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ran as m WEATHER FORECAST. Fair and somewhat colder to-da- y; to- morrow IT. SHINES FOP, ALL fair and colder. Highest temperature yesterday, 54; lowest, 47, Detailed weather reporU oil editorial pigs. VOL. LXXXVII. NO. U. S. RESERVE BOARD -- TO PLA CE BRAKES ON SPECULATION HERE Harding and Strauss Confer With Local Bankers On Situation. XO ALARM IS FELT Liquidation of Bank Loans Is Said to Be Going On Satisfactorily. F11M GRIP NOW TAKEN Money Hate Jumps to 25 Per Cent., Highest Kate Since Tanic of 1907. W. r. G. Harding, governor of the Federal Roscrvo Board, and Albert Strauss, a member of that body, held a series of conferences with the lead- ing bankers yesterday at the offices of the Federal Roscrvo Bank and at the close of the day it was mado clear: 1 That .speculation cither for the long or short account Is .to bo curbed. 2 That speculation has a bad effect on the entire country. S That speculation has led to much unrest 4 That uneasiness as to tho credit situation will disappear with a reduction In speculative activity. 5 That the best remedy Is a quieter market. 6 That bullish activity can bo checked by high money rates. 7 That investment buying based on intrinsic values should chock abrupt declines except In the. case of Inflated Issues. JJanicn of llnnkera Not Disclosed. Both Gov. Harding and Mr. Strauss refused to give tho names of the bankers who had been consulted on the ground that they had come here to seek Information rather than to dis- close it. Gov. Harding declared that there was nothing alarming In tho sit- uation and he did not think that any immediate further action was contem- plated. Ho said that the liquidation of banking loans is proceeding satis- factorily and that the entire situation In well in hand. Gov. Harding gave as the reason for the Jfew York visit a desire to get first hand Information, and he said he had obtained soma interesting sidelights. Ex- cusing himself with tho remark that ha had Just time to catch the train for Washington, tho Governor said that he wis on hli way back to Reserve Board headquarters to discuss the speculative and credit situation with his colleagues. All that Mr. Strauss would 'say was that the fever of speculation had caused ome uneasiness in Washington, that the Federal Reserve Board wished to see the facts at the closest possible range and that he andGov. Harding had come to New York toNliscuss the general con- dition of stock market speculation and iredlt and to be In a position to Inform the entire board or conditions at present He explained that the trip was pre- liminary to Important meetings which would be held next week In Washington, namely the governors' conference on November 19 and the meeting of the ad- visory council, of which A. Barton Hep- burn Is the local member, on the follow- ing day. At these meetings the prob- lem of dealing with speculation In other lines than stocks will be taken up. It ,1s coped that by that time the speculation In the New York Stock Exchange will have been curbed. Strong Denlea Jlumora. The directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York will hold their regu- lar weekly meeting y, and rumors were niloat to the effect that there would be a further rise in rediscount rates. In reply to Inquiries respecting these ru- mors Benjamin Strong, Jr., governor of the Federal Reserve Bank, stated that there was no basis for them. The bears, however, needed no rumor ammunition, for the action of the money market fur- nished sufficient guide for the liquidation of security holdings. At the opening of the money market there was not a single dollar available, but In response to telephone calls some 115,000,000 was supplied on condition that the renewal rate be U per cent. That was the lowest rate of the day, and here was an Immediate attack on mar- ket values. Around 2 o'clock the rate Jumped to 16 per cent and shortly be. foro the close J 1,000,000 or thereabouts was loaned at 25 per cent, the highest rate since the 1007 panic. DEADLOCK REMAINS OVER RAIL WAGES Time and a Half Plan Proves Obstacle. Washington, Nov. 11. After a four hour conference to-d- agreement be- tween the Railroad Administration and the four railroad brotherhood leaders was as far away apparently as at any time since the brotherhood de- mands for time and a hnlf overtime in road service and revision of working con- ditions were laid before Director-Gener- Utiles several mnnlliu .i The conference reopened a scries of nuesiions, including the establishment of he time and n half overtime prlnclplo In \oad service, which hi\? erne up in every wage scale conference held during the period of Government control. While union leaders were understood to be Insistent In their demands, it was indicated that throughout meet-n- g all discussions were amicable. The i.roinernooa men were-sal- to reallxe the force of Director-Gener- Hlnes's argu- ment that he could make no agreement whkh would further Increase pay be- cause of the short time before