Mohave County miner., 1917-12-01
BISBEE DECORATIONS
 SCORED BY U. s. BOARD

WASHINGTON, NOV, OSfSAS criticism of the persons responsible for the deportation of I1S6 striking copper workers from Bisbee, Ar=zona, and the Warren. mining district last July F is contained in a report of President Will sons special labor commission made public by the president
 The deportation was carried out by the sheriff of Cochise county and about 2,OOO armed men, "presuming to act as deputies under the sheriffs authority" the report said, and twas wholly illegal, and without authority in law, either state or federal" ,"
 After extensive investigation of the cause and circumstances surrounding the copper miners strike, the commis- sion found that the deportations were planned by a number of Bisbee citizens including officials of the Phelps Dodge and Calumet & Arizona mining inter ests, although no disorder or violence had been threatened by the strikers. Most of them forcibly herded together and sent out of the state on a special train of box cars were law abiding American citizens, the report said, and few were Germans or Austrians.
 No reference was made in the report to the question of whether any were members or leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World.
 The commission reported that the deportation interfered with the opera tion of the selective draft law and sug- gested the president refer the evidence to Attorney General Gregory. It was also found that the leaders in the enterprise utilized the local office of the Bell Telephone company and at tempted to exercise a censorship over parts of interstate telephone and tele- graph lines, to prevent information concerning the deportations from reaching the outside world. This situ- ation should be referred to the inter state commerce commission for inves- tigation, the commission suggested.
 Both recommendation have been followed by the president, it was an nounced tonight.
 The commission recommended fur ther that steps be taken to prevent in terference with men who seek admis- sion to the Warren mining district "in a peaceful and lawful manner" That the responsible law officers of the state and county pursue appropriate remedies" for the vindication of the law; and that deportations be made a federal criminal offense.
 The deportations and the usurpation of judicial functions by self-dele- gated body of citizens for more than a month afterwards, the commission said, "have even been made the basis of an attempt to affect adversely pub lie opinion among some of the people of the allies"
 The reference is believed to be to criticism of American anti-labor meth ods by Russion worlmen. It is set forth also that memory of the depor- tations "still embarasses the estab- lishment of industrial peace" which is declared essential for successful pros ecution of the war.
 One of the principal faults contrib uting to the original troubles the com mission found was the lack of any sort of mediation body. Machinery to adjust future labor difficulties has now been established by the commit tee in the Arizona field, however.
 The report is signed by Secretary Wilson, chairman of the commission which is now touring the west; J. L. Spangler, E. P. Marsh and J. H. Walk CT, members of the commission, and Felix Frankfurter, counsel.
 Werner z. Reed, the other member of the commission did not sign the re- port, as he was in San Francisco in