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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-25
SUMMARY OF COAL
| SITUATION SHOWS A
I DECREASED OUTPUT
Some Mines Report In
creased Production; Others
That Men Are Awaiting
Decision at Washington

Chicago, November A.-Production of
coal in the bituminous fields today, the
twenty fourth day of the strike of min
ers. showed a decrease as compared with
figures published Saturday.
II the situation is not changed soon by
action of officials in Washington reports
Indicate that many more industrial plants
will be added to the list of concerns al
ready forced to close because of a short
age Of fuel.
Union officials made efforts to persuade
the employees to reconsider their decis-
ion.
The miners in the Sheridan (Wyo) dis
trict tonight voted to return to work
Tuesday morning. This action ended a
one-day strike
In Oklahoma, Gov. J. B. A. Robertson
announced that operation of the coal
mines of the state prison farm at Nc
Alester, recently discontinued. would be
resumed Tuesday or Wednesday.
In Lee county, Virginia, where Cover
nor Davis called out five companies of
state troops when radical miners started
firing on miners returning to work,
quiet prevaHeu tohiBht. Inc troops weie
held at Roanoke pending word from Gov
ernor Davis, who was investigating con-
ditions in Lee county.
Col. Fl. A. Helmick. chief of staff OF
the central department of the army, an
nounced that request had been re-
ceived from Governor Allen of Kansas
that troops be held ready to rush to the
coal fields in that state.
Operators of the southwest will refuse
Secretary Wilson's compromise proposal
of 3l.s1 per cent wage advance for the
miners, said Harry N. Taylor. president
OF the National Coal association.
ssThe operators could not accept the
compromise said Mr.. Taylor. without
putting a terrific load upon the people,
In southeastern Kentucky the operators
posted notices offering striking miner.
wage increases amounting to 30 per cent
for day labor and from IL to Is per cent
for 'ioading.''
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American Dead Can Be
Brought Back in 1922


Paris, November 24.-The O., 900
American dead in France must be
left in the graves they now occupy
until the French are ready to ex-
hume their own dead. which 1t Ii
hoped will be january 1. 1922
The foreign Office has promised
to consider the latest request Of the
American government for the re-
turn of it's fallen soldiers. but later
the following official announee-
ment was made:
at has been definitely decided
that the allies who fell together for
the same cause should remain to-
gether in death until circumstances
permit of the return of the bodies
to the families for whom they sac
rihed themselves"
The proposed law forbiddinx the
exhumation OF the soldier dead for
three years did not pass ut the last
session of the Chamber of Depu-
ties. hut the foreign Office expects
that 1t will be adopted soon. This
bill specined = delay in exhuma-
tion three years from the promul-
cation Of the law, but 1t In expected
that this period will be shorteneA.
At the foreign Office 1t II said to
be probable that the exhumation
Will commence considerably before
January, 1922
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LooksLike 1-Cent Postage

Washington, November 24.--Post-
master General BurIeson has mp
proved pending bills to reduce the
rate of local first-clnss letter post
age to penny an ounce. A letter
for delivery within the postal linn
it's of the office In which 1t is mailed
would take a 1-cent stamp instead
OF a 2-cent stamp.
Mr.. BurIeson has advised con-
greSsmen that the present 2-cent
charge of that class of mail exceeds
the cost of handling and that he rec
ommends the reduction because he
believes the postal service should
not be conducted for profit. The re-
duction of last July, whereby let
ters went back to the normal rate of
2 cents and postal cards to 1 cent,
the Postmaster General says re-
suited in a large increase in that
class of mail and he believes 1 cent
local delivery would not reduce the
total postal revenue more than $14,-
900, 900 a year.
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LABOR PARTY Of THE
UNITED STATES HAS
NOW BEEN CREATED
Representatives of Organ
lied Labor Launch New
Political Body in Chi
cago Yesterday


