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VOL. VI. NO. 40
Entered aa Cecond-Claea Matter at tha roatottlce. at Philadelphia.
Under tha Act of March 8. 1870.
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PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1919
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WHARTON SCHOOL
BURNS: 4 FIREMEN
VICTIMS OF SMOKE
Logan Hall Badly Damaged in
Blazo That Starts in
Basement
DORIZAS, "STRONG MAN,"
RESCUES STENOGRAPHER
Many Valuable Records of Acad
' emy of Political and Social
Science Lost
Four firemen were overcome by smoke
In a fire that attacked the basement of
Logan Hall, of the University of Penn
Rvltrnntfi TMrttr-filrth street and Wood-
land avenue, 'at 11:15 o'clock this
morning.
The firemen are :
, George Doody, Engine
Sfo. 1.
Charles Fisher, Engine
Company
Company
No. 2.
I rhnriM TV HnsUlns. Engine Com
pany No. 5. .
John Oulnane, .Engine Company
No. 5.
All were revived by police surgeons
and Insisted on returning to the fire.
The building, which is attached to
the Wharton School, was badly damaged
, by smoke and water. The blaze was
extinguished shortly before 1 o clock.
One of sixty girl stenographers was
carried from the basement by "Mike
Dorizas, famous "strong man," now an
instructor in geogrnphy in the W harton
School.
Discard Cigarette Theory'
A theory that a discarded cigarette
caused the fire was discredited, by Uni
versity officials. The basement store
room where the flames started was kept
wi-1-.rl nffirinls nsscrted. They attrib
uted the blaze cither to spontaneous
combustion or crossed wires.
' One estimate of the damage plncca it
nr SfiOnrw exclusive of records and
other documents destroyed, which cau
. not be replaced. , ,
In the basement were valuable rec
ords of the American Academy of Po
litt.i nr,ri h-!i Sciences. The base-
nn.nt housed1 the OlfiCCS of VariOUS
University publications, inciuiuuK i"
Punch Bowl, the Red and Blue and
Ihe Pennsylvania Gazette.
Among the young women working m
the basement were Lillian Atkinson,
iqiq -KrAtrAo atront- l-lnther Leek unci
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,,. oUtr Tiuliv Leek. 210 South
Twenty-second street, and Helen Paint
cr, Chestnut Hill. They are stenog
iraphers.
' filrl Discovers Blaze
Miss Atkinson discovered" the fire in
,s nlle of nancr stored for the University
IVmihlieations. The. flames were racing
It over the highly Inflammable- materials
r . . . ,- H.,.J f..m thn crnre
ana dense edioku iwuicu nu. i.-
Hc.aring the girl's cry of fire, an
other' stenographer telephoned an alarm
to the engine company at Thirty-seventh'
and Ludlow streets.
Dorizas, who recently returned from
service In Asia and eastern countries
bt Europe, was one of the first instruc
tors to reach the basement. He found
'the- hysterical young woman and car
ried her from the building.
1-nrv.or. Vi firisr firn enclne rolled UP
(hundreds of students were inarching
clown the stairways from each of the
four floors. Seeing the seriousness ot
the 'blaze the captain struck two box
alarms. ... , , , .,
""'Let 'er burn," shouted some of the
students jocularly, as they met the first
detachment of helmeted firefighters.
The collegians had long been com
plaining of the overcrowded condition in
-Logan Hall, and hnd been urging a new
building. It was estimated that lriOO
students were in the structure When the
PAr he?fln.
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To me casi oi mu uuimut, uii..,.i.fc,
is College Hall and the Houston Club.
'tJ,mitntelv to the south is the Unbert
ItfHare laboratories of chemistry, auiUic-
jow tnar. across opnice nurct, mc jui
Tersity Hospital. North jt the burning
structure arc a number of fraternity
houses.
In one bense firemen nro always wel
m irhpn lliev reach a burning build-
Ling, but never before have local fire-
sflghfers been grceiea wiiu nm-n b
of enthusiasm as tney were ioouj.
Students .Cheer Firemen
Students crowded along Woodland
...i,n. nnd fhirtv-sixth street. As
jfach engine or ladder truck rolled up
'the dews were ercetcd with enthusiasti-;
cheers and yells.
