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Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-12-01
COAL OPERATORS
READY To START
IN MANY STATES
Miners Attitude Leaves
Question Of Production
Unanswered.

Chicago, Nov. 30-Coal mines in many
states are ready to reopen on the basis
of the IA per cent wage advance fixed
by Fuel Administrator Garfield but the
anticipated refusal of many union min
ers to break their strike, now one month
old, leaves the prospect for increased
production an unanswered question,
But with nearly the whole country
under fuel restrictions, more stringent
than in wartime. many governors are
considering taking some drastic action
similar to that of Governor Henry j.
Allen of Kansas, who took over control
of the strip of mines under court re-
ceiverships and who has federal troops
at the mines and ZOO national guards
men on the way TO protect the voiun
teer workers.
Alexander Howatt president of the
Kansas district miners union. whose
$4,000 members have been on strike since
Nov. |. predicts that 100000 anthracite
miners would walk out in Pennsylvania
soon.
Generally. regional fuel committees
virtually have taken over control of
fuel stocks. In Chicago the regional
officials organized local committee of
coal dealers, who must submit sworn
statements of supplies on hand and de-
liver no coal to non n-essential industries
and institutions and make no deliveries
even TO essentials-the first five diyi-
sions of the priority Hst-when they
have more than one weeks supply.
L. w. Proctor. chairman of the north
western regional committee. explained
that the action meant that the dealers
really owned no coal, that is was now
in the hands of the government. to be
distributed as the government directed.
Non-essential industries will be Grip
pled manufacturing will be stepped. COM
merce will be lessened and slowed down
and luxuries, if not certain conveniences
of travel. will be eliminated
Mr.. Proctor explained that the stu
alton would call for cancellation of pala-
tial trains and parlor cars. Closing of
schools for one month in Chicago. as
well as lin.iting the hours of theaters
and church services were discussed, but
action deferred.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-12-01
NEGLECTED.
LEGISLATION IS
To Be TAKEN Up
Peace Treaty Compro-
mise Expected Soon but
Other, Work to Go
Ahead.
Congress Will Be in Ses-
sion From NowUntil
Campaign Next Fa1l.

Washington, Nov. 3G.--AIthouqh a
effort for compromise ratification of the
peace treaty Is expected to folIaw close
~ the reconvening of congress-, discus
sion among returning senator's reveals
little optimism that the session lust be-
ginning will be brought to a decisive
stage for some weeks. Republican and
Democratic leaders in the senate are
preparing to go ahead with long delayed
general legislation.
1t was agreed generally that even If
the president asks that the fight for rati-
ficati0n be renewed at once, the work in
that direction will be carried on private
Iy In conferences of the opposing senate
groups while other business proceeds
without interruption on the senate floor
In order to get the treaty before the
senate again in parliamentary sense it
will be necessary, in view Of most sena-
tors. for President Wilson to again sub
nit it for ratification
At the White House there is no in
timation of the presidents probable
course. though it recently was declared
by officials there that the message to
congress would lay stress on industrial
conditions
May Not BE Touched
1t is believed by some senator's that
the international situation viii be left en-
tirely in the back ground for the time
being and will be made the subject of a
later special message to the senate.
Everywhere the impression prevails
that extended debate on the treaty never
will be revived. 1t il pointed ont that if
a compromise is reached by the two
thirds necessary to ratify. cIoturc will
be invoked and the job disposed of
quickly
Congress returns to work with the
prospect of being kept on the job until
the presidential campaign next fall
No formal working program has been
mapped ont but the general view il that
the railroad bill and the resolution de-
claring the war at an end will come be
fore the senate for immediate considera-
ton. The Mexican situation is expected
to come to the front at the opening.
Presidents Message Tuesday.
President Wilson's message will be
transmitted Tuesday to be read separ-
atcly in the two bodies as illness will
prevent the president carrying out his
program of presenting the message at Il
joint session.
Senator Lodge declares he hopes to see
prompt action taken on the treaty, but
that if President Wilson still refuses to
accept the reservations offered by those
determined to "Americanize' it they
stand ready to meet him on that issue
before the people.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-12-01
Vice President A. F. of
L. Answers Questions
of G.. O. P. Chairman.