the termi- nation of Federal control. The brother- hood chiefs set forth strong arguments or changes In working conditions, which 'hey hold works an injustice to certain members of their craft 73. Active Stocks Tumble as Money Rates Rise WHILE money rates advanced yesterday to the highest figure reached since the 1907 panic, stocks yielded materially. Declines recorded among the more active stocks were as fol- lows: General Motors, 31fs-Texa- s Company, 14. Mexican Petroleum, 13. American Tobacco, 114. Baldwin Locomotive, 8. I'ierco-Arro- 6. Petroleum, 6. Atlantic Gulf, 4Vi. American Woollen, 3'4. Sinclair, 3. BRITAIN TO BID FOR VAST FUNDS Bank of England Likely to liaise Interest Unto to 7 Per Cent. FOR EXPANSION OF TRADE Policy to Dominate in World's Markets Dotcctcd Exports Show Big Increase. Special Cable lieipatch to The Srs. Copyright. 1919, all right i rennet. London. Nov. 11. Bankers In tho financial district here told the corre- spondent of The Sun y that there Is a likelihood the Bank of Eng- land's rato will bo raised again, this time to 7 per cent. American bankers will not overlook tho significance of these heavy Increases. Tho yield from Treasury bills has been raised to 5V4 per cent., but tho real meaning is much deeper than a mere plan to at- tract money into Treasury bills. These licreases mean that England officially puts her stamp on a higher level of money rates and intends to enter the International money markets In order to command all the fund? she can get for tho development of her trade. Tho \financial district Is against the Increase, contending that money already Is too high In comparison with tho rates during tho war, but tho Treasury apparently is determined to establish Interest rates that will pre- vent all unnecessary borrowing and put a atop to tho practice of borrowing cheap money In London and relcndlng it at higher rates In New York. ' Threo objects wero achieved by ralelng the bank rato: money for the Treasury is assured; British 'business is freo to exploro tho world as of yore, r.iid England notifies the world she wants its money to help in the ex- ploration and is willing to pay a high rate of interest for It Tho statement that England Is de- termined to get all the money she can Iti not a mero generality; it is fully corroborated by an analysis of the fac- tors surrounding tho Increases In the bank rate. In New York a rise of 1 per cent would be forgotten overnight, but in London an lncreaso of J per cent, in tho bank rate is regarded as tho next thing to an earthquake, and such Increases never are made here except with tho most far reaching mo- tives. Increase of Exports. The trade returns for the first 'nine months of this year showed that Eng- land's exports were roundly more than 2, 000,000, 000, an Increase of DO per cent over the same poriod In 1918. This means that an extra Jl, 000,000,000 of capital will be needed to finance the increase in exports for the year. Where Is the capital to come from as further growth Is mado? The Government's expenditures are going on at the war rate and the sales of Treasury bills keep home funds busy therefore it Is necessary to have foreign capital to finance trade. It seemed a few weeks ago that Eng- land did not want any foreign capital when ehe abolished the special 4Vj per cent. Interest rate on foreign balances, but that was merely preparatory to the broader steps that she Is taking now. At that time the restriction still was In force against new private Issues of capi- tal and the British Investor had then no alternative; he was compelled to keep his money at home because of tho heavy discount on sterling exchange and there was no keen demand for it here because no new shares were coming on the market Treasury bills were comparatively easy and tho Hi per cent, for foreign balances served to attract outside funds, but that did not promote British trade. Almost every other nation, especially tho United States, was branching Into new fields, getting new markets. Of course In America the United States Government was not a heavy borrower and there waa no need for restricting capital Issues there. One new interna- tional enterprise after another came out In the United Stales and was capitalized successfully. British Endeavor Pnralvxed. Meanwhile British endeavor was para- lyzed by the restrictions here, the for- eigner being favored by a high Interest rate, the Englishman penalized by a low one. A series of bold moves' has been carried out to remedy this, each step be- ing carefully thought out, and after Its effects had become apparent other sup- plementary action was taken. First the restriction on capital Issues was lifted partly and the discrimination In favor of the foreigner was remold by abolishing the preferential Interest rate. British capital again felt Itself Continued on Fifth Pane. a NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER SHONTS TERMS OF SEPARATION ARE REVEALED Agreed to Pay Wife's Debts of $80,000 and Give Her $20,000 a Year. FUNDS FOR DAUGHTERS 