St. Louis Post-Dispatch
October 30, 1919

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a en er I eee ee OMIC PAGE OCTOBER 29, 1919. OGworn Circulation Figures for Bix Months rending October 1, 1918-1919: ; 7 Dispete Glebe Demecras Repedhe iCovrptaye, 2018. py Oct. 1, 1919. 184,997 161,179 76,702 é Det. 1,1918....173.959 167,803" 87.58) / _.: pe Ae 10,998 . |, treeees 6,624 10,87 ( NOBRAINS, | | ae ; F Cn a ee ere sean — | NO BRAINS!} (Ff z ———s 4g ; VOL. ‘ie B NO. 65. Post Dispatch Circulation Gained 10,998 Filed With United States Government —— Time mee % °53,544 98,545 *87,834 °108657 (°Ne@usdey) (@Xe Sanday) 34,290 10,112 a a ~apeieieen '—_e——_,_ —- ——— ee © . es ——- EL -_—— — — SA Se ST. LOUIS, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 3o, POLICE TO ARREST. PERSONS SEEN TO VIOLATE DRY LAW Decision Is Reached by Chief of Police After Telephone Conversation With Rev- enue Collector. — 113 PLACES HERE SELLING 2.75 BEER Police Turn in Data on Vio- lations, but Collector Says It Is Virtually Useless as Evidence, Captains of all St. Louis police’! districts were called in conference by Chief O’Brien at noon today and: told that arrests must be made in every case where violation of the war-time prohibition enforcement law is observed by policemen. This action was taken at the re- quest of Internal Revenue Collecto: Moore, who is in charge of enforce- ment in Eastern ‘Missouri, in a tele- phone conversation with Chief O’Brien at 9 o'clock last night. The Chief ordered that every sa- loon in St. Louis be visfied by police- | men every afternoon and night and that when a’sale of any bdaverage of one-half of 1 per cént or more of al- cohol was observed the bartender or proprietor making the sale must be arrested and a sample of the drink | ot oy } must be taken as evidence. | 7 Police investigation on o——— owe it. 1919, by H, ©. rk Reg. U. 8S. Pat. the first 404 of the 1305 saloons in St. Louis. Of these, the reports said, 113 were| continuing to sell 2.75 beer and 291) were open for the sale of soft drinks, and near beers containing less than. one-half of one per cent of alcohol. | None of the reports said anything! about the sale of whisky. Thovgh policemen who went on! duty at 3 p. m. yesterday were in-| structed to make reports on all sa- loons which were open, it was> said | at Police Headquarters today that’ it was not clear that the filing of cnly | 404 reports indicated that this was) the total number of saloons which) remained in operation after the én- | forcement law went into effect. The reports of policemen were for~' warded to Internal Revenue Collector, Moore today and after examining’ them he said that in most instances| they were worthless for enforcement! purposes, as they were not suffi-' clently specific in giving the names' a of saloonkeepers. or bartenders who! had actuajly made the-sales and did! uot show that evidence to violation, was in the hands of the police. . Expected Arrests. | “The collector said that when he' called on the police to aid him he ex- pected that they would collect evi-. dence and make arrests in all cases wey THRow THE |\ PENNY AWA 1 AND Quiet ’ ; nt Y bs , THE: fe 1 ONGVES where they observed that the law was being violated. me ’ Collector Moore said some of his! iow when @& man hae bees deputies had reported by telephone | that they had observed violations and collected evidence against a Lunpiber of saloon keepers. He or- dered them to come to his office with | ‘Ne evidence for submission to the | District Attorney. Several brewers today asked the Collector for permission to reduce the alegholic content of beer already | 1anufactured and sell it as near- eer. He told them he would take | I let him wear @a '._- Judge. five vearsa, ye on his sleeve.’ —— = (OFS Cegemagg ——— ere a € eo | . S re « Cee = HA” © Geeeeee seeqeeen « eae. 7 misunderstanding of the orders. No | reports were made from the Page boulevard, Laclede, Dayton and Deer | . street and Carondelet districts, | where normally there are many’ raloons in operation. This absence | of reports did not make it clear whether all the saloons in those districts were closed or whether - om ll i - the policemen thought they were to ra- port only on saloons where they ob- served law violations. The. largest number of violations was reported from the Magnolia av- enue district, where it was said i. returns made by policemen that 65 saloons were open and all selling 2.75 beer. Reports from the Central District, covering the downtown section, were that only one saloon violated the law by selling becr and that 164 e 3 others were open,.but selling only 3 soft drinks. F | Report by Districts. Reports on saloons in other dis-| tricta were as follows: Wyr ning Street, 8 violators, 6 selling soft drinks; Soulard Street, 26 violators; Carr Street, no violators, 65 +sclling, soft drinks; North Market Street, 2/ violators; Angelica Street, no Pdne lators,.56 selling soft drinks; New- stead avenue, 7 violators; Mounted | District, 4 violators. : ae The reports said Louis Badaricco, £05 Locust street, and Alex. Had-— araceo, 408 North Tenth street, both in the Centra! District, closed tneir Saloons at 3:46 p. m. yesterday and announced they had gone out of busi- ness. Several downtown saloons closed | their doors yesterday. afternoon. Some of the doors were draped with ‘Continued of Page 2, Goluma 1. ° Fea 5 CR 4 ree, = Geeere, 4 eeeeeem, = teenie _— mane i en ey ~ Ghee « Legislature is to be petitioned make the daisy for a - A RAIN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW; WARMER WEATHER TONIGHT oe TEMPER ATURES aR YD Mg 1 Fa. m i | 2 a. mn Wsedees odeen ct 5 “eee + BS | eS ae ae nes: sk 2S ee ee oS G2 1 ak Dives. céabudeecmee we WS. nec cee G7 | Mi eae: . 4 SS oy FS 70 | 6 a. m.. nee SS: ae sa emt of orecas ACE IS OF, sassy forecast | KING THAN [for St. Louis and) | WAR. vicinity: row; night. Missouri— Rain tonight tomorrow . probable and warmer and northwest portion in east colder in | tonight; colder tomorrow. Illinois — Rain probable tonight and tomorrow; tonight; tomorrow or warmer Q jcolder afternoon night. Stage of the river at 7 a. feet, a rise of 1.9 feet. m., 20.6 WOMEN'S JURY UNSYMPATHETIC can understand.” | day for enforcement of the new war- Mrs. Drossos’ three children were L time prohibition act in St. Louis re-;sent to their father in Columbus, sulted in the making of reports on, Ohio. WARSHIPS TO TAKE PASSENGERS Representatives of British Business Firms to Be Carried Abroad the Aesociated Prees. LONDON, Oct. 30.—British com- Iv tives of business houses are to permitted passage aboard every Brit- ish warship leaving the country for abroad. This, according to Sir freenwood, “Undersecretary Home Affairs, who made the nouncement, today before the Hamar Asso- Rain to- night and tomor-| warmer to-. artificial ‘count mercial travelers and the represent2- | jightly on the day of a be | conduc ted themselves with much de- without the jokes and pranks} age | |might have indulged in. meal wili be after for ane | | Clation of Hfitish Chambers of Com-/| merce, is ‘a move unique in the his- | tory of the case \formed a DAISY URGED AS STATE FLOWER ; Special to the Post-Dispatch. KANSAS CITY, Oct. 30.— Missouri will have a State flower and it will ' be the daisy, if the State Le -gislature acts favorably on the forthcoming request to be made to them Daughters of the American Revolu- tion now in session here. Last night following the reading of the flower essay that won the $20 'prize offered by the State Historian in a contest advocating different flowers for the emblem of the Mis- souri Chapter, the assemblage voted the daisy to be its choice and the to Missouri all that the sunflower is for Kansas. Lighted Electric Bulb Starts Virec. The heat fron a bulb, which was left lving on a bed, set fire to a blanket and sheet on a lsleeping porch at the home of John Green, 12 Kingsbury place, at 4 th u wit t Ny ‘ » -| i ‘ — p h authorities at W ashing a. m. today. John L. Green Jr.. 11 The police reports as filed this | ¥¢2"* old, was asleep in another bed morfting seemed to indicate some | on the.porch. The flames were ,een by a private watchman, who climbed ing into the yard. Are movies tonight: vou going to the If so, see Page 19. National Advertisers Yesterday, Wednesday, out-of- town buyers of Advertising bought 10 columns more space in the POST-DISPATCH atone than they did in 3 out of all 4 of the other papers put io- gether. The fieures: POST-DISPATCH alone— 35 Cols. 2 out of all 4 of the others com bined— 25 Cols. Why? Quality and Quantity Circula- tion that sella the merchandise. Largest circulation of any St. Louis newspaper, daily or Sun- day. “First in Everything.” Concentrate! | by | | Rostagno, 'for:mnaily | have to learn to dispense with A A VATICAN SINGERS ' Noiseless Boys Eat Breakfast at Hotel, Will