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The Washington times., 1919-03-17
WARN AGAINST SECOND
BOLSHEVIK MEETING HERE

The Fedora lion Of Citizens Asso-
Citations IA letter sent to the District
Commissioners asks that steps be
taken to prevent a repetition Of the
recent BoIsheNiki meeting held in the
city Of Washington on February 2
and s."
The letter, signed by LELAND T.
Atherton, secretary Of the Federation,
refers to the meeting held in Polls
Theajer.
The letter. in full. follows;
BY direction of the FEDERATION |
have she honor to inform fou that II
most strenuousIy condemhs the re-
cent BolsheVikr meetings sheld in the
ciry Of Washington on February g
and g. and hopes that rps will be
taken to effectively prev b a reReti-
ioa or such offensive and impair. oti g
- ..-. no T-aIn within 6e Dis;r.C.-
The Washington times., 1919-03-17
VOLUNTEER CORPS OF
DOCTORS TO DISSOLVE

The volunteer medical service corps.
which has a membership OF more than,
IS, 00O physicians. will formally dis,
solve on April !. There were 15,eee
applications on nle for appointment TO
the corps at the time OF the signing
Of the armistice. The names of all
members and applicants will be fur
nished the surgeon generals Ofice.
They will thus be accessible should
need for their service arise in tia.
future. ~
The Washington times., 1919-03-17
Miss Rankin Sees Free
Ireland Within a. Year
Continued from Page one.)

Continued from Page one.)
conscience that it is barely heard unless the selfish voices
get frightened and listen to conscience for their selfish
reasons.
England stands out proudly saps herself the chest
points to the noble Wiberforce with his fra body and
powerful mind, fighting black slavery. nation that
boasts with good right Of its battle against slavery should
recognize also the injustice of political slavery.
sincerely hope and | believe that Lloyd George the
powerful of England will give to the present
free white rshmen the support that Pitt gave
Wilberforce in his struggle to free the black men.
National Conscience Weak.
The trouble is that in the of freedom for Ireland,
the voice of the English national conscience is weak, the
of seshness loud What the selfish voice do
we know We remember that in spite of all England 5
hatred of black slavery the English nation such was
anything but enthusiastic when there question of
abOshng slavery here. English sympathy with
the South in the civil although slavery in the
South England sympahized with the South because the
slaves of the South growing the cotton that kept the
English mills busy and employed hundreds of thousands of
Engishmen and civil and embargo closed Eng
lands cotton mills.
ireland Free In Year"
The recent the present discussions the prOtesta
tons of high motives to what the nations have committed
themselves, ought within year give Ireland her free
DOM the right to control herself politically to her
body polite the black slave long ago given the
right to own his physical body
| believe and earnestly hope that before another ST.
Parcks Day, the world will end to the dreary
turtles of control by nation of another naonthe other
nation, Ireland consentng to the control always
fighting against it.
The only argument offered behalf of England and it
very poor one is this, England could afford
have independent hostile country at her very door, where
enemy could land and attack her."
Nothing more preposterOus could he suggested
Give Ireland freedom and she will fight to maintain
it and fight with England if England is sincere and means
it. The English taught by their experience here in 1776
gave to Canada New Zealand Australia to their colonies
everywhere the freedom they refuse to Ireland. They
let them govern Themselves In the late those colonies
fought side by side with England for England to them
meant freedom, partsanshp, not coercion. The English
have criticised the Irish that did volunteer in over
whelming numbers to fight Engands battle, and would
not endure conscrptOns funny protest from the Amer
lean point Of view Why should political slave fight to
perpetuate his slavery!
1t is Il comfort to know that this St Patrick Dav
the hopes of Ireland for good about be
realized No matter what happens it is comfort know
that the Irish who have been fighting for freedom for over
seven hundred years will go fighting for another
hundred years if it is necessary He is conquered
who will not admit that he is conquered.
The Washington times., 1919-03-17
CAR STRIKERS VOTE
ON PROPOSAL TODAY

NEWARK. n. J.. March 1T.-Strik-
ing street car workers voted today on
q proposal. submitted by the War
Labor Board. for settlement OF their
controversy with the traction CON-
pany.
1t was expected this vote would end
the strike which tied up street car
travel in northern New Jersey.
A Federal mediator will arbitrate
the question OF recognition OF the
union. which was one OF the demands
Of the union.
The Washington times., 1919-03-17
ILLINOIS WIVES UNHAPPY;
RETAIL CLERKS ON STRIKE

