that he is able to outwit all guards and posses. He is known to be a 16ver of the spectac ular ' atid is said to care little for money. Soldiers Didn't Like' Vaudeville Religion" DETROIT, Mich., Nov. 2 1 -"Vaudeville religion'rUgion saifdwiched in between moving pictures or other entertainments did not command the respect of American soldiers in camps at home or abroad, & special commission of the Young Mten's Christian Association investigating relations between the churches and the association - reported to the for tieth international convention today. Negroes Sentenced To Die Given Respites Raleigh, "Nov. 21. Having recently taken appeals to the state supreme court Ralph and Sinclair Connor, negro brothers, who, were to have been electrocuted here today for the murder of a deputy sheriff of Iredell county, have been granted respites pending the- outcomef their -cases. Negro Editors Protest. , BALTIMORE, Nov. 21. -The edi tors of the four negro newspapers pUDllsnea iieio jumeu in anl open letter , to Attorney General Pal mer .expressing, their belief that the recent report to, the . attorney general that bolshevism, and L; W. w. propa ganda is .making converts v among negroes is ; unfounded and deny that un-American tdeasJ have taken hold among their race ' - an TAXES TAKE TODA.Y WlUiCJetftlJ'S y-Mxxx, jviiA x ; ju i &q .1 a II y:- -1 wit. farmer "te I crvil-A The presentation of decorations awarded by France to these Y. M. C. A. men for courage under fire will form an interesting cerefnony before the 5,000 delegates at the Fortieth Inteniattonal CmvefitU of the Young Men's Christian Associations of America at Detroit this week. The. xxmrage shown by ttieST worker is typified by the citation accompanying Mr. Lytle's Croix de GnrnwIilrh tAlta hnw &ftor th iiWn.h .Jm retreated from Misy-sur-Atsne, he " V. w w . VAWHttUU ixatlo . saving numerous" lives by brilliant conduct." COUNCIL PLANS TO FORMALLY. RAT1F : Tn L f I II I '111 v " f tGerman Delegation at jParis Will Be, Asked to: Sign . ; Protocol - ' BARIST Not. 21. The supreme council today Agreed upon December 1 as the date when the German peace f treaty will be formally ratified Further Informal discussions have been held with the German represen tatives now here in connection with the allies that a protocol must be signed by Germany guaranteeing ful fillment of the armistice conditions. These discussions have been confined chiefly to the methods of procedure in considering the -protocol. As yet the . Germans have not-stated- whether they will sign the. document.. The American delegation Is still without instructions atf to its partici pation in the peace conference follow ing the failure of the senate to ratify the treaty, but Henry 'White attended the meeting of ' the , supreme ' council today as representative of, the United States. Under Secretary Polk .being absent in London, .and the,entire"dete gation is continuing its work In the.; belief thatiA compromise ratmcauon resolution will be .agreed' to "in'tthe United States senate. - v "V ' This view is apparently shared ;by -mest of the members, of the - council who- are anxious for 'the continuance of the United States in the deliberation of the peace-making body.' The coun cil, however, Is working .put plans so that the enforcement if the treaty will not be hindered if the United States fails to ratify the treaty latr. ? Jules Cambon of the French dele gation, presided over the councils ses sion in the absence of Foreign -Minister Pichon. The next meeting will be held, Monday." . .'; -. ' . . Moscow Surrounded 5y Insurgents, Is Report y MOSCOW, Nov. 21. Moscow is be ing" surrounded by Insurgents ind the bolshevik! regard. the rebellion as of capital importance, according: to a Copenhagen -dispatch quoting:' Ilel singf ors advices which . the Exchange Telegraph company -tOday ?is ?cttt;tt!ati IngwitK reserve. The dispatch states that Tomburg. in the Urals, has been sacked by a hostile army Of 5,000 men. - HELSINGFORS, Nov. 21. The po sition of Simon PetlurarWho recently declared hostilities against General Denekine in southern liussia. is crit ical and he is expected to Tay down his arms soon, according to a dispatch from Nikolaiev, a city about 40 miles from Kherson. . x . American Officer DrownecL RIO JANEIRO, Thursday. Nov. 2,0. Lieirtenant Commander LathrOp, attached to the "United -States- naval mission in Brazil," was attacked with heart failure while bathing. lit Rio bay this' afternoon and was drowned. Issues Bank .Call. -WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. Cotnp troller of the: currency !today Issued a call for