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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-21

dead work rates throughout the cen
tral comrctitivc field. that ali new
Wase ttrromcnts replacing cNistin,;
Is"ccmcntS should he based on a sin
nour work day from bank to bank,
'tNc days per week: the abolition of all
automatic PENALTY clauses: that all con
,i'Cts IN the biiumiuouS it.ld should hc
NcG'Ar'd 1" cNpirc on November l. 1919.
IN" ihat in the event Il saiiSfa,tory
MH.S aSrrcmcnt is no, secured for the
central competitive field before Novcn-
her !. 1912, 10 replace The one now in
Greet. the international Officers be au-
thori%cd 10 ana are hereby instructed
l" cal! a general strike Of all hituniu-
Gus miners and mino workers through
OUT the United states. the same TO be-
come effective November |. 1919"
Suhscuucnt Conferences.
subsequently, conferences were held
between representatives of The oncra-
tors and OF the miners at which the
miners demands were submitted and
Ieclin.d on the pare of the opcrat ors
United Mine Workers of America. Then
issued so called strike orders 10 an OF
lntar i"vAi unions and members. re-
curing them to cease work in Tie min
inG OF hituuinous coal at midnirht on
Friday. october 81
ON October -. 1919. The Secretary OF
ia Dor called a conference between
Jnc operators and miners OF the
b:'uminous mines in the central COM
nctnNe field. which conference also
resulted in failure TO reach an agree.
ment. IN a letter To Secretary NSiI-
SON which was submitted to TIC con-
terence. ! said:
If for any reason the miners ana
operators !aii to CONT TO a mutual
UNDERSTANDINGS the interests OF tho
pNnIlc are OF such vital Importance In
connection With the production OF Goa.
!a't II j. incumbent upon them 20 rcfc
lhc matters in dispute TO a board of
"tnlEa ion for determination ana 10
continue the operation OF the minc,
pHndiH% the decis on OF the board"
subsequently,, on October ~ 1919
issued statement in which SAID
mat strike in the circ,imSt af"ss
therein described is no, only nm
j"Sllh"D,. unlawful. ana added:
Merits OF Controversies
express no opinion on the merits
ht The controversy. | have, ,lreodv
suggested 4 plan by which a setrIn.
iivNl might be reached and | hold nv
sell IN readiness. a. the reouest nj
G''her or noth sides. 10 appoint at once
trlou"al To investigate al the facts
Vim view TO aiding In the earliest
ppSSinlc orderly settlement of tho
questions AT issue between the coal
opcFatorS and the coal miners 10 IN,
%,lH that the Just rights, not only OF
nose interests but also OF tho gen
c"2i public. may be fully proteciej,
Despite my earnest appeals thnt tbc
men remain at work. the oii%ers ~
the United Mine Workers Of Annric,
i'1ccted all the proposals for a ncn.
~! and orderly adjustment; ana ue-
.'Aed thal tho strike would, 70 on
NtroTd!nSiy, at my direct on IN. Al
l"rncN icneral filed a bill in .atiit,.
IN the United states District Cont ~
Indianapolis. praying for an !njunC-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-21
American Teams Visit
Havana During Holidays

DELNND. Ella. Dee. .u.-Stctson
.nNcrSttE'S f"oti,uii and has krtbnii
,'nN WIZ 20 Z" Havana during the
h"iidnSs {" play the Cuban tth,cti,.
"n' ~ wits announced today. The
"a>hr'hnn game will he played New
eur even and the foothnIi game
''"""nrH !. h will he the first time
an tmrri"nn basketball five have
visited Cuba. il was said.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-21

very much in accord with any ro,
,nat VIII eradicate gambling o,,nrm
ions ana improve The standard Of No
try. TIC coun-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-28
Why Not q FeW Americans?

