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COAL FAMINE SEEN DESPITE STRIRE END v Amcdco J. Casoy Expects an Early Fcaco, but Snpply Is Too Short. CAR SUPPLY IS BLAMED, Plenty of Anthracite at MlnoR to Itclcaso Bituminous at Tidewater. N Amedee J, Casey, editor of the Amert-N- ii Coal Journal, said yesterday after having made a countrywide study ot th bituminous coat situation that even 1C the miners return to work by December 1, a contingency ho doubts, thero 1 o'ound to be a shortage of bituminous. coal In this country and throughout tho cal consuming world. Mr Casey said he believed tho mm operators and miners will come to a. ntlsfactory agreement within the- - next fw days, nevertheless so much valuablo time will have been lost that a coal hort-I- 9 Is Inevitable, \Since the Government again assumed control of the coal distribution and prices, the Industry ha been surrounded by a kind of haze through which two fids stand out plainly: The members of the United Mine Worker of America bve not returned to work In any appre- ciable numbers In spit of tha rescind Inn of the strike order, and the distribution of available coal has been handled in wch a manner that there la a scarcity at some points and such a congestion at other points as has led to the placing ot embargoes upon further shipments. \When the pinch of scarcity Is felt In the mlddlo West, for Instance, and pas. unier trains ar eannulled. Industries closed down and talk Is had of fuellesa dys and Ushtleaa nights tho. fact that Mvera! thousand cara ot bituminous coal are blocking the tracks at tidewater terminals shows plainly that something la not working properly. \In view ot tho tact that under CJov ernment rules coal cannot be exported tad bunkering of rwols Is reduced to barren requirements the needs of East- ern points for bituminous coal are not particularly heavy. The Industries, con. cerned have available large tonnage or anthracite steam sties which havo been accumulated at the mines ,ln the course of production of hard coal. These coals can be moved readily to Eastern points and would release a great quantity of bituminous which cannot be exported nd which Is being held at tidewater. \Car supply Is not functioning- prop- erly Some of the n mines arc letting a 100 per. cent, supply, but a great many others are not, and this is. causing trouble. As a matter of fact, the lullroad Administration has not pro- vided thoroughly sufficient car service at any time this year. \So far as labor Is concerned, It Is not possible to compel the miners to work. But large numbers are restrained by some Influence which Is not entirely clear, but that Is known to involve fear of unpleasant action by the radical o!e-p- in tha United Mine Workers. There Is a possible additional reason ' why coal mining has not been resumed, and this Is connected with Intimations of bad faith in sending out the order calling off the Etrlke. There Is a bylaw in the regu'atlons governing the United Mine Workers that official communications must bear the letter head and seal of the organization In order to be binding. Word comes from all districts controlled by the United Mine Workers that the rescinding order was not sent out In the proscribed form and that tho radicals have prevented the resumption of work, taking advantage of the technicality. \The operators nra faced with nt or State operation of their properties. Their ambition Is to con- clude an agreement with the miners which will not only permit an early re- turn to normal operation and give the miners a fair wago but that will place as little burden as possible upon the con- suming public, which. In the end. Is the party most affected. Only a few days aro Dr. Girfleld, Federal Fuet Admin- istrator, submitted figures which demon- strated beyond the possibility of doubt that the public will haw to pay for an iacreasa In the cost of production.\ SEES SHIVERING CITY IF COLD SNAP COMES Kings Co. Lighting Co. Head Issues Warning. The coal shortage, combined with un- settled Industrial conditions, Is so acuta as to threaten \a repetition of tho scare that New Yorkers had during the cold snap of the winter of 1J17-1918- ,\ to a statement sent to newspa- pers yesterday by Ralph Klsman, of the Klng3 County Lighting Company, which supplies gas to Bay Ridge, Bath Beach. Bensonhurst, Bor- ough Park and other parts of South Brooklyn. On the other hand, the situ- ation was reported as not especially alarming by C. W. Wilder of the New Vork Edison Company, who represents all the lighting companies of New York in me matter of allocation of coal, 1m VI , . il. 1.1- 1- ' . mi. daman BBHeu ins nuuuc lor \The situation, as viewed by my com- - h as rerlous It was at anv time Murine the war. and unless there Is very prompt relief granted I look to ' the future for alarming development;, I particularly if thero should be any ox-- 1 tended period of cold weather. Weio we able to Into tho open market and Hi against others for our supply ofi material and labor It might bo possible ' to pull without difficulty, but the Klman ''nai committee of and Service rtflllnr. wllh rtMrna,1 Admlni'tratlon. he saw no being alarmed unless present condi- tion? continued thirty days more ald that present deliveries coal New York one-ha- lf of normal, that pryurally .I.rmpanlra In .viuoiiaated company \serve to last them a month and a JRd In case of a pinch this would \ri7 distributed wherever It mlto mZ tZ,iittnZn Friday where cohI. no understood that got It Kentucky Trains Taken Lcitxaraw. kv Tymin- - and Nashville to-d- six local irom iitcra save Two Arrests Are Mad for Breaking Coal Writ piTTSBUBG, Nov. 22. Two ar- rests connection with Federal investigations of re- ported attempts to obstruct coal mining operations wero made to- day, according: announcement ht by United States District Attorney E. Lovjry Humes. The prisoners, Pete Haywood and Mike Zclln, both of Crucible, near Wayncsburg, Fa., were taken in custody by Department of Justice agents, who nsacrtod that miners had complained that tho two men t tried to prevent thorn from re- turning to work. Haywood and Zella, employed as miners Cruclblo before the strike, held in $1,000 bail oach for a hearing before United States Commissioner Roger Knox hero noxt Wednesday. SAYS MINERS CHEAT U. S. IN STRIKE ORDER Coal Association Man Sees Court Action Nullified. Cuvxlakd, Ohio, Nov. 22. Charges that tha coal miners' officials' compliance with the court order to call off tha strike was not Issued In good faith wero mado to-d- by George II. Cushlng, managing director of tho American Wholesale Coal Association, In an ad- dress before the City Tho withdrawal order submitted to the by the miners, he aald, was not on the official letterhead of union containing the official and waa not an official withdrawal, but \a trick deceive our Federal courts.