the" Condition: of all national banks . -atr the close ? , of . business on Monday, Novemher!??' ; HOME, PAPER UU JN , JN UvfiMBER 21 1919. (invention ftf returned .to the village to save French 'He carried wounded through an area violently shelled, WUson to Take Up Whole n WASHINGTON, Nov. 21; - President Wflson will take up the. ; whole subjec of the treaty of VersalUes m nis message to con- . rress December 1, it was stated officially today at the White , House. ' Until then he will have " nothing to say ; concerning the ' senate's action in rejecting the treaty. - . Before congress convened, it was said, administration senators will confer and it is possible that the mild reservationists on the -republican - side will , ; participate with a view to working out an ac ceptable compromise on reserva tions. . , . Regardless of who' Is selected .to succeed the late Senator" Martin as democratic leader In the sen ate, there will, be -no change n '' the leadership tn the treaty fight, y it was said at the White; House. President Wilson considers that Senator Hitchcock" of ; Nebraska has conducted the fight ably , and sees' no reason why ' he' should not . again . lead , the administration forces. : A T U. S. AID America's Failure to Ratify Not to .Cause jDelay, Says Bonar-Law. LONDON. Nov.. 21. "The, inability of the'-United -States representatives at Paris to deposit . President Wilson's ratification of the . German treaty at the.: same time; those' of other powers are filed will ?not ' prevent the main allied' and associated powers from proceeding to carry the treaty into effect,'' - said Andrew Bonar-Law, gov ernment leader in the house of com mons' today, lnahswefto numerous questions regarding the status of the , treaty as .af result of the American sen ate's action. In answer to a question from Sir L Donald MacLean, Mr.. - Bonar-Law said: 1 ? "Without doubt there will be no slackening in the determination of Great Britain to do all in her power to take the lead in seeing that the league of nations" becocats an effective instrument of '-' human progress. I think it would ' be a mistake ,.to as sume that all possibilityCof help from the United States is. gqne." S. Officials Restrained. . ST. LOUIS,- Nov. 21-r-Federal Judge Pollack: today grahtea a tem porary injunction agjLiiist thedistrict attorney and-the 'Internal revenue pol lector for enforcing thtf provisions ' of the VOlstead war time prohibition en- rforcement act, pending further litiga ,tiOn, : GREAT POW TO cimdren and was wounded by shrap- Senctor TJnderwaod, of , Als bi$a whose name has been men- Honed "prominently in- connec tion with the democratic leader ship, called at the White House today: to Tsee Secretaryi Tumulty. ? ' f 7 Actfou by ttae supreme wuncQ f - at Partr-fttingr December:!, as $ The date for formal proclamation of a state of peace between the I ; powers ratifying the treaty of ," Versailles fulfilled the "pepecta tlons of administration officials. After the senate had ended its special session - without ratifying the treaty the general feeling here was that Europe .would not wait longer for this country's de cision. Under the treaty's provisions the .exchange of- ratifications could have, been made' as oon as : three fitbeTgreat powers had ratified, butthe datewas delayed, it " was announced, - largely be cause it was desired to have the United States a 'party from the first.. All four of the other great powers, Great Britain, France, . Italy s and Japan now have rati- ' fled. General'Felip Angeles, Cap tured Last Wednesday s Faces Trial EL PASO, Texas. . . ov? 21. Gener al Felip Angeles, ehief . lieutenant of Francisco -Villa, and famous artillery expert, captured last : Wednesday by Mexican federal forces under General Gabino Olivo, near Valle. Oliva, faced trial by court martial today in Chi huahua City, Mex. The trial is considered by Mexican authorities as the most important held in that country during a decade of revolution and banditry. Reports in circulation along the border today were to the effect General Angeles would be accused of rebellion against his government and that the death penalty would be asked. Many , Carranza officials were said to favor this disposition of the case as a warning to an renel entertains Shortness of time between his capture and tne aate set for tne trial was pointed to as indicating the possle fate in store for General Angeles. Conjecture was rife as to the effect. of the trial. Some authorities . in El Paso believed his execution would ue disastrous to the Carranza govern ment in that; a new revolutionary mevement might follow. Villa sympathizers here today were outspoken' in the opinion that the .bandit leader' would make some dem onstnrtion over the capture of his chief lieutenant. Villar was" last re- ported in the broken' country south- DEATH PENALTY IS TO DE ASKED FOR VILLA CHIEFTAIN FIVE CENTS SUGAR SHORTAGE WILL SOON PASS, WATERS ASSERTS Next Year's Supply Will &e Considerably More Than Normal NEW CROP COMING IN Government Control 'Saves $2.50 For'Each Person Annually. By GEORGE B. WATERS. