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VOL. XXXIX—NO. 299.
RESERVATION
TO ARTICLE X
GOES THROUGH
Senate Passes Amendment
Wilson Said Would Kill
League Covenant.
VOTE IS 46 TO 33
Gore Reed Hoke Smith and
Walsh (Mass.) Support
G. 0. P. Majority.
Washington I). C. Nov. 14.— The
Foreign Relations Committee reserva-
tion to Article 10'of the League of
Nations con venant stood today in the
Senate as a part of the pact in the
face of President Wilson's declaration
that it would cut the heart out of the
covenant.
The resolution which haa caused ex-
haustive debate in the Senate was
passed yesterday by a vote of 4G to
33 in tlie exact form in which it came
from the committee.
The Senate was in adournment to-
day on account of the funeral of Senator
Martin of Charlottesville.
A solid Republican line-up reinforced
by Democratic votes put the reservation
across yesterday exactly as it came
from the Foreign Relations Committee.
The fight for reservations having thus
been carried to a climax the Republi-
cans presented for future action a clo-
ture proposal designed to bring final
action on the question of ratification
within a week. A less sweeping meas-
ure. proposing limitation on the reserva-
tion debate only had been put in by the
llcmccrats earlier in the day but re-
jected when the Republicans voted to
sustain a point of order against it.
A vote on the question of damning
down a cloture cm debate will come Sat-
urday morning and the Republican lead-
ers sav it will depend entirely on the
demands whether the move rallies the
necessary two-thirds to make cloture ef-
fective. * The Democratic leaders were
not ready last night to say how they
would vote being fearful that agree-
ment to so sweeping a program might
imperil their chances to secure action on
a ratification resolution of their own.
Text of Amendment.
The Article 10 reservation as adopt-
••d by the Senate follows:
• The United States assumes no obli-
gation to preserve the territorial integ-
rity or pditical independence of any
other country or to interfere with con-
trovemes between nations —whether
mem be is of the league or not—under the
provisions of Article JU. or to employ
the military or naval forces of the I nited
States under any article of the treaty
for any purpose unless in any particu-
lar case the Congress which under the
constitution has the solo power to de-
clare war or authorize the employment
of the military or naval forces of the
United States shall by act or joint
resolution so provide.”
In only two particulars does this lan-
guage diifer from the proposed reserva-
tion which the President declared a*
Ulivjmnc. Wyo. he would be oblige:' to
regard us a rejection. As reacl by Mr.
Wilson the phrase • under the provision
of Article 10” occurred at a different
place and the final word ’•provide” wan
c hanged to '‘declare.”
Four Democrats Support It.
Tic roll call on adoption of the reso-
lution follows:
For adoption: Republicans—Ball.
Boi ah. Brundegcc Calder. Capper. Colt.
Cummins. Curtis. Dillingham. Edge. El-
kins. Fernak) France. Frelinghuysen
tlronna. Hale Harding Johnson of Cal-
ifornia. Kenyon. Keyes. La Follette. Len-
r<»ot. Lodge. McCumber. McLean. Mc-
Nary. Moses. New. Norris. Page Pen-
lose Phipps. Poindexter. Sherman
Smoot. Spcmer Sterling. Sutherland.
Townsend. Warren ami Watson. Total
Democrats—Gore. Reed. Smith of
Georgia. Walsh of Massachusetts. To-
tal. 4. Grand total. 4G.
Against adoption: Democrats- As-
hurst. Brckhnm. Dial. Flot<h«r. Gay.
Gerry. Harris. Harrison. Henderson.
Hitchcock. Johnson of Smith Dakota.
Jones of New Mekieo. Kendrick. Kirby.
McKellar. Myers. Nugent. Overman.
Owen Phelan. Pittman. Rnnsdell. Rob-
inson. Sheppard. Smith of Maryland.
Smith of South Carolina. Stanley. Thom-
as. Trammell. Underwood. • WnKh of
Montana Williams and Wolcott. Total
33
Sixteen senators not voting were
paired ns follows:
For adoption : Jones of Washington
Kellogg. Km»x. McCormick. Nelson
Newberry and Wads worth. Republicans
and Shields. Democrat.
Against adoption* Bankhead. < ham-
berlain. Culberson. King pomerene. Sim-
mons. Swanson and Smith of Arizona
Democrats-.
One vacancy in Virginia.
Ilitclirocks’ Fight in Vain.
The administration forces fought stub-
bornly throughout the day and into the
evening to secure some modification of
the committee measure but to all of
their proposals the united Republican
organization remained adamant. Fin-
ally. forced to yield. Democratic Leader
Hitchcock nut into the Senate hopper a
pct of five reservations on which he will
n»k for a vote later.
The substitute reservations presented
bv Mr. Hitchcock follow :
That nne member nation proposing to
^withdraw from the league on twn years*
notice is the sole judge ns to whether
it* obligations referred to in Article 1
••f the Longue of Nations have been per-
fumed a* required in said artilcle.
