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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.
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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,
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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.
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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 ' -
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TAXES TAKE
TODA.Y WlUiCJetftlJ'S
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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
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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.
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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.
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