RELLBVILLE. H.. March lT.-Busi-
ness Is handicapped here teday by a
strike Of the Retail Clerks Union.
SeVeRty-hve stores. including grocer
les, department stores, and general
merchandise shops were closed yes
terday. Merchants declare they can
not afford TO meet the demands ef the
strikers for increased wages and
shorter hours.
The Washington times., 1919-03-17
COAL PRODUCTION !,
SHOWS BIG DECREASE

.BituminOus coal produced during
the week ending March 8 aggre-
gated S,O5S.OOO tons. a decrease %
1855, 900 tons from that produced
during the same period last year. the
Fuel Administration announced today,
Anthracite production during the,
same week totaled 9S9. 900 tons THIS
is a decrease Of 1,I1O.OOO tons from
anthracite production during me
same week in 1918.
The Washington times., 1919-03-17
JERSEY UNIONS OPPOSE
mo BEER, NO WORK STRIKE

NEWARK. n. J., March I7.-At q
joint session here OF the New Jersey
State Federation OF Labor and the
state Building Trades Council. resoIu.
tons were passed condemning the
mo beer, no work" strike proposed
for July l. The delegates, however.
passed resolutions urging the repeal
by Congress both OF war time and
permanent prohibition
The Washington times., 1919-03-17
BRITISH FARMERS TO
ASK $12.5O A WEEK

LONDON, March 1.-THE National
Union OF Agricultural LaboFers has
called a nation wide convention. to
meet not later than April IL to plan
action TO compel acceptance OF their
demands. They want q forty-four-
hour week and a minimum wage Of
S12.5o q week. with time and . half
for overtime and double pay for Sun
davh
The Washington times., 1919-03-17
Coffin APPEALS CASE.

PARIS, March IT.-Emile Coffin,
ould- be ASSASSIN of Premier CIemea.
ceaU, has entered an appeal from the
death sentence imposed on him. The
d." ~ the execution is set for sore
.f-, week.
The Washington times., 1919-03-17
TODAY

twins, so that nations, including
ours, must accept both, or be put
in the position of refusing to make
peace. This is what President
Wilson promised in his Metropoli-
tan Opera House speech.
The British have constructed a
battleship nine hundred feet long,
proof against torpedoes and mines
until the latter become more
powerful, as they will. The French
have condemned to death Coffin,
who tried to kill Clemenceau;
Italians and Jugo Slavs have had
more serious riots: Senator Nc
Cormick, young enthusiast of Hi
nois, has elected himself Wilson
hunter and tells the world for
fair" that America repudiated
Wilson last fall. Europe doesn't
seem to know it-or America
either. The President says he has
a Single track mind You can't
make him think two ways at once.
Daniels goes to Europe with flying
machines above and statutes firing.
imitation of royal honors that
must surprise a modest Southern
editor. A few elections in Eng
land go against Lloyd George, and
English farm laborers arc talking
of an eight-hour day and high
wages.
The war has left this earth, as
war always does, a complicated,
busy, worried place.
The Washington times., 1919-03-17

ALBERT IL most deeply eompro4
missed. Besides being an aid q
Thomas. she IL charged with having
accomplished missions Of espionage
in France. England and Switzerland.
il was she. "a isIsaid. who denounced
two Moroccan tirailleurs who Md
lain hidden in a chimney for hfteeA
months. and the mayor. his assistant
and a policeman who had been cog
infant. and caused all TO be shot.
Later, In 1915. a miller OF Assis-s1r-
Serre. who had sheltered for . sh6rt
period a French airmaR who had
landed there. was denounced By A1t-
bert and condemned to death. but vas
not executed. II Is through his aid .,
'fOr he has returned 70 Franee-that
much evidence Is coming % light.
Mirande gave evidence against hSH
husband to an under OFFICER. HeHr
Doque and his wife. Margaret. go
accused. up to this time. OF ba8in
recruited agents for the German spy
system at Laon. But the inquiry. IS
not closed and new discoveries are
expected
The Washington times., 1919-03-17
SPEAKING OF RIP VAN MINNIE

NEW YORK, March I7.-"Just
heard about the war and | want TO
enlist" said stephen Kresney, dash
ing up to a marine recruiting office.
He was quite shocked when told he
vas too la'e. TIA war being over.
The Washington times., 1919-03-17

Thomas carried on his Wretehed
business at I4aOn a. an agent IN TIE
secret service Of the German army
star. Fourteen persons we're exs@
cated through his Vaccinations. Il u
said among them two mayors. .
municipal councillor. a captain and
four soldiers and a physician TIA
Germans Convicted the soldiers oe
having hidden themselves before theF
surrendered and found the ciViliaps'
guilty OF having helped the soldiers
to hide.
Thomas was aided BY the women
VeFIOn and Aubert- VeFlOn 10 accused
OF having denounced and caused tha.
punishment OF numerous people wbe
concealed arms. This wOman's trd-
pudence was 80 great that she Weht
80 far as to denounce her brother-in@
law and get him hfteen years penal
seryitude in order to prevent him
from being a witness against her,
The Washington times., 1919-03-17
FRANCE BLUSHES
FOR z TRAITOR