Washington, Nov. 30,-Organixed la
boris attitude toward many questions
pending and likely to come before con
sress is outlined by Matthew VOL, vice
president of the American Federation
of Labor. replying to series of ques-
tions submitted to labor leaders by Chair
man Hays OF the republican national
committee.
Capital and labor. Woll declared, must
be placed on an equal footing by making
all corporation charters provide that
under its powers the holders might not
deny employees the right to organize.
bargain collectively through represents
tives of their own choosing or to de-
termine for themselves the conditions
and relations Of their service. Without
this check on corporate powers, he said,
the domestic conflict now raging cannot
and will not permanently end
Discussing plans 70 settle or minimize
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-12-01
Favors General Staff
Backed in Part by Uni
versal Training.

Washington, New. 30.-War expert
.nce plainly shows the necessity for
fundamental reorganization Of the army
and Of the war department itself, Sec
retary Baker declared in his annual re-
port Just made public. He recommended
that the emergency organization, reduced
to the peace time size be made perma-
nent. and approved the general staff
bill for regular establishment "adc-
quate in size to be the nucleus of any
great military mobilization the country
may be called upon to make" and backed
III by system Of universal training.
The selective service law was accepted
as fair means of assigning men to mill
tary service in time of war. Mr. Baker
said, but compulsory service in time of
peace would be "a poor substitute for the
volunteer principle properly applied"
Raising a standing army by financial in
ducement is too costly to contemplate,
] he added, leaving only the method Of
making enlistment in the army an edu-
cational opportunity" to furnish the
troops.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-12-01

CALLED PROTECT
Kolchak Loses
$4,000 Troops,
1000 Officers
to Bolsheviks

VladivOstok, Thursday, Nov.
q. (By The Associated
Press)-Eleven generals and
one thousand other officers e.
the army of Supreme Ruler
Kolchak were captured by the
bolsheviki at Omsk, according
to Colonel G. Emerson, as
sistant to John F. Stevens,
head of the American railway
commission. Thirty-nine thou
sand troops were also taken.
War materials taken by the
b0Isheviki, according to infor-
nation received by Colonel
Emerson included 5000 ma
chine guns, $4,000 uniforms
with Overcoats, 100000
rounds of ammunition, IS 10
comotives and 5000 loaded
cars.
An army of 10000 partly
trained drafted troops has
been withdrawn to guard the
Novonikaelovsk and Tomsk
districts.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-12-01
ASK FOR TROOPS

Kansas City, Nov. 30.-Tele-
grams urging requests be made
that federal troops be sent to
Kansas City by Monday morn
ing if possible" were sent to
Governor Frederick D. Gardner
of Missouri and Governor Henry
j. Allen of Kansas, Sunday, over
the signatures of the mayors Of
both Kansas Cities and the
president of the chamber of commerce.
The messages were sent in company
with resolution unanimously adopted
at mass meeting of 500 representative
citizens called to discuss measures tl
meet a fuel crisis here resulting from
the national coal strike and a strike Of
local railway switchmen
1t was explained that the two citiss
were virtually out Of coal and that as
result of the switchmens striks
chances for moving additional coal, even
II obtainable, were slender.
Want Wood There.
Troops were needed, ii was brough,
ont at the meeting. for the protection
of men who would volunteer TO take
the places OF the striking yardmen, ap
proximately 1900 of whom left work
Saturday night. Several speakers urged
that Major General Leonard Wood com
mander of the central department of the
army. come here to take charge Of the
situation. An ex-service man received
applause when he asserted that former
soldiers would protect the city until
troops reached here. No action on this
point. however was taken
Curtaii Business Hours.
II was decided that all business houses
In the two cities should not open until
a M, Monday and close at 4 p. m. In
addition all amusement places, schools,
and other public gatherings will be
closed
A report by c. Fl. Markham. local fuel
Continued on Page Two)
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-12-01
SNUb To KING
Of ITALY, PLAN
Of SOCIALISTS
Block of Deputies Will
Leave Chamber When
Victor Enters.