4 Couple Covenanted to Act Toward Each Other for Life as if Unmarried. WILL CASE POSTPONED Attorneys Are Anxious About $50,000 Worth of Goods That Aro Missing. Details of tho 1917 agreement be- tween i Theodore P. Shonts and his wife, Mllla D. Shonts, were mado known yesterday, although the argument of tho motion before Surrogate Fowler to oust Mrs. Shonts as temporary admln- - istratrlx was postponed for ono week. At tho timo Mr. Shonts signed the agreement July 29, 1917, ho was presi- dent of the Interborough Rapid Tran- sit Company and living apart from his wlfo. In consideration of paying her debts and of tho other provisions con- tained In tho prlvato agreement Mr. Shonts agreed to allow Mrs. Shonts to live tho balance of her Ufa \as If un- married,\ and she agreed to allow him the samo freedom of action. Mrs. Shonts agreed also not \to harass, molest or annoy\ her husband or any of his friends or associates, and she guaranteed she would not begin any action or proceeding of any kind against him and would relinquish all hor dower Interest In his estate If ho performed tho covenant ho had mado In tho agreement. Sho also agreed to sign any necessary deeds or other pa-po- m to perfect the release of her dower or any claim upon his estate. The agreement rocltea tho fact of the Shonts marriage and the birth of their two cnlldren, Theodora, now tho Duchess do Chaulnes, and Marguerite, wife of Ruthcrturd Bingham, son of Oen. Theo- dore A. Blngnam. \Divers disputes\ having arisen between husband and wife, it continues, the parties to the agree- ment, Mr. and Mrs. Shonts, agreed to the contract) Agreed to Var III Wife' Debt. I In consideration of Mr. Shonts's provide for his wife and two daughters .he agreed to pay his wife's debts, which sho then estimated at 180,-00- 0. As a matter of fact her attorneys, Warren Dixon and George F. Files, say that this part of the agreement was broken by Shonts, as he paid only about $40,000 of her dtibts. Mr. Shonts next agted to pay his wife (20,000 a year during their joint lives. This provision of the agreement expired upon his death. During her life- time he kept up these payments in monthly Instalments and. It Is said, ex- ceeded the amount at times. The second paragraph of the agree- ment provides for tho establishment of a $100,000 trust fund with the Guaranty Trust Company for the benefit of his two daughters. This is entirely sep- arate and apart from a similar arrange- ment he made for their benefit in his will and, Mrs. Shonts's attorneys con- tend. Is in addition to the trust fund of f 100,000 In his will. The agreement provided, as the wilf also does, that the surviving daughter might have the entlro Income if either dies without leaving Issue. Upon the death of the daughters their children will receive the principal. In addition to this provision for the daugnters the agreement provides that $7,500 a year shall be paid by Mr. Shonts to each daughter yearly, but the total amount to each daughter, under the terms of the agreement, shall not exceed J10.0 JO each yiar. Mr. Shonts acknowldeged an Indebted- ness of $100,000 to his wife for money loaned by her to him, and agreed that this debt matured upon his death and might bo collected from his estate within twelve months after his death. This provision Is identical with the will In which he acknowledges that he owes his wife $100,000. Agreed to Live on 920,000 a Year. Mrs. Shonts agreed to support herself from the $20,000 annual allowance and not to contract any more debts upon her husband's credit Upon the calling of the motion for her removal as temporary administratrix be- fore Surrogate Fowler yesterday Mr. Files asked that the matter be put' over ono week to allow him to prepare cer- tain affidavits that he considered neces- sary. Cornelius J. Sullivan, representing ths executors under the will, which names Amanda C. Thomas, a friend of Mr. Shonts, as his residuary legatee, said: \There was fraud and deception prac- ticed upon the court, and I think the Surrogate should say whether or not there shall he delay. We are ready to go on.\ Surrogate Fcwler remarked that the name of the decedent had not attracted his attention at the time he signed the order calling upon Mrs. Shonts to show cause why she should not be removed. \It was Just an ordinary matter of routine with me,\ he added. He then granted the adjournment Mr. Files said he wanted the Surrogate to understand that the only fraud or de- ception in the case was In the mind of the opposing counsel. The motion to remove Mrs. Shonts will bo hear! on November 18. She Is trying to And out what has become of tm furnishings and' other valuables whlcn were In her husband's apartment on Fifth avenue. Mr. Files said yesterday that the apartment had been stripped of Its furnishings by some one without authority to lake away the $50,000 worth of personal property therein. At the hearing Tuesday Mrs. Shonts's attorney will ask that a date be fixed at which Mrs. Shonts may testify to show why sho should remain as temporary