PARIS. March 17.-of all the nli.
lions in the French territory occupi,d
by the enemy only Twenty-Five m&R
and women have been accused 81
eially OF being traitors 20 their esul-
try's cause
Yet while execratine them. all
France bushes that there should
have been even twenty-five emauvais
Francois" as they are called con-
temptudusly. The regien n Which
these Feereants denounced their fei-
low cOuntrymen who were helping
France BY conceallng wounded sol
dieFs or hiding stocks OF arms BIZ
cycles and other useful things. EN-
braces LaOn. HirsOn and Fourmisss
The arrest Of these traitors vas
delayed necessarily until the French
had reoccupied LaoE and vicinityg
The most dangerous OF the prisonees
are Dodue and his wife. Margaret. :
photographer OF LaOn; Thomas. for-
merly a police agent OF Strasbours.
and his sweetheart. Verlon. q native
OF ST. Mihiel; and the women Of Al
bert. HerpsOh Miranda and KvonHt
Marie Fiez. The last named il a.
cused Of having written under tne
nom de plume 'Yvelte Musset' IN
the Gazette des Ardennes, the ~
famous German propaganda neWe-
paper circulated in the occupied
regions
New-York tribune., 1919-11-14

$50 per cent. In Ohio and Pennsyl-
vanla tho percentages were 078 and
V3.', respectively, but in various other
states the percentages were much
lower; for instance, West Virginia,
with 74.4 per cent.
Leaders Frequently Out of Work
The leaders in the mines, who make
up the great bulk of the miners in the
machine equipped mines, arc notorious
IN their tendency to high percentage
OF idle time. Thus the Department of
Labor shows that the leaders in Ala
bama worked only 64.9 per cent of the
time the mines were in operation and
work was offered them In Colorado
they worked 7S.4 per cent; in Indiana,
S0.7 per cent? in Iowa, 73 per cent;
IN Kentucky, 6S.3 per cent; in Missouri.
6S.s per cent; in Ohio, S3.4 per cent;
in Oklahoma, 77.2 per cent; in Pcnnsyl
vanla. SA.2 per cent; in Tennessee, 7O.2
per cent; in Virginia, GOT per cent, and
IN Wyoming, 73 per cent.
"These figures show quite clearly
that the men at the mines have not
been taking advantage Of the oppor-
tunities offered them to increase their
earnings. In the light of these official
statistics, it is therefore plain that
the demand for increased wages is
really based upon a desire to be paid
Tor idle time and not for actual work
done"
New-York tribune., 1919-11-14

strike are concerned, was the charge
made here to-day by coal operators.
Not union mine in the western
Pennsylvania field resumed operations
to-day. According to the operators, the
strike recall order sent 20 locals in
the Pittsburgh district did not bear
the signature Of the mine workers Of
fcials or the seal Of that organization
he miners officials" said a promi
nent operator. did exactly WHIT trc
Federal court directed they do-noti-
fed the striking miners that tic STRIFE
had been declared Off Tne officials
did this as individuals. instead q a.
an act of their organization.
The miners have no. obcyed these
individual orders and we are ncx ne
ginning 10 believe they will not as a
body. The recall orders were mlmeo-
Eraphed on plain paper and bore oaiv
,he typewriter names &C President
Lewis and Secretary Green.
"A provision in the constitution O.
the union is that no communication
are to be considered official Which dc
not bear the union seal. No sucA sea-
appears on the recall notices received
by local officials"
New-York tribune., 1919-11-14
West Virginia Reds
Keep Strike AHre
Governor ComplainsThey
Are Urging Coal Men
Not to Return to York
Snccinl Corr>annudcnc.