The immher nation is required to sub-
mit to the league. Its council or its
assembly. for decision report or reeom-
mendatirn. any matter which it consid-
ers to be in international law a domestic
(•m-’-on such as immigration labor
tariff ci other matter relating to its in-
terne’ oi coastwise affairs.
I.''ague Orders Only Advice.
TV nt the national policy of the United
S’nte*'. known v* the Monroe Doctrine.
(Continued on Next Pagel
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
GULF COAST TRAIN
IS AMBUSHED WEST
OF M’ALLEN TEXAS
Mexican Bandits Prove to
Be Mischievous Boys Wif/i
Slingshots.
McAllen. Tex. Nov. 14.— Visions of
| murderous train robbers and Mexican
bandits flashed across the minds of pas-
nenffera and trainmen on the afternoon
Gulf Coast passenger train yesterday
when a mile west of McAllen two leaden
balls crashed through the ear window
just missing Conductor Price.
Station Agent O. W. Jones of this
city upon the arrival of the train here
immediately organized a posse and heav-
ily armed men combed the brush in the
viclnitv of the “attack.” carefully mov-
ing through the mesquite and the briars.
Nearbv cities were notified and many
expressed a readiness to get into the
“man hunt.”
Then camo the final “dose up.” Two
small boys with “nigger shooters” bad
sent the “bullets” through the win-
dows.
WARMER SATURDAY
BUT FROST POSSIBLE
AGAIN IN MORNING
Generally Killing Frosts Re-
ported Over Entire State
Friday.
—
Continued fair and only slightly
warmer weathu* is the forecast of the
Weather Bureau for Saturday. Friday
night will hold very closely to the
temperatures of the previous n : ght
with the possibility of frost again Sat-
urday morning.
Light frost formed Friday morning
in San Antonio when the lowest tem-
perature of the twenty-four hours end-
ing at 7 o’clock. 35 degrees was re-
corded. Generally killing frosts were
reported all over the state heavy frost
extending as far south as Houston.
Virtually the entire country was
again experiencing temperatures below
normal and the country-wide area of
high atmospheric pressure was little
changed. Its centers of high pressure
were somewhat modified and straddling
the Mississippi left a shallow depres-
sion in the valley. This however was
not sufficient to be classed as a ba-
rometric “low.” Another shallow de-
pression was appearing off the southern
coast of California and there was a
"low” centered far up in Alberta. How-
ever. no influence on the weather here
from these “lows” or relative “lows”
is expected in the near future if at
all.
Friday morning's freezing line ex-
tended into Central Texas with zero
temperatures in North Dakota and the
minimum reported 12 degrees below
zero in Manitoba.
Though rising temperatures were ex-
perted Saturday possibly continuing
for the next day or two. little prospects
of rain were to be seen.
COLD AID^TOCOTTON
—
Little Fuel at Lockhart With Mercury
Below Freezing Point.
Lmkliarl. Tex. Nov. 11.—With the
temperature two degrees below the
freezing point and evidences of some ice
and a heavy frost this section of South I
Texas today felt the first real touch of
winter. There is no coal available here
and wood is scarce.
The frost will be of much bßieflt to
cotton as the rank growth of leaves
which had covered up open bolls and
made picking difficult has been with-
ered by the cold blast.
Cold Wave Hits Southeast.
Washington. D. (’.. Nov. 14.—Vir-
tually the entire Southeast was in the
grip of a cold wave today with freez-
ing temperatures in the interior of the
Gulf States except Florida aid heavy
frost on the Middle Gulf coast.
Arizona ( otton Goes to SA Cents.
Phoenix Ariz.. Nov. 11. —All records
for cotton prices were declared shat-
tered yesterday when at eight valley
gins a price of 86 cents a pound for
long staple cotton went into effect an
advance of four cents a pound. The
now figure represents $430 a bah’.
Arkansas Cotton Brings $1.25 a Pound.
Pine Bluff Ark.. Nov. 4.—One bale
of cotton was sold heie yesterday by R.
A. Downs cotton buyer for A. Hon-'
shaw Memphis dealer for $1.25 a
pound the highest price in the state
since the Civil War. It was one and
one-half inch staple length.
THE WEATHER
TKMPEKATI KEN.
N(»V. 13. 2 h m 38
3 |». di 53 3 h. in 57
• |». in. 51 la. in 3’
I' m 52 Sa. m 36
'* p. in 19 « a. m >6
7 p. in 17 7 a. in 35
X p. m 16 8 a. in 3x
9 P. in 12 9 a in
l ‘ p. in 11 1R a m o
II P- m io 11 a. in 52
12 ml*liiiKlit 39 12 in >1
NOV. 11. i p. in Sa
1 a. in 38 2 p. m 6o
WKATIIKK FOKE( ANT.
For Nau Antonio and vicinUj—Friday
night fair with front. Saturday fair ris-
ing temperature. Minimum temperature
38 to 12. Light northeast winds.
HOME WEATHEK FOK TOI KINTN.