ad- ministratrix. She will then lay bare the story of her married life, as she now regards the real \of silence placed upon her lips by the 1917 agreement as broken. Bankers Trust Company Leases Hotel in Paris Special CatU Deipatcn to Tat Sow from the London Timet Bervtee. Copyright, M19: oil right! rettrved. TONDON, Nov. 11. The Hotel ' Bristol in Paris has been acquired by the Bankers Trust Company of New York. Seward Prosser, president of the Bankers Trust Company, said last night that his company has not bought the Hotel Bristol, but has leased the building. It will bo used as offices of a Pans branch of the Bankers Tnist Company. The Hotel Bristol is one of the most famous hotels in Paris, and was noted during the Third Em-sir- e. It stands in Place Vcndome. The Bristol has for many years been a favorite abode of visiting royalty. King Edward when Prince of Wales always stayed there when he visited Paris. ALLIES BOW TO . RESERVATIONS Europe Fears Peace League Will Be Impotent Unless U. S. Is in It. FRENCH GET ASSURANCES The \Temps Government Or- gan, Says G. 0. P. Courso Shouldn't Cause Fear. nr LAUnENCE hills. Staff Correspondent of Tnt Sex. Copyright, 1915. alt righti referred. Paris, Nov. 11. Evidence continue to accumulate that the European Gov- ernments are getting ready to accept some. If not all, of tho American reser- vation to tho peace treaty. While It was denied y In American circles that any real discussion took place at yesterday's meeting of the Supremo Council of the Peace Conference in regard to the attitude to bo assumed toward reservations; as was reported, thn fact seems to be that many In- formal conversations ore going on now on this subject, all tending to support what has been afflrmed repeatedly In theso despatches that those Powers see that the peace treaty would bo virtually meaningless without the ad- hesion of the United States. To obtain the cooperatiQ of the United States in tho execution of the treaty, which Is regarded generally as vital, these Powers are preparing to accept tho terms of the United States respecting Its responsibilities In con- nection with tho Leaguo of Nations. A remarkable editorial article in Wt night's Issue of the Temps, an almost complete reversal of former utterances, Is the most significant evidence that has appeared yet In regard to the attitude of the French Government, of which this newspaper Is tho organ. Maintaining that the reservations wero not accept- able while they were In committee, this paper, after the vote in the Senate on the first two, now sees no serious obsta- cle even in the Shantung reservation, which It calls the gravest of all. Nullification View Scouted. The Temps takes Issue flatly with those who have insisted that reservations would nullify the treaty, a view which It says Is explained perhaps by the electoral campaigns, but which the facts and the text of the treaty do not Justify. \In rejecting all amendments,\ It says, \the Senate has shown clearly that It does not require any modification of 'the treaty, but demands simply that the Allies accept the construction It places on certain clauses regarding Its own participation. If these seem to restrict the tense of the treaty, It Is so only In theory, for In fact the reservations limit themselves to setting forth restrictions which already exist In reality.\ Discussing the reservations the Temps bears out The Son's despatch of Octo- ber 25. While the first reservation re- garding withdrawal from tho League of Nations diminishes In theory the powers which have been accorded to tho council of the league, now In practice, the paper asks: \Could the council keep the United States In the league If the Ameri- can people were In such a spirit that both houses would vote to denounce the covenant?\ It advances practically the same ar- gument regarding the reservation on Article X. Regarding the Shantung' res- ervation It says : \China has not signed the treaty; therefore the question of Shantung re- mains in suspense, and If the United States reserves provisionally Its accept- ance of this, is there really any change made In the domain of realities?\ The desire of the French to curry fa- vor with the Republican party of the United States Is reflected ln(thls para- graph: \Some may say that the Republican party, which now actually Is master of the legislative power of the United States and which perhaps will be master of the executive power In sixteen months, wishes to destroy the Idea of Interna- tional solidarity on which the whole treaty rests, but this would be an Inter- pretation absolutely contrary to what we know.