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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-26
SOFT COAL
OPERATORS MEET
TO TRIM PRICES

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct 2s.--Ap-
proximately 1000 Of the 1000 soft
coal operators in the United Statesr
representing every bituminous pro-
ducing district. met here today at
the call of Col. ID. =. Wentz, presi
dent of the National Coal association
to consider the telegram sent TO the
association last week by Attorney
Genehal A. Mitchell Palmer. The teie-
gram urged that steps be taken to
eliminate exorbitant prices for bitum-
inous coal at the mines.
That a resolution favoring fair
and reasonable" prices with only a
reasonable profit for the operators.
would be supported was predicted by
operators previous to going into the
conference hall.
Prices already have dropped In
many places, II was declared, J. Il.
Hatfield. OF Morgantown, w. Va, a
member OF the Northern West Vir-
ginia fair practices commission, said
in his district the price had dropped
from. Sl4 TO So O ton in some in
stances, even in the brokerage mar
ket.
"The fair practices committee he
said, "was formed by the operators
to stamp out certain practices, the
bidding up OF prlees by brokers. for
instance. which had caused the price
to sky rocket. The results already
are apparent"
Another operator said that there
had been big break In prices In the
Pittsburgh district
Besides prices, every angle of the
coal situation, including the possi-
bllity Of n shortage, the car supply
and other transport questions. were
threshed out. Little danger exists
OF serious winter shortages any
where in the opinion Of operators.
a meeting of the National Coal
association, composed Of $500 opera
tors who mine more than three
fourths Of the coal produced in the
United States with an output of
nearly 55O.00O.O0O tons this year, was
held before general conference.
An exhaustive survey Of the soft
coal situation was made at the gen
eral conference by Col WentZ. He
told the operators that shortages
throughout the country in the sup
ply Of coal for immediate uses are
rapidly being made up owing 10 ac-
celebrated movement of coal ship
ments by the railroads during the
last weeks.
While grave deficiencies existed in
the supply Of domestic coal in ohio,
Indiana. Michigan Eastern Kentucky,
Eastern Tennessee and Western
Pennsylvania up TO three weeks ago,
these, Col Wentz stated are steadily
being overcome. Under the new
program put into effect under the
Interstate commerce commissions or
ders Of oct. s. embracing 2l00 cars
day or 10000 tons Of soft coal
the emergency wants Of this terri
tory are being filled as rapidly as
cars can he moved
The emergency wants ~ the Mid
die West and the East have been
taken up by the operators, he con-
tinued. and great quantities Of soft
coal In the meantime have been
rushed up 20 the great lakes for
transshipment to Northwestern
points.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-26
CHURCHES, LABOR
AND WOMEN WANT
LEAGUE, COX SAYS

KENOVA, w. Va, Oct 26.-Gov.
Cox of Ohio closed his West Vir-
ginia tour here today with another
appeal for the league of nations and
statement that the churches, Ia
Dor and women were together in the
movement which, he said, was
sweeping the country"
In this connection the Democratic
presidential candidate called atten.
tton to statements a year ago of for
mer President Taft, which. the gov
ernor said, prophesied his present
view ofdhe situation.
Il desire to pay Judge Taft a trib-
ute" said the governor. He nos
sesses a gift which | did not think
was his. He has the gift of
prophecy. Speaking iast about a
year ago in West Virginia he said
that labor would indorse the league
of nations because of its labor pro
visions: that the churches would in
dorse 1t because IL is wight; and then
If the women were given the vote.
they would all be for 1t because OF
their adherence for war: and in the
last week 1t Is perfet tly apparent that
Judge Taft correctly visuali2ed the
future.
From pulpit and congregation
comes the same story of religious
fervop. No class has been reading
The league more industriously thar
labor. found miners in the noun :
tains Of this state thoroughly N .
miliar with it; and the Republicans
are having trouble with their won
ems meetings-all of which bears elo-
quent tribute to Judge Taft's fore
sight,
ut Is sweeping the country"
Gov. Cox declined today to ampIify
his statement last night at Hunting
ton as to his position regarding rati-
fication Of the treaty OF Versailles
and attendant reservations, The gov
ernor motored here carly today from
Huntington. Later today he was to
make his 2lst and final speech In
Kentucky at Ashland. This after
noon he was to speak at Portsmouth
o. and tonight at Cincinnati
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-26
Cabinet
REVIEWS FORMAL
STRIKE 'PAR[EyS