Chicago, November 24.--A new
national political body. to be
known as the .Inbor party of the
United Stntes,' was created sscay
by representatives of organized
labor I'm convention here. The OBJ
ject of the movement, as set forth
in Its constitution, will he "to or
Ennixe all hand ana brain workers
of the country to support poiit-
icnI, social and industrial democ-
racy."
The striking points in the party dec
larations are:
Women are to have equal repre-
sentation with men in the manage
mspt IF affairs. OK AA,
Is rational convention will be held
next summer for-the purpose, OF nomis
mating candidates for President and
vice president;
The affairs of the organization will
be administered by = national COM
mittee which will elect a secretary
treasurer as its executive head;
Trade unions, farmers organizations,
cooperative bodies and all other as
sociations which subscribe to the prin-
ciples of the party are invited to be-
come affiliated with 1t. The commit
tee on constitution recommended that
the national committee be composed
of one member from each state, but
RsSSrt NJ. Buck of Chicago led a fight
to have man and a woman from each
state.
Action was deferred until the tomorrow.
The constitution provides for the issu-
ance of state charter on petition OF
five ar more local branches. The basis of
representation in the national convention
will be one delegate at large from each
state and additional delegates for every
400 of party membership from the differ
ent states.
ONE DAYS PAY
Members will be asked to contribute
one days pay to the campaign fund next
year. In addition the party will he
financed by the levying of a monthly tax
of from to % cents on each member. the
members in st ites without party charters
paying the maximum tax.
Among the resolutions adopted were:
For the Impeachment by Congress OF
Unitesl States District Judge Anderson OF
indianapolis for his action in granting the
government mandatory injunction or
dering the resembling of the coal miners
strike.
Protesting against the massacre of Jews
in the Ukraine and other European
countries
Application ~ the principles or the tni-
tiative and referendum in national legis-
lation.
For the release of Eugene ". Debs.
Kate Richards O'Hare. Carl Haessler and
1900 other political and industrial prison
ers.
For the repeal OF the espionage law and
all other repressive acts passed by Con
gress during he war.
For the revision Of the army court
martial laws.
Demanding n new trial for Thomas
Mooney and Warren X, Billings.
The party plans to expend large sum
in a countrywide educational campaign
in which moving pictures will be a fea-
ture.
The convention expects to conclude Its
work and adjourn either tomorrow Oh
Wednesday.
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ress since last Fss.rTsary, ssppres-
fraaE ely asaNsss ~ 80 directed.
railroad administration officials cs-
timated. The contract also provides
that 1t shall be applicable during
the period of federal control of the
ronds unless notice of 80 days is
given of it's cancellation.
Specifically nm announcement
by MIR. Hines says, "the new con-
tract provides overtime for regular
section 1aborers and other en-
ployes in this classification except
IabOrers in extra or floating gangs
whose employment il seasonal and
temporary In character and certain
employe swhose position do not re-
quire continuous manual labor will
be paid on the basis of time and
one-baIf after the eighth hour of
continuous service exclusive of the
meal period. thus applying the same
principle which was established last
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Hines and Maintenance Brotherhood
Get Together and Sign Nev Scale

yeaT for Important. CLASSES Of
" orkcrs.y
Heretofore such maintenancs en-
ployes have been paid overtime at
pro retn rates for the ninth and
tenth hour and time and one-baif
after the tenth hour. Under the
agreement Iaborers In extra or
floating gangs whose employment
Is seasonal or temporary In ehnrac-
ter will be paid overtime mt pro
rnta rate for the ninth and tenth
hour and time and One-half time
after the tenth hour, whereas en-
ployes holding positions not requir-
ing continuous manual labor, such
NJ track, bridge and highway
crossing Waterman, signal men mt
railway noninteriocked crossings,
lampmen. engine watchmen mt isO-
lated points and bumpers will con-
tinue to be paid for their present
hours of work n monthly rate equal
to their present pay.
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KAISER TO BE TRIED
EARLY PART OF YEAR
Az A,,eoIat.d Pros,