\ The Tempj gives excerpts frcm the papers of various Secretaries of State, including Secretary Knox, to show that tho Republicans ara actuated by prin- ciples of which France need have no fear. Slakes riea to Save League. Perhaps equally significant of the anxiety of the French Government to please the Republicans Is the demand of the Uberte, another Government organ, that Senator Hitchcock should not pre- vent the ratification of the treaty be- cause the Democrats were defeated on the reservations. \Better the treaty with these reserva- tions than no treaty at all,\ It says. \If tho League of Nations lacks anything we shall still have the treaty of alliance. Wo who nover have regarded the League Continued on FourfA Page. 12, 1919 Copyright. , IV the SNIPERS KILL 4 YETS IN PARADE; I. W. W. LYNCHED Quarters of Radicals in Cen-trali- a, Wash., Wrecked and Set Afire. MANY RUSHED TO JAIL Service Men Send Posses to Nearby Camps in Gen- eral Roundup. 60 NABBED IN PORTLAND One Leader of Crowd Attack- ing Soldiers Taken From Prison and Hanged. Special Deipatch to Tub Sen. Seattle, Wash., Nov. 11. Four for- mer soldiers wore killed and several others were severely wounded in Cen-tral- ia this afternoon when members of tho Industrial Workers of tho World fired on an Armistice Day parade of the American Legion from the windows and roofs of the I. W. W. headquarters in the Avalon Hotel Building. As a result of the shooting a mob led by former soldiers broke Into and wrecked the radicals head- quarters, and later in the night another mob took Brltt Smith, local secretary of tho I. W. W., who had been arrested, rushed him out of the city and hanged him to the timbers of a bridge on tho old Chehalls military road. The dead and wounded are: Aimiuit McEltresh, Ccntralla, man- ager Prlgmore & Sears's drug storo; killed instantly. Warren- - O. Grimm, Centralia, attorney and former football star at the Uni- versity of Washington; died of wounds. Bbn Cabsaciianda, Centralia real estate dealer; died of wounds. Dalk HUbbard ot Centralia, lumber- man, died of bullet wound in the heart George Stevens of Centralia, shot through the leg. Friscus of Chehalls, shot in leg. Watt of Chehalls, shot in arm (The parade had Just dobouched Into Tower street, tho main thoroughfaro ot jhe village, \ from Second avenue, and the band was pl&ying a spirited march- ing tune when\ the firing began from the roofs and a burst of bulleta poured into the ranks of the former soldiers. The woundod. men dropped to tho\ pavement and tho members of tho legion aban- doned the parade in wild confusion and rushed toward the headquarters of tho radicals. The three rooms occupied by tho I. W. W. organization were entered, and the books, literature and furniture were overturned and carried into tho street, where they were set on lire and burned. Torches were applied to the building, and It waa only with difficulty that the fire department saved tho struc- ture. As It was, the entire front of the place was practically wrecked. Arm and Aramultlon Found. When the former service men entered a largo quantity of arms and ammupl-irMr- h was later confiscated by tho police. They found four men in tno rooms ana a nxin waa discovered running from the building. He was pursued by Hubbard and an- other lumberman, Howard Bonner. The radical ran toward the Skoohum River and turned at Intervals to fire at his pursuers. Reaching the banks of the river, he sought refuge behind a stump, and Hubbard and Bonner tried to rush him. He fired, wounding Hub- bard, but as the latter fired Bonner Jumped on the man from behind and knocked him senseless with a blow of his fist The mob then pounced on the prisoner and tied a rope about his neck and led him back to town, shouting that they were going to hang him and all the other Reds to lampposts. The Chief of Police met the crowd and succeeded In getting the prisoner away from them. He was locked in Jail with four who had pre- viously been captured. Stevens was shot while taking a gun away from another radical at the hotel and tho man was captured. Former service men surrounded the Jail later In the afternoon and declared that while they would make no effort to reach the prisoners they would resist any attempt on the part of the police to move them to another city. Many wero armed with rifles and shotguns. A crowd of 600 persons gathered at tho Jail later in the afternoon and threatened to hang every llei they could find, and volunteer posses scat- tered through the city and tho lumber camps near by In a search for radicals. Every posso carried\ ropes and most of the members had guns. City LlKhts All Go Out. For two or threo hours late In the af- ternoon there was quiet throughout the city, but at 7:30 all light sudenly went out and a volley of shot was fired down Tearl street During this period the mob rushed the Jail guards and dragged out Smith. Then he was rushed to the bridge and hanged. His body was still dan- gling from the timbers at a late hour to- night a grim warning to other radicals. Despatches received hero ht from Portland say that the police there have begun a roundup of all men sus- pected of belonging to the L W. W. Sixty men were arrested In a raid on I. W. W. headquarters, and It is under- stood that a Bquad of epeclal police has been detailed by Mayor George Baker to search Portland for Reds. The parade In Ccntralla was In cele- bration of Armistice Day. and was Just debouching Into