\ Mn Cushlng declared that the de- mands of tho miners were met an In- crease of 125 per cent In the cost of coal to the consumer would result. He read figures designed to show a six hour day nnd flvo day week would wipe out the productive capacity for a year of 310,000 men. The miners' union, he said, practised, a \studied nullification ot every effort ot the operator to reduce cost of pro- ducing a ton of coal.\ They havo tried to prevent use of labor saving ma- chinery, limit the number of men to load coal from these machines and through other demands to make their use unprofitable, Sir, Cushlng declared. Commenting on the Government's ef- forts to obtain a settlement of the con- troversy, Mr. Cushlng \tho stage was set that the operators wero left no doubt what would be accep- table.\ Fuel Administrator Garfield placed before tho miners operators In Washington President tele- gram 'requesting him sit In at the conference \as a of\ unofficial ad- viser. Mr. Cushlng enld. adding: Thus was allowed ba known that the Doctor acting the personal representative of the President.\ U.S. TO RUN MINES IF PARLEY FAILS Pittsburg Hears Property Will Be Seized in Two Days. Social Dupalch Tn Sex. PirrsnuRa, Nov. 23. Information re- ceived by Government officials hero to-d- was that the United States Govern, ment would end the strike within forty-eig- hours unless the miners and coal operators came definite under- standing, which would assure the re- sumption of the mines Immediately. It was said tho Government would over tho mines, operate them and the operators what they would receive for their coal and tho miners In wages. It further was learned tho Govern- ment dissatisfied with the manner in which the whole coal situation has been handled Intends to see Justice donu the public Immediately. Secretary of Labor Wilson's compromise offer ot a 31 per cent. Increase to the miners. is held In Pittsburg, means accepted the, public must an Increase of 60 cents a ton for coal at tho mines. Pittsburg coal operators asserted that an Increase proposed would pay on Increase of J750.000.000 a year for coal. STEEL STRIKE CHIEFS ARE HELD ON FELONY Criminal Syndicalism Is Youngatown Charge. yoUNdSTOWK, Ohio, Nov. 22. Charged with criminal syndicalism, J, E. McCad-de- n, secretary-treasur- of the steel Etrlke committee for tho Youngstown district; John Kllnskl, Washington county, Pennsylvania, and Frank Ko-ras- Scranton, Pa., coal organisers, arrasted In Youngs- town they returned from a strikers' at Cdltsvtlle. All released hearing morning under 3,000 bond each. The arrests were made by two county deputies East Youngstown po- licemen, who charged that a deputy on duty at the meeting had been forced to nee for his life. They declared tha three men, speakers at the meeting, had urged a big demonstration for Ion-da- y morning, when will be held the funeral of a striker who died yester- day from gunshot wounds. The two coa( organisers are eaia down 'the of a policeman who Is believed have Bhot the striker who died. Threat kill the policeman and his family also made, tho police salaV The arrosts the first In this ectlon under tho syndicalist act recently passed by the Legislature. Promoters of a cltliens organization suppress violence in connection with the Bteel strike announced to-d- that tcctlon. STATE GIVES UP JONES. North Dakota Supreme Conrt Fa- vors Owners in Decision. Wilton. N. D., Nov. 22. BISMARCK, N. D., Nov. 32. The North Dakota Supreme Court to-d- sustained action ot District Judge W. L Nuersle ot Bismarck tn ordering Gov. Lynn J. Frailer and Adjt-Ot- rn,m immrtiiiiv tn owners the lignite mines seized and operated oy me aia-.e- . The Supreme Court denied the appll cation of William Lemke, tho Leaaue. actlnr counsel for Gov. Fraxler, for an InJunc- - resiraiiiins .uuo ..ucaic uvlu w forcing his order. . dose cooperation conservation, an J have declared against private owner-ta'- d: hin. nnd have advocated burning- - pan go through private- - wnn our funds limited we find ourselves i they had obtained more man z.uuu sign-I- n a predicament that Is without paral- - crs, who will contribute a small sum W In the history of gas companies. ) oach toward reenforclng city officers and Neatly half a million people are de- - for rewards for convictions. Pendent on my company for fuel for j Leaders In the movement say that rtlng and rooking, and any Interrup- -. many cases of workmen being badly tlon our service will bo a catastroph beaten and of threats against their for a shutdown will mean that the sup-- , families have not reached police, fly will have to be cut off for a con-.an- d that the situation Is much worse tlderahle period.\ J than police records show. No open dls- - Mr. said his company had not order has been reported for the last len able acquire a sufficient coal three days. re-v- e \because of tho Inadequacy ot I A committee of workmen from the Re-- ur rate.