Rome, Nov. 30.-(By The Associated
Press When King Victor Emmanuel
enters the chamber at the opening OF
the 10Th session of parliament, the
socialist deputies will not rise. They will
leave the chamber when the roll call
begins and hold meeting Of the socialist
block in an adjoining room, while the
king delivers his address.
BY vote of 105 to 23 the socialists
adopted this plan proposed by Signor
Modlgilanl Those casting the negative
votes favored a proposal by Signor MAJ
zoni not to attend the sessions at all
The socialists will take the oath at
Tuesdays session, with mental reserva-
tons and present a motion to eliminate
the constitutional requirement that the
deputies shall take such oaths
Some of the socialist deputies say
that this moderate program. as they
term il, may be modified if their on
ponents offer TO compromise. The
socialists hold $50 Of the J0S seats. The
Catholics have 100 seats, the republicans
II, while the remaining seats are diyid.
ed among anti-socialists parties
Parliament normally should have met
in 1918. The last session was waived he
cause of the war and the approaching
session will be the first in six years.
The new session will in most respects be
quite as democratic in its opening as the
American congress. All court DEGREES
have been waived
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-12-01
ACTION FOLLOWS
PLEA Of CITIES
FOR j. s. TROOPS
National Officials of
Brotherhood Counsel
Men to Resume Work.
Vote to Quit Was Un-
authorized; Relieves
Serious Fuel Situation.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. L.
The strike Of railway switchmen
here, which began Saturday,
was called off by the strikers
early today. Calling off the
strike, it was announced, fol-
lowed a vote taken at a mass
meeting of strikers which lasted
until far into the night. The
strikers will return to work
this morning.
The strike had been termed uu-
authorized by national officials of ths
brotherhood of railway trainmen and a
representative of the national officers
attended the strike meeting and counsel
led the men to return TO work
Ending of the switchmen's strike was
said here, will greatly relieve the serious
situation confronting the city because Of
the fuel famine due TO the coal miners
strike. Whether requests made by city
officials for federal troops to be used
in connection with the strike would be
rescinded could not De learned
Tt figst ;ns5ie2 'a.i s sic slriks
sas ended c4ma when delegation of
strikers appeared at tbe office of w. NJ
Corbett, general manager OF the Kansas
City Terminal Railway company and an
nonnc>d the men had voted to go back to
work.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-12-01
Mum" Is the Word,
Lady Astor's Policy

Plymouth. Nov. 30-(By the Asso-
ciated Press. Lady Astor, accompanied
by her son, has left for London. where
she will take her seat as member of
the house of commons. Speaking with
the Associated Press correspondent just
before her departure, she said:
The people will br disappointed II
they think / shall speak and act in par
lament as | have done during the election
campaign. You don't talk too much if
you want things DONE Electioneering is
one thing and legislating is another.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-12-01
Steamer Abandoned,
$3.50, 900 Wheat Cargo
Is Lost In Wreck

Cleveland Nov. 30.-The freight
steamship Tioga, which went aground
in Lake Superior near Calumet, Mich,
last Wednesday is pounding to pieces and
has been abandoned by her owners, ac-
cording to advices received by the un-
derwritcrs here. The boat was bound
from Duluth to Buffalo with cargo of
100000 bushels of wheat. valued Mt
owned by the Massey Steamship com
pany of Duluth Her crew left the boat
Thursday
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-12-01
SKY PILOT RAPS
WOMEN'S STYLES.
GOWNS TOO LOW

New York, Nov. 30.-The women
of New York adopt styles which come
from "the most immoral women of
Paris" declared Lieutenant B. W.
Maynard, the .flying parsan" in a
serte%t Al ts.es iga3cn sfece '1s{.sx
dist Episcopal church in Brooklyn.
The flying parson" said he had
been shocked by the lack OF clothes
worn by women in New York" He
asserted tha: many of tho women
wore dresses, "cut so low in the back
that one can count every vertebra
from the waist up.
"Let the pure women of America
dictate our styles" he pleaded In
closing his address.
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-12-01
1900 GuARDsMEN MOVING.