Wait Until After Con- cert for Chief Meal. WEATHER PREVENTS PLANNED RECEPTION Choristers Probably Will Re- main Indoors Until They Go to Coliseum—Priests Say Mass. —_" Eighteen remarkably noiseless boys, ranging from 8 to 15 years of Several are sopranouos and contraltos, who retain their juvenile voices through the system of training thev receive. Qnly one is said to be an soprano of the type that flourished in grand opera. in the s@y- enteenth and eighteenth centuries. Chicf Meal After Concert. The singers went at once breakfast, fruit, ’ . Woy to rolls and of their coffee, for, on voices, they eat concert. ace very They corum, which American of their Their the concert. at 10 p. m. was at his his charges with claret, or even-.with for which the singers he ave fondness. since arriving in He was despairingly of that Visitors would both boys chief which The wit's finished manager is to be American end how to suppl) their customary 2.75 beer, America. the opinion the beverages. The train on which the singers arrived from Kansas City was an hour late. Monsignor Casimiri, «]- though suffering from a cold whicn kept him in bed all day vesterday, set out at once with Father Giuseppe one of his assistant direc- for the New Cathedrel, where they were to say mass. Afterwards Monsignor Casimiri was to call in- upon Archbisior Glennon and present a letter of introduction from the Papal Secretary of State. Other prtests ‘n the party attended mass at St. John's Catholic Church. Sixteenth and Chestnut streets. Reception Abandoned. On account of the gloomy weath- er, Which it was feared might have tors, an unfavorable effect upon cherished lighted electric | the |The 'a ladder to the porch and roused the boy and threw the burning bed cloth- theater or! vocal chords, loca) reception it was committee which decided to Was to to ask abandon a have “been which consisted merely of ! a ET — —_-——— ——— STRIKE. CLOSES ' A et ecient sae Att t-te —-_— -+—- T.LOUIS POST-DISPATCH The soniedll none Paper in St. Louis With the Associated Press News ee ee eee ee NIGHT Service - -— — ——— — WEST END ARMY GROCERY STORE Get In. s CLOTHING AND SHOE Hotel ‘nue ana West Maximum Penalty Asked for Ohio age, descended from taxicabs this Wife Who Left Husband. morning at the Marquette Hotel and By the Associated Press. . , CLEVELAND, O., Oct. 30.—De- silently took seats In the lobby until spite a plea that her husband had § Toeonis could be assigned to them. been unkine to her and neglected | They wore dark gray uniforms, blue their childrea a woman's jury in flannel! shirts, flowing bow ties anJ police court vesterday advised the | pees eloth caps with patent leather judge to impose the maximum sen- peaks. Their orderliness was 4s- fence on Mrs. Goldie Drossos, |cribed to the discipline they receive ‘charged with deserting her iiusband /as members of the Vatican choirs, to go to John C. Buttery. Each wis representatives of which are to give fined $200 and sentenced to serve 'a concert tonight at the Coliseum, three months in the workhouse. After them came the adult choir- When Mre. Drossos first was ca!ll isters, headed by the director on the for trial she told the judge it was tour——-Megr. Rafaelle Casimiro Casi- ‘deeper love’ that caused her to’ miri—canon of the St. John Lateran leave her husband, and asked ihat basilica in Rome. Of the adult sing- a jury of women be allowed to pass ers 11, in addition to Mgr. Casimir, 'on her case, declaring ‘‘only women fare priests, the others are laymen. ' ‘former soldiers. DEPARTMENTS OPEN Men Say Effort Was Made to Lengthen Hours—“They Quit Jobs,” Says Officer in Charge. A walkout of 55 clerks and labor- the clothing store in the old food and West End ave- :30 of ers at Government at Vandeventer Belle at ic caused the closing grocery section, of We _ store several fiundred persons were on the sidewalk waiting to goods. building place, p. m, today, the while in line purchase * The employes of the shoe and clothing section did join in the walkout and sales continued in that department. Einployes w ho quit work said they lid because an effort had been inade increase their hours from nine to nine and one-half hours a day and becapse they con- sidered one of the managers to be domineering and unreasonable in his requirements. Most of the men One of their grie\ the manager would to smoke in the not SO) to hours ances was that not permit them seme They