Conductor Stransky of New York has made
few suggestions as to how the Juilllard mil
lions might be invested to promote music in
America. He calls for great graduate school
of music to be established in New York. So
far so good. Like other suggestions made as
to how the Juilliard will may be carried out,
it is in harmony with what great many peo-
pie prominent in musical life in America have
had in mind for years. But the astonishing
thing about Mr. Stranskys suggestion is that,
although he named number of men who
should figure in the school, with great abne-
CATION doubtless he was unable to mention a
single American who might be of use in the
upbudng Of such an institution Five years
ago such an attitude on the part of Mr..
Stransky would have been accepted as what
might be expected, but five years ago happens
to be very long time. A great many things
have happened since then which do not seem
to have made much impression on Mr..
Stransky. If, however, he should push his
Juard suggestion he will find very quickly
that American musicians are not going to sit
silent while casual aliens are doomed as prod
igies of learning and valuable positions are as
sumed to be but the proper perqulsltes to any
who may come over here imbued with the idea
that America is the foreign musicians oyster
and he need not be too nice in approprlatlng it.
The Juilliard gift was not made to give the
chance stranger within Our gates another lease
hold on musical opportunity. and it is to be
hoped that it will give the American musician
by birth and adoption that recognition and
support that he deserves, no matter what the
method or the manner of its use may be-
Philadelphia Ledger
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-28
Some One Asleep at the Switch.

Some one must have been asleep at the
switch, or else turn-coat has been put on
guard, for the column in which the local DEM
ocratic organ accelerates public opinion. Else
how could this uncouth communication have
slipped itself into that paper day or so ago?
Omaha. July 22-To the Editor of the
World Herald: 1t may be said with all hon
esty that President Wilson has succeeded in
the thing he started out most to do. He has
made the world safe for the democratic party.
The little old democratic party will have
nothing to fear in the future. The world will
let it absolutely and completely alone. 1t
may come when it pleases, stay as long as it
pleases, and go when it gets ready. When it
leaves Washington in 1920 it will take long,
long journey, and never, never come back.
Like the fools we are, we have learned our
lesson at great cost, but relief comes soon.
Wilson will go down (get the direction)
the greatest president the democratic party
ever had-and he will never have any rivals.
I see you are already telling the world
that vote for the republicans in 1920 is a
vote for war with Japan; and vote for the
democrats vote for peace. That bunk got
by once, but once is plenty We might as
we'll lick Japan now as later, so if you any
chips just knock them off and we will back
you to the last dollar.
Don't worry about the democratic party
in 1920-nobody will know it exists.
FRANK LAMAR.
What will our Sancho Panza senator at
Washington think when he discovers that his
alter ego factotum has permitted his own
simon-pure newspaper to print this lese
majestic upon his beloved Don Quixote? What
will he say when he recalls that the bunk"
with which the president "got by once" also
carried Senator Hitchcock along as coat-tail
hanger? As for passing such scathing in
dictment of the Democratic administration
along in democratic paper "once is plenty"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-28
The Lone Star

Texas is out for selfdetermination. Its
state senate has suggested that, if the federal
government is incapable of giving to citizens
Of that state the same protection that is &C
corded to other states, not so unfortunate as to
border on Mexico it ought to accord liberty
of action" to the Lone Star. Below the Rio
Grande, where the "Tejanos," thanks to pre-
vous activities in the direction of liberty Of
action, are regarded with more respect than
the federal troops, hampered as they are by
considerations of policy, this may be viewed
with some alarm. Nor can Washington be en-
tirely calm over the matter.
If the rest of the country does agree to
give the Texans liberty of action" there is no
telling where they will stop. Our regulars
already cross the border, when necessary, for
protection of American soil punishment of
raiders. But they. do not settle down in. per-
manent occupation. Unless Texas is prepared
to do that she may meet with the same diff
culties And suppose that strip south of the
Rio Grande is annexed by Texas Rangers
there will still be Mexican border on the
south of that strip. If Texas once gets started
the only logical conclusion, the only one which
will avert the continuing danger of border
raids. will be the conquest of all Mexico.
Quite possibly Texas could do it; but if she
did she would at once outweigh the rest OF the
Union Already she is well on the way to being
the most populous state, and power does not
even wait on population as the predomlnance
of Texas in Washington shows. A Texas oc-
cupyng and administering everything down to
the Guatemalan frontier would be so much
stronger than any of the other states that we
might as we'll take the rest of the stars off
the flag.
OF course. Texas might annex Mexico and
placate the rest of the United States by making
Mr.. Burleson, governor general; but the Mexi-
cans might deem that unwarranted harshness.
Liberty of action is an excellent phrase. but
il is hard to tell where it would, or could stop.
,,xIr Al
had the Mexicans, instead of the more placid
Jerseyites. Just across the river, we might not
be able to regard the situation with entire
equanimity.-New York Times.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-28
Great Midsummer Sport.