Special Correspondence
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Nov. 13.-
Governor j. Cornwell, in telegram to
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer
late to-day. declared that "alicn rad
icals" were active in the northern
counties Of West Virginia and the
I. W. w. had established locals at
Grant Town, Marion County, and Wen
del, Taylor County.
In response Attorney General Palmer
agents of the Department of Justice
to the coal mining districts where
trouble is feared Their instructions.
it is said. are to arrest all |. w. W.
and Prssian agitators.
Russians in Monongalia County
numbering 1000 or more. are urging
miners in that district not to return
ceived by the Governor from Sheriff
John L. Dougan, of Monongalia, who
characterizes that county as 1.-The worst
hotbed of radicalism in West Virginia" ;"
Similar information has been received
by C. Frank Kecncy. president of Dis
trict II. United Mine Workers, with
headquarters here.
All mines in West Virginia will
operate as soon rs the Federal troops
icdNc Tue SlAlc, heeney SAID to-day
soon after his return from Indianapo-
lis. He declared committees from the
various locals are calling on him to
urge the removal of the troops because
the miners regard their presence as
offensive. They feel, keeney said, that
they are being treated as outlaws and
are being forced back to work under
duress. Keeney estimated that all Of
the strikers would return by Monday
If the soldiers are out of the way by
that time.
Both Keency and D. c. Kennedy. sec
retary of the Kanawha Coal Shippers
Association, stated tonight that 50
per cent Of the miners in District II
reported for work to-day and that
probably all would be back on the JOB
by Monday morning.
W l.. Duff, Cabin Creek miner. to
whom the shipment of arms and ammu-
milton seized yesterday on a warrant
issued by Governor Cornwcll was con
signed was arrested at Miami about
noon to-day and brought to Charles
ton this afternoon, where he was lodged
III the kanawha County jail.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-14
Miners Expect L. S.
To ShOiu Good Faith
In PurIey. Saws Leu:,

INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. l3.-The coal
miners of the United States expect a
demonstration of good faith on the
part of the government during the
negotiations at Washington" declared
John l.. Lewis. acting president of the
United Mine Workers of America.
shortly before boarding train this
afternoon for Washington to partici-
pate tomorrow in the conference be-
tween mine operators and miners at
the invitation of Secretary of Labor
Wilson.
THE miners are not defeated; they
have merely acqucsccd in the mandate
Of their government" Mr.. Lewis said
They shall now expect IA demonstra
tion of good faith on the part of the
government during th. negotiations at
Washington. Only by proper con-
sidcration of the mine workers de-
mand for increased wages, shorter
hours and improved working condi-
tions can peace and tranquility be
restored in the mining industry"
New-York tribune., 1919-11-14
Paln1er Acts
TO Prevent
Mine Lockout
Continued from page I

to the present wage agreement and
says they will go to the conference to
morrow believing their men should re-
celve 'as generous wage as The pub
lie interest will allow"
No word has been received here to
indicate whether the miners renre-
sentatives intend to insist upon the
demands over which the split came
three weeks ago. which involved a go
per cent increase in wages, six-hour
day and five day week. There have
been published statements from some
OF the leaders to the effect that these
demands would be renewed but even
II they are this does not mean the i'm
mediate breaking off of negotiations
and both sides Will be held until a
settlement is reached.
Operators State Position
The statement Of the operators reads
as follows:
Questions have been asked as to the
construction to be placed upon the tele-
gram sent last Tuesday afternoon by
/. I. Rrewstcr to Acting President
Lewis of the United Mine Workers.
IN that message Mr.. Brewster invited
Mr.. Lewis and his wage scale commit
tee to meet the operators wage scale
committee here next Monday to nepo-
tate contract to be in force upon the
termination of the contract now in ef
feet 1t has been stated by represent
tatives of the miners that the wording
OF TINS message was deliberate at
New-York tribune., 1919-11-14
ference with the labor executives on

ference with the labor executives on
the subject.
AT that conference with the Attor-
ney General in 1917 Mr. Gregory stated
emphatically, speaking for himself and
Tor the government" mir. Gompers de-
clared, "that the provisions of tho
Lever act would not be applied to
workers and that he would write to the
united States district attorneys that
they, too, should be governed by that
assurance. Whether Mr. Gregory car
r'cd out his pledge to write his sub
ordlnates am not in n position to say,
put that ne gave the assurance that
ne would do SO there is absolutely no
question"
Attorney General Palmer to-day ad-
vlsed Senator Thomas, Democrat, Colo
rado, that search of the Department
OF Justice files had disclosed mo opn-
ION or commitment pledging the de-
partment not to use the Lever food and
fuel act against labor unions, as as
serted IN the recent statement of the
American Federation of Labor pledging
organized labor's entire support to the
coal strike"
In view of Mr.. Palmer's statement.
senator Thomas withdrew his rcsolu-
ton calling on the Department Of JUS
tice Tor statement regarding its
pollcy IN enforcing the Lever act.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-14
Men Protecting Mines
REPORTED to Haze Quit