London. Tuesday, November -.
The British government expects
the trial os farmer Emperor VIII
liam of GeSscny to begin In Lon
don early In the new year and il
completing necessary arrange
ments. says the Mail. which adds
that AZ soon ms the allies have
ratified the treaty united re-
auest for the surrender of tho
erstwhiIe emperor will be pre-
scented to Holland.
'rhere II mo- room for doubt
that the request will be COM
piled with" the newspaper says.
Ratification OF the treaty IL con-
fidently expected in a few weeks
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ONE NARROW EXIT

Up the narrow stairway over men
women and children climbed the mighty
Ardroin, until he snatched his daughter
from the mob. With swing he hurled
her over the heads of the crowd and 20
feet away she was caught in the arms
of Charles Puchen. She was slightly
bruised
The fire originated in the rear of Mar
tins grocery, when "Dodo" Brigance. a
boy of u years, attempted to fill light
ed oil stove. Because of his bad eye
sight he accidentally poured the oil on
the flame. This happened at 7:S0 O'Clock
at night. The men who We're playing
cards near the stove attempted to con-
troll the flames and fought it for half an
hour before outsiders were aware that
the fire was raging on the ground floor
of the two-story wooden building while
600 people from the country around were
upstairs at the weekly dance in Goose"
Phillips hall.
At O'Clock, while many couples were
dancing. huge gust of black smoke
from the pine floor swept up into the
dance hall. Panic followed with a mad
stampede down the narrow stairway. the
only exit to a side street The door
opened on the inside and was closed in
caught inside and of those outside who
smashing the door into bits In the wild
fight the stairway. which was allied in.
broke, and some of those who fell We're
rescued by chopping through the wood
work and pulling them out. Fourteen
screamed their life out while burning to
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feRsssst 5rt~ tss. asssST TS--S
new wage and working agreement
was signed late today between the
railroad administration and officials
of the brotherhood of Maintenance
of Way Employees and Railway
Track Laborers. While demands
of the union were not fully met.
the eight-hour basic day was cs-
tabiished for track Iaborers and
others of that classification, and time
and half pay after that hour was
provided. Most of the other en-
pioyes included under the agree
ment will receive time and half
overtime pay after 10 hours.
Signing of the new contract by
Director General Hines ended nego-
tfations which have been In prog
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GIST OF THE NEWS


Up to strike close
Mai tenance Broh
profits beyond
Messen boys of New
Americ may get n the
New s Chicago
Radio s~refu
Coal ~
drastic and immediate action must be taken
No cew IA as 10 VIII
to be n
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BY Associated Press
New York. November 24.-Soft
~ nine owners made "shocking
srs indefensible" profits in 1917
ana there is "grave doubt" that
shrs are entitled to increased
nvfecs because Of the proposed III
sSr cent increase in miners wages
sviinam G. McAdOO, former Secre-
tary of the Treasury. declared to-
day In . telegram to Federal Fuel
Administrator Garfield. The own
ers' profits. a. shown by their in
come tax returns. e xamined by him
rs Secretary OF the Treasury In
1918, he said. showed earnings ON
capital stock ranging from IS to
1000 per cent. .
81 am S0nvinced that the wage
increases proposed for the mine
workers are just and reasonables"
he stated.
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McAdoo Takes a'Hot Shot at
Profits Made BY CoaLOperators