\ public Iron and Steel Company Visited Mr Wilder, who represents the Ni-'cl- ty officials and asked for more pro- - Gas Electric I In th said reason for for lie of In were from to nnd the metro East of North Dakota this afternoon a pretty good ,ui- - ndsr mninX ot th, Washburn Coal Company's to th, owners. e New York Kdlson Company and llgnltejnlnes oas have enough half, be was needed, ne way cn 11 could get no It 'It Off, Vnv it rrv vie Railroad dls- - \Kiura trains central i to t Kentucky to coai I in to at were her Club. court tha seal to It that the to aald so in as to had and Wilson's to sort It to was as to coal to take tell and Is It If pay were as mertlng were for Monday and two that 10 house to to were were to The State the th nt as uon In to as Is as in to NEW DEADLOCK IN THE COAL PARLEY Continued from Pint Fat- - Ing rates up to tho equivalent ot the present cost of living. Bays Flaa Is Fair to All. \These mining rates have always been accepted as the bailo prices upon which flat advances or decreases should be computed In order to avoid changing the differentials between different kinds of mining. Assuming that the Pittsburg and Hocking Valley rates and the Dan- ville and Indiana bituminous rates have equal weight, and taking the average, we arrive at 27.12 cents per ton as the Increase that would be necessary to bring the miners to the equivalent of the present increase tn the cost of living, which would be fair to the public, fair to the operators and fair to the miners. \Ah Increase of 17.13 cents per ton would be 30.94 per cent Increase on the present Pittsburg and Hocking Valley rates, and 32.28 per cent Increase on the present Danville and Indiana bitumi- nous rates, or an average Increase of 31.61 per cent Applying this Increase to the rate to drivers, which has. always been the basic rate upon which .a flat advance to day wage workers has been computed, we get 31.61 per cent of II, or tl.SS. as the advance per day In tha wages of day men. - \On the same basis yardage and dead-wor- k should be !ncreased31.61 per cent. To summarlxe : There should be a flat Increase In mining rates of 27,13 cents a ton, a flat increase Jn day wages of tl.CS and an increase In yardage and deadwork of 31.61 per cent\ Acting President Lewi of the mine workers refused to specify the sinister Influences which, he aald, were at work to check the operators. He added that strong pressure waa being brought to' bear by great Interests and that the conference meetings were haunted and shadowed by the Influences to chuck the operators In a fair settlement. It Is understood that he Is referring to the same Influences that stood pat and broke the steel strike. Plaint Mado r Operators. \The proposal made by Secretary Wil- son would Increase the machine mining rate 118 ptr cent, over 191 and Increase day wages 131 per cent.,\ the executive committee of the operators held In a statement authorised by Mr. Brewster. \The proposal Is based on the wrong premise. Wo offered to submit our alle- gation In this connection to any fair tribunal, but the offer waa not accepted. They simply asked us to take this and refusod to glvo answers to any of our objections. \Mr. Wilson baaed his estlmatea not only on pick mining, but upon two dis- tricts Hocking Valley and Danville where the conditions are most favorable to the miners. We said that about 30 per cent. Increase would more than cover the difference In Jiving cost between 1914 and y, when previous Increases are Included. \Tho Wilson proposal says 31.61 per cent, would cover the coat ot living. We say the Wilson proposal means an ac- tual Increase of 40 per cent, and we canoot accept it In fairness to ourselves and to the nubile Wo have come to an Impasse. We went beyond what we thought was Just. On our own respon- sibility we can make no more conces- sions. i'We want to emphaslio the fact that Secretary Wilson was summoned to the conference yesterday, when his proposal waa submitted to the miners. We un- derstand and think It is generally known that he had consulted with John Lewis. \Thero Is nothing we can do In the face of tills proposal unless we glvo away all that we own, and we are not actually giving away our own money, but that ot the American public \When the conferenco ended yester- day our feeling was that we might as well go away, but with the Interests of the country at stake we decided that we would wait until Monday to see If tho Government has any Instructions to give. There Is nothing more that we can do on our own responsibility eo far as the proposal by Secretary Wilson Is con- cerned. \In connection with Secretary Wilson's proposal, we called his attention In tho confei-cnc- yesterday to the fact that In figuring out the percentage of Increase for driver he had loft out of considera- tion one of the biggest Increases which has been granted since 1914. To this statement He gavo no answer whatso- ever. We consider the whole thing a partisan proposal. \We would like to emphasize the fact that the mine workers refused all of our propositions for compulsory arbitration. \We feel that, as President Wilson stated that tho public Interest Is para- mount, we are going to stay hero until Monday.\ 26 OF PIER LOCALS REFUSE PAY AWARD Charges to Be Made Against O'Connor, Says Butler. Representatives of twenty-si- x long- shoremen's locals met yesterday at Twenty-sixt- h street and Thirteenth avenue and voted to refuse to accept the basic wage scale award of eighty cents an hour, with 31.20 an hour for over- time, made by the , National Ad- justment Commission and announced Friday. Richard J. Butler, chairman of the meeting, said a committee of three had been named to prefer charges against Tv V, O'Connor, president of tho International Longshoremen'o As- sociation, to the International executive board and to demand his Immediate removal. F. Paul A. Vaccarelll said the award win do uuiuiug uiiiu 1920. Extra provided ling wet hides, explosives, and cargoes. 