Just now we are in the midst of the greatest
contest of the year, the ever-recurrent mid
summer sport OF saving the corn crop. July's
fierce sun is about to be succeeded by the even
more fervent rays of August and the appre-
hension for the health and we'll being of his
majesty, the king or grains, is CORRESPONDENCE
swollen. 1t does not matter that once each
year the same thing happens, that annually the
fields are baked and parched, the corn blades
are fired" and tassels shriveled, and finally
the crop comes through the furnace in splendid
condition to the time when worry is transferred
from heat and drouth to the possibility of early
frost. Weather-wise citizens look at the copper
sky, devoid of even the high riding cirrus, and
shake their heads forebodingly. Doefu proph-
ecies are made as the wind from the south rises
and sweeps along in the 100-degree tempera-
ture, and gamblers in grain prices feverishly
press their bets that the crop will be failure.
Somehow, the expected in this regard seldom
happens. With roots set deep in fertile soil
and proud head tossing yellow plumes in sun
and wind, King Corn meets the blazing day UNI
daunted and through the sultry nights stores
up strength for maturity. Against the time of
harvest and huskng though, the venturesome
will continue to prophesy and wager on the
monarchs chance for life, but only rarely does
the calamity come about. 1t is great game
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-28
WITH OR WITHOUT RESERVATIONS

The next move in connection with the rat
iication Of the peace treaty by the United
States is the presidents. Whether he is ready
to announce his ultimate attitude is not fully
certain, although the indications are that he
will very soon communicate to the senate his
purpose
Republicans have made it plain to him that
under the existing circumst ances the treaty will
not be ratified without specific reservations as
to certain of its provisions. These reservations
have been outlined to him, that he may study
them in detail. Not one of the fifteen repub-
lican senators who have been called to the
White House for confidential consultations has
indicated a readiness to vote for the treaty as
it stands. Some of these have retired with a
distinct impression that Mr.. Wilson is alive to
the apparent hopelessness of his position, and
is willing to accept such reservations as will
not throw the treaty back into negotiation.
Against this, democrats assert that the
treaty must be taken as it is presented. Con-
corning this attitude of the party Harvey's
Weekly says:
The guarantees of American sovereignty
must be rock-ribbed and copper-fastened
They must constitute a part of the treaty
ltScll anu DC dCCcptcu dS SuCH ny the Quiet
powers. When poor Senator Hitchcock
truculently declares that the president will
not permit an to be dotted or to be
crossed, he talks like an ass, but not a whit
more chidishly than the New York Times
when it admits that Mr.. Wilson might &C
cept explanatory reservations, but none of
vital effect" Men are not mice. Neither are
the winners of this fight for the nation
fools.
Within day or two the decision must be
reached at the White House. Congress expects
to adjourn at the end of this week for a recess
to last until September. If the president has
made up his mind to risk rejection of the treaty
by opposing the senate, he will soon so signify.
If, the other hand, he is ready to meet the
ma jority of that body in its efforts to preserve
American sovereignty and to clarity the OBJ
scure places in the covenant of the League of
Nations, he may quickly put an end to what
otherwise may be long and bitter fight.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-28
e. z22zzz@ cT6zJ' Corner 3