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. The su gar shortage will soon be a thing of history. The -supply for next year for the United States will be 4,800,000 short tons and the normal consump tion Is 4,150,000 tons. The above supply will be furnished as follows: Cuban, 2.700,000 tons; Hawaii, 600y00 tons; Porto Rico. 500,000 tons; -domestic beet. 800.000 tons; domestic cane, 250,000 tons. it would appear that there would be a surplus, but it is hardly possible that it will be large, as the people are making a new normal. Up to Octo ber 1 the people had ' consumed 70 pounds per capita for the first three quarters of. the year, just 1.4 pounds less than they consumed for the en tire year 1918 and 13 pounds less than they consumed for the similar Deriod in 1918. The domestic sugar CroD of 1919 i already being marketed, and the Cu-V Dan crop will be ready about Janu ary 1.' At the rate people have been eat ing sugar this year, the consumption for 191? will be 88 pounds per cap ita, largest in the history of the na tion. The fear that Europe will gobble up theugar is unfounded, according to Dr. F. M. Surface, chief statistician for the food administration. He says Europe considers sugar a luxury, and that while: its supply of sugar is di minished, so is its supply of money, those nations are economizing on su gar.. Italy consumes only-18 pounds of sugar peireaplta a year, as antinat th He says if congress would do the country a real service, it will continue the sugar equalization board. If it doesn't the board will become a-rtin.. January 4 and the people, will be left at me-mercy of the profiteers. By: hoarding only a few hundred thousand tons of sugar a scarcity can be created,: and the price shot un. Th sugar equalization board's chief func tion is to Keep the price down. For the year ending September 1, the 11, 00,000 jpeople in the United States consumed as, -much sugar as the combined consumption of the 200,000,000 people of the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Belgium, Holland and Germany. And still the sweet teeth in America are yelling for more sugar. In spite of the large demand, the sugar equalization board has kept the price In the United States far, below the world level. s It is estimated that government control saved the people in 1919 $250,000,000-that is, $2.50 per per son. If congress doesn't act," and that soon, higher prices in 1920 will cost them more thans$25ry,000,000. , The board should have been empowered two months ago to buy up the Cuban crop. It can still drive a pretty good deal as . private interests are giving Cuban sugar a wide berth until they see what. congress is to do. If congress doesn't act and it is believed congress will private inter ests will jump into the market try ing to get the crop and prices will shoot sky high. The people will pay. Three Prison Buildings At Sing Sing Burned OSINING, N. T., Nov. 21. Three buildings in the Sing Sinsr prison yard were destroyed this morning by a fire believed to be of incendiary origin. The loss is estimated at more than $200,000r The destroyed buildings in clude a storehouse, foundry and black smith shop. The burned buildings were located some distance away from the prison itself. Most of the prisoners were in the yard when the fire broke out, but there was no disorder, many of the inmates assisting in fighting the flames. . 1 England GuaranteesTo Go to the Aid of France PARIS, Nov. 21. Stephen Pichon, French foreign minister, and Sir Eyre Crowe, assistant under secretary for foreign affairs of Great Britain, last night exchanged ratification of the treaty guaranteeing British aid to France, if, without provocation, she is attacked by Germany. Twins are more .common in cold than in warm countries. a,nd among mothers bf between twenty-five and thirty years of age than at other ages: east of Ojinaga. Chihuahua, on the international boundary gathering his forces for a new offensive within the next month. General Angeles is a graduate of Chapultepec. the military West Point of Mexico. 1 35 IF 7,1 .... . 1 V X V - X V - rrtiA,,'i'ia'ifWi'ifc1g"r'
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