LONDON, Oct. 26. tBy the Asso-
ciated Press.)--Formai negotiations
between the government and the
executive officers Of the miners
federation in an effort to settle the
coal strike were Seopened this morn
ing, indicating that the inforrnalsdis-
cussions which had been in progress
since Sunday had proved satisfac-
tory, in some measure, at least.
1t was reported from South Wales
today that the miners officials there
had before them yesterday the gov
ernments new formula on the wage
question, which is said to be based
upon coal values The miners are to
get two shillings day Increase, but
the future selling pgice of coal will
depend on productions that Is, il pro-
duction falls below a certain level
the price of coal will be increased
to the householder: otherwise, pres
ent price will be maintained.
Under this plan the miners. whiie
receiving more, wages, would coop
crate with the owners in preventing
increased prices.
Much significance was attached TO
today's negotiations, especially in
view Of Premier Lloyd Georges re-
cent statement in the house of com
mons that he was loath to call such
conference until basis had been
reached which looked as If 1t might
lead to final negotiations.
General belief expressed today was
that such a basis should be reached.
Strong opposition to the govern
ment emergency power bill giving the
government far-reaehing authority in
the event of a general strike or Of
disorders, is anticipated in the house
of commons.
In the house of commons last night
a motion for rejection of the bin was
defeated, 2b7 to SIS, and the measure
was passed to second reading. Lib
eral and labor leaders, including. II.
II. Asqulth. former premier, made
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-26

II.5 Hun for the same reason. Evans
Paul To Be King.
venlzelos, in hearty SYMPATHY with
the views and the wishes of England
and France, agreed with them in
placing the second son of Constan-
tine on the throne. He was Alex
ander who died Monday. England
and France now will insist and Ven-
izelos will agree, to the placement OF
Prince Paul upon the throne of
Greece, Evans said.
A general election is to be held soon
in Greece, for the purpose of select
ing members of the you'll, Evans said.
This is the governing body of Greece,
which corresponds to the parliament
Of England. The men elected will
vote upon the successor to the
throne.
Local Greeks will hold services,
mourning the untimely death of King
Alexander, Evans declared. These
services probably win be held next
Sunday in the Greek church at ~
North Second street--a place which
is serving as a worshiping place un-
til the new Greek church. now under
construction at Third street and Pop
lar avenue, is completed, about Dec.
/, Evans said.
There is little likelihood of a re-
public being established In Greece
at this time, Evans said. Greece still
has long road to travel before her
people are ready to embrace the re-
publican form of government Evans
declared.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-26
FRIENDS Of CITY
OFFICIALS HINT
At CR|M|NAL|TY
Many Prosecutions Likely to
Follow in Wake of Recall
Fight-CIaim Misrepresen-
tation and Perjury.

Criminal prosecution Of certain re-
call petition signers may be the next
step in the move to displace Mayor
Rowlett Paine and the four city COM
missioners. This was hinted by num-
erous hackers of the administration
Tuesday.
Neither Mayor Paine nor any Of
the commissioners were inclined to
discuss this possibility through sup
porters of the commission were open
in their suggestions that irregularity
of certain petitions and Illegal meth
DDS, said to- have been used in Sc
curing signatures, laid good num-
Der of the recall signers, especially
affiants, open to prosecution on
criminal charges.
Just at this time,' declared Mayor
Paine, Il am in no position to make
a. statement relative to such course
Following certification to the COM
mission Monday night Of less than
the required number Of qualified
signers to the recall, statements Of
prosecution lent an entirely different
angle to the situation.
1t was pointed out by friends of
the administration that each affiant
to petition, totaling 1870 filed, swore
he personally witnessed each sigma
ture and that the handwriting was
that of the signer. Officials declare
that some of the afflants since the
petitions were filed with City Clerk
Pashby have come to city hall and
requested that their names be re-
moved, that they merely became the
n 10 do =
ton to a. friend who requested such.
OF the 1870 petitions filed 56 were
thrown out In their entirety, accord
ing 70 Pashby's certification, because
of irregularities or illegalities. This
la was said by commission baclecS,
laid the affiant liable to criminal
charges in Nmany instances.
Circulated Blank Paper"
Certain methods of securing names
to the petitions were entirely illegal,
1t was further charged. Supporters
of the mayor and commissioners de-
clared that in the Ninth ward blank
sheets of paper, with no petition
whatsoever attached were circulated.
After they were filled these blanks
were attached to petitions, it was
charged. Reiteratibn was made Tues
day Of allegations that many negroes
were induced to sign when they
were told that the petitions were in
cident to registration and that This
is the first step toward voting for
Harding"
These were but few methods em-
ployed, so alleged the administration
supporters. by the circulators. Chief
interest, however, centered on pos
sibilities of charges against the af-
fiants.
These friends of the administration
also gave rise to the plan that with
the anticipated filing of mandamus
proceedings by the recall faction that
the administration would be merely
letting the opposition carry the fight
into the courts.
"Tts a game of checkers" said one
man, and land the scity has moved.
Now it is up to the recallers and
the courts offer the only chance"
when q man swears to thing
which Is proven Illegal or irregular
and his oatheis shown to be perjury"
continued this man, "it is very palp-
able that such steps of prosecution as
may be warranted are the only
course to pursue"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-26
SECOND HUNGER
STRIKER DIES in
PRISON At CORK
CONTINUED on Page 3,