tho main street when the rifles began to crack and bullets poured Into the marching ranks from roof tops. Practically all of tho city's $,000 population had turned out to do honor to the men who fought In France, and the shooting came In the midst of tumultuous cheering as the men cam In sight wearing the uniforms In which they had done duty In Franco. All the killed and injured were In the military section of the parade. Bun ffl.H, and PublMng AcaUon. SECRETARY WILSON CALLS OPERATORS AND MINERS FOR NEGOTIA TIONSFRIDA Y BIG FRAUD SEEN IN WAR CLAIMS Millions Involved in Settle- ment of Army Contracts, Says Hcport to House. DEMANDS SPEEDY REVIEW Resolution Is Urged to Aid Re- covery of Vast Sums Eight Firms Named. Special Detpatch to Tno Sex. Washington, Nov. 11. Evidence Indicating fraud, Involving millions of dollars In tho settlement of eight big war contracts of the War Department, lias been found by tho House Commit-to- o on Expenditures in the War De- partment Representative \W. J, Gra- ham (111.), chairman of the committee, charged In a report to the House to- day, The committee, In the report recom- mended to tho House the adoption of a resolution calling upon the Secretary of War to rovlow tho settlements and, if the Government has been defrauded or if money is due it on tho contracts, to tako immediate steps to recover the amounts. Tho action is tho result of an Investigation extending over sov-er- al weeks by the on ordnanco whose report was approved by thp full committee. \In somo of the cases investigated,\ the report says, \they obviously seem to be tainted with fraud. In some also the committee Is of the opinion that con- structive If not actual fraud occurred, vitiating the settlements. \The committee Is of the opinion that millions of dollars are Involved In these settlements, which tho Government might havo a right to recover If a proper review of such settlements wero made. Part of the blame for this con- dition Is due to the rules adopted for the settlement of these claims and the laxness and Inefficiency ot tho Govern- ment representatives. Some Claims Investigated. \The among other things has Investigated the following set- tlement of war claims and contracts, to wit: American Can Company, New York, contract for hard bread cans; Stein-Bur- n Camp and Field Equipment Company, Chicago, contract for flrelesa cookers, cooks' chests and bread boxes; Henry Moss & Co.,( Chicago, contract for branding Irons; Briar Hill Steel Com-pan- y, Youngstown, contract for corru- gated roofing; National Enameling nnd Stamping Company, Baltimore, contract for boilers and (jetties; Standard Steel Company, Hammond. Ind.. contract for 964 Howltxer carriage: Jones & Laughlln Company, Pittsburg, contract for coke ovens, and United Metals Selling Company, New York, contract for copper. \In all these cases except the last two named salvage values woro fixed by Government agents and army officers on special facilities furnished by the Gov- ernment, sometime buildings and some- times machinery and equipment, which were. In the opinion of the committee, insufficient and unjust to the Govern- ment \In the last case cited, that of the United Metals Selling Company, Im- mense profits were made by the producers of copper by virtue of a combination of the low price of copper producers, which was ft combination aided and encour- aged by the Government, although In violation of the law of the land. neport Covers BOO rage. \The resolution originates In the on ordnance, and Is the re- sult of a very considerable Investigation the has made on certain settlements of claims made by the War Department, or by tho various claim boards under Its Jurisdiction since No- vember 11, 1918. \This Investigation as shown by tho hearings of said has taken a wide range. It has Included Investiga- tion of the rules thnt have been formu- lated by the War Department for the settlement of such claims and the ma- chinery that has been devised. It has rone Into a few of tho great mass of claims that have been adjusted, all of which is Incorporated In 500 printed pages of committee hearings and Is too voluminous to be even briefed In this \The act of March 2, under which the claims are settled, has never been tested In the courts. It Is manlfeot however, that Congress had In consideration when this act was passed the probability or nt least the possibility that some board or .body might desire to review them. The select committee has been created since the passage of that act, but there remains some doubt whether It Is such a reviewing committee of Congress as Is Intended by the language of such act. If It Is. It has no right to bring action to recover the moneys now due the Gov- ernment on said settlements, which, through the Department of Justice, can Institute the proper proceedings.