M. Temperature 32. clear; 14-
mlle u ind from the southwest; lowest tern-
peiature in last 24 hours. 30; highest 36
Chicago: Temperature 30; riear; 16*
mile wind from the southwest; lowest
temperature In last 21 hours 26; highest.
30.
Kansas City: Temperature 32; cleat;
10-milc wind from the southwest; lowest
temperature in last 21 hours 32; highest
42.
New York: Temperature 32; clear; 16-
mlls wind from the northwest; lowest tem-
perature in last 24 hours 30; highest. 51.
Washington: Temperature 30; clear; 5-
mile wind from the northwest; lowest
temperature in last 24 houie 30; highest
*O.
SAN ANTONIO TEXAS FRIDAY NOVEMBER 14 1919.—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES.
HINES REFUSES
TOGONSENTTO
.ME INCREASE
Brotherhood Heads and Rail
Director Still Far
Apart.
OVERTIME CHIEF ISSUE
House Approves Four Most
Important Clauses of
Esch Bill.
Washington D. C. Nov. 14.—Con-
ferences for discussion of the demands
of the four railroad brotherhoods for
revision of working conditions which
have been in progress between the
brotherhood chiefs and Director Gen-
eral Hines all week appeared today to
be nearing an end. Railroad adminis-
tration officials believed all arguments
would have been completed within 24
hours. There was no indication how- i
ever; whether Mr. Hines would give an ।
immediate answer or reserve his de- ;
cis'on.
The principal question remaining in
dispute is the demand of the brother-
hood for time and a half for overtime
for trainmen in road service.
Questions of wages which at first ।
were not incolved in the direct de-1
mauds were said to hove cropped up in
recent sessions and were brought in
again today. Mr. Hines was said to
have stood steadfastly by his previous
declaration that no general advance in
wages could be given serious consider-
ation owing to the imminent return of
the roads to private operation.
Each Proposal Endorsed.
Four important points of the rail-
road reorganization legislation program
were settled by the House yesterday
during consideration of the Esch rail-
road bill. Each of the provisions ap-
proved has far-reaching effects in pro-
viding capital to the carriers both in l
the period immediately following gov-;
eminent control and afterward. With
<»ne exception the provisions provoked ।
sharp fights but only one was changed. .
In brief the provisions approved by ।
the House provides:
Farriers must ask the Interstate Com-
merce Commission for general increases ‘
of rates within GU days of their returns
to private operation.
t . S. Guarantees Profit*.
Revenues of carriers including short
lines and express companies for the
first six mouths of private operation
are guaranteed by the government to
equal the corresponding standard re-
turn paid as rental by the government
during Federal control.
Carriers’ indebtedness to the govern- j
mont. remaining after a settlement of |
the rental owned by the government
may be fund 'd for ten years on demand !
notes at G per cent interest.
Carriers may obtain government
loans from a S2SO.(MMI.(MMi revolving
fund during the first two years of re-i
newed private operation such loan* to !
mature in five years bear G per cent '
interest and to be secured.
Sweet Proposal Cheered.
Advocates of the plan offered by
Representative Sweet I Republican L oft
town for voluntary conciliation of la-'
bor disputes to be written into perma-
nent railway legislation were vigorous- (
ly applauded today when the House re-
sumed debate on the bill. Telegrams •
endorsing the plan had been received (
by many members from union men.
Explaining his proposal. Representa-'
five Sweet said it'would write into law!
the machinery employed before Federal j
control of the roads with an added com-'
mission representative of both employ-1
ers and employes to consider appeals |
ami with no penalties against strikes.'
or lockout*.
"Let the practical men from this in-
dustry settle their own disputes de- •
dared Representative Ndlan (Republi-j
can I? of California a labor union mem-1
her. supporting the plan. "For 32 !
years before Federal control the men
and their employers successfully settled !
their own troubles."
TEXAS PROFITS FALL OFF.
Dnreasc Totals Over $«O(IOOOO Ac-
cording to Official Figures. |
I
Austin. Tex.. Nov. 14.—Income from
the operation of Texas railroads for
right months ending August 31. 1919.
showed a decrease of 38.34 per cent
or BG.G9.GSS. when compared to the cor-'
responding period of the previous year
according to a statement issued by the
railroad commiss’on today.
Total operating revenue was $11”.-
42G.571. an increase of £13.553.100 over
the previous year. Total operating ex-
penses were $102700755. an increase
of $20.222.75G. Income from opera-
tion was $10726116.
CAR RELIEF IX SIGHT.
Mayfield Returns Frcm M. Louis in
Optimistic Mood.
Austin. Tex.. Nov. 14. — The car j
shortage in Texa* will be relieved soon. ;
according trt Railroad Commissioner)
Allison Mai field who returned last
night from St. Louis where he has been
in conference with Regional Director B.
F. Bush. Mr. Bush said according to
Mr. Mayfield that 130 cars a day are
being diverted to the Southwest terri-
tory and thi« will continue until the'
shortage is relieved.