Details of patrolmen had trouble
'holding the college youths back from
the fire lines. Groups' of students
danced, serpentine fashion, and college
songs mingled with the throbbing of the
"no school boys watching their little
red whool house burn ever were more
4AVflll-
One explanation for the gayety was
that the fire interrupted the monthly
"exams lor aoouc one inousunn gui-
Five' hundred students were in the
lecture nail on tne lourtu uoor oi ijukuu
Hall when a wreath of smoke blew
through a doorway. An instructor who
saw it hurried downstairs,
When he took in the situation the in
structor i an tack to the hall. "Take
it easy boys," he admonished as he
told of the fire below.
In two seconds the stairs and the
flro-escapes were packed. Although
no fire drills have been held in the
"iVharton School the exit while rapid
was not precipitate, and no one was
hurt.
Dr. J. 1. Lichtenbergcr was conduct
ing a class, of 175 students on the
fourth floor when he sruelled smoke.
He roarshnled the men into lines qnd
led them to the street.
The first alarm was a local, sent to
the engine company at Thirty-seventh
and Ludlow streets. The company
captain, on his arrival, struck two box
alarms and eight engines were soou
there.
t Hose Lines Burst
On several occasions bursting hose
'nomnered tho firefighters. One chemical
Inline split, dousing bystanders with the
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ing several students.
All the students did not join the'
cheering, dancing throngs assembled
near Logan Hail. Soino stuffed wet
fcanrikeri-hiefs into their mouths and
Hran Into the building to rescue books,
"papers anu personal property.
jnauy valiiable records which were stored
. in the basement by packing them in
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morning, amongst a store of paper and equipment used in (ho printing of the several Unhcrsity publications "
CREEL PUBLICITY
Government's News Bureau Ac
cused of Gross Negligence in
Handling U. S. Funds
CHECKS HARD TO TRACE
Washington, Oct. HO.T-The cjommit
tee on public information, headed by
Ocortio Creel, cost the government about
$0.tS0O,0()O on the face of its chaotic
records, according to official reports now
before Cohgress, which say the com
mittee's affairs cannot be wound up for
six months bceatise of the confusion.
Chairman Creel and other officials of
the committee nre. chargtd with gross
negligence in handling the government's
funds in a report by R. K. Ellsworth,
of the Council of National Defense, ap
pointed to liquidate the committee s at
tain;. ' "
"It appears that immediately after
the signing of the armistice," said Mr.
Ellsw'orth, "virtually all of the officials
of the committee threw up their jobs
and returned to private life, leaving but
a few miner officials iu charge,"
The committee issued hundreds of
checks for Individual expenditures far
in excess of the .flOOO maximum limit
fixed by Congress, the report says. They
ranged, It adds, from $100 to $500,000
and were issued to between 400 nud f!00
persons, who advanced parts to other
persons, malting filial accounting to the
government extremelv difficult.
Mr. Ellsworth tiaid he was refusing
to pay some accounts npproved by
Chairman Creel.
TEACHERS TALK TOO MUCH
So Ohio State Superintendent of
Education Tells Institute
"Teachers should stop wasting time
and words and do something. If teach
ers had to pay telephone rntes for all
the talking they do, they would be pom
and they would not earn their salaries.
Prof. Francis B. Pearson, state su
perintendent of educntion nCOhjo. today
thus admonished the Bucks County
Teachers' Institute, in- sixty-fifth an
nual session at Doylestown. This is
the fourthMny of the convention, and
Doctor Pearson 1ms been a dally
speahcr. ' , .,,....
The co-operation of the institute iu
assisting to lower the advance of con
tagious diseases was sought by Dr.
Howard L. Hull, of Harrisburg. Scar
let fever, he said, is on this increase in
Pennsylvania.
Doctor Hull suggested that pupils bo
weighed at least once a jnonth as a
preventive against malnutrition. Teach
ers, he added, should prevent children
from trading candy nnd fruit, as such
practice aids in the transmission of
disease and contagion.
Dr. George M. Phillips, principal of
the West Chester Normal School, spoke
favorablv of recent school legislation,
particularly praising the compulsory
vaccination net.
TO ARREST MANY HOARDERS
Justice Department Not Sidetracked
In Attack on H. C. L.
Washington, Oct. 30,-(By A. P.)
Many new-arrests in.fl number of states
for violations of the food and fuel
control law are expected soon by the
t.. on nf Justice. Attorney Gen-
nrnl Palmer made it clear today that
the government's preoccupation with
the coal strike had not slowed up, the
campaign to reduco living costs.
Since the criminal amendments to the
f.i or. fuel control law have been ad
ded the Department of Justice has
been preparing to prosecute cases on
evidence jur"1 vu..,,.,..., .-. -sult
indictments are expected soon
throughout" tlc country of persons guilty
of flagrant uoaraing unci proiiieering.