Quit.5° Officer Says. Though the men who walked out called their movement a ‘strike,’ Maj. Asa Irwin, the military officer in charge of the store, said they had simply quit their jobs and there was nothing to arbitrate. He announced that the grocery department there would remain lIcosed until he could hire other men. The workers who receiving $25 a week. said all went well until last Monday, when the manager fron another Ciovernment store was installed one of the managers the West End store. They Was an Wn and were had been of them quit (one of said there that changes in the made, several] charged and one being foreman at $40 $25 a week. Tell of Change in The first Antimation hours came, they said, were asked report carlier than heretofore. said, wes followed by the addition of new duties which required thein to remain 15 minutes later the evening. The store was ned dis- from clerk", v being reduced week to yen a Hours. of increase when the. 15 minutes This, they Lo in Ope , Sept. 25. At the downtown Government food store, Fourth and Washing- ton avenue, cicrks who were told of the strike said there was no trouble of that kind at the downtown and business there was proceeding usual, In the last few days, because of bad weather and the exhausticn of some supplies, the lines aft street store he ; Government stores have been on the held at noon in Mayor Kiel's office. | visitors intended to remain the hotel all afternoon, unti] hearsal which is to be ne!ld at o'clock at the Coliseum. The cert will begin at 8:30 p. m. in a re- 6:30 CON -: According to an interpreter who accompanies the singers, none cf them can properly be called men- bers of the Sistine Chapel Choir. for the reason, he said, that there is such organization. They come. explained, from the three basilicas of St. John Lateran, which is the cathedral of Rome and “the foun- tain and mother of all churches .f oe } i ' the world;” Maria Maggiore. are musical exercises at the Sistine Chapel, the interpreter said, singers are drawn from the various Romen choirs. All of the choristers on tour. he asserted, have at one time or an- other sung at the Sistine Chape', St. Peter’s and Whenever there Santa many of them as soloists. | Syracuse, pices of the St. Touring United States. The choiristers arrived -in country in the middle ef September, and ‘have appeared in New York. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Rochester. Detroit, Kansas City and several cities in Canada. no ne | cents, this | The tour | was undertaken by permission of | Pope Benedict XV, who consented | for the singers to appear for the. first time in history outside of Rome | or the Papal presence. The purpose iment. announced is that of cementing stil) | more closely the musical relations | between Italy and the United States. | The enterprise is under the aus- iregory Society of New York, and the business manager, Fred R. Zweifel, receipts of the tour will accrue to the Papal Treasury. Three thousand seats for the con- rert at the Coliseum are being sold for $2.20, 4000 at $3.30 and the re- war tax. states that the net. , years, decrease. Rules for waiting at the West End store were changed again this morn- ing, and those who had bought cloth ing and shoes and who wished a! to buy food had to leave st) store with their purchases and take their places at the end of the food! line. EAST ST, LOUIS STREET CARMEN VOTE TO STRIKE ON WAGE ISSUE City carmen of the East St. and Suburban Co. decided at 2 a. m. today, by a vote of 209 to 13, to go on strike unless the company giants their demands for increased wages. The time limit is left to the executive officers of the union. The interurban carmen voted sinilarly last Friday. A vote of the Alton carmen will be taken Saturday. City men receive 46 51 an hour, and want 65 cents. urban men get 53 cents, and They struck Aug. 15, cut the sanction of headquarters, and were induced, after being our nine days. to return to work. A committee Side cities and Chamber of the men that to work, the Louis to Inter- ask with- 67 of Mayors the East of East St. Louis Commerce promised if thev would returr committee would en- deavor to get a satisfactory settle- Since they did return, how- ever, little has been done, and the men have grown increasingly impa- | t.ent. he hia ital Silver Hichest in 30 Years. eee ee 'Tty the Assoclated Press 20 NEW YORK. Oct. 30.