Mr. Birh also said that Texas rail-'
roads are instructed to pay specific nt-1
tention to the transportation of wood ।
for fuel according to Mr. Mayfield. Mr. ]
Mayfield added that it is the general be-
lief of men with whom he is associated
that the railroads will he returned to
private ownership January 1.
I S. Ww’ S -k- Plentiful.
W.-j hliKfon. D. C. Nov. 14.—Woo]
stocks sufficient to xunnly the United
States for more than n year nt the nrr<-
rnt rate of consumption wore on hand
nt the close of the quarter ended Sep-
tember 30. snid an announcement to-
day by the Department of Agriculture.
Total stocks a'’grc'’nt*'d 729.373.000
••“U»»d<. more than 50 per cent more
than on the same date last year.
REAL WHISKEY BEING
SOLD BY LOUISVILLE
KENTUCKY DISTILLERS
Fill Left Over Orders at $75
Per Case Following
Court Ruling.
Ix»ui.Milk Ky.. Nov. 14—Two local
distilleries sold whiakey openly in Louis-
ville today at $75 a case regardless of
the war-time prohibition law. Hun-
dreds of orders filed before July 1 when
the war-time law went into effect it
was said were being filled by these dis-
tilDrics which resumed sales follow-
ing the granting of an injunction to
them yesterday by Federal Judge Evans
restraining the government from inter-
fering with sale of nearly a million gal-
lons of "floor stock” whiskey.
Wright & Taylor and the Brown-For-
man companies which receives the tem-
porary injunctions expected to sell all
of their whiskey in a hurry it was an-
nounced. They made their sales how-
ever with the knowledge that they are
liable to prosecution according to Dis-
! trict AtL rney W. V. Gregory of the
' Federal Supreme Court reversed Judge
Evans in a decision it is expected to
make November 20.
Otlict Kentucky distillers apparently
were disposed not to ask for injunctions
and to await the Supreme Court's de-
■ vision ns to the war-time prohibition
law’s constitutionality before trying to
I dispose of their whiskey stocks which is
। said t<» approximate 40000000 gallons.
Palmer's Attitude I nchanged.
Washington D. Nov. 11.—Attor-
> ney General Palmer’s position with re-
. spect to the enforcement of war-time
1 prohibition has in no way been altered
■ l y cou.t c'(visions in Rhode Island ind
1 Kentucky it was officially stated last
night a. the Department of Justice. The
government s contention that the war-
t.me law is valid it was added will Im-
xigorously defended until final leejsion
has leen Landed down by the Uni*ed
Htatcn Supreme Court. While enforce-
nnnt of the law »s stopped in the two
?’.ateg. Ur Sd States district at tor:- y .
ncing on prior instruciouts will proceed ।
wit!: prosecutions of violators in other
communities officials declared.
Chicago Cabarets Ready to Open.
( hicago. Nov. 14. — Four hundred
reservations at downtown cafes had been
booked today in anticipation of the is-
suance of an injunction tomorrow ny
Federal Judges Carpenter and Fitz-
h«ury to prevent enforcement of the
war-time prohibition law. Stocks of
bonded whiskey were at the Kentucky
line awaiting favorable court action
here it was said and 2(HMNMMX) gallons
of liquor were available in Chicago.
"The men who open their bars in the
veiy doubtful event of a ‘wet’ decision
will <lv so at great risk” District At-
tormy Clyne said. •Saloonkeepers can-
not piesume that the court will allow
the sale of liquor in Chicago. Rveipt
of onhis for such liquor is a violation
of Jaw and will be punished as such.”
Proudenec Saloons Wide Gpen.
Providence K. 1. Nov. 14. — The
police commission today decided to act
under the preliminary injunction grant-
ed by Federal Judge Arthur Brown
against enforcement of the war-time
prohibition act and to allow the saloons
to sell malt beverages containing not
more than 4 per cent alcohol without in-
torferenev. This attitude wan taken
upon advice of the city solicitor.
Hand Upholds Volstead Act.
New York Nov. IL—Federal Judge
L '.unvd Hand refused today to grant
jijan tions restraining enforcement of
the Volstead prohibition act.
WOULD EXPEL JENKINS
Small Group of Puebla Citizens Peti-
tion Carranza to Act.
Washington D. C. Nov. 14.—Presi-
dent Carranza has been petitioned by a
small group of Puebla citizens to ex-
pel William D. Jenkins the American
consular at Puebla who recently was
kidnaped and held by Mexican rebels
advices from Mexico-City today said.
The request is made under Article 33
of the Constitution which permits the
president to send out of the country
any foreigner he chooses without court
proceedings.
Carranza is asked in the petition to
request the United States government
to withdraw the consular commission
from Jenkins or to cancel his exequator
before expelling h ; m the advices assert.
No attention is being paid to the
petition either by officials in Mexico
City or Washington it was said today
by a State Department official ns it
is regarded as the net of a small group
of radicals ivho seek to provoke trouble
between the two countries.
INDICT MRS. TOWLES
Dallas Grand Jury Hold Oil Man's Wife
for Murder.