1,300 COLORADO MINERS QUIT. Union nccotrnltloa Demanded by 700 Denver Supply Dancer. DxNvxn, 22. Seven hundred coal rrtrrn C1TTXT OTTXinAV XTmrPMPPP 9Q 1Q1Q 4f 19 iiAimAnTmAnn mm DRAGS WIFE UNDER in-- u m i a n iuim'iiijiii mjl.e.nih.nl.i!.au ai.tvc.ivj uuuu iv hi nuuirui. uWUSiiUKu MU rp;. ;,TiE.F U- - ftUWHlft ON the presidency ,MllllB . PEACE AGREEMENT i Terms Engineered by Hays Will Bo Submitted to \Biff Six\ To-da- y. PBESS FEEDEBS TO STICK Pressmen to Consider Offer to Boafflliato \With Inter- national Union. After a three hour conference with the officials ot Typographical Union No. 0 In the Imperial Hotel ytsterday afternoon John W. Hays, socretary of the Interna-tion- al TyDoaranhlcal Union, said ha was confident that a plan had boon devised that will settle tha nrlntlng controversy so far aa the compositors are concerned Mr. Haves would not say what tni plan Is. but It will be submitted to \Big Six\ at a meeting this afternoon In the New Star Casino, Park avenue and 107ti street. The oressmen will also meet In Bee thoven Hall, Fifth street, and consider a proposition to reafflliate with the In ternational Pressmen's Union. If wo leaders of the return-to-wor- k movement can pass this resolution over the heads of the stand patters It will mean the virtual end of the strike that has tied up the book and Job printing trade here for eight weeks. The press feeders, 8,000 of whom ara also striking, met In Cooper Union yes- terday and decided to stick to their They accepted an invitation trn Hi. nmemnn. hOVSVCr. tO SOlld a committee to consult with tho pressmen on the reafraiatlon propoaaL James J. Bagioy, preamn. feeders' union, made every member his card at the door to the cards can be counted and the actual number of strikers still In favor of going on with the fight can be learned. He estimated 2.600 men were In the hall and said that the claim of MaJorJQeorge L. Berry, International president, that 1,200 feed- ers had returned to work was refuted, becauso there are only 3,000 men In the union. Tha Allied Printing Trades Council has retained Jeremiah T. Mahoney as counsel tn their effort to restrain M. B. Brown Printing Company from using the union label on Its work. Tha Brown Company has made terms with tho secessionists. Prerident Leon De Veie of the Allied Council said this step was not' takon sooner because the Brown Company had city election con- tracts to complete. WEB PRESSMEN TO KEEP CONTRACTS Entirely Satisfied With Agree- ment With Publishers. iNPUjroroLis, Nov. 22. In accord- ance with a resolution adopted by the convention of United Association of Newspapor Wob. Printing Pressmen and Juniors of North and South America at their convention In St. Louis this week, Frank J, Pylo of Pittsburg, president, and John T. Taylor of Detroit, nt of the union, conferred here y with H. N. Kellogg, labor com- missioner of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, on the status of the new pressmen's organization. Mr. Pyle said the new organization purposed to observo all contracts with the newspapers and issued the follow- ing statement after the conference: \We are entirely ratlsfled with our conference with Mr. H. N. Kellogg, labor commissioner of tho American Newspaper Publishers' Association, to- day In that he stated that no straws will be placed In the path of tho United Association of Newspaper Web Printing Pressmen .and Juniors of North nnd South America no long as we direct our affairs legitimately, which wo will en- deavor to do at all times.\ GOMPERS ASSAILS ANTI-STRIK-E ORDER Says V. S. Officials Broke Pledge to Labor. Washington, Nov. 22. In an address before the Central Labor Union here to. night Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, reiter- ated his ctalm that tho securing of an Injunction ordering United Mine Work- ers' officials to cancel the coal strike order waa a direct violation of a pledge given to labor by high Government off- icials at the time of tho passage of the Lever food control act. He said that labor officials were prom- ised the would not be applied to .workers In the case of strikes or walk- outs. He also quoted telephone conver- sations between Secrotary Wilson and himself recorded by his stenographer and from correspondence with Secretary Wilson regarding the application ot the Lever act Mr. Gompers read excerpts from the B. Schneider Charles Eugene Schneider, head ot the Creusot Iron president of the Iron and Steel Institute ot France and the man who gave France the fa- mous \Seventy-five.- \ recognized by ord- - nance exports as the greatest neid tlllery weapon ever designed, will Iv frmn Ktvn Institute of Technol- - ogr morning the honorary had been rejected because the general conorf tonal Record quoting statements committee had decided It would not ty Representative Lever (S. C.) to tho recogntzo O'Connor as Its representative tfft0 that the Lever bill was never ln-a- because he was a member ot the tended to repeal or amend the labor Commission. ) visions of the Clayton anti-tru- act. \This does not mean thero will be a jjs ajso declared the American Federa-ne- w strike,\ Vaccarelll said. \Whllo jon e Labor only withdrew its oppoal-rejecti- the award, the locals have loft tlon to the Lover act after Secretary to each individual longshoreman the Wilson had assured him that President privilege of deciding what his action Wilson desired the bill to be passed at shall be. If they choose to remain at once as a wartime measure and would work as Individuals they may do so. not only have District Attorneys In-a- probably they will pursue that jtructed not to bring cases against course. No pressure will be brought to workers under It. but would also lend bear on them.\ I his personal Influence toward amend- - Tho Adjustment Commission yester- - ment of the Lever act so as to nullify day announced nn award of eighty cents provisions to Which labor objected. an hour, with 31.20 an hour overtime, J tor the longshoremen In the Gulf Coast I District. Friday's announcement sp--1 DEGREE 3TOR OREUSOT HEAD, plied only to tho Atlantic coast Tho new scale Is to go Into effect December 1 8(eTen, initiate o Honor Charles ana ecpbcuiuvr v pay la for hand- - naphtha some other in Nov. the the act as Works, miners in me iiormwii umumuu uviua degree of doctor or engineering, left their work according to their m, Schneider, who came to America leaders, \on an Indefinite vacation,\ do- - to attend as president of the French In- - mandlng union recognition. duitrial Commission to tho United States. i If the men do not return a serious the International trade conference In fuel situation will exist here, dealers