CORK. oct 26. (By the Associated
Press) Joseph Murphy. one OF the
hunger strikers in Cork jail, died last
night.
The death Of Murphy occurred at
.S:35 pm. He was 25 years old and
unmarried.
Murphy was q member of the Irish
Volunteers and was well known as
an athlete.
Joseph Murphy was one OF the IL
men incarcerated In Cork jail two
days before Lord Mayor MacSwiney
waH sent 10 Brixton prison in Lon
don All the men In Cork Jail inn
mediately went on a hunger strike,
Last week ore Of them, Michael
Fitzgerald, died.
There were reports last month that
Murphy was an American citizen. 1t
was asserted that he was born in
Lynn, Mass. and Secretary of State
Colby was declared 20 be invests
eating the claim.
A dispatch from Cork Sept. 10 as
serted that the American consul
there had established the fact that
Murphy was born in Lynn, but that
he had been brought to Ireland
when an infan. by his father, who
is a British subject.
Murphy's father, Timothy Murphy.
a shoemaker. resides in Poullaudff. a
suburb of Cork He said he was the
father Of 10 children, only six OF
whom are living. He emigrated to
America IN 1891, settling in Lynn.
where three of his children, includ-
ing Joseph, were born. The father
declared he took out his first citi-
zenship papers in 1895, but that he
left the United States before his nat
uralization became complete.
At the beginning OF the war one
son, born in Lynn. according to Mr..
Murphy, registered at the American
consulate in Queenstown as an
American. Joseph. however, failed to
register,
1t is asserted the government ac-
cusation against Murphy was that
he had bomb in his possession.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-26
Campaign Plans
Spoiled By Rain
Rain, rain, go away,
Come again some other day;

Come again some other day;
Little Johnny wants to play"
This Is the plaint of the two lists
of local candidates for the legisla-
ture.
After having postponed activities
in the campaign until the last week,
Jupiter Pluvius steps in anG gums the
works to borrow from the SPORTS
vocabulary. A full list of speakers
had been secured by both tickets and
the two committees had planned to
make the atmospher thick with ora
tory throughout the week. But, rain
. has cheated the orators out of two
days, and prospects are not flatter-
ing.
The Democratic committee had
planned a meeting for Tuesday night
at Fifth street and Greenlaw avenue,
but were forced to eau it off on ace
= count of the weather. 1t was also
announced that owing to the inabifi.
ty of the committee to secure ball
for the occasion,t the speaking date
announced for Senator ]. Thomas
Heflin of Alabama. had been can
celed. The committee telephoued
Senator Heflin not to comes
However, IL the weather clears up,
other speakers, including Senator
McKellar and Congressman Hubert
Fisher will take the stump for the
Democrats.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-26
COOLER WEATHER
FORECAST HERE

Unsettled weather and cooler with
probably showers Tuesday night and
partly cloudy and cooler Wednesday
was the prediction made Tuesday by
weather forecaster Scott.
The Mississippi will not change
much in this district for the next
morning at o'clock wds Al feet, in
dicating rise of i of a foot during
the last "a hours
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-26
CHICAGO BAND GETS
100000 WHISKY

CHICAGO, Oct. 26.-Liauor thieves
equipped with motor trucks invaded
the Loop early today, broke into a
wholesale drug house within a block
and half of the Central police sta
tion. bound the watchman and caEted
away 30 barrels and 300 cases of
whisky valued at 100000.
The watchman said the robbers
made three trips, being gone about
15 minutes each time
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-26
$4,000 COTTON
FIRE At WARREN
$50 Bales Destroyed in
Warehouse in Arkansas
Town.