"Before deduction of excess
profits taxes-which were less in
1917 than now-these income tax
returns showed that earnings of
100 to 800 per cent on capital stock
were not uncommon" MIR. Nc
AdOO's telegram asserted.
referring to the bituminOus
mime owners income tax returns
Tor 1918. which he said he had not
seen. the telegram said:
"If they disclose any such profits
rs earned by the bituminous coal
operators In 1917, it would be a
grave wrong to permit the oper-
ators to take from the public addi-
tiOnnl profits in the form of I'm
creased prices for bituminous
coal.~
Mr.. McAdoo urged that NO in
crease I'm prices of seft coal to con-
sumers be allowed and that the
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The department was in constant
communication today with the Ameri-
can embassy in Mexico City and was
advised that the cabinet had discussed
the American note and called Governor
Cabrera into conference regarding it.
Governor Cabrera is 4 brother of Luis
Cabrera, secretay of the treasury in
Carran5a's cabinet and known to be
one of the most bitter Americans
in Mexico.
President Carranza has found the
situation SO acute that he returned to
Mexico City from Queretero to take
part in the consideration of the Jen-
kins case.
TROUBLE AHEAD
Advices today said Mexican officials
have caused reports to be circulated
that the government was amply justi-
fled in holding Jenkins. No report had
been made to this government or it's
representatives, however, as TO the
nature of the evidence on which the
American consular agent was locked
up a second time.
While the Mexican foreign office has
given an opinion that the Carranza
government should await action by the
Mexican courts in the case of William
o. Jenkins, American consul at Puebia.
before finally disposing of the matter.
the government has decided to answer
the American note regarding the case.
according to information received here
today from Mexico City.
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Mexico Continues to
Act Defiant and Has
Stirred Washington
Jenkins Thought Be in Mexican Penitentiary in Bad
Condition, While Mexican Government Is Trying to
Prove She Was Justified in Her Action
BY Associated Press

Washington November 24-There word today from
the Mexican to the sharp note from the
department demanding the immediate release of William
O. Jenkins American consular agent at Puebla.
All day officials waited they thought be handed them by
the Mexican night dis
relating the Jenkins had reached the embassy from Mexico City
able
to in
that he eospd bandits who kidnapped him forced him
p a of approxim $150000
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Army Needs Sugar
Nv Asseeiatud presS

Washington, November 24-The United
States army is suffering from the sugar
shortage A statement issued today said
no surplus stock for the army remained
and the purchasing department had failed
to obtain any in the market Negotiations
have Been. begun in an effort to ind =
source Of supply to meet future needs.
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Wilson and Cabinet
Now Hold Settlement
OF Strike in Hand
AT Meeting Today in Case Cabinet Is Not Unanimous
Scheme to End Strike, the President Will Be Handed
Situation to Do He Deems Best for All
BY Associated Pres.

Washington November 24Sett-snt of the controversy
the wage scale the btumnous coal industry
awaits action by President Wilson's cabinet.
AT the meeting of the cabinet definite decision of
policy regarding all phases of the strike situation expected
and the cabinet disagreement the whole question
be put before the president.
Fuel Administrator Garfield speaking
their various provisions by the workers informal dis
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WILL ANSWER OPPORTUNITY

Laredo, Tex, November 24.-El Univer-
SAL a Mexico City newspaper, declares
in its issue of last Saturday that it ''un-
derstands the government will answer
opportunely the note from the White
House" Regarding the kidnapping and sub
segnent arrest o. American Ccnsnl Jen-
kins
Tie paper, a copy " which reached hers
today, carries an interview with IallaTio
Medina, subsecretary of foreign affairs
that official expresses the opinion that
the government ought to await dispos-
ton of Jenkins case in Mexican courts
before taking final action.
Medina declared the American note was
not received at the foreign office until
II o'clock Friday night and since then
the cabinet has deliberated the matter.
The newspaper gave no further indica-
ton of the probable time the reply would
be forwarded.
Asked by Eel Universal IL Jenkins would
be released, Medina said he was not In
position to answer, as Jenkins was un-
der Jurisdiction of a judge Of civil
court, and to hasten the decision of the
court, he said, would "be to violate the
law"
Eel Universal quotes report published
in Puebla CMexico) newspaper regard
ing the Jenkins case. 1t includes an in
terview with Governor Cabrera of Pueb-
la, who expresses the opinion that the
case "does not warrant fear of internal
tional complications
Governor Cabrera declared The had not
expressed an opinion of any sort, nor
taken part in the action against Jen-
l5ins.' but had recommended that the
American consul be treated with con-
sideration in jail because of his health.
Cabrera declared Jenkins was imprisoned
for alleged perjury. as he had contra
dicted himself during the investigation.
Commenting on the return to Mexico
City OF President Carranza, who has been
at Queretaro. travellers recently arrived
from the capital say his return was oc-
casioned by the order of a physician
that his daughter. the wife of Candida
Aguilar. would leave Queretaro because
of failing health, following the death OF
her mother Ia Prensa. a Mexican Ian
guage newspaper. published at San An
tonic, declared recently the president
reached Mexico City Unexpectedly" No
, ver
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TENTATIVE REPLY
Bv Associated Press