Atlantic City, direct thirty Industrial say. and manufacturing plants employing Properties of the Colorado Fuel and 150,000 workmen. He Is of Lorraine de-Ir- Company In Fremont county and scent and Is the grandson of the founder at Created Butte. Col., wore closed to of th Creusot company. While hero M. day when 600 employees walked out, Schneider will receive also th gold alleging discrimination against union medal of the American Mining and Met- roes. . , ,..u j&llurylcal Inrtltut. ; I V Louis Oreenberg, 32, bookblndor, of 13 Norfolk street patched up his differences with his wife, Kate, 3T, from whom he had separated, with a plea yesterday for a reunion on tho birthday of one of their children, Loula H. The children since the separation have been under care at a home for Jewish chil- dren at Seaside, Rockaway Beach. Mrs. Greenberg went reluctantly to meet her husband In Brooklyn where they were to buy presents for the child. She told nurses at the home, where she baa been employed as an attendant, she feared he might harm her, owing to his exces- sive Jealousy, Greenberg met her as ha had ap pointed, and together they went to tho! East New Tork station of the Long Island Railroad bound for the home at Seaside. Commuters noticed the ap- -' parent affection of the man for the woman. Ho kissed her several times as the train drew In. As thn head car drew abreast, of the station Greenberg caught his wife about tho waist and Jumped to tho tracks, dragging her wiut him. The motorman jammed down the brakes, but he was not quick enough. Greenberg's body was caught against! the brake shoe and the third ralL He died Instantly. Mrs. Greenberg In a miraculous manner escaped, although she may die from her Injuries. Patrol- man Charles Brown, waving back others from the dangerous third rail, saw Mrs. Greenberg crawling from beneath the socond car, and assisted her to the plat- form. Her fingers had been cut from one hand, and there were such severe outs and gashes about her head, body and legs It Is not believed aha will live. Despite her condition, Mrs, Greenberg retained consciousness until an ambulance arrived. \Is my husband dead?\ she aaktd. She waa told he was alive. \I cannot care, really,\ she said. \I was afraid of him.\ A moment later she bocimo unconscious. At the Sea- side Sanitarium it was said Mrs. Green-br- g took her children thera two weeks ago, and appealed for employment until alio recovered her health. LABOR PARTY ASKS 'RETURN OF RIGHTS' Chicago Convention Will De- mand Nationalization of All Utilities. CincAco, Nov, 22. Max S. Hayes of Cleveland was elected chairman of the convention of the National Labor party, which organised to-d- and is expected to continue through noxt Tuesday. A committee on committees composed of forty-seve- n men and three women was selected this aftorncon and immediately went into aeparato session. One man was ihoscn for the commit-te- e from among the delegates of each of the forty-Eove- n States represented, and the threo women, Mrs. Madge Argo, Joliet, III.: Miss lloso Schneidermnn, New York ,and Miss Agnes Nestor, Chi. eago, were chosen from the assembly at ' large At the \get together\ session ot the women's section ot the Labor pa'tV Mlis Mary Oawthropo of Lon-do- n. representing the British Labor party, waa the principal speaker, Ml.'a Uose Henderson ot Montreal also spoke. Chairman Hayes, who delivered the keynote speech, announced that the del gates would go on record for \the ab- solute restoration of the rights of free speech, free press and publlo assembly which have been curbed since the Inau- guration of the coal strike, especially In Pennsylvania.\ \We will lavor the nationalization of all railroads along the line of the Plumb plan.\ ho continued. \Wo are In com- plete agreement on these points. The nationalization of the mines and other tnductries closely connected with the publlo welfare will be discussed. We shal Idemand tho nationalization of pub- lic utilities and the abolition of nt by Injunction. We shall op- pose militarism, a large standing army and the uso of soldiers in times of striken\ Chairman Hayes assorted further that the old political parties were failures: Congress nt the session Just closed had done nothing but talk, chiefly about the League of Nations, In the success or failure of which he said he found he found the average worker not Interested. Congress, he said \i holding over the League of Nations In order to have fomcthlng to talk about\ and to divert the workers' minds from the high cost of living nnd other economlo subjects... FARMERS' COUNCIL ASKS LABOR'S VOTE Cooperative Programme Goes to Federation. Cmcxoa. Nov. 22. Government con trol cf finance, the railroads, the meat1 packing Industry and active participa- tion in politics were the principal points In a cooperative programme for farm- - ( era and workers as adopted to-d- at the final ses3ion of the conferenco of repre- sentatives of farm and labor chiefly sponsored by tho, Farmers' National Council. A committee was appointed to present tho programme to the American Federation of Labor and railway at their conferenco to be held In Washington December 15. Resolutions declaring tha conference would support \tha best man for the ofllee\ regardless of party and position In politics and calling for a two year extension of Federal control of the railroads to provide tlmo for \a fair and American plan\ of ultimate solution of the problem, wero adopted. Tho legislative programme called for enactment of the Kenyon-Anderso- n bill for Federal regulation ot the packing Industry: legislation \compelling the financial beneficiaries of the war, as far as possible, to pay for the cost of the war\ by high taxation on Incomes, estates and war profits: legislation \to end the concentration and control of the credit and financial resources of the country in the hands of a few private Interests and to make the financial and credit systems of America the servants ot th peoplo through cooperative credit and through retaining tn the hand 6f the Government the right and power to utilize or direct the country' financial resource so that credit shall Be avail- able to farmers and all other citizens on nnd to the people In ac cordance with their responsibility and I character.