——Bar silver was quoted at $1.28 an ounce in this market yesterday, the highest price. . necording to dealers, in almost 30) The recent rise tf attributed . ‘to renewal of demand from the | mainder at $4.40 and $5.50, including | Orient, mainly China, and ‘increased | | misused. domestic use. CC tee Lt ttt ttt, en —-. are | as | 1ediate tightening up of discipline, « personne! is} as the clothing | cents | the national | er ——————— a ee ee tLLA WHEE WILCOX, POETESS, ATT DIES AT HOME FOR “USURPATION Light 55 Clerks and Laborers Walk ‘Had Been Ill for Some Time, and) Out at 12:30, Leaving Line of Buyers Waiting to Collapse During War Work in England. BORN IN WISCONSIN CABIN 64 YEARS AGO net She Was Writing at 9 and Gained Fame Her Twenties by Publication of “Poems of Passion.” in By the Associated Press. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 30.— Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, author and poetess, died at her home. “The Bungalow,’ in Branford today. Mrs. Wilcox had been ill for some months. having had a engaged gland. Fora time it was feared she would die in England, but she recov ered sufficiently brought home some weeks ago. nervous collapse while in war relief work in En- to be Born in Cabin in North. Killa Wheeler Wilcox was born a ramshackle in cabin on a farm in the wilds of Wisconsin—at Johnstown Center-—-in 1855. lier father had been a teacher of the violin, dancing and deportment in Vermont. but had removed to the West to become 4 farmer. By the time Ella was 10 years old he was again teaching dancing. Her mother had been dis- appointed in an ambition to become a writer and had marked Ella out before her birth to be a literary woman, In the months preceding had com- of Byron, read Shakespeare and much fiction in general. So, at the age of 7, Ella was found printing on scraps of paper a story about the leve of Mr. Larkspur for Miss Hollv- hock and the jealousy occasioned by a roving bee. In the country schools recognized prodigy: tion dav” was great day to her. She contributed verses, essays, nar- ratives and jokes to the little school magazine. At 9 she had written her novel’—“‘Minnie Tighthand an] Mrs. Dunley. a True Story.” Her Early Literary Struggles. In a little booklet called “The vy of My Literary Career,” Miss Wileox wrote as follows of her early struggles: “fortunately for me and concerned, I was a healthy and nor- mal young animal and fond of my comrades and enjoving their sports, into which I entered with zest spite my mental aspirations and lit- erary tendencies. I was passionstel, fond of dancing and at 15 attende: the merrymakings of the grown-u) girls and voung men of the neigh- borhood, looking with disdain upon a boy of my own age An elder brother and sister felt concerned at my lack of: education and my pro- pensity for pleasure, and the family made great sacrifices and managed to send me off to Madison University at about this time. “T was not at all happy there: first, because I knew the strain it put upon the home purse; second, be- cause | felt the gulf between myself the girl's birth the mother mitted to memory Moore and Seott, cantos EMllia wae as a “composi- a for all de - and the town girls. whose gowns an? privileges revealed to me, for the firs time, the different classes in Amer- ican social life: and third, becaus: I wanted to write and did not want ,to study. I had lost all taste for school books. “On composition day I unde:took to distinguish mvself by. writing a ‘narrative.’ as the class was fre- quested, but my ardent love-story only called forth a kind rebuke from gentle Miss Ware, and I was told to avoid reading the New York Ledger. “After one term I begged mother to allow me to remain a' home and write, and she con- sented. “T took to mv profession wjth «a new ardor and enthusiasm after tha‘ Her First Sale of a Poem. “My first check came from Frank Leslie’s publishing house. I wrote asking for one of his periodicals to be sent me in return for thre littie poems I had composed in one day. ‘In replg came a check for $19, say- ing I must select which ong of some 13 publications they issued at that time. “This bit of crisp paper opened 1 'perfect floodgate of aspiration, in- spiration and ambition for me. I ha‘l not thought of earning money so soon. I had expected to obtain only | books. magazines and articles of use nv wisely Having Suffered Nervous: )and beauty from the editor's prize. |lists, and I had not supposed verses to paiy