Dallas Tex.. Nov. 14.—An indictment
charging murder was returned today by
the Dallas County grand jury against
Mrs. Marguerite Towles who shot and
killed here husband. Glenn W. Towles
oil man. nt their home here last Tues-
day. Mrs. Towles waived preliminary
examination shortly before the indict-
ment was returned and she was released
on $7.5(Mi bond. A new bond now will
haw to he made.
Mrs. Towles has declared she shot
her husband after he had threatened to
kill her.
Slain Man Former Sailor.
Engie Pass Tex.. Nov. 14. — Clar-
ence Johnson who was shot and killed
after quarreling with H. H. Vollbvcht. a
San Antonio salesman recently was dis-
charged from the United States Navy
it was learned today. Vollbecht was
released on bond. Johnson's body was
buried here. His home was in St.'
Louis.
Fear One Steamer Went Down.
Sault Ste Marie Mich. Nov. 14.—
From reports of wreckage off Manitou
Island it is feared the big ore carrier
John Ownc. re|»orte<l overdue was lost
in the heavy gale that haa raged over
Lake Superior throughout the week.
WITNESSES DO
NOT KHEE JS
TO REO O'JILT
One Marcher Testifies
Legion Members Made
First Hostile Move.
THEN RADICALS FIRED
i
I. W. W. Prisoners Taken
From Jail to Bury Lynch-
ed Comrade.
By the AMocinted Frew.
Centralia. Wash. Nov. 4.—Efforts of
officers charged with the duty of pros
editing the 2G alleged members of the
Industrial Workers of the World held
in jails here and at Chehalis Wash. in
connection with the killing of four
American Legion members during an
Armistice Day parade Tuesday wen
centered today on learning whether
former soldiers in any degree provoked
the attack by leaving the line of march
to force their way into the I. W. W.
hall. Testimony given last night nt
the inquest over the four victims of the
shooting differed <»u this point.
Just after the patriotic parade wa
broken up by the 1. W. W. fusillades
ieports were current that several mem
bers of the legion had started toward
the hall used as headquarters by thr
radicals before any shots were fired.
This version later was denied ami in-
vestigators reported finding evidence
tending to show that the attack by the
1. W. W. was pre-arranged.
Dr. Frank Bickford. himself a
marcher in the parade testified nt the
inquest that some one near him in the
line suggested a /aid on the I. W. W.
hall as the line came to a halt at the
corner where the building stands. Sev-
eral took up the suggestion he declared
and one man put his foot against the
door of the hall and forced it open be
! fore a shower of lead poured into and
over the marchers.
Trouble Started “Sirir.ilt '.ueously."
In the opinion of Dr. Herbert Bell
another former soldier the firing of the
first two shots and the movement of the
legion men toward the 1. W. W. hall
were “as nearly simultaneous as any
human acts could be.”
Britt Sm'th. one of the alleged mem-
bers of the organization it was an-
nounced last night has identified four
of the men held in jail here as men who
were in the radicals' headquarters when
the parade passed.
Smith in his alleged confession said
all of the men in the Industrial
Workers’ hcaibpiartei< on Armistice
Day were armed and ho is said to have
declared he "guessed” they fired shots
at the parade. Smith said he himself
did not shoot.
No Services Over Body.
Four I. W. W. were taken from
jail here yesterday Ion" enough to bury
Everett whf n local undertakers de-
clared they would not touch the body.
The body was taken from the jail
floor and placed in a plain box. which
was loaded into a moving van. Ac-
companied by a squad of seventeen
armed National Guardsmen the four
went to the paupot section of the local
cemetery with the body and dU* a
grave. The box was then lowered and
covered up without services of any na-
ture.
U. A. Godfrey who described him-
self r.s a mill worker was shot in tlie
sh<.ul<i< .• early this morning as he was
driving through Chehalis in an auto-
mobile. A former service man. acting as
I a guard fired the shot after Godfrey
' had disregarded the command to halt
i repeated several times.
NORTHWEST JAILS Fl LU
Two Hundred Radicals Held as Kesull
of Wholesale Federal Raids.
Seattle Wash. Nov. 14.—Nearly
209 im n. suspected of being mem
I bers of the Industrial Workers of the
World were held in jails in various
• cities ami towns in the Northwest to-
I day as the result of raids growing out
iof the shooting at Centrailia Wash.
: Armistice Day. In addition 2G al
ieged members of the 1. W. \\. were
held in jails at Centralia and Chehalis.
I Wash. in connection with the shooting
E. S. Ault editor and George I’
Listman and Frank A. Rust members
I of the board of directors of the Seattle
: Union Record are at liberty on bail to-
I day following a raid by Federal offi-
jeers upon the newspaper plant which is
! owned by the Seattle Central Labm
। Council. The three were charged with
I criminal libel in connection with edi-
’ torial comment upon the Centrlia shoot-
-1 ing. After taking copies of papers ami
[ records from the office of the Record.