\ Pensions Cominlisloner Realign, WASUtNOToN, Nov. 23. Qaylord M. Saltzgaber, Commissioner of Pensions, has resigned and his resignation has been accepted by Secretary Lane, It waa announced y at the Interior nmirrntv v nrminnn IU n I ill I 111. li k IJIJI Oil LKIJ A fiLUNUM Head of Central of Now Jorsoy Says Government Should Keep Hands Off. SISSON FOR HIGHER RATES Gcorgo Foster Pcahody Among Advocates of Public Owner- ship at Academy Session. Tho problem of what Is to be dono wIUi the railroads waa discussed from every standpoint that of the railroad operator, labor man, banker, political economist publla and lawyer, at the final sessions yesterday of the annual meeting of the Academy ot Political Sci- ence at the Hotel Astor. On only one point did the various speakers, prominent In their own field, agree. That point waa that the rail- road problem was the most Important confronting the public to-d- and that 1Vi publlo Itself was far too Indifferent Concerning It The practical railroad man tn the dis- cussion was W. O. Besler, president and general manager ot tne central jtau-roa- d of New Jersey. Mr. Besler pre- dicted the fall ot prices and wages. though not to the pre-w- ar scale, baaing his belief upon a quotation printed in The Burr from Col. Emmons Clark's History ot the Seventh Regiment, which told of the Inflation and speculation fol lowing the civil war, which culminated In the panic of 1873. He characterized Government control as a war measure aa a \blunder whlo Its now acknowl- edged failure demonstrates and proves.\ 3Ir. Besler'a Conclusion. The conclusions reached by Mr. Bes ler were summarized by him as follows The relations between the railroads and their employees ara per ee generally satisfactory, or can be mane so. A large majority of the rank and tile desire to have the railroads returned to their owners and former relations re stored. The charge that railroad men are profiteering I no more deserved than a similar charge against practically every ether class of labor might be. To do their part toward reducing the high cost of living the employees tn rail- road service should cooperate actively tn those efforts and measures which will Increase the volume ot transportation produced without further Increasing the cott of .production. The brotherhoods, under conservative leadership, can be made the medium for constructive effort to the mutual advan- tage of the company and Its employees. The labor provisions of the Etch bill are Impractical and Impossible of accom- plishment All class laws should be repealed. Tho Government should keep hands oft and confine Itself to its proper function of governing. We subscribe to and endorse the oft repeated declaration as printed In Tub Svx that In the conduct ot business matters \the touch of tho hand of Gov- ernment Is the touch of death.\ Small Harden in Higher Ilntes, Francis II. Bisson. of the Guaranty Trust Company, came out strongly against public ownership. He denied that there Is a dollar of \water\ In railroad capital as a whole. \There need be no fear of materially Increasing the cost of living by allowing railroad capital a living wage, for in- crease In freight rates have but a slight effect on tho general cost of living, as compared with other factors,\ he said. \This Is demonstrated, to clto only one specific example, by the fact that the item of transportation, computed from the shipping of a steer on a ranch to the selling of a pair of shoes In a retail store, enters Into tho cost ot tho shoes only to the extent of 5 cents a pair. So railway rates cannot be hold respon- sible for the Increase In the selling price of shoes which formerly retailed at 15 and now cost $12,\ He argued that If railroads are brought to tho vergo of bankruptcy tho cost ot living would mount because In- creased production would be Impossible. Y A strong defence of public ownership was made by Albert M. Todd, president of the Publlo Ownership League of America, who charged that the great public utilities \practically have become the financial and political masters of the people, for by means of unjust sales, made possible by fictitious capitaliza- tion, dishonest financing, and Illegal practice, they have grown so powerful as largely to atontrol law and govern- ment.\ He also asserted that \the forces of special privilege\ aro towing the seeds of anarchy by their actions. George Foster Peabody, banker, was another supporter of public ownership. Mr. Peabody In the discussion following the reading of papers pointed out the danger ot a possible panic If the rail-roa- d, the finances of some of which are In a precarious situation, are thrown back Into private ownership abruptly. Ho advocated Government control for two or five years longer In order to permit a careful study of the situation, as he said the railroads cannot possibly hope to borrow the six billion dollars they need for Improvement and main- tenance from the people. Other speakers wero Frederic c. Howe, formerly Commissioner of Immigration, who also advocated public ownership, W. N. Doak. vice president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Wil- liam Church Osborn, Emory R. John- son, Dt'an of Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, University of Pennsyl- vania; Harry T. Newcomb, Richard Waterman, of the United States Chamber of Commerce, and Herbert C. Pell, a Representative In Congress. $12,500 WAR BONDS STOLEN. Burglars Alio Get Bunch of Grape inLoft Building;. More than 312,500 In United States and Italian war bonds, a ticket for the Actors' Memorial Day benefit perform- ance In the Cort Thej-tr- December 6, for which 31,000 had been subscribed, oeveral hundred dollars in cash and i pound of Tokay grapes wero taken by burglars from 148 West Twenty-thir- d street Thursday night. Twelve establish- ments In the office and loft building were entered, the principal loss being suffered by Alfredo