\ HARD CIDER DECLARED LEGAL Does Not Contravene Dry Act, Says Revenue Official. Boston, Nov. 11. The manufacture and sale of pure apple cider, whether fermented or not. Is permissible under the prohibition regulations, acting Co- llector of Internal Revenue Andrew J, Casey 'announced Ths state- ment waa In response to Inquiries about the use of apple Juice for Thanksgiving. Cider, either sweet or hnrd, Mr. Casey said, may bo sold at the present time without regard to alcoholic content, al- though nothing njay legally bo done to lncrma Its percentage of alcohol. After January 16, 1920, however, cider can be manufactured and rold commercially only when the alcoholic -- ntent Is under one-ha- lf of 1 per cent Order Calling Off Strike Reaches Kanawha Field QHARLESTON, W. Va., Nov. 11. The 42,000 striking mine workers in District No. 17, which includes the greater part of West Virginia and a section of eastern Kentucky, were ordered .back to work by C. P. Kecney, district president, in telegrams received at district headquarters of the United Mine Workers here to- night from Indianapolis. The telegrams, which wero received by Fred Mooney, district secretary, and W. M. Blizzard, president of Sub-distri- ct No. 2, said: Strike order rescinded. Order men back to work. More than a score of miners from outlying sections who were waiting at headquarters for tho news, immediately started out to notify the men. Tho order was relayed also by telephone to the various local presidents of the Mine Workers' Union. COAL MINERS END WALKOUT Striko Leaders After Tense Conference Decide to Obey Court. NEXT MOVE IS UP TO U. S. Men Believe Their Case Is Strengthened for Coming Negotiations. Special Betptteh to The Sum. I.vMANArous, Nov. II. When the United Mine Workers, attesting their Amerlcnn devotion to law and order, called off the bituminous striko in obedience to the mandate ot tho Fed eral court hero to-d- they put the. next move in the most serious indus- trial complication in the nation squarely up to the Government and to tho coal operators. they accepted the invita- tion of Secretary of Labor Wilson to a conference In Washington on Friday, in which tho operators will tako part. Thoy have mado no response to the in- vitation of Thomas T. Brewster, presi- dent of tho operators association, for a conference on Monday of tho scalo committees ot tho central competitive Held. The \demands In this field for a six hour day, a five day week and a 60 per cent, increase in pay brought on the strike. The action of the miners In these two respects is read as presaging new demands that will embrace tho entire bituminous industry. Hoth operators and miners are not averse to such ac- tion. Representatives .of both declare that It will settle working conditions In the cool fields for years to come. Miner Strengthen Case. With the breaking of the three day tension while the officials of the miners were gathering and deciding whether or n nW fh nrilpr of the court a break that came just before dawn this morning at the end of an eignieen nour meeting of the miners' heads the miners t.tia,f that thalr nnnltlon has been strengthened .to a tremendous tactical1 degree.' .Miners' officials make no secret of the fact that now that tho miners have com- piled with the law by removing on their nar. nnv nhntrnrtlnn to the DrOdUCtton Of coal, criminal under the Lever act, they will expect the Government to eeo to it that tho operators are nem 10 an equaiiy close line. Though the miners will go intn itia tinw conferences shorn of their strike weapon they will ask, and they believe they will get, suDstanuai nt backing for their demands. t nf thn mine workers to obey the mandate of Judge Anderson nnd recall the strlKe oraer came ai me -- .t t n mAtlns flfivflcra In Itn lntenflttv. dm v .....W....O - \ ' There can bo no doubt of the fact that the miners' officials havo felt that tneir cause has been outrageously put upon, first by the operators, whom they charge with making huge profits out of war conditions from which the miners bene- fitted little if at all, and second, by the n..mn,ni In tntrrferlnr In a struggle which many of the leaders still conceive to be nobody s oustnesa out tneir own. Conservative Leaders \Win. The meeting represented a struggle first of nil by the safe and sane leader-sni- p of John L. Lewis, acting president of the United Mine Workers, and Will-Ur- n Green,' secretary-treasure- r, against the counsel of the radicals who, in the first place, forced the extreme demands. At one point of their deliberations Lewis and Green came from the mettlng room and held a strenuously whispered con- versation In an ante-roo- Lewis broke off the talk to pace nervously up and down the floor, his hands locked be- hind ' his back, while Green sat with his head bowed. After perhaps half an hour Lewis returned to the meeting! room and a little while later, at :15 this morning, he came from the room and said: Gentlemen, we will comply llh the mandate of the court We do It under protest We are Americans. We cannot fight our Government That Is all. Ills face was white and lined and his hair rumpled. \Most of his colleagues presented the samo worn nnd dis- hevelled appearance. None of the others would talk. They hastened