salable. I wrote them because ame to me, . Butt expected to be. a novelist like Mrs. Sauthworth and May Agnes Fleming in“time—- that was the goal of my dreams. The check from Leslie was a revela- tion. T walked, talked. thought and dreamed in,verse after that. A day ‘which passed without a poem from | my pen I considered lost Two each day Gontineed on Page 7. Col. 3 eas 19 i792 PAGES. rae ae —See ae ee ee ee SS MINERS’ LEADERS WILSON Declare President’s Course in Strike Controversy Is “‘Cli- max of Long Series” of Such Attempts at Power. WILLING TO ENTER NEW CONFERENCE or or Ready to Reconvene Conven- of Whenever Fair Proposal Is Presented, They Say. Organization > > | Provisions of Food and HE section of the National in his statement of the Govern- a strike as unlawful is Section 4, “It is hereby made unlawful purpose of enhancing price or wilfully to permit or fail to with production, manufacture 6. essaries; to saries; to engage in any dis- tion or devise or to make any un- in or with necessaries; to con- >. * Fuel Act Which Will . . Be Enforced in Strike I Defense Act to which Attor- ney-General Palmer refers ment*position relative to the pro- posed coal strike as defining such Chapter 53, the text of which is as follows: for any person wilfully to de- stroy any necessary for the restricting the supply thereof; knowingly to commit waste or prevent the deterioration of any necessaries in connection distribution: to hoard, as defined in section 6, any nec- monopolize attempt to monopolize either locally or generally any neces- criminatory or unfair or any deceptive or wasteful practice just or unreasdénable rate or charge in handling or dealing spire, combine, agree or ar- range with any person (a) to By the Associated Press. limit the facilities for trans- INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 30.— porting, producing. haryest- A direct attack upon President Wil- ing. manufacturing, supply- son's course in the coal strike situa- ing, storing or dealing in see necessaries; (b) to restrict tion, as “the climax of a long series the supply of any necessaries; of attempted usurpations of execu ic) to reatiiat the distribution tive power,’ was-made today by John of any necessaries; (d) to pre- L.. Lewis, acting president, and the vent, limit or lessen the man- Executive Board of the United Mine ufacture or production of = necessaries, or (e) to exact Workers of America, tollowing the excess prices for any neces- executive’s refusal yesterday to call saries or to aid or abet the off the coal strike. The attack came doing of any act made unlaw- in a long telegram to Secretary of this section.” ful by The penalty lation of the act Labor Wilson, replying to a message from him delivered to the conference here vesterday of four provided for vio- is a fine of not Sone “Score gf more than $10,000 or imprison- officials and leaders of the union. ment for not more. than five -ae tosegrants constituted the first vears, or both. The act spe- exchange of views between the ad- cifically states that it applies to ministration and the union. Whilk food and fuel. _the telegram from Secretary Wilson reached here vesterday, the reply was not completed until today, when it GERMAN FILMS vas submitted to the Executive Board by President Lewis. It was SHOW U-BOATS announced that the reply was ap- proved by unanimous vote. Union , SINKING SHIPS headquarters refused to give out the Secretary’s.message, saving that its publication was something for the Pictures From Von Tirpitz’s Ar- sender to approve. . . The reply indicated that the See. chives Reveal Shelling of and _was| Torpedoed Vessels. the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, Oct 50.—-—-Motion piéture films takeh from the archives Admiral von Tirpitz, in the retary offered to call a conference of | the miners and employers, which of- , By fer was accepted in the following. language: “We shall hold ourselves in readi- . of Grand ness to attend any joint conference which may be arr@nged by ¥ou upon former Kaiser's admiralty. showing fair basis and stand ready to recon- allied vessels being torpedoed by vene the international convention of .German U-boats dvring the world our organiaztion whenever our Scale, war, were brought to America by J. Committee has received an honorable , ]. MacZum, a Knights of Columbus proposition for presentation to such gecretary, who is here today. The convention.’ films. which were designed for exhi- Telegram to Secretary. The full telegram to Secretary Wil- son follows: “Your telegram 29th instant was read by me to assembled conference | Germany on the day of itz triumph, were made on a submarine which was commissioned cruise about the Trish Sea and photograph ruerchant vessels after they had been bition by to of members of our international ex- | attacked by other undersea craft. ecutive board, Scale Committee of, This boat used more than 49,000 feet central competitive field and presi- of film. dents of our various districts yester- “It was largely through the influ- day, on behalf of conference. I am ence of the present German Govern- authorized to make you this reply: ment that the films came into my “Scale committee representing | possession,” said MacZum, who has United Mine Workers convened with charge of the motion picture work operators of central competitive field) gor the Knights of Columbus in at Buffalo Sept. 25 and presented tO Prance and Germany. “Dubking the operators the wage deimands as for- peyolytion the admiralty office was mulated by our international conven- .siged by the mobs and the canis- tion, which was thoroughly repre- tera containing the celluloid reels be- sentative of the views of our mem- came scattered about. At Coblenz I bership. “Operators declined to consider the a former high and he procured made friends with ranking army officer merits of our demands and refused the films from a revolutionary lead- to negotiate on a bisis which would er.”’ be productive of any results. After Some of the pictures depict the U- one week adjournment was taken to posts shelling four British vessels, reconvene in _Philade'phia, Oct. 9. wniue the survivors were swimming anc les ~ kana of three days was for lifeboats and rafts. held in that city. Miners’ representa- RE eet tives made every effort to negotiate agreement, but were met by uncom- STEEL COMMITTEE ORDERS promising refusal of coal operators MEN UNDER CONTRACT TO WORK to consider merits of our position. “No Constructive Suggestions.” “At that time no strike order was Amalgamated Members Instructed to in effect and none would have been Go Back if Agreements Were issued had there been any construc- Made Before Strike. tive suggestions of q competent na- | VOUNESTOVWN, ©. Oct. 30.—The ture offered by the coal operators National Strike Committee at Pitts- Miners left Philadelphia conference bure has indorsed the stand taken With deepest reluctance and heavy py the Amalgamated Association of hearts. Later on, when we were Iron. Steel and*Tin Workers that illed into conference by voursell at eontracts with steel plants made bhe- Washington. day by dav we reiterat- fore the strike shall be held invie- ed we were anxious and willing to go late. end all amalgamated men under into joint negotiations Without reser- | such contract have been ordered to vations, having in mind only interests return to work. it was announced to- of our people, for purpose of nego- tiating wage agreement which would! avert strike in bituminous industry. “Our position remains the same to- Oay. We shall hold onrselves in! readiness to attend any joint confer- ence which may be arranied by you | upon fair basis, and stand ready to reconvene the International conven- day by D. J. Davis, vice president of the Amalgamated. who is here to se® that the orders are a oul. ee ee ‘SENATE COMMITTEE APPROVES tién of our organization whenever | Orders Favorable Report on House our Scale Committee has received an | Measure to Deport Alicn honorable proposition for presenta-_ Reda. tion to such convention. ' Ry the Associated Prers President's Action Denounced. WASHINGTON, Oct. 30,—At_ the “Permit me to say to you, sir, the | request of Attorney-General Pelimer unpreecdented and unwarranted ac- tion of the Cabinet and President of the United States in issuing the state. | ment of Saturday last has done more to prevent satisfactory séttlemen of the impending strike an@ working out of a wage agreement than any other element which has entered into the situation. Statement of Caac. day ordered a favorable report on) the House bil) providing for deporta- the United States of alien anarchists. rem Department of Jottite Expects Ac- tion in Number of States. inion officials are still inelined | By the Associated Press today to rest their case on the WASHINGTON. Oct. 30.