Murderer Gets Month's Reprieve
Harrlsburgli, Pa.. Oct. 30. (Bj' A.
P.) Governor Sproul has issued a res
pite staving the electrocution of Alex
ander Dale. Schuylkill county, from th'
week of November 3 to the week 'of
December 1. Application has been filed
with the state board of pardons' for
commutation of the death sentence of
Lazarus Bollin, Lawrence county.
Warm and Vamp
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Jn Octoher luperheaied, ,
Eatt to toutheaat teiiicfj a -Mowing
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MRS. WILCOX DEADr
. 'PASSION POETESS'
Noted Woman Author Suffered
Collapse While Engaged
in War Work
WON DOUGHBOYS' PRAISE
By the Associated Press
New Haven, Conn.. Oct. 30.--Mrs.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, author and poet
ess, died at her home, the Bungalow,
in firanford, today. Mrs. Wilcox had
been ill for some months, having had
a nervous collapse while engaged in war
relief work in Kngland. She was sixty
four years old.
Her death was not unexpected to
those who shared the seclusion of her
home. The exact nature of ber-final
illness is not stated.
Mrs. AVllcox had been constantly
under medical care for nine months.
During her illness overseas messages to
friends, despaired of her recovery. She
regained In a measure her strength, nnd
in July was brought to New York and
then to Branfoid in fulfillment of a
desire to be in her own home, the
place wherein most of her literary work
had been done, and where, with Mr.
Wilcox, she hod entertained friends
from over all the world.
Her surviving relatives are a brother
and a sister in the West,
The ariangements for the funeral
have not been completed. The body will
ne taKen to Springfield, Mass., for cre
mation, and a service will be held there,
although the time has not let been
determined.
"Some one asked me.", snld Hlla
Wheeler Wilcox in "My Autohloir-
laphy," issued eighteen jears ago, when
tue I'oetess oi rassion was in the
heyday of her career, a woman iu her
mid-forties and abounding in physical
health and mental alertness, "when it
was that I first conceived the idea of
a literary career and at what age I
found mybclf something of a celebrity.
Continued on Tana Fixe, Column One
DELAYED FUNERAL; FINED
Motorist Arrested for 'Cutting Into'
Procession at Broad and Diamond
The rarely invoked ordinance against
delaying n funeral procession on the
street resulted in a fine today for Oil
rjin Levering, of Davisvillc road, Hat
boro. . Levering was accused by Julius Bo
senberger, 2000 North-Broad street, an
undertaker, ofx"cutting into" a funeral
with his motorcar at Broad and Dia
mond streets late yesterday afternoon.
r- The undertaker told Magistrate
Olenn in the Fourth and York streets
police station that the Hatboro man
drove ahead nf the hearse and refused
to heed the warning horn. A reserve
patrolman who was appealed to at Broad
and York streets arrested Levering.
After Levering explained he could
not get out of the funeral procession
because of the heavy traffic the magis
trate jmposcd a fine of $5 and costs.
MOBILIZE' COLORADO GUARD
Militia to, Protect Miner Who Wish
to Work. During Strike
Denver, Col., Oct. 30,-(By A. P I
Mobilization of the Colorado National
Guard for the protectionof miners who
wish to work in case a strike of soft
coal miners occurs Novemher 1 was
begun today upon instructions from
Governor'Shoup.
The National Guard, approximately
1200 strong, is ordered to mobilize at
Golden and Trinidad by Friday night.
BOY HAS FIRE-ALARM MANIA
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Youngster Sent to House of Deten
tion After Admitting Acts
An eleven -year -old boy, who, the
police say, has a mania for pulling fire
alarm boxes, was sent to the House of
Detention today.
Albert Billen, Jr., Fifth street near
Columbia avenue, the accused hov, ad
mitted at a hearing before' Magistrate
Glenn, in the Fourth and York streets
station, that he had sent in "two or
three alarms."
According to the police, at least
twenty false alarms have been struck
within tho last month in the neighbor
hood of the boy's home. On several
occasions firemen .were slightly hurt in1
'
ROTANACTSTOGET
250 Summoned to Office of Dis
trict Attorney Some Draft
Dodgers, Is Belief
OTHERS ASSAIL ACTION
Two hundred nnd 'fifty men were
summoned today to District Attorney
Rotnn's office iu connection with an
investigation of the legality of their
registration for the primary election.