busy bunch, and II they had been
making a garden they would nave
done a lot Of useful work, but as II
was they gained nothing by their Ell
forts.
What are you doing" rasped
Blue Heron, Hopping down on the
mound. Behind him We're Sand
Hill Crane and Thunder Pump Bit
tern.
Digging for the rainbows' pot of
gold" answered Peggy.
I'm find it for you," volunteered
Blue Heron. sticking his long bill
into the ground.
mo, / WILL" ratified Sand Hill
Craze. mo, will" echoed Bittern
in his queer pumpy voice. At once
they dug their bills into the SOFT
earth.
"Clank!" went Sand Hill Cranes
bill against something.
II hear it, / hear it! the pot OF
gold" cried Mr. Robin. Peggy and
Billy ran to the spot and dug like
mad, finally bringing up something
round and metallic.
AN old tin can filled with mud"
grunted Billy in disappointment.
Chunk" Bittern's bill hit metal.
Again Billy and Peggy dug like mad
and brought up an old piece Of stove
pipe.
"Clink!" went Blue Heron's bill.
For a third time Billy and Peggy
dug like mad, and this time as the
birds clustered around they dug up
something that caused every one to
shout with Joy. 1t was round
brass pot, and when Billy pried off
the heavy lid, there was the treas
ure they sought-rainbow gold, hun
dreds and hundreds Of pieces of it.
"Hoot! Hoot! There's danger in
rainbow gold. see it coming now.
Hoot! Hoot! Flee as fast as you
can"
Judge Owl hooted frantically, but
the others were so busy looking at
the rainbow gold they did not heed
his warning.
(Tomorrow appears the danger against
which Judge Owl tries to warn Peggy and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-28
George WQshingtom's Warming

President Washington, in his farewell ad-
Dress warned the American people of the
danger of despotism involved in abuses of
power by administrators of the government
changed by any method except that provided
for its amendment the act is one of usurpation
and a step in the direction of free government
The warning ought to be read, in this hour, by
every American. 1t follows:
The spirit of encroachment tends to con-
solidate the powers of all the departments in
one and thus to create, whatever the form of
government, real despotism. A just esti-
mate of that love of power and proneness to
abuse it which predomnates in the human
heart is sufficient to satisfy us Of the truth of
this position. The necessity of reciprocal
checks in the exercise of political power, by
dividing and distributing it into different
repositories and constituting each the guar
dian of the public veal against 1nvasions by
the Others has been evinced by experiments
ancient and modern, some of them in our
country and under our own eyes. To pre-
serve them must be as necessary as to insti-
tute them. If in the opinion Of the people
the distribution or modification of the con-
sttutional powers be in any particular wrong,
let it be corrected by an amendment in the
way which the Constitution designates. But
let there be no change by usurpaton; for
though this in one instance may be the in
strument of good, it is the customary weapon
by which free governments are destroyed.
The precedent must always greatly over
balance in permanent evil any partial or
transient benefit which the use can at any
time yield.
1t is impossible to read these words of Wash
ington without the conviction that he would
call the attempt to substitute the covenant of
the League of Nations for the Constitution a
usurpation, and the attempt to embark the
United States upon policy of foreign alliances
81,
an abuse of power tending to the creation of
despotsm.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-28
Battleships Go Upstairs.

Eighty five feet above sea level one of the
biggest war ships ever built swings at anchor
in Gatun lake. Around it float vessels of a
mighty armada. And the Panama canal has
demonstrated all its projectors and builders
claimed for it as an adjunct to the naval
strategy of the United States No longer will
the people of America hold in suspense a feel
ing of apprehension, while their feet races
around the continent of South America. The
fight of the Oregon will never be repeated
Watch will be kept on either coast, and danger
can be swiftly countered, for the journey the
feet must accomplish has been cut in two, and
the canal is become an integral part of the ma
tional defense. AS sublime as was its concep-
ton, the canal is, if anything, exceeding ex-
pectations.. 1t has bound the west and the
east by water as the railways united them by
land, and we are now one country so far as
proper defense may be made safe through
human agency. Our battleships can go upstairs
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-28
Bathing Suits and Society.