Topeka, Kan. Nov. 30-The probable
opening of coal mines in the Usage coun-
ty fields, with a daily production esti-
mated between 400 and 500 TONS the
report that mine property in the Pitts
burgh coal fields has been damaged aud
the dispatch of 1000 national guards
men and $50 volunteer Goa. miners to
'hc MISUNDERSTANDING coal district
are developments in the coal strike stu
alton in Kansas.
Confer with Governor.
Governor Henry J. Allen held con-
ference with operators from the Usage
county fields and afterward it was in
dicated that he hoped to have the mines
there in operation by Tuesday
The Fourth Kansas infantry, com
prising 200 men has entrained for the
Pittsburgh district. While they we're
preparing to move, Governor Allen wired
the war department in Washington re-
questing equipment for four companies
of cavalry to be available here If it was
found necessary to send mounted troops
into the mining district.
One hundred and fifty automobile
trucks, which viii be used in carrying
soldiers on patrol duty about the coal
fields, have started for Pittsburgh from
many parts Of the state.
5000 Men Volunteer.
Governor Allen said that the plans
we're completed for moving volunteer
workers to the coal fields as rapidly as
they could be put to work and given
proper care More than 5000 men have
volunteered. it was said 1t is expected
that more than 1000 workers will be in
the strip mines by the end of the week,
by which time Governor Allen hopes to
be producing 100 cars of coal a day.
The severe cold weather which has
been making the fuel shortage more
acute during the last few days. persists
and further kilograms appealing for as
sistance are coming to the governors
hoffice
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-12-01
5000 ALREADY
OFFER To WORK
IN COAL MINES
$50 Motor Trucks Head
for Pittsburgh to Garry
Patrols Over Beats.
Governor Allen | Hopes to
Be Producing 100 Cars
Daily by End Of Week.

Pittsburg, Kan, Nov. 30
Six hundred federal troops have
arrived in Pittsburg and pitched
camp on the campus of the Kan
sas state normal school without
noticeable demonstration from
the few miners who were in
Pittsburg from the mine dis
trict. Twelve hundred guards
men are on the way here. The
receivers announced that they would pay
all miners. volunteer or uion, who would
dig coal or man the shovels the regular
scale paid union workers under the old
agreement, plus the IA per cent in
crease authorized by Fuel Administrator
Garfield
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-12-01
DEFENDS FEDERAL OWNERSHIP

Washington. Nov. 30-Asserting that
government ownership of railroads is
logicol and inevitable, Senator LaFollette
republican of Wisconsin. in a minority
report on the Cummins railroad bill made
public tonight urged that the roads be
retained under. federal operation for an
experimental period of at least five
yearl
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-12-01
CUT DOWN ON COAL.

St Louis. Nov. 30-The southwest re-
gional coal committee has warned essen
tial industries and instructions that I'M
less heating and lighting were reduced
to minimum more drastic conditions
would be imposed
Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-12-01
MAY CLOSE UNIVERSITY

Lincoln, Neb.. Nov. 30-With the coal
shortage becoming acute, more drastic
rules for conservation were issued by the
board which has been clothed with power
TO regulate the use Of fuel in Lincoln.
All public and private schools will be
closed and regents will meet and decide
whether to close tie state university.
ST. JOSEPH IN DIRE STRAITS.
st, Joseph, No. Nov. 30.--With only
three carloads Of coal in the railroad
Continued on Page Two)
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1919-11-02
BUILT FOR ALL ROADS

Touring Car eiO55 Roadster sioI3 Coupe siejo.
F.uf Door Sedan. si7t0. J. O. -. Pontiac. Mich.
Additional Tor sire wheel equipment, $500
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1919-11-02
ARREST PLoTTERs
IN CLUB ROOMS

NEW ORLEANS The Patriotic
sons of Mexico was the "covofN for
plottlnTs apainHt the Caranzn govern
ment 90 was revealed in the arrest oil
three political refugees here.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-03-07

in the daily life Of our people at home.
The army Of workers which has been
recruited and trained during the war
must not be demObiIized. All our ex-
perience in the war shows clearly that
there is an unlimited field for service
Of the kind which can be performed
with peculiar effectiveness by the Red
Cross. What it's future tasks may be
it is yet impossible to forecast We
know that so long as there is an Amer
ican army in the field the Red Cross
will have a special function to perform.
Nothing could be Of greater impOr-
lance to the American Red Cross than
the plans just set in motion by the five
great Red Cross societies of the world
to develop a program of extended ac-
tivities in the interest of humanity.
The conception involves not alone eff
forts to relieve human suffering, but
to prevent it; not alone a movement
by the people of an individual nation,
but an attempt to arouse all people to
sense of their responsibility for the
welfare Of their fellow beings through
out the world. 1t is program both
ideal and practical. Ideal in that it's
I supreme aim is nothing less than ver-
table "Peace on earth good will to
men," and practical in that it seeks to
take means and measures which are
actually available and make them eff.
fective in meeting without delay the
crisis which Is daily recurrent in the
lives Of all peoples.
"For accomplishing its mission in
the years Of peace which must lie
ahead Of us the Red Cross will require
the ablest possible leadership, and
must enjoy the continued support, sym
pathy, and participation in it's work
of the whole American people. It is
particularly fortunate that such a man
as DIR. Livingston Farrand should have
been selected as the permanent head
of the organization. The unstinted
fashion in which all our people gave
Of themselves throughout the war Is
the best assurance that our Red Cross
will continue to receive. that co-opera-
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-03-07