and Humbert Jor-man- l, proprietors of the Prcmlor Em- broidery Works on tho ninth floor. Their safe was blown. The grapes wm taken from the ofllee of the Arrow Nov- elty Company after the thieves' troub'e In Jimmying the safe In that office had netted them only $3. There were large quantities of valua- ble silks In he building, and In one of- fice a bundle had been made ready for removal It Is hoped that tho pollen will be able to get finger prints from loroe of tho rifled safes. Entrance wa gained to all ot the offices by means ot u Jimmy. Airmen to Join Legion. At a dinner at the Clarldg; Hotel last night members of the 200th and 201st Aerc Squadrons decided to Jotn In the organization of a national chapter of the American Legion. Headquarters will be setahllshed at 10 Maiden lane and posts will be formed here and In Boston, Phli- - A&pla and Chicago. V May Not Announce His De cision Until January. ' Paws, Nov. 23. Premier Clemenceau whllo resting at Vendee la examining Into various questions In connection with forming a new Ministry and la expected to mako a decision regarding his1 pos sible candidacy for tho Presidency of the French Republic. M. Clemenceau left the impression among his Intimate friends that he did not doslra to become President ot the republic. Nevertheless, it appears that nc one among those nearest to him has ventured to ask him directly whether he will accept the Presidency. All other candidates seem to De wait- ing upon the Premier's decision before formally entering the field. Among these are Paul Deschanel, Alexandre MUlerand, Alexandra nibot, Antonln Dubost Charles Jonnart, Rene vlvlanl and Leon Bourgeois. M. Clemenceau In any event Is not likely to announce his decision until shortly before the election by the French National Assembly, which will meet In tho latter part of January, the date not yet having been fixed definitely. No one seems to doubt that M. Clemenceau would bo elected trlth little opposition, except possibly from the extreme So- cialists. Each of the various candi- dates, recognizing the great Influence of M. Clemenceau with the new Parlia- ment, hopes to have his support should he resolutely decline to be a candidate himself. f HUSZAR CONFIRMED HUNGARY PRESIDENT Form of Government to Be Decided January 20. Bupamist, Nov, 21 (delayed). At a conference here to-d- of the leaders ot all parties, Herr E. Huszar was con- firmed as Minister-Preside- nt to succeed Stephen Frledrlch. Huszar is now en- gaged In forming a Cabinet The elections for members of the Na- tional Assembly have been postponed to January 20, all partita agreeing that the form of Government to be adopted by Hungary be voted upon by tho people. The Socialist have agreed to abide oy the result Voting Is made compulsory. The decree fixing the date for the elec tion stipulated that those who aontaln from voting may he punished by Im- prisonment GLOOM OF ECLIPSE LIKE SHOWER THREAT Folks Hustled for Cover as Moon Got in Sun's Way. Yesterday's eclipse ot the sun came oft according to schedule and the di- minution of 47 per cent In the illumi- nated area of the solar orb, plus a light haze which covered the heavens yesterday morning, resulted In a few moments of Just beforo 9 o'clock, making many folks trudge from the subway to their offices In double time to avoid the shower which most of them thought tho gloom por- tended. Those who had the time and Inclina tion to Indulge In a little astronomical observation found that the haze was exactly the right medium for viewing the phenomena, allowing the eyes to be fixed directly on the sun without dis- comfort At S :58, when the eclipse was at its maximum, nearly the entire south- ern half of the sun was obscured by the earth's satellite. There was little scientific interest In, the matter, even at polnU where the eclipse was visible In the full annular phase. The moon, being sufficiently distant from the earth to subtend a slightly smaller apparent diameter than the sun, left a thin rln-- j of th later visible even at the maximum point and the resultant remnant of sunlight made Impossible any of the observations on the solar corona for a few moments view of which astronomical expeditions arc sent to all parts of the globe on every occasion of a total eclipse. MEXICO IS TRYING TO GET MONEY BACK Wants Restitution for Ammu- nition She Failed to Get. Douglas, Ariz., Nov. 22. Balked by tho United States in Its efforts to get ammunition from Europe Mexico Is try- ing to get her money back, according to a Mexico city despatch received by Oritntoxrton, a Hermosillo, Sonora, news- paper. \It has been officially announced,\ says the despatch, \that Gen. Candido Asullar, of President Car-ranz- a, who has been on a mission in Europe, has cancelled the contracts al- ready made with several of the Govern- ments ot the Old World that had agreed to sell to Mexico arms and artillery, but which have not completed the agree- ment \Gen. Agullar has requested that at tha least these nations return the money they have received, amounting to many millions of pesos.\ COST OF EDIBLES HOLDS STATIONARY Decrease in Some Items Off-s- et by Increase in Others. WamiiNQTOH, Nov. 22. Despite the Government's campaign against the high com of living, the average family ex- penditure for food In fifty cities was ap- proximately the same In October as In September, labor bureau statistics dis- close. A decrease of two-tent- of 1 per cent, in the retail price of twenty-tw- o staple food articles is reported, In- cluding: Potatoes, 12 per cent; sir-lo- ir steak and cabbage, 8 rer cent; lard. 6 per cent ; bacon and ham, 5 per cent; pork chops, 4 per cent; round steak, chuck roast, plate beef, hens and onions, 3 per cent; rib roast, lamb, cornmeal and coffeo, 2 per cent each: oleomargarine, cheese, canned corn and peas, 1 per cent each. Klghteen articles Increased, including: Eggs. 14 per cent; butter and raisins, 8 per cent; rice, 5 per cent; silmon, sugar and prunes, 4 per cent; oranges, 3 per cent; fresh milk and bananas, 2 per cent; canned milk, macaroni, navy beans and canned tomatoes, 1 per