। the paper was permitted to resume pub-
; lication.
| Sixty-one alleged members of the I.
j W. W. were in jail at Tacoma nineteen
i being taken into custody by a detail
of (Milice deputy sheriffs and American
i Legion volunteers upon their arrival
। from a logging vamp at Mineral Wash..
' last night.
Of S 9 arrested at Spokane Wash..
I following the Centralia shooting 5%
I were hold as I. W. W. memlsus.
Three men held in jail at Olympia.
I Wash. in connection with the Centralia
shooting were rushed last night by offi-
' rials to the state reform sclhm)! at Mon
| roe. following reports that an armed
. force of I. W. W. planned an attack uti
the jail.
BOYS DENCH N( E GOVERNMENT.
Evidence <f Radical Teaching Among
Chicago High School Pupils.
I Chicago. Nov. 14. — Radicals have
found a fertile field for their propa-
ganda among Chicag<» high school stu-
dents and have recruited some faculty
members according to a chaige made
today by Dr. William J. Bartholf. prin
cipai of Crane Technical High School
and College in discussion suspension ol
two seniors of that institution. Tin
youths Alfred Struve son of a natur
alized German and Jacob Sasks. whost
• father i« a naturalized Russian re-
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STRIKE OF PLUMBERS
MAY BE SETTLED AT
CONFERENCE FFIDAY
Executive Committees of
Opposing Factions to
Hold Meeting.
I While no official announcement is ■
authorized by either the master plum- ’
bers or the strike committee of the
union workmen indications are that
settlement of the plumbers’ strike
which has tied up practically all plumb-
ing work in the city since Wednesday I
may result from n conference called for
Friday night. The conference will be
attended by the executive committers
representing both sides. It was called
following a meeting of the union com-
mittee Thursday night and again Fri-
day morning. The results of those
meetings were not made public but it
is know nt hat messengers were sent to
Medina Lake to <’nll to the city some
union officials who were on n fishing
trip.
At noon Friday Joe F. Salberg. busi-
I ness agent of the plumbers' union said j
j he had been instructed by his union ;
। not to make any further statement fori
। publication.
Walter Shnft r chairman of the exe-.
1 rutive committee of the plumbing con- *
tractors said that the master plumbers
1 were satisfied with the outlook.
The strike was called after contrac-
tors had refused to sign a contract
j which embodied a demand for closed
shop conditions. The union men an-
-1 nounced nt the time they did not care
longer to continm' under the “gentle
l men’s agreement." which controlled the
j shop conditions for the lust few months. |
j The contractors refused to sign a con- <
; tract. |(
। Pending decis : on of Friday night’s
I meeting no steps will be taken to im- 1
I port plumbers to take the place of the 1
’ strikers it was said nt the Open Shop s
I Associntion Friday morning. Announce-
| meat has been made by that associn-
• tion that it is prepared to obtain ns
’ many ns 200 outside plumbers in the
1 event the strike is not ypeedily settled.
PIGH SCHOOL STUDENT
OVERCOME BY GAS IN
CRITICAL CONDITION
Russell Johnsen Is Uncon-
; scions Since Early Thurs-
day Night.
। Overcome by gas fumes. Russell John-
I <on. 17-y ar-old Brackenridge Hi"h
School student was found unconscious
in s bath room at the residence of
■ Charles Grnclmer. MN South Flores
Street shortly nQer S o’clock Thursday
I night. He ho* not since been restored
Ito consciousness and his condition Fri-
day afternoon was reported as critical.
His father a Bandera county farmer
and his mother have been summoned
and arc expected to reach the city Fri-
day nig’’t.
Russell Johnson was a guest in the
Graebncr Lome. Ho was attending high
j * 'mol preparatory to entering the I ni-j
versity at Austin. 1
i His absence from the evening in<c!|
I Thursday led to the discovery that I
| he had been overcome by fumes fr< m a ।
j gas heater in the bathro. m. Medical at-j
tention was immcd’atcly given and th* |
application later of t’”* pulmotor failed
Ito revive the youth. He was taken t->
I the Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital.
’.hero att”m’:»nts said ttint his recovery
I is only barely possible.
Moscow ADMITS REDS
! LOST BREST-LITOVSK
। IN RECENT UPHEAVAL'
39000 Finns io Sapper!
Yudenitch in New Petro-
grad Drive.
Ixmdou Nov. ll.—The Bolshcviki
have Inen overthrown in Brest-Litovsk
a soviet wireless dispatch from Moscow
Today admits. After fighting the in-
; surgents there for eight days the dis-
! patch says the Bolshcviki withdrew
j “underground.” (This expression is ।
’ commonly usi'd in Russia to indicate •
the temporary abandonment of an at- I
1 tempt to control the defeated elements ।
mattering and abandoning open or- I
ganized efforts for tilie time being.) •
The communique asserts that the B<»L •
sheviki army in Siberia has captured
IHt.OOO tons of grain.
| Another annoiim-ement in the mes-
• sge is that 9G.(HMI tons of oil were .