It is said this afternoon at -the dis
trict attorney's office that n large num
ber nf men who claimed exemption from
military service on the ground that they
were aliens registered and voted at the
primaries, "v
The sixth floor of Citv Hall was
jammed with indignant men who stop
ped their day's work to answer "John
Doe Miimnoiics." None of them knew'
what they were waiting there for, and'
nobodv from the district attorney's of
fice told them.
The men were filed into the dlstiict
attorney's office one by one and were
questioned by Assistant District At
torney Gordon and members of Chief
l ortelyou s detective force.
Many of the men were not .aliens nt
all, and they proved it. Among those
examined was the IJev. Thomas E.
Delia Cioppn, rector of the Italian
Episcopal Church, Tenth nnd Christian
streets, who said :
"I have been in this country twelve
years. I have been a citiacn one and a
half years and I voted last year and I
hope to vote thi,s year. I applied for a
chaplaincy during the war, but I was
rejected. I have always urged my
parishioners to become American citi
zens." i
Another summoned was Lieutenant
John Kerns, of the Seventh nnd Car
penter police station, lie was asked if
he had claimed exemption on the
ground that he wasnn lilien. "Why,
it's ridiculous," he said. "My father
was born here, and I was born here,
too." ,
' David L Price, 1012 South Orkney
street, said he voted at the last "elec
tion at Camp Lee, where he was sta
tioned. Benjamin Peno, 1724 South Tenth
street, told tne examiners that he served
overseas with a motor transport corps.
He pioduced an honorable discharge
from the army.
The men called in for examination
nre residents of the First nnd Second
wards, where nlmerous exemptions were
claimed by persons representing them
selves as aliens. Both wards are Varc
.strongholds.
The number brought up for examina
tion today is but a small fraction, it is
believed, of what will be called before
the district attorney's office is through
with its investigation. All wards in
the city will be -scoured for evidence
of illegul registration by aliens, and 'all
suspected persons ordered to the dis
trict attorney's office for investigation.
Neither Mr. Gordon nor Mr. Itotan
would talk regarding the course they
intend pursuing if their investign,
tioh discloses that 'any of the men'
examined prove to have registered
nnd voted after claiming nlieik citizen -shin
in order to evade militiir.v service.
It is likely, however, that all will bo
nrosecuteil for Illegal voting.' as thev
presumably established the fact tlmt
they nre nntionals of other countries.
when they were exempted in the draft,
and the laws provide penalties for nnn
citizens who register and vote, Mr,
Gordon promised a statement late to
day. s,
SHIP'S DEAD 20 TO .24
U.
S. Officers Continuing Inquiry
Into Muskegon Wreck
Muskegon, Mich., Oct. .'H).(By A
I", j v line ietierai oniccrs continued
their Investigation of the sinking Tues.
day of the lake steamer Muskegon,
which battled her way across Lake
Michigan through a raging storm only
to be dashed to pieces against the piers
in the" harbor here, divers were .search
inc the hull of1 the vessel and tue crews
were dragging the bottom of the chan
nel iu an eltnrt to nnd tne, pomes of the
victims1, believed now to number be
tween twenty and twenty-four, t
Only six bodies have been recovered
and the exact number of the missing has
not been definitely established because
of the kiss of the shlpVi register.
Stories of some of the passengers, Jn.
eluding George Bobiuson, a veteran
marine man. have hinted at mechanMni
trouble durliig the stormy voyage across
the lake, but these stories have been
(itniitlv denied by officers of the vmuI
and officials of the Crosby 'line. ,
ALIENS WHO VOTED
MINERS BITTERLY ASSAIL
HINES ORDERS ROADS
Lewis Charges Executive Is Al
lied With "Sinister Finan
cial Interests"
MINERS SAY THEY WOULD
AGREE TO CONFERENCE"
Reply to Secretary Wilson Indi
cates He Offered to
Call Meeting
Uy the Associated Press
Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. HO. A direct
attack upon President Wilson's course
m thcaicoal strike situation us "the
climax of a long series of attempted
' usurpations of executive power" was possible physically to leseind the strike
iniide today bv John L. Lewis, acting1 n"'n1. and evi ry one here enects the
president, anil the executive board of , P'oimsed walkout on Noeinber i.
the United Mine Workers of America. The .iiltnliiist ration h til mis deter
The attack came in n long telegram to mined to light the issue out. Theie is
Senetaiy of Labor Wilson, replying to no sign of weakening or cmnpiomisc.
a message trom nun delivered to tne
conference here yesterday of some four-
seoto officials and leaders of the union.