cent. RECORD FINE FOR BELASCO. Chicago Judge Impoae Henry Penalty for Having- - Child Actor. Chicaoo, Nov. 22. What is said to ba the largest fine ever assessed in Chi- cago for violation ot the child labor law was imposed to-d- by Municipal Judge D. Holmes against David o, the theatrical manager, owner of the play \Daddies and the manager of Ptmere Thtatre, where the piece wa shown in Chlcagoi when they were fined children under 10 years of age appeared in me piy i The defendants were fined for every ' mrr.mnrn nf IllA children fin iht. JkfAPn during Its four weeks' run In this city. I Entire Eastorn District of thf State Also Is Moistdncd hy 2.75 Brow. ' Special vtipaM to Tn 8cx. 6T. Louis, Nov. 22. The ban on beef was formally removed In St Louis and In the eatern district of Missouri to- day. At 13:15 P. If. U. S. DUtrlct Judg Pollock signed the formal restraining or- der which was granted 6t Louis brew ers yesterday. Tho order enjoins Federal authorities from enforcing sections of the Volstead war time prohibition enforcement act re- lating to the sale and manufacture, ot beer containing one half of ono per cent or more alcohol While the order does not specify th amount of alcohol to be contained jn beer sold by virtue of the Injunction, brewers will limit the alcoholic content to 3.75 per cent Internal Revenue Collector Moore lra-mo- d lately gave Instructions to his deputlos to Issue revenue stamps to brewers applying for them. Moore also directed that brewers be notified that the order had been signed and the Federal ban lifted. Brewers, who throughout the morn- ing had been awaiting word that the order had been signed, immediately started the delivery of 2.76 per cent beer to saloons throughout the city. Trucks had been loaded and delivery slips given to drivers early In the day. and everything waa In readiness for the order that would formally lift the ban. Saloons are crowded and all aro ell-l- 2.75 per cent beer. Breweries are unable to fill orders and are putting em extra shifts ht Assistant District Attorney White Is preparing to frustrata the provisions of tho restraining order and again clamp the lid on St Louis. White announced that the Government would plead no further In the present case, but Just as soon aa Judga Pollock made the decree final he aald the Gov ernment would file an appeal and aas for a writ of supersedeas to tnaka tas temporary' Injunction Inoperatlvo until final adjudication of the case. irt.wmM WA .. 99 rrfi nrnhthftlfilt wuw.u.n, - - \ - enforcement act is constitutional, Judga Gelger of the United States District Court held Ho enjoined the J. P. Kissinger company, wnoieaie nquor dealers, from using its promises for ths sale ot liquor until the civil suit against the company la tried. CtNCW!MTt,'.Nov. 22. W. V. Gregory, United States District Attorney for tho Louisville, Kr., district, to-d- In the United States Court of Appeals hero A1 n mnMnn fal a writ ftf Rim.rSP1 e 2lf? against the Injunction granted by Judgo Evans or Louisville, wno micu urni ma war time prohibition law was uncon- stitutional. Hearing on the motion waa set for December 1. THANKSGIVING FARE GOES UP 36 CENTS Most of Menu Shows Increase Over 1918. A Thanksgiving Day dinner of soup, celery, turkey, cranberry 6auce. sweet potatoes, turnips, pie, nuts, fruits and coffee for six persons can be prepared this year at a cost of approximately 3Q cents In excess of last year, according to a table of comparisons compiled under the direction of Arthur Williams, Food Administrator. . ilt .chickens or a roast is substituted for .tho turkey course, the dinner can bo 'prepared at a lower price than a year i ago. Turkey prices have greatly In- creased during the year, while several other Hems have decreased, according to the figures. . Butter, eggs, milk, pies, apples, or- -' anges and coffeo aro among the staples on the menu for which Increased prices are allowed, while soun meat, celery. ernnberries, sweet potatoes, bread and turnips aro among the commodities which can be obtained this year at a less cost. According to the prepared table, tho whole dinner, Including turkey, can bo prepared for a total of 38.25 this year as against 17.89 a year ago. The Items provide a bounteous supply of all dishes for six persons, but In a pinch, eight or nino may dine well without additional cost to the provider. Mr. Williams complimented tho retail dealers of New York in a Thanksgiving statement for the cooperation Bhown his department and tho aid given to him In keeping tho price of staple foods down to the present figures despite their In- creased rentals and overhead expenses. That the dealers havo agreed to main- tain the samo profit margins as last year, ho states, means a great concession on their part as, in the light of in- creased costs, this represents decreased prices to the consumer. FUGITIVE HELD AS SLAYER, Arrest in ChlcUKo Hares Ilia Past in Plillndelpliln. Philadelphia, Nov. 22. K'.mer Lewis, wanted for the murder In February, 1918, of William Bunnell. In a political club. Is In custody hero After tha murdor Lewis fled from Philadel- phia It la learned he drifted to Chi- cago, whero he opened a saloon and be- came so prosperous that he bought two garages. The police learned Lewis had been arrested in Chicago as the head of a band of automobile thieves, several stolen cars having been found In his garage, Immediately extradition pro- ceedings were begun hero to enable Lowls to be taken from Chicago. De- tectives from Philadelphia arrested LowIh In tha Cook County Jail Just us ho was about to bo released on 315,000 ball He fought against removal so fiercely that shackles wore placed on his hands anil feet and he was carried In n taxicab to the utatton and locked In a Pullman compartment. As the train pulled out lawyers with a writ of habeas corpus ran along the platform. But they were a minute too late ' WINTON LIMOUSINE 1918 mXY EQUIPPED EXTKV SHOES Immediate Delivery Needs Paint or Varnish Othenvise Gopd Condition Cost $5400 Will sell lor $2200 WILLIAMS & TALBOT 44 Whitehall Street Telephone 73IM Bowling Oren