• burned in a fire at Grozny in the i
■ North Caucasus.
Secs Doom of Liquor Traffic.
Washington. D. C. Nov. 11.—"Tre- (
uiendous revulsion” against the liquor
I traffic in Great Britain will result from
। the cowardly assault of a nmb of hood-
! iums on W. E. “Pussyfoot” Johnson
; the Ameiican Anti-Saloon League rep-
’ resentative in England said a state-
ment issued here today by Clarence I
j True Wilson general secretary of 4he ।
board of temperance of the Methodist :
Church.
Pretest Against Granting Requisition.
Austin Tex. Nove. 14. —Governor
( Hobby ha> received requisition papers
issued by Governor Lowden of Illinois
tor the extradition of Harry Leon who
। is wanted in Chicago to answer to a
I charge of defrauding the Yellow Cap
Company of $22700 while in the em-
ploy of the company last July. Lron
is now under arrest at El Paso. Gover-
nor Hobby lias not as yet acted <»u the
application for requisition because of a
protest which has rome from El Paso
to grunting the requisition.
Standard Oil Declares Dividend.
Cleveland. Nov. 14.—Directors of the’
Standard Oil Company of Ohio today
declared the regular quarterly dividend
of $3 per share and an extra dividend
of SI per share pavable January 1
next to stockholders of record Novem-
ber 28.
At 87 P/oman Says Flight
Over Washington Is “Fine”
MBS. ZELIE LOXGLEY.
At S 7. Mrs. Zelie Longley ia not ton’
»ld t<» fly. After taking a 25-mile spin
iver Washington. D. C.. she told E.
Hamilton Loe. her pilot that “it was
ino” and she only wished it had boon
ongcr. Mrs. Longley is a direct de-
fendant of the Marquis de Lafayette.
RANCHMAN IN JAIL
9 - •
L ines Calkn H?ld in Cnnnecficn With
Death cf T. K. Billings.
San Angelo Tex. Nov. 14. —James
’alien widely known Menard County
ranchman ami for several years presi-
lent of the Texas Cattle Raisers’ Asso-
iatioD. was in the county jail at Men-
ud. today awaiting an examining trial
this afternoon in connection with the
hath of T. R. Billings a young stock-
nun of DeWitt County who was shot
md killed near the Callnn ranch Wed-
uosday.
Callan who telephoned for the sheriff. •
the coroner and nn undertaker imme-
iliately after the shooting refused to
ilisruss the affair before the trial.
Neither would Callan s son. Russell
liscuss the shooting which he is said to
have witnessed.
It was learned from other sources that
Billings who was about 21 years old
was taking some horses to town passing
through the Callnn ranch. This account
lias it that the Callans overtaking Bill-
ings. told him hr had left a number of
zatrH . n the ranch open. A quarrel : s
«nid to have loultcd.
STILL SHORT OF WOOD
Yanis Receive Some But It Gees to
Fill Orders On File.
No improvement in the fuel shortage
situation was apparent Friday after-
noon. dealers reporting that their yards
are still empty. While a few small
ronsignments of wood were received
Thur day afternoon and Friday morn-
ing. they were immediately delivered on
orders which had been in for some time.
A few of the fuel dealers have n limited
imount of coal on hand but fear that
unless more cars are allotted and larger
shipments begin to come in from the
mines without delay their supplies will
ie sold out.
Opinions among those who are in
•los<» touch with the situation differ as
to what is the real cause of the short-
fige. It is pointed out that there has
been general complaint from farmers
md other producers that the condition
if the roads did not permit hauling the
wood already cut to the freight cars.
Some' complaint that not enough cars
have been furnished is also heard and
in some quarters it is believed that
many of the loading producers are hold-
ing back supplies which would relieve
the scarcity in hope of obtaining bigh-
rr prices’.
TO USEBULLISRANGE
Texas Guard Mndiine Gunners to Prac-
tiro Near S«n Antonio.
Austin. Tex. Nov. 14. —There will be
a target practice for machine gnu de-
tachments of the Texas National Guard
at Camp Bullis. 20 miles southwest of
San Antonio November 20 to December
20. it was announced toilay by the ad-
jutant general’s department. There are
approximately 150 men in the machine
gun detachments.
This target practice is authorized by
the War Department and the expenses
incident thereto will be borne by the
Federal govern men t.
BIG PLANE HOPS OFF
Handle;.-P.’ge Leaves Mineola for Chi-
r;«go on Non-Stsp Flight.
Mineola. N. Y. Nov. 14.—Vice Ad-
miral Mark Kerr’s giant Handley-Page
bombing n’ane took the air from Mitchel
Field shortly after 7 o’clock this morn-
ing for a mm-stop flight to Chicago. The
plane carried eight pa^sen^ers and 1509
pounds of express for the American Rail-
wav Express Company.
Admiral Kerr expected the trip to
take about ton hours.
Women Honor Mrs. Daniels.
St. Ijuuls Mo.. Nov. 14. —Mis. Phil-
lip N. Moore of St. Louis was re-elected
president of the National Conference of
Women at its session here today. Mrs.