The telegrams constituted the first
exchange of views between Ihe admin
istration and the union. While the
telegram fro.:. Secretary Wilson i cached
here ycsferd:,y, the reply was not nmi
pleted until odaj , when it wa- sub
mitted to the executive board by l'resi-
lent Lewis. It (as announced flint the
reply was ,ippriiicd by unanimous yote.
l moil hcailiniartcrs refused to gie
out the secretary's message, saying that
its publication was something for the
sender to approve.
Agree to Conference
The reply indicated that the secre
tary offered to call a conference of Ihe
miners and emphneis, winch offer was
accepted in tne following Innguge
"We shall hold ourselves iu readiness
to attend any joint conference whir
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null on I't'iiiinoii nv rxt ,i,wm ,.,,,' ii.tste
(..j,, .si.iiiv, ,,-fiii., ,i i ,-, ,iii , in- in,- in
ternational conveniton of our organi
zation whenever our scale committee has
received an honorable piopositlcm for
presentation to such convention."
The telegiam tp Secietary Wil-ou
follows :
Your telegram twenty-ninth in
stant was read by me to assembled
conference of members of oilr inter
national executive, board, scale com -mittee
of central competitive field
tyicl presidents of our various ells
tiiets jesteiduy. On behalf of cun
feieuce I am authorized to make you
tint reply:
Scnle committee representing
United Mine Woikers convened with
operators of central committee com
petitive field at Buffalo, September
2.", and presented Jo operators the
wage demands as formulated by our
International convention which was
thnrnughlv lepresentntive of the
views of our membership. Opera
tors declined to consider the merits
of our demands and further because
threat is made to exercise full force'
of government to prevent stoppage of
work' without any corresponding
threat to exert full force of govern
ment to en foi re fair working ton
ditioin nud .i living wage.
Att.uli Wilson and Cabinet
It" is indeed a sUd commentary
upon pnnclples of square dealing
when President of Cnited States and
his cabinet bv unanimous vote ally
themselves with sinister financial
interests which seek to deny justice
to labor and precipitate our country
into industiinl turmoil.
The 1'iesident states : "ihe mine
vyorkeis ptojeited strike is not onlv
Vnjustiliable. hut unlawful. He
states fuither- "It is wrong, both
morally uid legally." ".''
words, the resident says it is a
crime for the miners to s rike and
threatens punishment for the crime.
May I point out to you that under
laws of 1'mt.sl States beyond any
Presidential aineuciincui, ui ."".".
tion. it is not a crime to striKO , it.
cannot be' made a crime ra; '
thaf an individual cannot be pun
ish eel for stu king " for the com-
mlThenpi"esi,le:tr oT'ihe 1'i.lted States
is the servant ami not the master of
he .onstiJulin... The constitution is
tie nil i erne law of the land. Ill t he
(fa tcrpwt iiou and application of m
Constitution, the decisions of the
Bupreine Comt are final authority.
Charged Attempted Usurpation
The President's statement of Oc
tober 'V.. liH-. threatens invasion of
co s ituticinnl an.J jf cunbly "? ?
nf Viiieiiiiiu citiwns. It is tue
climax long series of attempted
tiiiiiiiA ..vecutive lmwer.
iXvse...i".t displayed in yes
terdav's .oniricncc of officials of the
ICniH H " ...... Knl trwIllV Will
fi.:ish.ng,,p
the ! coming strike of bituminous coal
"I!""8 Walk"" Now Certain
. 1 lB..innt Pnlllll flVPI't M Stl'llCC,
it was stated, hut some change ,,.
attitude Of tie operaiuiB ..w,i,.,v ........
In the shortening of the tie-up, accord
ing to union men. .
A few of the district -presidents nnd
members of the scale , coinm ttec re
mained over for today's meeting but
most of them were en route to their
Home districts to direct the locals , n
putting the str ke into efTect. Ihe twji
doze members of the executive boarTl
were left to clear the decks of the flagj-
"MS officials were still inclined to
dav to rest their case ou the statement
issued last night by the coti.'rence. In
that statement he attltuiu of e fed
ernl administration was sa id to have re
ceived earnest? consideration, but the
h,. i....i.N n nted nnJ that Wash
ington had been silent so far as they
were officially concerned and that they
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ceptlve mooei so i. r .". ,jw
pegotlatious wiui 'J2J
had been rompe. cc, ".."'i',"" I those convicted of violating the espion
nJpaTw WPson's nttitucle ' "BP' ,lraft' "Msives and other laws.