tion which will make it's work a source
Of pride and inspiration to every Amer
lean"
Mr.. Dawson, as chairman of the In
ternational Commission of the Ameri-
can Red Cross, has undertaken to rep
resent the American Red Cross in the
preparation of the program for extend
ed Red Cross activities, and will spend
the next several months in Europe in
consultation with other Red Cross sOci-
eties for that purpose.
THE WAR COUNCIL OF THE AMER
ICAN RED CROSS.
Henry ?. Dawson, Chairman.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-03-07
THE RED CROSS
Report of Shipments.

Medina County shipments of fin
ished work for January and February,
1919:
Pinafores 2O5, petticoats 70, wom-
ems waists 10, women's skirts 275,
property bags. 16, shot bags 316, nap
kins 80.
A sewing quota of 500 women's
chemises was the last received and
distributed; another, which may be
much larger is expected any day. The
need of constant and regular atten-
dance at the sewing rooms was never
greater than just now.
One Million Garments Month, Red
Cross Gift to Refugees.
Red Cross workers in the Lake
Division are to help complete the
national quota Of 100000 sewn and
knitted garments a month to be made
and sent by the American Red Cross
to relieve acute suffering in northern
France, Belgium, Italy, Roumania,
Serbia, Greece, Montenegro, Pales-
tine, Albania and other countries.
Lake Division headquarters has
agreed to furnish $4,000 completed
garments by the middle of May. Chap
ters will be called on to make the gar
ments as soon as they are cut from
raw materials at the Lake Division
Department of Supplies in Cleveland.
Harvey D. Gibson, Commissioner to
Europe, writes that the need is great
to degree few at home can possibly
realize. The peoples of Europe are
in unbelievable distress owing to the
lack of proper clothing and food. 1t
is the aim of the Red Cross to aug
ment the aid which the European gov
ernments are able to give their suf-
fering populations.
"Every garment finished" writes
Mr.. Gibson, twill cover body which
otheNwise would lack proper clothing.
Each garment will actually prevent
suffering" Refugee clothing is
needed in unlimited quantities for ref
ugees from all over the world who
have been driven from their homes by
varying fortunes of war. In some of
the countries mentioned these people
have been for years in rags or with
practically no clothes.
The Red Cross now has commits
sioners in these countries and is pre-
pared to make distribution of all the
garments that can be made in this
country. The new need is fully as
pressing as the old need for soldiers
socks and sweaters-Lake Division
News.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-03-07
Junior Knitting.

Knitted or crocheted woolen COM
forts-just the size to throw over the
cot of a wounded soldier, have been
asked of the Lake Division Junior
Red Cross by the Military Relief De-
partments.
The comforts should be Axe feet
when done and may be made from all
kinds and colors of yarn, in 6 or 8
inch squares. '~ q
The Bureau of Junior will be glad
to assign quota to any chapter who
wants to have a share in this work.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-03-07
Red Cross Scrap Books Admired
In England.

"It is really marvellous! What can
you do with country where even the
babies in kindergarten are mobilized 2"
This was the comment of an Eng
ishman who saw some American jun
ior Red Cross scrap books for SOL
diers in London.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-03-07
Knitting Shipments.

For January and February: Socks
486; sweaters 1872.
The yarn designated to be used for
refugee scarfs, shawls, and children's
stockings has been taken out, and no
new quota has been assigned.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-03-22

Our editorial columns this week
are given over to the above article
from the Farm and Ranch, which we
we've requested to publish. We are
sure that it will prove interesting to
the readers of the Journal.