—Many statement issued last night by the conference. _for violations of the food and fuel (The publi¢ statement of the min- | eontrol law are expected soon by the | consideration by the Cabinet. _general understanding is that the er. Coatinecd on Page 3, Column }. Department of Justice. EDITIO } > iN SE A ———— PRICE TWO CENTS. a nee ene ree ee = ee we OR ee ee FUEL DIRECTOR 10 CONTROL HANDLING OF COAL DURING STRIKE OF MINERS Palmer Announces, After Special Session of Cabinet, President Will Be Asked to Restore Maximum Prices, With Protection in Cost and Distribution to Consumer. ESSENTIAL INDUSTRIES WILL BE SUPPLIED Railroads, by Confiscation, meeting action and Utilities, by Priority Fuel ~ List, Going; Protection for Men Who Want to Work. By the Assovclated Press WASHINGTON, Oct. of today, ~At the “at inet Attorney-General uel Administrator would take control ef 30. conclusion the special ¢ Palmer announced that the the handling of coal and would use his authority under the Lever act te take whatever stepis might be necea- to meet the situation resulting from the strike of soft-coal miners which will become effective next Sat- urday. Palmer's announcement, which was authorized by the Cabinet, said: “The President will be asked to- day to make an order canceling the suspension of restrictions as to price coal which wlll have the effect of restoring the maximum prices. Upongthe making of that order, the Fuel Administrator will: take such as may be necessary to pro- tect constimers both as to price an, distribution of fuel.” Government Movements. Federal (CJovernment agencies moved swiftly today. Developments also included: fary ol Orders to railroads to confiscate all coal in transit if necessary to ‘build up a reserve for operation of BILL TO EXCLUDE ANARCHISTS ARRESTS SOON IN PRICES FIGHT Congress declare ita support of the ‘administration in and order during the coal «trike. will be iin go the President. tion and permanent exclusion from piain why it was decided to have the the roads. te-establishment of the priorities list of the Fuel Administration se that the railroads, public service utilities and essential industries will have first call on whatever coal is miined and on that in storage. Preparation of an executive order establishing maximum prices § for coal, and completion of plans by the Department of Justice to punish those guilty of profiteering -and hoarding. Fucl for Essential Plants. Announcement by Secretary Lane that the Government would not hesi- tate to curtail consumption of enal in industries 50 per cent so that es- sential industries might be kept da operation, (seneral discussion of the situation by President Wilson's Cabinet, which met in special session at the cali of Secretary Lansing Working out of miners who wish continue werk afforded every possible pre- tection, including that of Federhl troops, should that become necessary, Gartield Is Consulted. plans by which to Dr. Harry A. Garffeid. Fuel Ad- ministrator during the war, advised the Cabinet It was his opinion the wartime powers of his administra: tion were now vested In the Railroad | Administration. the current of coal from nonunion mines sufficient meet domestic de- mands and supply the needa of ralfl- roads and public utilities, lie said New England had a two-month Suppiy stored The Ratlroad Administration's or- der for confiscation of coal in tranait applies where neceseary to keep the roads in motion Hlow Garfield Will Work. The agencies to be used the Fuel Administrator in carrying edt ‘his plans will be the Department of inteyor and the Railroad Admini#- tration Paimer pointed out that Dr. field still was Fuel Administrator and could exercise his authority without resurrecting the Fuel Administration While the President has been asked to sign the order restoring maximum prices, the Attorney-Gen- Secretary supply Vas Lane said to b ¥ Gar- eral took the view that Dr. Garfield the Senate Immigrant Committee to-) owuld have sufficient authority to act on his own initiative without ge- He did not President sign the order. : The Senate today gave unanimous consent for consideration at once @f Senator Thomas’ resolutfon trac “> « maintaining law Protection for miners willing to ‘new arrests In a number of states | remain at work in the mines despite the strike order was given, serious The to Be Kept: — . > ~ 3 t eee % ot i y: eR ay. : ia . a %, gys 0 ) . i ee Bh, - 3 : ee - F. ; oe : Pal - f as i . an = i sg s; ee * 2