TnUtloaffilw its re. Aliens making t hr eats against ; the Pres,
COAL STRIKE SITUATION. SUMMARY
The strike of 350,000 soft-coal miners at Krirlny midnight i certain.
Railroads have been ordered to seize coal in transit when necessary.
Exemption will lie granted essential industries under a priority list.
President Wilson will issue an order restoring maximum coal prices.
Consumption of coal in industries may be i educed CO per cent.
The Department of Justice will prosecute in cases of hoarding or
profiteering.
The Senate discussed Senator Thomas's resolution, pledging support of
Congress to the administration maintaining order.
COAL STRIKE
RADICAL LABOR THEORY
Administration Plans to Prove That Government
Can't Be Ruled by Unions Through Control
of Key Industries .
n,v CLINTON W. GILISKUT
StnflT rnrremndent of tlte turning: riihlir Lrjer
Washington. Oct. HO The battle
between soft coal woikers and the gov
ernment i, , ( is llim .,imo.t ,
it the strike goes into effect, the
administration will not deal with the
miners until it is rescinded, the cabinet
taking the same position the 1'iesident
Hid jn regard to the lailway shopmen's
stiike, namely, that Ihe men must re
turn to wink as a condition negotiating
a settlement.
Capital on Sidelines
To a remalkable degiee the dispute is
one between the woikers and the gov-
eminent. Capital has disappeared fioin
the contest. The mine woikers refer
to the operators in their statements, but
the'operatnr.s are silent and the various
and counter moves cm both sides ale
made by the workers and the adminis
tration. The win kns are eudrntly anxious
i iu iivoui tins as lect oi t lie mse. fee inir
J that it weakens them with the public.
inc decline that they have received
no message from the President nml
I t9!-'alll'5 tain in, U the issue
...
w ei i' a
simple old -fashioned one between work
eis and their employers, instead of one
in which for the first time the interest
of the public lias become the domimiut
factor.
Tliiiilmiiitstriitinn,-oii the other hand,
unhesitatingly neceptb the challenge and
declaies iu Attorney Gtueial Palmer's
statement that the nation's life is at
tacked. War Policy Still Active
A variety of cirdu instances have
contributed to this, In the fust place,
theie is tho circimstauce that the war,
legally at any rate, is not over and the
suiioidination of individual or class in
terests to the general iuteie'st which
the war brought about has not yet lost
its power over men's minds.
This stress upon national 'interest
has been leflected in the laws. 'Plie
government has the authority to treat
as outlaw til such a movement as the
millers propose. The miiment is siugiu
Inrly pinpitinus for fm niing a prece
dent for Heating these nation-wide
strikes in key industries as primarily
the concern of the nation and not of
capital.
The policy which the labor unions
have adopted in imitation of the Iiiit
ish of iiitienching themselves iu the
vital industiies anil tiiie.iteuiig to make
themselves .stronger than government
itself 'has piotluiecl a lecogiiitinu on the
part of the public that its interest, is
permanent. Thus the whole value of
the new radical policy of making labor
strong through contiol of the key in
dustries U going to be piomptly and
thoroughly testedu
Public Opln0ii Against Miners
So far us Washington is concerned,
there is much greater confidence in ad
ministration than in labor union cir
cles. The public recognition that na
tional freedom from any such menace
MAXIMUM PRICES FIXED FOR ALL COAL
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. Attorney General Palmer today
said the. restoration of the maximum prices on coal would apply
to anthracite as well as bituminous.
' CHINESE TO ESTABLISH BANKS IN U- S-
VANCOUVER, B. C, Oct. 30. Backed by lie Chinese govern
ment, a bank capitalized at $10,000,000 now being established in
Ne York, will establish branches in Vancouver, Seattle, San
.Francisco and Montreal, according to announcement made by
Ksu Un Yuen, privy councillor of- the Chinese cabinet, who was
here today on his ,way home. Mr. Hsu was formerly president
o. tie Bank of China. The New York bank will be kuown as the
Amcnc.-.n IiUU3trial Bunk of Chiua.
WOULD DEPORT ALIEN REDS
Senate Committee Acts Favorably on
Bill Excluding Anarchists
Washington, Oct. HO. (Uy A. P I
At the request of Attorney General Pal
mer the Sennte immigration committee
today ordered a favorable report ou the
House bill providing for deportation
unci permanent exclusion from the
United States of alien anarchists.