WARREN, Ark, Oct. 26.--Eight
hundred and fifty bales Of cotton
stored by the WARREN Cotton Ware
house company were lost in a fire
which destroyed the warehouse early
today. The loss is estimated at
$4,000, with $4,000 insurance. Of
ficers have found nothing to indicate
that the fire was of incendiary ORR
gin. No warning had been received
by gin or warehouse owners in this
county and there has been no night
riding activities or indications of any,
officials say.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-26
DRYs COLLECT 50, 500.

WASHINGTON, oct. 26.--The cam
paign committee OF the Antisa!oon
league has filed report with the clerk
Of the house OF representatives showing
total contributions for the campaign
just ending OF $500 and expenditures
OF about the same amount There
were IL contributors, all from Ohio,
and individual contributions ranged
from 500 to $500,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-26
rs Of An Inch y
Rainfall In DAY

Rainfall amounting to rs of an
inch fell IN Memphis up to 1880 pm.
Tuesday A heavy shower just aft
ernoon developed a total fall of more
than half this amount The re-
mainder of the precipitation occurred
in showers during the morning.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-26
CARPENTER TO
FIGHT DEMPSEY

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-Jaek Demp-
sey and Georges Carpenter were
matched here this afternoon for a
fight for the heavyweight cham pion-
ship Of the world. The contract will
be formally signed tomorrow.
Under the terms of the contract as
agreed upon today, the puailists will
meet some time between Feb. I and
July l, 1921. The conditions stipulate
a bout between 10 and IS rounds for
q record purse and a percentage OF
thu motion picture receipts.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-26

strong appeals to the government to
withdraw the measure.
Premier Lloyd George defended the
bill, which he declared was not in
tended as an attack-on trade unions,
but was absolutely necessary to
face the threat of railway men and
the triple alliance to cripple our ma
tional life almost without notice."
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-26

Sun sets today 5:l2 PM Rises to-
morrow 6:16 am. Moon sets 6:15
am. tonight Precipitation .35 inch
Tennessee-Showers; cooler.
Observation-Disclosures; cooler.
Arkansas-Showers; cooler.
Alabama-Showers cooler.
= Kentucky-Showers; cooler.
LouisianazRain; cooler.
oklahoma-Fair; cooler.
North and South Carolina, Georgia
and Florida--Showers
East Texas-Cloudy.
West Texas-Fair.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-26
sIsIstE! w SSISIs1ERg

twenty four hours ia noon Oct. 26:
Temp
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-26
Weather Forecast

Showers, with cooler
temperatures prob
able.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-31
POLES ATTACK BoLsHEvlKI


Warsaw, May 31.--An official com q.
muuication issued here yesterday says
THE Poles are counter attacking at
various points on the northern front.
Several districts in the marshy country
Of the Dvina have been cleared &C .hc
Bolsheviki. The fighting is particularly
severe in the regions OF Borisov and
Bobrusk, where the Reds have been
driven back at several places.
The Reds still are holding much
ground taken during the last two weeks
and are bringing up additional re.en-
forcements. II is known that there are
twenty Red divisions on the northern
front. This is considered by militarists
as the greatest concentration ever lined
up against the Poles.
The Poles have treasured the public
that there is no fear of the enemy
breaking through.
Plans have been begun to call up the
class of 1902. Militarists explain that
this is the natural course of the mill.
tary program in connection with the
Bolshevik menace in the north.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-31

"Forcisners." continued ~.
Mueller have told me they could ,' J,
believe It possible that the frsns. s y
mind OF the German people co,,d
changed in so short n time. bu, ~.
the Kapp coup even the Enterts n, ~,
tary officers admitted to me ths;r ,, aa1
viction that we had become truly Ss'] sU1
ocratic." "us oe1
The chancellor referred to IN. ....,)
conferences at Spa as the first % rss
hope which Germany could sntert.
that the Extremists realize the imnos9
bility OF keeping Germany down y
nomically and politically and A. n
same time demanding extreme onoo,. !.
in reparation.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-31

corps which might have supported d
revolt. should one be organized by the
Right party. would cease to exist from
today and that any attempt to keep
them organized would be punishable by
Imprisonment up to FIVE years with bard
labor.
Minister Gessler also declared that
the Doeberitz brigade, which was
formed especially to protect the re-
public, was ready to fulfill that duty
and any fresh effort to overthrow the
constitution would be suppressed with
the utmost energy.
Speaking in Munich Saturday, Chan
cellor Mueller declared to cheering
crowd that on June @, the day Of
the German presidential election, it
would be Germany's business to attest
the fact that sne has had enough Of
war for all eternity, and that no fool,
crowned or uncrowncd. shall drag Ger
many into a war or revenge accord
ing to report of his address in the
Tageblatt today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-31