Josephus Daniels was elected third vice-
president having sent a telegram that
she would accept the office while Miss
Helen Taft was elected recording sec-
retary despite the fact that she has
not signified whether she would accept.
CITY EDITION
CLOSING MARKETS
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
TELLS MINERS
30-HUUfI WEEK
IS IMPOSSIBLE
Secretary Wilson Says Nor-
mal Coal Supply Must
Be Maintained.
GARFIELD IN BIG ROLE
Evidence Grows Miners Are
Not Obeying Order to
Resume Work.
Washington. D. C. Nov. 14.— Tn view
of the world industrial situation it will
be impossible to grant the demand of the
union bituminous coal miners for a 30-
hour week. Secretary Wilsoa declared
today in opening the conference here be-
tween representatives of the miners and
operators which he called with a view
to bringing peace to the nation's coal
fields.
"A 30-hour week and a 60 per cent
increase in wage are impossibilities and
ought to bp eliminated at the very be-
ginning.” Secretary Wilson declared.
“The stand-pat position taken by the
operators heretofore also is an impos-
sibility” said the secretary rapping the
table to emphasize bis uttprances. Ad-
mitting that the Washington wage
agreement still was in force the secre-
tary declared the people were not “shy-
locks'’ and did not want to exact “the
technical provisions of a bond when the
conditions under which the bond was
made have changed.’’
Conciliation Spirit Prevails.
It was said by those in dose touch
with the situation last night that the
operators were going to the conference in
a conciliatory spirit and would not in-
sist on the interpretation that the war
is not over although their stand has
been supported by the pronouncement
of the administration and the mandate
of Federal Judge Anderson at Indina-
o polis.
Miners arriving here today for the
parley attached significance to the an-
nouncement by Secretary of Labor Wu-
son. that Fuel Administrator Garficid
had accepted his invitation to be pres-
ent at the opening of the conference.
N<» explanation of the role Dr. Gar-
field is to play was given other than
the statement that it was through ms
influence that the “Washington kgr-P.
ment ’ was negotiated his presence was
logically to bo expected. There wax
speculation as to whether the fuel ad-
ministrator. with revived war powers
might not be able to exercise his au-
thority in a similar manner on this oc-
casion.
Gompers Scores Gregory.
President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor reiterated last
night his assertion that former Attor-
ney General Gregory "had given assur-
। ance” to the union leaders in 1917 that
tlie Lever food and fuel act. under wbicn
। the coal strike has been enjoined would
not be used against labor organization*.
Referring to Mr. Gregory's denial of
the assertion originally made by the ex-
ecutive council of the federation Mr.
Gompers said the former attorney gen-
eral had gone into conference with tha
labor executives on the subject.
WEST VIRGINIA RESTIY R
Three I n iutlinrizeil Strikes Reported
and Red Agitators Active.
Charleston \V. Va.. Nov. 14.—Three
unauthorized strikes were preventing
miners from returning to work in ten
coal mines in the Kanawha field today.
This statement was made by the Kan-
awha Coal Operators' Association.
From other districts reports reached
the Kanawha association that men were
slowly returning to work and approxi-
mately 5(1 per cent of the union mines
were in operation.
The first step in a round-up of radical
agitators in the Northern West Virginia
coal fields was taken todav when De-
partment of Justice agents. a^sDted by
state authorities invaded the districts
in which according to state officials.
Industrial Workers of the World. Rus-
sian and Austrian agitators have been
spreading lawless propaganda. As a
result of activity of radicals authorities
say. manv coni miners have failed to
return to work and while United Mine
Workers’ officials have announced thev
were “able to control the situation.”
"tate executives and coal operators said
thev feared trouble unless the propa-
ganda wns curbed at once.
According to reports to state authori-
ties. "radical centers” exist in Taylor.
Monongalia and Marion Counties and
in that region the investigation of the
Federal agents centered.
STILL 01 T IN ILLINOIS.
Coal Workers to Await New Mage
Agreement Before Returning.
Springfield. HI.. Nov. 14. —Conditions
in the Illinois soft coal fields where
9U.UUO miners are on strike were static
today. Indications bore out the asser-
tion of miners in various sections of the
State that the return of the mine work-
ers would wait on the outcome nf the
joint scale conferences beginning in
Washington. D. C. this afternoon.
While reports coming to mine work-
cm* headquarters were meager due to
the absence of union officials* it was
stateil that the ranks of the strikers re-
mained unbroken last night.
Miners in the Springfield sub-dis-
trict said there would be no signs of a
resumption of coal hoisting until the
joint scale conference meeting today
at Washington D. C.. had formulated
an agreement.
RIVAL (’LUMS CONFLICT.
Alabama Miners Report Discrimination
and Operators Say Men Won’t Work.
Birmingham Ala. Nov. 14. —Georgo
Hargrove international representative
of the United Mine Workers of America
in Alabama yesterday made formal com-
plaint to Attorney General Palmer that
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