The House measure provides for do-
peirtiition of aliens interned during the
nrovIs,onB. ,vh,p ,vouI(i make lllul, auv
deportation decision of the secretary of
nnr. ill 111111111,111 it, itiiui villain uuu hum.
lcieni aiso wouiu ne suuieci 10 tie uiirs
PRESIDENT;
WILL TEST
as was contained in the mine workers.'
piogrnni of an alliance with the rnil
vvny woikers, which by its power over
the indispensahles of national life
would be us strong as the government
itself, is of more vital conseepienie
than any meie epiestioii nf justice be
tween miners and nprintors.
The public acceptaiu e of the chal
lenge in the cominir strike 1ms hint
peiwcrim enect.
T.. : , ,
ci.clcs it is admitted that p, bl oVin-' t ' , ' ' ,nlstraVon so at
ion is against the mine workers to nul , raroatls, public service utilities
extent (bat it has never been against am' essential industries will have first
labor in any previous strike. The labor I call on whatever coal is mined nnd on
leaders are puzzled by this develop- that In storage
ment. for it is f.eely admitted every- i. '"' ' Z -
where that theie is much justice in! lriParation of an executive order
the workers' claims and ordinarily i establishing maximum prices for coal
when there was justice in their de- and completion of plans by the Depart-
iuPa'd'ed Vlnl-n.0 CUUt " LT"1 1t '7 1' """
"'. Profiteering nnd hoarding.
Miners mi Defensive ,r c ., .....
Apparently the radical unionists did ,I,"ST V" r'''",
not reali.e when they weie foiging a n 'V" H,DCement " I-M
weapon big enough to contiol the v- " m""P" ""' ot hesitate
eminent, h, reason of its effect upon " '' L n e"'"1 i"" ot1 J ?;
,i .; r ,., ., , clustnes fiO per cent so that essential
the necessities of life, hey were nkci n,i.Mo. , , . . , '. ,ul
,, , , . . ., industries might be kept In operation
creating the defense against t. n,.ni n ,. ., ''."llln'
,,.,,, T, t , . . (,p"p'al discussion of the situation
In Kngland. where the Labor party by P.esident Wilson's cabinet which
vote is two-fifths of the country, the met iu special session nt the call of
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111 III L'HIII.I'II IIIIIIII-
nt least a iioweiful minoiitv nubile
- ! n.u.ivv ,,,.n.,, ,iiii ,,.,,i,L iiiiiii
opinion in a case of a strike. Not so
in this country. When a strike aims
to re'ich an employer through the dam
age it does the public, such a strike has
the public almost unanimously against
it.
' The British labor union tactics are
being tried in this country nnd are prov
ing unwoihable iu American conditions.
Many persons here welcome the test as
the best moans of removing the fear
which ladical unionism has raised iu
the hearts of the Amerienn people. The
bogv will be understood for exactly
what it is woith.
With regard to public opinion, the
labor unionists aie hopeful, because, as
they -say, the mine workers live such
isolated jives in small hamlets as not
to know public opinion or be lesponsive
to it, but it is nossible to see the in
fluence of public opinio. i iu the mine
workers lenders' statements. The docu
ment issued in Indian'apolis last night I to make an order cancelling the suspen-.
was defensive; it was almost apologetic, siou of restrictions ns to price of coal
in spite of the fact that every one 1 which will have the effect of restoring
recognb.es the partial justice of woik- 1 theV maximum prices., t'pon the making
ers' wage claims. ' , of that older the fuel administrator
i ..!...., r-....ici 1,-i.i.i will take such action as may be ueccs-
Laliors Greatest light j san , ,.,,,, t consumers both as to
I'neler the circumstances i is gen-j price and distribution of fuel."
e.allv believed both in administration , The agencies to be used by the fuel
nnd in l'ibor circles that the stiike will 'udmiiiistriitor iu carrying nut his plans
be short. The actual impoitance of m ni the Department of the Interior
legal steps against the mine woikers' I an(I t, ra;irad administration,
lenders, their p. execution nuclei- the, i, i.i,P1. nointed out that Dr.
Level act. is doubtful. But the gov- '
ernnient will concentrate more pnuticalj
fence against the sti'iker.s thati was ever ,
hi ought to bear upon a strike. '
This is one of the penalties which
radical labor faces when it forges a
bolt so big that the public consetpieiices i
of crushing it nie disastiQi.s. Order .
S,,A'.Vr2Lm T:,r'"' 'i ' '.V'r
ficient means of breaking a strike is f-
Conllniieel on ruito Tweiitj-oite, Column To
WET BRIBES FOR ARMY
Liquor Given Camp Sherman
Off!-
cers, Investigators Hear
Columbus, (),, Oct. 30. (By A. P.)