Omaha, July 25.-To the Editor
of The Bee: The papers report that
the superintendent of the welfare
board is alarmed about the scanti-
ness of women's bathing costumes at
Krug park, and is determined to see
what can be done about it.
The subject is one to arouse more
amusement than thought, but even
this mans shocked modesty offers
an opportunity for philosophy.
l am not especially interested in
how many square inches Of gauzy
material shall or shall not screen the
forms of beautiful young ladies from
desecrating male eyes when the
ladies go out to swim, but I cannot
refrain from commenting upon the
amazing spectacle of a big grown
man thinking it necessary to make
a special investigation into a mat
ter so trivial. OF course it is good
at all times to maintain a high STAN
dard of what decent and respect
able and desirable, but for heavens
sake, good people, let such a STAN
dard take in more than the naughti-
ness Of fair persons padding around
in a pool Of water in order to keep
cool,
Some day it will not be immoral
for women to have legs. and-to
close with my hobby-it will be
deemed neither decent nor respect
able nor desirable to prostitute ones
mental and physical powers to the
service of parasites.
We need a social vision great
enough to see not only the moral
mosquitoes that peSter us OCCASION
ally, but also the giants Of depravity
that are running amuck over the
nations and fattening upon the sub
stance and the happiness of all peo-
pies. EDWARD RUTLEDGE.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-28
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tering into an agreement among
themselves. The farmers in this
part of the country, l know, are
greatly displeased and. dissatisfied
and annoyed by turning the clock
ahead one hour
1t seems only common sense to
have all the clocks of the world ad-
justed to as near sun time as pos
sible. Then let other people arrange
their affairs accordingly, and we will
all know what time is being referred
to when anyone tells us the time.
In a great many places in Nebraska
the farmers have turned their clocks
back to the original time, which
makes it one hour different from
railroad time and consequently
makes a great deal Of confusion and
great many mistakes.
| hope the president of the United
States and all the people in the
world will feel that it is right to
have the time alike all over the
world, and as near sun time as posi-
sible, and that anything else would
be a farce. 7. R. LACKEY,
5000 North Oath Street. Omaha
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-28

couldn't boot boot. He did man.
age, however, to get in front Of Billy
and form with his mouth the words:
Danger! Danger in rainbow
gold"
But Billy was so intent upon find
ing the pot Of gold that he didn't
heed the warning, and Judge Owl
tapped disgustedly to perch on
the tall pine tree.
IF l only had a spade, I'd find
that pot Of gold in a hurry" said
Billy, ut must be buried under the
ground somewhere around here"
IF it's under the ground I can
locate it," declared Mr.. Robin, con-
fidently. There isn't a worm can
hide from me, for I can hear him
no matter how deep down he is"
With that Mr.. Robin went around
listening with one ear to the ground
as if he thought he could hear the
pot of gold as he heard moving an
gle woms. The other birds laughed
at Mr.. Robin, but he listened and
listened, being rewarded by hearing
several fat worms, which he
promptly pulled out and gobbled up.
Peggy and Billy got sticks and
used them as spades, while the birds
dug with their bills. They were a.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-28
FROM HERE AND THERE.

The worlds sheep shearing record
is 1884 animals in nine hours.
Certain varieties of the lark are
believed to be the only birds that
sing as they fly.
The worlds principal Jade mine
y in Burma, where the privilege of
mining the stone has been in the
possession of one tribe for many
generations.
The Cuban secretary Of public
works placed before the congress
some time ago a plan for a general
system of macadam roads through
out the island, which would enable
motor cars to go from Pinar del
Rio in the west to Santiago de Cuba
in the east.
Europe's first Chinese newspaper
was established in Paris during the
war, under the editorship of Mr.. Y.
c. Yen. 1t was designed particu-
larly for the benefit of the Chinese
labor corps enlisted by the allies. 1t
sold for l penny and is said to have
contained a daily budget of special
cable dispatches from the Orient.