to their own rooms to snatch a little sleep, while Continued on Second Pag$. H.IBTSIUHINE. TALKS & CO., Members jj. T. Stock Exchange, II Brotdw.r. Aiv, PRICE TWO CENTS. Attempt Will Bo Made to Settle Differences Over Wages and Hours. LONG SESSIONS LIKELY lli:i:i:ik7 UIIU ill - V- ,. .1 n \IV NON - UNIONIST INVITED Gompcrs Organization Sullen Over Striko's End and Assails Palmer Again. Special Deipateh to Tnr Sr.j. Wasuinoton, Nov. 11. Negotiations to settlo the differences between the coal miners of tho country and the coal mlno operators aro to be begun hero on Friday, probably at 11 A. M. After tho calling off of tho coal striko in Indianapolis y Secretary of Labor Wilson, as Government con- ciliator, sent telegrams to Thomas T. Brewster, chairman of the executive committee of tho operators, of tlu central competitive field; to Harry N Taylor, representing the operators affected outside of the central com-petltl- field, and to John L. Lewis, acting president of tho United Mine Workers of America, asking them to meet hero for a conference. Nego- tiations will bo resumed Just whore they were broken off In tho conference which preceded tho striko and which 'ended abruptly when the miners re fused to countermand the strike call as a preliminary to such negotiations, The Wilson message urges aU parties to npproach tho conference with an open mind, forgetting.tho past. Beforo tho message was sent out, however, Mr. Brewster, as chairman of tho operator executive committee, sent a telegram to Acting President Lewis urging tho miners to meet the operators for settlement next Monday. This telegram was despatched at 2:30 o'clock, as soon as information came of tho formal action of tho court, it was two hours later when Secretary Wilson's message was sent out after conferences 'with Government official, and labor leaders. A. P. of L. Leaders Are .Snllen, Though the strike Is called off and new negotiations are to be undertaken, officials realize that tho situation In the coal fields of tho country Is still far from settlement. There Is only one thorn In tho present situation, however, Leaders of the Federation of Labor are ' still \unreconstructed.\ The only official word from tho fed- eration y was a statement to the effect that Attorney-Gener- Palmer had dodged tho Issue In an xchange of public statements with the Federation leaders. No reference wa made to the calling off of the strike. There can bo no doubt that certain Federation leaders were flabbergasted at the action of tho leaders of the mine workers and they have been left out on the slang-fable- d limb. The Federation still stands antagonistic to the 'Govern- ment's action nnd the Injunction, though the whole thing has been settled. Cer- tain leaders. howev,r talc th Hnirir.rt view that the demands of tho miners have not lieen settled and that labor's powers will be demonstrated In a series ot great strikes in protest unless labor's Just demands are met. The Federation takes tho view that the demands of the miners for a ehort week and greatly Increased pay are Jus- tified. It will continue to support them and significant statements were made, that the present contract expires next tpring wnetner me war is technically ended then or not. Loner, lllttrr Fight Llkelr. There Is no masking the fact that the negotiations to bo undertaken by Sec- retary Wilaon will be long and marked by much bitterness. The operators and miners are far apart. If they cannot agree nnd an attempt Is made to bring a settlement through arbitration or by a tribunal no matter how erected, labor will fight The miners and Federation leaders are opposed to arbitration and they want no compromise. It will take a great amount of persuasion to get them to enter on a settlement by arbitration or by a disinterested tribunal with a guar- antee to accept the conclusions reached In either case. A significant feature in the present situation Is that the coal priority order and distribution by the Railroad Admin- istration la not to bo halted. The hug quantities of ctorage coal held by th Government In railroad cars, the amount of which did not become known until will be kept up. Cars will b dellvrred only when \empties\' ore need- ed at the mines, and as much coal as possible will be kept on hand for emer- gency use. Wider discretion will be used on the priority list and those In the greatest need will bo cared for first In deliveries without particular regard to priority placing. Every consumer who receives coal wltl be compelled to dump cars quickly that they may be rushed baclc to the mints. With every coal user hav In? a full knowledge of the situation Wn... a ti,.IM im p,upi. iinn1l hv tl heap, ara xntrtrl. nnrl thiA eftnrtm m will be furthered by the Government so far as Is consistent with tho necessity of maintaining a public reserve. , nlje Ememenpy flnpply Held. It developed y that the Itnllroad Administration through Its distributing system has something like 15,000,000 ten or bituminous coai in cars. Thi. with the production fiat was comln