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.,, Nov. 13.-Uead-
quarters of the Illinois Mine Workers
professed to-day to be without infor-
nation Of the reported descrtion by
engineers, pumpmen. mule tenders and
other union men at coal mines in Ben
ton and Duquoin. In the absence OF
officials. attaches Of the office cx-
pressed the opinion that such action
would be a violation Of tho letter and
spirit of the strike order Of November
l. later rescndcd at the behcst Of the
Federal court in Indianapolis, which
provided that enough union men be
lett IN the mines to protect the com
pany property. No one in the Offices
would comment on the probable viola
ton of the strike injunction.
From operators it was learned that
the men charged with the care of the
mines at DuQuoin had left their posts
TO lowing a mass meeting at which in
ternational miners officials were de-
nounccd and resolutions passed as
sorting the determination of the min
er5 to continue the strike. The oper-
ators further announced spread Of the
Duquoin infection to-day to two mines
at Benton.
Ofhcals of the Springfield sub-dis-
trct, United Mine Workers of Amer
ica, to-day declared "the mine work
ers will stand pat for living wage
six-hour day and five-day week" and
expressed the opinion that Fedora
Judge Anderson, who ordered the
strike called off, "should be deported
to Germany and be presented with the
dethroned Kaiser's crown
Reports reaching Springfield this
afternoon indicated that not mine
in the state was hosting coal.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-14
North Dakota Scizes
Coal Mines and viii
Reopen Them To-Day

BISMARCK. n. D., Nov. 1s.-Ths
State of North Dakota expects to
have the thirty union coal mines In
the state under its control and in oper-
alton tomorrow. it was announced
tonight. Troops were dispatched by
bdjutant General Fraser to local Goa
fields today to take over the mines rs
requested by Governor Frazier
The Washburn Lignite Company
mines Il. Wilton here surrendered =
the state to-day under protest. Three
hundred union miners were ready 70
resume work to-da.-. hut transporta-
ton facilities were lacking.
In handing over the property. Presi-
dent ". p. Macomber reserved the
right TO seek restoration and repara-
ton in the courts. In statement to-
night he said he believed the Govern
or's proclamation of martial law was
without authority of law.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-14
Tiffany &C0
tlFTH AVENUE s. 37m STREET
DIAMOND. EMERALD AND
SAPPHIRE RINGS

NIT their case. The controversy will
be settled on its merits.
Short as has been the coal strike.
it has been decidedly costly to the
nation. From normal production
of l,875,000 tons the output on No
vember dropped to 4S6,O0O tons. and
this at time when not only the
United States but the whole world is
oemandlng coal as never before. 1t
Is to the interest Of capital and labor
and the general public to maintain
and increase national production, and
every. strike means reduction in
American efficiency.
Congress to Consider Problems
Just as experts are employed to study
machines in order to detect weakness sscs
before they lead to the shutdown of
tne whole plant, so specialists in in
dustrial problems s-represcntativcs Of
capital and labor-might be used to
advantage in conference to-day. That
is the view of those who supported the
industrial conference which met here
ior short time last month. To-day,
the sovereignty of the United States
having been established, the possibility
of good coming out of such a confer
ence is greater. The international
labor conference cannot take the place
Of purely American conference called
TO handle the peculiar problems Of this
country.
Congress may be expected to give
early consideration to the industrial
problems. The question is above all
narrow party consideration and will
be approached with that thought in
mlnd. Just what the Irish American
or the German-American or any other
hyphenate may think is of much less
Importance than how America emcrges
rom the grave situation she faces
year after the cessation of hostili-
lies. The spirit of compromise may
animate the negotiations (which must
follow the lesson that the United States
Is greater than any group. Certainly
that is the hope of those leaders with
whom | have talked
New-York tribune., 1919-11-14
Compers Again asserts
Gregory Gaze Immunity
Reiterafes Former attorney Gen.
eral Promised Not to Use
the Lcrer. Act AGAINST Labor

WASHINGTON, Nov 13.-President
Gompers of the American Federation
OF Labor reiterated tonight his asser-
ton that former Attorney General
Gregory had given assurance" to the
union leaders III 1917 that the Lever
food and fuel act, under which the
coal strike has been enjoined, would
not be used against labor organiza-
tlons. Referring to Mr.. Grcgory's
denial OF the assertion originally made
by the executive council of the Feder-
ation, Mr.. Gompers said the former
Attorney General had gone into CON
New-York tribune., 1919-11-14
Tennessee and Georgia
Miners Resume York

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. Nov ia
Ten minutes after receiving official no
See cc the order cancellng the strike
miners employed a. the Durham Iron
and Coal Company mines Mt Soddy,
Tenn and Durham. Ga. resumed work.
Mont ! ate mines were in operation
to-day, hnt those at Tracy City End
S.Hancc still were closed.