Government payrolls were padded
and unny officers in the nunrtermaster
corps were furnished with liquor audi
vaiutiDie preseuts ny e-ontractors, h. b,
Healel testified today before a. cou-t-rcssionnl
siihcnmnilttcit invi.stti.ntlni
irrnft phum-u In connection .h n.n
coilstruction of Camp Sherman at Chil-
llcothe, .Mr. Healel is a former payroll
auditor and bookkeeper for D, W. JIc
Grath &, Son, Columbus contractors.
NKAV YORK EXCURSION NKXT HUNPAY
Special train txcuralon leaving; heading
Jarmlnal 8 00 A, It., atopplng at Columbia
ve Huntingdon Bt., Wayne June, Logan
TO SEIZE COAL
INDUSTRIES TO GET
FUEL BY RESTORED
LIST OF PRIORITIES
Consumption May Be Cut Fifty
Per Cent to Save Essen
tial Business
FUEL ADMINISTRATOR
INVOKES LEVER LAW
Will Take Whatever Steps Are
Neededto Conserve Supply,
Says Palmer
By tho Associated Press
1 Washington. Oct. ,"10. Federal gov
I eminent agencies moved swiftly today
I to meet the situation which will re
sult finni the strike of bituminous col
niineri Saturday.
Development! included:
Oreleis to lailionds to confiscate all
coal in transit if necessary to build up
a reserve for operation nf the roads.
Ito-cstablishment nf the priorities
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ni'rirunv J.ailSluC
Woikini? out of nlanu hr wlll min-
h , - - , ".. .,-. .ill,,
o wish to continue work will be
afforded every possible protection. In
cluding that of federal troops should
that become necessary. .s.
' In confiscation "of "coalby t h"e" rail
road administration exemptions wil he
made-a"s far Iis"p6ssibl6 "ofcoar lies"
tiued to certain class of consignees,
based on the priority list established dy
the fuel admiuistratlou.
Lever Act in Force
At the conclusion of the special cab
inet meeting today Attorney General
Palmer announced that the fuel admin
istrator would take control of the
handling of coal and would use his
authority under the Lever act to take
whatever steps might be necessary to
meet the situation.
Mr. Palmer's announcement, which
was iiutl.oiizee'. by the cabinet, said:
"The President will be asked today
ii,,rr, i Giirtinlil still was fuel admin
istrator and could exercise his authority
without icsurrcctitig the fuel ndminis
tiatinn. While the President has been asked
to sign the orden restoring maximum
prices, the attorney general took the
view that Doctor Garfield would have.
-uffieient authority to net on hi; own
J'Tle Mnot ITxpfaln'X itw
decided to have the President SlgU the
i order.
Maximum Price for Coal
The executive order restoring maxi
mum prices for coal probably will bo
issued bv President WiNou today.
Officials would not say what maximum
had bts?n determined upon.
Regional elirectois have been engaged
for several weeks in a survey of the
coal requirement, of prefeired con
sumers iu their territory, which has
given the railroad administration a.
very complete idea of how much coal
will be needed to supply them. All
above this ainoitut will be taken by the
railroads, which, it. is believed, will
have sufficient fueMo run them for u
considerable period,
Itnilroadt, which find- themselves
without sufficient fuel .will be able to
make requisitions through the regional
ilircctois on roads which have a sur
plus. Similarly public utilities and
other preferred consumers will be. nblq
to obtain fuel imperatively needed by
applying to these directors.
Statement by Hlnes
Director General Hlnes issued thd
following statement:
In order to interfere as 'little as
possible with the normal course of
coal traffic, the railroad administra
tion up to the present time has per
mitted coal to go to the designated
consignees. For the last two weeks
open-top equipment has been devoteil
to coal loading to the exclusion of
other classes of traffic and the move
ment of such equipment has beeu ex
pedited so as to facilitate the maxi
mum production of coal. The result
has been an exceptionally heavy eonl
production.
It hnvlug become necessary, how
ever, to be prepared to Insure against
all temporary contingencies, that the
transportation service be protected,
regional directors, have now been in
structed to see that each railroad
shall nrciiinuatH a necessary reserve
of coal when it is not 'already on
hand, purchasing such coul if possi
ble, nnd otherwise holding coal in
transit.
The practice thus resorted to is a
nractlce which railroads have always
I employed in emergencies whether un
der private or punuc control ana na
beeu recognized, as indispensable; to lni
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