Berlin. and there are Indications the
headquarters OF the new revolutionary
movement are at Potsdam, where Prince
August William, son of former Emperor
William. is staying. He is regarded as
the leader Of the military party, says
n dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
Co. Advices from Doom, where the
former emperor is now living. declare
William Hohenzollern Is In high hopes
Of a successful coup and believes he
will once more become ruler Of the Ger
man empire, the dispatch says.
Commanders of the garrison of
Greater Berlin visited the minister of
defense today and took the oath that
they and their corps were ready to
protect the constitution by force against
any attempted coup which the Right
or Left may attempt.
Minister of Defense Gessler, in an
interview published in the Frankfurter
Zcitung, stated today that the volunteer
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-31
PER L R|Nv|O DEL
CONVEGN0, ,D| SPA.
Nitti, VuoIe che II Parlamento
Discuta Prima Important
... Progetti di Legge
Publ shed and Distributed Under
PERMIT NO. al.
Authorized by the act OF october o.
1911. on ile at the Postofflce OF Phila-
A., s. BURLESoN.
Postmaster General.

Roma. 80 maggio-Se fopposizionc da
partc della Francia impcdra' il posponi.
mcnto della conferenza a Spa. ALA qualc
il Presidcutc del Cousiglio del Ministri
On. Nitti bisogua sia presente. II Par
lnmcnto italiano avra' soltanto il tempo
d discuters ell programme del govcrno
rclativamcute a"'esercizio provvisorio,
prima di agsiornarsi verso Ia meta di
giugno.
La spcrauza per Il posponimento
della confcrenza di Spa e tuttora in
tesa dal Gabinctto II quale desidera che
II Parlamento discuta pare chic leggi.
comprcsa quella che autorizzi la revi-
stone del dettagli circa | contratti di
guerra rrclamarc gil ammonti ecces-
sivi. Tn altra importaute legge e.
quclla che dovrebbc regolare lc estesc
propicta' specialmentc nell'Italia meri-
dionale. Q stabilize le norme per Ia
divisiouc in piCcOli lotti.
lie autorita governative sono princi-
ralmentc lnteresSatc ncl rstorare le
finance della Naziouc. cercando di in
caSsare lutte lc taSso o ridurrc Cosi',
gradatamcEtr. II deficit Ncllo stesso
tempo il Ministero ii prcpara n preudere
sui cambio. lie rcsponsabilita' di alcuni
d questi speculatori per operazioni
che turbano II benesserc del paese
dovranno essere acccrtate allo scopo di
tradurli innapzi nj competent tri.
burali.
Allo scope di ristorarp una atmo.
sierra salubre nei circoli fnauziari. il
Govcrno ha ordinate una rigida in.
ChieSta CirCa un recente accentramento
di nzioni di compagnie banche
detrimonto degli aziouisti. Tale in
chiCsta dovra' esscrc spccialmente di.
rotta p"r lc azioni della Bauca Com.
mrrciale.
CinOuo pcrsope. gil Interest," delle
quail souo completamente estranei nj
moudo iinanziaro. sono state scelte per
formarc una commissions ondc esple.
tarc l'inChiesta. Esse souo: Federico
BroR"rio. Consiglierc di state; Giro.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-31
WARSHIPS MAY GO TO ERIN
Very Serious Situation Is Reported
by London Newspaper

London. May 81. The National
News says: The position in ireland,
we understand. is so grave that u num-
bcr Of warships arc now being fitted
out at Shecrness for dispatch to Irish
ports. The situation is more serious
than would appear from published telc-
grams. and startling developments are
expected in the next few days. In the
present temper of the Sim Feiners il
is not unlikely they will make last
effort against the forces Of law and
order.
Skibbcrccn, ireland. May IA mail
train from Bantry to Cork was held up
at Durrus Road station by armed men
yesterday. The men took tho mail bags
and drcampcd in an automobile. The
Berchaven customs office was destroyed
by fire yesterday.