Laredo, Tex. November 24.r-Advices
received here from Mexico City indi-
Gated the Mexican government will re-
ply to the American governments note
in reference to the kidnapping and ar
rest OF Consul Jenkins, postponing
final action in the matter until the
Mexican courts have disposed of the
case.
The Mexican foreign office. accord
ing to these advices, had given an
opinion that the governments final
decision in the matter should await
action of the courts "as to hasten the
decision of the judge would violate
the law"
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CLAIMS FIRE BURNED
I HIRTY MIN j TE S
BEFORE A WARNING
Proprietor of Restaurant in
Which Fire Started Can
not Be Found-Lynch-
ing Bee in Sight

Vile Platte, La, November a.
Duffy Martin. owner of the grocery
and restaurant in which tbs fire
that caused the death of % pessOns
in stampede from dance ON the
second floor of the Deviiie build
ing Saturday night, cp4ld mot be
found today. Hints of lsnching had
been rumored among the relatives
of the dead who heard that Mar
tin had alleged the fire to burn so
minutes before giving the alarm,
said II. G. AshIock, editor of the
Vile Platte Gazette.
fnyestig atiola BY the Atat <iss y W
shars office and BY District Attorney
whether the disaster was due to Grim
inal negligence will be begun at once
according to messages received by Local
authorities today.
All day long funerals were held here
at the church and the bodies carried
to the rural graveyards by Evangeline
parish, over divers corduroy roads
blocked with stalled automobiles OF
those who tried to reach Vile Platte
OF the dead only, six were men
Twenty-Five were Women and chill
dren, seven less than 16 years of age
Fourteen persons were burned to death
and IA were trampled and crushed
Among the charred bodies was that OF
Curley Soileau, a young man who
fought his way from the street up the
stairway and through the crowd in
search of his sweetheart who was
among the first to escape.
Countless incidents of miraculous es-
capes were recited today by the surviv-
ors. Among these was that of Evabe
Ardroin, brawny plantation manager,
who appeared in the street before the
stairway collapsed He saw his 16-year-
old daughter in the seething mob wav-
ing frantically and heard her call upon
him to save her while others prayed and
fought.
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Bars Chinks

Laredo. Texas. NOV ember 24-Col Este
ban Cdntu, commander of the Northern
district OF Lower California has issued an
order prohibiting immigration of Chinese
within his zone, according TO Mexico City
advices received here today.
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Attempt to Assassinate
VenizelOs Discovered
BY Associates rrs..

Athens, Greece, November 24.--
A plot TO assassinate Premier
NenixeIos aud overthrow the mon
archy has been discovered here and
many arrests have been made by
the authorities.
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Engineer Dies in Mobile

W"1 BY NSsec1hWo Fftss
Mobile, November 24.-James w. Soon
yers, age So. prominent southern electro
cal engineer. died here tonight
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cussions after the meeting.
The principles announced were:
First-The public must not be asked
to pay more than it is now paying for
coal, unless it is necessary to do so in
order to provide reasonable wages TO the
mine workers and reasonable profit to
the operators.
Second-The arrangement entered into
between the operators, the mine workers,
and the fuel administration, ewith the
sanction of the President of the United
States in October, 1917, was intended to
equalize the wages of all classes of mine
workers and To be sufficient to cover the
PERIOD OF the war but not beyond March
81, 1920 hence the only increase in cost
of living which can now be considered
is the increase above that provided for by
the average increase in 1917; that is to
say, the average total increase of pay
over the 1913 base, which was the base
considered in 1917, should not exceed the
present average increase in the cost of
living over the same base. 1t is also to
be considered that the cost of living will
fall rather than rise during the next few
wang